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Official firm with no blur

Look at the last one here--->and-developers.com/sbf:defy
It is an official motorola firmware with no blur. It is for central europe, but i suppose it will work fine in any european device.
Now i´m gonna try it in my spanish vodafone defy.
EDITED: WORKING PERFECT ALREADY

GREAT NEWS
It works perfect in my spanish vodafone defy. No problems with the network, 3g or language (running in perfect spanish)

andyirons said:
GREAT NEWS
It works perfect in my spanish vodafone defy. No problems with the network, 3g or language (running in perfect spanish)
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Cant wait to flash it, is it still the moto launcher on it?

pomah said:
Cant wait to flash it, is it still the moto launcher on it?
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sadly, the moto launcher is still here, in fact i think this is not a true deblured firmware, but a much lighter one.

Read this - this isnt the vanilla android you were expecting!
Guys I have flashed this and compared to the previous firmware in the system app / framework department, and basically the only differences are the Blur social networking services have been removed and in there place there is a facebook (albeit an old version) and myspace, ohg a kindle ebook reader.)
The apps removed are:
FriendFeed
megamaid
newswidget
socialmessaging
socialshare
statuswidget
I seriously wouldnt bother flashing it - I have restored my back up.

Higgsy said:
Guys I have flashed this and compared to the previous firmware in the system app / framework department, and basically the only differences are the Blur social networking services have been removed and in there place there is a facebook (albeit an old version) and myspace, ohg a kindle ebook reader.)
The apps removed are:
FriendFeed
megamaid
newswidget
socialmessaging
socialshare
statuswidget
I seriously wouldnt bother flashing it - I have restored my back up.
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this is probably true, i was trying to figure out what the differences are between this central europe "deblured" firm and the UK firm, and as far as i know there are also a useless greek keyboard, some icons changed, and the android logo at booting instead of the blur one.

andyirons said:
this is probably true, i was trying to figure out what the differences are between this central europe "deblured" firm and the UK firm, and as far as i know there are also a useless greek keyboard, some icons changed, and the android logo at booting instead of the blur one.
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I think there could possibly be a difference in the blurcontacts apk as the current one intergrates some social networking

I cant get the Milestone Overcloking module to load with this firmware.
No problem with root, Recovery not Frozen Eclair.

pedrogamo said:
I cant get the Milestone Overcloking module to load with this firmware.
No problem with root, Recovery not Frozen Eclair.
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i got it working, have you checked root permissions??

Back to 2.21.0. Motorola Overcloking fails in the try to load the module. No problem with permissions.

pedrogamo said:
Back to 2.21.0. Motorola Overcolking fails in the try to load the module. No problem with permissions.
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i had this error in the 2.21 and it was due to root permissions
overclock works the same in 2.34.1
to force milestone overclock app to ask for root permissions, i tapped the apply button before tapping the load module one and setting the processor speed.

Is there any guide how to flash this ROM?

pentraks said:
Is there any guide how to flash this ROM?
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follow this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853674

just flashed it:
root -> OK
overclock -> OK
motoblur -> disabled
I still see my motoblur account and cant delete it.
Also I see some motoblur process, but it is not working!!
I log on to motoblur and see still the old version on overview.
It is also not possible to locate my phone any more.
Do I need to wipe my data to get the useless motoblur account deleted?

Which languages are included in this rom?

And finally Goggles does not longer crash my Defy.. It sort of is a bit hit and miss whether it does much of anything but at least it does not longer crash

Sorensiim said:
Which languages are included in this rom?
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german, english, spanish, french, italian, dutch, polish, portuguese, turkish and greek, all of them in every variety (british, canadian, etc)

Any chance to get this ROM together with a JIT maybe?

nupi said:
Any chance to get this ROM together with a JIT maybe?
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I already said (not sure in which thread coz there about 3 or 4 on .the same topic). if someone provides me a dump of system/app + system/framework from this rom I will deodex and create an update.zip to apply JIT. I don't use this ROM so I'm not going to install it to get these files, but if someone gets the dump I will be more than happy to create a package for you all.

By dumping you mean a backup made using tenfars recovery I presume. I would have to install that first ?

[ROM] P6-U06 EMUI 3.0 B706 Released!

Hello everyone!
I saw that in emui.com the B706 (4.4 / EMUI 3.0) version of P6-U06 firmware is released! It's under developer section, but I think soon it will be in stable section. But it doesent matter - if you want to try - go and try it! I'm just not sure which one is international release, but I guess it's the Unicom. Can someone confirm that?
Here is the link! You can translate it with Googe Chrome browser.
http://www.emui.com/plugin.php?id=hwdownload&mod=detail&mid=42

Here is more information. It's Red Unicorn... and you should install this ROM from B508SP02 only....
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P6 EMUI B706 3.0
release notes (Developer Edition)
Fit models:
P6 Telecom customized version (P6-C00)
P6 mobile customized version (P6-T00)
P6 mobile channel version (P6-T00V)
P6 Unicom customized version (P6-U06)
P6 Unicom channel version (P6-U06)
Note: Please before Brush Brush tutorial carefully read and backup personal data , to avoid the risk of the process to bring; this version only applies to the above adaptive models, do not support other models ; in Brush or use of any problems and need help can go to the EM UI forum for support. To ensure system stability, it is recommended not to use a third-party tool to get ROOT privileges! Important: Please check before brush their mobile version, only the following versions can upgrade to this version! Brush the other version of the phone could cause the phone can not start.
P6-C00 V100R001C92B508SP03
P6-T00 V100R001C01B508SP02
P6-U06 V100R001C17B508SP02
Settings -> About phone -> version number to confirm whether the current version of the phone can brush machine upgrade reminder: back up your data before upgrading the proposal, in order to avoid data loss. After the SD card upgrade, please do restore the factory settings to get new experience. Please refer EMUI2.0 version rollback rollback guidance . Update: [System]
● Huawei EMUI3.0 version update: Provides a new interface, ease desktop, touch shot, Yuet audiovisual, family care, application market, as well as the Yellow Pages and other new life experience.
● The new usability detail design, to provide more convenient operating experience. [The new interface]
● point, line, circle design, fashion magazines like visual enjoyment, translucent, fuzzy, big picture, blank, contrast; flatter, more minimalist elements [free desktop]
● massive online theme ; move across the screen, easy operation touch [Photos]
● The camera interface is simple and fresh, rich watermark, super translation [Yuet audiovisual]
● one million lossless music library, immersive experience, knowledge song songs, lock screen lyrics, desktop lyrics, lyrics tuning, single cloud sync songs, videos [family care]
● screen sharing, remote assistance application [market]
● artificial re-examination, a key installation, integration awarding life [Yellow]
● Contact Card Services, strange numbers mark Life Yellow inquiry
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I want to know if it comes in Spanish too...

rjcornejo said:
Here is more information. It's Red Unicorn... and you should install this ROM from B508SP02 only....
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P6 EMUI B706 3.0
release notes (Developer Edition)
Fit models:
P6 Telecom customized version (P6-C00)
P6 mobile customized version (P6-T00)
P6 mobile channel version (P6-T00V)
P6 Unicom customized version (P6-U06)
P6 Unicom channel version (P6-U06)
Note: Please before Brush Brush tutorial carefully read and backup personal data , to avoid the risk of the process to bring; this version only applies to the above adaptive models, do not support other models ; in Brush or use of any problems and need help can go to the EM UI forum for support. To ensure system stability, it is recommended not to use a third-party tool to get ROOT privileges! Important: Please check before brush their mobile version, only the following versions can upgrade to this version! Brush the other version of the phone could cause the phone can not start.
P6-C00 V100R001C92B508SP03
P6-T00 V100R001C01B508SP02
P6-U06 V100R001C17B508SP02
Settings -> About phone -> version number to confirm whether the current version of the phone can brush machine upgrade reminder: back up your data before upgrading the proposal, in order to avoid data loss. After the SD card upgrade, please do restore the factory settings to get new experience. Please refer EMUI2.0 version rollback rollback guidance . Update: [System]
● Huawei EMUI3.0 version update: Provides a new interface, ease desktop, touch shot, Yuet audiovisual, family care, application market, as well as the Yellow Pages and other new life experience.
● The new usability detail design, to provide more convenient operating experience. [The new interface]
● point, line, circle design, fashion magazines like visual enjoyment, translucent, fuzzy, big picture, blank, contrast; flatter, more minimalist elements [free desktop]
● massive online theme ; move across the screen, easy operation touch [Photos]
● The camera interface is simple and fresh, rich watermark, super translation [Yuet audiovisual]
● one million lossless music library, immersive experience, knowledge song songs, lock screen lyrics, desktop lyrics, lyrics tuning, single cloud sync songs, videos [family care]
● screen sharing, remote assistance application [market]
● artificial re-examination, a key installation, integration awarding life [Yellow]
● Contact Card Services, strange numbers mark Life Yellow inquiry
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I want to know if it comes in Spanish too...
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It has all languages included - I mean all that B512 have. And alos I was on B512 and I have sucsessfuly upgrade to B706.
Doesen't include Google Apps, but it can be installed.

ThunderBird891 said:
It has all languages included - I mean all that B512 have. And alos I was on B512 and I have sucsessfuly upgrade to B706.
Doesen't include Google Apps, but it can be installed.
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How do you install Gapps? through TWRP? I think I must return to stock recovery to install this ROM and chang again to TWRP to install gapps...
I'm trying right now B704 ROM, Repacked by OXALIS...
Have some troubles to download the ROM... Let's keep trying...

rjcornejo said:
How do you install Gapps? through TWRP? I think I must return to stock recovery to install this ROM and chang again to TWRP to install gapps...
I'm trying right now B704 ROM, Repacked by OXALIS...
Have some troubles to download the ROM... Let's keep trying...
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You must go in Huawei App Center , search for Google Play and install it. After that search for google play services and install them too. But there is another annoying thing - there is no google contact sync. To get this and the posibility to save contacts directly in google you must install google contact sync, which can be found again in Huaei App Center. When you write google, there it shows a picture / banner with google applications - click on it and it will take you to page with all google apps. There you must search for the app with the picture of blue/white buisnesscard. This is google contact sync. Install it and it will be ok again!
Another stupid thing is that weather is taking info from weather.com.cn and on current locations it show my city name with chinees symbols... But this is the chineese version...
Please, if you know tell me how to downgrade from B706 back to B512? I've tried to put B512 local update files in dload and push local update but it says it's FAILED and I can't retur to B512. I've just wanted to try this version but it's still developers and it's chineese... I want but it back when it's international official... Can I go back to B512?

ThunderBird891 said:
You must go in Huawei App Center , search for Google Play and install it. After that search for google play services and install them too. But there is another annoying thing - there is no google contact sync. To get this and the posibility to save contacts directly in google you must install google contact sync, which can be found again in Huaei App Center. When you write google, there it shows a picture / banner with google applications - click on it and it will take you to page with all google apps. There you must search for the app with the picture of blue/white buisnesscard. This is google contact sync. Install it and it will be ok again!
Another stupid thing is that weather is taking info from weather.com.cn and on current locations it show my city name with chinees symbols... But this is the chineese version...
Please, if you know tell me how to downgrade from B706 back to B512? I've tried to put B512 local update files in dload and push local update but it says it's FAILED and I can't retur to B512. I've just wanted to try this version but it's still developers and it's chineese... I want but it back when it's international official... Can I go back to B512?
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you should try B704 (delete blanks) www . htcmania . com / showthread . php ? t = 923313
(this doesnt allow me to post URLs yet)
This post is in spanish but it's easy to follow. You need TWRP by the way.
if you don't want to try B704 by TWRP you can return to B512 easy...
The only trouble i found in B704 is mobile data, I had to configure APN manually (search in google how to configure it) I read that this trouble isn't for all countries, so maybe you'll be OK.
There are 3 files you have to download: ROM - SD fix - GAPPS and install them at once through TWRP. Let me know if you try it. I'm on this ROM since yesterday and I haven't complains (only the APN trobule), I have disabled some apps in Chinese and that's all, everithing it's OK. Google contact sync OK.
I had B513 before and made a backup of apps and configuration before change the ROM, maybe it helped a lot.
good Luck

rjcornejo said:
you should try B704 (delete blanks) www . htcmania . com / showthread . php ? t = 923313
(this doesnt allow me to post URLs yet)
This post is in spanish but it's easy to follow. You need TWRP by the way.
if you don't want to try B704 by TWRP you can return to B512 easy...
The only trouble i found in B704 is mobile data, I had to configure APN manually (search in google how to configure it) I read that this trouble isn't for all countries, so maybe you'll be OK.
There are 3 files you have to download: ROM - SD fix - GAPPS and install them at once through TWRP. Let me know if you try it. I'm on this ROM since yesterday and I haven't complains (only the APN trobule), I have disabled some apps in Chinese and that's all, everithing it's OK. Google contact sync OK.
I had B513 before and made a backup of apps and configuration before change the ROM, maybe it helped a lot.
good Luck
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You say i can go back to B512 easy - but how? Explain me first! I just want go back to B512! No more B70x util official release!

ThunderBird891 said:
You say i can go back to B512 easy - but how? Explain me first! I just want go back to B512! No more B70x util official release!
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You need to install TWRP recovery, and download a TWRP ROM B512 and save into your SD card, the steps are easy:
- Wipe [system, data, dalvik-cache, cache, custom storage]
- Install (look for your SD card and select the .zip of B512)
- Reboot system
That's all... There's a Thread about how to install TWRP. After that you just need to find a B512 ROM for TWRP.

Ascend P6 B706 EMUI 3.0 Development Firmware Released
http://speedy.sh/2By6C/P6-U06-EMUI3.0-Android4.4-V100R001C17B706.zip
Compatible model – Ascend P6-U06
Status – Development
Region – China (Unicom network)
Firmware version – B706
Emotion UI version – 3.0
Android version – 4.4
Google Apps included – No
Languages included – English,Chinese,..
Release date – November 19th 2014
Download size – 852MB

bagufix said:
Ascend P6 B706 EMUI 3.0 Development Firmware Released
http://speedy.sh/2By6C/P6-U06-EMUI3.0-Android4.4-V100R001C17B706.zip
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Hi, can this be used as local update from b512?
Sent from my HUAWEI P6-U06 using Tapatalk

mixxx5 said:
Hi, can this be used as local update from b512?
Sent from my HUAWEI P6-U06 using Tapatalk
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u need b508sp02

It's mean, can't be realised here. Today I got ota update to b520, but it seems all same as on b512, already I have. Do not know, do I need to do factory reset after upgrade?
Sent from my HUAWEI P6-U06 using Tapatalk

Are the apps in chinese language in the emui 3.0 or all are in english language plz tell
Sent from my HUAWEI P6-U06

The firmware is chinese and contains some chinese apps but you can set the global language to english or whatever you like and most of the system will be up to the chosen language.

Has anyone installed this from b635 yet?
Update, managed to update fine from b635. Didn't reset and I have all Google apps, including contact sync!
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alfiewn said:
Has anyone installed this from b635 yet?
Update, managed to update fine from b635. Didn't reset and I have all Google apps, including contact sync!
Sent from my HUAWEI P6-U06 using XDA Free mobile app
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any problems?

ahmiq said:
any problems?
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No, seems great so far! The new ui is really nice, would definitely reccomend updating!
Sent from my P6-U06 using XDA Free mobile app

alfiewn said:
No, seems great so far! The new ui is really nice, would definitely reccomend updating!
Sent from my P6-U06 using XDA Free mobile app
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Same opinion, my recommendation too
Sent from my P6-U06 using Tapatalk

mixxx5 said:
Same opinion, my recommendation too
Sent from my P6-U06 using Tapatalk
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Is it rootable? If so, which rooting program? TIA

aks for root
how to root this rom?

CM 12.1/13 - various builds

Hello guys, I'm going to share some CM builds I've found online and I'd like you to try them and discuss them. Thanks to collapseromer.
Builds are usually compatible both to US and Chinese devices: please say which version you're using when you post/report bugs since we'd like to confirm that.
Most recent I've found (old versions hidden):
BetaHydri (12/07/2016):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/leeco-le1-pro/development/cm12-1-rom-betahydri-letv-1-pro-t3416651
Thanks to our fellow @BetaHydri we have the best of both worlds: working location service (even for mobile and wifi, Smart Lock via location should work now!) and working videos. Nice job!
Collapseromer's 20160628 build:
http://rom.7to.cn/romdetail/1012717
https://mega.nz/#!H91Q0RCB Passcode: !R1XXlc3yt8gUORagS7B-4PVf9ZCFP7uueVTIY8AMY08
OK, things are getting serious: we've got Play Store and Google services working fine (location via mobile data and wifi not working), all kind of streaming videos play fine, framerate for GPU intensive games is unbelievable compared to LeTV's 12S stock ROM based Custom ROMs; no major bugs to note except Parrot's Free Flight 3 app not working.
Dolby Atmos/AudioFX can be fixed using http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=67579077&postcount=109
Collapseromer's 20160528 build:
http://rom.7to.cn/romdetail/1012091 --> Chinese thread
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1boNb5Ll --> download from China
https://mega.nz/#!QgoihJCQ!RpD2O1knJ5L6uAOGI7I6elv6spUNrPXD7whpqb6y2kE --> mirror
Google Play Store started FCing after like an hour since I installed. I've tried a few things to get it back (uninstall via Root Explorer and reinstall, clear cache and data, flash GApps again) but so far no luck; funny enough, it's auto-updating installed apps and installing apps when I do that via browser just fine. :/
EDIT: Now it works... I guess it's because of the modified build.prop I applied, which I'm attaching here..
Actually I kept getting Play Store working on and off and I couldn't understand what triggers that so I reverted to the ROM below.
Collapseromer's 20160512 build:
https://app.box.com/s/ua2ekx0g54iltp2nj9b8uo2fykciylwg Uploader got out of bandwith, use link below
https://mega.nz/#!J8wTRS7Q!HFnr-waFdMvbJM-69doDuvmC2CI3RPytI8ODXNaqMio
- This ROM gets everything working except Periscope and Facebook videos.
As an attachment you can find a flashable zip to restore volume switch function on any CM build! Thanks http://bbs.le.com/thread-1675368-1.html
Please note I always disable all the Chinese apps (for example using https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup&hl=i) and install Stock/Aroma Open Gapps (http://opengapps.org/).
This is a guide to trim the ROM zip from variuos apk's, use wisely: http://bbs.elephone.hk/thread-2939-1-1.html
And this is an additional trim guide which was true for collapse-cm-12.1-20160512-UNOFFICIAL ROM, not confirmed on newer versions
Code:
[B]system\app folder[/B]
360mse-->chinese app
660007-->chinese app?
baiduinput-->Chinese keyboard, watch out as there are no other keyboards!
clear-->Perfectly Clear? (photo)
CollapseSettings-->??
cpuspy
Development-->??
Flash-->Adobe Flash?
sogousearch-->chinese sogou
wandoujia-->chinese baidu
[B]system\priv-app[/B]
audiofx-->not working
trebuchet-->only if you flash Gapps and use Google Launcher
Missing SIM possible solution (thanks 0rk0 from http://www.letv.re/topic/1020-letv-x800-lost-imei/?do=findComment&comment=9608)
Code:
1. With the card inserted and unacknowledged make a call by typing: * # * # 4636 # * # *
2. Appear a menu with several options: informaticion phone, battery information, usage statistics and wifi information. That we are interested in "phone information" we click on it.
3. We get a lot of things and options. We seek "Set preferred network type" and we click on the tab that appears below us which allows us to select different types of networks.
When you first enter this menu appeared selected the option "TD-SCDMA, LTE, CDMA, EVDO GSM / WCDMA," possibly this was the problem, it was the wrong choice. So it was.
4. Change the option to "LTE / GSM / CDMA auto (PRL)" and restart your phone (you simply have to select it and get out the normal phone menu
This is the official device support request CM thread, chime in! https://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/120767-letv-x500-x600-x800/
And head over here to review the ROM, I think that may stimulate collapseromer to build more, maybe even CM13! http://rom.7to.cn/romdetail/1012717
What's your mileage guys? Could you get some CM13 somewhere, maybe? Please share your files and experience, LeTV ROMs are just clueless and I really think CM is the only way out: how could you develop such a useless lockscreen and notification shade, LeTV?

Hmm... Great stuff. I also not very impressed by EUI... What about Sim card slots, mobile Internet and camera? Do all these things work on CM too? How about battery life? Is it improved or same or less?
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I'm using slot 2 only and data/calls/messages work fine; both cameras work, with 4k videos too; battery is more or less the same, I can go morning to evening just like Cuoco's. I really insist you should try, unless letv starts developing good things (but it seems like Android 6 ROM doesn't change much) I'll never look back; moreover, someone may port cm13 sooner or later.
Inviato dal mio X800+ utilizzando Tapatalk

How's the camera quality, compared to EUI?
Thanks for this share OP =D

Not at all, dude, I just want to spark some conversation and maybe development for this DOA device...
Camera is fine, you even get 4k video recording from main camera and 1080p from the front facing one. Even official EUI ROMs are not that good, with camera: videos always fail to autofocus and you have to keep pressing on screen to refocus, while pictures live preview is slow and generally not so good with low lighting.
Please H3G, deliver the HTC 10 and I'll get that in a heartbeat so I can stop going slightly mad with this device!

teorouge said:
Hello guys, I'm going to share some CM builds I've found online and I'd like you to try them and discuss them. Thanks to collapseromer.
Please note I always disable all the Chinese apps and install Open Gapps
Most recent I've found:
http://rom.7to.cn/romdetail/1012091 --> Chinese thread
http://pan.baidu.com/s/1boNb5Ll --> download from China
https://mega.nz/#!QgoihJCQ!RpD2O1knJ5L6uAOGI7I6elv6spUNrPXD7whpqb6y2kE --> mirror
This is a great ROMtoo bad Google Play Store started FCing after like an hour since I installed. I've tried a few things to get it back (uninstall via Root Explorer and reinstall, clear cache and data, flash GApps again) but so far no luck; funny enough, it's auto-updating installed apps and installing apps when I do that via browser just fine. :/.
EDIT: Now it works... I guess it's because of the modified build.prop I applied, which I'm attaching here.
https://app.box.com/shared/static/ua2ekx0g54iltp2nj9b8uo2fykciylwg.zip
This ROM gets everything working except Periscope videos.
What's your mileage guys? Could you get some CM13 somewhere, maybe? Please share your files and experience, LeTV ROMs are just clueless and I really think CM is the only way out: how could you develop such a useless lockscreen and notification shade, LeTV?
EDIT: this is the official device support request CM thread, chime in! https://forum.cyanogenmod.org/topic/120767-letv-x500-x600-x800/
And this is a hardware-similar device which got CM, maybe it helps someone. http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?type=snapshot&device=sambar
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Hi,
do I understand correctly that this "collapse-cm-12.1-20160531-UNOFFICIAL-X800" version works on our LeTV 1 Pro X800 US/CE model?

BetaHydri said:
Hi,
do I understand correctly that this "collapse-cm-12.1-20160531-UNOFFICIAL-X800" version works on our LeTV 1 Pro X800 US/CE model?
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Correct, any CM you'll find in this thread works both for CN and US versions, I'm using an US device myself.

teorouge said:
Correct, any CM you'll find in this thread works both for CN and US versions, I'm using an US device myself.
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Ok thanks !
Then I will try it today, as I have some problems with my actual CUOCO 11S V4.3 which could not be OTA updated anymore for whatever reason.
Did't you installed OPENGAPPS arm64 version right after the ROM flash ?

Right, opengapps build, 64 bit, Android 5.1, flashed right after ROM (put two zips in queue, in case you're wondering). Let me know which build you're going to flash and how you like it.

teorouge said:
Right, opengapps build, 64 bit, Android 5.1, flashed right after ROM (put two zips in queue, in case you're wondering). Let me know which build you're going to flash and how you like it.
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Get on this site and add comments guys, this way we may get collapseromer's builds more often and maybe even its CM13...
http://rom.7to.cn/romdetail/1012091

teorouge said:
Get on this site and add comments guys, this way we may get collapseromer's builds more often and maybe even its CM13...
http://rom.7to.cn/romdetail/1012091
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I installed it ! But on boot I choosed german as language maybe not a good idea. Will try again with english at first boot-up.
I noticed following:
- I installed OpenGAPPS Stock Version for 5.1 / arm64
- Google Play Store is crashing
- AudioFX is crashing
- four to six useless chinese apps included into the ROM
- One settings extension is completely in chinese
Anyway if I'm able to remove the for me useless stuff and fix the crashing of the play sotre, then I will keep this ROM.

Which ROM build did you flash? I reverted to https://app.box.com/s/ua2ekx0g54iltp2nj9b8uo2fykciylwg for now, just because of Play Store issues (even though it actually worked since I could install apps via browser and apps were auto-updating I could open it only sporadically, most of the time it force closed).
- AudioFX crashes here too, I actually never tried that since all my audio needs are speaker and bluetooth;
- You can easily freeze/uninstall those Chinese apps: enable CM root access in standard developer settings, install Titanium Backup or similar from Play Store (or via apk from apkmirror.com) and get rid of them;
- That settings item in Chinese language is actually just a container for all those Chinese apps you want to kill, so don't bother. It will force close if you click on it, once you freeze/delete those apps.
- I always choose Italian as system language and everything is in Italian: except for those Chinese apps, of course, but they never survive for a long time.

teorouge said:
Which ROM build did you flash? I reverted to https://app.box.com/s/ua2ekx0g54iltp2nj9b8uo2fykciylwg for now, just because of Play Store issues (even though it actually worked since I could install apps via browser and apps were auto-updating I could open it only sporadically, most of the time it force closed).
- AudioFX crashes here too, I actually never tried that since all my audio needs are speaker and bluetooth;
- You can easily freeze/uninstall those Chinese apps: enable CM root access in standard developer settings, install Titanium Backup or similar from Play Store (or via apk from apkmirror.com) and get rid of them;
- That settings item in Chinese language is actually just a container for all those Chinese apps you want to kill, so don't bother. It will force close if you click on it, once you freeze/delete those apps.
- I always choose Italian as system language and everything is in Italian: except for those Chinese apps, of course, but they never survive for a long time.
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I flashed this one that you posted at the beginning:
https://mega.nz/#!QgoihJCQ!RpD2O1knJ5L6uAOGI7I6elv6spUNrPXD7whpqb6y2kE
Should I try the one that you posted in the BOX account ? Isn't it the same ?

Nope, slightly older: try that.

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Nope, slightly older: try that.
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can't download the one in the box account. The download don't start...

You're right, the uploader went out of bandwidth: I'm uploading to Mega myself, it should be ready in less than an hour. Of course I'll change the links too.

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Nope, slightly older: try that.
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Is this one is from 07.06.2016 the same that you put on mega ?
http://rom.7to.cn/romdetail/1012091 --> The problem how to download it from there without the chinese downloader ?
[Android 5.1] [6.5.12] [music 1Pro-CM-12.1- rapid and smooth]
OF: collapseromer Android version: 5.1.x
UI Type: CyanogenMod a ROM Size: 425.00MB
Applicable models: music as the X800 + (Le 1 pro) Published: 2016-06-07
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You're right, the uploader went out of bandwidth: I'm uploading to Mega myself, it should be ready in less than an hour. Of course I'll change the links too.
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I noticed that I had already downloaded it during last week.
But see my last reply:
So this one is from 07.06.2016, is this the one that you put on mega ?
http://rom.7to.cn/romdetail/1012091 --> The problem how to download it from there without the chinese downloader ?
[Android 5.1] [6.5.12] [music 1Pro-CM-12.1- rapid and smooth]
OF: collapseromer Android version: 5.1.x
UI Type: CyanogenMod a ROM Size: 425.00MB
Applicable models: music as the X800 + (Le 1 pro) Published: 2016-06-07

Original filename of the file I'm uploading to Mega is collapse-cm-12.1-20160512-UNOFFICIAL. If you have that one just flash. Build date is 2016-05-12 (12/05/2016 in Europe), you can see it from the filename.

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Original filename of the file I'm uploading to Mega is collapse-cm-12.1-20160512-UNOFFICIAL. If you have that one just flash. Build date is 2016-05-12 (12/05/2016 in Europe), you can see it from the filename.
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Yes exactly. I flashed it already Play Store works on this build from 12.05.2016. Cool !
I already deactivated all the chinese APPS via APPS Settings --> All Apps. It's important that you have to download first a new keyboard like google keyboard. As the chinese/english one will be also unavailable when deactivating all chinese app/services from settings.

Yeah, so far that build worked fine, only occasional non-playing Periscope/Facebook videos. Even installed Xposed Framework with a few modules.
Oh, are you using Trebuchet or Google launcher?

A few pre-purchase questions about this phone

Hi,
I've been looking at buying this phone because my current one (Honor 5x) is a bit slow for my tastes but I just have a few questions.
1. If I buy the device from a Chinese vendor on AE/Ebay then will I need to use this guide to flash the global ROM to it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max/how-to/installing-twrp-locked-bootloader-t3406501
I'm quite content to flash it myself since my last experience with proper Chinese phones (Elephone P7000) wasn't exactly a positive one and I would prefer an official Xiaomi ROM over anything custom. I also wouldn't want a rooted or BL unlocked handset and in any case Xiaomi's BL unlock authorisation process sounds painful.
2. Does the official Global ROM have full support for Google apps, DRM protected content, banking apps etc?
3. Does the official Global ROM contain any left over Chinese or is it 100% localised? I recall that my Elephone retained a Chinese bootloader and using the recovery menu when I needed to was extremely difficult. I can read quite a lot of Japanese but I don't know any Chinese and whilst a lot of the characters are the same, many others don't exist in Japanese at all or carry a different meaning.
4. Can I use Google Now over the MIUI?
Thanks in advance.

BloodRose said:
Hi,
I've been looking at buying this phone because my current one (Honor 5x) is a bit slow for my tastes but I just have a few questions.
1. If I buy the device from a Chinese vendor on AE/Ebay then will I need to use this guide to flash the global ROM to it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-max/how-to/installing-twrp-locked-bootloader-t3406501
I'm quite content to flash it myself since my last experience with proper Chinese phones (Elephone P7000) wasn't exactly a positive one and I would prefer an official Xiaomi ROM over anything custom. I also wouldn't want a rooted or BL unlocked handset and in any case Xiaomi's BL unlock authorisation process sounds painful.
2. Does the official Global ROM have full support for Google apps, DRM protected content, banking apps etc?
3. Does the official Global ROM contain any left over Chinese or is it 100% localised? I recall that my Elephone retained a Chinese bootloader and using the recovery menu when I needed to was extremely difficult. I can read quite a lot of Japanese but I don't know any Chinese and whilst a lot of the characters are the same, many others don't exist in Japanese at all or carry a different meaning.
4. Can I use Google Now over the MIUI?
Thanks in advance.
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2. Yes, it has full support for Google Apps, DRM, Protected Content, Banking Apps, etc.
3. No chinese leftover in Global ROM
4. Yes, you can use Google Now on MIUI

paarkhi said:
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2. Yes, it has full support for Google Apps, DRM, Protected Content, Banking Apps, etc.
3. No chinese leftover in Global ROM
4. Yes, you can use Google Now on MIUI
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Those were the exact answers that I was hoping for. Thanks.

You can use Google Now, but not now on tap.
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BloodRose said:
Those were the exact answers that I was hoping for. Thanks.
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After reading the link you posted the answer to your first question is also yes, that's the guide you'll need to follow to flash the stock rom and twrp recovery (only if bootloader is locked else if it's unlocked then instead of edl mode, you can boot in fastboot mode)

re Question #1
if you buy a Helium model (64/128gb) the official global rom isn't out yet. It'll probably come out in August from what I can see. http://en.miui.com/download-302.html#446
However the China Dev Rom for MIUI 8 isn't thaat bad. Once you get through 10 mins of pain first installing gapps and installing an english keyboard you won't see that much chinese and most chinese apps can be uninstalled. It'll do you OK until a global rom is out.

Ulver said:
You can use Google Now, but not now on tap.
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I'm sorry, what does that mean?

bobert135 said:
re Question #1
if you buy a Helium model (64/128gb) the official global rom isn't out yet. It'll probably come out in August from what I can see. http://en.miui.com/download-302.html#446
However the China Dev Rom for MIUI 8 isn't thaat bad. Once you get through 10 mins of pain first installing gapps and installing an english keyboard you won't see that much chinese and most chinese apps can be uninstalled. It'll do you OK until a global rom is out.
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I've gone for the 32GB/3GB version because the bigger versions were more than I wanted to spend really. Apparently the seller I've ordered it from are shipping them with the official Global ROM out of the box now so it should hopefully be OK to just pick up and go when it arrives.

Is there a global 64/3 version rom for the miui 7?
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BloodRose said:
I'm sorry, what does that mean?
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Now on Tap is a feature which Google has released with Marshmallow where you can long press the home button on any screen and Google will show the details related to the subject which is on your screen. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THIS FEATURE ON MIUI.
google said:
You can hold down your Home button to get information about what's on your screen using Now on Tap
Now on Tap is available for Android devices with both:
Android 6.0 (Android M)
Language set to English, Japanese, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Korean, Portuguese, or Russian
On any screen, touch and hold the Home button.
Google uses what's on your screen to show you related info, apps, and actions
Ways to use Now on Tap
Restaurants: Find restaurants and other points of interest mentioned on screen.
Movies: See reviews and info about a cast using the film name.
Music: Get details about a song or artist from within your app.
People: Learn about famous people and celebrities in the news.
Images: Get info about artwork, product logos, landmarks, and more.
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https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6304517?co=GENIE.Platform=Android&hl=en
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-start-using-google-now-on-tap-in-android-marshmallow/

paarkhi said:
Now on Tap is a feature which Google has released with Marshmallow where you can long press the home button on any screen and Google will show the details related to the subject which is on your screen. YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO USE THIS FEATURE ON MIUI.
https://support.google.com/websearch/answer/6304517?co=GENIE.Platform=Android&hl=en
http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-start-using-google-now-on-tap-in-android-marshmallow/
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Thanks. That is actually a slight positive for me because my current phone (Honor 5x) has that feature and I hate it.

Why can't I just use the China ROM instead of Global?

Apart from having to add gapps and some Chinese bloat, is there any other downside to sticking with the Chinese ROM?
What upsides are there if any?
Thanks.

Can anyone reply please? I've found one at an excellent price and want to snag it before it goes.

You can keep using the chinese one and have it fully functional, but some polish is missing and some aspects of MIUI will be chinese even with the language set to english. The biggest one I noticed is the theme and wallpaper store - it's always chinese, and even the same themes downloaded under the chinese theme store are different (I think the chinese store doesn't allow icon packs?). Searching for themes by their english name doesn't work on the chinese theme store either.
There's also a lot more china-specific settings and services that are just gone in the actual global ROM, the global ROM is much more barebones (uses less memory too) than the chinese ROM and not everything can simply be uninstalled in the chinese rom without root, just hidden. The global ROM basically just comes with google play services and common google apps, MIUI replacements for AOSP basic apps like calculator/calendar/weather/browser/music/etc and is as bland as possible to appeal to a larger audience.
Global rom is definitely a better experience, but you CAN use the chinese ROM just fine. I did for awhile until the global ROM came out, flashed it immediately because I wanted a cleaner OS with ~10 less random chinese apps sitting in the app drawer.

Just buy it and flash Global Rom on it

Elanzer said:
You can keep using the chinese one and have it fully functional, but some polish is missing and some aspects of MIUI will be chinese even with the language set to english. The biggest one I noticed is the theme and wallpaper store - it's always chinese, and even the same themes downloaded under the chinese theme store are different (I think the chinese store doesn't allow icon packs?). Searching for themes by their english name doesn't work on the chinese theme store either.
There's also a lot more china-specific settings and services that are just gone in the actual global ROM, the global ROM is much more barebones (uses less memory too) than the chinese ROM and not everything can simply be uninstalled in the chinese rom without root, just hidden. The global ROM basically just comes with google play services and common google apps, MIUI replacements for AOSP basic apps like calculator/calendar/weather/browser/music/etc and is as bland as possible to appeal to a larger audience.
Global rom is definitely a better experience, but you CAN use the chinese ROM just fine. I did for awhile until the global ROM came out, flashed it immediately because I wanted a cleaner OS with ~10 less random chinese apps sitting in the app drawer.
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Thanks for the reply. I'm not particularly bothered by that stuff, I just want regular ota updates and miui 9. I've heard that some notifications have a problem on the Chinese rom and Google contacts has a problem syncing. Did you find that?
Vennesch said:
Just buy it and flash Global Rom on it
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I don't really want to mess around with the phone at all. I'm not a flash/mod disciple.

My Mix 2 has Chinese rom and I find it OK after I installed the Google installer app. I stopped all Chinese roms that I do not need. With 256 GB, I do not worry about the stopped Chinese roms eating into the memory.
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My Mix 2 has Chinese rom and I find it OK after I installed the Google installer app. I stopped all Chinese roms that I do not need. With 256 GB, I do not worry about the stopped Chinese roms eating into the memory. I heard that Chinese rom gets update more quickly.

Thanks for the replies. I've ordered it with the Chinese ROM.

Just a quick update to say that the Chinese rom is perfectly ok for me. No glaring issues at all.

Everything OK
Twotems said:
Just a quick update to say that the Chinese rom is perfectly ok for me. No glaring issues at all.
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I have the same experience after a week using the China ROM on my Redmi 5 Plus
With China ROM I was able to delete 80% of china bloatware and everything else runs just fine and smooth, calls, GPS, email, etc. (with Gapps) so if you never flashed a ROM before, I recommend to keep the China ROM instead of the Global

Haha, many Chinese flash the global rom just for the clean OS and the AOSP notification bar.

If I was to get the device with the Chinese ROM installed is it simply a case of downloading the global ROM from the mini website and installing it via the updater app or will the bootloader need to be unlocked? Seen a couple of good deals but all for the Chinese version.

nigelm77 said:
If I was to get the device with the Chinese ROM installed is it simply a case of downloading the global ROM from the mini website and installing it via the updater app or will the bootloader need to be unlocked? Seen a couple of good deals but all for the Chinese version.
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its not so easy, you need to get a unlock approval from xiaomi, then you need to wait to unlock the bootloader, and then you can flash whatever you want.
From getting the approval to the finished unlocked bootloader, it will take about 3-5 days

i am looking to purchase mi 9 once it is released in china, but how long does it take for the MIUI 10 global rom available to download?

Twotems said:
Apart from having to add gapps and some Chinese bloat, is there any other downside to sticking with the Chinese ROM?
What upsides are there if any?
Thanks.
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I think I mightve flashed the chinese rom, not sure. Are you able to change the region in Settings? I cant... (screenshot)

GWARslave119 said:
I think I mightve flashed the chinese rom, not sure. Are you able to change the region in Settings? I cant... (screenshot)
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I don't use the phone any more (gave it to my son) but I never changed the region and it didn't make any difference. Phone ran and still runs flawlessly.

Twotems said:
I don't use the phone any more (gave it to my son) but I never changed the region and it didn't make any difference. Phone ran and still runs flawlessly.
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Well I'm wondering if that's why my phone keeps trying (and failing) to contact/activate my sim card when trying to use Mi Cloud..

GWARslave119 said:
Well I'm wondering if that's why my phone keeps trying (and failing) to contact/activate my sim card when trying to use Mi Cloud..
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Ah ok. You need to deactivate your Xiaomi account for the phone. Registering throws up all sorts of stuff including ads etc. After that you should be good to go.

It's just bugging me that I can't use something that is part of the phone. I also can't use the Mi PC Suite either, it doesn't detect my phone. Not that it's dire, just the fact that it won't work irks me ;p I'm using Havoc rom atm anyways, but knowing me I'll be switching around a lot