Mod Of Blade/Libra 2.3.5 Official (GEN 3 Only)

[Guest Shonk]

This is only for people that have upgraded to GEN 3

I have modified the generic blade 2.3.5 release

Im posting it just incase anyone wants it

Features

Semi Transparent Notification Bar

Green battery circle mod

Modifications to Pull down Notification Bar

Over Scroll Glow Disabled

Volume and such changed to green

Admob disabled

gps.conf modified

Removed

XT9IME

Talk

Email

Alarm

Updated

Gingerbread Launcher

Google Maps 5.10.1

Google Market 3.1.5

Gmail 2.3.5.2

VoiceSearch 2.1.4

YouTube 2.2.16

Added

Desk Clock

Reboot

Superuser

Terminal

Zip Aligned

RLS 2 Changes

HSPA Differentation

Google Maps 5.11.0

Reverted market due to the new market being rammed with adverts & laggy

Removed market updater to stop the market being updated on first boot

build.prop tweaks

Ad Choices Blocked

Settings.apk replaced a corrupt png

burstlam/elitemovil kernel on OC build's

ZTE-Blade 2.3.5 Mod RLS2 Stock Kernel

81.4 MB (85,395,698 bytes)

D3BED1A1C8946502DAEEB99C4F585A14

ZTE-Blade 2.3.5 Mod RLS2 OC Kernel (604mhz Default Speed)

84.4 MB (88,577,186 bytes)

7E155FC914231D4B958ED1E14EF983C7

ZTE-Blade 2.3.5 Mod RLS2 OC Kernel (672mhz Default Speed)

84.4 MB (88,577,185 bytes)

3DA49F3E620CE5A4BCF92D4FA625E127

ZTE-Blade 2.3.5 Mod RLS2 OC Kernel (691mhz Default Speed)

84.4 MB (88,577,186 bytes)

75798672190D6AAA91F18D3FDC2894B8

Add-ons

Default Battery

AD0C4B54FDE35C0F421C0CB309141135

Circle Battery (Already In RLS2)

E570A2F7DC89385682470930EA804FBC

A few images

Battery Add-ons

Edited October 20, 2011 by Shonk

[Guest]

How to upgrade phone to GEN3 and what are differences are between GEN2 and GEN3?

Edited October 11, 2011 by Guest

[Guest Shonk]

If you have used wbaw's tpt you have to tpt back to gen1 then windows tpt to gen 2

In my case on my oled sanfransisco and lcd sanfransisco

I did the following

1 wbaw Gen 2 - Gen 1 TPT V2

2 OUKB20 TPT

3 Blade Gen 1 - Gen 2 Windows Update

4 Flash Any Gen 2 Rom when it boots into Clockwork mod stir fry b27 for example

5 ZTE Blade Official 2.3.5

6 Flash Clockwork Mod 5.0.2.0

7 Flash My Rom

It worked fine on both of my 512meg UK Blades

I have no idea if it will cause problems for 256 meg users and non euro phones though

How to upgrade phone to GEN3 and what are differences are between GEN2 and GEN3?

Edited October 20, 2011 by Shonk

[Guest Shonk]

One thing i have noticed on gen 3

OLED idles at 5% cpu time

LCD idles at 8% cpu time

I dont know if it did it on gen 2 i didnt look

Edited October 11, 2011 by Shonk

[Guest yadayada]

One thing i have noticed on gen 3

OLED idles at 5% cpu time

LCD idles at 8% cpu time

I dont know if it did it on gen 2 i didnt look

Have you tested the cellular performance?

For example, upload speed and latency in the speedtest app.

I think some one said in another thread that the gen3 ril activated the HSUPA functionality.

[Guest psidoc]

So... Am I right in thinking that "Gen 3" is the official windows reflash way that ZTE brought out to update to Gen 2?

If you have used wbaw's tpt you have to tpt back to gen1 then windows tpt to gen 2

In my case on my oled sanfransisco and lcd sanfransisco

I did the following

1 wbaw Gen 2 - Gen 1 TPT V2

2 OUKB20 TPT

3 Blade Gen 1 - Gen 2 Windows Update

4 Flash Any Gen 2 Rom when it boots into Clockwork mod stir fry b27 for example

5 ZTE Blade Official 2.3.5

6 Flash Clockwork Mod 5.0.2.0

7 Flash My Rom

It worked fine on both of my 512meg UK Blades

I have no idea if it will cause problems for 256 meg users and non euro phones though

[Guest Shonk]

its a sd card flash

there's a pdf in the zip explaining how to

you have to go true windows flash gen 2 before doing it though

[Guest Shonk]

Yes

It was 90-130ms

3.2-4.3 mbit

330-350 upstream

I dont think there's HSUPA here

someone on t-mobile said they had HSUPA going on it earlier

Have you tested the cellular performance?

For example, upload speed and latency in the speedtest app.

I think some one said in another thread that the gen3 ril activated the HSUPA functionality.

[Guest hecatae]

So... Am I right in thinking that "Gen 3" is the official windows reflash way that ZTE brought out to update to Gen 2?

No. Its a newer baseband than gen2

[Guest Shonk]

I did some more testing today and even did some gaming via xbox live through the blade

the wifi is very stable and usable not a single problem so far

every gingerbread custom kernel i have used is unstable for gaming

and disconnects you all the time from xbox live

Have you tested the cellular performance?

For example, upload speed and latency in the speedtest app.

I think some one said in another thread that the gen3 ril activated the HSUPA functionality.

[Guest hedgepigdaniel]

@hecatae - are you going to give us some nice screenshots of your HSUPA?

[Guest yadayada]

I did some more testing today and even did some gaming via xbox live through the blade

the wifi is very stable and usable not a single problem so far

every gingerbread custom kernel i have used is unstable for gaming

and disconnects you all the time from xbox live

Do you remember what kind of ping values you had before?

Its a very volatil value.. cell load, cell signal power (proximity) but it seam to be a nice value 80-100ms.

Does your operator disclose the maximum access speed for you plan? In Portugal some operators only allow more than ~380kbps upload bandwidth if you have one of the top (expensive) plans.

[Guest hecatae]

@hecatae - are you going to give us some nice screenshots of your HSUPA?

no longer on o2 uk so it no longer works

[Guest hedgepigdaniel]

I have added a Gen3 firmware package on my windows flashing thread. Flashing that package as per the usual instructions will upgrade all blades to Gen3.

[Guest philly o]

hello im struggling to flash 6 Clockwork Mod 5.0.2.0 to my phone after installing the zte blade official 2.3.5 any tips or advice? thanks in advance phil

If you have used wbaw's tpt you have to tpt back to gen1 then windows tpt to gen 2

In my case on my oled sanfransisco and lcd sanfransisco

I did the following

1 wbaw Gen 2 - Gen 1 TPT V2

2 OUKB20 TPT

3 Blade Gen 1 - Gen 2 Windows Update

4 Flash Any Gen 2 Rom when it boots into Clockwork mod stir fry b27 for example

5 ZTE Blade Official 2.3.5

6 Flash Clockwork Mod 5.0.2.0

7 Flash My Rom

It worked fine on both of my 512meg UK Blades

I have no idea if it will cause problems for 256 meg users and non euro phones though

[Guest Shonk]

Use adb

and make sure the drivers are installed for fastboot mode

thats why i included the old drivers

so you can manually select the google fastboot driver

adb.exe reboot bootloader

fastboot.exe flash recovery clockworkmod.img

fastboot.exe reboot

hello im struggling to flash 6 Clockwork Mod 5.0.2.0 to my phone after installing the zte blade official 2.3.5 any tips or advice? thanks in advance phil

Edited October 15, 2011 by Shonk

[Guest philly o]

got it :D looks good so far thanks for the help

Use adb

and make sure the drivers are installed for fastboot mode

thats why i included the old drivers

so you can manually select the google fastboot driver

adb.exe reboot bootloader

fastboot.exe flash recovery clockworkmod.img

fastboot.exe reboot

[Guest philly o]

i have just completed to speed tests with the speedtest.net app at the same time on my two orange san frans here are the results:

CAE 1.3 gen2: ping: 71 download: 2716 upload: 354

this Rom gen 3: ping: 71 download: 7757 upload: 520

quite a difference ran twice with similar results!!

phil

[Guest hedgepigdaniel]

this Rom gen 3: ping: 71 download: 7757 upload: 520

Is that repeatable? because If it is, it means you have HSUPA working (above 384kbps) and the download result is slightly above the Blade's theoretical limit of 7.2Mbps. Is this on a Blade or Libra?

[Guest hecatae]

Upload tops out at 429kbps for me. Think t - mobile uk are capping my download speed. Only hit 1029 download Edit: scrap that. Xtremelabs speedtest app states a 2.5 meg upload. Twice. Going to screen shot but can another gen3 base band user please test

[Guest hedgepigdaniel]

Upload tops out at 429kbps for me. Think t - mobile uk are capping my download speed. Only hit 1029 download Edit: scrap that. Xtremelabs speedtest app states a 2.5 meg upload. Twice. Going to screen shot but can another gen3 base band user please test

How come you can edit your posts without the edited indicator coming up?

[Guest hecatae]

How come you can edit your posts without the edited indicator coming up?

posting from tapatalk on my blade allows me to do that

[Guest KonstaT]

Upload tops out at 429kbps for me. Think t - mobile uk are capping my download speed. Only hit 1029 download Edit: scrap that. Xtremelabs speedtest app states a 2.5 meg upload. Twice. Going to screen shot but can another gen3 base band user please test

Well, xtremelabs gives you fake results. You never thought there might me something wrong if two apps gives you different results? It's not very scientific to choose only those results that support what ever you're trying to prove.

Can we please stop this HSUPA nonsense again. At least new topic should be started if this interests people. Now this discussion is spread on few threads and it more difficult to cut wings from rumors.

According to xtremelabs I have HSUPA on my gen2 TPT updated phone. ;)

[Guest Shonk]

Its hard to tell whats going on i had these earlier

I did around 15 tests in a row and they all came out over 400kbps

usually its around 350kbps

Well, xtremelabs gives you fake results. You never thought there might me something wrong if two apps gives you different results? It's not very scientific to choose only those results that support what ever you're trying to prove.

Can we please stop this HSUPA nonsense again. At least new topic should be started if this interests people. Now this discussion is spread on few threads and it more difficult to cut wings from rumors.

According to xtremelabs I have HSUPA on my gen2 TPT updated phone. ;)

[Guest KonstaT]

Its hard to tell whats going on i had these earlier

I did around 15 tests in a row and they all came out over 400kbps

usually its around 350kbps

Yeah, I don't think any of the speed test apps do their best work at such "low" speeds. When ever you're trying measure something smaller, margin of error becomes bigger.

I'd expect to see numbers significantly above 400kbps to proof there is HSUPA with gen3.

Edited October 17, 2011 by KonstaT