Hi
I was hoodwinked into buying a fake Xperia Z4. I discovered the actual model of the phone is Leimin Z4. The phone runs on android 5 andis pretty ok. However i really need a custom rom for this phone preferably an xperia based rom. Can somebody please help, i am desperate. The specs of the OS are as per screenshots from the link atached. Please help
https://drive.google.com/folder/d/0B091nrb3sU-_RElJdnpPQkVLSWs/edit
Any help please
You may not find one. Best you might hope for is a port from another device. Knock devices never have kernel source, seldom have specs that they claim and never have developer support.
Can I get this port from another device?
You may have to either track one down or make one. Developers here don't touch devices with this Chipset in it.
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I bought Maxsun M81 Tablet Pc from ownta.com in 2012. Sweet device but no google market and awful, slow performance.
I have been searching for 2-3 months but no custom or new official rom. Finally I found that Maxsun M81 and Teclast P85a is absolutely same device like a twins.
And I tried Oma's "RK2918 Tab Odys-Loox rocks with ICS". Wovvvvv my tablet shines. Now I have only some screen rotation problem. The other all things including wi-fi, camera, etc are working well without problems. Finally I have google market. I dont know why but now screen contrast and color depth are better. BTW tablet performance is considerable increased. I will try other Teclast P85a compitable roms. And I will write results here. Maybe it may be help other Maxsun M81 owners.
Thanks.
Hello from Greece,
I am an owner of a maxsun m81 tablet. First of all, thank you for your info... it will be really helpfull. But there are some things i would like to ask you. Have you triyed any rom over 4.0.4? Have you found any site/link of the manufactor? I m triying to find anything "official" but there is no such thing... something else, did you have problems with your wifi connection? Mine is falling all the time. Something else i would like to tell you is that here in greece this model is under brand name (turbo x spice iii) and there is no way to get any update/upgrate from the company that sells it as that....... i would like to have an official update from maxsun but i am afraid thats a dream....
IF ANY ONE IS INTERESTED I HAVE THE OPEN SOURCE FILE FOR THE LENOVO S650 MINI VIBE X , I HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF COMPILING ROMS FROM SOURCE BUT IF SOMEONE WANTS TO TRY I WOULD GREATLY APPRECIATE ANY EFFORTS.
MOSTLY MULTI LANGUAGE IS NEEDED WITH FULL RTL SUPPORT IF IT CAN BE DONE AND AS CLOSE TO AOSP AS POSSIBLE.
CURRENTLY ONLY CHINESE AND RUSSIAN ROMS AVAILABLE WITH 1 OF THE CHINESE BEING MULTI LANGUAGE BUT TOO MUCH STILL IN CHINESE.
I DON'T KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IS NEEDED BUT LET ME KNOW IF CURRENT ROMS ARE NEEDED OR LENOVO SOFTWARE, PC DRIVERS ETC
JUST SCROLL DOWN TO DOWNLOADS IN THIS PAGE FOR SOURCE FILE
http://mobilesupport.lenovo.com/us/en/products/s650_smartphone
WE ALL KNOW THAT THE CHINESE ARE PUMPING OUT PHONES FASTER THAN ANYONE AND ARE USING ANDROID FREELY TO MAKE THE ROMS BUT NOT SO GOOD AT GIVING BACK TO THE DEVELOPERS TO MAKE CUSTOM ROMS,
SO THIS REALLY IS MORE OF AN APPEAL, GIVEN THAT LENOVO HAVE POSTED THE SOURCE CODE, SHOWS THEY ARE OPEN TO DEVELOPMENT ON THEIR PHONES, ALSO GIVEN THEY ARE NOW A GOOGLE / MOTOROLA COMPANY AND DESERVE THE ATTENTION, EVEN IF IT IS THE ONLY MEDIATEK BRAND THAT GETS BACKING.!!!!
THEY MAY NOT BE FLAGSHIP DEVICES AND MEDIATEK IS VIEWED AS ' CHEAP ' BUT LENOVO, DESPITE THE BUDGET END APPEAL, ARE PRODUCING DEVICES CAPABLE OF BEATING ALL OF THE BIG BRANDS IN MOST PERFORMANCE RELATED TESTS !
WHY WOULD YOU NOT WANT TO GIVE IT A TRY !!!
I join the request, waiting for my parcel with this great phone!
Thanks for the support, it is really appreciated, is a great phone just takes a little bit of getting used to mediatek ! If you have connections please try to push this if you can, I am being pressured for news on the lenovo forums based on this request !!
Fingers crossed something good will come !
I too join the request
I too join the request
Custom roms
OK, so this request seems to be dead end !!
Luckily Some developers on the 4PDA site in Russia have come up with 3 Roms in the last few days !!
Please see my thread with the information and links here :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2733051
Hi Everyone,
Not sure if this is the right place (did not find a specific ZTE tablet forum - but i guess all the chinese tablets are pretty much the same).
I recently got this device, It's pretty nice, not strong or anything (like the nexus 7 i initially wanted) but it was given to me for free.
My only problem with the device is the operating system version, android 4.2, I have also nexus 4 device and going back to 4.2 feels a bit how to say, laggy, old fashioned.
Can someone guide me please / link and also explain if it's possible somehow to get this tablet to android 4.4 or even 4.3.
Thanks you very much,
Anyone knows maybe? even a general answer not only to the zte tablet, regarding the chinese tablets and firmwares.
Tricepz said:
Anyone knows maybe? even a general answer not only to the zte tablet, regarding the chinese tablets and firmwares.
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I am hacking this same tablet right now. ZTE is just a clone brand. Really, it is a Rockchip rk3188 processor, and some GPU. I hope this helps you find the right ROM. The bootloader is already unlocked, so that's not going to be a problem. Download this to identify your HW further:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.Bfield.CpuIdentifier
Best of luck!
Please advice me what to buy. I want an android-without-google phone. With e.g. cyanogenmod, or any other. I am good with computers, and coding, but myself I have no clue yet about Android development.
The Samsung Galaxy A3 (2016) seems better supported in this forum - so perhaps a fully functional ROM will appear earlier? True?
But it has only 1.5 GB RAM. All specs here.
The Wiko ufeel is cheaper and looks like the more powerful hardware (e.g. 3 GB RAM), all specs here, and their marketing stuff.
But xda-developers.com does not even have a subforum for Wiko yet? Does that perhaps mean, it is unlikely there will be a ROM soon?
But both have non-removable batteries, which sounds really idiotic.
Which other phone would you suggest in that price range, with similar specs? For which there is already (or soon will be) a fully functional alternative ROM?
I am asking because I own a Sony xperia E1 (yes, I know, stupid me), and even after 21 months there is no ROM ready. This time, I want to be cleverer, and first check the forums, before I buy the hardware.
What do you suggest? Any hint much appreciated!
Thanks a lot for your time!
P.S.:
Another (much pricier, probably too much for me?) suggestion was the Sony Z5 compact, but after my E1 experience I am not a big Sony fan anymore... (?)
But yes, all 3 phones are "small" - I really don't want a semi-tablet sized telephone.
Hi,
Out of the three phones I would advice the Sony Z5 compact... it's an amazing and solid device .... By far the best out of the three. If you are reluctant because of the experience you had with the E1, relax ... it's totally different. On the very plus side, the development is quite alive for all Sony device and you will probably extend it's longer then the other ones.
If you find out that you can't get, because it cost double the price of the 2 others. I would recommend the Wiko ufeel.
One friend of mine have it and I played a bit with it. It's a solid device. Beautiful (yes it depends), smooth, fast. The screen is not that great (not to say poor). Main camera do a descent job, not outstanding. Battery life is average by my standards (better than my LG G3, worst then the OP2)
... But you will probably never have a custom ROM for it here on XDA. To get it rooted we spend more then 2 weeks ... finally got it rooted with some Russian forums (used G-translate to read).
I would never recommend a Samsung device ... never ever. BULL****.
Depending on you taste and budget, have a look to the OPPO A37 and Huawei P9 lite. I dont know which country you are in, but they should be available all over the world.
My rating:
1. Sony Z5 compact
2. Huawei P9 lite
3. OPPO A37
4. Wiko ufeel
5. A3 (2016)
I have a Vertu Aster P Chinese clone, purchased from here https://www.luxuryvertu.cn/ProID473.html and since buying it, I've been desperate to try and update it from the Vertu-themed Android 6.0 Marshmallow that it came with.
They lie about the phone specs on their site that I got it from. It doesn't run Android 8.0 and it doesn't have a Qualcomm Snapdragon 660 SoC .The genuine Vertu Aster P runs on Android 9.0 Pie, which is what this clone should have really come with, being a late 2019 phone and to stay true to the genuine Vertu. Trouble is, being a Chinese replica, and having an MTK SoC, there is no support for it. The manufacturers refuse to provide me with the kernel source code, so I'm at a dead end in terms of any Android development.
One thing I did notice is that the 'Device Info' app shows the device as being a 'gionee6755_66_m'. See the second attachment that I've uploaded. Does this mean anything to anyone? Is it the model of a specific Gionee handset? Could this be a clue as to what the Chinese clone makers based this phone off? If so, I do know of a few threads here and there on XDA related to Gionee development.
Also, in the third screenshot attachment that I've uploaded, you can see that the icons for data connection and aeroplane mode are rubbing up against each other, suggesting that someone has made a 'quick and dirty' fix to try and get both of the icons to fit the width of this phone's screen. Which also might suggest that this ROM was actually pulled from another device. Any thoughts?
Chris
@chris8189
Note that you on every Android device can fake its brand and/or model: you can even make it think to be an Apple iPhone 11 Pro. You also can fake its version of Android OS. What you can't (easily) change are descriptions of installed hardware components .
So one can't really say your device is a Vertu Aster P or Gionee6755_66_m or whatever.
What I think happened is that you got screwed.
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@chris8189
Note that you on every Android device can fake its brand and/or model: you can even make it think to be an Apple iPhone 11 Pro. You also can fake its version of Android OS. What you can't (easily) change are descriptions of installed hardware components .
So one can't really say your device is a Vertu Aster P or Gionee6755_66_m or whatever.
What I think happened is that you got screwed.
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I wasn't 'screwed' as such. That's a bit of a crass term. The device is of premium quality, feels as heavy as a genuine Vertu and really does look the part. And it performs perfectly fine on Android 6.0. The phone is fast and responsive and does whatever I need it to do.
That said, it wouldn't have caused them any more distress in putting Android 9.0 onto this phone. The MT6755 Helio P10 chipset that this clone has is more than capable of running 9.0. Why they didn't is a mystery to me.