ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco

PogMoThoin · 09-05-2011 08:34PM

shadowninty wrote: »

no (is he using CM?)

No, Swedish Spring

shadowninty · 09-05-2011 08:56PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

No, Swedish Spring

take it back

PogMoThoin · 09-05-2011 08:58PM

shadowninty wrote: »

take it back

Need the stock rom first, where I get that?

shadowninty · 09-05-2011 09:00PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Need the stock rom first, where I get that?

TPT to the rescue!
search Orange TPT B10 in Modaco

CrystalLettuce · 09-05-2011 11:25PM

IS it true you get mandatory £10 top up with the phone?

If so, my friend who may be picking it up is Orange. Is there any way she can get that credit?

Mimikyu · 10-05-2011 12:53AM

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phog · 10-05-2011 09:54AM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Anyway to keep the wifi connected, it drops when the screen turns off even though the wifi sleep policy is set to never. Swedish Spring Rom btw

tman wrote: »

Doesn't quite sound right... Mind always reconnects without any issues, it's the fact that it goes off while the phone is locked which is annoying!

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Have that installed but it makes no difference, you having the same problem tman?

Have either of you got a fix for this problem?

bmaxi · 10-05-2011 06:07PM

My son got one of these recently and asked me to unlock it root it and put a custom rom on it. No mean task for someone who knows zilch about Android. Anyway I unlocked it and rooted it thanks to this tutorial http://orangesanfrancisco.co.uk/android/how-to-root-the-orange-san-francisco-zte-blade/
when I came to install the custom rom it went well up to step 31 after that the responses on the phone weren't the same as the tutorial. I have re-rooted it as suggested in the tutorial and the app is telling me it is rooted successfully but when I get to "open recovery manager", the only options are clear cache or uninstall, none of the steps from 32 on are there. Any ideas?

PogMoThoin · 10-05-2011 06:11PM

phog wrote: »

Have either of you got a fix for this problem?

No fix so far, its annoying

shadowninty · 10-05-2011 08:00PM

bmaxi wrote: »

My son got one of these recently and asked me to unlock it root it and put a custom rom on it. No mean task for someone who knows zilch about Android. Anyway I unlocked it and rooted it thanks to this tutorial http://orangesanfrancisco.co.uk/android/how-to-root-the-orange-san-francisco-zte-blade/
when I came to install the custom rom it went well up to step 31 after that the responses on the phone weren't the same as the tutorial. I have re-rooted it as suggested in the tutorial and the app is telling me it is rooted successfully but when I get to "open recovery manager", the only options are clear cache or uninstall, none of the steps from 32 on are there. Any ideas?

Its in the launcher!
Touch the 4 dot icon at the homescreen and scroll to it

bmaxi · 10-05-2011 10:46PM

shadowninty wrote: »

Its in the launcher!
Touch the 4 dot icon at the homescreen and scroll to it

Thanks for that, I managed to install Swedish Spring. It's a bit nerve wracking doing it on someone elses phone especially when you don't know what you are doing, although I must say that tutorial is excellent.

phog · 11-05-2011 07:35AM

shadowninty wrote: »

Blade Wifi Fix from the Market?

PogMoThoin wrote: »

No fix so far, its annoying

Last night I tried the fix recommended above and it connects to the Wifi when I wake the phone up, that's a big improvement from what I had but...... am I incorrect in thinking that the Wifi should stay running in the background even when the phone if locked and asleep?

PogMoThoin · 11-05-2011 08:04AM

phog wrote: »

Last night I tried the fix recommended above and it connects to the Wifi when I wake the phone up, that's a big improvement from what I had but...... am I incorrect in thinking that the Wifi should stay running in the background even when the phone if locked and asleep?

Exactly, I've it set to never disconnect, it still does though. My own Galaxy stays connected as did my old HTC, this Blade doesn't but it could just be the Swedish Spring rom. I've that Blade wifi fix installed since the first day, it doesn't stop it disconnecting, not sure what it does, if anything

Kristopherus · 11-05-2011 11:34AM

Got mine last evening. Unlocked it, no problem. Followed the instructions on orangesanfrancisco.Downloaded uRoot.apk, but when I tap on it it says "No corresponding application" Downloaded Swedish Spring as well and get the same message. What am I doing wrong?

PogMoThoin · 11-05-2011 11:45AM

Kristopherus wrote: »

Got mine last evening. Unlocked it, no problem. Followed the instructions on orangesanfrancisco.Downloaded uRoot.apk, but when I tap on it it says "No corresponding application" Downloaded Swedish Spring as well and get the same message. What am I doing wrong?

Download it on your pc and transfer it to the phone over usb, then browse to the file on your phone with your phones file explorer. I had trouble downloading this file with the phone also. I got all the files on my desktop and then transferred them all with usb, right clicking on the files and selecting send to removable device is fine.

Kristopherus · 11-05-2011 01:28PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Download it on your pc and transfer it to the phone over usb, then browse to the file on your phone with your phones file explorer. I had trouble downloading this file with the phone also. I got all the files on my desktop and then transferred them all with usb, right clicking on the files and selecting send to removable device is fine.

Thats what I did. I could'nt get a link via the phone as the damn thing was redirecting me to Orangeworld:(. The only Explorer I can find on the phone is Filer. That brings up whats on the card. Tab on any of them and that message comes up. The only thing tha tworked when I downloaded it was Ask Mr Pigfish and that told me the phone is Gen 1.

shadowninty · 11-05-2011 02:29PM

Kristopherus wrote: »

Got mine last evening. Unlocked it, no problem. Followed the instructions on orangesanfrancisco.Downloaded uRoot.apk, but when I tap on it it says "No corresponding application" Downloaded Swedish Spring as well and get the same message. What am I doing wrong?

use Astro file manager from the market

Kristopherus · 11-05-2011 08:00PM

shadowninty wrote: »

use Astro file manager from the market

Thanks for that. It worked a treat. Have downloaded and successfully installed everything as per the orangesanfrancisco site instructions. However, the recoveryM.apk file will not open I get the message " SORRY.The application Recovery Manager (process com.podtwo.Recovery Manager) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." It then gives the option Force Close. I followed the Troubleshooting instructions and re unrooted and cleared the cache. I have uninstalled and redownloaded to no avail.I know I'm very close to the end and am now wondering where to go

shadowninty · 11-05-2011 08:10PM

Kristopherus wrote: »

Thanks for that. It worked a treat. Have downloaded and successfully installed everything as per the orangesanfrancisco site instructions. However, the recoveryM.apk file will not open I get the message " SORRY.The application Recovery Manager (process com.podtwo.Recovery Manager) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." It then gives the option Force Close. I followed the Troubleshooting instructions and re unrooted and cleared the cache. I have uninstalled and redownloaded to no avail.I know I'm very close to the end and am now wondering where to go

weird
if you want you can TPT

PogMoThoin · 11-05-2011 09:32PM

Looking for a link to a good leather pouch that won't break the bank

Kristopherus · 11-05-2011 10:27PM

shadowninty wrote: »

weird
if you want you can TPT

I thought TPT was for Gen 2 phones?

shadowninty · 11-05-2011 10:40PM

Kristopherus wrote: »

I thought TPT was for Gen 2 phones?

You can TPT to Gen2 or 1

Kristopherus · 13-05-2011 12:27AM

Tonight I decided to uninstall everything and reboot into the Orange menu. Stuck my Justmobile card in for free internet:D and downloaded and installed everything as per orangesanfrancisco. Everything went swimmingly, even Recovery Manager opened:). However RM will not install anything for me. Gives me an error "You need to install a custom recovery before you can install a new firmware". when I tab on the Recovery tab It will not install clock.img from the sd card. Gives an error message"Currently installed Recovery: Unrecognised" . The version is v0.34beta. I'm wondering if there's a bug in the beta version that does not recognise the img files

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shadowninty · 13-05-2011 07:44AM

it worked fine for me
Try redownload clockwork

deaglan169 · 13-05-2011 09:00PM

im running cyanogen on my blade ive updated to the latest version, but when i check the version number in the settings its displaying the original i uploaded on the 26th of march, is there something im doing wrong i updated as i did before, need to sort this as its randomly turning off

Twiki · 13-05-2011 10:05PM

Kristopherus wrote: »

Tonight I decided to uninstall everything and reboot into the Orange menu. Stuck my Justmobile card in for free internet:D and downloaded and installed everything as per orangesanfrancisco. Everything went swimmingly, even Recovery Manager opened:). However RM will not install anything for me. Gives me an error "You need to install a custom recovery before you can install a new firmware". when I tab on the Recovery tab It will not install clock.img from the sd card. Gives an error message"Currently installed Recovery: Unrecognised" . The version is v0.34beta. I'm wondering if there's a bug in the beta version that does not recognise the img files.

Have you tried updating the database within Recovery Manager? (Menu -> Update database)

irishpancake · 13-05-2011 10:33PM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Exactly, I've it set to never disconnect, it still does though. My own Galaxy stays connected as did my old HTC, this Blade doesn't but it could just be the Swedish Spring rom. I've that Blade wifi fix installed since the first day, it doesn't stop it disconnecting, not sure what it does, if anything

Hi, you want to keep WiFi on, regardless of sleep?

Try this, free from Market, it also works with Blade WiFi fix:

https://market.android.com/details?id=opotech.advancedwifilockfree

It doesn't interfere with blade wifi fix, so you can use them both alongside eachother. e.g. if you decide to temporarily disable advanced wifi lock, then blade wifi fix will take over.

Dev post here:

http://android.modaco.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=318850&view=findpost&p=1608056

You will run your Battery down, but I think you know that.....

Kristopherus · 13-05-2011 10:48PM

@ shadowninty & Twiki. Thanks very much for you very helpful suggestions.After I posted last night, I searched the Modaco site in a further effort to get things right and found a file called Recovery-Clockwork-2.5.2.3-blade.img. I downloaded it and lo and behold RM recognised it and finally went on to install Swedish Spring:):):). I rebooted and hey presto! Success:D:D:D. Absolutely great to have gotten rid of that Orange rubbish, even if it kept me up till 2.15am:eek:

PogMoThoin · 14-05-2011 12:02AM

irishpancake wrote: »

Hi, you want to keep WiFi on, regardless of sleep?

Try this, free from Market, it also works with Blade WiFi fix:

https://market.android.com/details?id=opotech.advancedwifilockfree

Dev post here:

http://android.modaco.com/index.php?s=&showtopic=318850&view=findpost&p=1608056

You will run your Battery down, but I think you know that.....

Thats working, thank you. Not bothered at all about battery drain

irishpancake · 14-05-2011 12:24AM

PogMoThoin wrote: »

Thats working, thank you. Not bothered at all about battery drain

Well that's just great, glad it helped you solve your problem....

and thanx to the dev too, where would we be without those really clever ppls

and no doubt MoDaCo is the place to look for this stuff, fantastic community!!!

ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco

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