yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
So French and English ROMS are giving you problems, but German and Czech are OK?

In your first question you had a claim you had "this" phone, pointing to the A1- wiki.

I think we must now assume you do not have the A1-, but a different phone. Most likely one of the other variants of the A1. Maybe you should again load the German one that works, and then show us the details from the various device info screens in Windows Mobile. Also a photo of the phone, especially battery inside case may be in order.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] eminence2010:
@cybermaus

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/01.jpg

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/02.jpg

memory is free :

data memory - total : 147 MB and free 126 MB

program memory - total 202 MB and free 156 MB

do you need more photos to upload? or info ? many thanx

german ROM is ok, i have not czech ROM .
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] jeco:
It is obvious you do NOT have a TOPS A1- (with 256MB ram , 512 MB rom and new display hardware)!!!

Probably your sim cards are not stacked one on the top of the other, are they?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] eminence2010:
here is phone photos

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/1.jpg

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/2.jpg

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/3.jpg

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/4.jpg

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/5.jpg

box photo

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/6.jpg

someone has an idea which ROM is correct to this device?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Well, sure looks like an A1-. Even with the same untrue HSDPA information on the Box like the utube review. RAM is nicely 256MB as it is supposed to be. Maybe the manufacturer swapped out a SIM interface chip somewhere again, just like they did with the screen earlier.

To bad. Until someone posts a new English or Czech ROM, you are stuck to the German one, sorry. Or with luck, someone will finally post a ROM for Android.

BTW: can't you go back to your vendor? After all, they send you the wrong ROM.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] eminence2010:
here is screenshot of system when i flash this ROM from wiki :

Tops a1 Black diamond english (etowalkrom)

device working with NO SIM, no sound and another problems

but here is in menu G-sensor settings menu, when i switch it on, screen rotate automatically

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/eng1.jpg

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/eng2.jpg

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/eng3.jpg

It does not recognize hardware. Or it is ok ?

when i upload germany ROM

redDiamond_german_august2010

device working fine, without G-sensor settings menu ?!

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/01.jpg

ht tp://webpriestor. sk/02.jpg

when i upload ROM from solomoni screen after boot is white and device not booting. only i hear sound after i turn on device.

no one have same ROM in english language ? where is different between roms ?

This means that the seller sent me a bad ROM? when they sent to me the correct rom , phone will work fine ?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
TOPS A1- with 192MB ROM?

I have a strange idea because of the picture you posted. I looks like you have a normal TOPS A1- with 256MB RAM and 256MB ROM, but if I look to the real available memory you are missing ROM memory!

The memory you have is:

Storage (ROM): 142 MB

Program (RAM):162MB

I think it should be:

Storage (ROM): +/-206 MB (I added 64MB)

Program (RAM):162MB

This means for me that you have a phone with 192MB ROM and 256MB RAM. This can be the reason that not all ROM's are working on your phone.

Can somebody check on your TOPS A1- how much ROM and RAM it has and maybe post a picture?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] FPeter84:
newby

hi all!

im planning to buy a clone phone, but i found several version of them on ebay. which is the best?

- T5388i - K3 460MHz, 256 ROM / 256 RAM - as i read here, 256MB RAM is fake, its has 128MB

- T5358+ - K3 460MHz, 256 ROM / 128 RAM

- T5353 - Qualcomm 533MHz, 256 ROM / 128 RAM - is it 460MHz K3 or MTK dualcore ?

- T5353 A1 Tops - 460MHz dualcore, 192 ROM / 256 RAM

The dual sim function is useless for me, so it does not matter. Is the "dualcore" with secondary GSM processor faster than K3 ? 256MB RAM is a good thing, but i dont know if 256MB in T5388i is fake or not. are there any difference in picture quality ? are there any difference in kitchen ROM "support" - are there prefered type or does not matter ? are there any other aspect, any other suggestion ?

are there any real WVGA 800x480 version on the market ? as i heard, nearly all of them are fake WQVGA 400x240...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Why are you buying a DUAL SIM phone, if you don't need it? This is not smart because the uC is specific for DUAL SIM phones. I would advice you to buy a Single SIM but with 3G support and faster processor speed. Even DUAL OS is better then an unusefull DUAL SIM.

But if you want ot buy one DIAMOND2 clone there are basically two good options: 5388++ with 256MB RAM, 256MB ROM, 480x800 screen; or

TOPS A1- with 512MB ROM, 256MB RAM, 240x400 screen.

For both products there is a lot of ROM development activity.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Maybe T5353 TOPS A1? (not TOPS A1-)

Is it possible you have this phone? TOPS A1 192MB / 256MB (Please scroll down until you see the specs)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Thanks a lot but you have a 512MB ROM version. Does somebody have a 192MB ROM version or an 256MB ROM version? Please tell also which version TOPS A1- you have.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] duhhh:
T5388i

but if you don't need a dual sim,buy real HTC ;)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
You wish! T5388i is 460Mhz K3 processor.

Anyway: If you do not need dual sim, I agree, there are many other choices.

Personally, I would make sure I get one with 3G, which to date none of the dual SIM have. And unless if you have a reason why it must be Windows Mobile (some specific programs you want to run), I would get an Android based one.

And indeed, if the money is not a problem, get a real HTC or Samsung. The Galaxy S is not so expensive is it? All in all, these clones are nice hobby projects, and 'real' brands are not without errors as well, but I think they are better than the clones.

Oh, and regarding "dual CPU". *all* smartphones have dual CPU. One smaller one for the radio part and one for the normal OS. Even the HTC ones. Just not everyone reports it.

Some smart vendors even claim you can *add* the CPU speed. Often I see MTK6516 as 460+240=700Mhz. Very funny.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] duhhh:
:eek:
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
All info is fake, except the 240x400 screen size ;-)

There is a person that posted a 3GHz DUAL core processor, edit by WM registry of course. :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] duhhh:
so how to get real info?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] panos59:
hi all!

Could somebody help me found spare lcd screen for my t5388i

Google sherch and ebay did not help me

thanks in advance
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
I had my T5388++ on "Warp 9" for a while. How's that for speed?

Until I reflashed and did not bother to reset.

LCD or Touch? Here is Touch, no idea about actual screen. I think if the actual screen is broken, you're better of tossing it.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] panos59:
Thanks for the quick response

My phone's LCD is broken (the touch is ok)

It is not too difficult to change the LCD (if it is inexpensive)
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] VELISSARIOU:
Any english ROM available for T5388++?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] bgcngm:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=789665
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] froes:
monn0755 english version 2.2 android

Hi you all.

i have the t5353 available on the website moon0755.com.

have tried to download a newer version of android to install on my mobile but they are all on chinese. i can change the language on the android, but still all apps on chinese.

do anyone have one that is in english ?

have tried asking by email, but no answer in 1 week.

any ideas?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Check the http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Category:Chinese_Clones and search your device.

Otherwise give all iformation to us to try to identify your device.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
You just have to uninstall the preloaded apps, and then search the market and internet for the english versions. There's no other way of setting the language within an application. Setting the language of Android just affects the system menus etc., as well as making sure you download the English versions of applications from the Market. The version of android you have is the same one that everybody else with this phone has.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Ravash:
I just flashed mine T5388i And it works like a charm. The other one from solonomi was not the right one for my phone.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] froes:
T5353++ English 100% 2.2 Android

Hi guys,

For you guys that have the android that uses the moon0755.com roms, here goes a tip on making it english.

First of all you will have to change the android system to english

on config.

to do that push the menu button(the one with the windows logo), select the botton right icon. then look on the list for the item that has an icon " A... ",

select it and select the first item.

now you can choose the language you want.

after that, if you go back and go into your home applications, everything is in chinese, oh no! what do i do ?

no worries mate !

go into the settings, and then into Applications, Manage applications and WAIT until all the icons and lists are loaded.

it will start to load the names in chinese/english and what you will see is that the names in chinese will start to change to english.

now if you go back and go inside your applications home page, it will be all in english.

tada...

hope that this works for you guys as much as it worked for me !!!

no need to uninstall or reinstall all apps.

people that didnt translate it yet, please let us know if it works for you guys tooo
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] xpvijay:
i have a double star t5353 dual os it got corrupted i need windows 6.5 eng rom plz help asap
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] froes:
if you know for sure it is the 5353++

and is not afraid of testing http://moon0755.com/down_19_0_0_7_0.html

download it there.

but as it looks it is already unusable, so i would test at least
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] froes:
was anyone able to ROOT the clone?

i would really appreciate to use setCpu and do some other stuff.

cheers everyone
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
Thanks for the tip Froes! :) I think I found that with some apps such as the UCWeb browser, and Launcher Pro (in A2.1 - but it will run on A2.2 - so no idea why it wasn't bundled), the apps' internal settings menus etc. remained in Chinese.

As for rooting, I haven't found this is required as there are no locks on the filesystem AFAIK, what is the problem exactly? You may just need to install busybox and superuser (app AND binary) to get the app to work properly.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
While I (for now, while waiting for a dual sim + 3G one) do not have an Android, and I only have PC linux experience, I have the following question: If you have a working SU, then is the device not effectively 'rooted'?

I mean, if you have SU (unlike SUDO), apart from being able to do anything anyway, you could even change root password and login shell.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
From what I understand, the answer to your question is yes. Mainstream Android phones have locks built into their systems to prevent an end user gaining root priveledges, and so require custom updates to remove these locks (commonly known as "rooting" the phone). The Diamond Twinstar ROMs do not have such restrictions, but do not come with SU & busybox preinstalled, so are lacking the command binaries required by apps that that will only work on a 'rooted' device.

This interpretation is simply what I have worked out so far, and is possibly wrong, but the theory seems to work :D.

As for changing the login shell, I don't know, but I'd guess that the Android interface is a shell running upon a very customised linux system, and at the moment there is little alternative, on saying that I have seen phone's on ebay with triple systems, running WM, Android and Ubuntu (linux running from the SDcard), so who knows what the future holds.....
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] froes:
adstraylight, on mine they all became in english even the app menus and everything, but i have selected Australian English. dont know if has any problems tho.

about rooting is just that some apps, like startup, wont run, asks for rooted phone.

or even the setCpu. have tried to install universal andRoot for the android 2.0, but it does not work.

could you guide me through it ?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] froes:
do anyone have problems of the screen size being actually bigger than the phisical screen ? some buttons are always out of the screen
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
SU & busybox

Busybox can be installed via a handy installer created by a user here.

The superuser app and command binary is a little more involved, I wrote this tutorial a while ago, you'll need to install the Android SDK first - link at the bottom, and ignore the Terminal apk file in the archive - I left it in by mistake, it doesn't work, there are better versions out there, and you probably won't need it anyway :). NB: don't let your phone go to sleep while it's connected to your PC - this will reset the USB connection and cause problems, set your screen timeout to something like 30 mins, either that of I think there's an option under 'Development' settings to make it stay awake.

It could always be of course that due to the custom nature of the Android build we're using, your apps simply aren't compatible, but having SU particularly installed, gives other apps such as 'clock Sync' the ability to work.

I also faced issues with the screen, and have mostly cured them by setting the LCD density to 120 (this is the smallest I'd recommend - the default is 160), this can be achieved easily with the app here. To make your selected density apply if you reboot (rather than having to re-run the app), then you need to edit your build.prop file:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=8615470&postcount=1366
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
T5353++ Wikki Update

http://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php..._T5353++_DualOS#HTC_T5353.2B.2B_.22Dual_OS.22

;):):D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Firestrikers:
Fun fact, today I had the box where the phone came in (t5353++) in my hands, and what I noticed was that it says Andriod 2.0 instead of Android.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Firestrikers:
If you change the language on android, all the app's names will be displayd in Chinese, but after a reboot they will be in english.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
:D

I've seen it written as Andlord on ebay!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
About the A1- Dual Sim. The phone is advertised with both Windows 6.5 and Android 2.1 I found that very interesting, and the only reason I did not buy it yet is because I am hoping for a Dual SIM+3G soon

However, I just now noticed: The A1- hardware may be dual sim, but in none of the A1- Android videos/fotos/specifications is there ever any proof of Dual SIM. I am suddenly wondering if the Android on the A1- is actually able to use the 2nd SIM. It may effectively be a single SIM phone with an unusable 2nd slot.....

Anyone else has any experiences?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] xpvijay:
i downloaded t5353 ++ windows 6.5 rom but it is in chinese can i change it to english
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
My answer is assuming you have the T5353++ dual os phone, AKA "Diamond Twin Star". If not then don't attempt to flash the ROM.

No, sorry, WM for the T5353++ comes in only one language at a time to save space in the flash memory. AFAIK there isn't an english version of WM installable as a single OS, so I'd suggest using one of the dual builds and installing all your apps to the SDcard due to the very limited space left in the internal storage.

This version is the latest Dual build: http://down.happylane.net.cn/english android2.2 (the second edition).rar
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] reeprich:
Anybody can help me to identify my phone?

DOUBLE sorry....
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] reeprich:
Anybody can help me to identify my phone?

Hi all,

Please help me identify my phone... I tried to flash it with ROM for T5358+ and there is problem with screen...

I want to flash it back to original ROM, but cannot find any... There is no support provided by supplier :(

I like this phone and do not want to put it to the trash :( I am very unhappy :(

real resolution is 240x320

I cannot post links - so there is link to my gallery with some photos...

h*ttp://picasaweb.google.com/reznicek.richard/T5358?feat=directlink

(please remove * )

List of the roms i tried to flash (IDT and K3AID):

PARTLY WORKING - phone can boot up, GSM, WIFI, GPS, BT -OK, HW buttons, SD card - not working, screen is "rotated"

(from solonomi*com/rom/HD)

HD-English-6.5

HD-English-6.1

NOT WORKING (with some of them phone can boot up, connect via Activesync, but screen is off)

(from solonomi*com, mobileuncle*com..)

T5588-English-6.5

T5388i-english

T5388++_english

T5358+653_HTC_2_20100225_C0200108_TP_ROM

T5355 Wm6.5 ROM

S650_6530_HTC_20100322_C0300101_5.01_IDT111

Official_T5353_Plus_English_ROM1

new_chinese_5358+ROM

English_ROM_A1

2010 WM6.5 T5353 HOT D2 Black Diamond C02 TF

T5388+V2SMART

T5388i_ROM_engl___TF2D

WM6.5-t5353+128MB-GERMAN-ROM

WM6.5_23129.5.3.8

07-13-T5353-2.1

german rom for t5353+

my23138-for-t5358

etc...
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] froes:
Hi you all.

after some time i could actually install the 2.2 all in english.

but some things seems not to be working.

+ GPS does not seem to syncronize

+ "Navigation" keeps for 30 minutes and still keeps on the screen "waiting for location"

+ when inside the CAR application, the mobile still locks itself. is there a way of keeping it from locking ?

+ when connected to USB, android takes too long to ask to share the sd Card and even when ON, it does not work cannot see on the macos from work or in my computer.

+ bluetooth gets paired, but when i try to send files from the computer, it never works. i have a bluetooth headset too that only works on calls, but on my friends nokia, it can be used to listen mp3s too. how can i fix these BT problems ?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Wow. You tried *all* of those ROMS, and its still not bricked? That's a miracle if you ask me.

In any case, I cannot tell what this phone is, but I can tell what it is not. Maybe you can limit the ROMS you are trying, and thus your risk.

Its not a dual sim, so no use trying any dual sim ROM like T5388i, T5388ii, A1, A1+, A1+++ T5388+++ or A1- or any variant of those.

Also, since IDT seems to work for you, its most likely a Hisilicon / K3 based phone. That means no use trying any MTK phone. Also no use trying any Marvell phone, but that one is a bit tricky, as they often claim to be Marvell, even though they are some other processor.

Maybe this Mobile Uncle site, where they are nicely organized by 'real' CPU can help you. Browse the K3 section: http://www.mobileuncle.com/
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] adstraylight:
I've not had any problem with GPS, perhaps re-flashing the ROM would correct this (it is suggested by the manufacturer as an option to fix odd problems).

The only ways to stop the screen lock AFAIK, is to set the screen timeout as long as possible, or find a 3'rd party app that overrides the system. Perhaps this?

http://www.androlib.com/android.application.com-tni-keepscreenlite-qjwB.aspx

SD sharing is a lot slower in 2.2 than 2.1, are you saying that you can't see it on the PC at all?

Bluetooth file transfer requires a third party app I believe, such as this one: http://www.androlib.com/android.application.it-medieval-blueftp-qAFE.aspx My guess is that even though the devices can see one another via pairing, there is no interface or protocol set up for file sharing.

No idea about setting up BT headset for music, but I'd guess this may also need a management app, or possibly re-flashing might just fix this too.

BTW, the market is severely restricted when running A2.2, so you may have to go hunting with google to find the apks for 3'rd party apps, but at least the links above give you the package names to search for ;).
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Eer:
Yes, indeed a lot of ROM's you have flashed.

The most important info is that you have a 5358+ phone and it supports IDT so don't flash the DUAL sim firmware or 5388 or A1 firmware.

Maybe I have found the good one for you. It's on a German forum: ChinaMobiles :D
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] reeprich:
Thanx for your suggestion, but this ROM is another one which is not working :( ...

And I want to ask you - is there any way how to "extract" ROM from K3 device? If I will buy another one this could be solution....
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Buy another one? So you have the link it was bought from? From the store is that is not giving you support? Yet you would buy another one?

Anyway, I do not know how to extract a ROM from a device....Don't think anyone knows.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] Tweek1101:
T5388II

Hi ajape,

I have purchased a phone of the same description to amuse myself with during winter, and I wonder if you have come up with any leads about it. For now I have posted some pics at the XDA-Wiki for verification:

h$$p://xdaforums.com/wiki/index.php?title=Chinese_Clones_T5388ii

So far I have started to to test a couple of ROM extraction methods, with little success. If I make any progress, perhaps a new thread will be in order.

Cheers for now!
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Further indications that the Android may not know how to use the 2nd SIM card (yet) in this ad.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Did you try this one already: Gold_Diamond_King_T5388+_WM6.5_EN_V3.3.zip

I was cleaning up some old ROMS that did not work on my phone, when I stumbled over it. I suspect it may be for the original T5388+ (so not T5388++) and thus maybe for you. Download it from here.

PS: at your own risk, you may have been lucky so far with all the flashing, but there is a risk of bricking....
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] reeprich:
Thanx for your help... I downloaded this ROM, but it is *.UPR file not a *.bin file and it cannot be flashed with IDT.. I can only get my phone to "download" state with K3AID and flash with IDT... It is because of my hardware keys on the phone is not working..

Is there any utility like K3AID which can switch phone to "flash from memory card" state?
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] cybermaus:
Sorry.

But that K3AID utility you mention sounds interesting. Some sort of utility to force a bricked K3 based phone into accepting IDT flash? If so, could you link to it and provide a description of use. It may help others.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure ROM Development] reeprich:
OK - I can summarize my experiencies:

IDT flash... I think everybody who is doing this experiments have this software...

K3AID... h++p://www.ulozto.cz/6556122/k3firstaid-exe

can switch phone to "download" state even if the HW keys are not working

it suppose working ActiveSync connection (downloaded from mobileuncle com) not my own sw...

Sometimes may be a bit dificult to get K3AID working.. it can show some error message like "RTM state Error" - You need to install h++p://www.ulozto.cz/6556123/cabviaactivesync-1-5-setup-exe

and h++p://www.ulozto.cz/6556124/gb-ppc-2-1-3-20090929-cab

it is only summarize of my experiences - none of this utility is mine, so use it on your own risk