Mediapad X1 Rom B010 - Huawei MediaPad, T-Mobile SpringBoard

Hi,
i use a 7D-503 mediapadX1 from china in france, actualy in B007 ( full fresh install ) android 4.4.2 , et EMUI 2.3
the system send me that an update to B010 is available,
i launch the process, download reboot , verifying, install , and it fail
probably because i am root or modified the xlm to have the google apps.
how to apply the OTA update ?
if it's impossible, where to download the B010 update ? what is the changelog ?

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Z e k said:
Hi,
i use a 7D-503 mediapadX1 from china in france, actualy in B007 ( full fresh install ) android 4.4.2 , et EMUI 2.3
the system send me that an update to B010 is available,
i launch the process, download reboot , verifying, install , and it fail
probably because i am root or modified the xlm to have the google apps.
how to apply the OTA update ?
if it's impossible, where to download the B010 update ? what is the changelog ?
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I had the same issue with the B007 update. And yes, once you root and modify the xml files you won't be able to update. You'll have to download the whole ROM and do a full install. It might work if you put all the XML's back however, I haven't tried that yet...
At least that's been my experience..
Side Note, I have a 7D-503 as well and don't see the update...
Here's the website where you can download the full roms, but nothing B010 yet...
http://www.emui.com/plugin.php?id=hwdownload&mod=detail&mid=64
It's actually nice to see Huawei actively fixing stuff. I'm guessing they check these forums and listen to user feedback.
If you get it installed please give us your impression. I'd curious to see if the DPI was still 400. That was one of the things keeping me from upgrading to 4.4.2

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Z e k said:
Hi,
i use a 7D-503 mediapadX1 from china in france, actualy in B007 ( full fresh install ) android 4.4.2 , et EMUI 2.3
the system send me that an update to B010 is available,
i launch the process, download reboot , verifying, install , and it fail
probably because i am root or modified the xlm to have the google apps.
how to apply the OTA update ?
if it's impossible, where to download the B010 update ? what is the changelog ?
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Can you post a screenshot of the update? We should be able to translate the text to see whats fixed...

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The screenshot of the available update : here
(if someone can translate from chinese )
and the update downloaded ( put in on your SDCARD/HwOUC folder ) : here
warning : only for 7D-503L

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Z e k said:
The screenshot of the available update : here
(if someone can translate from chinese )
and the update downloaded ( put in on your SDCARD/HwOUC folder ) : here
warning : only for 7D-503L
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B007 -> B009
Increased Functionality:
1. Network mode increases 4G only and 3G only
2. Increases automatic recording function call recording (Settings -> Call options set)
3. Increase the browser pop-up prompts to connect public wifi AP
4. Increase the magazine's online features lock screen
Important features and optimizations:
1. Under the revised 2G only data services and closed the case, the question can not make calls.
2. Modify questions online font part of the scene is not in force.
3. Modify full backup software upgrade to fail.
4. Power consumption part of the improvement (The next version will optimize)
5. Repair prolonged problem with the virtual keys disappear.
6. Pali server backup and reset revised to Google server.
7. Modify the automatic playback of music.
B009 -> B010
Important features and optimizations:
1. Continue to optimize power consumption.
2. Optimizing browser-specific issues page slide Caton.
3. OTA upgrade to C233B009 modified version, no 4G only, 3G only, 2G only option.
4. Modify specific scenarios abnormal Email.
5. Press the power button to modify the splash screen probabilistic phenomenon occurs the opening screen.
6. Automatic call recording changes in circumstances still not turned the call recording problems,
7. Modify abnormal Game Center application.
8. Modify the application to automatically send SMS questions on 0001.
9. Repair has opened a protected background application are always killed problem (Such as credit lead to timely receipt of the message).

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omniphil said:
Increased Functionality:
1. Network mode increases 4G only and 3G only
2. Increases automatic recording function call recording (Settings -> Call options set)
3. Increase the browser pop-up prompts to connect public wifi AP
4. Increase the magazine's online features lock screen
Important features and optimizations:
1. Under the revised 2G only data services and closed the case, the question can not make calls.
2. Modify questions online font part of the scene is not in force.
3. Modify full backup software upgrade to fail.
4. Power consumption part of the improvement (The next version will optimize)
5. Repair prolonged problem with the virtual keys disappear.
6. Pali server backup and reset revised to Google server.
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and the following (attached file)

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Z e k said:
and the following (attached file)
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Updated the post above with the 2 different upgrades...

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thank's

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Starting with B006,phone/call connectivity was super! Since update to B007 there are spots of poor signal quality on my way to work. Not as bad as my old Samsung galaxy s2, but not anywhere as perfect as before. Anyone (Europe) can confirm?
How is the signal after update to B010?

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Is the DPI still 400?

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omniphil said:
Is the DPI still 400?
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Yes. No change to DPI (still 400) following update to B010.
mru55 said:
Starting with B006,phone/call connectivity was super! Since update to B007 there are spots of poor signal quality on my way to work. Not as bad as my old Samsung galaxy s2, but not anywhere as perfect as before. Anyone (Europe) can confirm?
How is the signal after update to B010?
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Can't speak for Europe but works fine here on Rogers LTE. WiFi seems to be slightly better as well although that could be placebo effect.
It is uncanny how much smoother and faster 2.3 feels compared to 2.0... I think I can live with the DPI if the wifi improvements stick.

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I was having issues with Wifi on the 4.4.2 B007, But with B010 it seems to be much better.
The 400 DPI is still a drag, but at least I got everything working with B010. So far so good. Wifi and Cellular seem improved. They still act a little weird at times, I swear the Wifi just hangs every once in a while and then will reconnect to my access point and be fine. But so far its good enough to use every day.
The issue with 400 DPI is that some of the apps I used to use no longer install from the play store. And well, the UI is too big in general.
Google+ is one of them, says its not compatible with my phone anymore.

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omniphil said:
I was having issues with Wifi on the 4.4.2 B007, But with B010 it seems to be much better.
The 400 DPI is still a drag, but at least I got everything working with B010. So far so good. Wifi and Cellular seem improved. They still act a little weird at times, I swear the Wifi just hangs every once in a while and then will reconnect to my access point and be fine. But so far its good enough to use every day.
The issue with 400 DPI is that some of the apps I used to use no longer install from the play store. And well, the UI is too big in general.
Google+ is one of them, says its not compatible with my phone anymore.
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Yeah Google+ and the Google Now Launcher are the two main apps that I am missing. No big loss, I suppose.

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realeze said:
Yeah Google+ and the Google Now Launcher are the two main apps that I am missing. No big loss, I suppose.
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Yup 400 DPI is terrible. Everything looks weird and some apps no longer work.
Manually setting the DPI to 320 breaks alot of other things...
Huawei, if your watching this forum, please go back to the standard android DPI of 320. Everything works and looks normal...
The performance of Kitkat is a nice bump, now it's time to make it compatible with all the apps we used to use.
Please?

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how to upgrade
Z e k said:
The screenshot of the available update :
(if someone can translate from chinese )
and the update downloaded ( put in on your SDCARD/HwOUC folder ) :
warning : only for 7D-503L
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What to do after putting in HwOUC ? When i try to upgrade Local from system update, it says "upgrade package not detected. Conform upgrade package and perform upgrade again."

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ashish1607 said:
What to do after putting in HwOUC ? When i try to upgrade Local from system update, it says "upgrade package not detected. Conform upgrade package and perform upgrade again."
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Did you try Online Update? If you are running 2.3 B007, it should pick up the update for B010...

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Doubt 400dpi will be changed back to 320 any time soon...
There was a huge uprising at the Chinese forum protesting the change of dpi to 400. People are literally screaming there, hoping Huawei folks can hear their protest.
However, it seems that Huawei will not make this desired changed any time soon. The reasons? Huawei has multiple products but X1 is a weirdo. It is a hybrid between a tablet and a cell phone. Naturally, Huawei may want to anchor its development effort on one side, either tablet or phone. Unfortunately, it seems Huawei has chosen the phone side. What people are suspecting there is that Huawei simply transplanted the UI for its 5.5 inch phones to X1. This certainly can save Huawei a lot of time and effort on development and bug fix.
With 400dpi, many times the apps will consider X1 a cell phone but not a tablet, therefore, install the incorrect version or simply refuse to install at all. This is plainly sad.
Meanwhile, apps such as Google Voice callback (e.g., Voice+) does not work on X1. It will result double calling - the native dialer still calls out while a call back is received. Such issues seem to be related to the customization Huawei has done to Android.
Since the bootloader is now unlocked, can someone or the CM folks create a ROM for this fantastic machine?
omniphil said:
Yup 400 DPI is terrible. Everything looks weird and some apps no longer work.
Manually setting the DPI to 320 breaks alot of other things...
Huawei, if your watching this forum, please go back to the standard android DPI of 320. Everything works and looks normal...
The performance of Kitkat is a nice bump, now it's time to make it compatible with all the apps we used to use.
Please?
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Cyanogenmod or another rom for huawei mediapad/honor x1 ?

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When you are on B007 the system will prompt to do an OTA update. The OTA file is about ~100MB and is downloaded to the HwOUC folder on your ExtSD card. If you modified certain build.prop values, set_immutable.list file or removed stock apk update will fail...a log file, "FOTA_LOG" will be created telling you why the update failed...and it will most likely delete the OTA file it downloaded
So if you rooted or modified system files, you probably have to flash to stock B007, then upon boot the system update program will prompt you to update to B010. My first attempt to update failed because my device was modified, so instead of re-downloading the ~100MB file, I tried to fool the system by placing the file in the ExtSd\HwOUC folder..but it didn't update. So system update program download the file again before update was successful.
Cellular reception is better, is normally get yellow bars at home, but now they are green. Camera performance also seems better, less noise, but didn't see it in the change log. Still 400dpi.
EDIT: Full B010 ROM is out http://www.emui.com/plugin.php?id=hwdownload&mod=detail&mid=64

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I'm in a different part of the country now on vacation and I have noticed that wifi performance is much better on older routers, meaning routers that are not N compatible. G only routers seem to perform much better. When I get back home I'll try experimenting with G only settings in my routers.
The Wifi still seems to freeze every few days of it being on continuously, I just turn off wifi and then back on and it starts working again for a few days. I think it might have to do with switching from wifi to mobile data and back a few times. (I leave wifi running all the time and it is set to never sleep in the advanced settings)
So far for B010, Mostly everything seems better. There's only a couple of things needed to make this more into a production type rom, currently it feels a little Beta... Hopefully this feedback with help Huawei as they seem to be actively fixing things which is more than I can say for the US cellular carriers. I love you China
1. Wifi compatibility/stability needs improvement still. Its better, but not up to reliability standards of any other cellphone i've used. (This might also be limited to the US market as i'm sure Huawei isn't testing phones out here, but really wifi should be wifi no matter which country you are in)
2. For the love of god bring back 320DPI !! (Yes it is big and I could live with that if there weren't so many app compatibility issues, too many apps just don't work at this non standard DPI)
3. I think the memory management still needs some work, From what I can tell the phone like to proactively close apps in the background. This might have been needed for old android versions but is completely unneeded now. Just let android do what android does. (I have even used titanium backup to freeze the Phone Manager app as this seems to be what kills background processes. or at least I think it does)
I think thats really all I can think of. This rom is really great with the exception of the above glaring issues/bugs. There's tons of little things that could be improved, but the above 3 (and really 1 and 2 are the most important) items are keeping this rom from being perfectly functional.