ZTE Blade - From Bouygues Telecom

[Guest Simon O]

Thanks for the rom, Sebastian. Downloading now and going to see what I can do with it :rolleyes:

Oh and I've let Paul know about this in case the ROM is better for MCR.

Edited November 10, 2010 by flibblesan

[Guest Sebastian404]

Is the update file compatible with the orange's blade? I'm tempted to test this without the branded stuff...

Yeah, it seems to be the same hardware, eveyrthing works, tho you will need to update the APN file for 3G

[Guest Sebastian404]

Thanks for the rom, Sebastian. Downloading now and going to see what I can do with it :huh:

Oh and I've let Paul know about this in case the ROM is better for MCR.

I had a bit a of a play, the LED notification and Wifi is just as 'broken' for me as the OUK version, but do let me know if you find anything good in it :rolleyes:

[Guest jonathonf]

I installed this about a half hour ago and first impressions are good. It's faster than Modaco r4, and my wifi seems to be working correctly at the moment.

[Guest dadashi]

any chance of getting the 2.2 ROM from the Japanese "liber0" version?

http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/smartphone/product/003z/index.html

[Guest Sebastian404]

I installed this about a half hour ago and first impressions are good. It's faster than Modaco r4, and my wifi seems to be working correctly at the moment.

actually I take that back, I can actually get connected to my Wifi at home, hmmm, one thing has improved then :rolleyes:

I spoke to soon, I got on (and stayed on) my wifi at home, but after I restarted my phone it wont re-connect to my WAP... This is an issue with my WAP I think, but at least I got further with it than I ever did with the OUK rom...

Edited November 11, 2010 by Sebastian404

[Guest jonathonf]

any chance of getting the 2.2 ROM from the Japanese "liber0" version?

http://mb.softbank.jp/mb/smartphone/product/003z/index.html

Possibly, but I don't think it's been released yet:

Manual (PDF) and software and various utilities are available for download after the date of sale.

Please wait for the market.

[Guest oh!dougal]

The thing that leapt out at me from the Google Translate version of the Japanese page was this

Be released since mid-December 2010

So you have about a month to wait before the product is expected ...

http://android.modaco.com/index.php?s=&amp...t&p=1469087

Edited November 10, 2010 by oh!dougal

[Guest dadashi]

I prefer San Francisco. :rolleyes: Doesn't sound as cheap as ZTE.

Anyway, here are the pics:

The pictures show the french ZTE doesn't have the same back panel rubbery finish as the SF....I've had my SF in a pull case for a few days and the rubber finish started wearing away after just 3 days :huh:

[Guest Sebastian404]

Its also worth noting that Orange France are going to be putting out their version of the ZTE Blade later this month...

France Telecom’s Orange, which has already sold the phone in the U.K. with the name “The San Francisco” since September, will also sell the device in France as the “Tactile Internet 2″ starting Nov. 18, an Orange spokesman said. It will sell the phone in France for 249 euros ($343) without any service plan and starting at 9 euros with a post-paid plan.

[Guest Simon O]

Its also worth noting that Orange France are going to be putting out their version of the ZTE Blade later this month...

France Telecom’s Orange, which has already sold the phone in the U.K. with the name “The San Francisco” since September, will also sell the device in France as the “Tactile Internet 2″ starting Nov. 18, an Orange spokesman said. It will sell the phone in France for 249 euros ($343) without any service plan and starting at 9 euros with a post-paid plan.

Wow thats expensive.

[Guest Sebastian404]

Though its the same Kernel, it would indeed be interesting to know if any ZTE things like the FM Radio and Camera software had been changed beyond French 'localisation'.

Its not the EXACT same Kernel...

OUK_P729BV1.0.0B05

Linux localhost 2.6.29 #1 PREEMPT Sat Jul 24 21:43:15 CST 2010 armv6l GNU/Linux

BY_P729CV1.0.0B11

Linux localhost 2.6.29 #5 PREEMPT Thu Sep 16 19:26:41 CST 2010 armv6l GNU/Linux

Also I made a nice tool that contrasts ROMS and the only app that has changed is... Google Maps, from 4.1.0 to 4.3.0...

contrast.htm

Edited November 11, 2010 by Sebastian404

[Guest Sebastian404]

Wow thats expensive.

Oh Also, I just noticed....

ZTE also plans to sell the new Android Phone in China, Portugal, Germany and Spain

more ROMS to play with :rolleyes:

[Guest dadashi]

that's great news for San Francisco / Blade fans in mainland Europe, but judging by the french prices they'll be expensive...

this could only mean we'll have support for the mobile in the future, spare batteries, cases, 2.2 roms, 2.3 ? :rolleyes:

Edited November 11, 2010 by dadashi

[Guest kallt_kaffe]

Sebastian, did you change anything from the stock ROM in the French ROM you posted on page 2? I removed all the junk from it and it's now a very clean 2.1 ROM and I was going enhance it a bit when I noticed VoiceSearch was allready included and I have a feeling that JIT may be enabled.

Maybe thoses things where in the Orange ROM aswell but I picked up my blade yesterday and reflashed with the french ROM yesterday afternoon so I never did run the original ROM for long. Seems OK though, haven't found anything that is broken so far except that I've got an app that uses the google maps framework that force closes which I know can happen with JIT on 2.1. Also my linpack scores are a lot higher than on my Huawei U8100 running at 672MHz. But maybe the blade CPU is faster than the MSM7225 even at a lower speed?

[Guest ejhollin]

Also my linpack scores are a lot higher than on my Huawei U8100 running at 672MHz. But maybe the blade CPU is faster than the MSM7225 even at a lower speed?

Kallt_kaffe, what exactly is your Linpack score?

Edited November 11, 2010 by ejhollin

[Guest kallt_kaffe]

Kallt_kaffe, what exactly is your Linpack score?

~3.8

btw, tried enabling the debug.sf.hw but I get graphical glitches, how was this fixed (or was it not?) in the Orange custom ROMs?

EDIT: Nevermind, copied the gralloc.msm7k lib from pauls ROM.

Edited November 11, 2010 by kallt_kaffe

[Guest Tom G]

Sebastian, are the ril libraries from the French rom compatible with the Orange baseband, or did you replace them with Orange libs. I'm downloading the rom now to see if it will help with the ril issues i've got in cm6.

[Guest rjm2k]

Its also worth noting that Orange France are going to be putting out their version of the ZTE Blade later this month...

France Telecom’s Orange, which has already sold the phone in the U.K. with the name “The San Francisco” since September, will also sell the device in France as the “Tactile Internet 2″ starting Nov. 18, an Orange spokesman said. It will sell the phone in France for 249 euros ($343) without any service plan and starting at 9 euros with a post-paid plan.

The source for the tactile 2 has been on the zte site for about as long as our original sanfrancisco source so I expect it's probably around the same build version, also my contact at ZTE suggested that there are no 2.2 plans for Europe :rolleyes: Wonder why that is, did Europe go for the device before elsewhere and therefore sign contracts for 2.1 deliveries?

[Guest rjm2k]

Sebastian, are the ril libraries from the French rom compatible with the Orange baseband, or did you replace them with Orange libs. I'm downloading the rom now to see if it will help with the ril issues i've got in cm6.

Your SF finally arrived then?

Don't know if you are aware but Aquilo is also working on a CM port, perhaps you might be able to help each other?

[Guest spoonium]

Wow thats expensive.

Not necessarily, it's about in the same price range as any other starter device available here in Germay, indeed it still would be on the lower end.

And it still would have vastly superior specs than its competitors.

That's what makes the UK devices such a great deal. :rolleyes:

[Guest dadashi]

I heard Orange has been leaning towards the right in English politics, this couldbe one of many drives from different fronts by the tories on the British public to keep them occupied instead of pouring out unto the streets like the 1980's against Thatchers "reforms".....

[Guest spoonium]

"Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they're not after me"? :rolleyes:

[Guest Sebastian404]

Sebastian, did you change anything from the stock ROM in the French ROM you posted on page 2?

No its a Recovery image

[Guest Tom G]

Your SF finally arrived then?

Don't know if you are aware but Aquilo is also working on a CM port, perhaps you might be able to help each other?

I've had it for a few weeks. RIL has been a problem with porting anything, but if we can fix that I don't see any other major issues. I've had some issues with egl, but I think that should be fixable.

CM6 has been discussed on IRC a fair bit, there are a few of us that have been playing with it. I think Aquilo is on there with a different username.