Hi
I have a phone based on MTK6572 (HUAWEI Ascend Y330). I have root on it. But having only 512MB of RAM and a 4GB internal ROM (of which more than 2GB are occupied) I am definitely interested in flashing a custom ROM that is more lightweight and quicker. I couldn't find any custom ROM specific for my phone type/model, but there are some ROMs for other MTK6572-based phones. I can't post yet external links to show you what ROMs I am talking about, but on devs-lab.com site there is an article titled List of all Custom ROMs for MediaTek Mtk6572 Ext4 & Ubifs.
So I have two questions:
1) Is there any chance those custom ROMs work on my phone?
2) Having a full backup of my phone (made with CWM) am I 100% protected against bricking?
A. Your never completely save. Even nexus devices have been bricked.
2. Your best bet is a port. Might lighten it up but with that amount of ram it will still drag ass at times. That is hardly enough to run the os.
Anyone else can answer on question 1?
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Hi friends.. this is my first post. So pardon me if I am posting in the wrong place.
I have a Swipe MTV Slash 4x tablet. In case you are wondering, its a chinese OEM tablet that has been imported & sold here in India by Swipe Telecom under their brand name.
Its based on a quadcore mediatek 8382 soc clocked at 1.3ghz & the GPU is a dual core Mali 400MP clocked at 533mhz. RAM is 1GB. Being of chinese make, the tablet came shipped with Jelly Bean 4.2.2 which is mostly stock with very little to no skinning.
I rooted the tablet very easily using Framaroot v1.9.0. I have installed Roehsoft Ram Expander & Xposed (Gravity Box module) & thus far everything is fine. I remember reading somewhere(guess wikipedia) that the mt8382 is designed for tablets & can run stable at speeds upto 1.6ghz. However since its meant for entry level & lower mid range devices, its usually underclocked to 1.2/1.3ghz out of the box.
I want to try my luck & "overclock" the cpu a bit. I am aware that the stock kernel doesn't support overclocking. So I basically have 2 options..
1. Flash a custom kernel that supports oc
2. Flash a custom ROM that ships with a kernel supporting oc, like cyanogen mod or anything else.
Here is my problem. I am unable to find a kernel or a ROM that is compatible with my device. I am aware of the risks involved in overclocking & am prepared to back up all my data & install a custom recovery before proceeding. I am also mentally prepared for the worst case scenario - a permanently bricked device.
Can somebody help me in finding a kernel for my device that supports overclocking or a custom ROM that has built in oc support?
I am attaching some screenshots that will help you in getting an idea of what device I have.
Thanks in advance
I have bought android chinese mobile phone and I need someone to guide me on how to install custom ROM on it. I have been searching for the last 4 days on all websites that support chinese clone phones trying to find a ROM for my phone but I have realized that my phone is not a clone of any other phone, it is simply chinese android phone without any brand name or private fake brand names.
The phone has the following specs:
Fabricante: G+ Modelo: S6 Chipset: MTK6595, CPU: 2.5GHZ Architecture: ARM Cortex-A7 Oct-Core, Ram: 4MB, Memory: 16MB , Android:4.4.3 (with lots of chinese apps) - Obs.: Antutu
I can install custom recovery and root the phone, this is not a problem at all. The problem I'm facing is finding a ROM for my phone. So, What I need is, just a ROM that will work on my phone. Since my phone doesn't belong to any brand name!
Q- Can I just flash any ROM of those chinese ROMS that are available on the internet for MTK6595 without changing the current kernel on the phone? as I believe all chinese phones that run same MTK chipset number has the same interface and everything else!
Q- Is there a universal ROM that can just be installed on any device without touching the kernel (just like installing windows on your computer)?
In your reply, please make sure your reply is detailed and don't make me guess steps in between.
Thank you
My device
Brand: O+ (Not a popular brand) search their site type Oplususa.com since I still can't post outside links
Model: 8.17
OS: 4.4.2 KK
Cores: 6 (hexa)
Custom Recovery: TWRP 2.8.2.0
MediaTek6591
Rooted
I've just ported a custom rom called Mystic OS to my phone's stock rom even though the rom is made for a device running on mtk6592 I still take the risk to flash it on my device. Luckily it worked but has a lots of bugs like can't use wifi, bluetooth, can't detect sd card etc. But I fixed this bugs by reading on some forums, but the only problem that I can't solve is the resolution of my camera, my camera should be in 8 mp but in this custom rom I think it is about 2 mp, it is said in the source of this custom rom that it may affect camera and the only solution is to go back to the stock rom of my device, But I don't want to go back to my stock rom because it performs poorly compared to this rom that I flashed, I think there is a solution in this problem probably a simple fix on some scripts in the system files I just don't know, I tried flashing some camera resolution enhancements from this site but still can't fix the problem , Any help will be appreciated thanks in advance
Is there such a thing as a stock rom for this device??
Anywho... I'd Like to have android 5 or 6 on this device (if this is even possible idk).... and I bet there's a few others out there like myself.
Currently running edited stock ROM by acaele from needrom.com
This ROM works well, I've changed the ebr files for larger /data partition.
I'd like to know if my device screen resolution 540×960 is rare and part reason why I've found it difficult to port a later model android version.
Good Evening/Hello/Hi,
I own a Huawei MediaPad 10 Link Plus(16 GB) and I am running stock OS (Android 4.2), unrooted. I am a total stranger when it comes to upgrading OS through bootloader, but I have successfully rooted a phone once, a very long time ago ( but I had no idea what it did and I don't remember how) . So I would like to ask for help on how to upgrade tablet's OS to the newest version that is possible on this device ( I mean it's got 1 gig of ram and a quad core cpu, we can get more juice out of it can we?). I can find a bunch of useful information here, but it seems I am having a hard time finding specifly what I need to accomplish my task. I know that the newest version that's officially possible is Android 4.2, but an unofficial version can be even higher right? The stock OS seems to be super laggy and filled with bloatware and an ugly UI.
I would like that the new OS would be as close to stock Android as possible.
Thank You
I tried to find a custom ROM, but it seems as if there are none really. I also read somewhere that it is not possible to even root the device, so you may have hit a bit of a roadblock. The best thing you can do is install a custom recovery and try to build your own ROM (I know, I know). You'd have to do quite a bit of work since there aren't many files available out there for the device.