Finding appropriate ROM for a generic phone - Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking

Hi,
I have been offered a generic phone in February 2014 by an office supplies retailer as part of a special offer.
The make is "SCOTT" and Settings>"About phone" gives me:
Model number: HWD-MP001
Android version: 4.2.2
Kernel version: MT6572
Custom build number: kp.HWD-MP001.v05
Recently, I have been having problems with my Samsung S4 so in order to test whether it was the phone (S4) or another factor, I wanted to start using the Scott phone.
Unfortunately, any adding of my Google account leads to two seemingly-related issues:
I get a "Google Talk authentication failure" message
I can't download anything from the PlayStore or upgrade any app because I get an "RPC:S-7:AEC-7" error.
Believe me, I have tried everything the entire Web suggests, including what the "get help troubleshooting" in the dialog that reports the "RPC:S-7:AEC-7" error says, to no avail. I've been on this for weeks now.
I had installed the Play Store APK in version 5.10.30 on the phone. But today, I noticed that the latest version on the S4 had changed to 6.0.0 so I downloaded it again from the S4 and installed it to the Scott phone. The installation failed without an error other than "App not installed", probably due to very low internal memory (15 MB...).
My question now is: how can I find an appropriate ROM for this phone? Checking for system updates is useless: either (through Software Updates) the phone does not even try to send a single packet over the Wi-Fi: it says right then "Your system is currently up to date" or (through "System updates) I get an additional "Network connection failed" message.
Thanks.

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[Q] Does not detect SIM card (solved)

Hello everybody,
I just got a Samsung Nexus 9250 phone. I came to this forum to look for tutorials, tips, etc. I'm sure I will find a lot of interesting information around here.
After a few minutes using the device, I noticed that it had never detected my SIM card . My card works perfectly in my older phone. I tried with other people's cards and it happens the same. I have not been asked to input my pin code in any case. There is no message where I am asked to insert a SIM card.
This phone has never been manipulated (no jailbreak, unlock, etc). Then I tried with a hard reset, no. The "plane mode" is not activated.
If I search for available mobile networks / network operators, the phone finds the common ones. But if I try to choose one I get the message : "Unable to connect to this network at this time. Please try again later".
Other features (wifi, etc) seem to work OK. Except that I can't find any icon to use some kind of Android Market / Google Play.
Anyway my priority right now is to make the SIM card work.
So the question is : any ideas about how to make it work? Except, of course, some kind of hardware malfunction in the card reader.
Android version is 4.0.1.
Model number : GT-I9250_EUR_XX
Thanks in advance.
It is hard to believe, but it got fixed when I updated the firmware.
At the begining I tried with the tutorial in this thread :
(4.0.4 Unofficial Changelog *Update2 02/05*)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1481044
But somehow my terminal did not like that version. I got some errors like :
-------------------------------
1.-
assert failed: file_getprop(”......
-------------------------------
2.-
- Install / sdcard …
Finding update package …
Opening update package …
Verifyng update package …
E: signature failed to verify wholefile
E: signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
-------------------------------
Which some people seem to have too.
Never mind, I could upgrade "only" to 4.0.2 and it worked like a charm. I suppose I will wait for 4.0.4 to be available globally.
Thank you very much to the community. You did not answer my question, but there is a lot of useful information out there.

[Q] System update not showing in Setting - About

Hello.
I have just bought an Asus Zenfone 2 ZE551ML Dual Sim 4GB RAM 32GB. The problem is that the current firmware version is LRX21V.WW-ASUS_Z00A-2.14.40.19 etc... It seems that time to time i lose cellular coverage and i cant call so i wanted to installa the updates for the firmware.
I have tried to install the updated versions but if i go in Setting - About - i don't have "System Update" anywere.
I also have the application "System Update" that gives me this message : Unfortunatly, DMClient has stopped.
I went also on Asus website took the next formware version and copy that one in phone storage but i didnt got any notification for installation.
in this case what should i do ?
Thank you.

Need help / advice updating from pre-release version 4.4 (watch currently unusable)

Hello all,
I'm in a bit of a pickle with my SWR50 that I got not long ago but as of now haven't been able to use.
As far as I've established it's got a pre-release software version on it, and not sure if that itself is the problem but I can't pair it successfully to anything and can't use it.
Tried to read up as much as I could on how I could sort this, but there's way too much info out there, too many methods because people mainly were in it to get more out of their gear, roms etc, and as I haven't had much previous experience with rom updates (unless there was some step by step, easy to follow stuff) I'm stuck.
The problem:
Pairing with phone –> phone finds watch, pairing starts
*just a minte* goes on for ~3 minutes than says: “can’t connect to the internet, swipe for options" (make sure phone has net, go to help website, retry, abort)
Then it just says Tetra BF1E – install android wear on your phone (on long press of power button I can access limited menu)
About phone:
Model: Tetra
Software Version: 4.4W
Build Number: Tetra-userdebug 4.4W KGW29E 1031 test-keys
If I try to update via Xperia Companion I eventually get a:
Startup error
"An error occurred while preparing to update your device. Device is unchanged. Try later or contact sony support"
UEGetPhoneMissingInfo
tetra 1291-6001
2.2.5.0 / Win8 64bit /wiin32 /US
Also tried factory restore from within the watch (both from menu and startup malarkey), but it didn't change anything regarding connectivity success.
Sorry for the lots of info, as a problem solver myself I like to get a good view into what's wrong & what's been tried.
All I want is to somehow upgrade to an OS that works - I don't have preferences other than I don't need anything flashy (5.1 would do), just something that offers decent battery life - I'd only use the watch to get notifications of messages, calls etc.
Any advice of what steps I should take so I can read up on them, would be appreciated!
Flash this via TWRP and after that try to restore watch from Xperia Companion

problem installing Aurora Store direct from Auroraoss.com

Hello all,
I'm trying to install the Aurora Store directly from https://auroraoss.com to my Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 (SM-T311) but I'm having some trouble with it.
Once the apk is downloaded I am unable to install it - I get the error message "Can't open file" - please see screenshots 1 and 2.
That's using the Android stock browser, but I tried with Firefox too and it gave the same error.
However, I am able to download the same version of Aurora store from an apk site like Apk Mirror and this will install ok - please see screenshot 3.
I am able to install an alternative equivalent App store e.g. Apptoide directly from their website without problem - see screenshot 4.
Finally, as shown in screenshot 5, the file downloaded from Auroraoss.com shows in File Manager as an unknown file type, but the same apk from an alternative source is recognised as an installable apk for Android, as shown by the icons displayed.
It seems to me that the file downloaded from Auroraoss.com is not triggering the Packet Installer (or being recognised by it), on this device for some reason.
I have already enabled/allowed installation of apps from unknown sources. But maybe I am missing something else, another setting??
Also FYI, my tablet is running Android Nougat 7.1.2 (Lineage OSS 14.1).
I tried running some other custom roms but got the same result.
Just to be clear: of course I know can install Aurora Store from alternate sources as I explained above, but I would much prefer and feel safer to download it direct from original source at Auroraoss.com. Apart from that it's just annoying and a little bit worrying that it mysteriously does not work for some strange weird reason.
Any ideas why this might be happening or what I can do to fix it?
Would appreciate any advice!
Cheers
Dave
cc: @gre8nole, @cuberio1, @tigger2014

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