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[ZTE Axon Pro] eisdrachen:
Anybody knows how to get the partition sizes?

cat /proc/mtd isn't working. ls is not working too.

cat /proc/mounts and cat /proc/partitions just shows me the mmclk blocksizes and blocks, but there is no information about recovery-, system and cachesize etc...

I just hang at this point. I think if I can get this to work, I am able to compile cm13... Blobs are pulled from [MENTION=5852561]demenicis[/MENTION] M-ROM. I think I could use them. If not, I can take some from Xiaomi- and other devices.
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
That is great to hear mate., CM13 rom on the mini would run flawlessly as it is usually faster than stock roms. The only thing that would be missing is the dolby audio, as the speaker with dolby deactivated sounds kinda bad
[ZTE Axon Pro] eisdrachen:
Yeah I know. But there are several ports for dolby atmos for different devices. I think it could be implemented. But I need time :D
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
You can try "diskinfo" app. Seems quite complete.
[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
Just a quick question. If I wanted to go back to stock rom 5.1 lollipop which I have previuosly backed up, what would be steps to be taken?

Thanks

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
I guess you should do this.

1) boot recovery

2)flash aboot5

3)reboot recovery, and wipe system, data, cache and dcache

4)restore backup

5) reboot system

Nothing different from usual.

However, if you intend to FLASH the stock rom back again, I'd edit the zip file first to remove the "resorce-recovery" thing from system/etc first so you dont loose your twrp.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Hi,

I just realised before I prepared the ROM for you I deleted the last app in system/priv-app thinking it was a crappy "yellow pages whatever" but It was not, I deleted an app called "home location of a number", ZTEYP. this name was confusing.

I had this app asking me a couple of times to update the location of my contacts.

I'm not really sure it is important or not.

But if you wish to replace it, here it the link. Just download and extract the folder inside the compressed file, copy to your sd card then from the phone (es explorer) simply copy it back to where it should be (system/priv-app).

https://mega.nz/#!PMMgkCJA!IUKa3-fvapFvsM4RjjKad_jUB0C2th792wjyiEmAnMM

I'm sorry for the confusion, but again, I'm not sure what this app does, but it doesn't seems just to be bloatware and it may be useful to get rid of the chinese symbols under your contact location (in case you are using zte contact instead of google contacts). I have frozen my ZTE contacts and dialer and only use google, but with a trick........before you freeze zte contacts, if you open settings and press the search button and type "phone" then you click on "phone app" and, in my case I choose the zte one. then I freeze the zte contacts AND dialer.

What it does on mine phone is to place the calls via the zte screen, although its apps are frozen.....funny but works.

I prefer the caller screen because it has the record call button, although the google caller screen (green one) works well too, but no recording during calls, only for pre-set numbers.

I hope I didn't confuse you more than I helped:)

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Hi, good news (is it?), I got force touch working on B12 ROM.....so it looks

but please wait until I test it a bit more. (I consider this to be the most useless implementation I had ever done)

____________________

just reboot into recovery and flash it (aboot is not needed), reboot your system and go to setting to check it out.

NOTE: this WILL override your build.prop file, so if you have made changes to it, please back it up in case you want to roll back later.

https://mega.nz/#!Gd0mVCJD!bwgLKYqrKFXlHS5-N_Es40h86ZvjPa2swGh85J_EAjg

I had all the files I needed in my system, but the last piece of the puzzle was a stupid change in the build.prop ------ro.build.PTP_Feature=true

now it is quite obvious that the PTP stands for pressure touch whatever:)

I nearly gave up until I decided to compare both build.props from B08 against the B12.....bingo!!!!

I have tested it a bit in the gallery app (I don't use the zte launcher) and it works.

All the options appear in the settings menu, including the sub-options and the calibration.

It will appear even in my modified settings_zte.apk (I had intentionally left the force touch lines intact).

I never used it before when I had ROM B03 so I cannot say if it works worse or better or the same.

I find it pretty useless and fiddly, but I felt uncomfortable knowing our phone is one of the only few phones in the planet with this capability which was missing in our B12 ROM.

Please test and let me know if you think it is any worse than on the old B03/B04/B08 rom.

Cheers

_____________________________

I'll wait for your feedback, and if we are sure this thing works any worse than it was in lollipop, then I'll seek to find where its hardware setting or deeper calibration, driver etc are.
[ZTE Axon Pro] eisdrachen:
[MENTION=5852561]demenicis[/MENTION] is your screenshot working? Mine does not :/

Good work. Would test it with you, but I got a non force touch device :(
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Thanks mate.

Yes I never got the screen shot to work in the conventional way. I think it simply doesn't and zte totally lock their power menu, only some xposed modules can do that.

My workaround is quite good simply because I use a very powerful app called automagic, which I used for year, so I placed a double click on the home button to show me a shortcut for the screenshot.

The command is there but I do not know an easier way to trigger it.

Maybe someone could email zte and find out? It would be a nice and useful thing to know

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] eisdrachen:
[MENTION=5852561]demenicis[/MENTION] okay, poor zte screenshot tool! :D

When I will find time to write an email to zte, I will do it. But now I am dealing with this local_manifest.xml thing... I hope that my next repo sync finds my entry in it and recognizes, that there is a local "repo" that includes a new project. I added every partitionsize to the rom i have forked ( xiaomi redmi 3 (ido is the codename)). I fixed the screenresolution and I hope to get it to compile... this is way more complicated than I thought. So if someone could help me to get the b2015 project recognized in my linux by whatever I am very thankful and I think it will speed things up :D
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
[MENTION=355103]Demen[/MENTION]ics [MENTION=3222321]eisdrachen[/MENTION] the screenshot works fine, yeah I noticed after deleting some of the strange bloatware from ZTE (with strange names) it gets deleted. Guess screenshot tool is one of those :)
[ZTE Axon Pro] eisdrachen:
[MENTION=7192840]Crisvendetta[/MENTION] nice to hear. I think demenicis will get it to work :)
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Ok. This is positive then. But after a few tries could not find it yet.

I'll restore basically all of them and freeze them one by one.

What is the combination? Vol-power or volume+power?

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] marus2:
Volume - power
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
thanks guys,

I found it, it was the MIPop_ZTE, umbelivable.

I also found out that the aliveshare.apk can be useful for backing up sms/contacts and calllog

so if you want to restore the screenshot and native app backup capability, just flash this file (no need to flash any aboot)

https://mega.nz/#!zI8SjJJL!hZxIelerwV4fvu8wywr1JC9gTEjdnC7ino_PW7TEqbk

(alternatively just download, extract and place mipop back in system/priv-app and alive share in system/preloaded folders)
[ZTE Axon Pro] eisdrachen:
Works like a charm, thx mate!
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
Great job, appreciated!
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
Guys! version 13 is available. It was updated on 5th of this month.

Change log:

1. combined with high-pass patch to enhance the stability of a single mobile 4G network card.

2. a finger to increase direct access, fingerprint unlock directly into the application settings.

3. optimize the palm steward, improve the overall stability of the palm steward.

4. optimize energy-saving management functions, improve energy-saving management module stability.

5. optimized SMS function, improve the operation of SMS copy and the overall stability

6. update the contact, the phone number of state application version, increase the number of attribution to show stability.
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
That sounds great!

Ill download it and take a look if I feel it would he safe for us to try.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] tangomilo:
I've read the entire thread but I'm not clear on the best way to root (new phone with 6.0.1 is coming tomorrow).

Would using KingoRoot from my PC not work?

Thanks for any help!
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
You can only root the lollipop ROM, then you can install twrp and marshmallow.

If your phone is the same b2016 or b2015, you may wish to flash stock Lrom, root, twrp then flash the modified M rom.

However, I never heard of an axon mini coming from factory with android M and if its stock recovery would allow you to flash lollipop.

If you find a method for rooting the stock M rom directly, please let us know.
[ZTE Axon Pro] nospherwtf:
New apps in B013:

/system/app/MFVKeyguard_ZTE

/system/app/UserUsageStats_ZTE
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
You mean ZTE are releasing Axon Mini with Marshmallow? What is the source of this information? I doubt they will do it coz They are interested in this phone anymore. They are concentrating on Axon 7 Mini now. Am I right [MENTION=5852561]demenicis[/MENTION]?
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Have you flashed it to see what these apps do?

Remember to backup your system before flashing new ROM..

Remember to REMOVE the recovery.resource from the .zip before flashing.

Remember to flash the B2016 modem too.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] tangomilo:
Ah, sorry, it's the Axon 7 Mini that I'm getting.
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Unfortunately this thread is for the axon mini and not axon 7 mini.

We do not know much, or nothing, about the new axon 7 mini, other than the fact both phones are very similar.

their hardware is different, although still similar, so I would NEVER flash any ROMs meant for the axon min into the axon7 mini without deep understanding of their differences and what would need changing in the ROM prior to flashing it.

Once again I'm not aware of a root method for any M rom yet, but as this new phone may get popular, it may just be a matter of time until root is found.

cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] tangomilo:
Yep my mistake. If I ever end up owning the Axon Mini, I know where to come :o

You guys put a lot of time and work into making life easier for people and I appreciate your efforts! :good:
[ZTE Axon Pro] nospherwtf:
This apps doesn't have shortcuts.

I think UserUsageStats_ZTE 1st app for deleting, thanks to Snowden =)
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
I am back on this forum after sometime. [MENTION=5852561]demenicis[/MENTION] I have read your page on needrom. It looks like Marshmallow is running quite well on this device now including gapps on system partition. Gapps never ran properly before on Marshmallow when flashed through recovery. It would stuck at "Ckecking Info....". Is there a special gapps package which runs perfect now? I am on Original M ROM only recovery file excluded. What is the best course of action from here? Install your clean-007 from needrom? I think its time now to use it as my regular phone. I have been using Nubia z9 mini for about two years without any issue. Now it is running slow so it is the best time to change phone rather than resetting it and starting from scratch on old one.
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Hi, reboot into recovery, flash aboot5, reboot into recovery again, then flash this:

https://mega.nz/#!aJtSDBaL!m8hEWhjdCMGIzRcNHMWwJx8TuOh1u8z7GOfznR__MYk

B13-CLean01. Fresh from the oven.

(it was just released in the Chinese website, go back a few pages here and you will see.

this file hasn't yet been updated in the needrom page.

It contains everything:

-gapps (I also made a separate gapps.zip for you to flash separately if you want, you can get it in the needrom page)

-Force touch and screenshot working

-modded settings (same for B12, but I kept the original in the same folder just in case)

-B2016 modem,

-logo screen, and boot animations from international rom

-users added into the settings menu (build.prop mod)

-other google apps added to system (keyboard, calendar, tts....)

etc, etc ,etc

I just flashed on top of my existing rom, flashed supersU2.62 and exposed, rebooted, wait a little (dcache updating 130 apps...) phone was totally fine, no data lost.

But I found it was a bit laggy, so I booted into recovery again, cleared cache and it is all good, no visible difference from B12 that I could notice.

then I rebooted again, flashed superSU2.78 and also my old "remove journal" script (just to check it worked), and the system feels just perfect.

Anyway, either B12-clean07 or B13-clean01 are both good and ready to flash on all B2016 phones (force touch seems better on B13, more reliable and responsive, but I still find it pretty crappy as no other apps can interact with it other than the launcher, which I don't use, or the gallery and the password, which you will go MAD if you try the tap,tap,press,tap password thing, finger print is miles faster and 99.5% reliable)

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
Great job Demenicis !!

I'm still on your rom B12 and is doing fine really. Like it very much

The only issue I can tell is that during a video recording the brightness diminished with no apparent reason making the video a bit dark. It lasted a couple of seconds then it got back to normal. Did you experience a similar issue on yours?

Thanks

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
Thanks for your prompt reply. Actually it was me who reported about B13.

There is no need to flash modem and Aboot6 after flashing rom? Thx
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
no, it is already in the ROM.

Thanks for finding out the new release, I hope to have small things like proxy sensor during calls, signal quality etc, improved.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
[MENTION=3580983]denenicis[/MENTION] there is a good news. I think we can unlock bootloader on this phone.
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
Anyone got B09 original with recovery file removed only?
[ZTE Axon Pro] EdgeTheraited:
[MENTION=5852561]demenicis[/MENTION] i decided i want to update my phone to b13 can you help me because im beginner at these things
[ZTE Axon Pro] Yannis100:
Hi,

I asked myself the same some time ago, my searches led me to these results :

http://www.digitalinternals.com/mobile/android-mmc-mmcblk-partition-layout/259/

http://android.stackexchange.com/questions/5232/how-can-i-view-the-android-internal-partition-table
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Sure.

Where are you? Are you rooted? Have you already installed twrp?

Cheers

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I can check if I still have it at home, yesterday I had just deleted the b09 from my mega link

Why do you want it? B09/b12/b13 are practically identical, sharing 99â„… of the same apps.

If these changes are "invisible" this means they are config/settings changes which were corrected or improved so the latet the version the better.

I'd just go directly to b13
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
I'm under an impression that b09 was working better. May be just a feeling but I want to make sure. I will be grateful if you please share it.

I think bootloader can be unlocked on this phone now. There is an option in developer options as "OEM Unlock" but I believe it needs stock recovery. Why we can't flash b2015 stock recovery on this phone?

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@demenicis b09 will still be in your mega account's rubbish bin. If it is there you can put it back. Thx
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
the stock recovery ONLY accepts signed zip files.

also if you have twrp and you decide to install the stock recovery back, you WILL brick your phone BADLY (send back to ZTE) if you do not flash aboot5 before doing so.

I strongly recommend you NOT to even try to install the stock recovery back unless:

- you have to send your phone back to zte;

-you know EXACTLY what you are doing.

Once again, there is no reason or evidences that the B09 is any better than B12 or B13.

But I'll still see if I can find it in my rubbish bin.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] RVA84:
Hi everybody, i have the b12 clean06 and i would like to flash the b13, how can i do it without losing the installed data. Thanks!!!!

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By the way, I found a android nougat rom for our ZTE, someone has tried it and can comment how it works??

I cant put links, search in google "Upgrade/Update ZTE Axon Mini to 7.0 Nougat" and is the first search.
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
This is fake. And so are other sites. If you can't find it on a trustworthy forum like XDA then 99% it is fake. They make you visit their pages and make money.
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Sorry but I wrote how to do it in the previous page!!! post #1076

repeating:

Hi, reboot into recovery, flash aboot5, reboot into recovery again,

clear cache ONLY

, then flash this:

https://mega.nz/#!aJtSDBaL!m8hEWhjdC...8z7GOfznR__MYk

then flash super SU and xposed (optionally), reboot system, wait, done. no data lost.
[ZTE Axon Pro] EdgeTheraited:
no root no twrp
[ZTE Axon Pro] RVA84:
thank you very much for everything!!!!
[ZTE Axon Pro] Crisvendetta:
From my experience b09 is faster but has worse battery management, the audio on headphones is a lot louder on this rom. I will upload the rom I am using, which has all the sounds changed. It just takes so much time to upload
[ZTE Axon Pro] nospherwtf:
demenicis Correct your instruction: If your phone bootloop: press only power for 10+10+5 sec and phone switches off. Then press vol+ and power to enter recovery.

Trying flash your gapps on freshly installed B13. No apps installed or no shortcuts for them.
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
OK, start from here, all files you need are in this link, including the instructions as a separate file.

https://mega.nz/#F!rZcyBCoQ!lmHp0aQVZinzrmbv-iOCpw

Please follow every step and shout if you need help.

once twrp is installed, go into it and do your first backup.

then follow the instructions from this other link, choose your ROM and be happy.

https://mega.nz/#F!PVFHHRha!KqcSPtdpDHdYkgUti59c7A

again, please follow the instruction and make sure you NEVER try to put the stock recovery back, even if you think twrp is not working OK. it is working fine.

Cheers

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about the boot in a bootloop, yes you may be right, but keeping the vol+ also works.

B13-clean01 already has gapps on it.

However flashing the gapps.zip I made should work too. Please go to system/priv-apps and see if they are there. sometimes the mifavor launcher takes a little while to refresh the list of apps. I'm on B13-clean01 and they are working fine.

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Hi, what sound changes did you make?

On needrom I posted the results from antutu benchmark of 43500 on B12 ROM, which is so far the highest I've seen.

My dolby is REALLY loud on headphones either on B12 or B13. I haven't changed anything to do with sound.

I'm uploading the B09 (61% in my mega) but once again, I see no point using this older rom. the force touch option doesn't even exist on the B09 in the build.prop, so I wonder if some of the sound changes are also done via build.prop.

I'm uploading but I think it would have been easier for you to download directly from zte (B09 is just under the same link for B13) and remove the recovery resorce file.

Anyway, I have added the logo and boot animation from the B04 as a bonus, and also all the gapps in system

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] EdgeTheraited:
i want to ask how is the battery life and is it safe to do it?

and talked to some friends in nearby countries they said that ZTE is planning to update the phone to nougat because the phone released in egypt and saudi arabia they told me the update is coming up by ota on Q1 of 2017
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
that would be really good.

battery life - > there is no way any of us could have compared for sure the difference between any MROM (b08/09/12/13) they seemed all to be the same, and all spending more battery than on lollipop, this is for sure.

however, to compensate it, the performance is about 3x better, MUCH faster, no or very little lag.

One thing I have to say is that if you leave your phone quite, the battery stays there, intact, untouched and I bet it would last 1 month, with networks and wifi on all the time.

but when the screen is on and you are using it.....well it literally sucks battery to perform as well as it does. I personally find it good.

safe to install -> well this depends how good you are in following instructions, which you find plenty on this forum, and everything you need in my needrom page.

I have flashed different roms about 30 times, plus 20 restores and backups......it works as a treat.

cheers

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Edit.

Having said that about the battery life in the MROM, the b13 seems to be holding better than b12, but it is just my 3rd day of use......
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
as promised anyway

B09 - complete with no system apps removed

https://mega.nz/#!2A9WjL6b!qu63BfPQl-jdUHQjviVFhgUPzm_SJOZtH3QgbontCEA

and just for easy access:

B12-Clean07

https://mega.nz/#!XUtHnAzL!bZFsetNBhPZ9vjmVjiF-FbbnKWKZk2nQNIW_0dETDwc

B13-Clean01

https://mega.nz/#!aJtSDBaL!m8hEWhjdCMGIzRcNHMWwJx8TuOh1u8z7GOfznR__MYk

Cheers

B12-Clean
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
Thanks [MENTION=5852561]demenicis[/MENTION]

There is one thought about recovery.

What if we install Lollipop Stock recovery while having Marshmallow? Will it brick the phone?
[ZTE Axon Pro] master66:
I've just restored my previous back up before moving to B12 and have restored the oritginal B04 with Lollipop.

I've intsalled aboot 5.1 went back and rebooted in recovery, wiped dalvik and cache, then restored my back up

It is now like it just came out of the box.
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Yes. It will brick the phone.

To have an operable Mrom system you have to have the aboot6 on.

If you install the stock recovery you wont be able to flash anything else even the stock L rom, because the aboot6 won't let it.

DONT DO THIS.

if you want the stock recovery back, flash aboot 5 first, then you do it. But after that your M system won't boot anymore so the stock L rom would he the only option.

Best way to install the stock recovery back is to flash aboit5 from twrp, then simply flash the stock(unmodified) Lrom. This will override everything, including the recovery itself.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
but aboot6 would already be on it so why it wouldn't boot if I flash only stock recovery? All this discussion is in the context of unlocking the bootloader. For unlocking bootloader it needs stock recovery.
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
You may right and your system may still boot, but if aboot6 is there your stock recovery won't work, so it is pointless.

Cheers
[ZTE Axon Pro] simrim1:
Hmmm. You are right. And we can't flash B2015 Marshmallow stock recovery on our B2016. It will brick the device. Right? Can you discuss it with [MENTION=1546029]Bormental[/MENTION]? May be he can suggest something. Thx

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Anybody got B2015? Have you tried to unlock bootloader by going going to Settings->Developer Options-> OEM Unlock. Can you confirm if it unlocks bootloader?
[ZTE Axon Pro] demenicis:
Yes we know about it but it seems the bootloader isnt actually unlocked. [MENTION=1546029]Bormental[/MENTION] said something about this a while ago. I'll have to search for it.

Anyway, before i rootednthe phone I left this options selected, but in reality i dont kniw what it does.
[ZTE Axon Pro] EdgeTheraited:
[MENTION=5852561]demenicis[/MENTION] can we build remix rom or miui 8??