yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] jrotaetxe:
Cleo.

Think will be good you "edit" the first post and include this update. Thus yo do not obligue a reader to dive the whole thread to finf the most updated of your achievements...

Congrats and thank you. having TWRP for the phone is a huge step.

Regards
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] why666me:
i just wanna say thanks alot

its working like magic on my Vernee Apollo

However, im still on

21) Tap Swipe to Backup.

took around 40 mins to Backup

i'll keep you posted of what happens

---------- Post added at 06:57 PM ---------- Previous post was at 06:12 PM ----------

Its all working just fine

Cleopatra :angel: what you did her is just beyond amazing
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
WHAT ??? 40 minutes to make a backup ???

WAIT please ! Probably you are doing it wrong.

Questions

:

1) Do you have selected ONLY Nvram, Boot, System and Data ?

2) What kind of microSD are you using ? Speed class 6 or speed class 10 ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] why666me:
Yup about 40 minutes and i only selected Data System nvram and boot

Its a class 10 i think

However, i rebooted the phone and ran root check

Both SuperSU and busybox were installed correctly.

I had to reboot using adb again because i didnt flash busybox with superSU the first time
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
"I think" is not enough, please check your microSD class.

However, 40 minutes are too many.

Are you sure you have made the backup onto microSD ?

Please check inside your microSD. There should be a folder called "TWRP".

Inside "TWRP" folder, there should be a folder called "Backups".

Inside "Backups" folder, there should be a folder called "k15ta_a".

Inside "k15ta_a" folder, there should be a folder called "year-month-day-hour-alps-mp ...".

Please tell me the names of files inside this last folder.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] madis121:
First of all, I'd like to thank you for the time you've spent trying to make Apollo a better device.

Secondly, I just tried using TWRP 3.0.3 and the touch screen works just fine on my device. I'm not lying, it really did work. But I don't know why it wouldn't work on yours.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
WHAT ???

Impossible !

I have made the twrp 3.0.3 and the touch screen does not works (by SP Flash Tool).

It works only by OTG mouse or by Fastboot mode.

I am very curious to know all your steps (when you installed it onto your Apollo X25).

Maybe you may have had a real miracle to help all the owners of Apollo X25.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] madis121:
Unfortunately I'm not much of help, all I did was just follow your steps. Though I did have a little bit trouble at first when trying to get my phone to recognize my computer for USB debugging (had to enable/disable USB debugging mode a couple of times, plug in/unplug the USB cable a couple of times until it finally installed/recognized ADB interface).
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
backup time

[MENTION=8138889]why666me[/MENTION] :

This is my twrp backup time.

I have a microSDXC UHS-I (speed up to 80 MB/s) :

:)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] why666me:
I feel so dumb after seeing this.... Ugh

spending 40 minutes staring at the screen and keeping children away from the USB cable!!!! 40 minutes
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] why666me:
UPDATE TWRP 3.03 screentouch is working just fine on my Apollo

and im trying to get XPOSED to work now
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
IT IS AMAZING !

Please write here your Build number (Settings-->About phone).

Please write here all the steps you done to install twrp 3.0.3.

What did you do after flash the recovery.img with SP Flash Tool ?

The answer is the key.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
TO ALL

TO ALL :

I must firmly ask you not to attempt to spread any false expectations.

The touch screen of twrp 3.0.3 works ONLY by OTG mouse or by Fastboot mode.

If you are here to prove otherwise, please post a video recording about twrp.

If you are here to make fun of people, please go on social networking sites.

Thank you in advance.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Sracer85:
Can I flash SECOND MODDED STOCK ROM from Carliv Touch Recovery 5.7.3?

I tryed - but after flash smart did not enter to system

Only "Vernee boot logo"

What i must to do now?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
[MENTION=7404437]Sracer85[/MENTION] (from 4PDA) :

Please tell me : why did you try to flash the second modded stock rom from Carliv ?

Please follow the procedure (steps) that I have suggested onto my post.

Now follow the next steps :

1) Flash the first modded stock rom (Firmware Upgrade option).

2) Enter onto Fastboot mode.

3) Boot the twrp 3.0.3

4) Install the second modded stock rom.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Dilini:
C:\Users\User>adb reboot bootloader

C:\Users\User>fastboot oem unlock

...

(bootloader) Start unlock flow

FAILED (remote:

Unlock operation is not allowed

)

finished. total time: 10.929s

C:\Users\User>

why do i get this error message ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
Questions

:

1) Do you have installed "ADB_1.4.2.rar" ?

2) Do you have enabled "OEM unlocking" ?

3) Do you have allowed "USB debugging" ?

Please look at the next screenshot :
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xaras2:
This root is for Vernee Apollo X 4G Phablet ?

Grazie
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
answer

Of course.

Prego.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] serguei47:
good job

thank you for your work. You are the only person to work on this smartphone? It is a very good product at reasonable price.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tkawa:
Hello, I can’t find out what’s wrong with my recovery installation.

ADB installed and working, Developer options ON with OEM unlocking & USB debugging.

ADB reboot bootloader working, “fastboot oem unlock” nice and easy. Then normal rebooting and recovery installation....

Never mind which recovery I try: TWRP 302, 303 or Carliv one, also fastboot or SP Flash Tool installation.

I can’t reboot into custom recovery. Mostly I’ve got normal reboot or even sometimes boot-loop issue.

Being honest I’ve got no idea what could be done in a different way…
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mathero11:
Thanks Cleopatra - Snapchat fix

Really thanks for the recovery and root, it works great!

Also (it has been mentioned multiple times but) if you want to use touchscreen in recovery you have to fastboot it and then load the load the recovery.img ( fastboot boot c:\adb\recovery.img )

The only thing is, after OEM unlock I can't login in snapchat even with: Xposed Root Cloak and Hide my Root.

So here is the fix:

1. Make sure your device is OEM unlocked!!

2. Follow the instructions on this page: https://xdaforums.com/general/rooting-roms/vernee-apollo-helio-x25-roms-fix-t3561019 Use the first MODDED rom (scroll a little bit down)

3. After flashed the original modded ROM with SP tools, boot to android, install snapchat and LOGIN Very important!!.

4. Reboot to recovery mode

5. Install the SuperSU zip that is listed in this topic.

6. Congratz you can now use snapchat but remember: never log out.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] HabishNicht:
Thanks it just worked linke a charm.

Keep up the good work:good:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] desmondo1:
Hi I currently have the 1st modded stock rom on my x25 but would like to try lineage 14.1 I understand i need to flash TWP but can i go direct from 1st rom once this is installed?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
answer

Hello.

Please write in the proper thread :

https://xdaforums.com/general/rooting-roms/vernee-apollo-helio-x25-roms-fix-t3561019/page11

However, some people told me that the last LineageOS (LineageOS 14.1 - Nougat 7.1.2 - First Release),

seems to have a little problem with some apps.

At this moment I am working on it to try to fix the problem.

And of course, you have to flash once again the stock rom (the NEW stock rom),

before to install the custom rom.

Regards
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] GUIBRIEL:
Dúvida

Hello Cleo. I'm Brazilian and I'm using google translator.

I read all your topic because I bought my apable phablet through the gearbest store and I want to do everything right, because it came from far away and I do not have the money to lose it!

So I ask you: Following just your first page tutorial, can I do root?

I ask this because other programs have entered the list as flash sp and others ... and I'm more familiar with twrp. (I did root in several motorola moto g)

Thanks, I await your response and congratulations for the topic!

---------- Post added at 01:17 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:10 AM ----------

In this link:

2016.vernee.cc / downloads-apollo. html

Which version to choose?

201612 or 201701? (I did an upgrade via wifi as soon as I turned it on for the 1st time. Is it still necessary to do this step?)

And another thing:

I do not know if my translation was legible, but I did not understand:

"Do you have stock available for this?"

Because he will still have the version of android N and would like to have this version. it will be possible? Or do I have to get her here and install by flash?

More doubts emerged:

/ * * *

When I used adbfastboot on my motoG2, I unzipped it and inside the folder on windows, I did the following command:

"CTRL + SHIFT + right-click and" open command window here ".

I then do the same thing with the adb you made available? Or do I have to install adb?

/ * * *

And in motoG2, with the phone turned off, I would enter the fast boot mode like this:

"Power button + volume up for 4 seconds"

But I was not able to do so in Apollo.

I'm going to need this function And if so, what am I doing wrong?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
answer

Hello.

Forget about Moto G methods.

Please follow carefully all the steps suggested at the first post.

Sincerely I do not know why Vernee has not still released a Nougat firmware for Apollo.

All of us look forward to Nougat firmware.

Some of us just lost the temper.

However, please take a look on Needrom.

You have to look for "Title: Apollo X25 – stock rom 2017-01-16".

Then, follow carefully all the steps at the first post.

Regards
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mentalghost:
I have a problem when trying to use fastboot when phone is in fastboot mode I get error with drivers I get Unknow USB Device Invalid Device Description Properties

Windows has stopped this device because it has reported problems. (Code 43)

Anyone know how to fix and resolve?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ThaWitchKing:
I just tried to follow your steps and root my phone but I am facing some problems.

1.I got Apollo_20170712201130 version and i dont know if this is the reason i cant root my phone.

2.I follow all the steps and i pretty sure im doing it right because you are precise but after the adb reboot bootloader command my phone stuck at fastboot mode....
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
answer

Hello.

Lately I am very busy.

I will attempt to examine your problem as soon as possible.

Regards
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mastaofdesasta:
Hello, from what I see the biggest issues left are No Touch in flashed recovery, and no Fingerprint detection in custom roms, right? Apart from that, I didn't get the advantage in stability of RR to LineageOs yet?

I wonder if we could get these issues fixed? I noticed you mentioning the Verevka repos, and found this:

Vendor Tree: https://github.com/JonnyXDA/android_vendor_vernee_apollo -Verevka is just a fork, they are even

Device: https://github.com/JonnyXDA/android_device_vernee_apollo/tree/LineageOS-14.1 -JonnyXDA has newer commits

Kernel: https://github.com/Verevka/android_kernel_vernee_apollo -Verevka has newer commits

Did you took all of the latest code from there to build your roms and twrp?

Also, I noticed that the latest changes in the kernel repo were done to the "k15tb_a_defconfig", which seems way more detailed that the k15ta_a_defconfig.

I don't get which device that is, our Vernee Apollo X25 is just related to k15ta_a, right?

EDIT: So it seems k15tb_a is related to Apollo Lite with an MT6797( Helio X20), so it doesn't matter for this device, right?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] The-Doc:
The source for the kernel has been released for the X20. It hasn't for the X25, and at this stage it's probably too late for anyone to care.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hblek:
Systemless root.

Has anybody succeeded to install a system less root with Magisk?

Verstuurd vanaf mijn Apollo met Tapatalk
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sacaitu:
Need a guide for vernee mix2 4gb
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] natostanco:
magisk works fine on stock rom
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] TheHater:
ADB

Hello.

I had some problems with adb 1.4.2 installer, that did not work for me on Win7 and Win10 systems (both 64bit).

The command prompt said no file was copied and ended with this error:

ERROR: invalid command line parameter 'link\desktop\adb-installer.log'

So then I used older driver that worked for me "adb 1.3" and now I am sing 3rd version of moded ROM.

So now I have problems with camera and other things.

Internal camera app can use only .3gp format for video and only .jpg for pictures. Another camera apps from store can not record 4K video (when 4K is set, then I get only 640*480, FHD resolution is working normally). I do not know how to get RAW picture files. Is it even possible? GPS and Wifi (5GHz) is quite weak and positioning is slow.

The good thing for me is less battery drain at the moment.

Overall thanks for modding and reply.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Cleopatra Bianchi:
answer

The adb 1.4.2 installer works very well onto my Windows 7 x64 partition.

The camera problem is one problem we all have in common.

In my view, the Vernee Apollo has an excellent hardware.

Unfortunately, Vernee Apollo has a bad software.

It seems that Vernee brand has abandoned the Apollo Helio X25 project.

No Nougat update done yet.

I did my best to improve the Vernee Apollo.

The 3rd version of modded rom seems to have solved definitively the battery consumption.

The battery is the most important piece in a smartphone.

Despite all the flaws of Vernee Apollo .... I am quite happy of it.

A contented mind is a perpetual feast, be happy with what you have got.

;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] natostanco:
I agree that the apollo has great hardware, it spreads heat very efficiently thanks to the metal cover, the range of wifi/bluetooth is very high and the fingerprint sensor is very stable (on stock rom). Plus it has the QHD screen which is great for fiddling around with VR. The audio speaker is good enough, I don't really listen to music through phone speakers...and the camera makes great photos as long as you use the flash. I think that with the design they were aiming for a midway between a MI5 and an OPO3 and they did a great job at it, quite sad to see so little software support. The only nick was lack of NFC.

I don't know about how hard the flashlight and the fingerprint sensors would be to fix on nougat but apart from these I think the rest is quite easy polishing like the hwcodes to at least bring the cleopatra RR rom good for daily use.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] tom tomie:
Can I restore the original state of the Apollo X25?

I followed the steps of this post and now I have the phone rooted. The back camera does not work. I have made the backup steps. But I cannot find any information on how to restore the phone at the pre-root state, if this is possible.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] paquitol:
twrrp

hola cleopatra compre vernee apollo x25

instalo su twrp y cuando reinicio a recovery sale instalada pero no desliza las flechasy no funciona

mi tf trae la ultma actualizacion de android 6.0 de julio 2017.

espero me ayude gracias.

contesteme en

franciscogracia7@hotmail.com
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mentalghost:
Will they be any future updates for this phone and custom roms as the one used off here seems to be killing me battery badly
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] vtdone:
Hello [MENTION=7332068]Cleopatra Bianchi[/MENTION]

Will this guide work for the any phone with Helio X25 processor such as Elephone P11. I have a hard time finding out how to root this device and thought since it's using the same processor it could be done with another device how-to. THanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 100738120111:
Hello Cleopatra,

My phone has a boot loop not sure if this what it seems like , says Vernee on the middle of the screen , bottom powered by android , stays for for 10 -15 seconds and it restarts . Same display again the phone restarts.

1. Now since I dont have access to oem unlock and usb debugging because of this restart problem. I cant make the phone open the twrp recovery via fastboot bec the fastboot says FAILED (remote: oem unlock is false).

2. On the other hand I tried flashing Carliv touch recovery and other stock roms via sp flash tools . The phone gives the same restart issue.

3. When I try to access recovery mode via power + volume up button , the phone displays vernee powered by android and its restarts.

What Should I do ?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] joesee:
OK, so there's a post nearly identical to this, with the CLEAR exception of it being specific to Android 6.x (Marshmallow). For that thread, go HERE.

DO NOT ATTEMPT ANY OF THE BELOW STEPS ON MARSHMALLOW. THIS IS FOR ANDROID 7.X (NOUGAT ONLY)​

OK, quick backstory. Like the other link, none of this is my work and all the people whom I've worked with and confirmed each step of these instructions are working and validated are here:

spotting, clsA, Atarii, faizalotai, BonezMontana, schluk and Sheldd. This is NOT my work, this is the combination of all these guys help. Thank them! If you need any help, please post here. I'll help the best I can, but I've got a 15 month old and between changing diapers and RAGING FITS due to lack of Cheddar Goldfish, I spend my side time flashing like crazy. :) PLEASE assume all risk and responsibility when following the instructions below. If you mess up, ask for help. I'm not liable. Neither are the guys you should be thanking above for this!

Cheers!

This process assumes the following: You're on stock Android 7 (Nougat) with no modifications.​

Basic steps are:

1. Unlock the bootloader

2. Flash TWRP

3. Flash SuperSU

4. Fix your BT/NFC (if you have issues)

5. There is extra instruction here as well for AdAway and V4A (Viper4Android)

Unlock the bootloader​

Follow this link to unlock your bootloader.

Flash TWRP​

Grab a working copy of TWRP here.

Flash SuperSU​

Download the SuperSU SPECIFICALLY FOR NOUGAT here.

Fix your BT/NFC (if you have issues)​

Some people are stating that after flashing this fix that they lose their keyboard. I'm throwing up a link here to get the latest GBoard.apk file.

Follow these instructions to fix BT/NFC issues.

This file is for the FRD-L04 ONLY.

Instruction for AdAway​

Follow these instructions to get AdAway working. This is only instruction, NOT where to download. I suggest F-Droid. Use Google.

Instruction for V4A (Viper4Android)​

Follow these instructions to get Viper working on Nougat.

How multiple people have successfully gone back to MM if they have too many issues with Nougat.​

Follow these instructions to get back to MM. Breathe.. it's actually not that bad at all.

You can find the OFFICIAL files to download on the Honor Support site located HERE.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] trainpunk:
Hi, i suggest removing the code tags and add the quote one instead so that people wont have to scroll down and scroll sideways too
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] takichiman:
Thanks for the sum-up! This thread gave me enough confidence to tweak my Honor8 on Nougat.

I'll try to get Adaway tonight, and will report any problems ;)

EDIT: After flashing the update_data_full_hw_usa.zip to get BT and NFC, I only got NFC back. Can't turn on BT.

I reformated data to f2fs and reflashed supersu then update_data_full_hw_usa.zip but it's even worse, I don't have NFC. [MENTION=546837]joesee[/MENTION], any idea what went wrong?

=> considering a rollback now...
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] LastStandingDroid:
I already have 2 zips for viper which just needs to install and then set selinux to permissive and no struggle with installation if u have busy box
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] joesee:
Yeah, there were a lot of people including myself that had issues with that not working unless we renamed that audio_effects.conf file. To test, I even tried the standard apk file to try to install because I really hate the new EQ layout of the version 2.5. It is such a pain in the butt to scroll over just to adjust a frequency!
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] joesee:
That's the one I was actually trying to do but I've never posted anything extravagant like that on here haha. Thanks!
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] joesee:
Well I've went through this process three times myself back when I was trying to figure it out. There's at least two other threads that say the data partition needs formatted to f2fs. I don't know if the formatting of the data partition has anything to do with it or not to be honest because right now my data partition is ext4 and I don't have issues. Before you roll back, try doing a factory reset and just letting that process reformat on it's own and see if that resolves. If it does, I'll update the OP and just take that part out.

It was only put there because several people said that it was a better format and more efficient, so I'm not sure!
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] takichiman:
After the factory reset, NFC is back, but BT cannot be turned on.

From what I understood, do I need to make sure to have an ext4 data partition to rollback to MM ?

Thanks for the answer ;)
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] joesee:
I had a conversation with the guy in this thread: https://xdaforums.com/honor-8/help/problem-downgrading-nougat-t3550015/post70859564#post70859564 While he says you really should - I didn't, and had no problems at all with it. Your mileage may vary.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] takichiman:
Okay thank you.

Just for information, it looks like my firmware version is now B320 while I had the B360 before. Probably due to the flashing of update_data_full_hw_usa.zip

Regarding the rollback procedure (which I'm doing for the 1st time), while everybody mention that i should put the dload folder in the sdcard, the huawei pdf document indicates that I should put it in the internal storage :confused:

Is huawei mistaken or am I mixing things?
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] faizalotai:
Right now there's too many version of data full.zip, your's because of older version of full data.zip..

Just make sure its around 0.88mb for b360..
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] joesee:
Either or will work for the dload folder. I've flashed both actually. Might be better to put it on the SD instead of internal so it's easier to format. Your choice, really.

Regarding the firmware versions, I think the OTA brought it up to 360 and that update data is a zip created from 320. Don't quote me on that, though.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] takichiman:
Following what [MENTION=5412433]faizalotai[/MENTION] said, I will find a data update for the B360 and try and flash it and see what happens.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] joesee:
I'd be curious to know because I'm on b320 right now. I haven't tried making a backup of my current ROM yet. I hope it doesn't fail. I've never been able to backup MM.
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] takichiman:
Sadly, it didn't work. I was in that case in which I have no keyboard, no apps and so on...

So I rollbacked to MM using Huawei's official packages.

If anyone needs the B360 data file, refer to this thread
[Honor 8 Guides, News, & Discussion] joesee:
Did you get BT back?