yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Search for other threads by me. I describe in detail how to connect via ADB on this phone. To get ADB you have to install the Android SDK. If you search Google there is tons if info in how to install the SDK and use ADB.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
First post updated with new android builds. These are for a device called the Landmark L43-W (tn1t1) which is the same hardware as the i858 with different branding.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Synman:
any word on the stability of r2230? It doesn't look like jboxer has done anything with it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] t-bon3:
Well jboxer reports that r2230 has been stable so far with only 1 day of testing.

I have this ROM installed and have experienced no problems so far, plus a few issues have been fixed.

e.g. Speech to Text is now working.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
My thread on rooting tells how to get ADB access. A simple search would have found it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=751382
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
I don't visit this forum much any more. If you want to talk about the phone please I hang out at Android Ice Cream forums.

http://www.androidicecream.com/forum
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Touchstone running 2.2?

Look! Here is another incarnation of this device claiming to be running froyo. Let's hope that means a 2.2 ROM will be leaked soon. Check it out with pics at the link below.

http://www.androidicecream.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=17&t=218&p=746#p746
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bkkdaya:
imobile i858 - Available again

Today i checked at MBK. i858 is available again - price 8900 THB
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
A year ago that would be a great price and they would sell a lot. Today, when compared to the competition the price is horrible and the i858 is woefully inadequate. Take for example the new WellcoM A99. It has a 1Ghz Snapdragon processor running a Scorpion chipset. When you do a quadrant standard test on it, the A99 is bar far the fastest device available right now (twice as fast as the Galaxy S with the same cpu and chipset). For the price of only 9,900 it is a bargain, is running 2.2 froyo and 2.3 gingerbread has been promised. Why would you pay 1,000 baht less for a phone that is only running 2.1 with a 2.2 upgrade that might never come with woefully inadequate power and specs in a new Android device. At that price I think I-Mobile is going to be watching whatever stock they have left collect dust on the shelves.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bkkdaya:
Seems like worth thinking again :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Nothing to be confused about. One year ago the i858 was a decent device for the money. Today at 8,900 it is a rip off compared to the new devices that have been released. For a little more money you can get a far superior device with a better version of Android. Not really anything to think about. Today, I would not buy the i858, period. I will sell you mine for 7,000 baht if you want one. It is still in 99% shape with no scratches on the screen. I will use the money to buy a better phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Synman:
No news?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] booroondook:
My problem was resolved. Please remove this post.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Battery and Screen Protectors for I-858 for sale

I have a slighly used battery for the i858 that I purchased new from I-Mobile and two unused screen protectors also purchased directly from I-Mobile. I will sell these to anyone giving me a reasonable offer. Payment to be by bank transfer and I will ship items via Thai Post Registred or EMS service. People outside of Thailand can buy via PayPal if willing to pay the international postage for registered airmail service.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
tn1t1 update zip file

Would r2411 (April 7) or r2566 (May 16) interest anyone?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] booroondook:
Yessss!!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
r2411 (April 7) http://hotfile.com/dl/120333445/faece02/update_tn1t1_r2411_yh.zip.html

r2566 (May 16) http://hotfile.com/dl/120333409/1e0044f/update_tn1t1_r2566_taicho.zip.html

disclaimer: I don't know what these are so use at your own risk :)... they may even be for a different hardware revision. a smart dev will compare working ROM zip with one of these new to try to understand changes and feasibility of updating to new zip.

I'm playing with the FY01 ROM (r2412) currently
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] actr0n:
crzyruski, thank you!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
Welcome to all!

Is it useful to the i-mobile i858?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] booroondook:
I updated my i858 with r2566 - it works perfectly!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Synman:
Perfectly? Nothing has ever worked perfectly with this phone :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
Well, let me know if I can be of help :)

cheers
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] booroondook:
Can you assembly Android 2.2 firmware for i858?:rolleyes:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
Can you get me the source code of PXA-935 kernel (2.6.29) from Marvel (or wherever)?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
Build 2636 (July 1st) later 2night :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
http://hotfile.com/dl/123182738/496ea53/tn1t1_eclair_20110630_r2636_taicho.rar.html

Hope this is helpful...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] booroondook:
Wow! This is a full recovery pack for i858.

Maybe you have Tavor P65 Tools and want to share them? ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
Yea, I prob shoulda gave you only zip... but i didn't even look, just leaked.

http://hotfile.com/dl/123219953/f85554b/somekindafile.7z.html

This should work for your un-brick needs.

You should make sure that all this compatible, i thought that the hardware revision difference would cause issues. oh and I don't know how to use any of this stuff. feel free to teach.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Heatie:
Care for an official ROM called r2591 ?

Hello xda. This is noob speaking;).

This ROM's out for weeks but still not roll into i-mobile shop for some reason. But Dojo-mAn of Kamilia.in.th bring it from i-mobile head office.

Dojo-mAn said the change log says

- Fix many bugs.

- Support GIF Animation.

- AVI WMY supported.

- APE FLAC WMA supported.

- Better MP4 playback.

OOPS. I can't post the link. what should I do? Keep flooding this til I get 8th post? -_- Okay.

Grab it here.

mediafire.com/?dhu5b5eyyap3d (You know what's missing right?)

Cheers.

PS I should give the link to original Thai thread too.

kamilia.in.th/webboard/read.php?tid=1606&page=1 (same thing is missing here.)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lxh2002:
How to root i858 and connect pc by adb

1、How to root i858？

just browse

http++dl.dbank.com/c0n74294s2 (remember change ++ to ://)

to download SuperOneClick.rar, unpack it, double click SuperOneClick.exe under the unpacked folder, then just click "Root" button, and your i858 will be rooted.

2、How to connect i858 via adb

may be programmers are more interested in it. you should download the i858 usb driver first. the url is:

http++www^generalmobile^com/support/dstl1/DSTL1_USB_Driver.rar (remember change ++ to :// and ^ to . )

the following steps are:

(1)Setting -> Applications -> Development, make the "USB debugging" item selected. If it's already checked, you should uncheck it, then click it again to make sure it is checked.

(2)Plug usb line to connect your i858 with pc, then windows should find i858. locate the correct usb driver we downloaded before. if no problem appears, the device list should contains "ADB Interface"->"Android Sooner Composite ADB Interface", as you see,the i858 has connected pc via adb method.

(3)Unfortunately, if you restart i858 phone, even the "USB debugging" item keeps checked, windows will still recognise i858 as a nomal usb device. so now you should uncheck "USB debugging" and then check "USB debugging" again. unplug usb line from computer then plug it again, and it still works!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lxh2002:
i flashed tn1t1_eclair_20110630_r2636_taicho into my i858. but when the phone starts, it prompts needing some kind of password. what's the problem?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] meandroid:
Need Password

I've also loaded 2636. Without the sim card inserted I can access most items on the menu and it appears everything will work great.

After I insert my sim card (DTAC - Thailand) it prompts me for a password from the operator or a sim card from Claro.

What to do?

Any help would be greatly appreciated : )

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
Hello,

I just leaked whatever I found.

I don't have this device so I can't help you much...

I have a derivative of this device but it is in clam shell form factor: FY01 (aka Storm1)

If you need more leaks I can look further into it.

If Dojo-mAn needs some help, I can advise.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tonyfung820:
The Motorola A1680 uses the same PXA=935, is that mean the kernel of PXA-935 from A1680 also useable on i858?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
it means we can modify recovery / boot partition.

Please get me this kernel and we will find out.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Heatie:
sourceforge.net/projects/a1260.motorola/files/A1260/

only one thing I found on sourceforge so far.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] crzyruski:
I'm trying to compile the kernel...

pxa935_saar_defconfig - compile failed with errors:

pxa935_android_defconfig - compile failed with errors:

so far pxa935_saar_defconfig is best for compiling...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mexapower:
Tavor architecture

Wow, looks very amazing:), I have been trying to compile a Kernel for the same Architecture Working with Dell mini 3ix. The Tavorp65 Tool doesn't seem to work with my phone:confused:, I think that's maybe the NAND memory, The Nand of the i858 seem to be Toshiba and the Dell's Samsung one.

You're an Expert, and I wonder if you can help me to cook my rom, I also want to work with another processor, AT91SAM9261, but when I finish of setup all the drivers and select exit, i get two similar errors. I'm working with linux Mint 11.

Any help will be appreciated.:p

Sorry about my bad English. :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] alan1234:
I just bought i858, can anyone help me how to Link2sd ? thanks a lot!!!!!!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] image1989:
My I858 is Hard Bricked. When the logo appear, it's suddently stop. I have tried to Press Power + Menu, but it only vibrated and nothing appear on screen. Even when i unplug Pin from my phone 30'. Please help me. Sorry My English is very bad.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
That is not hard bricked. Hard bricked means when you turn on the power nothing happens at all. Your phone is soft bricked and can be easily fixed. In fact, an i858 is almost impossible to hard brick if you have the correct engineering tools to repair it. So as an early Christmas present to you, I present you with a package of Yuhua Tavor flashing tools to bring your phone back to life. Instructions are included in the package. The flash is done with the battery removed. Read the text file instructions and make sure you understand them and do exactly as they say. When you are done your phone will be reflashed to an earlier rom and will boot again. Then you can update it to whatever new rom you want to play with. You are flashing at the hardware level before boot so no matter how screwed up your rom is this can reflash the phone back to stock. Good luck and enjoy!

http://www.mediafire.com/?6mhp5c0uaipxtl8

(The flashing instructions with photos are in the manuals>i-mobile directory.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] image1989:
Thank's you so much. I try do this. Hoping my phone will back for live.

THANK'S
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] image1989:
My i858 back live. I'm very happy. Thank's jboxer so much.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] booroondook:
Does anyone know where I can buy replacement battery for my i-858?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
I-Mobile doesn't stock them any more. I have a barely used once I bought from I-Mobile about a year ago. I will see it for 300 that includes shipping to anywhere in Thailand. Payment by bank transfer within Thailand.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] booroondook:
Unfortunately I live outside of Thailand:(

P.S. Maybe anyone know about compatible batteries from other phones?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
$12 by PayPal mailed registered airmail.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] booroondook:
OK. That suits me.:)

What are my next steps?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
I'll send you a PM with PayPal email address. :-)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] alan1234:
:(

ANYONE can help??

my i858 "auto-reboot" itself almost everyday !!!

how can i fix it?

i've already rooted it and installed the 2599 rom

THANKS!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selco60:
can anyone help my i-858 has died. phone turned off cos battery was dead so plugged in to charge after charge went to turn on and nothing. i don't know what has happened. anything to check nothing happens when push power button. don't know if battery or phone:confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Remove the battery and only plug in the charger. See if you can turn it on that way. Sounds like you just need a new battery. Letting Li-Ion batteries run fully dead is bad for them and damages them. The battery has protection circuitry in it also and if the cell is bad it will prevent it from charging so it doesn't overheat or explode.

Also, did you try pulling out the battery, unplugging the charger and then pushing the power button to make sure all residual power in the capacitors in the phone are emptied? Then try turning on with battery again or adapter again?

If that doesn't work remove the battery (no chargers also) and push the power button for 15 seconds. Then while holding the volume up button plug your phone into the usb cable that is already plugged into your computer. Does the computer attempt to load a driver for a Tavor device? I am assuming Windows here by the way. If yes, then the phone is not completely dead and you can reattempt flashing it with the engineering tools link I posted in a previous thread.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selco60:
Well I guess the phone is not completely dead since the computer does load the drivers. I have attempted to use the engineering tools and it always fails. I don't know if I'm doing something wrong or if it's the phone. :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Are you using the engineering tools with the battery removed and left removed the entire time. I have flash i858s with those tools over 100 times and never had a flash fail. Are you seeing the phone connected to the computer as a Tavor device?

If you are getting a failure please share with us here what the failure message is.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] icteyemd:
jboxer, will we ever get froyo on i858?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
No. Be happy with your eclairs.

The phone's cpu is underclocked and it doesn't have a GPU. For the time it came out it was okay for the price point. Almost two years later the phone is very dated and underpowered. Support for it stopped long ago. Don't expect any further development for it or you will be disappointed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] stealthdroid69:
Market incompatibility

Hi All

for the past week have been unable to download or update from Android Market.

Contacted the Android support team who advise my device is incompatible with the current version of Market. Furthermore, the i858 has never been certified compatible with Android and iMobile do not have a licence to pre-install the Market app on their devices. Therefore, they have no obligation to ensure their Market updates run on this device.

Assume other users must have experienced the same problem??

Now I have to uninstall Market updates before downloading new apps or updating downloaded apps. As Market automatically updates to the new version, it's a real pain!

Does anyone have a fix for this and for a non-techy?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Yes, there is a solution to your problem. Are you rooted? Do you have an app that freezes system apps? There is a system app called "Market Updater" (MarketUpdater.apk) that is what updates the market. If you uninstall the updates and then freeze or delete the apk for this the market updater, the market will never update again.

Also what Google said is absolutely true. Only members of the Open Handset Alliance are licensed to put Google Apps on their devices. Neither I-Mobile nor Yuhua (the ODM of the device) are members. Google Apps are not open source and are proprietary to Google and its partners in the Mobile Handset Alliance. Therefore, the Google Apps preinstalled on the i858 (Yuhua Touchstone) are actually pirated apps as they had no license to use them in the first place. Google doesn't actively go after these companies (there have been a few exceptions) but they won't support the device in any way either. As far as I know, the only Chinese company that has joined the alliance to date is Huawei.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] selco60:
Yes, I did do all of the procedures correctly on many different pc's. The phone always showed it was connected was able to load the drivers but always failed. Read thru the word document in the files and noticed it said if have problems try blank flash so I did that and it blank flashed. Went back and was able to flash the rom. There was no msg with the fail only said fail no reason. Phone is now working but seems slower than before. Oh, battery seems ok. Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] meandroid:
When I bought the - i858 from the i-mobile shop in Chiang Mai I specifically bought it so I could build apps. This was always a problem as certain features I was supposed to access on the Android SDK either didn't appear or wouldn't work properly. The fact they were loading a pirated version of the software on their phones may have had something to do with this.

I feel like I've been scammed by yet another Thai company. Now I understand why they stopped supporting the phone after only 6-8 months of it being on the market.

I will tell EVERYBODY not to purchase a product from i-mobile.

Frankly, they should give all purchasers a credit so we can purchase a LEGIT android phone. Seems fair to me.

By the way, doesn't the Business Software Alliance in Bangkok take issue with these sort of violations ???
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
You weren't scammed. You bought an Android phone and you got an Android phone. The Android OS and kernel are open source. The Google apps such as Gmail, Maps, Talk, etc. are not. Most phones sold by smaller brands (not HTC, Samsung, Acer, LG, Huawei, etc.) don't have official Google Apps as they are not members of the Open Handset Alliance. As long as Google doesn't issue a cease and desist or file a legal complaint (which they rarely do) no violation has technically occurred. The i858 does not have a GPU (Graphics Processing Unit) and that is probably why some features of the SDK don't work with the i858. It cannot handle anything that is graphics intensive.

Members of the alliance that manufacture handsets are Acer Inc., Alcatel mobile phones, ASUSTeK Computer Inc., CCI, Dell, Foxconn International Holdings Limited (maker of Wellcom A99), FUJITSU LIMITED, Garmin International, Inc., Haier Telecom (Qingdao) Co., Ltd., HTC Corporation, Huawei Technologies, Kyocera, Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd., LG Electronics, Inc., Motorola, Inc., NEC Corporation, Pantech, Samsung Electronics, Sharp Corporation, Sony Ericsson, Toshiba Corporation, and ZTE Corporation. Phones made by any other companies will not have official Google apps but ones pulled from other devices. The i858 was manufactured by Yuhuatel in China and they have not joined the alliance.

If you want to develop apps then you should be using one of the official developer phones. The official developer phones still supported are the Nexus One and the Nexus S. I would recommend a Nexus One as the Nexus S will brick itself most likely if a low battery shutdown occurs.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] alan1234:
CAN ANYONE HELP???

i'm trying r2591 & r2599, but my i858's still rebooting itself, and all apps force close sometimes, please suggest me a stable rom!!!!!!!!!!

thanks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
Go back to one of the officially released I-Mobile. Occasional reboots see a common occurrence on this device.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] elessartk:
I want a working skype on my device and a copy paste feature for browser and other text areas is it posible? is there any app for this?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] meandroid:
No access Android Market?

Well it would seem the work around to access the Android Market on the i858 no longer works. At least i-mobile techies are not able to do it - anymore. They used to be able to, now they can't do it either.

There have been a stack of i858s returned in Chiang Mai and forwarded to Bangkok.

My guess is the phone will no longer be able to access the market - possibly Google got fed up with manufacturers pirating the software and figured out a way to stop it - permanently.

The only question that remains now is what form of compensation may be forthcoming for those of us sold a phone, marketed as having access to the Android Market, that no longer has access?

Anyone else here just a little pissed?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboxer:
You can access the market. Root the phone and delete marketupdater.apk. Then go into settings>applications and uninstall the market updates. Now your market won't update any more and you will be back to the market the phone shipped with (or the version on the current rom). You jus won't have the new fancy market, but you will have your market access back.

It is not an issue of Google blocking access. It is an issue of the new market app is not compatible with the i858. Since the i858 is not licensed by Google for Google Apps they don't support it and couldn't care less if the new market runs on it or not. That's what happens when you buy an off-brand Android device. In the future only buy brand names that are members of the Open Handset Alliance who have been licensed to put Google Apps on their devices.