i bought an htc dream/g1 from ebay new. the catch is that it's in chinese (didn't know this when i bought it). i've set it to english, but the market place, among some other system dialogues are still in chinese. i've managed to log into my google account by guessing, but i'm getting error messages i can't read, and the whole market interface is in chinese.
so i CAN'T use the android market to download a file manager, or download anything at all (which seems to be required in order to root it). i can mount the sd card and access it in windows.
what i really want to do is just delete everything on there, os and all, and start from scratch (the same way i could with an iphone). the most important thing is that it be in english. secondly that it run smoothly. after that it would be nice if it could be a sense ui rom, but that is not required, i guess.
please, any help at all would be appreciated! i'm new to android and i can't figure all these issues out at once and in mandarin.
I would suggest downgrading to RC29 or RC7, but those are US and UK firmwares. What firmware version is it? it would be useful for us to have all the information in Settings > About. If it's on 1.5 you should be able to use the 'flashrec' method, but I guess that will ake some trial and error.
Hello
Let me start with admitting that I'm a newbie, a green one, whatever you want. I've bought my WF, my first smartphone, one week ago, and after a day a was confronted with my first limitation: I can't make access to the cisco vpn that my university uses.
I've started looking on the internet, and my only hope is a program called VPN connection, which needs root access to work. Not only the fact that I couldn't install that specific application, but also the disappointment of a discovery that the open-source OS was in fact closed, made me want to root my phone.
So I again started to do research on the internet, mostly by night, which makes me sit like a zombie in lessons, but I've learned a lot. However, there are still a few questions, which I just can't find the answer for.. So I'm hoping one of you would be so kind to help me out a bit!
- I've come to find out that rooting te WF just changes the read/write access of the root directory. So rooting an sich will not change any of the files or settings, nor the language (Dutch). Is that right, or is there an install of a complete "customized" (English) ROM which make the cellphone look brand new?
- I've done some research on how to unroot the WF (I'm having a 2 year waranty..). I know you can download the original ROMs here (shipped-roms.com/shipped/Buzz/) but first of all, I don't know which one to pick, and second, will there be a Dutch one there? Because I'm not sure that they will accept the statement that my phone is suddenly turned English.
Those are in fact the only two questions I have (for now ). Thanks in advance to help me entering a whole new world!
Erwin
The Android OS is a linux. And for such OS, there is a user account with UID 0, thats the "root" account, who got all privileges on the system.
If you root your phone, you will give your "user", thats the user that runs the android OS, the ability to gain root privileges. Those are necessary to do administrative changes to the OS, same as on a usual linux OS.
So the root user is able to mount devices in read/write and do other stuff.
Most official Updates are multilanguage and they are official updates from HTC so even on warranty issues there should be no problem with it.
Warlord711,
Thank you very much for giving me this explanation! But when you talk about "root your phone", I still have a question. If I root my phone, it will be by the method of Unrevoked (Unrevoked 3.21). I understand that the user now has root privileges, but how is that being accomplished? Do they flash the phone with a new ROM, who has "build-in" extended privileges, or do they really change the privileges of some maps on the ROM that originally came with the phone?
In extend I want to make sure about something: so if I install an original UK ROM from shipped-roms.com, I can just install it with the clockworkmod on my device and do an official update, witch will make my phone dutch again?
Thanks in advance!
Erwin
No ferther explanation? A pitty..
they replace recovery system, but how they do it, thats a question
I came across this thread hoping for reassurance about not losing warranty in case of unrooting, and I'm joining just to say that Erwin's questions are really accurate, well written and most probably helpful for any other android newbies like me.. so let's answer him/us please!
cignu
ErwinP said:
Hello
- I've come to find out that rooting te WF just changes the read/write access of the root directory. So rooting an sich will not change any of the files or settings, nor the language (Dutch). Is that right, or is there an install of a complete "customized" (English) ROM which make the cellphone look brand new?
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It will not change any of the settings, I myself had it in dutch too. It will be the same as you shut it down, only thing that has changed is the recovery mode (entered by holding the volume down and press the boot key)
ErwinP said:
- I've done some research on how to unroot the WF (I'm having a 2 year waranty..). I know you can download the original ROMs here (shipped-roms.com/shipped/Buzz/) but first of all, I don't know which one to pick, and second, will there be a Dutch one there? Because I'm not sure that they will accept the statement that my phone is suddenly turned English.
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I dont know either which one to pick, but I _DO_ know that if I pick the right one, it will include dutch, together with several others including English.
Hi,
After installing android (2.2) on my Omnia2 i noted the following problems:
- Does not recognize my SDCARD
- Does not recharge the battery
- Wifi malfunctions
- When trying to download from Android Market always says not enough space when in fact I have 2GB of internal storage available.
Anyone know how to get around some of these problems? tks
jafeijo said:
Hi,
After installing android (2.2) on my Omnia2 i noted the following problems:
- Does not recognize my SDCARD
- Does not recharge the battery
- Wifi malfunctions
- When trying to download from Android Market always says not enough space when in fact I have 2GB of internal storage available.
Anyone know how to get around some of these problems? tks
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hello everyone,
android after I installed 2.2, my phone began to no longer receive calls and then I saw that your IMEI was reset in android, reboot the phone and the imei in WM, was 000000000000000, how do I get my phone, got it since December 2009.
I can not do without this device, I got hooked on it, kkkkk
(sorry for my english, i`am a Brazilian, )
anybody help-me ???
I'm without my phone, and I researched and could not find any way to solve my problem.
I saw some boxes that are unlocked, and I did not find one that supports the GT-i8000l.
Anyone know where the box that makes this remake of the IMEI
Hi everyone
I got a Wiko Highway (french), Canvas Knight A350 for you
He is slow, freeze, no more space. So i come here to install an updated ROM
2Go internal space for system and 10Go for user media shown in a "sdcard" (but not physically one)
my phone was rooted, i've installed phylz recovery (from : https://forum.xda-developers.com/canvas-knight/development/miui-8-canvas-knight-a350-mt6592-t3529989 links)
installation of recovery worked fine with https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=de.mkrtchyan.recoverytools&hl=fr
i've reboot in recovery, wiped all.... then bug (or i havn't wait enough long) i've shut down then loop boot
i've reinstalled original build, a stock version from an officiel .exe (HIGHWAY KITKAT_V19.exe) it work and put all the phone like the first time (with my 10go user space)
i re do a root (kingo root) / recovery (phylz by rashr) / in recovery i wipe all, install from zip, then... no sdcard, it take a folder sdcard in the data of the 2Gb space, can't find my "10go sdcard" directory :/
then i've mount usb, transfered the rom in the 2Gb data/sdcard folder, installed the rom, worked but and got a phone with totally 2gb space for system/data/media no more intern sdcard T-T
any idea ?
it look like the problem is link to v1 v2 v3 things, did i missed something to do from stock rom v? to recovery v3/rom v3 from now ? wrong recovery ?
thx
- news :
> on officiel stock rom 4.4, i get back my 10go media place, deleted it / plug to computer to format in fat32 / used an internal sdcard fix / same pb nothing detected in the recovery :/
ok finally found !
wish it will help some other people !
the problem is that i'm not only a newbie, i'm french too (i see your smile ! )
seriously, its hard to find help about this problem cause we are not on the same start :/
looking here or other international forum for helps was hard (cause unknown prolem)
looking on french forums for helps was useless (cause they are french and just copy paste this forum, smile again)
so ! The solution is that my a350 is a "wiko highway", who got for last official update a stock rom v2.
like a newbie, i've installed a v3 recovery and a v3 rom on my phone like i read everywhere "just follow the steps"
yep but add, start from a stock rom v3 please :3
I had to install a stock v3 rom (sp flash > format phone > install a350 v3 stock rom) : now have 12.06GB phone place.
recovery now detect my internal sdcard, installation work, new roms work, got my full space
/ ! \ now got communication problem T-T, all work even data for internet but no phone no sms. ime = null, many post on this but not easy to resolve :/
- flashing back french orignal rom fix nothing
- changing with another sim card change nothing :/
>> i used fix ime apk (Chamelephon), to enter my ime manually, resolve call/sms but not sure i'm 100% bugless
/ ! \ bluetooth dont work (on slim6 rom, havnt test others)
>> had to insist, work
Yotitchy said:
ok finally found !
wish it will help some other people !
the problem is that i'm not only a newbie, i'm french too (i see your smile ! )
seriously, its hard to find help about this problem cause we are not on the same start :/
looking here or other international forum for helps was hard (cause unknown prolem)
looking on french forums for helps was useless (cause they are french and just copy paste this forum, smile again)
so ! The solution is that my a350 is a "wiko highway", who got for last official update a stock rom v2.
like a newbie, i've installed a v3 recovery and a v3 rom on my phone like i read everywhere "just follow the steps"
yep but add, start from a stock rom v3 please :3
I had to install a stock v3 rom (sp flash > format phone > install a350 v3 stock rom) : now have 12.06GB phone place.
recovery now detect my internal sdcard, installation work, new roms work, got my full space
/ ! \ now got communication problem T-T, all work even data for internet but no phone no sms. ime = null, many post on this but not easy to resolve :/
- flashing back french orignal rom fix nothing
- changing with another sim card change nothing :/
>> i used fix ime apk (Chamelephon), to enter my ime manually, resolve call/sms but not sure i'm 100% bugless
/ ! \ bluetooth dont work (on slim6 rom, havnt test others)
>> had to insist, work
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https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6-QF5uchBNhbFlfVk1wOEthbms/view
Flash this sim fix from recovery after flashing rom without wiping anything.
Mr.Ak said:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6-QF5uchBNhbFlfVk1wOEthbms/view
Flash this sim fix from recovery after flashing rom without wiping anything.
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ho thx for reading XD
i'm desperate XD
after my 2 heavy post, i didn't want to monologue again but i'm still in trouble
the Chamelephon solution half work, i cant send sms. but i recieve, so i've format again for stock french rom, dont work.
i came back on the slim rom (same history with other custom rom, i prefer this one ^^)
sometime i got data connection (can go internet) other times no, but sms is constant, i receive, i dont send. (i've been able to send 1 time at begin dunno why :/)
i've just factory reset :
- bluetooth hard to appair, but i think its just a ****ty bt appairing thing so don't care i think
- pb with chrome to download in "sdcard", but perhaps a bug after many things done on phone
- pb with music app to find music in sdcard, but with an explorer i see them
maui, mtk eng, mtk droid tool, SN Write Tool, tools who seems to not work all on custom rom for me...
So i tried stock us rom, maui worked, i've put back ime (i think) now i kingo-root/recovery and flash slim rom
then i'll certainly have bugs again and test your zip thx !
what the detailed (advanced?) goal(s) of this zip ?
Yotitchy said:
ho thx for reading XD
i'm desperate XD
after my 2 heavy post, i didn't want to monologue again but i'm still in trouble
the Chamelephon solution half work, i cant send sms. but i recieve, so i've format again for stock french rom, dont work.
i came back on the slim rom (same history with other custom rom, i prefer this one ^^)
sometime i got data connection (can go internet) other times no, but sms is constant, i receive, i dont send. (i've been able to send 1 time at begin dunno why :/)
i've just factory reset :
- bluetooth hard to appair, but i think its just a ****ty bt appairing thing so don't care i think
- pb with chrome to download in "sdcard", but perhaps a bug after many things done on phone
- pb with music app to find music in sdcard, but with an explorer i see them
maui, mtk eng, mtk droid tool, SN Write Tool, tools who seems to not work all on custom rom for me...
So i tried stock us rom, maui worked, i've put back ime (i think) now i kingo-root/recovery and flash slim rom
then i'll certainly have bugs again and test your zip thx !
what the detailed (advanced?) goal(s) of this zip ?
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To fix Invalid Imei/Sim issues/serial issues/Null Imei/No sim/Network drop..
It converts spft flashable files(sec**.img) into recovery flashable zip.
If this works,book a trip for me to France.
heh
quite hot now in france btw ^^
fix done, no change :/
to be short if it can help to understand the mistake :
- got a 4.4 highway stock rom (didnt know but seem to been a v2 with 2gb intern memory and 10gb fake sdcard)
- phone is rooted with kingoroot, i used apk rashr to install phylz v3 recovery for a350
- i install a new rom v3 (slim/resurection/linage for example)
- i got only 2gb memory, no more sdcard, 10gb nowhere.
- i understand the v2 v3 thingie
- i use sp flash tool, to install custom rom (firmware update), same pb
- i use sp flash tool, to format phone (mistake i think), then format + firmware update with stock rom, i got my 12gb memory
- i use kingoroot / rashr / phylz to install custom rom v3, i got my 12gb memory
- i'm happy, but never test for each step the mobile function T-T
- cant phone, error translated : "no mobile band"
- i found the imei problem, yes i dont have imei
- get them back with apk Chamelephon, was looking good, phone, music, bluetooth hard to connect 1st time but ok
- but finally.... cant send sms. T-T
- I try reset factory, dunno if related but then chrome cant find sdcard to download, same for music app.
- wipe again, no more imei, tools to restor imei dont seem to work
- wipe again for us stock rom, maui work, i enter my imei
- still same pb, worst, got 3g icon, but no internet. then got it worked alone sometimes
- kingo root, rashr, phylz, wipe again "for a new rom", slim rom, reboot, sim fix, reboot
- same, no new thingie, dont see if something changed :/ (think the maui imei tool worked good, still have imei, or your fix too dunno)
2 bugs :
>> can't send sms, but i receive, can't find where to put the "mobile sms platform number", i can phone.
>> still got problem with apps who make **** for saving files on "sdcard" (save for example in storage/emulated/0/android/data/com.app.etc/files instead of simply simply storage/app/file or storage/download or storage/image etc :/
sorry for annoying
>> can't send sms, but i receive, can't find where to put the "mobile sms platform number", i can phone.
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#*#*4636#*#* : couldn't do it before dunno why i can now, put my provider sms number in SMSC +33695000695 (for free mobile) there is a pdu format (no use for me) 079 133 960 500 96f5 or 06950006950000 dunno what is it
so :
SMS : send / receive ok
MMS wifi connected : send receive ok
MMS wifi off : can't
now i have a new past problem XD on my band icon i got a "!" no data, no mms work :/
this morning "!" was nos there, internet was working, really dont get it T-T
>> still got problem with apps who make **** for saving files on "sdcard" (save for example in storage/emulated/0/android/data/com.app.etc/files instead of simply simply storage/app/file or storage/download or storage/image etc :/
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better but no perfect this merged storage, some apps don't like ? fix ?
ok i abandon
i've try many things
still can't send MMS
and get the ! on my data signal : no more internet
can't resolve these both bugs :/
i came back on French stock rom HIGHWAY KITKAT_V19.exe from official wiko website
got the nvram bug, but data and mms work
help is welcome, for now i stay on old v2 stock rom :/ with crappy 2.4Go phone storage :/
Yotitchy said:
ok i abandon
i've try many things
still can't send MMS
and get the ! on my data signal : no more internet
can't resolve these both bugs :/
i came back on French stock rom HIGHWAY KITKAT_V19.exe from official wiko website
got the nvram bug, but data and mms work
help is welcome, for now i stay on old v2 stock rom :/ with crappy 2.4Go phone storage :/
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Maybe a issue with your carrier?
Mr.Ak said:
Maybe a issue with your carrier?
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no, i've put back the official stock rom with the french website exe : http://support-fr.wikomobile.com/update-137-mise-jour-highway
and no more bugs :/
i've re tested to update to rom v3 (perhaps i did something wrong like formatting the 1st time) but still same pb data "!" and no mms
so still on kitkat stock rom, but old version and no space for apps then T-T
Yotitchy said:
no, i've put back the official stock rom with the french website exe : http://support-fr.wikomobile.com/update-137-mise-jour-highway
and no more bugs :/
i've re tested to update to rom v3 (perhaps i did something wrong like formatting the 1st time) but still same pb data "!" and no mms
so still on kitkat stock rom, but old version and no space for apps then T-T
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If you want to increase storage for apps on v2,visit miui 7 thread,it has ebr which you can flash through sp flash tools to increase app storage to 4,8 or 16gb as you like.
Guys, my cell phone is a Galaxy Grand Prime, model SM-G530T1 MetroPCS, and the only thing I'm trying to do is change the language of the cell phone (add the Portuguese language). I searched several ways, some that change only the language of the applications, but not the whole system. I also tried to root several times on the handset and none of the times worked, even had to do a hard reset on the device because of an error during a root attempt.
Could someone help me with this? I just want to add the Portuguese language to the device.
marcolp said:
Guys, my cell phone is a Galaxy Grand Prime, model SM-G530T1 MetroPCS, and the only thing I'm trying to do is change the language of the cell phone (add the Portuguese language). I searched several ways, some that change only the language of the applications, but not the whole system. I also tried to root several times on the handset and none of the times worked, even had to do a hard reset on the device because of an error during a root attempt.
Could someone help me with this? I just want to add the Portuguese language to the device.
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I think it can be added when uh format ur device and at the time of setting up it will ask uh to select language then uh select urs
marcolp said:
Guys, my cell phone is a Galaxy Grand Prime, model SM-G530T1 MetroPCS, and the only thing I'm trying to do is change the language of the cell phone (add the Portuguese language). I searched several ways, some that change only the language of the applications, but not the whole system. I also tried to root several times on the handset and none of the times worked, even had to do a hard reset on the device because of an error during a root attempt.
Could someone help me with this? I just want to add the Portuguese language to the device.
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Have you checked Language And Input option in settings? You can change your Language from there.
I've looked at the settings, but this model does not have the Portuguese language in the settings. So I tried to do the root, but it seems that this particular model is quite complicated to do the root, or at least I still have not succeeded.
marcolp said:
I've looked at the settings, but this model does not have the Portuguese language in the settings. So I tried to do the root, but it seems that this particular model is quite complicated to do the root, or at least I still have not succeeded.
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Still here? I've found a way to do it. Although I have not tested it myself as I have a custom ROM and it has Portuguese language already installed. So download a app called 'Set Locale and Language' app from play store and try to follow along with the instructions that the app gives you. I checked it and there's a lot of variant of the language like Brazil and more. App works without root through adb (needs PC with adb installed) and with Root which will work even better.
Good luck
Hey, look,
If you want to root, just use Magisk Zip file and everything should go fine.
Magisk rooting zip files works perfectly.
Don't use superSU zip files, sometimes they crash.
So just flash Magisk rooting zip file.
And if you want, just tell me and i will give you my drive link for a magisk zip file