ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco

Khannie · 13-01-2011 10:50AM

harpstilidie wrote: »

I'm going to attempt to debrand my SF tomorrow. Is the method on this website ok to use? Up to date and all with the newer models? Anybody tried this method and was it successful?

http://www.chrislowthian.co.uk/how-to-unlock-de-brand-and-root-the-zte-blade-orange-san-francisco/1824/

It'll be my 1st time trying it and I'm scared

If you just want a debrand, you could follow those instructions alright. Installing a pre-rooted rom would seem to be a better idea though. There are good instructions on the modaco site.

Khannie · 13-01-2011 11:21AM

Vego wrote: »

well tried the upgrade cleared caches factory etc loaded rom from sd , phone loaded up and just froze had to restore back to original software

What rom did you flash? First boot after a clean flash can take a long time (like well over a minute).

Vego · 13-01-2011 12:54PM

http://www.chrislowthian.co.uk/upgrade-your-orange-san-francisco-zte-blade-to-froyo-2-2-oled-tft-versions/1898/

I used this

Khannie · 13-01-2011 01:02PM

Hmmm. So you have clockwork installed? I'd say just run a backup then try a different rom. No harm. Flibbles rom or the japanese jellyfish are the in-thing. I'd probably go with flibbles myself. Looks like less arsing tbh.

edit: Link.

further edit: Wait a long time for boot.

Vego · 13-01-2011 01:12PM

I waited but up came a sim lock screen and the touch screen wouldnt work !!!
When re trying do I do a back up again then wipe then install or would the restore still be in the pipes?

Khannie · 13-01-2011 02:28PM

The backup should still be there. Check in /sdcard/clockwork/backup/ (I think). You can just go ahead and wipe the bits (not the sdcard though

) and try the new rom then. If it goes tits up, just use the clockwork backup.

Khannie · 13-01-2011 03:11PM

Yeah, it seems one of the newer 2.2 roms should work for you. Your issue is mentioned in the "common problems" section here.

harpstilidie · 13-01-2011 05:58PM

I have a problem already...

my driver software won't install on my laptop. The modem installed but the USB didn't? Any ideas?

MC_G · 13-01-2011 08:10PM

Have you tried these drivers? They may work better as they're from the latest Japanese Release.

If they dont' work straight away you may have to force the install or the reinstall the drivers on windows.

Depending on version you'll need to do something like this:

Go to Control Panel > System > Device Manager and look for yellow exclamation marks usually something like ZTE, HUSB, ADB or Android phone.

Click on the item and select driver then either install or update driver and then select browse my computer and navigate to where you've extracted the driver and install it from there. (You may need to ignore some warnings about it not being for the correct device and just click next!)

Try that first and post back if it still doesn't work.

MC_G · 13-01-2011 08:28PM

Vego wrote: »

http://www.chrislowthian.co.uk/upgrade-your-orange-san-francisco-zte-blade-to-froyo-2-2-oled-tft-versions/1898/

I used this

I am on that ROM and Kernel, and it works well for me, but That-Guy (literally, it's his handle on MoDaCo) has gotten a good bit of guff for his guides for being simplistic rip-offs (and not originally giving credit to the ROM makers) of the better guides like StevenHarperUK's.

If you have Clockwork already, download the deSoftened r0.3 if that's your chosen flavour, run an md5 check, move to sd, reboot to recovery, choose/install zip from sd card and let it install, reboot (missing in the guide you used guide), and then do the same with the updated kernel .zip file and it should absolutely work.

Good luck and let us know how it goes!

edit: Have you unlocked your phone or are you using it on Orange without an unlock? If your phone's still locked unlock it or you may have that issue on a few of the 2.2 roms.

Ardennes1944 · 13-01-2011 09:05PM

anyone here come across a good cheap way to get this phone? orange now want 20pounds top up and play.com are charging 210 now. i have a brother in london so is it still easiest to get him to buy it online and sent it to his house and then post here himself?

slimboyfat · 13-01-2011 09:55PM

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

anyone here come across a good cheap way to get this phone? orange now want 20pounds top up and play.com are charging 210 now. i have a brother in london so is it still easiest to get him to buy it online and sent it to his house and then post here himself?

Argos UK but thats only if you can get you hands on one.

gnolan · 13-01-2011 10:01PM

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

anyone here come across a good cheap way to get this phone? orange now want 20pounds top up and play.com are charging 210 now. i have a brother in london so is it still easiest to get him to buy it online and sent it to his house and then post here himself?

Where are you getting those prices. On the Orange website it still says 99 + 10 topup, and on play it says £102

Vego · 13-01-2011 10:02PM

Im unlocked de branded flashed .....washed and clean

Im gonna give up and just enjoy the phone for a while unless someone in the meath area wants to finish it off for me for the price of a 6 pack of beer

Ardennes1944 · 13-01-2011 10:07PM

gnolan wrote: »

Where are you getting those prices. On the Orange website it still says 99 + 10 topup, and on play it says £102

sorry meant to say thats the store price not online. saw the argos price too, doesnt say anything about being out of stock on the website anyway. i went into play.com earlier and got the usual price but now im getting 209euro? who knows, id rather stick with orange anyway. one big q, is there really a big difference between tft and oled? is it worth paying an extra bit for the oled?

t0mm13b · 13-01-2011 11:10PM

Right, I have been doing a lot of investigating into the kernel, and am optimizing a lot of things within the kernel configuration to make it faster... however fingers crossed it will work, the wifi driver (I am convinced that the driver is not 100% spot on with respect to battery draining very fast with wifi switched on), it is apparently an older driver for Atheros 6000, based on the specifications of the chipset used, the Atheros chipset is 6003, so will give this a spin up, and if all goes ok, it will be committed to github...

This battery drain with wifi happens under the modaco rom alpha 5.... so hopefully a few devs on modaco will sit up and take notice...

t0mm13b · 13-01-2011 11:41PM

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

sorry meant to say thats the store price not online. saw the argos price too, doesnt say anything about being out of stock on the website anyway. i went into play.com earlier and got the usual price but now im getting 209euro? who knows, id rather stick with orange anyway. one big q, is there really a big difference between tft and oled? is it worth paying an extra bit for the oled?

To be honest - OLED is taken off, and TFT in place, it is more popular.... so not worth the hassle or stress in trying to figure out which to get, the newer models now have TFT...

Ardennes1944 · 13-01-2011 11:44PM

t0mm13b wrote: »

To be honest - OLED is taken off, and TFT in place, it is more popular.... so not worth the hassle or stress in trying to figure out which to get, the newer models now have TFT...

you can get oleds on ebay though so just want to know is it worth it? ive a 5530 atm and i think that has tft 16m colours....is that the same as the SF?

harpstilidie · 14-01-2011 02:26AM

MC_G wrote: »

Have you tried these drivers? They may work better as they're from the latest Japanese Release.

If they dont' work straight away you may have to force the install or the reinstall the drivers on windows.

Depending on version you'll need to do something like this:

Go to Control Panel > System > Device Manager and look for yellow exclamation marks usually something like ZTE, HUSB, ADB or Android phone.

Click on the item and select driver then either install or update driver and then select browse my computer and navigate to where you've extracted the driver and install it from there. (You may need to ignore some warnings about it not being for the correct device and just click next!)

Try that first and post back if it still doesn't work.

Thanks very much,i got the drivers installed and managed to get the phone debranded. I leave the custom ROM for a while yet. Thanks again =]

smoochie06 · 14-01-2011 11:21AM

I bought my SF a month ago. I hAve unlocked it to the vodafone network and nothing more.

In the last few days the touch screen has been playing up. It sticks and won't respond like it should. Like when I go to swipe to answer a call it won't move. The only way for me to sort it is to pull the battery.

Did anyone else come across this problem?
Is there an easy solution or will I have to bring it back.
I'm completely new to android so any advice welcomed.

NeoSlicerZ · 14-01-2011 12:20PM

I just got a Blade and am having some troubles with the back cover (to insert battery) >_>, I don't really want to brute force it off, is there some kind of trick to it?

MC_G · 14-01-2011 01:08PM

smoochie06 wrote: »

I bought my SF a month ago. I hAve unlocked it to the vodafone network and nothing more.

In the last few days the touch screen has been playing up. It sticks and won't respond like it should. Like when I go to swipe to answer a call it won't move. The only way for me to sort it is to pull the battery.

Did anyone else come across this problem?
Is there an easy solution or will I have to bring it back.
I'm completely new to android so any advice welcomed.

How long does it work for after pulling the battery?

I'd love to blame it on Orange's 2.1 firmware but it could be hardware related.

Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of people remaining on the Orange ROM who are actively reporting back issues.

Your best bet would probably be to return it to be on the safe side

You could try a different rom if you think you are capable of reverting it to near enough to stock just in case you need to return it though.

As for removing the back cover, just the tip of my thumbnail at the bottom starts to separate it, and then I run my thumb up along both sides past the volume rocker on the one side and to the micro USB on the other.

NeoSlicerZ · 14-01-2011 01:30PM

Yeah, just got it now using a ruler, ugh. ~_~

t0mm13b · 14-01-2011 01:43PM

NeoSlicerZ wrote: »

Yeah, just got it now using a ruler, ugh. ~_~

BE careful not to use excessive force on it.... or you could pop the spring for the power button on the back casing...

Modaco's ROM is out of alpha now and is available as R7, R8 will be out shortly....

There may be a gingerbread in the works but its being kept very quiet!

slimboyfat · 14-01-2011 02:07PM

Can someone please tell me if I have to revert back to a orange stock rom to remove the blue tint problem on my camera ( I read this somewhere but cant find it now ) or if I put on Froyo ( Modaco's Rom, which does not need to connect to 3g to boot correctly?? ), will this clear the problem for me anyway?

smoochie06 · 14-01-2011 02:30PM

MC_G wrote: »

How long does it work for after pulling the battery?

I'd love to blame it on Orange's 2.1 firmware but it could be hardware related.

Unfortunately, there's not a whole lot of people remaining on the Orange ROM who are actively reporting back issues.

Your best bet would probably be to return it to be on the safe side

You could try a different rom if you think you are capable of reverting it to near enough to stock just in case you need to return it though.

As for removing the back cover, just the tip of my thumbnail at the bottom starts to separate it, and then I run my thumb up along both sides past the volume rocker on the one side and to the micro USB on the other.

Yesterday it happened about 5 times and would be anything from 5 mins to 2hours before it would happen again. Thankfully I only had to pull the battery this morning and it has been grand since.

I might have a look at inStalling a rom and see hoW that goes.

Failing that ill have to bring it back.
Thanks

Khannie · 14-01-2011 02:50PM

t0mm13b wrote: »

There may be a gingerbread in the works but its being kept very quiet!

There's nothing preventing it now that they have the kernel source. You could happily use a 2.6.32 kernel with gingerbread source once you're happy to build from the open source effort and fix it up a bit.

NeoSlicerZ · 14-01-2011 03:15PM

Hmm, wifi keeps connecting to the network then dropping immediately, happens on the stock tele2 rom and also with Japanese Jellyfish

any ideas?

t0mm13b · 14-01-2011 03:52PM

NeoSlicerZ wrote: »

Hmm, wifi keeps connecting to the network then dropping immediately, happens on the stock tele2 rom and also with Japanese Jellyfish any ideas?

Can I have your attention please?

There's a new channel on freenode, called #zteblade... am in there using my same namesake handle here... feel free to pop in on that channel, you may get a faster turn-around response time...

Thank you!
(No, I am not the mod/chop on that channel either

)

NeoSlicerZ · 14-01-2011 05:04PM

t0mm13b wrote: »

Can I have your attention please?

There's a new channel on freenode, called #zteblade... am in there using my same namesake handle here... feel free to pop in on that channel, you may get a faster turn-around response time...

Thank you!
(No, I am not the mod/chop on that channel either )

Thanks, just got it working after doing some router stuff, heh.

ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco

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