Hey all!
I bought a phone from China (Lenovo A706...quiet good value for money) and I received it with english software, play store access etc. Now...most people who ordered it from China were not that lucky. Because the phone is listed as China only, it does not have play store access out of the box and most of the apps are in Chinesse. Also, there is virtually no development for this phone in the English speaking world (there are some Russians working on roms but...russian is as bad as Chinesse for most of us )
I have managed to install CWM using a Russian guide (google translate rulls!) and I would like to use that to somehow share the rom on my phone with the community. The question is...how do I do that? Also, the backup was done with my google account signed in so I would obviously want to delete that before I upload it anywhere lmao
I do have some experience of messing with roms and all (my main phone is a Nexus 4 after all...) but I never cooked a rom myself
Thx for helping a noobish guy. It is for the greater good, trust me
P.S. If I download one of the Russian roms (which are to be flashed with CWM..easy peasy) and replace my system folder with the system folder in their ROM would that work? I'm talking about the same baseband ofc
Anyone?
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sup everybody I just got my first ever droid today and much to my delight its the international version of the Samsung Galaxy SIII.
now heres the issue. its the GT-9308 version...so my question is :
if I root my phone is there anyway to change the rom[??] from this chinese mobile one [supposedly unlocked] that is lacking google play and is still partially in mandarin [which ya boy can't even slightly comprehend] to the GT-i9300 one?
the attachment is a screenshot of the about device section.
I know this is probably impossible but if it is possible I'm not screwed and there is still hope lol. a preemptive thanks to anyone who can shed some light
The China Mobile version ???
One user posted .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722273
A Chinese forum may be of help but it looks like I9300 = no .
jje
JJEgan said:
The China Mobile version ???
One user posted .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1722273
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ahhh thank you i searched for a similar thread but i guess it didnt show up cuz it says asian in the title instead of china
not trying to bump that other thread but the only thing that really tells me is that I'm probably SOL.
so my NEW question is. any possible way I could go about implementing the modem driver from the GT-i9308 into the GT-i9300 rom so I get the google play and full english capabilities without the bloatware in addition to the phone still working?
I'll take that as a no then?
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sup everybody I just got my first ever droid today and much to my delight its the international version of the Samsung Galaxy SIII.
now heres the issue. its the GT-9308 version...so my question is :
if I root my phone is there anyway to change the rom[??] from this chinese mobile one [supposedly unlocked] that is lacking google play and is still partially in mandarin [which ya boy can't even slightly comprehend] to the GT-i9300 one?
the attachment is a screenshot of the about device section.
I know this is probably impossible but if it is possible I'm not screwed and there is still hope lol. a preemptive thanks to anyone who can shed some light
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You can root your phone just do not change the modem otherwise your phone will not work. There are several chinese forums (use chrome to translate) that have very easy instructions for rooting which will allow google play to be installed.
Same boat
I am in China and found myself in the same boat..... i hosed my system after mucking about with it ... first android phone ... i am presently putting together all the links and things i did to get mine de china mobilized and google working .. rooted and a custom ROM or two that work... i have a newer hardware version then most people ... most have hardware version 5.0 ... i have 6.0 .... first attempt at rooting was fine... after that i added a rom... backed up and used the same modem firmware .... phone would not get past the start up screen... but thank god i could still put into recovery mode and get back to the firmware screen.. so i knew it could be saved... so i went through the Chinese forums ... no one had the latest hardware version ... but a release of the "official samsung rom" was the reason my phone was the way it was .... so i found another "Official" rom .... as it turned out it put my phone back into a working order ... the other thing is i am using OSX .... i had to muck about with different version of various pieces of software to get it all done... like i said i am throwing together all the links and everything i did to get mine going ... many of these links will require some authentication to Chinese sites .. weibo qq etc ...
I will try to re share the software i have downloaded ..but i am not maintaining them so not sure how good an idea this is...but the links will help the other "whites" as the chinese describe us foreigners in their forums "so easy a white can do it" after translation....
I just wanted to thank those on XDA with their posts ..... they did help, with information that got me going in the right direction.... this is my first Android since a Telus Fascinate .. which i gave to one of my programers/friends on my architecture team to root... other then that a iphone user ... hard to really brick one of these phones if you do the common sense back ups and such...
Once again thank you... i will have a full break down of my adventure in a day or two.... back to my work.
Cheers
some instructions feel free to contact me i will try and help
I have a i9308 and any of the newer release of the "official firmware' messed up my start up and made it loop...
I installed this using Heimdall skipped the bootloader as it seems to fail in both odin and Heimdall on hardware build 6.00
I found the newest official rom bbs dot anzhi dot com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6344702 ... sorry not enough posts to send out side links ... i under stand.
everything else worked fine.... after this and i was able to back and do the usual install of CWM ..... which failed using Heimdall ... again on the bootloader .... so using Odin it worked ... i used virtual box and Windows 7 ... with the latest Samsung drivers ....i had to create a specific interface for the Samsung in virtual box so the i9308 would mount with out conflict in windows .... i was then able to install CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4 ...
Once rooted i started looking for a way to install google play and all the google services.
i installed this ROM anzhi_karben_samsung_i9308_V1.0 which had the google drivers i needed and was not full of to much other crap and worked well in english ... i found this here bbs dot anzhi dot com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=6198323 i used my Wiebo account to do this and was then able to download.
I got the google pack ..... well one that worked and after i checked everything did not have any malicious scripts that i could find ... bbs dot anzhi dot com/forum.php?mod=viewthread&tid=5401203 ... the zip file was gapps-ics-20120429-signed-4.0.4
i hope this helps some people Heimdall took a little after i figured out how to do this.... it was easy ... i have wiped it out a few times i nthe last week and tried different ROMs from the various Chinese boards ...some made very odd requests for SU access here and there ...i generally removed them after trying to find the offending script .... as i said so far the ones i am using have been pretty safe with little to no issues. I did go in and remove a lot of the preloaded China Mobile wares ...so far the phone is great ... i do fid the wifi signal sucks....
My first android i rooted myself ...see what happens after a drunk night in a taxi in Beijing and you lose your iPhone.... having fun.
S2 GT-I9308 Unlock
Hello
Someone gave me an I9308
I'm trying to use it with my French Sim Card. So i need to be able to unlock it.
I've been able to root and install custom firmware as described above.
I've tried to use GalaxySim Unlock application, but it says "Device not recognized"
I've tried to use the "trick" to unlock, but , the current firmware official version on the I9308 is 4.0.4, and with this version, "Network Unlock" is not working.
In order to try the trich with proper version :
I've tried to install 4.1.1 version for I9300, but it fails with modem
I've tried to install 4.1.1 version with modem.img from 4.0.4, it works but the phone is no more booting, it locks at "samsung" logo and vibrate one time pause one seconds, vibrates three times pause one seconds and again.
So two questions :
How to install a newer versions of android when no offcial version have yet been released ?
How to unlock the I9308 with 4.0.4 in it ?
Thanks.
It is the modem drivers that are the problem. China Mobile has not released a official upgrade yet. But I left instructions for rooting in my previous post.
Sent from my iOCEAN X7 using Tapatalk
old post late reply, i know but nvm that, anyway if anyone is still interested in this, here i have the right solution. recently i have been collecting some old Samsung phones, i managed to get hold of a Chinese 9308, as u know, all i9300 roms/twrp work on 9308, but can't detect SIM card/mobile network, however i found one version of the MIUI6 roms, so far so good, everything appear to work perfectly, has all languages, Google play services & framework most importantly, 3G works fine too. i will shortly provide links to the downloads.
Would you like please send the link for this MIUI ?
hi 161ed1
161ed1 said:
Would you like please send the link for this MIUI ?
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the problem is, i still have to upload them somewhere 1st, as one of the original links is no longer working and although the other one still is (there were two of them), but it was on baidu cloud, both, u need a baidu account to be able to dl stuff, i clearly remember i couldnt download them myself, and i wasnt able to create a baidu account either, but luckily i found someone who could & did download them for me and sent those files to me afterwards, so now we have to work out a way 4 me 2 send those files from my PC to other users out there.
Hello,
I recently bought a Samsung galaxy S2 from Virgin Mobile (i9100M). And I plan to bring it to China to a family member who can only read Chinese.
I have unlocked the phone using the galaxy_S app. However, the phone does not comes with an option to change language to Chinese as with most Samsung phones.
Now what is the easiest and safest way to have the laungage change to Chinese. I am thinking of flashing it to a Chinese Rom. I think any CM9 or CM10 rom also have chinese language support. My idea solution would be flashing it to a offcial chinese rom, e.g. a Hongkong version of stock ICS rom and next time I connect to Samsung Kies, it will recongnize my phone as the same one sold in HongKong, so I can update it in the future? But I don't know if that is possible and if it is risky.
Another solution would be flashing it to a stable CM9 or CM10 rom. Any suggestion of roms and tutorials for flashing?
I also know there is an app called morelocale 2, but it only changes the app name to Chinese, all my settings, menu and dialers are english, is there an replacement for them with Chinese lauguage support?
I would not be able to trouble shooting afterwards, so stability is very important. Any thoughts, useful links would all be welcome.
I understand there is a lot of different instruction thread in the forum for S2, I really have a hard time to go through all of them to figure out which is what I need, as I really just want an answer to my specific situation, (all I need is to have the Simplified Chinese language support), so I created this thread.
Thanks very much.
move to Q&A forum?
Mod, is there a way to move this thread to galaxy SII Q&A forum? Didn't realized that when I start the thread. Thx.
I'm sure they'll get to it in due time
Sent from my GT-I9100 using xda premium
So any suggestions, dear XDAers?
anyone
Any one care to give some suggestions? First XDA post, got no reply at all.
I think it's easy
riveting said:
Any one care to give some suggestions? First XDA post, got no reply at all.
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I've got a CM10 ROM (Paranoid Android) and I just went to language and input in settings and changed it to Chinese simplified - in the menu it's at the bottom and looks like this 中国
（简体）. The whole thing changed to Chinese.
A lot of the stuff is still in English because the apps are that way, but all the important stuff is in Chinese, like the address book and messaging etc.
Put on QQ, which they all use, and wechat and you're done.
Good luck.
Thanks.
Can I flash it to a Chinese version of stock rom? I am just not sure if all stock version for i9100 model should work for this i9100M model? Ideally, I want it to behave like a phone bought in China, so they can update it via Samsung Kies to the next version of Chinese offcial Jellybeam rom when it is out.
peteinchina said:
I've got a CM10 ROM (Paranoid Android) and I just went to language and input in settings and changed it to Chinese simplified - in the menu it's at the bottom and looks like this 中国
（简体）. The whole thing changed to Chinese.
A lot of the stuff is still in English because the apps are that way, but all the important stuff is in Chinese, like the address book and messaging etc.
Put on QQ, which they all use, and wechat and you're done.
Good luck.
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Not entirely sure this is the correct place on XDA but here goes,
I bought a couple of Chinese Android phones and in general I am pleased with them.
I did however buy a HDC Storm MTK6589 1.2 Quad-core and asked for it to be with Danish language and off cause it is NOT !!
Are there any in this forum who has a HDC Storm OR a Firefly II (which are the same phones) who can cook or modify their ROM to a rooted, multi lingual, debloated and GooglePlay capable ROM ?
I can flash it using "Smart phone flash tool" OR CMW ( with step by step instructions as the CMW is in Chinese)
I bought this cheap phone for my 10 year old son and he is very pleased with the big screen but I am disappointed that I can not get Danish on it for him.?
By the way, I did try the ROM available on the "NeedRom" web but there is only one available and it is also without Danish AND it has a lot of Chinese on it as well.
Note: if I am in the wrong place in this forum then please do not hesitate to move it to the correct place.
Thanks in advance
Robert
Still nog CWM on HDC storm?
Hi Robert,
Did you get any further on your HDC Storm issue? I have th esame phone and also the problem that i dont have play store . .
Grtz Patrick
Robert_it said:
Not entirely sure this is the correct place on XDA but here goes,
I bought a couple of Chinese Android phones and in general I am pleased with them.
I did however buy a HDC Storm MTK6589 1.2 Quad-core and asked for it to be with Danish language and off cause it is NOT !!
Are there any in this forum who has a HDC Storm OR a Firefly II (which are the same phones) who can cook or modify their ROM to a rooted, multi lingual, debloated and GooglePlay capable ROM ?
I can flash it using "Smart phone flash tool" OR CMW ( with step by step instructions as the CMW is in Chinese)
I bought this cheap phone for my 10 year old son and he is very pleased with the big screen but I am disappointed that I can not get Danish on it for him.?
By the way, I did try the ROM available on the "NeedRom" web but there is only one available and it is also without Danish AND it has a lot of Chinese on it as well.
Note: if I am in the wrong place in this forum then please do not hesitate to move it to the correct place.
Thanks in advance
Robert
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Hi Patrick,
I did get Google play on the phone but not all google apps? I still can not get an English ROM without the Chinese??
Also I can not get Danish language on the phone.
Some games keep crashing on this phone as well???
I feel a little disapointed about the lack of support for this phone but I guess that is what you get when you try the cheapest....
This phone I bought for my 10 years old son and he seems happy enough.
I can NOT remember how I got the GooglePlay on it but I did try different ways? try to read HERE and HERE
hope you also have luck...
Robert
Hi all,
I've been lurking around for some years but never registered and participated to the forum, hopefully this will get me motivated to give a good hand to the community in terms of development
Having said that, I've inadvertently (soft) bricked my Vodafone Smart First 7, but could not find any thread on this relatively new phone in this forum. Is there any chance some of you knows how to get a factory image/recovery for this handset?
Bought it off Amazon and I'm still on time to return it, but wanted to do what is possible before going the hard way
Best Regards to all and thanks for accepting me in this forum
- ketamik
Guys please anyone with a Vodafone Smart First 7 could do a backup of the factory image? Much appreciated.
ketamik said:
Guys please anyone with a Vodafone Smart First 7 could do a backup of the factory image? Much appreciated.
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Ive got the phone
how do i do a backup ?
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Ive got the phone
how do i do a backup ?
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Thanks for you response. I've got a second one, but I'm still trying to get the previous one back to life. I'm not sure, because I could not yet find a proper guide on how to install a custom recovery.
My understanding is, if you manage to install a custom recovery on it, you could do a nandroid backup that could be later used for other phones.
I had soft bricked my other sf7 but even when you get into stock recovery its in a diffrent language and i dont think anyone will bother creating or porting a recovery for this as its only a £15 phone from vodafone its a very good phone for the price but not mant people will have it for development use hence no custom recovery if you find one let me know
http://www.ztedevice.com/support/detail?id=ED77B54A178040D589B28C3E7F271DF9
oryginal rom with english german french ukrainian magyar and romanian languages - you'll get simlock after flashing but you can buy unlock code on ebay for under 1 GBP
Anyone interested in little digging in this recovery rom ? Like adding languages and debloating ?
drozda said:
oryginal rom with english german french ukrainian magyar and romanian languages - you'll get simlock after flashing but you can buy unlock code on ebay for under 1 GBP
Anyone interested in little digging in this recovery rom ? Like adding languages and debloating ?
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I'd be interested in doing something...
I downloaded this but it seems it's all in Romanian...
I extracted a few of the apk files from the zip archive... But on my phone which is set to English they all came up in Romanian...
I have a Vodafone smart first 7, and wondered whether this might be a good way to create an update package that allowed super user/root permissions or for removing unwanted system apps.
Hi, I got a gift from my family a Mate 20 pro and they didn't know that they bought a chinese model, and now im stuck without being able to change launcher, use some google apps and more...
Is there any way, doesn't matter how hard or tidious it is to release the phone from the chinese rom???
Any help will be greatly appriciated!
(New to the forums so if i made a mistake in my post location or something i am sorry).
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Hi, I got a gift from my family a Mate 20 pro and they didn't know that they bought a chinese model, and now im stuck without being able to change launcher, use some google apps and more...
Is there any way, doesn't matter how hard or tidious it is to release the phone from the chinese rom???
Any help will be greatly appriciated!
(New to the forums so if i made a mistake in my post location or something i am sorry).
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I'm waiting for this tutorial too! Hope there's something to do! :/
You aren't likely to find your answer on XDA. There is no free method for unlocking the bootloader on Huawei phones (which might not be an issue on the Chinese version). There also is no simple way to manually flash firmware on Huawei phones because they don't want owners (or unscrupulous Chinese merchants) to modify the software.
You would probably need to rebrand your phone to run the international ROM on it and I don't know if rebranding is even possible on this phone--it wasn't on the P20 Pro.
You might want to contact Funky Huawei. It's not a free service but they might at least be able to tell you if running the global ROM on the Chinese hardware phone is possible.
If that isn't an option somebody said there was an unnoficial build of LOS for the M20P. You might be able to flash that which wouldn't be an ideal solution but it would give you access to most Google apps.
Only issue so far is WiFi calling missing on my Chinese version, Google map timeline can't working properly.
I can use okay Google, Google feeds etc...after deleted some related Chinese softwares.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/mate-20-x/help/evr-tl00-ok-google-google-feed-instead-t3873070