yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] xL2e:
The backup option is available both in the settings backup and restore as well as in the recovery of the phone be it official recovery twrp or any other available recovery...
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
backup &restore makes it on google disk.

can it be made on SD card?

I made backup with back but it backsup applications or data.

When restore will it restore settings of applications? or just apk?

I made back on SD card using TWRP. When I made restore system I received

"no OS installed" and files on SD card showed 0 bytes. Before attempt to restore files were ok > 1GB.

What did I make wrong?

HOMTOM HT7 PRO uses the same ROM?

Anyone knows?
[Device Reviews and Information] fuzen:
actually i used Download only but what do you mean by choose or not choose preloader i'm not familiar with SPflash tools options so i left everything in default & use it
[Device Reviews and Information] kilmer.trotter:
i always turn on google backup, but it never backs up anything. after v2.0.3 flashing, i needed to add my wifi settings again. does it works for you? or anybody?
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
I wanted to make backup on SD card. That is why I installed TWRP.

But after restor by TWRP . System, data etc "no OS installed".

I flashed again 2.03.

Backup & restore made apk back. Inside there are apk I do not knw if settings are backed up or not
[Device Reviews and Information] fuzen:
is it just a coincidence or as soon as i put an SD card in my phone the problem (memoire insuffisante) come back also does anyone succeeded in installing something in the SD card even if i make it my default storage nothing installed in it & i can can't move the app that already installed it to it

i see no one talking about memoir problems is it only me or what

yup the problem came from the SD card as soon as i uninstalled it & try installing the app again the installation completed this time without erreurs

so guys does something like this happened to anyone
[Device Reviews and Information] xL2e:
Silly question maybe [emoji12], but are you sure that the memory card is not full? I see most of these later mtk phones write to internal memory instead of sd card, even tho write to sd card is selected in settings...

I am beginning to think this is a lollipop (android 5.1) permissions thing, try installing the Xplore file manager application and follow it's instructions to select sd card... was having similar read/write issues with the default file manager but installing xplore seemed to fix it
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
I have flashed recovery.img to gainTWRP.

As I understand then fota update is impossible?

If I flash with recovery.img from 2.03 will I get fota update possibility?
[Device Reviews and Information] json30:
from what I knopw FOTA will work with TWRP, but you will lose TWRP, recovery with TWRP being replaced by recovery from OTA and also you lose root by super su.

It is possible to be wrong, but this is what I know.
[Device Reviews and Information] fuzen:
ya of course i have an empty SD card and internal memory :cyclops: i installed Xplore file manager but i don't know what instruction you talking about or maybe this the wrong xplore file manager, anyway after

trying many solution, i found that this memory insufficient error

happened when i put an SD card to my phone & i'm talking here about a

just flashed phone & formatted SD card also i notice that the internal memory of the

phone is acting like an SD card when i put my SD card he get confused

& this error happens So NOW i can only install something in my phone

if there is no SD card it mean i can only install in the internal

memory & i have to Uninstall my SD card every time i wanna do that also i have never succeeded on installing something in the SD card from the first day i used it no matter what version of framework you use

so guys this is a serious problem even though i see no one asking about it , is it something in my phone only
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
thx. I would like to keep fota update in order not to have to flash from now on.

Homtom says they work on update

I wonder if with new version of ROM I could use the same recovery. img from 2.03?

Where from I can download TWRP image for HOMTOM?
[Device Reviews and Information] vcor:
More likely the SD card has a problem. It has to be formatted for FAT32 (not NTFS or exFAT). If it is more than 32 GB, Windows cannot format it properly (although it will work in Windows). Not sure about MACs, but I think it is the same issue. You'll need a third party utility to format it for FAT32. I use RMPrepUSB, but I'm sure there are others.

If the SD card is a no-name or possible counterfeit, it is likely the SD card has very little memory and fakes the size. Windows and MAC will see the offical size, but the memory is really a much smaller device. Never buy off-brand or from any auction site - they are 99% fakes. If the price is too good to be true, it's a fake - especially with larger sizes. RMPrepUSB can check the real size of an empty USB flash drive or SD card.
[Device Reviews and Information] fuzen:
well is just 4GB SD card already been used in my old phone but somehow it damaged & somehow this damage mixed with the HT7 give the memoire insuffisante erreur however the SD is still working properly in my old phone (inexplicable) :eek:

now im using a 16Gb SD card in my HT7 No memoire insuffisante erreur until now BUT the phone can't see my SD as a storage device i can't install or move apps to SD card , even if i put a OBB fille of a game he can't see it, i have to put it in internal memory

i had already this problem in my old phone first i used Link2Sd app to fix it then cyanogen make it a great ROM for my phone & everything change :good:

this HOMTOM really need a cyanogen ROM

So guys any brilliant idea to fix this
[Device Reviews and Information] MiAn81:
I do not know if this is the Lollypop limitation but we all have the same issue. Phone can read from SD but can not write on it. For me it is not a big deal since I like to have all my aps in phone memory and I like to keep my occupied memory at minimum. On SD card I only store music and twrp backup.
[Device Reviews and Information] vcor:
I have a 32 GB SD card in my phone, no problems. When the phone is connected to the PC, it sees all the files on the SD card, and I can drag and drop files into the phone from Windows and delete files on the phone. I've also saved screen shots to the SD card within the phone. Using HT7 with Rooted 2.0.3. It may be an issue with the Cyanogen ROM and nothing to do with the HT7 - perhaps the SD card drivers are different between the stock HT7 ROM.
[Device Reviews and Information] fuzen:
well for me i like my phone to be full of games & some of my games have more than 3GB cache i can't have more of this kind game with just 5GB free internal memory also why there is option to make SD your default storage if i can't , i'm just telling you this is a ROM probleme since i already fixed my old phone with the cyanogenMOD i think HOMTOM has to make a new update to her ROM to fix this issue
[Device Reviews and Information] vcor:
Far more likely the Game app should be fixed to optionally use SD memory. It doesn't appear there are any options in the stock Android to override a badly written app's selection of memory. Seems like sloppy app design rather than an issue with the ROM, although you're free to disagree :)
[Device Reviews and Information] fuzen:
i'm sure some of us can live with 5 gb for apps & SD for multimedia , but you can't blame apps for that ROM issue , the games i'm telling there y old games already used in many devices but i wasn't surprised since i can't install or move to SD i knew the game wouldn't see the caches in SD either

anyway if it a problem or not i just want you to know is something in the system & can be fix with a new ROM
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
Just received HT7 yesterday,

I'm trying to unlock bootloader,

with this command "fastboot oem unlock-go"

this is a result after press volume+ .

.... nothing at all ,only god a boot loop in recovery!
[Device Reviews and Information] json30:
you can unlock your boot loader from developer options menu , there is a option for that in that menu.
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
As far as I know,

to check the unlock boot loader options in developer options menu ,

didn't mean that bootloader is unlocked,

it just allow the device to accepted the command

"fastboot oem unlock-go" from PC.

After device got "fastboot oem unlock-go",

it will show any warning message on the screen,

and ask you, to confirm again by press volume-up-button.

And after Unlock succeeded, Device will go on recovery mode,

and do a hard-reset by it self(all data will gone),

so,after first boot, If you need to use another fastboot command,

you must go to check the unlock boot loader options in developer options menu again,

However, I was checked the unlock boot loader 's options ready befor.

So,the crash from "fastboot oem unlock-go" command,

was probably caused by the third party recovery(TWRP),

According to my opinion,if we do this again with stock recovery,

we may be succeed to unlock ht7's bootloader.
[Device Reviews and Information] GreatStorm:
Someone has downloaded and installed the FOTA update available today ? You know whether it is compatible with rooted device?
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
There is 2.07 but I do not know what changed

Russians say that the old UI is back.

I wonder if it is TWRP compatible? Does fota update erease personal settings?
[Device Reviews and Information] xL2e:
Has anyone here gotten the 2.0.7 FOTA? And if so what's new???
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
For 2.0.7 The gold theme is comeback.

OTA file (Apply on clean-unroot ,original v2.03 and stock recovery v2.0.3 only)

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8gBLoDXwz5DTVl5MDlrQlk0Vzg
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
Full boot and system image of HT7 V2.0.7

-install via TWRP

-place file HT7_v.2.0.7_Stock_systen_boot_zip_install.zip in to phone's sdcard(internal sdcard)

-boot to TWRP then press install ,and select file HT7_v.2.0.7_Stock_systen_boot_zip_install.zip,

- swipe to confirm

-waitting until the devive reboot

Download "HT7_v.2.0.7_Stock_systen_boot_zip_install.zip" from here

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8gBLoDXwz5DSTU4NjVqVjZzZjQ
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
In the TWRP install of 2.07 I keep TWRP?

Is the black/grey theme also back? or only the gold one?

What happens if I allow fota update and HT7 is rooted TWRP? Will I loose TWRP? can I than install TWRP as in 2.03?

If I want only ht_theme1 can I just copy it to phone memory or do I have to start apk?
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
Yes for this file HT7_v.2.0.7_Stock_systen_boot_zip_install.zip,

-boot to TWRP then press install ,and select file,thenswipe to confirm.

All old-gold theme are comeback .

If you do fota through a root device and third party recovery,

You device will be brick.

You can install HT7_v.2.0.7_Stock_systen_boot_zip_install.zip through TWRP only,

You TWRP still remain after install process finished .

all version of twrp that compile for HomTom HT7 is compatible all version of HT7's stock rom,

but each version of stock recovery are different,if you do fota 2.0.7 on recovery 1.0.7 or other,

The update process may be rejected,and device may be brick.
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
I had 1.08 rooted TWRP. I flashed to 2.03.

No problem.

I installed TWRP 3.0

no problem.

I have 2.03.

I thought

anyone to confirm?

But if it will become a brick can I make flash to any ROM then?

To avoid becoming a brick can I flash only recover.img from 2.03?

will it be ok or TWRP makes it impossible?

So I can flash 2.03 or 2.07 to keep FOTA. On 2.07 can I then install TWRP

Installing 2.07 from TWRP keeps personal settings?

BTW coping launcher-mate7_1.5.1.apk from 2.07 was not enough. Installing all launcher and theme apk would help?
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
How to Install HT7_v.2.0.7_Stock_systen_boot_zip_install.zip through TWRP.

1.place file in to sdcard.

2.boot to twrp and press Install

3.select zip file.

4.Swipe.

5.Wait and see.

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I had tested on my device,

If you install v2.0.7 follow my instruction ,

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65906238&postcount=358,

You device not brick,and old data that stored on sdcard will remain,

but all your old modify on system partition will be gone.

**** Charge you battery more than 50%, before install this zip file .
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
Thank you mrd.macdonald

What do you mean modifications on system? You mean for example what I deleted?

Theoretically :

How about on rooted 2.03 FOTA update to 2.07?

A brick or not?

and something else

Can I update just launcher and theme by running it?
[Device Reviews and Information] kilmer.trotter:
i hope homtom will give us the whole v2.0.7 firmware for sp flash.
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
Yes I also wait for that.

But I am willing to try to use FOTA update on 2.03 rooted.

In worst scenario. IF dead can I flash 2.03 easily?
[Device Reviews and Information] petros1969:
For those who want v2.0.7 for flashtool

https://yadi.sk/d/yOiFA86zqJ3FK
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
HT7 has Adroid Lolipop 5.1 so FOTA update will be rejected as you say.

in that case Soft Brick on MTK in HT7.

So in any case I can use SPFlash to flash 2.07 ROM?

Any other changes in 2.07 beside old themes?
[Device Reviews and Information] kilmer.trotter:
With sp flash you can install the clean firmware if you brick with the fota update. But i think the fota won't work on rooted system. First the fota will download the update and then reboot to recovery to install. But rooted systems has modified recovery partition, so it can't work.
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
It sounds logical.

1. Is it possible to restore recovery partition by flashing recover.img from 2.03?

I thought about it then using FOTA and then flashing TWRP to root again
[Device Reviews and Information] kilmer.trotter:
This is a possible way. The other way is to install the fota update from twrp. Someone mentioned it before, and the 2.0.7 update can be downloaded.
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
wrong ,if you unzip the last ota-update file , open update scrip by notepad and read it,you will be understand.

right

double right

1.Install

Homtom_HT7_v2.0.3_install_zip.zip through TWRP first

to return a clean stock of HT v2.0.3.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8gBLoDXwz5DcG5CYlpEak1VWEk

2.install

stock_recover203_zip_install.zip through TWRP again

to return to stock recovery v2.0.3

tip ....to fixed the new recovery

every time that you just flash or install new recovery to you device,

you must reboot to recovery immediately after install or flash recovery finished,

otherwise,the last recovery that you just flash will gone,

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8gBLoDXwz5Da2N5OEpPZ3V5UUE

3. chek again that your are stay on v2.0.3 un-root and stock recovery,so conect internet ,then do fota.
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
I can download FOTA update.zip it is 75.42MB and update it from TWRP ?

or do I have to use

"HT7_v.2.0.7_Stock_systen_boot_zip_install.zip"

from post 354

I have 2.03 rooted why should I install again 2.0.3?

I intended to remove TWRP recovery and flash as you call it stock recovery from 2.03.

Then do FOTA.

In that way I could keep data, personal settings

and do the FOTA update.

Then if I want install TWRP on 2.07.

Or do I miss it?

If I have to do elaborate procedure that it should be simpler, if I am not wrong, to do factory reset from rooted 2.03 and than on clean 2.03 do fota update and personalize again
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
root ia an alien file that contaminate on system partition,that mean your system partition not clean , linux security will reject update process.

you can download ota doesn't mean that you will be success in update process.
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
I see. But on 2.03 I used SPFlash to flash TWRP image.

It cannot be reversed by flashing recovery.img from 2.03?
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
install this link is a one stop service,

you can get 2.0.7 , your twrp remain you data not gone, noneed pc , noneed any driver.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65902504&postcount=354
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
Yes ok. It is practical solution, I am grateful for that.

I was just trying to understand android of what & how. that is why I asked
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
tip ....to fixed the new recovery

every time that you just flash or install new recovery to you device,

you must reboot to recovery immediately after install or flash recovery finished,

otherwise,the last recovery that you just flash will gone,

.
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
so If I flash recovery.img from original 2.03 than I have to press Power +VOL?

or what?

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I did as described but TWRP and SuperSU are gone
[Device Reviews and Information] mrd.macdonald:
ok , on android 4.4 and above ,

they have a hidden partition that store(reserve) recover image.

in some situation the reserve image will active ,

and auto recover the third-party's recovery image,

so your twrp gone,

What you should to do in this situation ?

You need 2.0.7(you have got it) ,

but you lost twrp and loss root ,and you not have pc ,

or lack of skill to use sp-flash tool ?

To solve this situation.

1. root you devie again by

king root

,

this a real app that can root your device without PC.

2. prepare a twrp image that you like(2.8.7 or 3.0) place it in your internal sdcard.

3.goto play store and install app "rashr or flashify",

these app is a flash tool ,it can flash recovery image or boot image ,

to boot's partition or recovery's partition on any android's device.

use this app flash TWRP recovery image to you device,

and don't forget to fix new recovery image immediately,by boot to TWRP.

4.Finally ,Butcher the donkey after it finished his job on the mill.

reboot to system again and get-rid kingroot from your device by install HT7_v.2.0.7_Stock_systen_boot_zip_install.zip again.

downloade kingroot 4.8.2 here

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B8gBLoDXwz5DVmxjNlhTLUk5U2M
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
I flashed recovery TWRP again

in 2.07 battery shows 23% 3885mV

something wrong
[Device Reviews and Information] maxionline:
I finally got mine, but I have a problem with the touchscreen. It works erratically when two fingers are used as when zooming in on a photo. I have v2.07. I am the only one with this issue?
[Device Reviews and Information] jan177:
Yes there is a problem with touchscreen. Erratic behaviour.

BTW is there a compass to use with skymap?
[Device Reviews and Information] MiAn81:
Yep, we all have the same problem. Touchscreen has some weird issues, when doing pinch to zoom touch can't recognize is it 1 giant finger or 2 fingers so it gets confused 50% of the time (depends on how close are your fingers when pinching). Double tap to zoom works ok :good:

I said earlier that this phone is not for gaming due to this problem, it's more like 1.5 touch support not 2 if you thinking about it.

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I'm almost 100% sure that this phone does not have compass/magnometer. It's not listed anywhere as far as I know.
[Device Reviews and Information] kilmer.trotter:
malwares

hello. i'm new here. i got this phone in january, and it's just started downloading apps a few days ago. i even got an ad popup. i just installed avira, and it removed 3 "riskwares", but one of them made it's way back to the phone (KpshPlatform.jar). i can remove it, but it's coming back. for safety, i just turn on app permission management, it can block apps if they tries to do something.

so, the best way to get rid of these malwares is to root the phone. i found a russian forum where they are talking about this phone, and someone talks about rooting, but he didn't say how, just referencing to it, and give a list of apps what to remove (even the uni launcher). i will try to "decode" :) that forum, maybe they got the know-how.

(is it allowed to give links to other forums? i don't know)
[Device Reviews and Information] lafa20:
mine also started installing apps by itself yesterday (du battery doctor, etc). really lame -_-
[Device Reviews and Information] kilmer.trotter:
maybe it's a remote campaign.

i freezed the following apps:

bagan keyboard pro

beauty center (?)

GO keyboard

luxury (it's a theme)

suiyueruge (it's a theme)

theme1 (it's a theme)

Omacp

no issues yet (except that one i mentioned).
[Device Reviews and Information] MiAn81:
I bought this phone about 3 weeks ago and I was very happy with it till yesterday when all the malwares mentioned above started to appear and install some crappy aps like Apus launcher, Wifi master key along with service aps like:

com.cleanmaster.appmonitor.tool

com.android.memory.monitor.service

com.android.service.romsaver

com.whatsapp.messenger.service

What I found interesting is that CallerID app trrigers install of these aps. You can clean all those garbage aps and as soon as you make a phonecall or someone calls you installation will start.

About battery and connection to pc problem.

Battery is not bad at all considering size of the screen and all, it is not properly calibrated and that makes someone think that phone is empty when actually is not. All you need to install some battery widget which display voltage and look at it instead of checking battery %. Battery is full at 4.20 V and empty at about 3.60 V. I put my to charge when drops to 3.7 V and by that time my phone is at 1% more than half of a day :)

Also one thing about the battery which is not relevant to this case but someone may find interesting. Out of 3000mAh we can only get out 2500 mAh since this battery can be charged to 4.35 V but it is not, we loose about 500mAh since charging cuts at 4.2V,,,, shame but it is how it is.

As for connecting to pc, you must use the cable you got with the phone, usb slot is deeper and original connector goes inside about 2 or 3mm deeper than rest of the connectors you probably have. Same applies to headphone jack, if you did not get earphone adapter (like me), no headphones will work for you.

I can connect my phone to Win7 without a problem, I'm thinking about using Kingroot and remove just that callerid app and see what happens.

I just hope homtom or someone will give us a clean rom, I'm on android since 2011, used it for netbanking and all that sensitive stuff and never had a problem with it till today.
[Device Reviews and Information] Oswaldo4:
Yes, rooted would be quite better, getting rid of addware and maybe some battery calibration would solve the battery issue. I have noticed same problem, values decreasing rapidly and than when charging, full battery in like 25 minutes..

I was hoping that kingroot would do the job, but it fails to root..

bristolpro, I have not noticed any issue with GSM network.

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Thank you for this info, I was thinking that was some assembly problem, very strange that can not connect standard headphones jack. And the usb as well, very strange they built non standard..

I allready tried kingroot, but it does not work.

Do you know where can i buy a headphone jack adapter?
[Device Reviews and Information] MiAn81:
This is the quote from some Russian forum on how to get that adapter.

I send them an email week ago with my address info and they told it will be sent to me, we'll see :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Oswaldo4:
Thank you very much, very usefull, I just sent an email :)