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

[Guest vassilis91]

It is the official KitKat rom for 8297w. I didn't find any bug yet. It is chinese/english. I am very satisfied with it.

We need someone to bring it multi language :P

[Guest johnickz]

Borsosg what about 3D performance compared to 4.2 versions of official and AOSP?

[Guest]

borsosg can you post the download link please.. thx..

[Guest dakok]

On the first page it is :D

Official Coolpad releases

 

P.S.

Use borsosg hack for getting root (if I'm not wrong?)

Edited September 26, 2014 by dakok

[Guest Milanche78]

This 1?

4.4.009.P0.140924.8297W.CPB

[Guest johnickz]

And a link for YGDB and instructions pls, cause I am searching this "Easy Peasy" section but cant find something to read!!

Make sure everyone that ROOT will be available when you get the official 009.

Edited September 26, 2014 by johnickz

[Guest borsosg]

3D performance is better than other KitKat ROMs, but a little bit slower than 4.2.2 ROMs ~7000 points in antutu 5.1. I didn't try other rooting methods, because I flashed it with changed recovery.

Edited September 26, 2014 by borsosg

[Guest johnickz]

Is there any possibility that they ll improve the 3D performance in future updates?

Cause I manage to score 8000 in 3D performance in 039 version with Antutu5!!

Edited September 26, 2014 by johnickz

[Guest rista1]

3D performance is better than other KitKat ROMs, but a little bit slower than 4.2.2 ROMs ~7000 points in antutu 5.1. I didn't try other rooting methods, because I flashed it with changed recovery.

can you post instruction

[Guest dakok]

And a link for YGDB and instructions pls, cause I am searching this "Easy Peasy" section but cant find something to read!!

Make sure everyone that ROOT will be available when you get the official 009.

 

c/p from the first page:

 

Basic Stuff For Beginners - Easy Peasy Setup

Spoiler 

Download (tools and descriptions)

 

Ok, this is 99% of basic stuff you'll ever need.

It goes this way:

 

1) Drivers

You may install Coolpad driver or PDAnet driver.

For stock rom flashing, you'll need Vcom driver (look inside YGDP folder for PDAnet or Vcom)

 

2) Root

Use vRoot Tool

 

3) Custom recovery

Use CWM 6.0.5.0 or take a look here for others:

Use cwm to make a backup of your system on the SD Card (external) now!

 

4) Gapps - Google applications (Play and so on)

Flash it through CWM or other recoveries mentioned in (3)

Here you will find various releases

For 4.2.2 roms use gapps-jb-20130812-signed.zip

 

5) S*** happens and if you suffer from a bricked phone, use extremely simple YGDP

Tool ( Anggriawan find ), Soda's Unbrick Guide or try with other guides listed down.

 

6) Factory / Stock rom

If you want one (for solving bricks or just for fun) use YGDP Tool (insanely easy tool btw)

or others mentioned in (5)

Stock roms are here or visit Coolpad site for latest release

 

All the tools and descriptions are in download link above

 

 

 

There you click on download and then on YGDP Tool -> there is a guide inside it (for Himax phone, but the logic is the same...)

Edited September 26, 2014 by dakok

[Guest Milanche78]

For stock rom flashing, you'll need Vcom driver (look inside YGDP folder for PDAnet or Vcom)

 

Which 1?

I have windows 7 64bit.

Edited September 26, 2014 by Milanche78

[Guest dakok]

installdrv64.exe

[Guest dakok]

For Google apps, there might be an option in accessibility section in phone settings.

Check there for GMS option - Google apps might work without flashing gapps through recovery :)

I don't know if the root would influence on this so you may try it before rooting

 

@ borsosg

 

What did you use for root?

Edited September 26, 2014 by dakok

[Guest korekore1]

 

c/p from the first page:

 

 

 

There you click on download and then on YGDP Tool -> there is a guide inside it (for Himax phone, but the logic is the same...)

 

on the pdf it says install drivers from device manager and it highlights in red three files from the SP_Drivers_v1.5 folder.

 

1.How do you install these files from device manager?

2.Do the phone have to be connected to the pc?

3.Do you install only these 3 files?

 

The instructions in the pdf are not that good..

[Guest]

heheh.. i read all what you ppl write and now i dont understand nothing.. i think i know how to flash stock rom but after that last page here i not so sure.. :D

[Guest dakok]

1) I didn't. I installed Vcom drivers instead

2) Yes, when manual tells you to connect it

3) 

I installed drivers this way:

1. PDAnet
2. Coolpad-140208
3. Vcom_Driver_Autoinstall - this one was most important!

I sellected 8297w in the Download Configuration window I sellected Coolpad

stock rom 036 (CPB format) previously downloaded

 

 

The instructions are translated from indonesian original guide. I know it is not perfect.

Please, make another one now that would be more concise :)

 

EDIT:

 

Saša, which part you do not understand?

Edited September 26, 2014 by dakok

[Guest]

this rom is a official rom from coolpad right?? so i need to install that vcom drivers too i suposed.. and after that do all the stuff like the guide tell me..

[Guest]

nevermind dakok i stay on my cool lite 41 for now..

[Guest korekore1]

1) I didn't. I installed Vcom drivers instead

2) Yes, when manual tells you to connect it

3) 

 

The instructions are translated from indonesian original guide. I know it is not perfect.

Please, make another one now that would be more concise :)

 

EDIT:

 

Saša, which part you do not understand?

thanks,i will try it this way..!

 

One more question,maybe you know:

in my previous android (Huawei) when we moved from one android version to another (gb-->ics,jb-->gb,etc..) we first flashed the official rom to get the correct baseband and then we flashed the matched custom rom.So if we wanted to move from gb custom to ics custom we first flashed official ics to get the baseband and then the custom ics rom.If we didn't follow this procedure and we went straight from gb custom to ics custom we had many malfunctioning problems,soft bricks and even hard bricks that needed jtag or sending the phone to the official huawei service for repair.

 

i'm asking because i've never seen this procedure for this phone.Is something different here?i mean if someone created a custom kitkat from the 4.4 official kitkat we now have,wouldn't we have to flash official kitkat first and then the custom?

Edited September 26, 2014 by korekore1

[Guest dakok]

It seems logical to me too. I had g300 and you couldn't switch from GB to JB easily.

 

This procedure is something like Flash Tool or MTK flash tool but it is Coolpad's own product

It is much safer and much simpler than usual Flash Tool flashing...

 

Y - Yulong (Yulong is another name for Coolpad)

G - General

D - Download

P - Platform

[Guest dalyer]

Somebody (tcpaulh?) asked that same question a while ago but I didn't see it being answered.

I suppose it might be no harm to flash the relevant latest official ROM before one that is derived from it?

 

BTW anybody else completely lost at this stage with regard to what ROMs are out there and what might be the best to use... 

Even with all the good work by dakok on the top posts and by others in the thread...

:blush:  :mellow:

[Guest laek.17]

3D performance is better than other KitKat ROMs, but a little bit slower than 4.2.2 ROMs ~7000 points in antutu 5.1. I didn't try other rooting methods, because I flashed it with changed recovery.

Have you disabled battery saving? Edited September 26, 2014 by laek.17

[Guest johnickz]

I can confirm with 80% battery life, Antutu 5.1 got 6500 points in 3D performance. Thats bad.

I got 20-21 frames max in 039 and 8000 points but in 009 barely touch 15-16-17fps.

Edited September 26, 2014 by johnickz

[Guest dakok]

Why you guys do not state if that is Dalvik or Art?

 

@Dalyer

It seems that F1 is oversupported :D

Edited September 26, 2014 by dakok

[Guest johnickz]

I was in Dalvik mode, now I switched to ART and waiting for my phone to boot after restart.