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[PaulOBrien]

Update: now available as a rooted update zip. Nandroid backup before applying - download. Interested to hear your thoughts!

As brought to my attention by robot1000... there's a new U8230 ROM on HuaweiDevice.com, dated 2010-02-01 and named U8230V100R001C00B250.

I've downloaded it, i'm extracting now and i'll report back my findings as I go!

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[ndot]

Hopefully it's vanilla with a loud audio jack volume.

[robot1000]

Credit should go to rjm2k who originally spotted it. I was just the middleman

Edited by robot1000, 02 February 2010 - 04:28 PM.

[meinnit]

Paul, on Feb 2 2010, 16:25, said:

As brought to my attention by robot1000... there's a new U8230 ROM on HuaweiDevice.com, dated 2010-02-01 and named U8230V100R001C00B250.

I've downloaded it, i'm extracting now and i'll report back my findings as I go!

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Oooh thats exciting! Does this mean bug fixes?

[PaulOBrien]

Build date seems to be 2010.01.16, it's new alright!

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[PaulOBrien]

It won't apply on a Pulse using conventional means...

*hacks out images*

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[Daniel Williamson]

What is this file for the u8220 ?
HOST-U8220V100R001CZEC85B003

Dan

[PaulOBrien]

Boo, cupcake! New tho... will flash it and see if it's COMPLETELY Generic. It might make a good new MCR base if so...

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Quote

# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=CRB17
ro.build.display.id=U8230V100R001C00B250
ro.build.version.incremental=20100117.010538
ro.build.version.sdk=3
ro.build.version.release=1.5
ro.build.date=Sun Jan 17 01:06:59 CST 2010
ro.build.date.utc=1263661619
ro.build.type=user
ro.build.user=huawei
ro.build.host=localhost.localdomain
ro.build.tags=ota-rel-keys,release-keys
ro.product.model=U8230
ro.product.brand=generic
ro.product.name=U8230
ro.product.device=U8230
ro.product.board=
ro.product.manufacturer=HUAWEI
ro.product.locale.language=en
ro.product.locale.region=US
ro.product.ANU=huawei-technology
ro.product.HW_DATE=2009-07-03
ro.board.platform=
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=U8230
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=U8230-user 1.5 CRB17 20100117.010538 ota-rel-keys,release-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=generic/U8230/U8230/U8230:1.5/CRB17/20100117.010538:user/ota-rel-keys,release-keys
wifi.interface=eth0
ro.com.android.dateformat=dd-MM-yyyy
# end build properties
#
# system.prop for U8230
#

rild.libpath=/system/lib/libril-qc-1.so
rild.libargs=-d /dev/smd0
persist.rild.nitz_plmn=
persist.rild.nitz_long_ons_0=
persist.rild.nitz_long_ons_1=
persist.rild.nitz_long_ons_2=
persist.rild.nitz_long_ons_3=
persist.rild.nitz_short_ons_0=
persist.rild.nitz_short_ons_1=
persist.rild.nitz_short_ons_2=
persist.rild.nitz_short_ons_3=
#<BK4D03549 wangqing 20090814 begin
persist.cust.tel.adapt=1
persist.cust.tel.eons=1
#<BK4D03549 wangqing 20090814 end
DEVICE_PROVISIONED=1
use_csp_plmn=0
#<BK4D05771 wuyanming 2009-10-29 begin
#OPERATOR=MOBICOM
#<BK4D05860 fangwei 2009-11-03 begin
#OPERATOR=CHT
#<BK4D05860 fangwei 2009-11-03 end
#<BK4D06428 xiayeliang 2009-11-26 begin
#OPERATOR=WIND
#<BK4D06428 xiayeliang 2009-11-26 end
#OPERATOR=BYTEL
#OPERATOR=TELIA
#OPERATOR=VDF_SPANISH
#<BK4D05771 wuyanming 2009-10-29 end
#<BK4D05367 dengyong 20091013 begin for setting default volume to the max index.
#OPERATOR=TMN
#BK4D05367 dengyong 20091013 begin for setting default volume to the max index.>

#<BK4D07147 xiajinsong 20091215 begin
#OPERATOR=M1_SG
#BK4D07147 xiajinsong 20091215 end>
#<BK4D07360 fangwei 20091215 begin
#OPERATOR=Sunrise_SWI
#BK4D07360 fangwei 20091215 end>
#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
ro.url.legal=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/phone-legal.html
ro.url.legal.android_privacy=http://www.google.com/intl/%s/mobile/android/basic/privacy.html
ro.com.google.locationfeatures=1
ro.setupwizard.mode=DISABLED
ro.config.notification_sound=F1_New_SMS.ogg
ro.config.ringtone=BirdLoop.ogg
ro.com.google.clientidbase=android-huawei
ro.config.sync=yes
net.bt.name=Android
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

[rjm2k]

Daniel Williamson, on Feb 2 2010, 16:35, said:

What is this file for the u8220 ?
HOST-U8220V100R001CZEC85B003

Dan

That's just the dvd that comes with the phone.

[PaulOBrien]

New TouchPal languages for generic TouchPal!

- English
- French
- Portuguese
- German
- CHINESE
- Spanish

Also appears to have Block Breaker and Servo Search, which weirdly weren't in the Bouygues generic ROM.

Updated DocToGo and RoadSync it seems.

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[David Horvath]

Good news! Huawei is working on roms, that better than good

What are the plans, Paul?

David

[PaulOBrien]

Well, first of all i'm trying to hack up an update zip for my own use to see what the changes are and have a mooch around. I need to check the phone etc. works because there may well be AMSS (phone ROM) changes that we can't apply on our U8220s (Pulses).

If it all looks good and is generic, I might release the current 1.8 Beta as the last in the current 'pink or vanilla' style, and start building MCR 1.9 based purely on the Vanilla ROM. Maybe. We'll see.

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[McSpoon]

Huawei have also added something called "modemPre.apk".  Dunno what it is, but it is automatically granted with permissions to do anything and everything, from read your emails to access stats, wifi, camera, google accounts, etc.   Does anybody have any ideas as to what it's for?  

**Puts on a tin-foil hat**  It might be best to remove it if you're a Chinese human rights activist that doesn't want the state-sponsored Huawei to have access to your Gmail account. LOL  Just kidding.

[PaulOBrien]

Just playing around with the new TouchPal i've pulled out of the ROM, it's a LOT newer (albeit looking the same but with more languages obviously).

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[PaulOBrien]

McSpoon, on Feb 2 2010, 16:59, said:

Huawei have also added something called "modemPre.apk".  Dunno what it is, but it is automatically granted with permissions to do anything and everything, from read your emails to access stats, wifi, camera, google accounts, etc.   Does anybody have any ideas as to what it's for?  

**Puts on a tin-foil hat**  It might be best to remove it if you're a Chinese human rights activist that doesn't want the state-sponsored Huawei to have access to your Gmail account. LOL  Just kidding.

Yeah, saw that, will look for anything obvious once i've got it booting.

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[PaulOBrien]

I wonder if the U8230 has more ROM... my standard build image created from this update seems to be bigger than will fit into the Pulse!

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[ndot]

are the volume issues fixed?

[Spooke]

Paul, on Feb 2 2010, 17:25, said:

I wonder if the U8230 has more ROM... my standard build image created from this update seems to be bigger than will fit into the Pulse!

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According to some sites, it has the same rom as U8220, although they could be wrong  

[McSpoon]

Spooke, on Feb 2 2010, 17:35, said:

According to some sites, it has the same rom as U8220, although they could be wrong  

Yep I'm sure it has the same.    
It seems this ROM has been filled to the max with extra localisation support

Edited by McSpoon, 02 February 2010 - 05:44 PM.

[jmmL]

Paul, on Feb 2 2010, 16:37, said:

Boo, cupcake!

I was hoping so much for some new confectionery!
All good news though by the sound of it - to know that they're still actively developing it makes me more confident that it will see 2.x at some point in the not-too-distant future.

Do the new localisations indicate possible releases in new territories? If so, great news!