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[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
solve this with "MTK Engineering Mode" from playstore.

You open the app and go to: MTK Settings, Connectivity, CDS Information, Radio Information, Phone 1.

Here you have at the top "AT+". here you complete to >>AT+EGMR=1,7,"123456789012345"<<, with your imei, which ist listed on the akku-cover.

very important: You have to put in a space after "AT+", it will looks like >>AT+ EGMR=1,7,"123456789012345"<<

Click "send at command".

For the second imei do the same with >>AT+ EGMR=1,10,"123456789012345"<<

if that dont work . maybe you lost the protect-fs folder. i could upload - and give you a little guide what to do with it...
[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
This I did, with the app from the play store, the built in engineering app and another way from dialing directly off the phone and the imei tool popped up, all ways turned out the same results, which were unable to send or ? I can't remember now, but I did notice that the radio was off further down the list of numbers etc on the AT+ command page. I do have it back now with flashing the factory rom and restoring my back up, all is fine now, I just didn't know what happened. So what should be done when this happens again?
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
You also add a space into it? After AT+

2.

With a root explorer look in your root folder

There are two folders.

Protect_f

Protect_s

These folders contains the saved SIM /imei codes. Copy both to sdcard. But look at the permissions , remember them.

flash my rom again.(with full wipe) and look if they are also there. If not copy them into Your root folder again. and look at the permissions if they are right.

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
I flashed the rom again, the protect f and s are there , permissions are the same but the imei and sim are gone again. So guess I have to dig and write the imei numbers again.

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I still get the same message of unable to send AT+, I am in the MTK Engineering mode under Radio informattion with the AT+ command and writing AT+ EGMR=1,7,"my imei number" and tapping send, the message pops up unable to send. I have tried it with the built in MTK Engineering mode, the MTK Engineering app from the play store , dialing *#*#6813*#*# into the IMEI tool and all give the same results with your rom.

BTW if it does make a difference , my phone came from Calif. I think from China. It does have the B version printed on the box, Elephone P8000 B. Running down the list under the radio information :

IMEI : unknown

MISI : unknown

IMPI :

IMPU:

Raido state: Radio off

Sim state: unknown

etc

etc

etc.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
mhhhh weird..

if it still dont work it is your NVRAM

do this:

use your working rom and go to

>ROOT>DATA>[COLOR="Red"]NVRAM[/COLOR]>MD>NVRAM>NVD_IMEI>MP0B_001

copy that NVRAM and look at the permissions..

flash eragon again and copy that folder to the same path.

that is a dirty trick but it could work .. for me it worked in the past

and if that all dont solve your problem , i will send you a zip asap! . but for today its to late already
[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
This is strange to me, I wiped your rom fully, and restored my backup. Upon boot , your rom boot image appears with animation but my rom in on the system but I am still without both imei numbers and no sim. I give up for the time and using the flash tool and flash the factory rom back and restoring to my back up. I know that works.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
because the boot image is stored in the custom partition not system :D:D

then take a look into that nvram folder , ( posted the link to it one post above)

i am sure now ,that this is the issue and nvram is missing!

also you can try this method.. for some users that works.

look at my guide . here

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65690934&postcount=1

one of these methods will work!
[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
As you say, it is late now, at least here. I will attempt all this again tomorrow on a fresh mind and a new day. Thanks for the help. I do want to try this rom out , I am tired of the factory rom already.
[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
Ok, now Sir, I am having another problem with this phone and some of the MTK tools. I tried to use the MTK Droid tools which I think is in your post somewhere else. I cannot get the phone to connect to the tools. ADB works and I can do the commands and the phone obeys from ADB , I have tried all that I can search and find to get the phone connected to the MTK tool but will not connect. Got any suggestions now?
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
as said. for some users it has this bevahiour. its a knowing thing,

anyway.. if you can wait 1 day i can provide you the files of my phone . you just have to copy to your phone and it should work again.

tomorrow ok?

edit: did you tried to copy the nvram from your working rom?
[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
thats fine, I have all the time . I restored back to my original and its working fine again. I did copy the NVRAM to the rom and did the same thing ,i ts there just not working right on your rom.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
The problem isn't my ROM. The problem is the mtk device.. The problem is via flashing it lost the nvram .

Do you have a nvdata folder in root?

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
yes ,there is a NVDATA, it goes down the tree as Nvdata>md>Nvram>and so on to MPOB_001

I tried flashing the CM rom and things were ok with that except I couldn't find the right Gapps for it (really don't like CM roms anyway).

I have rooted a lot of phones and flashed a lot of roms in the past but never had the trouble as with MTK devices. Something new to me but learning .
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
That nvram folder copy it to eragon....

well you dont know elephone .hahahahaah

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
After flashing the Eragon rom there was a NVRAM folder on the device which was the same as the one I copied from the working rom. in fact , I don't know why but the copy was also on the device in the Nvram folder when I opened it.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
mhhh really strange. and it can not be baseband/RIL . that is fixed long time ago. you have version B of the P9000 with android 6 by default

or the hybrid p8000 batch?
[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
This the "about phone " page
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
That don't say anything.

Because that shows only the rom you are using etc.

Make a picture of the front, where the proximity sensor is please

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
That screen shot is the factory rom.

This is not a good photo but I Think its what you are asking for. I also found in the MTK Engineer mode a section called:

CIP Prop Content:

_______________________

ro.cip.build,date=Thu Jan 14 18:24:45 CST 2016

for whatever this means because I had the phone then. and I didn't do the building.
[Elephone P8000] kivulallo:
i had the same problem when i got my p8000. the reason was i set download mode to format+download in SPflashtools. never set to that. just download only. after the format+download my imeis were lost, no matter what and how i flashed. so i flashed a stock rom with sp flashtools set to download only, then just dirtyflashed eragon onto it, then i put in the AT+ commands (it said unable to send) then i rebooted and boom! my imeis were back.

i don't know if this helps you, it's just my story and how i did it. :)
[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
Thanks for the info, I think I have done that already, but just for the fun I will give it a try and see what happens. I can't get the phone to do much of anything other than flash through the flash tool or take ADB commands.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Ah yes. I forgot that. Thank you very much. That should be the trick!

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
For my information and clarification of terminology here. What is "dirtyflashing"?. I know (or think I know) in other brands with other roms but just to be sure explain please.

BTW , I cannot get the MTK Droid tool,or the Meta Tool to connect. Seems the only thing that works on this phone is the ADB and the SP Flash tool.
[Elephone P8000] micbanand:
Eragon 10. Yeeeees. I will take a look at nexus 2.6 in between. My batch just dont like CM. battery so bad. Special under deep sleep. Believe it got very bad when he decidet to remove the Mtk parts. So just cant wait :) :) :)
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
unlock bootloader may helps. anyway you dont need these tools.

if flashtools works all is ok

dirty flash means

that you just install a system other the old one.

fulliwpe means that you delete the system first , so you install it clean
[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
as I thought , ok, thanks.

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This is getting to be ridiculous it seems. I have tried just about every combination of every suggestion and any thing that I have read. I still have no sim and unable to write the IMEI numbers.
[Elephone P8000] boka18:
I was using cm12.1 nearly 3 months. I just experienced more and more lag as time passed. So, i wanted to flash eragon, to get the true performance my device has and i saw that u were planning an update to v10. Then i flashed the nexus rom just to test it while waiting for your rom, and daaaaamn the smoothness is real. The cm12.1 dev should have never removed the mtk parts.

Anyways, i want to ask what will this update contain? Any new features?

Thanks for your contribution dev!
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Mate you know that I don't tell any things related to a new release. But it will be good

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[Elephone P8000] Perfectdevil:
I'm thinking of buying it but i want it only because of battery life and i want to know the average!!!

Can you please tell me in your case from 100% to 0%???
[Elephone P8000] miqcea3:
It's at 60% or so whenn I go to bed. Something like 2hrs SOT, but "phone idle" is always my highest consumer.

My brother's lasted from sunday evening till friday with slight use on stock.
[Elephone P8000] stonedpsycho:
With my usage I get between 8-11 hours screen on time with a day standby. But have seen people complaining with only getting 5. I am on stock thought, waiting for 3.5 :)
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
For me batterynis great 2 days with normal use. And 5-6hours screen on time ;) (I have disabled locations and google play service)
[Elephone P8000] kivulallo:
i have an average device with led, running eragon 3

for me it usually runs for 2 days average with normal use (locations, services running, auto brightness with minimum base, 4g mobile networks on, wifi is only turned on when available, only communication apps like whatsapp viber skype, modification apps with root access and start on boot setting are allowed in autostart. so no games and listeners, notifiers and things like that)

i think this running time is awesome from an 8core device with these settings.

i've brought out 4 days running time once, with the same settings except 2g mobile network, no wifi, and i only used it for calls and texts.

oh yeah and i always turn it off for the night!

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i don't know if others have this problem but when i record a video, my notifications are coming and my phone is vibrating and playing sounds and it's recorded in the video too. can someone confirm this or know how to prevent that?
[Elephone P8000] kmac27:
Wifi Enabled, 4G enabled (50% Wifi/50% 4G Connection),BT Enabled, Location Engergy Saving Mode, Dual Sim enabled, Screen Brightness Auto (about 30%) - quite dark.

Google Services, Now, Inbox, etc WhatsApp, no Facebook.

I get about 6 hours of screen time and 30 hours till battery has to be recharged. Great I think. (Eragon 3.0)
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Thats nice ! I hope v3.5 will increase it even more :)

V_3.5 will be available tomorrow [emoji14]
[Elephone P8000] Carlito Z3:
I would have one request if it's possible:

you can choose in sim menu, which sim is used for the data, but when you change this, you don't activate the data connection in data consuption menu :/ it would be great if it was automatic...

great rom !
[Elephone P8000] -Tiz-:
Because we are now talking about battery life: Cataclysm ROM (for Nexus 5) has a cool features that helps to the save battery. If the screen is locked you can (if you wish) automatically switch from 4G to 2G. I would love to see this (and other Cataclysm features like the configurable Aroma installer) also in this ROM.

Notwithstanding the above, the Eragon ROM works good on my phone and the endurance of my P8000 is also good. Thank you, skeleton1911!
[Elephone P8000] miqcea3:
[MENTION=4626501]skeleton1911[/MENTION]

Could you look at this fix? http://xdaforums.com/xperia-zl/general/cm12-1-cell-standby-mobile-radio-active-t3188147

I'm testing it for the next days via the Xposed module, maybe this is causing my battery drain.

Would be really cool if it was in Eragon, if it actually works :D.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
I took a quick look.

It could be that this causing the battery drain.. I will look deeper into it asap.
[Elephone P8000] marcars:
Are your ROM have option to move apps from intern storage to SD Card? Or perhaps you know how to manage it?
[Elephone P8000] jeranon:
There are free apps on the app store that offer this functionality.

For example: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ljmobile.move.app

Edit: just installed the one I linked to, and it doesn't "see" the external SD card... Sorry!
[Elephone P8000] marcars:
Just figure out that GL to SD works.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
V.3.5 is available

:D:D

i will update Ota server with it in 1 - 2 hour.

and add NICE things into skeletons Hub :D

Enjoy​
[Elephone P8000] Carlito Z3:
great, so we just need to search for ota update on the phone?

Great job and thx for all you do
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
no. i only released v 3.5 here. its not in OTA System yet,

i will do all in 1-2 hours when my kids are in bed :)
[Elephone P8000] pelloplasma:
When OTA is available with that delete any data (saved games, pictures etc) from the phone?
[Elephone P8000] Carlito Z3:
Yes I understand it's not ready in ota yet, but when it's ready, no need to manually flash the rom?

just a little remark, in french, in Eragon Update, ROM menu:

Share your ROM --> in French: Partagez votre ROM and not Paratgez votre ROM

:)
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
no it will not wipe any data..

OTA is the fullrom too but downloadable via the Eragon OTA app.

you have to reboot into recovery and flash it from there.. wipe cache before flashing should be enough :)
[Elephone P8000] micbanand:
Cant wait!!!

:) also I benefit so exstreme of the mtk parts on my batch of p8000 1 year+ old from uk.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
No worrys . Let me do it. [emoji13] [emoji13] [emoji13]

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[Elephone P8000] bjbirch:
Try mtk engineering shortcut from google play store,go to telephony>GPRS and have a look at it
[Elephone P8000] -Tiz-:
Do the latest version of Eragon now support device encryption? (Sorry. The thread is so long that I may have missed an answer to this question.)
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
If the kernel will support it

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
have to give up on the rom

I think I am going to have to give up on putting a custom rom on this phone. I tried yours skellton it didn't work. I tried the Nexus rom, it did the same thing. I can't seem to get the IMEI numbers and the sims to come back and can't get any of the tools other than the Sp Flash tool to work along with the ADB . I even tried unlocking the bootloader and that almost screwed the phone up, went into a boot loop and I had to flash back the factory through the Sp Flash tool. I am at a loss on putting a custom on this.

Now explain this message I got. I tried the oem unlock again and the message was/ unlock pass, return to fastboot. ? And, now its in a loop with recovery with formating cache failed. then loops again.
[Elephone P8000] -Tiz-:
Thanks. I am on CM 12 right now and my phone is encrypted. Does this mean, if I flash Eragon and, subsequently, the Visionary kernel, everything should still work?
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Is visionary supporting it? Then it should work

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[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Did you make that format+download with stock rom and then the same again with only format modus in flash tools?

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
I don't remember what I did now.

I somehow got the recovery back in working order without a loop and did a wipe , trying to install the Nexus rom now but I have a lot of red writing on a lot of lines saying "unable to mount storage"and "failed to mount / "data", invalid argument
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Just work. With flash tools and do that thing above. That's the last one you didn't tried

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
This I do not understand yet. Did you make that format+download with stock rom and then the same again with only format modus in flash tools?

I did the download+format with the factory rom just now and its booted back into the "out of the box" state. I am not sure what your instructions are after doing the downolad+format .
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
You flash stock rom with flash tools in format +download mode. Reboot the phone... Then shut down and flash the stock rom with format only in flash tools

. Reboot and look if the imei is there.

If yes flash recovery twrp with flash tools again.

Then my rom dirty on top

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
ok, I'll give it a try, I just got the phone back to full working order now with just the first part of flashing with Sp Tools and download+format and the factory rom. When booted back it had the sim carrier signal but it didn't show any IMEI numbers in about phone info, so I did the IMEI tool on the dialer and wrote the IMEI numbers now everything appears to be first class working order
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
OK. Now if you have it back. Flash twrp recovery and my rom without wiping.

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
ok, I will have to do this later today, I need to get ready to go to the Dr. this morning and get checked out.

thanks for the time on this deal , its getting frustrating trying to get another rom on here.
[Elephone P8000] nLz_phone:
Hi guys, i just tried to disable agps. Anybody tried?

Better GPS now?

Epo isn't working for our phones I guess, I can't see the tab in mtk-tool.

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
This is really getting to me .............

This deal is really getting to me but I am determined to find out what is wrong.

I went back and flashed rom KO5TS-A.A.vAOL.E1.150725, booted up ,no IMEI . Wrote the IMEI and booted , phone works IMEI and sim present.

Flashed TWRP_2.8.7.7 P8000 v2, booted up and sim and IMEI present. Booted to recovery and wiped, flashed Eragon rom, booted to OS and no sim, no IMEI. Tried to write IMEI and fialed to write. Wont connect to Droid Tools, etc all same as before with previous factory rom.

What is happening ? I am at a total loss now trying to get the Eragon rom on and writing the IMEI
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Don't wipe. Just dirty flash after stock rom

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
I just tried that also, same thing, IMEI write failed and no sim.

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I am not sure what I have done now, but I dirty flashed again. I do have the IMEI numbers showing , I do have a sim showing with the network operator showing , but I have no service . Anyone now got some suggestions? Skelton?
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Settings/mobile data. And enable it. Also enable sim. In settings

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
In settings. Mobile data and sim is enabled, sim is showing prefered network and my network operator and 4G. No service
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Can you send a screen shot please

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
Doing some searching and reading for the last few hours and a few hours previous days . I found on the Elephone forum that someone else has posted the same details as I have with suggestions on different drivers, etc . I tried all those suggestions plus a few more from here and there. For some reason I try to unlock the bootloader using fastboot OEM unlock and get a "unlock pass" message and it goes back to the bootloader screen. ADB getvar all says bootloader unlocked / no. I cannot connect to any tools of MTK, I cannot flash any custom roms and be able to write the IMEI's in , or have use of the sim as in the original factory rom. The only thing that does work is flashing with the use of Sp Tools and the factory rom , a custom recovery and SuperUser.

This is the P8000 Elephone B version for the USA on ATT and it does get the 4G network. Now I am sure that I am doing something wrong , or something in the hardware is different with this phone preventing it from any custom rom , so what is it? I have tried about everything my feeble mind can conjure or that any one has suggested.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
I don't know. . Sorry. All my provided stuff don't work for you. So 1. Your phone is different from you are telling. 2. The hardware is version B and then my rom can't work.

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[Elephone P8000] leesumm:
NOT sure how this phone can be different that what I am saying. Very possible this version B is different in some respect to the software and phone you have . I sent you the list off the getvar so you could examine that and see if there was something different. Myself I haven't a clue. I do know that I have rooted and flashed several HTC phones some Samsung''s, some Motorola's etc. I never had this much trouble with using a custom rom on any of them.
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Prerooted?? WTF

LOL

i test my new files and they did not work. but then i flashed stock rom

and i noticed that even there it dont work . lol

i am testing the barclay germany banking app atm , even on stock it says the phone is rooted .. WTF!

p.s: ok got pokemon go and for example the sparkassen app to work with root!

but barclay deutschland dont work ..

thats not fixbale atm. but other barclay apps and almost all apps will work again , even with root!
[Elephone P8000] Blacklycan:
Hi skeleten1911

How did got pokemon go to work with root? I have Eragon since i have this phone, and i was playing pokemon go but then with the latest updates it stopped working with rooted devices, and since i dont want to go back to stock rom i just stop playing it. But if you have a way to play it with rooted devices would be great :D

Thanks you in advance
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Haha. You will see it in v10 soon.

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[Elephone P8000] Blacklycan:
Hahahah. Ok will wait then :D

Hope it will come soon [emoji33]
[Elephone P8000] Garyg124:
I can still use Lloyds UK bank app :)
[Elephone P8000] Pasticciere:
android 6

quando sara disponibile l'aggiornamento a 6 per p8000 grazie
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Sorry. English please

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[Elephone P8000] Pasticciere:
android 6

when it will be able to update Marshmallow 6 P8000 Thanks
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
Never with my rom. I don't update to it

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[Elephone P8000] Pasticciere:
shame I'm sorry Thank you for the answer

you know you recommend other rom for P8000 that will be updated
[Elephone P8000] Steve571:
Any idea of when this might be? I would like to get back to playing Pokemon Go :D

I uninstalled root and this was not enough, it seems that it also checks the ROM itself?
[Elephone P8000] skeleton1911:
If all will go good. In 2days

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