yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
Hi,

Voluntarily I do not put any direct link (google help you).

Because I do not want to incite people who would not have the necessary knowledge to test this rom and which would make their device unstable or inoperative.

as allways, all that you do is your own responsability ...

you can try (LeneageOS 14.1 by Matroskin) android 7.1.1 (it's not an official release !) --installer is in English but maker is Russian-- Install with TWRP Update.

In my case, I found some problems with:

-audio (The sound is a bit weak).

-fingerprint ok, but after a full reboot, you have to enter a schema or a PIN code once, (after, that is ok Until the next reboot) at the end of fingerprint record process, the phone reboot and don't start well, (use reset, 10 sec power btn).

-Some problems with the data connection, but I think it's my fault because of firewall rules (when i stop it, all work right) /solved with better rules actually/.

-Some of my favorite applications (close to the low-level system) have trouble working properly, probably because of nougat7 compatibility.

-Xposed should work (ex-cyanogen so ...) but I do not use it, so I can not say anything, the rom seems deodexed.

-BT tested (only) with file sharing between android devices, and it's ok.

-Camera look like good as original rom (stock).

-The screen lacks some red component (very light but ...) it can be attenuated with the display settings.

-GPS work fine, tested with GoogleMaps only.

-AP work fine too.

-Autostart (onbootcompleted) apps work well.

Here, I tryed to be as objective as possible. I propose you this alternative because you ask for it, but it is not at all cooked, you must want to tweak to make it work right. If you use google apps you will need to install Gapps, I encourage you to use the latest SuperSU and Busybox update and before all to fire (delete) the "recovery" directory in ZIP installer of this rom (I had unwanted replacement of twrp sometimes). To make it more fluid, I deleted some other components too, free to you to do the best.

For me, I'm still testing this ROM. I do not know yet whether I will use it forever.

English is not my native language I do at best then sorry. I hope this help you anyway.

Cordially.
[Device Reviews and Information] fraydi:
FOTA

Latest FOTA for me is R05. R09 is available only by SPTool download?
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
hi,

I was able to read several times that there had been changes regarding the screens according to the version of HT17Pro, maybe that your maj OTA is not done because of a problem of compatibility at this level. In any case below you have the links to the official page HomTom.

http://www.homtom.cc/ at the bottom of the page, HT17Pro, download and install trought SPTool ...

Regards.
[Device Reviews and Information] N10A:
I'm currently using ResurrectionRemix 5.8.2 and it works good. It runs on Android 7.1. Dunno if it works woth xposed, tho.
[Device Reviews and Information] Cleopatra Bianchi:
HT17 Pro - stock rom R09 - Xposed Framework FIXED !

HT17 Pro - stock rom R09 - Xposed Framework FIXED !

The stock rom had a terrible limit : unable to install Xposed Framework :(

I finally get to fix this terrible bug :)

Xposed zip suggestion

:

After flashed Xposed zip, please be patient 7 minutes during reboot.

Xposed Installer suggestion

:

Before to install Xposed Installer, be sure to have activated data traffic or Wi-Fi turned on.

Please visit the dedicated section on Needrom.
[Device Reviews and Information] Pied|Piper:
What of fingerprint??
[Device Reviews and Information] N10A:
It works properly. Just, the first time you set it up, the phone reboots. Then it's fine.
[Device Reviews and Information] Pied|Piper:
Have you tried xposed?? And about the app compatibility, on average how many percent of your apps work with it??
[Device Reviews and Information] N10A:
I did not try XPosed because I did not need it, and because I did not want to reinstall the ROM should it break it. The ROM has a lot of features anyway (pie, lots of paranoid android and OmniRom code & CM stuff).

All of the apps I'm using are running fine. Including games (I use like 3 games).
[Device Reviews and Information] Reeztaa:
Thanks for this, finally Xposed work for stock rom... :)

And i tried your MyWigo City3 too, Xposed installed and activated but modules are not working...
[Device Reviews and Information] gizamaluke:
Great thank you! Does this ROM has those tweaks you did in R09 MOD ROM? If not, are u planning to do it?

PD: Everytime I use native task killer ALL background processes get killed, so I have to open apps like Whatsapp or Facebook again to receive notifications. Does anyone know how to withelisting(?) those background processes?

(this happen with stock rom and this rom)
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
Hi, i have the same problem. I use QuickSystemInfo you can kill unwanted apps and protect (ignore) some others. I don't use built in task killer, except (to free some memory) when i plan to restart system.
[Device Reviews and Information] Reeztaa:
Try move your Whatsapp/Facebook to system app with Lucky Patcher... :)
[Device Reviews and Information] Cleopatra Bianchi:
Hi !

Actually the R09 MOD is outdated.

It contains SuperSU 2.79 and BusyBox 1.24.2

You can install them by yourself.

STEPS

:

1) Download the new SuperSU and BusyBox :

http://www.mediafire.com/file/l9s2j163gfnrfqx/2017_SU-BU.rar

2) Unrar the 2017_SU-BU.rar and copy the two zips inside microSD.

3) Flash the TWRP 3.0.3 (on Needrom).

4) Install SuperSU (by twrp recovery).

5) Install Busybox (by twrp recovery).

6) Reboot and tap on the icon of SuperSU to activate it.

7) Enjoy.

:)
[Device Reviews and Information] diiogo53:
How can i had portuguese language in resurrection remix 5.8.2?
[Device Reviews and Information] ilyadan:
IMHO no. I got mine a long while ago for 69$ including case and screen protector.
[Device Reviews and Information] Matteo12510:
Hi I have set the micro sd samsung 64gb as internal memory on homtom ht17, but apps should always install them manually. Can you help me? Thank you
[Device Reviews and Information] Smoodlares:
I recently purchased a 5.5 fusion gen 2 which turns out to be the ht 17 pro................now what i would like to know is there any other rom that works as good as the HT17 Pro - stock rom R09 - Xposed Framework FIXED which I am currently using?????
[Device Reviews and Information] N10A:
I'm currently using ResurrectionRemix but it's not as stable.

I.E. I can't record video with the camera. Even taking pics sometimes crashes the camera and you have to reboot the phone. XPosed probably does not work.

It's running on android 7; it would be nice if somebody would work on a fix for the camera.
[Device Reviews and Information] Smoodlares:
hummmmmm nah i need the cam cuz i use it everyday to imo with my girl...................But thanks for your feedback................U know about one thats more stable?
[Device Reviews and Information] OT-Xtreme:
tnx works great, can you do the same for R02 firmware? it just have way better battery
[Device Reviews and Information] N10A:
Android 7 ROMs all have the camera issue AFAIK

Probably the ROM you're using is the most stable Android 6 ROM.
[Device Reviews and Information] Smoodlares:
Or okay thanks......................ohhh what about the lineage os on android 6 for this phone ???
[Device Reviews and Information] Smoodlares:
Miui 8 runs damn good everything works...............only thing missing are the gestures and to take pics with the scanner
[Device Reviews and Information] Pied|Piper:
Power button problem

Hey guys, I need help with my power button..

Every I press the button, my phone switches of 5secs after only to keep looping the homtom logo until the battery dies.

The fix I had for it initially was just to pull out the battery and replace it back immediately, and the phone powers on immediately...

Over time, the amount of time I need to keep my battery out of my phone has increased from 1min to 10mins to 15mins to an hour even. Replacing the battery prematurely will only result in another loop and I have to start over again.

What I did now was to remove the button attached to the back cover and use the double click to wake up feature to wake my phone when needed.

Volume buttons work fine BTW

I've used two different ROMs, so it's probably not a software or app problem. And this started way before I rooted my phone.

If its an hardware problem, its probably internal.

Is anyone experiencing this and do you have a fix??
[Device Reviews and Information] Smoodlares:
Hummmm Have u tried unscrewing and opening the phone to see if............the power button isnt half way stuck????????.............................
[Device Reviews and Information] Smoodlares:
Change the camrea video resolution from 1080 to 720p I decided to give it a try but the battery drains a little too quickly it seems
[Device Reviews and Information] Pied|Piper:
I checked... It isn't

It still clicks okay
[Device Reviews and Information] Smoodlares:
the roms u tried were they android 6 or 7?

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my bad u said iy happened before you flash your phone....................ifs thats the case most likely its an internal as u said your phone is faulty..............because I dont have that problem...............my phone only restarted when I was testing the android 7 roms

---------- Post added at 01:45 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:40 AM ----------

I thought miui 8 was perfect but I made a mistake there is a nasty Bug that doesnt allow me to play Videos on any website Not even youtube..........................Does anyone and I mean ANYONE have a solution for this? Personally The miui rom has the perfect battery life so I would really like to revert back to it
[Device Reviews and Information] OT-Xtreme:
for our device - just stock, the rest is crappy
[Device Reviews and Information] Jim973:
Hi, I've purchased this phone (Pro version) a month ago and I'm pretty satisfied with it, after tweaking the sound levels and disabling a few system apps that came preinstalled it performs very well for the price.

However, I've found an annoying problem with the stock ROM R09 (I received the phone with R06 and updated immediately), I usually listen to music with the phone while surfing the web, normally with Foobar, so I have foobar running in the background while using google chrome. Whenever I press the home button in this scenario almost all background apps close automatically, foobar included, so I have to launch them again. This doesn't happen all the time but more often than not.

I've tried several things without success, including disabling battery optimization for such apps, but in any case ram is exhausted or there are any conditions that could trigger apps closing. If I don't touch the home button apps can run for hours without closing.

Does anybody know what can be happening and if there's a fix?.

By the way, phone is not rooted, and if not necessary I would prefer to keep it that way.

Thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
Hi, when i touch home rapidly the home screen come to front, and if i long pushing on it, i've a trash icon appear and if i don't use it, nothing is closed, i can chose other apps to put it in front.

I'm using r09 modded & rooted. Maybe in developer menu, you have changed settings for nbr background app available to 1 or other things ?.
[Device Reviews and Information] Jim973:
Development options are disabled, so process limit is standard, what happens when the home button is pressed (one quick touch), is that background apps close most of the time but not always.

So the foobar icon in the notification area dissapears and music stops playing, if i long press the home button to switch tasks this doesn't happen.

I can live with this behavior but I've used other phones that doesn't do this, I suppose that this may be kernel related.
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
Just an idea, when i received mine, it was r06 rom but i've installed r09 trough SPflashTools and rom file from official site (never used OTA functionality) and then i rooted it ..., So without rooting, you can make a full install of R09 that will erase R06, then there is lot of chance that your problem disappear (i hope).

Just to inform you before doing this, in my case (r09) i've another issue, lot of autostart apps doesn't start automatically they must be switched to "system apps" and rooting is necessary to doing that ...
[Device Reviews and Information] Jim973:
Thanks for the advice, I had already noticed that apps don't autostart, but it doesn't bother me that much.

From a programming point of view supossedly pressing the home button calls onPause() and onStop(), and apps that run in the background should handle it, but there must be something else because sometimes pressing the home button closes the background apps and sometimes it doesn't, moreover with other phones with the same or less amount of resources it doesn't happen.

The way of reproducing the problem is opening for example Foobar, start playing music, then opening Chrome, surf the web for a few minutes, and when home button is pressed to return to the launcher screen, foobar closes (music stops playing and the notification icon dissapears immediately).

I know that Android automatically closes apps when for example ram gets exhausted, but in this case ram consumption rarely gets over 60% and I suspect that in this rom maybe the task killer does something when the home button gets pressed.
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
You're right for lifetime of application in android and your reasoning look good but when i try to reproduce your behavior, there is no app exiting. I don't use Chrome neither original music player (i've made a very ligh, high-debloated version of stock rom) , vlc or poweramp doesn't stop playing until i decide to stop them myself. When i've working on this rom i haven't seen any task-killer apps integrated in stock version. Have you tried to use another browser and/or muysicplayer ?
[Device Reviews and Information] Jim973:
Yes, I've tried other apps, not only music players, and all exhibit the same behavior, I've also used Firefox instead of Chrome with the same results.

What's strange is that for example now I had to do repeat the procedure three times (pressing home -> going back to chrome -> pressing home again -> ...), I did it slowly, leaving about 5-10 seconds between steps, and in the end Foobar and Aimp both closed (I don't use Vlc but I'll check it, too), memory usage was 55% at most.

Anyway for the price that I paid this is not a deal breaker, I'll wait and see if any updates come, although I suppose that this phone won't get many more if any and it also seems that it won't have official Android Nougat.

I'm using Arrow Launcher and I'll try a different one (even the stock launcher) to see it it may have something to do with this, although I doubt it.
[Device Reviews and Information] Jim973:
After doing more checks I was wrong, apps only close when browsing with Chrome, using Firefox doesn't exhibit such behavior. When using Chrome after pressing home button background apps close (icons in the notification area dissapear), more often than not.

It's a pity because Chrome at least in this device is much smoother than Firefox but as I said before it's not such a big deal.

Just a question about rooting, I suppose the cleanest/easiest way would be to replace the recovery with TWRP 3.0.3 for this phone (by Cleopatra Bianchi), the phone came with R06 and was OTA upgraded to R09, so I understand that I can use R09 scatter, and after that install supersu from recovery, or is there a way other than using Kingroot (installs adware?), for example?.

Thanks.
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
Bad things ... have you tried VIA browser (lightweight and minimalist)? maybe an alternative to Chrome (Samsung browser look good too but it's Samsung ...), i'm using Dolphin and VIA depending on what i need to do.

Really, i don't recommend to you any onclick root systems (lot of adds and useless s-hit-s that could sometimes be dangerous).

Best way in my opinion is SP flash Tool to install Twrp followed by SuperSU installation.

I give you my rootpack for HT17Pro with scatter file for twrp 3.1 (all is included to properly root your r09 device).

Unpack SPFlash tool, unpack TWRP 3.1

Follow instructions in .txt file.

Boot to TWRP and use SuperSU2.82sr2's zip file to root your phone.

It's done.
[Device Reviews and Information] Jim973:
Thank you very much for your help, I'll do a backup and try it as soon as I can.

Regarding the browsers, VIA looks really nice, and it is really lightweight, however I may be paranoid, but I have trouble putting my trust in applications where you may have to enter private information (corporate or personal), so I feel more comfortable using mainstream browsers like Chrome and Firefox for example.

That's the same reasoning that I use for not rooting phones (in fact some banking applications don't even work with rooted phones), but these days many of them come with adware and non wanted apps preinstalled, so in the end you have to choose the lesser evil.
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
Same as you, i'm using Dolphin as trusted app and Via for the rest.

For apps that does not work with rooted device you can use Magisk (search on XDA for it) instead of SuperSU, it include a safetynet function, a method to hide rooted devices.
[Device Reviews and Information] ervich:
Hi team, my apologies for jumping whole 35 pages of the discussion. As usual there is a lot of information about pretty much everything in a dosen threads, but it is always nearly impossible to find exact answer to a particular problem. So I hope someone will just help me with my problem. 2 weeks ago I bought 2 brand new HT17PRO's for myself and my Mrs., on arrival both were able to make calls, there was a problem of receiving calls, but I suspect it was probably required bared settings to be removed. Then I connected phone to the internet it found update and suggested updating firmware, in all wisdom I went on with update on both phones. UPS!!! I got NO SERVICE... NO NETWORK AVAILIBLE ... messages on both. Doesn't matter what I've tried it is gone. I can't downgrade or upgrade as it says it's up to date. Rom on the phone at the moment is HOMTOM-HT17PRO-ANDROID_6.0-R09-20170104. I'm not total newbie with firmware upgrade/ rom flashing, but haven't done it for a while so I would really appreciate if someone would help me to get phone working. All I want really is the previous stock rom and instructions how to flash it. I already found out how to get in to bootloader on this one, so I guess I need instructions how to put it on to SD card and flash. After that I may as well will try to root it and put better custom Rom, but now all I need is working phone. It was Mrs Birthday present, can you imagine what I'm getting from her for the last 2 weeks :))

Thank you upfront for your help
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
Hi,

I don't know if your issue can be solved trough flashing process, it's strange, out the box you can call but not receive and after update you can't call and can't receive ... i think about hardware problem but without more investigation i don't really know ...

As requested, the flashing process for TWRP:

1) Turn off the phone. Put out battery (20sec) and put it in after.

2) Open SP Flash Tool, load the scatter file and click on Download.

3) Connect your phone to your pc with USB to start the flash process.

4) When it finished, press "volume up" and "power" buttons simultaneously.

5) When appears the writing "HOMTOM" release immediately the buttons.

well, in previous post i've put a link to .rar file that contain all you need to do that.

You can find over the net lot of customs rom but after having tried the whole, i can just say there is only official rom to get full functionality working well, others have lot of restrictions ...

I have uploaded for you another link with my own custom rom based on R09 (to use with TWRP), it work well for me with full functionality ok and it's debloated (made originally for my use only).

You can find some old officials rom too, if you want to downgrade with TWRP.

Actually i'm using r09 without any problem, my phone is used principally as modem (usb tethering) on linux distribution to share internet over my LAN. It's used to make and receive call, sms, mms as a classic phone too.

I repeat, i don't think changing rom can solve your issue but ... maybe with lot of lucky feeling ^

Hope you find a solution. regards ...
[Device Reviews and Information] Davdi_j_d:
I'm on R08 via OTA, any real benefit to R16?

I had OTA to R08 last year, but nothing since, Phone says it's up to date when I check for OTA updates. What's the likely benefit of going to R16, and could it break anything?

Phone is 1GB/8GB version.

Now, if I download the R16 zip file from HomTom, is it feasible to unpack it, add su binary and supersu/magisk to the system directory and rezip it prior to flashing?

And which scatter file (if any) will I need?
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
Hi,

You cannot replace boot.img in original firmware (i've tried this but no success).

You have HT17 version so you need to get TWRP for this version (I don't know if TWRP's HT17Pro work for HT17)

Simply flash official rom with spflash tool and after booting, turn off your phone and apply TWRP with spflashtool, uncheck auto reboot launch flashing and reboot, rapidly enter TWRP and install SuperSU zip version followed by Busybox.zip ARM version with TWRP.

After 2 time reboot you get root access.

ps: you can find utilities and explanations (except TWRP>HT17) in the package that i've made ahead
[Device Reviews and Information] Davdi_j_d:
What is a Scatter File?

What is a scatter file (mentioned in your text file in your very useful looking package file.), and what is it's relationship with the official ROM and/or TWRP?

Sorry if this seems obvious, but I want to fully understand the process before actually doing it.

I've unlocked bootloaders and installed CWM/TWRP and custom ROMS on HTC and Sony Phones in the past, and I've never come across a scatter file before.
[Device Reviews and Information] luattic:
Hi,

What is a scatter file ?: It's a txt file that contain the memory addresses where to flash the element (this case TWRP) SpFlashTool need it to put TWRP at th right place. This is specific to Mediatek's devices.

The relationship with the official ROM and/or TWRP ?: When you install official firmware, you get the official recovery boot software. When you flash TWRP after the rom installation, you change the official recovery with TWRP (this, enable to install low-level supersu and busybox and lot of more stuffs like new roms).

Remember important thing, in my package, you find TWRP for HT17PRO not for HT17 classic. I don't know if it would work on your device. I think you need to find a TWRP for your version HT17. You can check in this thread where is explained all the process and give you some links to the TWRP needed by your device
[Device Reviews and Information] lars2121:
hey guys i have a smal question

wanted to root this phone but when i try to flash it with SPFlash it doesent work at all, following this instruction on this page:

https://xdaforums.com/general/device-reviews-and-information/ht17-root-t3386905

Problem is i cant install the MTK Drivers bec it seems like drivers are already installed for this device on my pc, dont know how

if i try to uninstall the drivers to install the other drivers the entry in the device manager for the phone disappeares completly

can somebody help me please?
[Device Reviews and Information] Jim973:
Do you have usb debugging enabled?, I've used the files kindly provided by Luattic and rooting has gone smoothly. In a lot of rooting tutorials it is recommended to remove the battery but it shouldn't really be necessary, if the phone is turned off and usb debugging enabled it should be correctly detected when plugged in.