Coolpad F1 8297w - Review / Info / Software / Custom Roms

[Guest Mouratti]

Anyone knows how to cut the sim card? I recive finally my phone and both sims are micro[emoji20] only have one micro

[Guest xeros2]

Search on google doesn't hurt - there are printable 1:1 schemas, where you stick your sim card and cut by knife or scissors to the marked areas.

If you will be precise then you may use then rest of the card that you have cut (by knife) as adapter to normal sim (if needed later).

Edited September 11, 2014 by xeros2

[Guest dakok]

Find some better mobile operator store
and ask them to cut it with a cutter.
Keep the frame just in case you'll need
it again. Don't insert frame in the
empty slot, you won't be able to pull it
out :)

Edited September 12, 2014 by dakok

[Guest slime00]

Nice Experience till now...not find any bug...

I think it is best ROM for Coolpad F1w...

http://www.modaco.com/topic/372543-coolpad-f1-8297w-review-info-software-custom-roms/?p=2226178

hello jay0ind! :) Do you know if there are any news about the Micromax phone? I wonder if they were able to flash our recoveries and roms like our Indonesian friends!

somewhere I read that Micromax has some kind of partnership with Google for direct updates like the Nexus line for the near future, would be great if thi device fell (or will fall) in this category!

[Guest laek.17]

Hi, I have converter the  Himax  Polymer ROM from CPB to zip format, I have installed and it works very good, I'm trying, but is not multilanguaje, i have had to edit partitio layouts because were different... Want someone the zip?

 

PD: Charging animation (power off) works, not distorsioned.

Edited September 11, 2014 by laek.17

[Guest borsosg]

Yes I would like to try it. And many thanks for your work man.

[Guest laek.17]

Yes I would like to try it. And many thanks for your work man.

Really, believe me if I say that is the best and more stable I have tested. I'm surprised!!

[Guest jakethedooggg]

Really, believe me if I say that is the best and more stable I have tested. I'm surprised!!

Oh wow, more than yours?? No way. Improve it a bit and upload it! :D

[Guest laek.17]

Oh wow, more than yours?? No way. Improve it a bit and upload it! :D

But have a problem, storage... I will try to fix and then I will upload with updated kernel. Edited September 11, 2014 by laek.17

[Guest jakethedooggg]

But have a problem, storage... I will try to fix and then I will upload with updated kernel.

Wow it must be so good... what's the problem with storage?

[Guest laek.17]

Wow it must be so good... what's the problem with storage?

Apps like wechat set media in internal memory

[Guest jakethedooggg]

Apps like wechat set media in internal memory

Mmmmm weird, this never happened with first hls KK rom... look at it's storage it worked fine [emoji16]

[Guest Arpione]

I was bored so I made a zip from himax polymer rom too and to my surprise it actually works :D

What I noticed is that the automatic birghtness adjustment is a bit too powerful (screen too dark in low light conditions) and the proximity sensor is even more sensitive than in stock rom (this is a good thing  :)).

I also ran an Antutu v5 benchmark with a total score of 29122, the 3d graphics score was only 5068 which is about 66% of a stock 4.2 rom.

Edited September 12, 2014 by Arpione

[Guest slime00]

Hi, I have converter the  Himax  Polymer ROM from CPB to zip format, I have installed and it works very good, I'm trying, but is not multilanguaje, i have had to edit partitio layouts because were different... Want someone the zip?

 

PD: Charging animation (power off) works, not distorsioned.

wow, great job man! :D I knew that rom had the biggest potential, finally someone decided to work on it! :D Indian one may still be better since it's more updated, let's hope to see it soon! ;D do you think it's possible to translate it since it's an AOSP? and how did you convert it to zip?

Edited September 12, 2014 by slime00

[Guest dakok]

Yes, that is interesting. How did you convert it?

That partitioning difference may be the

reason why it wouldn't flash with ygdp tool?

[Guest gordito]

My 2 cents about some things:

 

1) Im using Nilkin hard case.

Its very nice, good grip, nice appearance.

 

2) I also bought original coolpad f1 flip case. It replaces the back cover.

Makes it slim, but the back camera glass is not protected.

 

3) I also have this imak flip case. It protects the phone well and its quite stylish.

If you are interested in protection ,get one.

 

And questions:

 

1) I have installed CWM 6.0.5 from a chinese apk i found here.

I never managed to restore a backup, always a problem to restore the /data partition.

I also cant install TWRP now, mobileuncletools wont do it. Im definately root.

 

How can i i nstall a recovery from flashtool?

 

2) I cant restore apps with data using Rom Toolbox Pro. Apps reinstall fine, but not their data.

I wish i knew why.

[Guest korekore1]

 Indian one may still be better since it's more updated, let's hope to see it soon!

in the videos the indian one is some sort of aosp and the guy that tests it says there was lag especially on games.I don't know if there is an official coolUI one or the aosp was a 3rd party store's specific rom.Apart from that,that indian aosp has the best camera app as i see it!

 

A question:Does this phone have pink screen so that we can simply push recoveries from the pc?That was the way we replaced recoveries on the Huawei Ideos X5 pro.It needed unlocked bootloader

Edited September 12, 2014 by korekore1

[Guest korekore1]

 

2) I cant restore apps with data using Rom Toolbox Pro. Apps reinstall fine, but not their data.

I wish i knew why.

do you have root?maybe you lost root somehow

[Guest gordito]

do you have root?maybe you lost root somehow

 

No, root is fine.

 

Mostly im interested in installing TWRP recovery, any help there?

[Guest dakok]

....

And questions:

 

1) I have installed CWM 6.0.5 from a chinese apk i found here.

I never managed to restore a backup, always a problem to restore the /data partition.

I also cant install TWRP now, mobileuncletools wont do it. Im definately root.

 

How can i i nstall a recovery from flashtool?

 

You made a mistake while doing backup and restore procedure in CWM!

 

You probably make a backup to SD card in CWM 6.0.5.0 which is a mistake.

You should make the backup to External_SD there :)

 

I tested my CWM 6.0.5.0 backup now (just for you :)) and it restored without a glitch! :)

Edited September 12, 2014 by dakok

[Guest dakok]

Regarding extraction of rom in CPB format, I found a CPB extraction & merge tool

It may be of use to someone, so here it is.

 

The name is:

CPB解包打包合并工具

and it is in Chinese (but it looks very simple)

 

Download

This may be interesting, too

Edited September 12, 2014 by dakok

[Guest albertazzo]

Hi, I have converter the  Himax  Polymer ROM from CPB to zip format, I have installed and it works very good, I'm trying, but is not multilanguaje, i have had to edit partitio layouts because were different... Want someone the zip?

 

PD: Charging animation (power off) works, not distorsioned.

 

hi leak.17, Yes I would like to try it

[Guest gordito]

You made a mistake while doing backup and restore procedure in CWM!

 

You probably make a backup to SD card in CWM 6.0.5.0 which is a mistake.

You should make the backup to External_SD there :)

 

I tested my CWM 6.0.5.0 backup now (just for you :)) and it restored without a glitch! :)

 

Hmmmmm. You are wrong!

 

I made a backup both on internal and external SD. I tried to restore from both as well.

Both restored but failed to restore /data

 

I think what is wrong is how rom implements partitions.

 

I was on baidu when i tried to restore a kitkat aosp.

Maybe if i tried to restore a baidu backup, it would work ok.

[Guest Arpione]

Yes, that is interesting. How did you convert it?

That partitioning difference may be the

reason why it wouldn't flash with ygdp tool?

Since laek didn't answer yet I'll do it. Open the CPB with YGDP or CDA, both seem to do the same under the hood. Go to the program's folder and you can find the contents of the CPB extracted in DownFiles as someone mentioned earlier. From there what you'll need are the boot.img, system.img and userdata.img (this was empty in this particular rom). System.img and userdata.img can be unpacked with EXT4 Unpacker. Then I took laek's rom, opened it with AndroidKitchen, swapped out the system folder and boot.img, edited the updater-script, rebuilt it and voila, flashable himax polymer rom :)

 

The reason it wouldn't flash in YGDP is probably just the model number (8297/8297W/8297W_S10). If you try to open a stock beta kitkat that is for 8297 when you've selected 8297W it'll fail, it probably checks the model number of the phone too before flashing.

 

If the extractor you linked above works then all you would have to do is extract it, modify the model in PhoneInfo.yl and repack. The low level stuff like EBR1, EBR2, scatter file are identical in himax and coolpad kitkat roms.

[Guest xeros2]

Hmmmmm. You are wrong!

 

I made a backup both on internal and external SD. I tried to restore from both as well.

Both restored but failed to restore /data

 

I think what is wrong is how rom implements partitions.

 

I was on baidu when i tried to restore a kitkat aosp.

Maybe if i tried to restore a baidu backup, it would work ok.

Have you tried to wipe /data first? Did it succeed?

I propose to check "su -c dmesg" (running from terminal or adb shell) output for any kernel reported errors (maybe issues with NAND flash or /data filesystem corruption that makes remount R/O when it gets fs/storage errors).

Edited September 12, 2014 by xeros2