I TAKE NO RESPOSIBILITY IF YOU DAMAGED YOUR DEVICE
What is PhoenixOS ?Phoenix OS is an enhanced new personal computer operating system based on the Android x86 platform and is suitable for smart tablets, laptops, desktop computers and other large-screen devices. It inherits many features and functions of classic personal computer operating systems and also supports millions of mainstream Android applications. You can use it freely in any environment – home, office, education or any other.
More Informations, visit: http://www.phoenixos.com/en/
How to download and install PhoenixOS for YogaBook Windows version ?1.Go to this URL.
http://www.phoenixos.com/download_x86
2.Download exe 7.1.1 Nougat with version 2.2.0 or above.
3. Install it by choosing install on Hard Disk, then choose the size of data you like to choose .
4.Wait till the install finish, then reboot by the icon on Desktop or by Normally Rebooting the choose PhoenixOS form grub4dos.
5.The first booting will take 10 min.
6.ENJOY:fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:
Whats working:WIFI
GPS
BRIGHTNESS
PLAY STORE ALREADY INSTALLED
VERY SMOTH
Whats not working:Screen rotating, i try to install third party apps but it didn´t work
Bluetooth
Battery stay on 100 Procent for some Reasons with charging logo
THIS ROM UNFORTUNATELY ISN'T ROOTED
CANT GO TO DEEP SLEEP MODE
BATTERY survived for 7 hours, i dont know if that pro or con
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If ANY one know how to fix this problems plz contact me or contact PhoenixOS team
Iam not a Dev. i just share my own experience with my Yoga Book
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Peace:fingers-crossed:
Update: Hi,
PhoenixOS have alot of issues on our device, we won't get anymore supports from PhoenixOS Team
Look like we need to wake up to developing our own rom by ourselves,
We are some Lenovo Yoga Book developers for (Android and windows versions) , we have a telegram chatroom, we hope that you gonna join us
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No crash? It crashs on my SP3 every 5 minutes
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Yong73 said:
No crash? It crashs on my SP3 every 5 minutes
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No my friend, on YogaBook I didn't faced any Crash problems, by the way what do you mean by SP3?
Great to hear that there is another rom/OS that has at least partially works for our tablets! Seems like a perfect setup for the Yoga Book. I hope that the Phoenix developers will be able to sort some of those bugs!
Mechey said:
Phoenix developers will be able to sort some of those bugs!
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Bugs? It works flawlessly on normal devices with standard x86 hardware. Except on the YogaBook due the lack of drivers and customized Kernel. I doubt the PhoenixOS Team cares about the YB with it's very specific hardware like the Halo Keyboard, Digitizer etc unique in the Android Segment... Lenovo didn't sell enough devices to get a significant market share...
If Lenovo doesn't provide it how will someone be able to implement them? And no, Lenovo will not release customization's, why else are they selling two different models?
Mechey said:
Great to hear that there is another rom/OS that has at least partially works for our tablets! Seems like a perfect setup for the Yoga Book. I hope that the Phoenix developers will be able to sort some of those bugs!
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I hope that also
jamespmi said:
Bugs? It works flawlessly on normal devices with standard x86 hardware. Except on the YogaBook due the lack of drivers and customized Kernel. I doubt the PhoenixOS Team cares about the YB with it's very specific hardware like the Halo Keyboard, Digitizer etc unique in the Android Segment... Lenovo didn't sell enough devices to get a significant market share...
If Lenovo doesn't provide it how will someone be able to implement them? And no, Lenovo will not release customization's, why else are they selling two different models?
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Actually Lenovo is such a stupid Company:silly:, they just want money without taking care of the customers, but we hope that PhoenixOS will fix this Problems :fingers-crossed:
THE MAXIMUM POWER said:
Actually Lenovo is such a stupid Company:silly:,
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Nobody forces you to buy their products.
THE MAXIMUM POWER said:
they just want money without taking care of the customers
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Name one company which doesn't want to make money. You apparently never enjoyed the Support of companies like HP, DELL or ACER - Nightmare reinvented
Customers got the choice between the Android or Windows model. It's like Ferrari owners, they would like to drive a Lamborghini from time to time.
Yes I know the upcoming argument: but there are Dual-Boot devices!
Frankly I never understood it. Sharing a 64GB SSD with two OS'es and rebooting the device all day long just to get into the different apps... Maybe I just have another perception of productivity.
THE MAXIMUM POWER said:
but we hope that PhoenixOS will fix this Problems :fingers-crossed:
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Phoenix won't. Take that for granted. YB has no significant market share. No other company uses Lenovo specific components (most obvious HALO, Anypen etc)...
I even risk to predict Phoenix will disappear like RemixOS. There is no market - no market no income.
Try Nox or KoPlayer if you really have an App which isn't available for Windows.
jamespmi said:
Nobody forces you to buy their products.
Name one company which doesn't want to make money. You apparently never enjoyed the Support of companies like HP, DELL or ACER - Nightmare reinvented
Customers got the choice between the Android or Windows model. It's like Ferrari owners, they would like to drive a Lamborghini from time to time.
Yes I know the upcoming argument: but there are Dual-Boot devices!
Frankly I never understood it. Sharing a 64GB SSD with two OS'es and rebooting the device all day long just to get into the different apps... Maybe I just have another perception of productivity.
Phoenix won't. Take that for granted. YB has no significant market share. No other company uses Lenovo specific components (most obvious HALO, Anypen etc)...
I even risk to predict Phoenix will disappear like RemixOS. There is no market - no market no income.
Try Nox or KoPlayer if you really have an App which isn't available for Windows.
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My friend, if you took a look about BIOS for yoga book you will see that its very basic From Insyde, they didnt chosen American Megatrends BIO, they completely locked the BIOS
and yes, Lenovo is very stupid company, before they releasing yogabook they say that they will put dualboot option on some devices,
Waiting for someone to use Pheonix in order to boot stock YB Android ROM.
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Waiting for someone to use Pheonix in order to boot stock YB Android ROM.
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that's what I thought about it, actually, i tried to make a rom mixed between stock yb android rom an phoenix rom, but it was very hard, unfortunately iam not a dev and i wasnt able to boot
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that's what I thought about it, actually, i tried to make a rom mixed between stock yb android rom an phoenix rom, but it was very hard, unfortunately iam not a dev and i wasnt able to boot
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Have you tried just booting the stock alone?
I have tried to install Phoenix OS on my Yoga Book Windows, and it did not work out:
1. When trying to boot in Phoenix OS, screen goes black with some white dots moving at left edge, I have left it for about 10 minutes and when came back screen was fully black and non responsive. Restarted couple times - same. Did not have patience to wait longer.
2. Halo keyboard does not work even for selecting what OS to boot. Windows boots by default after short time, and from there you can restart with target boot to Phoenix OS. This probably can be solved with USB keyboard, but not convenient.
Interestedly, keyboard does not work even in BIOS, only screen touch (I guess it acts as mouse clicks).
Install/uninstall of Phoenix OS were pretty easy. When booting into Windows after manipulations in BIOS with secure boot, it needs to reactivate Bitlocker, but that was also straightforward.
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Have you tried just booting the stock alone?
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Yes, i wasnt able to Boot, Here is THE link of stock rom:
https://easy-firmware.com/home/browse/category/id/19521/
Choose THE file without exulsive Symbol, i tried MY best to mix this Rom with Windows until i release that THE BIOS was the whole Probleme
Ravlyk said:
I have tried to install Phoenix OS on my Yoga Book Windows, and it did not work out:
1. When trying to boot in Phoenix OS, screen goes black with some white dots moving at left edge, I have left it for about 10 minutes and when came back screen was fully black and non responsive. Restarted couple times - same. Did not have patience to wait longer.
2. Halo keyboard does not work even for selecting what OS to boot. Windows boots by default after short time, and from there you can restart with target boot to Phoenix OS. This probably can be solved with USB keyboard, but not convenient.
Interestedly, keyboard does not work even in BIOS, only screen touch (I guess it acts as mouse clicks).
Install/uninstall of Phoenix OS were pretty easy. When booting into Windows after manipulations in BIOS with secure boot, it needs to reactivate Bitlocker, but that was also straightforward.
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ive spoken with the devs about this problems, but it seems no dev will help us in whole XDA, and other threads, I wish I could back in time to buy yoga book android version or chuwi I really need a good ROM for this device,ahhhhhhh let's see in the future if some devs will make a rom for this rare Device
Installation problem
When I try to install it, it goes to about 90% completed but it never finished and I left it for hours. Any ideas on how to fix it?
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When I try to install it, it goes to about 90% completed but it never finished and I left it for hours. Any ideas on how to fix it?
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Do you have enough Strange, you must at least 18 gb for 16 gb size
tamorin99 said:
When I try to install it, it goes to about 90% completed but it never finished and I left it for hours. Any ideas on how to fix it?
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Do you have enough Storage, you must at least 18 gb for 16 gb Size, i advice to not install this Rom it has a lot of issues
How to uninstall?
If i don't like it! Have any way to uninstall?
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If i don't like it! Have any way to uninstall?
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Open phoenixos installer and uninstall it then:
First You need to go to file Explorer /In Windows/
Then open c (or where you installed PhoenixOS)
Second you need to uninstall folder called PhoenixOS
You are ready to go
Related
Does anybody think it will be possible for the OS on the Google phone to run on our PPC-6800's? please excuse my noobness if this has already been discussed but I was just curious.
http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/
Just follow the directions and everything should be groovy. Enjoy! :-D
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Does anybody think it will be possible for the OS on the Google phone to run on our PPC-6800's? please excuse my noobness if this has already been discussed but I was just curious.
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I would like to add that it's really a "beta" and shouldn't be used as your "main" OS; as it's nowhere close to 'ready' (at least in my opinion) for this device.
I mean; go ahead and check it out, but don't expect it to be your phone's primary OS.
It was way cool to check it out and play with it but still very unstable but its getting there.
Cant get it to boot
Well I downloaded the files to boot it and i click on the harot boot exe hit run and then it hangs. Where are the actual directions on how to run it? Is there any?
aaron580 said:
Well I downloaded the files to boot it and i click on the harot boot exe hit run and then it hangs. Where are the actual directions on how to run it? Is there any?
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You might want to put the files on a different SD card as I think it needs to be on a Fat32 partition.
It is a 512mb formatted to fat32 and it still doesnt work. I downloaded the android zip and not the sdk though if that might be the problem.
I actually figured out my problem. i kept all of the files in the folder and didnt extract to the root. my fault.
Do I have to install that heret bootloader first or should the olipro one I have work?
boot loader
No olipro is not even part of this. All you have to do is put all of the files in the root of your SD card and run it like an app and linux will boot. Keep in mind that there are so many bugs in it that you will never want it as ur primary os
development
Is anyone currently working on / developing a workable Android OS that we can flash, as opposed to using the Haret.exe file to essentially shell over Windows Mobile?
I installed this in the last couple of days, and have been able to make calls, access Google Maps, the browser, etc....but have no access to the keyboard, an on screen keyboard, etc.
I'd be willing to help test out anyones work if so. Thanks!
none of the buttons on the mogul works. a few of the keys work on the keyboard.
Update.
Join the HTC-linux chat channel.... If you want to help out. So far not many people on there own a Titan, so i've been trying to do my best to help out... The guys on there are extremely helpful... They will walk you through everything, and if you give them the information that they need, they will be able to develop more things for our titan... We are working on getting the keyboard working as of right now.... if you go in there... talk to dcordes, ginge, or ali1234... they will help you out... Like i said if we get more people in there we will be able to use Android to it's full capabilities... DZO has it working almost perfect on the Vogue.... The touch screen is still kinda wild in my opinion.... So we need to find a way to improve that as well...
wasupwithuman said:
DZO has it working almost perfect on the Vogue
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When I get done with this Hurricane B.S. here in Texas i'll get with this guy and see if I can port any of it over.
Also something I'm interested in. Windows Mobile is tiring me, and I honestly would feel more comfortable running my phone on a *nix. Plus, it seems like Android is gaining momentum where WM seems to be losing it.
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Also something I'm interested in. Windows Mobile is tiring me, and I honestly would feel more comfortable running my phone on a *nix. Plus, it seems like Android is gaining momentum where WM seems to be losing it.
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We just need ppl to get the keyboard and buttons on the Titan to work on Android. It will be done in good time, it's just there's no timeframe.
I've noticed that the touchscreen is quite flaky, too. Frankly, I think that's higher-priority than some of the hardware buttons.
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Plus, it seems like Android is gaining momentum where WM seems to be losing it.
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...in that a single device has been launched from naught?
WM device sales have not decreased... Revice your statements and be honest. Android is immature. Particularly in that it lacks choices in software and suffe from odd OPEN development hesistency from Google. Android is a nice toy but it is not yet ready for widespread adoption. So, again, let's be honest and drop the rah-rah Android versus WM hyperbole.
It will great to have another OS to run on our HTC phones -- particularly the Titan -- but Android is unlikely to be on par to what WM provides within the useful lifespan of our current devices. As such, Android on the Titan is a great developmental toy.
Problems with tha applications !!
Hey !! i have run the haret.exe on my mogul but i have some problems, one of them is the calibration, it looks like the calibration of the screen is not the correct but anyways, that is not the main problem, the main problem is that i dont know how to close and application , i have tried with all the buttons and the application doesnt close, so i have to reset the mogul to start again.
The version on this link http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/ is the correct one to the PPC6800?? or what is the correct version for the mogul??
Thanks in advance for your help !!
marcos862 said:
Hey !! i have run the haret.exe on my mogul but i have some problems, one of them is the calibration, it looks like the calibration of the screen is not the correct but anyways, that is not the main problem, the main problem is that i dont know how to close and application , i have tried with all the buttons and the application doesnt close, so i have to reset the mogul to start again.
The version on this link http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/ is the correct one to the PPC6800?? or what is the correct version for the mogul??
Thanks in advance for your help !!
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The buttons are complicated...to tell you the truth i hold down a bunch of random buttons on the keyboard...hahaha... but hold on... i'll try to map them right now...
Q = unlock
Q = menu (WHILE INSIDE PROGRAMS)
Shift = QUIT
Windows button = QUIT (one might be minimize, idk for sure)
hope that helps...make sure your getting the newest Android release... DZO has 1.0 on his website...http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/
Hi guys
I've bought an Eken M001 Android Tablet on eBay and want to upgrade it to Android 2.1!
http://www.merimobiles.com/Eken_M001_7inch_Android_WIFI_Tablet_p/meri0398.htm
What do I need for that or can you guide me to an dedicated Howto?
Probably not possible... yet
Hi!
That's probably not possible yet unless all the needed drivers have been released for it and unless someone have been able to root the device yet.
So unless they release an official 2.1 upgrade for that thing (looks like an interesting device) you are probably stuck on 1.6 for now.
download an app called Slideme. its a market alternative, and will let you install apps from sd. the device might come with root available to you. just copy the contents, and get to the art of porting. im not exactly sure how you would go at that, but im pretty sure, installing apps would be usefull. i might need to pick one of these up.
do you know if the screen is capacitive or resistive. that website doesnt really say
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do you know if the screen is capacitive or resistive. that website doesnt really say
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Can't tell it since it hasn't arrived yet!
ericm115 said:
download an app called Slideme. its a market alternative, and will let you install apps from sd. the device might come with root available to you. just copy the contents, and get to the art of porting. im not exactly sure how you would go at that, but im pretty sure, installing apps would be usefull. i might need to pick one of these up.
do you know if the screen is capacitive or resistive. that website doesnt really say
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Judging by how hard he has to press the screen to get icons/widgets/links to respond, I'm going to say the screen is resistive. The screen also appears to have anti-glare coating, something not usually found in capacitive displays at this time.
-mak
I'm playing with this device since friday afternoon, so here are my first impressions:
- responsiveness isn't very high, needs sometimes a second and hader tap to do an action
- seems to be slow but can't tell you if it's the CPU or Android 1.6
- 2 hours are fast elapsed
- have a cracked DocumentsToGo pre-installed
- have a file manager pre-installed
- MAC address for WiFi is missing
- has builtin G-Sensor (portrait and landscape support)
- ac power adaptor doesn't fit german power sockets, had to "cut down" it a little bit
- really "cheapish" look, the white body isn't white (some way of a pissed white )
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Hi guys
I've bought an Eken M001 Android Tablet on eBay and want to upgrade it to Android 2.1!
http://www.merimobiles.com/Eken_M001_7inch_Android_WIFI_Tablet_p/meri0398.htm
What do I need for that or can you guide me to an dedicated Howto?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=683421
Special Forum for Eken m001
http://slatedroid.blitzwerks.co.uk/index.php
Thanks for this hint, will take a look into it!
Hi everybody. First of all I did not know where to put this thread so I decided to stick it in General, I hope no one minds.
Well I just got my Xperia X10 mini pro yesterday, it came from Spain as I bought it of ebay and locked to Vodafone Spain.
As a long Windows Mobile user, I am used to have to flash a ROM in my native language (PT or SK) as soon as I get the phone, because it's not like in the old days with the Nokias where you would just go to the definitions and change the language to whatever you wanted.
But apparently android is like that too. When I turned on the phone for the first time, I got a lot of language options to choose from. I selected Portuguese and it the phone had all the options in that language. That is why I wanted to ask besides de branding it, what are the advantages of flashing a ROM from a different country?
And now for the hard questions.
I ran the phone without a SIM card in it, but I want to ask. Every time I turn on the phone I get the language options to choose, no matter how many times I choose Portuguese, it just fails to remember it. Is that normal (remember I am running the phone without a SIM card in it, just for testing)?
Is there a way to hard reset the phone? (this expression I got from WM, I hope it's the same for the Android) And if yes, how? (always good to know)
This is an observation.
The phone could not see my WIFI connection, because it was on channel 13, I had to change it to 9 to be sure he would see it and connect to it. After that everything worked . (I hope new radios are on the way)
Overall I did not have much time to test the phone, but I did some web surfing, I went on youtube and it was not bad, considering the screen size (it is even smaller than HTCs Diamond I), and the keyboard made the experience much better.
The phone feels so light, it almost looks like a toy. If you don't know anything about it, you can easily think it's one of those low cost messaging phones, with no actual OS (it's a metaphor, as I do not consider some firmwares that come on phones actual OS).
But I hope it's one of those gadgets that everyone can use
Thanks for bearing with me, and please if you know answer, if not you can always comment, hehe
Johev said:
But apparently android is like that too. When I turned on the phone for the first time, I got a lot of language options to choose from. I selected Portuguese and it the phone had all the options in that language. That is why I wanted to ask besides de branding it, what are the advantages of flashing a ROM from a different country?
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No advantage as far as I know, may be you will get a different set of bloatware depending on the region. but at the end, they all are crap and you will end up uninstalling (Or at least wanting to..) all of them.
Johev said:
I ran the phone without a SIM card in it, but I want to ask. Every time I turn on the phone I get the language options to choose, no matter how many times I choose Portuguese, it just fails to remember it. Is that normal (remember I am running the phone without a SIM card in it, just for testing)?
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I think it asks you just once for the language, as it stores the language preference in an XML file. try using it with a sim and see if it asks you again..
Johev said:
Is there a way to hard reset the phone? (this expression I got from WM, I hope it's the same for the Android) And if yes, how? (always good to know)
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you can factory reset the phone, I'm not aware of any method that allows you to hard reset your phone. Although you can reflash it with SEUS, that will reset your phone to orginal form.
Johev said:
The phone feels so light, it almost looks like a toy. If you don't know anything about it, you can easily think it's one of those low cost messaging phones, with no actual OS (it's a metaphor, as I do not consider some firmwares that come on phones actual OS).
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I beg to differ, Android is built on linux kernel, and you can use plenty of linux command on it, so I consider it as an actual operating system..
Besides, whats an actual OS?
The definition of an Os is - An operating system (OS) is an interface between hardware and user, which is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of a device, that acts as a host for applications run on the machine.
According to that definition, android (or other mobile/handheld OS) falls well within actual OSes
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I beg to differ, Android is built on linux kernel, and you can use plenty of linux command on it, so I consider it as an actual operating system..
Besides, whats an actual OS?
The definition of an Os is - An operating system (OS) is an interface between hardware and user, which is responsible for the management and coordination of activities and the sharing of the resources of a device, that acts as a host for applications run on the machine.
According to that definition, android (or other mobile/handheld OS) falls well within actual OSes
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I think you misread or misunderstood what I have said. I agree with you about Android. That is why I have bought it, even though it's for my wife
I said, or at least the message that I wanted to spread was that if you do not know anything about the phone, you can easily and mistakenly confuse it with some low end keyboard phones (and those ones do not have an actual OS), that are marketed like messaging phones and do not measure up to this one.
I hope now I am a bit clearer.
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I think you misread or misunderstood what I have said. I agree with you about Android. That is why I have bought it, even though it's for my wife
I said, or at least the message that I wanted to spread was that if you do not know anything about the phone, you can easily and mistakenly confuse it with some low end keyboard phones (and those ones do not have an actual OS), that are marketed like messaging phones and do not measure up to this one.
I hope now I am a bit clearer.
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Haha. Technically, all phones have an operating system, otherwise they're just a pretty, shiny paperweight. I think you mean smartphone
Yeah, I get that a lot, but I'm still proud of my phone!
Johev said:
I think you misread or misunderstood what I have said. I agree with you about Android. That is why I have bought it, even though it's for my wife
I said, or at least the message that I wanted to spread was that if you do not know anything about the phone, you can easily and mistakenly confuse it with some low end keyboard phones (and those ones do not have an actual OS), that are marketed like messaging phones and do not measure up to this one.
I hope now I am a bit clearer.
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My mistake, yeah I misread your statement.. Sorry about that.
Yes you can easily mistake it as a toy , almost like the samsung corby series ( google if you dont know the mobile ) , but anything that runs Android quite doesn't feel like a toy because it Linux , its powerful , smart and the best OS around..atleast for mobile
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Yes you can easily mistake it as a toy
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When I bought X10 mini pro, I showed it to my friend, who happen to be a Nokia X6 user (8 GB) and a big huge Symbian fan. At the first sight, he wasn't impressed, said I wasted the money since I could have bought a Nokia X6 for lesser price. He said its just another fancy toy from SE, just like Xperia pureness (X5).
The next day, I rooted the phone, removed all the bloatware, installed useful apps and widgets, and last but not the least, installed ADW launcher. Customized it, and then showed him again, and he was blown away!!
All of a sudden Symbian looks like an OS from last century to him. Now he wants an Android phone.
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When I bought X10 mini pro, I showed it to my friend, who happen to be a Nokia X6 user (8 GB) and a big huge Symbian fan. At the first sight, he wasn't impressed, said I wasted the money since I could have bought a Nokia X6 for lesser price. He said its just another fancy toy from SE, just like Xperia pureness (X5).
The next day, I rooted the phone, removed all the bloatware, installed useful apps and widgets, and last but not the least, installed ADW launcher. Customized it, and then showed him again, and he was blown away!!
All of a sudden Symbian looks like an OS from last century to him. Now he wants an Android phone.
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That is exactly what I want to do to this one. I still need to get some reading first, as I am not sure how to remove all the stuff that Vodafone puts in it.
I lack the knowledge of Android, so I am not sure if you go to android market and download the things for free, or if you get it here and just install it on the phone (I sure hope that Android uses some kind of a cab file, that will let me easily install things on it).
So far, from my reading I figured I need to change the SMS application and the answering call one (as I read many people were complaining about those), and I need to get the task killing application so that I can save some battery life.
I was not able to find an explorer on the phone, so I have no access to my SD card (which was strange for me, as WM has it easy).
For rooting I will probably use the one click root (I hope it works for this phone).
If you could point me to the right directions, with the names and a place I can get the 101 applications from, I would be grateful, as my wife needs an END product, and not something like:
"Hunny here is your nice phone, have fun rooting it and customizing it to your needs."
Thanks a lot
PS: I have been looking for some examples of what I wanted the phone to look like, and feel like and I have found this on youtube.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vpEbYiTiFdw&feature=related
I like how it looks and feels, and the only thing I would probably not want there is the last left widget with the stock market. Other than that I think it's almost perfect for such a small device.
Let me know what you think
So, this particular xda-noob got a MediaPad 10 FHD on a trip to China. The nice version, with 2GB of RAM and 1.4GHz clock, not the tuned-down version soon to be released in Europe.
I have plenty of questions, like will I be able to put international firmware (i.e. including Play Store etc) on it, but first things first:
Should that device be discussed on this board? Or should I wait for a separate board for the 10 FHD?
just flash gapps and u will have market
Q not answered, all problems solved
441Excelsior said:
just flash gapps and u will have market
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I flashed more than that. I downloaded the "world wide" firmware from the Huawei website and installed it, according to the instructions. Now I have everything I wanted (calendar, contacts,…) and more (all the apps I've installed on the phone) Yay
No rooting, no tricky renaming of files. Thanks, Huawei, for not making an effort to make my life complicated! Now… what is the reason our Chinese friends don't simply download that firmware instead of the Cinese one? Maybe they can't get a Google account, so all this beautiful stuff is useless to them?
Anyway: I'm sorry to say that i don't have a lot of questions at this point. What's a noob to do if everything works out of the box.
BUT: when questions eventually do emerge, is this the board for them?
Cheers,
Martin
CMW recovery and custom ROMs
Does the CMW installation and CM10 guide as described in this forum which refers to the mediapad 7 works for the mediapad 10 as well or would it brick the device? Since both pads called Mediapad I would recommend to open a separate forum for Mediapad 10 and Mediapad 7. Furthermore the official Android release from Huawei does not have google apps installed. Could you please release a guide how to flash it onto it? Thanks guys
mabartibin said:
I flashed more than that. I downloaded the "world wide" firmware from the Huawei website and installed it, according to the instructions. Now I have everything I wanted (calendar, contacts,…) and more (all the apps I've installed on the phone) Yay
No rooting, no tricky renaming of files. Thanks, Huawei, for not making an effort to make my life complicated! Now… what is the reason our Chinese friends don't simply download that firmware instead of the Cinese one? Maybe they can't get a Google account, so all this beautiful stuff is useless to them?
Anyway: I'm sorry to say that i don't have a lot of questions at this point. What's a noob to do if everything works out of the box.
BUT: when questions eventually do emerge, is this the board for them?
Cheers,
Martin
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hi martin,
I've purchased 3 10 fhd recently. one for myself, one for a friend in berlin, and the last is for my wife. Since we have to use those google staffs I flashed the international firmwares for all the 3 mediapads. But as far as I know there are quite a lot customers in china would like to stick on the stock chinese firmware for several reasons.
1. the development of the chinese firmware is more active. you will get more updates in this firmware.
2. you can still root the chinese firmware and install google staffs onto it.
3. anyway, the experience of accessing gmail, gtalk, youtube as well as facebook and twitter are either difficult or simply just impossible. so for most people in china it's pointless to flash an international firmware. It's impossible to get non-free apps from google play in China mainland as well as in Taiwan because the payment in such areas is not supported.
And there is another firmware for Huawei devices, the Emotion UI, a.k.a. EMUI, which gets tons of fans in China. This firmware is said to be one with special tunes and optimizations for Huawei devices such as D1 xl smartphone, P1 xl smartphone and, of course, the 10 mediapad. Right now there are a lot of fans of this firmware calling for a ``natively-rooted'' version of it, in this way installing google's staff would become easier.
Anyway, I also find this 10 fhd is quite a good choice. It just cost 2700 chinese yuan (~400USD or ~300euro) for the WIFI/2GB RAM/16GB ROM version.
If you are really looking for some interesting staff on your new toy, please think about installing or compiling full-functional linux for it. Right now I've compiled a gentoo linux for it, with x-window. It works as well as on my laptop.
pigsboss said:
But as far as I know there are quite a lot customers in china would like to stick on the stock chinese firmware for several reasons.
1. the development of the chinese firmware is more active. you will get more updates in this firmware.
2. you can still root the chinese firmware and install google staffs onto it.
3. anyway, the experience of accessing gmail, gtalk, youtube as well as facebook and twitter are either difficult or simply just impossible. so for most people in china it's pointless to flash an international firmware. It's impossible to get non-free apps from google play in China mainland as well as in Taiwan because the payment in such areas is not supported.
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I agree, good reasons all of them!
If you are really looking for some interesting staff on your new toy, please think about installing or compiling full-functional linux for it. Right now I've compiled a gentoo linux for it, with x-window. It works as well as on my laptop.
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Man, I'm trying to reduce the number of devices I'm running linux on
Firmware S10-101u
Today I spotted a newer firmware on Huawei's website, and proceeded to install it. Only to find out afterwards that this was for the 3G version of the tablet.
So: for the wifi version, you want the one called S10-101w, for the 3G version, the one called S10-101u. Using the 3G firmware on a WiFi-only tablet gives an error message "Failed to update modem" that will sit on the screen and not go away.
Skype
I recently tried to use Skype on the MediaPad 10 FHD. Two problems:
1. Video didn't seem to work, neither sending, nor receiving.
2. The microphone volume seems to be so low that it's unusable.
(I've found posts about problems with Mic volume for other android devices. All fixes seem to involve rooting. Anybody tried to root a MediaPad yet?)
Google Maps and Google Earth navigation
Another thing that doesn't work as it should are the gestures for rotating in Google maps and both tilting and rotating in Google Earth.
I can tilt in Maps by sliding two fingers next to each other up and down. I can rotate by sliding two fingers above each other left and right. But the expected rotation gesture of doing circular movements with the fingers doesn't work.
In Earth, neither the tilting gesture nor any of those two rotating gestures work.
Some mobile phones seem to have this problem, possibly if they have bad multitouch support. I remember reading in some form (which I can't seem to find now ) that there are some kernel configuration variables that these gestures depend on.
Hi, there is a new Firmware (from 21.11.12) on the Huawei website.
My Mediapad should arrive soon from China ....
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Firmware upgrade without wiping the phone?
Gubi99 said:
Hi, there is a new Firmware (from 21.11.12) on the Huawei website.
My Mediapad should arrive soon from China ....
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According to Huawei:
You will be attracted by the brilliant games.
It also has the simple quick applications.
With touch screen you can have ultimate experience.
I always enjoy my visits to Huawei's web site
But does anyone know whether it is possible to flash new firmware without completely resetting the tablet. Reconfiguring Wifi access, mail accounts, beginning World of Goo from level 1, etc. Had that twice last week.
Installing worldwide firmware
neilpride said:
Does the CMW installation and CM10 guide as described in this forum which refers to the mediapad 7 works for the mediapad 10 as well or would it brick the device? Since both pads called Mediapad I would recommend to open a separate forum for Mediapad 10 and Mediapad 7. Furthermore the official Android release from Huawei does not have google apps installed. Could you please release a guide how to flash it onto it? Thanks guys
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The easiest way is to install the "worldwide" version of the software, instead of the China-specific one, which is on the tablet if you buy it in China. That will not only give you the familiar set of Google apps, facebook, etc., it will also remove chat apps, browsers, games, etc. that are specifically chinese.
Go to Huawei's software download site find you device in the menus, and find the firmware for your device. S10-101w for the WiFi-only version, S10-101u for the one with mobile connectivity.
You will get a large zip file, which takes a long time to download. China is far away.
You unzip it and follow the instructions in the PDF. The English is a bit funny, but they're entirely understandable and accurate. No point in repeating them here really.
The only thing you might want to know before you start: you will have to copy the files for the update onto a micro SD card that you plug into your tablet. So you'll need a micro SD card. No micro SD card, no update. And (unless you do the download with the tablet) you need a way of writing to that card with your computer. So you might need a micro SD -> SD adapter.
Oh, one more thing: the process pretty much wipes the phone. All installed apps are gone and have to be reinstalled. Wifi access and mail accounts etc need to be set up again.
I don't have a 10 inch media pad but the 7 inch one had fast boot, which allowed flashing files directly from PC to tablet with nothing but a usb cable, no micro sd required.
Maybe that works here too?
Maybe it works. Starting the MediaPad with Vol+ button pressed gives me a "Enter Fastboot mode" message. The fastboot program on the computer didn't recognise the device however.
Firmware upgrade fixes Maps/Earth/Skype problems
mabartibin said:
I recently tried to use Skype on the MediaPad 10 FHD. Two problems:
1. Video didn't seem to work, neither sending, nor receiving.
2. The microphone volume seems to be so low that it's unusable.
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Another thing that doesn't work as it should are the gestures for rotating in Google maps and both tilting and rotating in Google Earth.
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Hurray! With the firmware from 21.11., both problems are solved.
More or less. Maps and Earth work as they should. In Skype, video with the front-facing camera works, but switching cameras makes problems. And the microphone is louder, but audio is really disappointing quality. As also witnessed by the audio recording app.
Anyway, in total the advantages outweigh the problem of having to play World of Goo from level 1 again.
where do I order from China? I want the one with 2GB ram? I looked at pandawill and they're selling the 1GB version. thanks
Hi, ordered my Pad 2GB/16GB/3G at Aliexpress dot com. Very quick delivery from China to Germany within 5 days.
But the Power adaptor is the China version....
My Pad is rooted already and I can use Ad blocker, remove some Software I dont like and so on.
But the Firmware needs some optimization. Not all works perfect ....
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how to root?
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My Pad is rooted already
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How did you go about rooting? I saw a guide using some Chinese Windows .exe, but I have only Linux and Mac OS machines. (And Android and Symbian and iOS
Chinese power plugs
Gubi99 said:
But the Power adaptor is the China version....
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For what it's worth, I bought mine on a trip to the PRC, and it came witha NEMA 1 plug. I suppose you got the same. Two parallel flat blades. This is originally a North American standard, which might make it easier to find an adapter. It seems within China, a bunch of different standards are in use.
The Wikipedia article on power plugs and sockets is a good resource b.t.w.
Gubi99 said:
Hi, ordered my Pad 2GB/16GB/3G at Aliexpress dot com. Very quick delivery from China to Germany within 5 days.
But the Power adaptor is the China version....
My Pad is rooted already and I can use Ad blocker, remove some Software I dont like and so on.
But the Firmware needs some optimization. Not all works perfect ....
Sent from my MediaPad 10 FHD using xda premium
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can you provide link through pm? thanks!
Hello,
I own a pixel xl with the latest nougat android operating system. My question is , is fully encrypted? if falls in wrong hands, like business competitors, authorities, or any one who can have high tech computers and software they can unlock it? unlocking it I mean to find our my password and open it and then have access to all data and photos.
please help
nikelecy said:
Hello,
I own a pixel xl with the latest nougat android operating system. My question is , is fully encrypted? if falls in wrong hands, like business competitors, authorities, or any one who can have high tech computers and software they can unlock it? unlocking it I mean to find our my password and open it and then have access to all data and photos.
please help
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If the phone is locked like with pin code and stuff like that, anyone can pass that by using a custom Recovery to delete some stuff from system or he can do it using adb.
If you mean an encrypted storage, then it would be hard, but like you said "high tech computers and softwares" they will possibly be able to do it.
And hackers these days don't need to have the phone to hack it, they are capable of hacking remotely!!
But don't worry, it's nothing to be worry about because the chance of this happening to you is too low, they probably target very high business men and political characters and people like that
anyway, i don't recommend keeping your sensitive information in the phone(bank accounts, IDs...), it's so dangerous like that.
MigoMujahid said:
If the phone is locked like with pin code and stuff like that, anyone can pass that by using a custom Recovery to delete some stuff from system or he can do it using adb.
If you mean an encrypted storage, then it would be hard, but like you said "high tech computers and softwares" they will possibly be able to do it.
And hackers these days don't need to have the phone to hack it, they are capable of hacking remotely!!
But don't worry, it's nothing to be worry about because the chance of this happening to you is too low, they probably target very high business men and political characters and people like that
anyway, i don't recommend keeping your sensitive information in the phone(bank accounts, IDs...), it's so dangerous like that.
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I have bank accounts , and cards and customer file lists etc...and many other things personally. the phone have lock screen and if fully encrypted. I have a password over 10 characters. high tech software and computers what is it ? what kind of computer?
now about hackers. lets say a competitor wants to know what kind of customers/ I have on my phone. he can hack it remotely and see?
I have an app blocking all permissions from all installed apps. how he can hack it? also I dont download games, or files on the laptop or pirated movies etc
nikelecy said:
I have bank accounts , and cards and customer file lists etc...and many other things personally. the phone have lock screen and if fully encrypted. I have a password over 10 characters. high tech software and computers what is it ? what kind of computer?
now about hackers. lets say a competitor wants to know what kind of customers/ I have on my phone. he can hack it remotely and see?
I have an app blocking all permissions from all installed apps. how he can hack it? also I dont download games, or files on the laptop or pirated movies etc
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About computers, i have no idea, but anyway, to hack remotely, it requires an infected file to get inside the phone, so you have to be safe, that infected file might simply capture the screen and show them what you're typing in the password field.
BUT as long as you don't download anything from anywhere you're safe.
Apps and games should be trusted and only be downloaded from play store.
If you're using a laptop, you should switch to Linux OS immediately, it's much much safer than Windows, especially these days ransom-ware's hackers encrypted many PCs and asked for money to get the encryption code.
Happened to people i know, but never happened to someone with Linux operating system.
MigoMujahid said:
About computers, i have no idea, but anyway, to hack remotely, it requires an infected file to get inside the phone, so you have to be safe, that infected file might simply capture the screen and show them what you're typing in the password field.
BUT as long as you don't download anything from anywhere you're safe.
Apps and games should be trusted and only be downloaded from play store.
If you're using a laptop, you should switch to Linux OS immediately, it's much much safer than Windows, especially these days ransom-ware's hackers encrypted many PCs and asked for money to get the encryption code.
Happened to people i know, but never happened to someone with Linux operating system.
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a person who hack phones told me that most android phones can be hacked easy and open them without erase the data. he told me that the icloud is impossible.
i will take the pixel to see if he can hack it. which I doubt.
one more question, if I buy a cheaper version phone and update to android nougat will be the same safe like pixel xl or not?
my computer is mac. i was sondering to switch to chromebook to tell you honest but I must confirm if can be hacked or not the chromebook
nikelecy said:
my computer is mac. i was sondering to switch to chromebook to tell you honest but I must confirm if can be hacked or not the chromebook
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MAC is great as well.
About the Nogut upgrade, I'm not sure that is only about the OS, native OS might be less secure than the company's OS, even if both OSs are Nogut, the Company add modifications and security to its OS that make it more secure.
MigoMujahid said:
MAC is great as well.
About the Nogut upgrade, I'm not sure that is only about the OS, native OS might be less secure than the company's OS, even if both OSs are Nogut, the Company add modifications and security to its OS that make it more secure.
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ok, buy you didn't answer me about the cheaper option of the android phone. lets say I want to give a phone to one of my manager with credit card info, clients etc, and doesnt have the preinstalled android nougat on it. this will be the same safe like the pixel? because to this employee I don't want to buy him pixel to handle the works tasks because i did it before with an iphone and she lost it.
nikelecy said:
ok, buy you didn't answer me about the cheaper option of the android phone. lets say I want to give a phone to one of my manager with credit card info, clients etc, and doesnt have the preinstalled android nougat on it. this will be the same safe like the pixel? because to this employee I don't want to buy him pixel to handle the works tasks because i did it before with an iphone and she lost it.
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No I did answer ?
About the Nogut upgrade, I'm not sure that is only about the OS, native OS might be less secure than the company's OS, even if both OSs are Nogut, the Company add modifications and security to its OS that make it more secure.
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