yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] evjunk:
hello sawad dee kap jboxer,

1st of all, thank you so much for your help! truly appreciate your R969 file that u uploaded.

i think i will use the file u uploaded. i dare not modify anything as i am not very good in all these file modifying. dare not take the risk 55555

Just a general question for these ROMs. is there any difference for modified and unmodified ROMs? and i've saw afew ROMs like R7xx and R9xx beside than R969. So which ROM u suggested me to flash with? I don't mind which version as long as it is stable for my daily use then it is happy enough :)

By the way, i've tried to download afew apps from Android Market. Some can run, some cannot run especially RockPlayer v6,v7 n Universal. Any alternative for these apps? or any recommended apps that's able to run properly with i858?

Thanks jboxer. Truly appreciate your feedback.

I'll try the R969 ROM u uploaded later tonight :) 5555 still miss my i-mobile 902 that i bought back then 2008. gosh...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tapsiful:
Has anyone else tried the new Skype app on this phone?

Unfortunatelly, I'm unable to login. It seems to me there is even no any network traffic when I try. I hit the login button and I get an instant login error message.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
Same problem here. I have not tried on wifi yet but on 3g it gives the instant error.

Also the "new account" button does not work and "forgot password" gives an "unsupported browser" error
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
LCD density [ROOTED phones only]

Slightly off-topic but I found an app on xda here that allows the android UI to be scaled to a different sizes to get more information on-screen. (Rooted phones only)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=765639

This is especially useful on the big 4.3" screen that the i858 has. By changing the screen from its default of 240 to 180 dpi I get more maps, more email, more everything on screen.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tapsiful:
yeah, same errors here with the new account and forgot password buttons.

Thanks for the info on the display scaling app, very useful.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Skype for mobile phones is for Verizon USA customers only. All mobile versions of Skype will only work on Verizon USA. That is a deal Verizon made with Skype. The apps won't function on any other networks. This is true of the BlackBerry app also.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
r1129 rooted flash

I made a flash for the I-Mobile i858 that should install r1129 already rooted. If anyone wants to try it and see if it works correctly let me know and I will give you a download link.

Edit: Even though I believe it will work I am not responsible it you brick your phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tapsiful:
Hmm... there is no indication of this restriction in the application description on the android market.

I knew this limitation was applied for the time being but isn't this new version on the app marked supposed to be Verzion-free?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
@jboxer.

No r1367 update.zip? :(

New skype is for everyone. ;)

http://blogs.skype.com/en/2010/10/android.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
No r1367 update. I never went to I-Mobile to flash to this version. I waited and then saw too many complaints on Droidsans.com about it. A lot of the people who flashed to r1367 said they went back and requested r1129 be flashed back to their phone due to many problems with r1367. r1367 did fix the barcode app problem though, so hopefully a future update will include this without causing many new problems. For me, r1129 has been pretty solid but the camera is slow. Today Android Market got screwed up and the phone reset. I was doing an update all. Then every time I reboot, the market just kept showing the apps were installing but nothing every happened. Since they were "installing" I couldn't cancel them. I even deleted the cache and the Dalvik cache to no avail. So I had to do a factory reset. I recently learned how to image the system, so I took the opportunity to image it after the factory reset. Since my phone was rooted the image is rooted. Factory reset does not unroot the phone. It doesn't touch the system area, it jut wipes the user area clean and reboots.

Also, have you been able to get the Skype app working? Nobody I know in Thailand can get it to log in. Just get an immediate error that says cannot log in regardless of whether on data or wifi.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wshbkk:
Please let me have the download link. My wife is using the phone in Malaysia. Thank you.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Here it is. Enjoy!

i858_eclair_final_r1129_im-rooted.zip

Let us know how you like it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wshbkk:
Thank you very much.

Will be back next weekend to Malaysia and certainly will let you know the outcome.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
thanks for the link, tried the update and it installed OK over r1069.

Restarted and it booted into r1129, compass seems to be fixed :-) However the GSM radio is not working with r1129 so I cannot use the phone. :-(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
If you go to Settings, About Phone does it show "Marvell" as the Baseband version or is it blank. If it is blank I need to figure out why the baseband is not loading. That is what controls the radio. I don't know why I-Mobile won't release this one like they did the previous versions. If the flash fixes the compass then they are lying about having to do special stuff with engineering tools.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
Baseband is 'unknown' not 'Marvell'

Rolled back to r1069 and all working again, compass is pointing in the wrong direction again!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Once I flashed r969 it did that. I flashed it again and everything was ok. Can you try again and if still not working flash a second time? There is no reason the baseband should not be loading.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
@t-bon3: Also, if you flash it again there will be a flash log text file written to the SD card. Please send that to me so I can see if the Marvell directory is created and the files written to it. If there is something going wrong that log file will give me some insight so I can fix the problem.

Also, did you do a factory reset to make memory available first. If you had a lot of installed apps the installation might be running out of memory and not completing properly. It is always suggested to do a factory reset before flashing firmware.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
Did a factory reset, always do before flashing.

Flashed again with your r1129 rom. Same results. No radio. Also USB mount does not appear when connected to the computer. WiFi working.

update.log

http://pastebin.com/AuydkiGA
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Thanks to the update log from t-bon3, I think I found the problem. Symbolic links were not expanding properly. I made a new version that should fix this problem. Give it a try and let me know how it goes. If it works I will go to I-Mobile and go get r1367 and make another flash.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/jqcz458mmatpdvp/i858_eclair_final_update_r1129_im-2.zip

MD5: 7e904bb12d77902f0d75ca8eb51fd8cb
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] itrimble:
Does anyone know if the HTC keyboard can be installed?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Why don't you just try it? The worst that can happen is that it doesn't work and you uninstall it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
@jboxer

Installed your v2 update ROM and the radio is working now.

Just one wierd issue, I can open and search the market but when I try to install anything it just get stuck on "Starting download..." and never actually downloads or installs anything.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Did it ask you to log into your Google account again? If not, then you should do a factory reset and then log back into your Google account. If yes install the attached app and see if it shows an Android ID for your phone. This is unique to your phone. If you don't have that then Market cannot complete a download as it pushes the download request to your Android ID.

Sometimes the Market is just plain funky. Often canceling the download and restarting it fixes this problem.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
@jboker

Yes, that seems to have fixed it.

FYI this r1129 update is not rooted out of the box. I still have to install and run universal androot before I can use any apps that require root access.

Please put a r1367 version up if you have the chance.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Can you be more specific so I know what to do in future builds. What do you mean by it fixed it? Was it doing a factory reset or just stopping and restarting the download? After you installed the update, did it ask you to log into your Google Account when you first accessed the Market? If not, I need to figure out why not?

I will try to get to I-Mobile and get my phone flashed to r1367 so I can make an update ROM.

Yes, I realized later the root will be messed up when I looked at the update script. It changes the permission of the entire system directory to 0755. Root needs 4755 or maybe 6755 to work for su. UniversalAndroot is a good way to go. I can also try to modify the udpate script to change the permissions of su after the update.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
I performed a factory reset from the bootloader then went through the setup wizard on startup. During setup I enter my google apps account details.

I use a google apps account as the main account on my phone. I also have a gmail account set up. With 2 accounts on the phone which is used as the ID for the Market, the one entered that is first entered during setup?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
So after the initial flashing, the phone did not ask you to log into your Google account? If that is the case I think I know whey it did that and I can fix it. (To fix the flash not expanding the sym links properly I just pulled the system from my phone because a system pull doesn't pull the symlinks. That let me know which files to not change from the stock rom. But I didn't do that on a reset phone so maybe it did not request you to log into your Google account right after the flash. Please let me know if this is the case. I will make a 3rd version and link to that. I will disable the download on the 2nd version until I get the 3rd version up.)

The account used for the Market is the first account you enter and that account cannot be deleted except by doing a factory reset.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
@jboxer

I did a factory reset each time before updating.

I am not sure of the exact steps that caused the market not to work but it might have been using Titanium Backup to restore the account settings rather than entering them into the accounts in setup.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Titanium Backup could be the cause of that problem. It could have restored account settings without restoring the Android ID.

You don't recall if right after flashing you got the Android setup or not?

If anyone else flashes v. 3 (removed some left over apps that should have been deleted from r1129) please post exactly how your phone behaves after the flash (i.e., whether or not you get Android setup and if you have to enter your Google login before being able to run the Market app).

V. 3 uploading now.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
I-Mobile i858 r1129 flash update

Here is the latest ROM I made for people that want to update to r1129 but cannot get to an I-Mobile service center.

i858_eclair_final_update_r1129_im-3.zip

MD5: 8de52d9889a387f8063868c9abe57264

Hosted on MediaFire

i858_eclair_final_update_r1129_im-3.zip

MD5: 8de52d9889a387f8063868c9abe57264

Hosted on 4Shared

Make folder on root of sd card named "update". Then put the file in the update folder and rename the file to "update.zip".

This will install r1129 to your I-Mobile i858.

Please post if you use this and detail what you had to do right after the update finishes and the phone reboots (i.e., did you get Android setup screen and did you need to login to your Google Account before being able to run Gmail or the Market app.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Where is the General Mobile?

What happened to the General Mobile Touchstone version of this Yuhatel made phone? They announced it back in February of this year. And the Enso Zendroid seems to just be a scam. They are still taking preorders and devices don't ship until 30 days after the presale is fully booked.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
@jboxer

I did another factory reset and then installed the v3 update fresh.

On startup it gives the android wizard which prompts you to sign in or sign up to a google account. I skipped this step so the phone was running without an account.

I then installed Titanium Backup from the SD card and restored my Accounts using Titanium Backup. This seems to cause the problem with the market not downloading, although gmail and other services work fine.

So back to the bootloader, factory reset then reboot the android setup wizard comes up again and I enter my account details during setup. Now the market works fine.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
New ROM for i858 released on Tuesday Oct. 19th, 2010

I-Mobile has released r1632 and made it available for customers to install via an upate.zip. Here is the download link. Enjoy!

http://bit.ly/9PGr5G
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
Thanks jboxer. I updated the first post with the new 'official' build.

Do you have an english version of the release notes?

Has the GPS speed error been fixed?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Dojo put the release notes as a graphic image so I cannot use Google translate to see what it says. I have asked on Droidsans for Dojo to list the changes in English but he has not responded yet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bamrung:
Actually this is not an Official release from i-mobile, I would say it is a "leaked'" ROM ... not official yet....

This is my humble translation of the "release note" that DoJo put in his post at droidsans.com :

1. improvement on typing in landscape mode (should be more responsive),

2.Can be upgrade via (micro)SD card,

3. New option, "Screen calibration" was added in the Boot Loader Menu;

4. Some (many) other bug-fixes, ( no details given)

5. you just test it.... (this is exactly what he said... :cool: )

Cheers!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] theluxman:
i858 in Hong Kong

I buy the i858 model in HK (HK$2200.00); it is a nice device , I trade in my moto XT701 for it. I feel it is faster that the xt701.

install the following package

Root->UniversalRoot.apk (tested root OK)

ChineseWritie-> Handwriting.apk

launcher ->ADW standalone version

version runing ->R1632

the screen is big and the operation is smooth .. everything works as expected except the bad tv/radio reception.

I hope it could have 2.2 support in the future;
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] botmann:
Does anyone tryed r1632? I just bought the phone, it has the r133 donut, so Im wondering what should i upgrade it to... Judging from google_translate + droidsans - r1632 is generally good.

Also, I know its lame, but i never used an android, maybe some suggestions what to use with i858? Like usefull soft and games maybe, that i858 can handle?

And the last one - what mobile network price plans is good for an awesome phone like i858? Im on AIS now and they got some "smartphone priceplans" like with 250mb EDGE for 400 baht, I wonder if it is any good...?

Thx in advance for any reply to this message!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] botmann:
jboxer, ahaha, i appreciate your reply, really, but i didnt ask something like "IMA NOOB JUST BOUHT THE PHONE WHAT TO DO NAOW????777"

The questipons was:

1). Hows r1632 running? Does it have any bugs?

2). What software do u ppl use for ur i858, cos i wonder what software and games does i858 handle well without problems, cos most of software out there is for phones like htc, which have GPU onboard, but i858 doesnt have any GPU as I understand...

3). What priceplans are good for it..

Sure thank you for answering for the first and the third questions.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] botmann:
This might be interesting:

Here is the list of benchmark scores for different android phones, submitted by different users using the same benchmark app:

spreadsheets.google.com/pub?key=0Ah1ImnrR7y7NdHN2clZJMWtRNTJZa3NrY1VEdmRqdkE&gid=0

The table is sorted by total score points, which is based on cpu, ram and file system performances. The i858 will be listed there a bit later, as i submitted the score just now, getting the 184 total score, outnumbering Spica, Hero, Legend, iPhone3g and a lot of other phones! I know, all those phones are still much faster in terms of games and some apps, as they got gpu's, but still, its nice too see how really well i858 performs!

ps. Have anyone tried overclocking the i858? Is that even possible? That is some really interesting question...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selco60:
Starting recovery on Sat Oct 30 01:15:31 2010

framebuffer: fd 4 (480 x 800)

I:text_cols 48 text_rows 32

Fixing execute permissions for /cache

E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command

Command: "/sbin/recovery"

ro.secure=0

ro.allow.mock.location=1

ro.debuggable=1

persist.service.adb.enable=1

ro.product.device=touchstone [B]<- ????[/B]

ro.factorytest=0

ro.serialno=

ro.bootmode=unknown

ro.baseband=unknown

ro.carrier=unknown

ro.bootloader=unknown

ro.hardware=saar

ro.revision=0

init.svc.recovery=running

init.svc.adbd=running

RecVer:not find

Recovery tools:

MENU: Sd-card update

CALL: Factory reset

HOME: Reboot system

I:Key 158 pressed, alt 0

Search /sdcard/update/*

I:Find file . in /sdcard/update/

I:Find file .. in /sdcard/update/

I:Find file update.zip.zip in /sdcard/update/

Find update.zip.zip, MENU to update

I:Update package /sdcard/update/update.zip.zip

Installing /sdcard/update/update.zip.zip

verifing package /sdcard/update/update.zip.zip

I:Parsed update-validate-script

calling function getprop

calling boolean command assert

E:Failure at line 1:

assert getprop("ro.product.device") == "cosmos"

E:Invalid update package for model:unkown

Installation failed.

Recovery tools:

MENU: Sd-card update

CALL: Factory reset

HOME: Reboot system

I:Key 158 pressed, alt 0

Search /sdcard/update/*

I:Find file . in /sdcard/update/

I:Find file .. in /sdcard/update/

I:Find file update.zip.zip in /sdcard/update/

Find update.zip.zip, MENU to update

I:Update package /sdcard/update/update.zip.zip

Installing /sdcard/update/update.zip.zip

verifing package /sdcard/update/update.zip.zip

I:Parsed update-validate-script

calling function getprop

calling boolean command assert

E:Failure at line 1:

assert getprop("ro.product.device") == "cosmos"

E:Invalid update package for model:unkown

Installation failed.

Recovery tools:

MENU: Sd-card update

CALL: Factory reset

HOME: Reboot system

I:Key 192 pressed, alt 0

E:Can't open /sdcard/update/update.log

this is what i got when i tried to update with r1632 editing was done in notepad++

i am using tot3g and live klong 10 in Thanyaburi
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bamrung:
Nope! not possible yet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] botmann:
What did u write at the update-validate-script file? Look at this line in the reported log:

It didn't update, cos the name of the device is wrong (that was written in the file). Try to update with default "touchstone" written in the file.

btw. dont listen to those newbies who tell to use 7-zip and notepad++ - that's just waste of time, all what is need to be done can be done by using standard windows features (.zip files are supported by windows, and update-validate-script file can be opened with any text-editor, such as usual notepad). I dont have any idea why would ppl suggest other users to use notepad++ to open a simple .txt file o_O

Even if we use some of the overclocking software? Have u tried it? Or there is something special needed for i858? Just curious...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
It looks like you are trying to update from 1.6 Cupcake. To do that with this update flash you need to edit it to reflect that you are updating a "cosmos" device. Look at post number 154 and follow the instructions to change the "update-validate-script" file. You need to do it without unpacking it, that is why I suggest using 7-Zip and Notepad++. If you fully unzip it and rezip it, you will lose symbolic links and the device won't operate properly. If you follow my instructions exactly you will be able to flash the update.

The ability to overclock is controlled by the kernel and the bootloader. In the current builds the kernel is locked at 624Mhz, which is the slowest recommended speed for the CPU. Once someone can make a custom bootloader and/or kernel then we can try to overclock the device. SetCPU crashes on this device. Don't try to run it. You will just be wasting your time.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Funny how you are calling people who are considered by the local Android community experts on the i858, newbies. Try looking in the mirror.

7-Zip is recommended because fully unzipping the file and rezipping it will destroy critical files. If you unzip it using Windows and rezip it, you destroy symbolic link files contained in /system/bin/ and /system/busybox/. If these symbolic link files are destroyed then the phone exhibits numerous problems, the main one being it cannot find the radio software (i.e., no baseband). Using standard Notepad is not recommended because these are not regular text files. Notepad doesn't handle them properly and tends to destroy them, making them useless. Since the update-validate-script file is only one line then Notepad has nothing to screw up. But on any of the other "text" files with more than one line try opening them with Notepad and then saving them again. They will no longer be readable by the phone. Notepad++ opens them exactly as they are and saves them exactly as they are. Plus with Notepad the file will appear as one long line without line returns (difficult to edit and when saved it is useless). With Notepad++ every line is shown on its own line and when saved is saved as it was when opened, so the device can still read it.

Also, very interesting that you take information from a post by me giving you information on how you can update your device, you then turn around and give that information to someone else as if it came directly from you (did it make you feel smart?) and then you take a shot at me in the process. Inferiority complex? Pretty pathetic IMO.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] botmann:
Wait, its already stated that he changed it to "cosmos" as we can see in the log, and in the beginning the rec tool states that the device is "touchstone", so what we have here is not an update from cupcake, am I wrong here?

Yeah, i already found out it myself. Thx thou.

I was just about to try it, but if its true - thx again...