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Hello m8, i got a bit biggwr problem - i sof-bricked mine phone (formating SD card on custom ROM does that)
Could i ask u for a bit of help ? I need a backup (can be fresh after install) of ROM but it needs to be made in SP Flash Tools (do it without SD card - so it will way less MB). It would be a life-rescue for me !
Canardo-JB01.002
I cooked a ROM for Coolpad 9976T: Canardo-JB01.003
This ROM:
. Is based on Coolpad official stock ROM - 4.2.036.P0.140724.9976T (Jelly Bean 4.2)
. Is flashable with custom Recovery TWRP or CWM
. Is rooted
. Has Google Play inside
. Does not contain Chinese applications
. Is bilingual Chinese/English (you can set other languages with Switch Local APP or MoreLocale 2)
. Is fast !
To flash this ROM in zip format you must use TWRP or CWM recovery.
If you are not rooted or do not have a custom recovery see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54669062&postcount=1
Of course do a nandroid backup before anything else.
Unfortunetly if you have a SIM card installed, the first time you start your new rom, it asks for your PIN code in Chinese before you switch to English. You have to blindly enter this PIN Code.
Please let me know your success or failure using this ROM : this is my first cooked ROM.
Download one of the following :
https://www.dropbox.com/s/pmizrkgati3qxxq/Canardo-CP9976T-JB01.003-4.2.036.P0.140724.zip?dl=0
https://onedrive.live.com/redir?resid=17E97F6931343029!463&authkey=!ACN84gAfAH7axt0&ithint=file,zip
https://mega.co.nz/#!fdFV2TxI!NKukdRV719d1AtLrlVRsaUY7P36KNZ58GxqxbOuutuE
Stock ROM for Coolpad 9976T
Stock ROM
Today I flashed the officical stock rom from Coolpad.
0.1 - Do a BACKUP (with your custom ROM)
0.2 - Do a BACKUP on your SD card (with Titanium for example)
1 - Download from
http://www.yulong.com/product/downlo...%89#downListUL :
- The adb device driver if you need it
- The Coolpad Download Assistant utility
- The CPB rom
Coolpad offers 2 versions of his utility : 1.85 and 1.86, I do not understand why 2 versions.
I used successfully 1.86 version.
The CPB rom comes as a 2.6 Gb rar file separated in 3 parts.
The 3 parts have stupid names after downloaded but they are really 3 parts of a "rar" file.
I have no information on .CPB file. It seems to be a proprietary format from Coolpad.
2 - Start your device in fastboot mode (called sometimes bootloader).
You need to start your phone with both buttons volume-up and volume-down.
Then the device shows 2 lines "FAST BOOTmode =>"
This mode is not really clear. It is not a standard fastboot mode, because standard fastboot utility from Google does not answer.
But this mode is fine for Coolpad Download Assistant utility.
3 - Flash your rom with Coolpad Download Assistant.
I used Coolpad Download Assistant (CDA) to flash it:
Of course do nos interrupt the process
And now tyou are the proud and happy user of a pure China phone
. No root
. China default language
. No Google Play Store
. No custom Recovery (CWM or TWRP)
. All your settings reset to factory
Probably you will want to reinstall a custom Recovery (CWM or TWRP) and root your phone.
You can look at my post #1 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54669062&postcount=1 (I will rewrite it soon to be more explicit)
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Yea, but i got different phone model - i know how to do it, but i dont got the files (backup of a working Coolpad 7320) ....
MaCDrG said:
Yea, but i got different phone model - i know how to do it, but i dont got the files (backup of a working Coolpad 7320) ....
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I do not know 7320. I think you should look for a forum about your phone.
This thread is for 9976T only.
Regards
Larpoux
sd card
I can use a 128Gb sandisk sdxc card inside my Coolpad 9976T.
But l had to reformat it vfat32 instead of exfat/ntfs.
I used for this my Galaxy tab, running Aparted tool.
Maybe we can reformat the sd card with the device itself, but not sure.
recovery.img
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54669062&postcount=1
Nice thread, it was a good choice to open one yourself.
Like you already found out, it's possible to use mSDXC-cards in almost every mSDHC-compatible device once it's formatted to FAT32.
The brand new 128 GB card is rather slow, but hey...128 GB.
It's nice to hear, that the Coolpad-tool worked for one person. Besides your success I've only heard "bad" things.
What is the stock recovery, English 3e (with the lying down android) like on the 9976A?
Regards
...on the fly with 9976A
thor2001 said:
What is the stock recovery, English 3e (with the lying down android) like on the 9976A?
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Hello Thor2001.
Happy to see you again.
I do not know much for stock recovery 3e.
i just override it with TWRP after doing a backup of it with Easy Magic TWRP.
I have now problems with my various china smartphones to access 3g with my french operator "free.fr".
It should be OK frequence 900 Mhz.
Is there any body who has solved this problem somewhere in Europe ?
WCDMA/3G 900 should work.
There was a guy with frequency-problems, but as far as I know he couldn't get it working.
I'm not exactly sure, which country he was from. I've to read the 9976A-thread again for it.
[update]
I was @federimau:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2724949
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Are you 100% sure, that your APNs etc are for free.fr configured or is it even unable to receive 3G?
What does the bandmode in Engineermode say?
...on the fly with 9976A
3G frequencies
thor2001 said:
Are you 100% sure, that your APNs etc are for free.fr configured or is it even unable to receive 3G?
What does the bandmode in Engineermode say?
...on the fly with 9976A
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No, I am not sure of anything.
My various china phones can send or receive phone calls and SMS, but cannot access internet without wifi. What is strange is that my status bar shows «3g»
The only phone that I can connect to internet without wifi is my Galaxy Note 3.
Engeneer mode says that bandmodes are :
GSM MODE:
-egsm900
-dcs1800
-pcs1900
-gsm850
UMTS MODE:
-wcdma-imt-2000
-wcdma-gsm-900
I was thinking that my operatore uses 900Hz in Paris for 3g, but maybe I am wrong and he uses 2100Hz.
Frequences around the world are really a mess.
Can you try another french sim (other provider), to countercheck if it's the phone?
Your phone shows the 3G-reception in the notification-area?
You should compare the APN-settings between the Samsung Note3 and your Chinese Phones.
I'll later try to find out, what frequencies you use over there in France.
If it's 2100 MHz, it should work with the WCDMA2000, like it does over here in Germany.
Regards
...on the fly with 9976A
larpoux said:
No, I am not sure of anything.
My various china phones can send or receive phone calls and SMS, but cannot access internet without wifi. What is strange is that my status bar shows «3g»
The only phone that I can connect to internet without wifi is my Galaxy Note 3.
Engeneer mode says that bandmodes are :
GSM MODE:
-egsm900
-dcs1800
-pcs1900
-gsm850
UMTS MODE:
-wcdma-imt-2000
-wcdma-gsm-900
I was thinking that my operatore uses 900Hz in Paris for 3g, but maybe I am wrong and he uses 2100Hz.
Frequences around the world are really a mess.
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Hi, I think this is a APN settings issue... You need to set and save manually the APNs in some cellphones.
Some chinese phones shows 3G but this not indicate you are connected to a 3G network (shows 3G always)
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larpoux said:
No, I am not sure of anything.
My various china phones can send or receive phone calls and SMS, but cannot access internet without wifi. What is strange is that my status bar shows «3g»
The only phone that I can connect to internet without wifi is my Galaxy Note 3.
Engeneer mode says that bandmodes are :
GSM MODE:
-egsm900
-dcs1800
-pcs1900
-gsm850
UMTS MODE:
-wcdma-imt-2000
-wcdma-gsm-900
I was thinking that my operatore uses 900Hz in Paris for 3g, but maybe I am wrong and he uses 2100Hz.
Frequences around the world are really a mess.
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You have a GSM quad band phone. If you set and save the correct APN you should get 2G internet signal, and/or 3G data connection if the frequencies are the same
federimau said:
Hi, I think this is a APN settings issue... You need to set and save manually the APNs in some cellphones.
Some chinese phones shows 3G but this not indicate you are connected to a 3G network (shows 3G always)
If you set and save the correct APN you should get 2G internet signal, and/or 3G data connection if the frequencies are the same
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You should compare the APN-settings between the Samsung Note3 and your Chinese Phones.
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Yeah!!! :good:
You was both right, my friends: my problem with my china phones was the APN setting.
(My Samsung was from my operator so the APN was OK)
In fact I did not realize that I can add new APN with the menu button.
Thank you so much. Now I can sell my Galaxy Note 3 : its size seems so ridiculously small :laugh:
My next goal, now is to build a zip file containing the stock rom, in a format .zip that I can load with TWRP recovery, if I need one day restore the original ROM. Is there anybody who understand what are those .CPB files ?
Do you think I need to start with this .CPB file to build my ROM.zip or I need to start from a fresh installed phone with the stock ROM ?
Thank you again my friends Thor2001 and Federimau
@larpoux
As far as I know, CPB is a proprietary fileformat only to be used with Coolpads CDS.
I've just downloaded/installed the rabbit-tool, because the newest v102-firmware for 9976A doesn't like vroot anymore. It's just a backup-plan, because I rooted through autoCWM with CFs UPDATE-SuperSu.zip.
Does "Easy Magic TWRP" work with the 1920x1200-resolution?
Had some problems some months ago and stayed with autoCWM.
Does the trick for my 9976A.
Good luck
Regards
thor2001 said:
@larpoux
Does "Easy Magic TWRP" work with the 1920x1200-resolution?
Had some problems some months ago and stayed with autoCWM.
Regards
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Easy Magic was fine for me.
At the beginning of the process it shows a popup message with the correct resolution 1920x1200
The only problem, is that it could not download the recovery.img that he created to the device.
After half an hour doing nothing I aborted the process.
But he had created correctly two files into two directories :
- The new recovery file with TWRP
- The backup of your actual recovery of your device
Then I copied myself the recovery.img to my device, and I used mobileuncle to flash it.
Note: Today Aug 19th : I redid the entiere process and this time Easy Magic TWRP was able to flash directly the Custom Recovery without having to copy myself the file to the device and flash it with Mobileuncle. Much simpler . I do not understand why it was not correct the fist time.
I am very happy now with my TWRP recovery.
Stock ROM
See http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=54919822&postcount=18
Hi, Can you pls share your experience with this 9979T?
Hi,
I'm interested in this 9976T, but afraid from low quality. currently I use LG G2
1. did the update brings KitKat 4.4 version? if not, do you expect for original update or XDA 4.4 rom?
2. How long the battery lives? does it hold for one day easily?
3. How is the screen brightness? sharpness? can you compare to LG G2?
4. How is connectivity? clear sound to you and the other side? how does the speaker? does BT strong? How is WiFI?
5. Do you recommend this phone or Huawei x1 is better?
thx
Hello MosheDrori
MosheDrori said:
1. did the update brings KitKat 4.4 version? if not, do you expect for original update or XDA 4.4 rom?
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I do not think that actually there is any KitKat rom available.
My project is to build a AOKP or Pacman ROM running KitKat, but I cannot guarantee that I will succeed
MosheDrori said:
2. How long the battery lives? does it hold for one day easily?
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I have not measured the battery live, yet. But I haven't see any problem in this area.
I do not use daily this phone, because I use it only for Android study.
It can live several days in sleep mode, with a SIM card activ.
I will measure carefuly the battery later, when I will have finished building my custom ROM.
MosheDrori said:
3. How is the screen brightness? sharpness? can you compare to LG G2?
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I cannot compare with LG G2.
My own appreciation is that the screen is really beautiful.
A lot better than many china smartphones that I had.
MosheDrori said:
4. How is connectivity? clear sound to you and the other side? how does the speaker? does BT strong? How is WiFI?
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The sound seems good for me.ItI can compare with my Galaxy note 3.
And it is stereo ! (The Note 3 is mono)
The loudspeakers are located in each side, not in the back.
This is very convenient in landscape mode when you look to a movie
MosheDrori said:
5. Do you recommend this phone or Huawei x1 is better?
thx
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I do not have yet a large experience on this phone.
But I love it so much that I ordered a second one to develop on it.
The size is for me amazing.
It is as if you have at the same time a tablet and a phone.
Now I cannot live anymore with my Note 3, because it seems too small (5.6 inches).
Maybe you can ask for feedbacks on 9976A thread. This phone is very close to the 9976T and there is some nice people who will answer.
(Here I feel pretty much lonely)
Hey everyone. redoing my thread now that we have tried alot of solutions, hopefully someone has a vague idea of what we can do to my phone lol.
So then, my phone (redmi note 3 snapdragon) refuses to go into deep sleep no matter what combination I've tried.
Tried Combos
1. RR+ radon and agni
2. Miui 8 stable and dev preview (7.1.5 and 8.1.1.0)+ stock, radon, and neon kernel (flashing using miflash with unlocked bootloader official)
3. Cm13 latest nightly+ radon, stock, and agni
4. Nitrogen os+ nagato kernel (current rom)
All combinations we're tried with clean installs (factory data, system,cache and internal storage)
Hardware methods tried
1. Physically disconnecting fingerprint sensor (goodix)
now then, with wakelock detector, we can see im troubled with a 99% awake time, along with 100,00's of event wakelocks over 6hours, now event wakelocks deal with the actual hardware of the phone from what i've seen, which makes little sense to me because the screenshot i am attaching was just over an entire night of not touching the phone. so why it has any activity is bizarre to me. so heres what we have tried so far on my previous thread.
Tried methods of fixing event wakelocks
1. Greenify, force doze, wakelock blocker and blocking everything in frustration. deep sleep battery saver.
2. physically deleting events one by one (going into dev/input/eventx (x being wakelocks 1-10) after deleting some my display eventually stopped working, most likely because i just deleted the event that controls the lcd i assume. rebooting fixed the problem and remade the events in their directory so no harm done.
3. removing zram usage figuring it was a thrashing problem (saw a thread in the hd desire of the same issue. didnt help sadly.
4. flashing modem in radon thread, ended up making my phones earpiece not work for calls and still had the wakelocks.
5. disabling gps, along with auto brightness and auto rotate
so then if anyone needs any other information just let me know, currently using an iPhone for the time being so im desperate lol. but still id rather fix and find the problem then go for returning the phone. better to solve a problem for future people in my shoes then just thrust it away is how i see it. also someone bug the strix and darkstrix about this maybe they know the solution. anyway thanks for reading and i hope we can fix my phone soon
^Update^ now using epic rom 7.1.12 from the xda thread, still got wakelocks on stock without any other apps.
I have same problem in all versions of stock MIUI Rom. I too tried all sorts of combination but the problem remains. Finally I'm using RR Rom 5.7.4 (20161113 build) + radon Kernel. My deep sleep problem have been solved (though not 100%). Now my phone looses very little battery in standby time like 1-2% over a night. Before RR Rom I tried many custom Rom but had same problem. If you have not tried the ROM (RR Remix 20161113) I've mentioned above give it a try. Best Of Luck.
Thanks rj I'll install and post logs after work. Fingers crossed that it fixes my problem.
use the rom android 6.0.1 with module powernap , u can fix it !!
http://repo.xposed.info/module/net.jzhang.powernap
Small update: testing stamina mod currently with xposed. ressurection remix will be next only because xposed seemed a bit easier lol
Well damn :/ tried RR rom and still nothing sadly, also powernap with RR didn't do anything as well. both were tried with radon and agni kernels
Then once try nexus rom i am getting good battery life in this rom too.
rjrulz007 said:
Then once try nexus rom i am getting good battery life in this rom too.
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surer rj which one?
Having same problem.. Battery is draining very fast in idle mode.. Deep sleep is not working in any rom.. Something is keeping cpu awake.... If u find any solution then plz let me know bro.. Thanks
That happens to me when background data enabled . when i disable backround data through data usage settings , the battery backup gets better, but sure my social apps wont sync.
It seems the wakelock come from android system itself , go check logcat and you will get messages like "ANDR_PERF_RESOURCES FAILED TO APPLY PERFORMANCE" , the likes of "decided to move IRQ from cpu0 to cpu1" , and the likes of "FPC listener : waiting..." , thats all that i notice and thats happening every single milisecond on every MM roms i have tried so far....
Well when i used miui 7 LL global didnt get that much messages on logcat , but its LL ...
I guess the problem is related to source code , i dont know .
Did you try to disable fingerprint also? In many previous ROM this solved the issue.
D4xel said:
Did you try to disable fingerprint also? In many previous ROM this solved the issue.
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yes sir still nothing
rohit4kk said:
Having same problem.. Battery is draining very fast in idle mode.. Deep sleep is not working in any rom.. Something is keeping cpu awake.... If u find any solution then plz let me know bro.. Thanks
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hey dont worry man you'll be the first when we find an answer lol
Zaccary said:
Well damn :/ tried RR rom and still nothing sadly, also powernap with RR didn't do anything as well. both were tried with radon and agni kernels
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Poor network signal also can cause this issue. My old carrier had crappy signal, once I switched, it increased my phone's battery since the new network has much better signal.
deltatux said:
Poor network signal also can cause this issue. My old carrier had crappy signal, once I switched, it increased my phone's battery since the new network has much better signal.
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thanks for the tip but we are running on airplane mode only at this point just to make sure we don't have more things to worry about battery drain. i appreciate the information though ^_^
Mine kenzo, tried all miui version, always the same.
sbor-si said:
Mine kenzo, tried all miui version, always the same.
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I'm not alone!!!
Hey hopefully we find an answer buddy
Yesterday I want to flash 7.3.2.0 xiaomi.eu version (clean install via twrp), but get bootloop. Than I flashed official global developer version (7.1.19) (fastboot via miflash, flash all), nothing better, except android system used 6%, android 39% and dex2oat 20%.
Can somebody try 7.3.2.0 version, from earlier posts is visible, that this version rocks, all later versions have issues.
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Yesterday I want to flash 7.3.2.0 xiaomi.eu version (clean install via twrp), but get bootloop. Than I flashed official global developer version (7.1.19) (fastboot via miflash, flash all), nothing better, except android system used 6%, android 39% and dex2oat 20%.
Can somebody try 7.3.2.0 version, from earlier posts is visible, that this version rocks, all later versions have issues.
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i believe last time i tried 7.3.2.0 it gave me constant reboots and lagged quite a bit. but i also heard it was the best for battery so i can try flashing through miflash again after work. im also going to be trying this rom here https://forum.xda-developers.com/re...nzo-lldlm18-1-3m866beta-real-factory-t3375250. since it uses edl mode instead of fastboot so hey maybe that will knock something lose?
Well, right now I'm trying to get it working - without luck. I can flash 7.3.2. with miflash via edl without troubles, phone started normaly, all seems good, until "No service" for gsm signal. Bad luck. I think that modem version from that old flash is not compatible with hardware.
But it looks so good - Android takes 20% and Android system 6%...
Hello!
Is it possible to install Lineage OS 14 on Xperia Mini pro?
If not, what is the latest Lineage OS version that is possible to install on Xperia Mini Pro?
Henrik Jansson said:
Hello!
Is it possible to install Lineage OS 14 on Xperia Mini pro?
If not, what is the latest Lineage OS version that is possible to install on Xperia Mini Pro?
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CM12.1 (based on Android 5.1.1) should be the latest CM (or LOS) that Xperia Mini Pro support.
Ok, thanks!
Do you know where to download it, and if there is some step by step instruction somewhere on the internet how to install it.
Henrik Jansson said:
Ok, thanks!
Do you know where to download it, and if there is some step by step instruction somewhere on the internet how to install it.
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Please head over to the DEV forum of this device. The thread is located the top several.
Sent from my D6503 using XDA Labs
Ok, where can I find "DEV forum"?
Xperia Mini, Mini Pro, Xperia Pro, Active, Live with Walkman Android Development
in legacy xperia you can download CM13 (android M). I´ve installed it in my xperia mini pro (mi only phone) and it´s enought stable for me to use it.
in my opinion, works much better than cm11
https://basketbuild.com/devs/AdrianDC/LegacyXperia/mango/LineageOS-14.x
How to install LineageOS 14.1 Rom (Android 7.1.2)
1. External memory card is required to install the rom (Ext4 only 1 partition). At least around 4gb, must be very fast (Class 10 u3), and should be at around 8gb if possible. All apps, data, etc will go here.
2. Flash boot.img (In fastboot mode).
3. Go wipe, swipe. Go advanced wipe and wipe system.
4. Go advanced --> sideload. Connect USB and type 'adb sideload rom-14.1-xxx.zip' & after type 'adb sideload opengapps-7.1-xxx.zip'
5. Reboot to system. Ignore any warning message.
Thanks for the mango link, but where is the boot. Img file ?
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Thanks for the mango link, but where is the boot. Img file ?
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Did you take a look inside lineage-14.1-20170514-UNOFFICIAL-LegacyXperia-mango.zip ?
Because I didn't test it yet: Are there any issues with this build (camera working)?
Just tried lineage-14.1-20170514-UNOFFICIAL-LegacyXperia-mango.zip and the installation overall was like described by Tromponauta.
The problem is that the touch screen is not responding within LOS. Everything else works (keyboard, camera etc.), just the touch screen seems to have problems. It works just fine inside TWRP and booting LOS for the first time it was responding for the first moment and then stopped (no response, like a frozen OS but the hardware keys still work). I've rebooted back inside TWRP to confirm the touch screen is working and it is.
Any ideas?
saljut7 said:
Just tried lineage-14.1-20170514-UNOFFICIAL-LegacyXperia-mango.zip and the installation overall was like described by Tromponauta.
The problem is that the touch screen is not responding within LOS. Everything else works (keyboard, camera etc.), just the touch screen seems to have problems. It works just fine inside TWRP and booting LOS for the first time it was responding for the first moment and then stopped (no response, like a frozen OS but the hardware keys still work). I've rebooted back inside TWRP to confirm the touch screen is working and it is.
Any ideas?
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There was a problem with my display cable. Changed the display and it works just fine now.
Just energy consumption seems to be very high. I bought a new battery which is listed as 100% for around 3hours and then drops down to 0% immediately.
saljut7 said:
Just energy consumption seems to be very high. I bought a new battery which is listed as 100% for around 3hours and then drops down to 0% immediately.
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This problem is caused whenever a SIM card is inserted. Without SIM card the battery lasts a day as expected.
saljut7 said:
This problem is caused whenever a SIM card is inserted. Without SIM card the battery lasts a day as expected.
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Its probably your phone hardware problem. I'm running CM14.1 on two mango phones.. without gapps and everything works .. well.. one of them have occasional freeze problems I'm struggling to diagnose, so removing battery is required from time to time to reboot it.
Anyway sim card works fine on both phones with normal battery use.
ROM is quite fast (maybe faster then CM11) but I'm using A1 sd card and no gapps ..
btw I also had some freezing problems on this phone when on other ROMs so maybe its hardware..
Its certainly worth giving CM14.1 try (as per other post earlier on)
EvilMonkey88 said:
Its probably your phone hardware problem. I'm running CM14.1 on two mango phones.. without gapps and everything works .. well.. one of them have occasional freeze problems I'm struggling to diagnose, so removing battery is required from time to time to reboot it.
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I've experienced this as well but I doubt this has something to do with the hardware (except the fact that the hardware is maybe just too outdated to handle a current LOS and current apps).
EvilMonkey88 said:
Anyway sim card works fine on both phones with normal battery use.
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Is there really no effect on battery drain if the ROM was not optimized for certain country GSM settings?
EvilMonkey88 said:
ROM is quite fast (maybe faster then CM11) but I'm using A1 sd card and no gapps ..
btw I also had some freezing problems on this phone when on other ROMs so maybe its hardware..
Its certainly worth giving CM14.1 try (as per other post earlier on)
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Yes, the sk17i is still a great peace of hardware for me used as "walkman" and for instant messaging. I'm very thankful that the sk17i is still suppoprted, thanks to all devs involved!
saljut7 said:
I've experienced this as well but I doubt this has something to do with the hardware (except the fact that the hardware is maybe just too outdated to handle a current LOS and current apps).
Is there really no effect on battery drain if the ROM was not optimized for certain country GSM settings?
Yes, the sk17i is still a great peace of hardware for me used as "walkman" and for instant messaging. I'm very thankful that the sk17i is still suppoprted, thanks to all devs involved!
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On main mango I get between 12-18 hours depending on use.. (its mostly light though.. messengers, emails, phone calls, etc not much browsing) so battery drain is same ish as other ROMs I tried..
2nd mango with CM14.1 works as alarm clock and sometimes squeezebox controller. mostly on airplane mode which gives over week battery life.. (no sim on that one)
3rd mango is on stock gingerbread converted into dashcam .. I get about 6-7 hours battery with HD recording on Daily Voyager (had to use tasker to turn off screen during recording though)
Got two more of those little buggers but sadly as spares now.. (broken screens)
Everyone tells me I'm mad to still use mini pro.. but I really like small phone with great keyboard.. (by today standards I should say tiny phone lol)
Once a while I consider buying new phone but haven't actually done it yet lol
Yes! +1 Thank you devs for all your work on xperia phones!.. Cheers
p.s I'm still hopeful for Android Go one day
Awesome... well I sitll doubt that my battery drain has something to do with the hardware. As far as I remember the battery life was already not very good when I was using the original Android for 2-3 years. My current battery is now at least 5 years old so I think the current battery capacity is quite okay. Before I had a Motorola xt894 with a Cyanogen Mod experimental/snapshot and the battery life was horrible in comparison to the standard Rom so I think it has something to do with a not optimized LOS.
btw: Did you experience any Wifi issues connecting to public Hotspots? Sometimes I have the problem that I can not connect to public hotspots that worked yesterday. The Wifi list says "saved" to the specific Hotspot after I tried to connect (insteadt of "connected").
saljut7 said:
I've experienced this as well but I doubt this has something to do with the hardware (except the fact that the hardware is maybe just too outdated to handle a current LOS and current apps).
Is there really no effect on battery drain if the ROM was not optimized for certain country GSM settings?
Yes, the sk17i is still a great peace of hardware for me used as "walkman" and for instant messaging. I'm very thankful that the sk17i is still suppoprted, thanks to all devs involved!
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saljut7 said:
Awesome... well I sitll doubt that my battery drain has something to do with the hardware. As far as I remember the battery life was already not very good when I was using the original Android for 2-3 years. My current battery is now at least 5 years old so I think the current battery capacity is quite okay. Before I had a Motorola xt894 with a Cyanogen Mod experimental/snapshot and the battery life was horrible in comparison to the standard Rom so I think it has something to do with a not optimized LOS.
btw: Did you experience any Wifi issues connecting to public Hotspots? Sometimes I have the problem that I can not connect to public hotspots that worked yesterday. The Wifi list says "saved" to the specific Hotspot after I tried to connect (insteadt of "connected").
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hmm maybe you could try battery calibration? or "new" battery.. those are very cheap. seriously no excessive drain here on LOS.. managed 19hours and 10% left today..
no experience of public wifi problems.. but I don't really use them tbh
My main problem with LOS is random freeze when display wont wake up (even when notification is working and background menu lights).. sometimes phone is OK for few days but other times it can freeze few times a day. I keep changing settings in kernel auditor but cannot find out cause yet.. for a while I had suspicion freezes are more likely when using build in browser.. but maybe it was just coincidence
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sometimes phone is OK for few days but other times it can freeze few times a day.
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My sk17i lists errors like
System UI has stopped
com.android.phone has stopped
Settings has stopped
and is always rebooting / in a boot loop. I wanted to reinstall LOS but somehow my whole system seems to be read only. I've already tried https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/help/accidently-selected-read-twrp-how-undo-t3312533 but everytime I access TWRP after a reboot "Mount" -> "Mount system partition read only" is checked. I tried to reinstall TWRP with
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
but this doesn't affect the checked "Mount system partition read only" setting so I think TWRP is not reinstalled. Any idea how to fix this? In the end I just want to start over with a new installed LOS.
saljut7 said:
My sk17i lists errors like
System UI has stopped
com.android.phone has stopped
Settings has stopped
and is always rebooting / in a boot loop. I wanted to reinstall LOS but somehow my whole system seems to be read only. I've already tried https://forum.xda-developers.com/droid-turbo/help/accidently-selected-read-twrp-how-undo-t3312533 but everytime I access TWRP after a reboot "Mount" -> "Mount system partition read only" is checked. I tried to reinstall TWRP with
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
but this doesn't affect the checked "Mount system partition read only" setting so I think TWRP is not reinstalled. Any idea how to fix this? In the end I just want to start over with a new installed LOS.
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Hmm not sure what to suggest as haven't experienced this. In my case everything went smooth on 3 different phones (sk17i) when following instructions from other post:
https://basketbuild.com/devs/AdrianD...LineageOS-14.x
How to install LineageOS 14.1 Rom (Android 7.1.2)
1. External memory card is required to install the rom (Ext4 only 1 partition). At least around 4gb, must be very fast (Class 10 u3), and should be at around 8gb if possible. All apps, data, etc will go here.
2. Flash boot.img (In fastboot mode).
3. Go wipe, swipe. Go advanced wipe and wipe system.
4. Go advanced --> sideload. Connect USB and type 'adb sideload rom-14.1-xxx.zip' & after type 'adb sideload opengapps-7.1-xxx.zip'
5. Reboot to system. Ignore any warning message.
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maybe sd card is corrupted, have you tried different one..?
Try wipe plus format everything and try again?
So does sideload completes fine and then you got error and bootloop?
Out of interest what ROM have you had before?
Hello,
I just bought a new Le Max 2 from banggood. But I faced some strange problem. I tested with 26S Chinese stock ROM and Lineage 15.1 ROM and I faced same problem. I am starting to think this is a hardware problem to my specific phone.
When I install new ROM, I can use wifi without any problem. But after some usage (it is random and it is about 500-1000 MB of wifi transfer) wifi connection drops the file transfers from wifi. I can't download large files and I can't download apps from google play store.
Do you believe it is a hardware issue or software issue? Should I return it to banggood?
Most certainly the problem was caused by installing the wrong firmware for your device. Check this link to download the correct one: https://sourceforge.net/projects/lineageos-for-x2/files/Firmware Updates/
UPDATE: changing the firmware only temporarily solved our problem. It's back again. Interesting fact: installing any original stock rom (e.g. the 30S) DOES solve the problem. But I want a clean LineageOS or AEX, no stock roms. I tried many combinations, also flashing updated modem firmware over the Lineage build but the problem remains and I can not figure it out.
Maybe @KuranKaname or @CrisBalGreece has any clue?
@coolman7: you are correct, after 500 to 1000 MB's of wifi transfer the connection just breaks.
hello,
what is your wifi problem exactly? Installing 30S stock ROM, fixes your wifi problem permanently?
coolman7 said:
hello,
what is your wifi problem exactly? Installing 30S stock ROM, fixes your wifi problem permanently?
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on all lineage and aex roms I tried there is the problem of interrupted wifi connections. I use the speedtest and nperf tools to check and sometimes it seems as if there is no problem but then after the phone comes out of standby the problems come back. In that case only rebooting helps.
And yes, installing 30S stock rom fixes it permanently (as long as I keep using that rom)... Any clues would be very welcome!
Did you try other stock roms like 26S, 23S, 16S etc? Because I tried all stock ROMs except 30S and none of them solved my problem.
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Did you try other stock roms like 26S, 23S, 16S etc? Because I tried all stock ROMs except 30S and none of them solved my problem.
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I think the device got delivered with stock 19S rom and I don't recall any problems there but did not do extensive testing with it. I will try 26S and report back what happened.
I use revengeos with 30s 50MBs Download over WiFi to the Internet
Leon der Profi said:
I use revengeos with 30s 50MBs Download over WiFi to the Internet
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The wifi speed is not the problem as I reach my full internet speed (280mbps) in lineageos and aex. Problem is that the wifi just quits / breaks after downloading for about 30 seconds (sometimes 5 seconds, sometimes 5 minutes). Seems it get's worse in these roms after the device wakes up from sleep.
Embeeweezer said:
The wifi speed is not the problem as I reach my full internet speed (280mbps) in lineageos and aex. Problem is that the wifi just quits / breaks after downloading for about 30 seconds (sometimes 5 seconds, sometimes 5 minutes). Seems it get's worse in these roms after the device wakes up from sleep.
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I use x-plore app to push gigabytes of music to my phone, and than it works great too.
Really no problems with WiFi.
Leon der Profi said:
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I use x-plore app to push gigabytes of music to my phone, and than it works great too.
Really no problems with WiFi.
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Which rom are you using, and if not stock, which stock or which firmware did you flash before using your current rom?
@coolman7 I finally figured out what my problem with the wifi was: apparently the custom roms (lineageos and revengeos) use the same, hardcoded MAC address Since we have two of those Le Max 2 devices in our household, they conflicted on the LAN. Manually setting an alternative address fixed it for me (as described here: https://zukfans.eu/community/threads/roms-by-fedor917.1152/page-26) I hope it helps you and otherwise goodluck!
Currently running the latest Pixel Experience ROM and it's solid overall.
But, I have experienced a super weird bug or glitch concerning the wifi and how it connects.
On the stock MIUI setup WiFi was solid and stable, didn't even have to give it a second thought. However, after rooting and ROMs the WiFi capabilities are seriously weird.
On both LineageOS and PixelExperience, whenever I try to to connect to my WiFi network, the phone takes down the whole network. And I mean the whole thing. It just tanks the network into restarting and I have no idea why. It should not happen, but it does.
And to actually connect the WiFi, I need to turn it on and off at least 3 times to get it to connect. But once it does connect it stays connected. It's pretty annoying when I go out and come home and the phone has to jump through these hoops just to get WiFi working properly.
I don't think that it has to do with the Pixel Experience ROM because I've updated it twice now and the problem still persists, so I'm just left thinking that maybe it has something to do with the vendor firmware that I used at the time when I was getting things set up.
Any thoughts? Would be a huge help!
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Currently running the latest Pixel Experience ROM and it's solid overall.
But, I have experienced a super weird bug or glitch concerning the wifi and how it connects.
On the stock MIUI setup WiFi was solid and stable, didn't even have to give it a second thought. However, after rooting and ROMs the WiFi capabilities are seriously weird.
On both LineageOS and PixelExperience, whenever I try to to connect to my WiFi network, the phone takes down the whole network. And I mean the whole thing. It just tanks the network into restarting and I have no idea why. It should not happen, but it does.
And to actually connect the WiFi, I need to turn it on and off at least 3 times to get it to connect. But once it does connect it stays connected. It's pretty annoying when I go out and come home and the phone has to jump through these hoops just to get WiFi working properly.
I don't think that it has to do with the Pixel Experience ROM because I've updated it twice now and the problem still persists, so I'm just left thinking that maybe it has something to do with the vendor firmware that I used at the time when I was getting things set up.
Any thoughts? Would be a huge help!
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Yes, most likely a Vendor Firmware issue. Try the latest.
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Yes, most likely a Vendor Firmware issue. Try the latest.
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Sounds good!
But quick questions, when flashing the new vendor firmware do I have to wipe anything? Or can I just download it and flash? And will flashing the new vendor firmware wipe my phone?
Thanks for the help again!
thevietmonk said:
Sounds good!
But quick questions, when flashing the new vendor firmware do I have to wipe anything? Or can I just download it and flash? And will flashing the new vendor firmware wipe my phone?
Thanks for the help again!
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Just download and flash..no need to wipe anything. It will not delete your data too..
Edit: if your data not encrypted, you'll need to flash dfe (disable force encryption) as flashing vendor will encrypt your data.