yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TacoLoco:
cool =)

@all

As far as I understand you install Super Boot to root the phone (Super because of Super User ;)).. If you want to partition the SD card or flash a ROM you need to install Recovery Mode.. I think the headline "Root the V845 (via Windows PC)" is a bit confusing cause at this point it is already rooted..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [GER]Roxxor:
Sent you the link.. i hope you can do something with it :)

Would be great if we could get a custom kernel :)

Wouldnt we be able to port CyanogenMod to this device? :D

Good night :)

P.S.: Contacted Vodafone for the source files, because i cant find them...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkplace:
Yeah, custom kernel is possible, but i'm trying to INJECT mentally how it works boot.img and injecting MSM7x kernels,i'm thinking also in CyanogenMod port... so it's time to work :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kokesh:
Froyo

Thanks guys, looking forward to Froyo!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Barrueco:
Dear my friends !

i flashed this rom: Vodafone 845 Mr Edition v1.6.2

the rom is very nice, but i can't sync the calendar from my 845 Vodafone to the PC ! No task and no calendar entry on the PC !

If i build a entry on PC and after this i sync my googleaccount , it's all okay. The entries are perfectly on my 845 too !

This is a big bug in the ROM Vodafone 845 Mr Edition v1.6.2 !

it's so a pity. what shall i do now ? i am very sad.

best regards,

Tanja
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ace_pt:
Recovery.img

I all just a question how to install the Recovery.img ???

my phone is dead:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] romsen:
Hi,

I am totally new to this...I want to install the custom rom and followed all the steps but I've got a little problem on the step "Recovery Mode"

When I try

-> SD:ext2 to ext3

It says...

Error: Run 'fs ext3' via adb!

Then I tried to "Repair SD:ext" but it shows up with a similar error message:

Error: Run 'fs repair' via adb!

Can someone please help me to fix this..

Thanks :) great community here :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mikefromcz:
I solve this problem by removing the volume of the micro sd card.

Something like diskpart [enter]

list volumes

select volume (micro sd's volume)

delete

exit
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] romsen:
Doesnt work for me :(

Edit: Problem solved. It was because I had a 512mb micro sd card.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Barrueco:
Dear my friends !

i flashed this rom: Vodafone 845 Mr Edition v1.6.2

the rom is very nice, but i can't sync the calendar from my 845 Vodafone to the PC ! No task and no calendar entry on the PC !

If i build a entry on PC and after this i sync my googleaccount , it's all okay. The entries are perfectly on my 845 too !

This is a big bug in the ROM Vodafone 845 Mr Edition v1.6.2 !

it's so a pity. what shall i do now ? i am very sad.

best regards,

Tanja

Please help ! it's so very important for me the sync from Handy to PC !
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] corwin42:
I can confirm this. Syncing Google-Calendar -> 845 works but 845 -> Google-Calendar does not work. :-(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [GER]Roxxor:
Please try the solutions mentioned above... freddyemmer(developer of this ROM) seems to be on vacation...

when my device arrives (i hope tomorrow :D) i will try to reproduce the bug and find a solution...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TacoLoco:
Notification Bar works for me within Froyo when I use LauncherPro and link it to one of the launcher items swipe gesture..

I think the problem with pulling it up and down is due to the missing screen calibration..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkplace:
Roxxor, any Vodafone news about Vodafone 845 Kernel source? I have one hand more now :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [GER]Roxxor:
No reply to this moment... Hope the wifi driver is under GPL, but i dont think so.. look into the thread I sent to you.... we will have to use the binary...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [GER]Roxxor:
Maybe you can try to do something with this file from the original (or freddyemmers) ROM:

/system/app/TSCalibration.apk
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkplace:
Taco, they are people trying to deodexing the calibration app tscalibration.apk for the Pulse Mini (U8110), but still no results.

Anyway if you dial: *#*#2846579#*#* there is a hidden huawei app that showns very interesting info for porting FroYo.

I make a call to all devs to join #xda-developers @ Freenode IRC to try to do something about this.

Quoting @ Modaco user (kallt_kaffe):

After I uploaded that version I actually succeeded in deodexing and doing some apktool magic on the calibration app from the original rom, and while it runs, it does not work to calibrate the screen. Basicly the calibration program needs to be compatible with the touchscreen driver in the kernel and I suppose it isn't.

So unless Huwaei release a working calibration app or the source to the kernel then we're out of luck.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TacoLoco:
interesting info, also looked into this menu but I'm no developer so can't contribute anything besides testing..

hope we can get some more devs together to bring this baby to life =)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] :
Maybe as a temporary fix one could use the calibration data from a calibrated device running 2.1 in 2.2
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkplace:
I'm working in progress, time to switching Ubuntu, but I really need help.

For all the people who thinks that could take a hand in Coding/Kernel Dev/Fixing/Bugtracking, please join IRC channel @ Freenode.net #xda-devs

I'm there! :)

Thanks in advance.

EDIT: #xda-devs is the CORRECT channel :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sn0opy:
They won't, it's vodafone ;)

Just wipe it through the recovery menu and flash the original rom to it. You can find it in the first post.

Confirmed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [GER]Roxxor:
They have to... It's fixed in the GPL, that the manufacturer has to release the GPL licensed code used in the product.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kiariexl:
can you please replace the modem software and driver with the original of dial up for android mobile. am using v1.3.2
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xdaSeb:
Jepp that's right. But the question is, how much time it takes :p
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [GER]Roxxor:
ok.. sadly that could be a serious problem...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sn0opy:
I had a question sent to VF and it took 3 days. So, if there's no answer until FR, we should start sending messages to VF in all countries.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkplace:
Twitted vodafone_es about Kernel source, but no responses still.

anyway I'm sure we can modify the Source of the Pulse Mini, seems to be almost same hardware.

Take a look:

http://support.t-mobile.co.uk/library/TMOBILE/Source code/Pulse mini/Pulse Mini TMO source code.rar

Has references of U8120 (Vodafone 845), so seems could make incremental fixes to work with it.

xdaSeb, we're on #xda-devs @ freenode.net , feel free to join with us.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Barrueco:
"i flashed this rom: Vodafone 845 Mr Edition v1.6.2

the rom is very nice, but i can't sync the calendar from my 845 Vodafone to the PC ! No task and no calendar entry on the PC !

If i build a entry on PC and after this i sync my googleaccount , it's all okay. The entries are perfectly on my 845 too !

This is a big bug in the ROM Vodafone 845 Mr Edition v1.6.2 !

it's so a pity. what shall i do now ? i am very sad."

Could someone fix this problem in the ROM ? or is there no chance to change this ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sn0opy:
@Barrueco: we've read your post. You don't have to post it 3 times ...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Barrueco:
sorry snoopy. i have to cool down...

i hope that the problem will be fixed..

best regards, Tanja
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] alonso_91:
Stock apps

Thanks freddyemmer i installed the version 1.6.2 and its running flawlessly.

There is only one thing i noticed in it... Im sure i am not the first person to notice it but the vodafone apps you have posted are only widgets and they require the full app to be installed at least that is what happened with mymemo.apk and also the staticphotoframe.apk when started displays a message saying that the application is not installed on teh device. I am a n00b so i don't know if there is a quick fix for this problems so i'd be more than thankful to any suggestions.

Also how do you go about creating a .zip upgrade??? I'd like to get the stock music player as there are a few things i dont like with the current one

Thanks in advance,

Alonso
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] :
How to get root on the Froyo ROM

Flash http://drop.io/hidden/n4hrjxglgoug1mr/asset/ODQ1LWZyb3lvLWluc3RhbGxzdS16aXA%3D via recovery mode.

This will install su. Afterwards installer Superuser.apk, e.g. from the Mr Edition ROM.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TylerDurden20779:
did anyone already check if the calendar sync problem also appears in the original VF rom or only in the mr edition?

would be helpful maybe.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Barrueco:
the calendar sync problem is only in the custom rom ! in version 1.5 too !

the original VF Rom sync absolutly perfect.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dbuzek:
Calendar Sync Problem

I confirm the calendar sync issue to. 845 to web doesn't sync, but web to 845 is ok.I've tried to clear the calendar cache, but it didn't help. Anyone?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] T-1311:
To delete all dates on 845 you need to do these steps (worked for me)

1. Disable all connections / sync

2. Settinge -> Apps-> manage Apps

3. Menu-Button -> Filter -> All

4. Calender -> Delete Data

5. calendar cache-> Delete Data

6. Enable all connections / sync
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dbuzek:
Still no luck ;) No events created on 845 are synced to online Gcal :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] T-1311:
Sorry, my mistake. I thought you need a solution to clear all dates on 845. That dates are not sync'ed from 845->google is a Custom-rom problem described a few pages (>53) before. You need to add new dates online. If you add them on 845 they will not be sync'ed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dbuzek:
Ok, but adding things just online is not the a sollution for me, because I want to add events when I'm on the road :/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Barrueco:
i want add entries on the road too.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Nadvora:
Hi,

how can i upgrade Launcher Pro in your ROM mod (installation from SD Card)? Thx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] T-1311:
Everyone wants to. But with this Custom-Rom 1.5 - 1.6.2 it is not possible atm.

To add dates on the road you have to use the browser and add dates in goole calender online. Better solutions are welcome :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TylerDurden20779:
well, if you're online all the time via 3G you could open the browser on your phone and add the event directly in your google calendar.

but that's just a workaround of course.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] T-1311:
"Workaround" is the word I was missing ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sn0opy:
I've did it the same way I update all other apps. Through Appbrain.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wildwasserbahn:
Hi,

i can´t download it´s down, can everbody make a mirror please?

LG
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sn0opy:
Updated to the newest Launcher Pro via Appbrain 5 min ago. Everything's gone good
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wildwasserbahn:
PLEASE ...i want to download this rom - upload it....

Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xaindsleena:
Getting back to Eclair

Be warned, getting back to the original or MR ROMs is not easy.

I liked Froyo, but I need WIFI, so I tried to "update" back to the original, with hilarious consequences as they say on the films.

I found I couldn't get adb to connect at all and because Amon Ra recovery doesn't work properly for me (I always get told to go through adb, which is a pain. I think it's the mount point for /sdcard in /etc/fstab being wrong) I was stuck.

I downloaded the latest update ROM from Huawei and that's started me going again, but it's not the same as the original Vodafone one (the boot splash is now just the hourglass not the VF logo as it used to be)

I'm back running now, though connecting through USB takes *ages*

Is there a correct way to restore back from Froyo to Eclair?

Has anyone else had the problem with AmonRa recovery?

Cheers

Jon
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wwenigma:
Force Download ( Recommendation : When the OS of handsets could not start up successfully)

1: Download original ROM from Huawei site

2: Unzip, then copy "dload" directory(!!!) to SD card

3: Switch off the handset ,then press "Volume Control Upper Key +End Key+ Power Key"

4: Showing successful

5: Remove battery one second ,then power on ,waiting till the os start up

Its always working, remove superboot and amonra recovery. (reset phone to factory state) Working with all custom rom installed. Then format SD card under original ROM. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Yogesh Khetia:
Can you tell me which rom to use with kenyan phone? and how do u remove the superboot and amonra recovery.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Yogesh Khetia:
And how to restore to the original rom you have posted. Please advice.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wwenigma:
This process fully reflash phone, remove superboot AND amonra recovery too.

Download your rom from HERE. Kenya Safaricom ROM is exist. Follow my instructions. (or follow instructions which in downloaded ZIP file, same)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mngt135:
Good day to all,

Is there any progress with the Froyo ROM.

Regards
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] adsamcik:
Can you enable 3D acceleration please?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] salah_heart:
i did flashed the froyo testing rom and slow of cource not stable

but it come alittle fast with (open over clock .apk ) u can try this also
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wwenigma:
No 3d core in cpu, if i good know.

mod: hmm, sync to google calendar cant work ? From google is syncing... 1.6.2 with voda calendar.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] corwin42:
aGPS working with this ROM?

Hello,

I have the dim feeling, that assisted GPS is not working with the custom ROM. With the original ROM I got a GPS fix within only a few seconds. With the custom ROM it takes much longer (up to 1 or 2 minutes for the first fix). The strange thing is that if I switch off aGPS then I get the first fix faster (30 sec.) than with aGPS.

Can I check somehow if aGPS is working correctly? Can I look at the downloaded data? Is there some log for aGPS?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] :
With the first version I notices a similar thing. However, it works for me now most of the time.

You can use adb logcat to see the log; I did not check wether theres AGPS specific logs but a lot of location logs.

Edit: I have no idea how AGPS works, but I notices that even if I have Wifi running it's using the data connection for AGPS. Could it be that AGPS is a provider specific service?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] adsamcik:
I think this phone has got same cpu as touch diamond
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TacoLoco:
I did nandroid backup before flashing 2.2 ROM and so I could easily go back to latest MR ROM, so here no problems to get back.. Another way is partition SD-Card again, convert EXT2 to EXT3, copy *.zip to SD then wipe everything and flash from sd, worked for me too..

To the GPU thing? Nobody knows, I think the chipset has 3D acceleration in but I think there are also ways to disable it.. So a real expert has to give us a clear statement..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fila73:
I am not using a2sd, so reverting back to Mr from Froyo is a piece of cake.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkplace:
That's the why I told "MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP FIRST"

If something is wrong, start from the original ROM and go to the first page and start flashing ROM.

Is very very very important if your system is OK, do a NAND backup first.

Ouch... I forget it... I'm working porting a new kernel in Vodafone 845

Kernel used: CyanogenMod kernel ---> can't make a zImage due to undefined references in MSM7x

Working in official android kernel using kernel .config of Mr. Edition

Later the results ;)

Also please the people, try to ask Vodafone personal about Kernel Source... seems that them makes the silly about it.. but it's GPL and release the source is a MUST.

Thanks a lot
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TacoLoco:
good to see you are still working on it darkplace.. will ask vodafone for the sources..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] deadduck:
great work guys, will be picking up my vf845 at the weekend, looking forward to getting it rooted! keep up the good work!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [GER]Roxxor:
Received my first reply from Vodafone today, and they said that I should look for the android source on the google support page....

Wrote in reply that I need the kernel developed by vodafone for the phone(mentioned the copyleft in the GPL)...

I appreciate your work :) thanks :)

maybe this helps you concerning WiFi? maybe we can replace the closed driver by this OSS driver? http://wireless.kernel.org/en/users/Drivers/ar6k
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fila73:
Safe mode

Hi guys.

Reading about Safe mode for Pulse mini, I decided to try to find it for VF845 and I did it.

I have Mr's custom Rom and this is how to get into safe mode:

boot your phone and wait for android animated logo /just after android label/

then press and hold MENU+HOME and wait until phone shakes for cca 1 sec.

then u can release these buttons

after a while touchscreen starts to respond to your touches.

my phones asks for pin, but animated logo is still visible and nothing else

so i press the screen where emergency call button should be

and dial pad appears. now i can simply press back and system is running in safe mode

it's written in lower right corner

Safe mode should be state where only original apps can start

this means that in Mr's Rom launcher Pro is not running.

Therefore I need original vodafone Launcher, but I cannot find it.

can u help?

or can u confirm these steps leads to safe mode on your devices?

and what about devices with original firmware?

let's explore
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xaindsleena:
Problem flashing/restoring then rebooting

Hi All,

after trying out the Froyo Rom I went back to the original VF one, then to MR v1.5. However, I found that now I can't use an update zip to install MR's ROMs.

I can reinstall or restore the original Vodafone ROM first time every time, but I have to flash my Nandroid backup of my v1.5 custom ROM 3 times in a row then reboot in order to avoid it crashing during boot.

The system just hangs while the little progress wheel is going round after colouring in the Android picture. It waits for 5 seconds, then restarts the animation, never finishes booting.

If I restore it 3 times in a row it boots fine, once. If I then reboot it locks up almost the same, just a little earlier in the progress wheel animation.

I can't explain it, and it's very worrying that I can't turn the phone off.

The only odd thing I see when backup/restoring is this message:

During backup:

mtd: MEMGETBADBLOCK returned 1 at 0x00280000 (errno=0)

During restore:

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x00280000

This has always happened during backup/restore and happens with the original VF ROM too.

Can anyone tell me how I can understand why the crash is happening? Is there a boot log I can look at through adb in recovery.

I also tried backing up the phone in it's first-boot-working state and restoring that, but it's the same. It seems to be the actual shutting down causing the problem.

thanks

Jon
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darkplace:
I saw the safe mode also, seems to be usefull ;)

Jon, bad blocks? seems to be a corrupted data in the sd card.

Why don't you reformat the SD Card, download a clean Mr Edition ROM and starts again?

Make sure you copies the content of nandroid folder into your hard drive's pc to put again when you makes a format SD. Also do a full wipe to verify since zero.

mtd: not writing bad block at 0x00280000

mtd is the partition of the mobile of the boot/recovery , could be mtd1 or mtd2, so seems that can't write in the partition due to a bad block, so the logical reason is corrupted sd card, reformat and tells how about the process :)

Roxxor, if we had the original Kernel Source of the device, surely we could port perfectly to Froyo, not only about WiFi (i'm working about it), specially about the touchscreen (can't calibrate) and about the DPAD (hangs when you press it).

I'm gonna switch to Ubuntu to try to compile the lastest android shared kernel.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sn0opy:
Status of getting the VF 845 kernel source:

Twitter: 2DMs to @vodafone_de and 2 @-replies

E-Mail: 2 mails via contact form (if they answer, it will be from kontakt@vodafone.com)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fila73:
Safe mode works also on original vodafone rom. /Pressing buttons during vodafone animated logo/.

Phone works fine, numpad for entereing PIN is visible and Launcher starts. Apps not from original ROM are hidden.

BTW: Now, I have in my phone new ROM from Vodafone Czech.

Issues with BTS localization and headphones without microphone are solved.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xaindsleena:
Hi darkplace,

thanks for getting back to me!

The error is during flash of boot partition. Could you explain how sdcard issue would affect boot partition? I thought boot/recovery was in the mobile's NAND, but the sdcard is seperate.

I also noticed that I can reboot the phone as long as I don't go into recovery mode. Even making a backup will mess up the phone. Maybe that's linked.

I have tried reformatting the sdcard several times, but I'm not 100% convinced that it's now ext3. Mount shows it as ext2, even though I know I did the ext2 -> ext3 upgrade...

Jon
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kokesh:
Is it possible to transfer the audio jack fix to Mr ROM?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fila73:
I am sorry, but it was only good luck. audiojack issue isn't fixed. :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wwenigma:
Check An3Dbench from market... its a 3D core working, or cpu calculate screens? Because MSM7227 has a 3d core. Checked on qualcomm's page. :D

Sent from my Vodafone 845
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kokesh:
Seems like the software render to me
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TylerDurden20779:
did anybody already try to get the sources from huawei directly?

i mean, they are the manufacturer of the device so it should be easier to get it from them imho.