yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Just in case people are unsure (like I was) I have compiled this :)

Installing recovery.img

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE THAT MAY HAPPEN TO YOUR DEVICE

First thing to do is turn off the phone then hold power and BOTH volume buttons

http://www.apksmash.com/x5/howto/vbp.jpg

That will bring up this purple screen

http://www.apksmash.com/x5/howto/purple1.jpg

Next plug in your USB and you will be able to access it as a mass storage device

http://www.apksmash.com/x5/howto/massstorage.JPG

The next step is simply rename your recovery.img (for later access if needed) then put in the new one (found at http://www.apksmash.com/x5/recovery.img).

http://www.apksmash.com/x5/howto/image.JPG

Next turn off the phone (I’ve found that battery pulling is the only way out of recovery mode).

http://www.apksmash.com/x5/howto/battpull.jpg

Then put the battery back in and while the phone is still OFF, plug in the USB. This will show the Huawei screen and boot in to recovery

http://www.apksmash.com/x5/howto/recov.jpg

Easy enough to do :) Good luck and have fun!

I also have this in .doc form at http://www.apksmash.com/x5/howto/Recovery guide.doc
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] hugodotlau:
i vote U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
20 pages and a recovery image, should get a section soon!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
stockwell,recka,thank you.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Nothing I have done would be possible without Stockwell :) I just dif a small part
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AlexxxR:
We sure to get a section now!

all credt to stockwell along with recka, cheers boys
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
I just hope the guide is easy enough to follow
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AlexxxR:
Kinda easy but I just used Root Explorer to move the images, which would be quicker.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iamelton:
could you tell me where the stock recovery.img is located?

i couldn't find it in /cust/images/.. there is no such folder..

thx..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Cust_backup/image
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
cheers boys,waiting for our section.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iamelton:
got it! thx..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
I was confused too at first

Incase you guys missed I have made a forum while we wait at

http://www.apksmash.com/forum

And have a link to download faster than the free megaupload at

Http://www.apksmash.com/x5/recovery.img
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] 矫若游龙:
支持一下，呵呵，中国来的新朋友，希望大家多多支持！
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
"Support for what, huh, huh, China to a new friend, hope you can enjoy!"

is the translation from google
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] simplistian:
Should just be "Support! lol, new friend from China, hope you can enjoy! (hope you can support)"

Google is an American :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
one world,one dream.其实我也是中国来的。:cool:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] fscdif:
Love u8800~:d
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] dagechrlss:
I also vote for this, I would like to see developers get into porting CM7 to the X5
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] 矫若游龙:
呵呵，看见同胞了，真亲切！说实话，我的英文水平很糟糕，能来论坛里完全是靠着翻译软件，友谊无国界，希望大家能够成为好朋友！

我也支持一下，顺便说一下，我们国内很多的朋友都在用这部机器，真心的希望本论坛能够开放一个U8800(IDEOS X5)的版块，作为所有U8800的拥有者交流的天地。

Oh, see the fellow, and very kind! To be honest, my English is very bad, can come to completely rely on the forum translation software, friendship without borders, I hope we can become good friends!

I also support what, by the way, many of our domestic friends are using this machine, really hope this forum will open up a U8800 (IDEOS X5) of the Forum, for all U8800 world of the owner of the exchange.

考虑到也许google翻译出来的英文能够更规范一些，所以就将我的内容用google翻译成英文。

Taking into account might be able to google the English translation is more standardized, and therefore my content will be translated into English by google.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iamelton:
google 翻譯出來是垃圾, 外國友人肯定看不懂.. 8)

what google returns are totally trash, foreigners can definitely not understand.. 8)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Fruitgull:
Is it possible to restore to original rom from the standard recovery image? Or do anything at all from the purple screen?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] 矫若游龙:
从谷歌翻译的，如果没有正确的理解你的意思，还请加以说明。

你是想恢复ROM吗？我知道的有四个ROM包，你可以去尝试一下，论坛无法发外链，你可以自己尝试寻找一下。

你所说的屏幕变成紫色，我也遇到过，是因为机器没有识别出ROM包，你可以尝试一下换一张SD卡或者将ROM包放在机身内置的存储卡中。

Translation from Google, if not properly understand what you mean, please also be described.

ROM you want to restore it? I know there are four ROM package, you can go try it, the forum can not be sent outside the chain, you can yourself try to find it.

You said the screen turned purple, I have encountered, because the machine does not recognize ROM package, you can try for an SD card or the ROM package on the fuselage of the built-in memory card.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
If you go to a base install and make a backup that'll work for a recovery rom to flash to original
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] 矫若游龙:
有没有比谷歌翻译得更好的软件呢？没有翻译软件就没法和外国友人沟通了！

Than Google did a better translation software? No translation software can't compete with foreign friends communication!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Fruitgull:
I don't want to flash to the original rom. Just wondering why there are nothing to choose from in the stock recovery menu. I was under the impression that there should be some functions there.

I'm very new to this, so pardon my basic question.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ufire:
I also vote for this..........enjoy x5 \ u8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Ahh that's ok. Basically the recovery lets you flash new roms etc but doesn't give you the original to put on there - that's up to you to back up :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lonelyroof:
+1 for U8800 own section
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Fruitgull:
So you must connect it to a computer for the recovery mode to be useful at all? I mean, there are nothing you can choose from the phone itself (purple screen).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] snekkarn:
+1 on making a own section for the Huawei U8800! Loving this phone for months now, so fast and so reliable! only paid 220 bucks for it in Norway!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sanpsa:
Vol up + power will let you boot to recovery without computer.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] onewilk:
Wow~good!!!!thanks!!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
Obviously there's some confusion here. The violet screen is

bootloader mode

. Without having a rom from Huawai on the sdcard yes, this mode doesn't do anything for you.

Recovery is when you press volume up and power to boot and you get a little menu. The original menu is very limited and does signature verification on any zip updates you try to apply, and other than that only allows you to format cache and data.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
We need a section now!;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] MaksMod:
i vote for U8800 too,

the phone is so good !

Quadrant is 1543 on my phone!

CPU: Qualcomm MSM7230 - 800MHZ

GPU: Qualcomm Adreno205

RAM: 512M
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Fruitgull:
Thank you for clarifying that for me!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
All we need is CM7 (and an overclockable kernel) for this to be amazing ;)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] my860829:
+1 for U8800 section
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] alal0812:
I wish I could use the miui someday.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
wish we get our section soon.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sanpsa:
Heres something for someone to try for:

Gingerbread 2.3 theme for U8800!

First wipe dalvik cache from recovery and install above gb.zip in recovery "install zip from sdcard".

Installs fine but i cant tell if its working really, because i have that allready installed via adb...

Content framework-res.apk and services2.jar are all good and working...

Remember to make a backup first and do this at your own risk...

Got this from different forum, im not the creator of this...

Edit

Ok not working then...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] zillen4:
Its working THANKS:D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AlexxxR:
I applied the zip, very nice.

Stockwell, when restoring a back up the recovery cannot unmount/mount the system so a restore fails. Can you fix it?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Hmm, I got a nodemobile sim but I can't access the network (it piggy backs off optus)

anyone got anything?

Edit: Me being the n00b I am forgot to add the APN :P
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] haydnlj:
Very nice... but....

Unfortunately the status bar clock font color, and the options menu font color dont quite work... see shot attached - cleared dalvik cache and applied zip again in case any mistake was made...any ideas? Everything else looks gold..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Seems to be a bit laggy for me... any one else get more lag after applying?

I tried to do a restore from the backup I did prior to the install but the theme is still there.

am I missing something? I wiped Cache partition and Dalvik Cache
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Guess I'll have to factory reset then restore backup

And a new problem, telling me it can't format anything (like /sytem, /data)

Edit 2: And apparently it didn't wipe it... wierd
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
At this stage (as AlexxxR noted above) the recovery can't unmount /system so the reason you didn't get the stock theme was because the restore failed (it says it on the screen actually).

I'm aware of the issue and it should be fixed in the next release. If you can't wait until then reflash the generic or australian rom, load my recovery and then choose advanced restore and do a restore just of /data.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Should be fine to wait :) But it didn't even wipe the data O_o
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
I tried then and was able to format /data both from the mounts and storage menu and from the wipe data option. Also I can verify that I was able to use advanced restore to restore a backup of /data.

Not sure what is causing your problem mate, maybe just give it another go.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AlexxxR:
When abouts will recovery update be released? With all the tweaking I do I'll need a working recovery :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
Should be able to find some time to work on it before the end of the weekend. Shouldn't take long to fix.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AlexxxR:
Cheers stockwell, much appreciated. The gingerbread theme is cool bt needs work to fix the text colouring etc, taking a look now.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sanpsa:
Edit:

Not working properly for some atleast, something to do with the services.jar if the colors are wrong. DO NOT APPLY.

Could someone try to make it right then?

Download http://www.mediafire.com/?w5kb187y1jjlgwg

Sorry guys if u got messed up, didnt know that u cant restore a backup. But installing some huawei rom should get u fixed again.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] haydnlj:
All good.. thanks to all for the hard work and sharing!!

Took the plunge and re-installed stock AU ROM - very painless.. market automatically re-downloaded all apps, 15 mins to root and apply wifi and other needed tweaks.

Total time invested was 1 hour or less - good to know for future!

Cheers

Goes without saying... +1 for own forum :D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
I'm assuming you didn't do a backup before reflashing the stock rom? If you did you can do an advanced restore and restore /data and you'll get all your apps, settings, messages etc back (and it won't have the gb theme).
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sanpsa:
The theme contained original services.jar by mistake, thats why it didnt work properly. Stay tuned for proper release :o
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] haydnlj:
Actually I did... just did an advanced restore and it worked a treat - could have had lunch after all today!!

Thanks stockwell - great to know we have a full fall back position now.. Cheers H
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
I will come here everyday until we have a section.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] iamelton:
actually i come here every time there is new post in this topic.. 8)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lpglam:
+1 for U8800 section
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] speedperfect:
+1 for U8800 section
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tdbackstreet:
U8800 is realy a nice phone!I would like to vote for it!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] power121212:
+1 for U8800 section
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
+100000000000 for U8800 section:D
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
That's cool! just do it!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] knevski:
+1 for U8800 section
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
I take no responsibility for any harm that comes to your phone as a result of applying this mod.

Alright guys, 'v2' is ready for release. As promised in the following post I will detail the code changes to get to this point so others can replicate my progress. I will put some more time into trying to fix the remaining issues (usb mass storage - probably won't be hard to fix, graphics issues - very difficult, offmode charging - moderate) over the long weekend but I don't think they're really critical.

Available here: http://www.multiupload.com/OCD8FMSFPX

Installation:

Replace the stock recovery.img on your phone by either using bootloader mode to copy to the images directory from your computer or copy to /cust_backup/images using root explorer or similar on your device.

Notes:

- fixed problem mounting/unmounting /system and thus fixed full restore

- cleaned up init scripts quite a bit (still room for improvement though)

- mounts /misc partition (will be used for offmode charging)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] korpenkraxar:
Own forum is coming :-)

Hi all!

I contacted some people higher up the XDA ladder and got this reply:

Change is coming friends :-)

Oh and guys and gals: remember to say thaaaanks! (to XDA, that is) :-)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
To get recovery working here are the required modifications to the cyanogenmod source tree

To fix persisting huawei logo and reduce to being only 2 screens instead of 4

In bootable/recovery/minui/graphics.c

@@ -129,10 +129,10 @@
static void set_active_framebuffer(unsigned n)
{
if (n > 1) return;
- vi.yres_virtual = vi.yres * 2;
+ //vi.yres_virtual = vi.yres * 2;
vi.yoffset = n * vi.yres;
- vi.bits_per_pixel = 16;
- if (ioctl(gr_fb_fd, FBIOPUT_VSCREENINFO, &vi) < 0) {
+ vi.bits_per_pixel = 32;
+ if (ioctl(gr_fb_fd, FBIOPAN_DISPLAY, &vi) < 0) {
perror("active fb swap failed");
}
}
@@ -142,7 +142,7 @@
GGLContext *gl = gr_context;

/* swap front and back buffers */
- gr_active_fb = (gr_active_fb + 1) & 1;
+ //gr_active_fb = (gr_active_fb + 1) & 1;

#ifdef BOARD_HAS_FLIPPED_SCREEN
/* flip buffer 180 degrees for devices with physicaly inverted screens */

To fix the problem with /system not being able to be unmounted:

In init.rc (copied from original recovery's ramdisk)

@@ -83,7 +83,7 @@
disabled
oneshot

-service rmt_storage /system/bin/rmt_storage /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
+service rmt_storage /sbin/rmt_storage /dev/block/mmcblk0p10 /dev/block/mmcblk0p11
user root
disabled

Then download this copy of rmt_storage (http://www.multiupload.com/BM1WBATKSU) into /sbin folder of your recovery's ramdisk. This was taken from the cm7 port for HTC vision.

I think that's about it. Any other questions (like fstab, boardconfig.mk) feel free to ask me.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AndytheAndroid:
yaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Edit: OK, I can't read lol, it's what you had to do

Edit 2: I did a full factory reset an I still have the 2.3 theme? How do I get rid of it?

Edit 3: I can't restore my backup :/ does the new version backup to a dif folder?

http://www.apksmash.com/x5/recovery/1.JPG

http://www.apksmash.com/x5/recovery/2.JPG

http://www.apksmash.com/x5/recovery/3.JPG

Anything?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
That's so cool !!! I can not describe how excited i am !!!!!!!!!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
Whoops, jumped the gun a little and posted the wrong version (no big issue, just that it uses the internal sd card instead of external). For the three people that did download it please grab it again: http://www.multiupload.com/OCD8FMSFPX

As I said, these are the source code changes. If you don't understand what it says then it's not meant for you. It will help anyone with a little skill in programming and linux to pretty much get up to speed should they want to replicate my progress and try other new things.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lvtianhang:
XDA! Thanks

I love this forum!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] onewilk:
haha...that's a good news!!!wait for that day, I can not describe how excited i am !
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Well after putting the NEW new image on (thanks again stockwell, updated my site with the fixed version) and did a restore on my original backup it's done :) and the theme is gone
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] szviva:
it is a good news that we will own u8800 section!!!

i hope new rom come early!!

thank xda!!!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] tdbackstreet:
+1 For Ideos X5!

too...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] wc7776302:
thank you。。。。。。。。。。。
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sll568:
U8800 is a real good Android phone.

If there are CM or other roms, it will be better for us! ~.~
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Eric_zdhz:
+1 for U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] :
Ok i got a really noobish question..

What is the "stockwell image" for? I mean, what does it do? You say it's not a ROM. I don't get it.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Its clockwork mod that stockwell has kindly ported over for
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
It's a tool that will be used later on to load custom roms, kernels and other modifications (themes etc). For now, its main use is for backing up and restoring until other people get on board and start releasing some things.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] ibnefahim:
ditto :)

where are the mods
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] wyybeyond:
HI,Huawei released a new ROM with AP function which is promised but not yet finished on other ROMs, However , this ROM is not for public dowload , someone found its link and has tested the ROM, so download and have a try~

sorry for being a new user i can not post link ,so i put the link in a txt
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] gh8609123:
hahahaha！ I am coming! our section!:cool:
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] 胡彪q:
please be quickly
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lvyu:
up again～～～
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] onewilk:
Up+1~~u8800 up~
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] feiyang:
I also vote for this, I would like to see developers get into porting CM7 to the X5
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] shawn.zl:
My Phone is U8800

This is needed, this hardware for 300$ is extremly high value!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] :
+ 1 for U8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] panxunhang:
u8800 is a good section to me

I vote for u8800
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] 矫若游龙:
越来越多的中国同胞在这里出现了，再次顶u8800一个！
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Taajuus:
To clarify - this would be update with native wifi tethering available?

And this unofficial release seems to be for Malaysian devices?

If so, cool, official release might be near for that update :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Xia Lili:
i love b u8800

:D 中国人来顶啊

i support it

u8800 is the best
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
The update is fine to apply. It has some other enhancements too so it's worthwhile even if you don't really care about native tethering.

I've been trying to bundle it into an update.zip to be applied with my recovery so it will just modify the required files and not wipe data, remove root, restore the bloatware etc but it's proving to be quite difficult. I'm 90% there just having some problems with permissions.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lvtianhang:
This Official Rom , Just do not download portal
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sanpsa:
This is it to get the original theme back:

http://www.mediafire.com/?1du9yz7w0jiojh0

And this is the now working 2.3 theme:

http://www.mediafire.com/?njsdda19iqgg2rw

Wipe dalvik cache before applying!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
And this is the now working 2.3 theme:

http://www.mediafire.com/?njsdda19iqgg2rw

Wipe dalvik cache before applying![/QUOTE]

Does that fix the black text problem?

Only one way to find out I guess
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sanpsa:
I tried both original and then 2.3 theme, both had right colors. Earlier one didnt work cause it had a wrong file included...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
I wiped dalvik cache and it told me install from sd complete, but my theme is the same?

Am I missing something (this is the link from the post on page 30)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
Native Wifi Update

I take no responsibility for any harm that comes to your phone as a result of applying this mod.

This update includes native wifi tethering and an update to the media subsystem (no more stuttering in Youtube HQ). It also includes a newer kernel so there may be some other benefits.

Only tested using a fresh install of the Australia Roadhound firmware build. There could be issues if you're using another firmware so make sure you do a backup before applying.

Available here: http://www.multiupload.com/HHJDMX77XR

Installation:

Copy the zip to your sdcard and apply the update using my recovery (latest version: http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=12944413&postcount=266)

Notes:

- taken from the Malaysia Maxis u8800 build available here:

http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwi...V100R001C00B136CUSTC38D001_Malaysia MAXIS.zip

- also includes 'ideos' bootlogo. If you prefer the regular android bootlogo delete or rename /system/media/bootanimation.zip
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andu2flo:
I've installed the recovery image , wiped dalvik cache and installed gb.zip from page 30 but i see no change in theme.

Same as Recka

I have the latest Rom from Huawei site rooted with z4root

Thanks for all the work and hope to get this fix soon
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Just running the update now, have put it at http://www.apksmash.com/x5/update.zip.

Booting :)
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Benchmark scores ~the same

Before new Kernel

AnTutu

1509

Quadrant

1396

After new Kernel

AnTutu

1520

Quadrant

1396

so it's no faster, but the wifi tether is there... any other differences let me know
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] sanpsa:
Just applied the update and wifi tether works! :)

Theme was also changed to original, and now GB theme wont apply for me either, weird... :confused:

Edit:

I pushed in the framework-res.apk and services.jar and got the theme back, but then option for wifi tether was lost, so it needs rebuilding to make it work with the update.

Seems that it depents on what rom you are using. Theme was build for the newes rom from huawei site so it may not work with any other rom...
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AlexxxR:
Theme

The GB theme didn't work for me either :/

Once we have own section this would be resolved waaaay quicker..
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] lvtianhang:
boot.img not in UPDATE.APP....
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] daml:
Hi guys I just created you all a forum over at my site. http://ztev9.tk/

Excuse the domain name, we used to only cover one device but now we're expanding to others.

I will be changing this soon and am looking for suggestions for a new name for us.

Sorry if anyone thinks I'm spamming, I'm only trying to help out the community and appreciate the understanding....

Enjoy!
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
Just wanted to throw in I created one at my site for the X5 and X6 (not saying it's bad you did :D) and XDA are getting one in the next week.

But I'd like to keep mine up for both hosting purposes and to be specific for those devices
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] andreasha:
Thanks for the update! I got into trouble mounting the sd-card when in recovery but that turned out to be an error in the formatting, had to do a diskpart clean on it first.

Why is it taking so long to setup a forum section?
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] AndytheAndroid:
It's best to have a few mirrors for any future ROMs and stuff so peeps around the world get the fastest speed wherever they are.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] stockwell:
The update includes changes to framework (as you know) so that's why it wipes the theme.

Sanpsa are you the one bundling it into an update.zip, or is it copied from somewhere else? Assuming you are, the reason why the update.zip won't work is because it is not correctly mounting /system. We don't use mtd, so the command should be mount("ext3", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p12", "/system"). If this command fails you may have an older version of update-binary.
[Huawei Ideos X5 U8800] Recka:
That's a good point I didn't think of.

My file hosting is best accessed from Australia (though the forum speed will be fine world-wide) since it is hosted in Brisbane