How to ROM Dronix onto Huawei Ideos U8150
The ROM is the soul of your Ideos. It controls how the phone performs and also what hardware features are accessible. You can install a great many apps to transform your Ideos into any one of a wide range of tools, but if a feature required by an app isn’t supported by the ROM, then it wont work. For example, a good number of Ideos phones support multitouch at the hardware level. However, the standard vanilla Android ROM that runs the Ideos does not support multitouch. As a result, pinch-to-zoom that is supported by apps such as Opera Mini and Google Maps does not work.
If you want to transform the ‘personality’ of your phone, then you have to change the ROM. This is known as ROMing. There are people that ROM their new phones as standard procedure not only to access functionality that doesn’t come standard, but also to feel that they have free reign over their phones. I stayed away from such radical customization owing to the risk of bricking a perfectly working phone. Besides, it wouldn’t have served any purpose beyond feeding my curiosity. However, over time my Ideos became sluggish, and boring. I’d go for days without tinkering with it to discover a new app, or new ways to customize it. And I was getting really pissed off at the sluggishness. So one day this here guy passed by my blog and mentioned Dronix. I hadn’t heard of it before and I liked the name right off the bat. I was hooked, and I went searching.
Dronix isn’t really that unique in the sense that most of its features can be found on other ROMs. But it does have that name… and it promises a significant speed boost. Among the features that it boasts, Dronix won me over on:
- Multitouch support
- Speed boost of up to 748MHz – My Ideos was previously running at 600MHz
- SSH support – allowing me to access the files on the phone over wifi, therefore avoiding the whole USB connectivity drama.
- Responsive user forum – very useful when you get stuck on something
- Extremely good reviews – especially from people who have tried out a number of ROMs
Before proceeding to describe how I went about ROMing, I’d like to mention that ROMing may go wrong in your particular case and leave you with a bricked phone. When you proceed with ROMing you’re taking full responsibility for anything that may go wrong.
Note that the PC portions of the process were done on Windows XP SP3. The experience is definitely going to be different if you’re working in a different OS. In addition, I hadn’t partitioned my microSD card so the swapping was straightforward.
Getting Ready to ROM
One thing that many how-to guides I came across failed to do was list what tools you require before beginning the process. ROMing is a delicate process and you don’t want to be discovering that there’s a critical tool you need to download, when you’ve wiped out your phone. So here are the items you should get before you begin:
- 4GB microSD card: The Ideos is typically sold with a 1GB microSD card. This is insufficient to support the ROMing process, so get a new card that’s at least 4GB.
- MyBackup Root: Very useful backup tool especially for data.
- Titanium Backup: A popular and comprehensive backup tool that’s great for restoring missing apps.
- UltraJack Recovery: This helps you perform two steps:
- Backup your current ROM
- Flash the new (Dronix) ROM
- Quick Boot: very handy in booting your phone into recovery mode
- Dronix 0.5: the ROM that you’re going to flash onto your Ideos.
- Stock ROM: this is the vanilla Android ROM that may come in handy should you run into problems and need to do a clean install of your Ideos. Hopefully it won’t come to this since you should be having your current ROM backed up and ready to restore your phone to its state prior to starting the ROMing process.
- Z4Root: It aids in rooting your Ideos prior to ROMing.
- PDAnet : It installs the USB driver that is required when setting up UltraJack Recovery.
- Sufficient free HDD space: During the ROMing, you’re going to do a lot of file copying between your Ideos and the PC. Make sure you have at least 2GB free on the PC hard drive for this job.
UPDATE (2011-12-11):
Some download links above stopped working recently so here are alternative sources for the files:
Stock ROM (no longer available. See update note below for new location)
UPDATE (2012-01-20):
Due to this week’s shutdown of MegaUpload, some more download links no longer work. The alternative file sources are:
Dronix 0.5 (link courtesy of Rooter in the comments – thanks!)
UPDATE (2012-02-09):
The Stock ROM can now be found at the location below. Use the link titled “U8150_STOCK_ROMS”.
Backup n’ Stuff
Before you proceed in transforming your Ideos, it’s important to note down any important settings that may get lost in the process. In my case I noted the network APN for my 3G connection since I had read in the forums that a number of people had gotten stuck without 3G since they couldn’t remember what the APN setting was. I’m not aware what other settings may get lost, but I doubt they are many since the backup apps can capture most relevant settings.
- Rooting – almost all the steps to be carried out from this point on require that your phone be rooted. Rooting allows access to protected Android files. I rooted my phone a while back so I didn’t have to execute this step. I used SuperOneClick which worked fine, but was a bit complicated. A much simpler route to rooting is via Z4Root. I haven’t used it myself, but this video should help guide you through the process.
- Installing the larger microSD card
- Connect your Ideos to your PC via USB cable and turn on USB storage.
- Copy all the contents of the microSD card onto a folder on your PC (eg. C:\Backup\Ideos\microSD1GB\).
- Turn off USB storage and disconnect the phone from the PC.
- Turn off the phone
- Remove the old microSD card and install the new larger card.
- Switch on the phone and connect it to the PC
- Turn on USB storage and copy all the microSD files from the PC (C:\Backup\Ideos\microSD1GB\) to the phone
- Installing Custom Recovery
- Extract PDAnet to a folder on your PC eg. C:\Downloads\PDAnet_files
- Extract Ultrajack to a folder on your PC eg. C:\Downloads\UltraJack-recovery
- Enter bootloader mode:
- Turn off the phone
- Hold down the POWER button, the VOLUME DOWN button and the END CALL (RED) button simultaneously for 5 seconds. The phone switches on and gets stuck on the Ideos logo screen.
- Connect phone to PC via USB cable. The Windows XP Hardware installer starts up.
- Do not allow the installer to search for drivers. Point it to the location of the Android 1.0 driver – C:\Downloads\PDAnet_files\x86\usbwin to complete the installation.
- Open a command prompt on the PC and type the following:
cd C:\Downloads\UltraJack-recoveryinstall-recovery-windows.bat
- You’ll see the “sending ‘recovery’” and “writing ‘recovery’” messages and then the phone reboots.
- Backing up
- Install MyBackup Root if you haven’t done so already.
- Refer to this video for a demonstration on how to go about backing up your Ideos. Backup all the applications as indicated AND also backup all data.
- Install Titanium Backup if you haven’t done so already. I used the paid version, so it’s likely that some of what I describe may be different for you if you’re using the free version.
- Refer to this video for instructions on how to backup using Titanium Backup.
- Download the non-market version of Titanium Backup and copy it to the root of your microSD card. This is going to come in handy later when restoring apps and data.
- Install Quick Boot if you haven’t done so already
- Reboot the phone into recovery mode using Quick Boot
Ultrajack Recovery Screen on the Ideos
- Once the phone is in recovery mode, perform backup by selecting Backup/Restore > Nand Backup > Perform Backup > Confirm by pressing middle button in D-Pad.
- When backup is complete, reboot the phone by Volume Down button > Volume Down button > Reboot system now
- Once the phone has started, connect it to the PC in USB storage mode and copy over the contents of the microSD to a folder on the PC (eg. C:\Backup\Ideos\microSD4GB\)
- Make sure your Ideos is fully charged before proceeding to the next steps.
Finally, we can ROM
All the steps till this point are unlikely to lose you any data. With ROMing, however, everything is wiped out and replaced with the phone’s new personality. This shouldn’t worry you too much though since you’ve already taken a backup of the phone’s ROM, so it’s possible to recover your phone back to its original (before ROMing) state. The microSD is untouched by ROMing so all the files on it are going to be immediately available to Dronix.
- Connect your Ideos to the PC and copy the Dronix zip file (dronix_0.5_samnium3.zip in my case) and the Stock ROM zip file (U8150 V100R001C191B822(Australia channel sales).zip) onto the root of the microSD card.
- Reboot the phone into recovery mode using Quick Boot
- Flash Dronix by selecting Flash zip from sdcard > Choose zip from sdcard > dronix_0.5_samnium3.zip > Confirm
- Once the flashing is complete, reboot the phone by pressing Volume Down Button > reboot system now
- When my phone restarted, it reported that the microSD was damaged so I had to format it. This obviously wiped out all the files, but I wasn’t worried since I’d already taken a backup of the contents. After the formatting I rebooted the phone and then copied the files over from the PC back onto the microSD. The one thing I noticed during this process was that I no longer needed to have Quick Boot since Dronix has both Reboot and Recovery options on the Power menu.
- Restore basic settings:
- Set the Time zone and time format
- If your phone hasn’t picked up 3G yet, then set the APN to the correct value. In my case, the APN was automatically picked up from the network so I had internet access right from the start.
- Once you have internet access, you can set up the phone’s Gmail account. Without this, it’s very difficult to restore the rest of the data (especially contacts).
- The next thing I restored was wifi. I did this manually since I hadn’t reinstalled the backup apps yet. I wanted to have wifi running just in case I needed to download any apps.
- Restore backup apps:
- Dronix comes with File Expert already installed. Use this to browse to the root of the microSD and tap on TitaniumBackup_latest.apk to install. Dronix also comes already rooted, so you can go ahead and install any apps that require rooted phones without having to go through the rooting process.
- Use Titanium Backup to restore MyBackup Root by selecting Backup/Restore > Batch > Restore missing apps with data > Deselect all > MyBackup Root 2.7.7 > Run the batch operation
- Restore data – I had to learn the hard way that Titanium Backup wasn’t the best choice for data restore. When I restored my contacts, not only did the wrong information get associated with the wrong contacts, but the call log did not find matches in the contacts and then finally the whole phone app crashed. So I had to reboot the phone in restore mode and redo the flashing. After re-flashing, I restored the data a bit at a time using MyBackup Root:
- Restoring contacts – I do not synch my contacts with Gmail since it messes up by mixing phone and mail contacts. I prefer to leave mail contacts in mail and phone contacts on the phone. For this reason, my restore process wasn’t as easy as what I’d read on the subject. This is how I did it:
- Logged onto Gmail on the web and exported the contacts
- Enabled Google account sync on the phone
- Restored Contacts data from MyBackup Root by selecting Restore > Data > Local > (the most recent data backup) > Contacts > Ok
- It warns you that there are many records to be deleted. Allow it to proceed.
- Once the restore process was complete, I allowed the online contacts deletion to proceed to the end, after which I disabled account sync on the phone.
- Restored the online Gmail contacts from the earlier exported file
- Restoring contacts – I do not synch my contacts with Gmail since it messes up by mixing phone and mail contacts. I prefer to leave mail contacts in mail and phone contacts on the phone. For this reason, my restore process wasn’t as easy as what I’d read on the subject. This is how I did it:
- Restoring other data using MyBackup Root:
- Call log: Restore > Data > Local > (the most recent data backup) > Call Log > Ok
- SMS/MMS: Restore > Data > Local > (the most recent data backup) > SMS + MMS > Ok
- Calendar: Restore > Data > Local > (the most recent data backup) > Calendar > Ok
- Dictionary: Restore > Data > Local > (the most recent data backup) > Dictionary > Ok
- Turn on the overclocking – I also got my fingers burnt on this one. The first time round I had restored all apps and configured a number of them (eg. Go Launcher Ex) before tweaking the CPU frequency. The thing about these frequency settings is you never know what values your phone can handle until you try them out. So I kept adjusting upwards and all went well until I hit 748MHz. The phone simply rebooted, and I realized what the limit was. Unfortunately since SetCPU was configured to turn up the frequency on booting, the phone kept rebooting, and I had to restart it in restore mode and repeat the whole flashing process
This is where the manual (without Quick Boot) way of booting into restore came in handy. I removed the phone battery and then put it back in, after which I held down the POWER button, the VOLUME UP button and the START CALL (GREEN) button simultaneously for 5 seconds. Once I completed re-flashing, I decided to tweak the frequency as early in the restore process as possible to avoid suffering too much of a set back if things went wrong:
- Restored SetCPU using Titanium Backup by selecting Backup/Restore > Batch > Restore missing apps with data > Deselect all > SetCPU > Run the batch operation. If you do not have SetCPU, there’s a link to it on my previous post about the Ideos.
- Disabled SetCPU’s Set on Boot so that if I accidentally hit the wrong frequency, the phone would only reboot once.
- Adjusted the frequency to 30MHz min and 729MHz max.
- The phone worked fine, so I re-enabled Set on Boot
- Restore all other missing apps using Titanium Backup by selecting Backup/Restore > Batch > Restore missing apps with data > (uncheck any apps that may no longer be required eg. Quick Boot) > Run the batch operation. This process is very smooth with the paid version of Titanium Backup. The free version requires you to keep responding to prompts for each app restored. For this reason you may choose to restore from MyBackup Root instead. I haven’t tried restoring apps from MyBackup Root, but I bet it’s pretty easy. The only app that completely failed to run on Dronix is Twitter for Android. It didn’t even show up on the list of apps.
- Restore System settings using MyBackup Root by selecting Restore > Data > Local > (the most recent data backup) > System Settings > Ok
- The ROMing is complete so you may now delete the Dronix and Stock ROM zip files from the microSD card using File Expert.
The Dronix Experience
So far I’m loving my phone’s new personality. It feels like I went out and bought a new Ideos. I’m constantly using it for all sorts of stuff. I also feel a deeper understanding of the workings of the phone and therefore less concerned about bricking it. One surprising thing I learnt is the fact that two Ideos (what’s the plural?) phones could look identical on the outside and have significant differences internally. For instance, there are some that do not have hardware support for multitouch.
The Dronix phone app allows typing a contact’s name to call. The contacts and calendar apps give me the choice of saving entries as either phone entries or Gmail entries. I like choice 
. There’s even a web server, though I haven’t found use for this yet. I’m totally enjoying pinch-to-zoom which feels a lot more natural than using the zoom button. The camera seems to perform better too, but I can’t quite speak much on this since I take most of my pictures with an actual camera. I used the ROMing as an opportunity to try out a new Twitter client, and I must say Plume has been great.
There are kinks too. For starters, I’m not very fond of the way the phone sometimes hangs and has to reboot. Or the way some apps (especially Plume) just crash. This is something that I never experienced on vanilla Android, though I imagine that more polished versions of Dronix are going to iron out such bugs.
Is the phone faster? Well I haven’t felt like shaking it senseless yet, so it must be responding better. BUT. I would still prefer a much snappier response. Perhaps I’ve hit the limit of the Ideos when it comes to number of apps installed versus the desired responsiveness.
For a number of reasons I have yet to void my warranty! I really need to get the screen replaced while still under warranty then get to really having fun with the Ideos! Thanks much for this very informative post. I need to re-read it in a relaxed setting and work on ROMing my phone!
Hey Eric!
Use that warranty before it voids automatically
Yeah, you’ll have fun with ROMing when you get down to it. Let me know how it goes and whether it gives you a huge improvement in responsiveness.
i think i will try it now
Go for it! It’s quite an eye opener
Hello again Alex!
Well done on this very detailed guide to ROMing, you’ve just about covered everything a newbie should know. I wish I had read this before I ROMed mine, it would have saved me a lot of tense moments!
Kidding aside, the ROMing bug has bitten me and I’ve tried out several other ROMs including the gingerbread (android 2.3.x) based ones which are still undergoing development now. One thing I’ve noticed with gingerbread is that it is definitely faster, but no one has released a stable, bug-free version yet. A very common problem with these ROMs is no haptic feedback on the soft keys and unstable wifi (I can’t live without wifi!) to name just two that I noticed right away. My informal test for speed was to load games and see if they are playable, that’s where the difference is apparent. Games that lag on froyo are playable on gingerbread.
The ROMs that I have found to be very stable are DroniX, Froyoman, AIB Cataclysm, Gnappo Ideos, Power Ideos, and Fusion Ideos. These are all froyo (android 2.2.x) based and should run in our u8150′s without any trouble. At the moment I’m enjoying the look and feel of Fusion Ideos, it has an awesome bootup animation and is very smooth in transitioning between home screens. Of course YMMV, as they say.
If you use the no-frills cpu app for overclocking you can avoid reboot looping as it has a built in safety mechanism that brings the clock frequency down to a safe 600Mhz in case the phone crashes.
We are learning a lot about our u8150′s! I can’t wait for a stable gingerbread ROM….
All the best again to you!
Hey Rooter!
Thanks very much! Yeah, I realized there weren’t any detailed one-stop kind of guides on ROMing so I went ahead and did one. You’ve totally pulled all stops on ROMing
I wonder how I can get a hold of that Fusion Ideos boot animation. I used to have a custom one on my previous ROM, but I haven’t restored it since ROMing Dronix. For the home screens, I use Go Launcher Ex. It’s extremely customizable and can be skinned.
Nice tip on No-Frills CPU. I had no idea it has a safeguard. Let me know when you come across a stable gingerbread ROM
my ideos is going crazy., its turning off and on., how can i fixed this? somebody help me plzzzzzzzzz…….
after i open it its restart automaticaly.,
Hi Jeck,
Did this behavior just start or was is after some recent change in configuration?
hello kalengi,
I’ve fixed it already, i didn’t follow the instruction i downloaded dronix 0.4 instead of 0.5.
Hey, that’s good news! So how did you get stop the repeated reboot?
how can i use a multitouchscreen on my Ideos? or can it be? my rom is dronix 0.5.4.
You can confirm whether your screen supports mutitouch by dialing *#*#2846579#*#* then selecting ProjectMenu > Veneer information query > Apparatus type query. Check the value under Touch screen type. If it’s synaptics then your screen has multitouch capability. To use it just run an app that uses multitouch such as Google Maps and use two-finger pinch gesture to zoom the screen.
Hi again Alex!
Yes, I’ve practically pulled out all the stops in my quest for a good ROM
, I think I’ve tried them all except for the miui and htc sense ports which are still problematic. When backing up and restoring I find link2sd is an invaluable tool and the latest version has batch linking and auto-link as well which makes things faster. I’ve installed 49 user apps and using link2sd I still have 134MB available on the phone’s internal storage!
You mentioned that you have some crashes using DroniX 0.5, I think that if you set your maximum clock frequency to 710MHz, you’ll have more stable performance. My unit behaves the same, 729MHz works but there’s an occasional FC/reboot at that level.
On the gingerbread front, there has been a lot of exciting stuff happening with the Cyanogen 7.1 mod. I’ve just installed the latest build (10152011) and it works great! All sensors work along with haptic feedback on the softkeys and wifi works! There’s still a bug with sd card mounting but I know it’s being worked on. I was so excited to read about this version that I installed it anyway and I’m certainly not disappointed. Battery life was a concern for me on the latest version of Fusion but a guy posted on XDAforums that he was getting good performance on CM7.1 so I tried it. Oh boy, this ROMing thing has become like a vice for me. I’d better get back to work…
Cheers!
Hi Rooter!
Funny you should mention link2sd. I’ve been having low memory warnings, but I’ve been so busy lately I haven’t had time to dig up info on the best App to SD apps. Froyo has native support for this, but I’m avoiding it since it can’t move all apps. For example Google Maps takes up 10MB, but can’t be moved since it’s a system app. link2sd definitely sounds like it has what I want.
Thanks for the tip on CPU frequency
I’ll try it out and see how much it improves stability. My battery performance btw has been great lately.
Hey Rooter,
The 710MHz tip worked! The phone no longer freezes and the weird reboots have stopped.
Thanks!
*#*#2846579#*#* is not working. Nothings happen.
Do you mean that nothing happens when you dial the number? That would be the first time I’ve heard of that problem. Normally when you type in the code the phone immediately displays a menu for you to select the next option. BTW make sure you’re using the dial pad to enter the number.
hi i downloaded dronix 0.5 and i installed it as well! everything was ok until i wanted to used wireless on my phone!
it tries to switch on bt it brings an error! is there a bug fix for this problem????
Hi Huzaifa ,
Perhaps the phone just needs a reboot. Also Try Quick Settings and see whether it can turn on the wi-fi. When I ROMed mine, the magnetometer stopped working so I fiddled around trying a number of compass apps and eventually it just turned on.
Hello,
I need help. I followed all the steps as it is. But, I am stuck now. After doing all the steps and flashing Droid 0.5 (given by the link here) the flashed was completed successful and then I rebooted the phone. First, the IDEOS logo came and after a while the “Android” written image appeared of the Droix and a shadow like animation over it keeps repeating. It doesn’t go forward. What can I do? Please reply asap.
Thanks.
Hi Zealous,
I’ve seen in the forums that sometimes the phone takes long to boot the first time after ROMing. This may be the case with yours so perhaps, you only need to remove the battery for about a minute, then put it back and switch on the phone. Give it time to boot.
hello,
First of all, thank you so much for such a prompt response. Guess what? I was kind of freaked out because I could not even load the recovery mode, but once I learnt to do that it was a safe ride because it didn’t take me more than 5 minute to restore my stock ROM and then trying again from there.
I waited for quit a long time and did try to remove the battery and reinserting as well. It didn’t work. I tried restoring stock ROM it did not work either. So, I downloaded Dronix from another link and installed it and it worked. One more thing, even after flashing the other ROM it took a long time and accidentally I touched the home key and the OS started..lol.. I don’t know if I had to click the HOME screen or it was just a co-incidence but that’s it. Although, I have a few question if you can answer.
1. How can I the DATA SERVICE IS DISABLED notifaction from the notification bar? (I’m always connected with WiFi and I don’t need data services all the time so..yeah
)
2. How can I restore the installed Apps and its data? (I made a backup with Titanium backup but I don’t know how can I restore the apps. I could only see angry bird game recoverable in the backup/restore tab)
3. The Android Version it says is now 2.2.2 before it was 2.0, but I was expected to see 2.3 (I know its a customization and that only but was just wondering) so is it normal?
4. There is a preinstalled app No-frills CPU Controller and I tried to overclock my processor but I didn’t see any difference in the performance while the videos on youtube related to this showed exceptional performance improvement. Do i need to change the minimum frequency as well? Or should I install any other app?
I hope I am not taking much of your time.
Thanks.
That’s great! Everyone’s experience is unique so you just have to be persistent and try a few ideas
Now to the questions:
1) I haven’t found a way to disable that app, since it comes in-built with Dronix. However it shouldn’t be a problem since it has the data service enabled by default.
2) If you had done a complete backup of all your apps before ROMing, then they should be available for restore. However, be careful with restoring data since the ROM is different so the data from the previous ROM may corrupt your new setup. This happened to me twice. It’s actually better to restore data using MyBackup Root.
3) Dronix is based on Android 2.2 so that is normal.
4) I also didn’t observe a really impressive change in performance, so I guess there is a performance boost, but not big enough to satisfy your response expectation.
Hello Bro,
Like the home screen did not use to rotate when you tilt the phone, now it does with dronix. When I start dialing a number, if it matches my contact, it will be there as a suggestion and I can simply touch it to call. I am loving it….
Yes, I guess you are right and guess what? I already figured out how to remove that irritating thing out of my notification area. Well, basically, its just that there is a little update to the Dronix version that I downloaded from an official link. So now there is an Dronix 0.5.4 after 0.5.3. I downloaded that one and there is nothing bothering me in the notification area after I disabled the data services. Also, I have heard that it is a much more stable version than 0.5.3, these are not my words though as I just recently discovered and learnt Rooting, ROMs, etc. So, its my first experience.
and about performance, Yes, I guess you are right. May be, I was expecting a complete turn around, but some thing is better than nothing. So, overall, I am pretty happy with the experience. There are so many positive changes in Dronix that the stock ROM lacked I mean there are just so many
Just to add, they were just some little neglect able changes that I mentioned…there are plenty more….. and massively impressive
The multi touch also feels good and it really gives a whole new feel to my phone…and one more important thing..I don’t think so there is much of a change in the keyboard…but I am typing with so much comfort in dronix…I don’t know any exact reason, but it really feels smooth typing with this keyboard. I am making almost no mistake.
Anyways hope more people like me discover what this little beast (U8150) is capable of.
best of luck guys.
& thank you the owner of this page. Your page is so helpful. The most comprehensive, step-by-step guide that I found on the internet.
Thumbs Up!
I couldn’t have put it better. The Dronix experience is simply Awesome. I haven’t upgraded to 0.5.4, but I’ll do so when I get an opportunity. Thanks very much for your appreciation and I’m glad to know the guide achieved it’s purpose
No problem mate. Loved your work. One more thing I want to ask though, I only have a 2GB memory card in my IDEOS right now so I have to save some space. I have created backup of everything into my computer’s harddrive. So, I want to move some backup and stuff from my memory card.
So, can you tell me where does the ultrajack recovery get installed? I mean, so that I won’t touch it and move all the other backup and delete it. I just want to make sure that my UltraJack recovery tool doesn’t get messed up as you know I won’t be stuck in the middle of nowhere if I have that tool. My ROM Backup files are more than 400MB that is why i want to move them but I am not sure if it would mess my ultrajack recovery tool.I can live without a ROM but not without that tool as i can just wipe the data anytime and install by downloading a ROM. If you know about it, please let me know. I would be really thankful to you.
Thanks.
That’s no problem. I think UltraJack installs in a location you can’t access, so you can go ahead and delete the ROM backups and that won’t affect UltraJack. I do that myself since I now take ROM backups every once in a while.
Hello,
I installed dronix following the steps you mentioned but after flashing it, I get the “android” load animation and it plays forever and the phone does not start ups
Help :<
Hello Weo!
Check out the comments by @zealous starting with this one.
He had a similar problem and his path to the solution might work for you. Off the top of my head, I’d say try taking out the battery, put it back in after a minute and start the phone to see whether it completes booting. Also, since you had taken a UltraJack backup, you can boot into recovery and restore your previous ROM in order to start over.
Hope it works out!
@ Weo
Yes mate refer to my comment and the things that Kalengi told. However, if you still find no luck, you can try downloading DroniX 0.5.4 because I had the similar problem like you and when I downloaded this one, it worked with no such troubles. Here is a link to ROM
Thanks much Zealous for the link to DroniX 0.5.4
Hello again Alex!
I’m glad that you’re running more stable now at 710 MHz, we really have to do a lot of trial and error steps with our phones. Lately I have been using the nightly Cyanogen Mod 7.1 (gingerbread 2.3.7) and been getting good results. Haptic feedback, multitouch, wifi and all sensors work. The only bugs are with barcode/QR scanner, FM radio and SD card mounting. There’s also a bit of audio distortion but it’s easy just to turn down the volume levels. It seems that the PC won’t load the necessary drivers to mount the SD card unless you are using Windows 7. If you try using barcode scanner it breaks the camera app and you have to reboot. However the phone works great otherwise and it’s definitely faster. Aside from ROM’s I’m also now using the V6 Supercharger tweak and I’m in the process of trying to configure the Loopy Smoothness script. It’s all deeper technical stuff now and I had to scour XDA forums to find out how to install the tweaks but it’s paid off. I don’t know exactly how these scripts work but they manage the memory without you having to kill apps manually and also keep the launcher from getting killed and restarting itself which slows down the phone big time.
I’ve also noticed that some of the lag in our phones is caused by the launcher. At first I thought that using the leanest launcher available would speed things up but it didn’t. I’ve tried Zeam, Go Launcher, ADW, Launcher Pro and Launcher 7. Surprisingly Zeam is rather choppy when scrolling through homescreens even though it’s the leanest. Launcher Pro is the smoothest for me but it doesn’t have the features of Go Launcher or ADW like lockable homescreens, which is very convenient if you’re fumbling with the screen because you don’t end up moving or deleting icons unintentionally. Since I like to scroll through my homescreens smoothly, I’m sticking to Launcher Pro. Now my phone has minimal or no lag when it’s unlocked (woken up from a sleep state) or when I just finish using an app that consumes a lot of RAM.
I noticed it mentioned here that after flashing a ROM many see the animation run for a long time. It can take a while for the phone to configure after a new ROM is flashed. In my experience it sometimes takes more than five minutes which seems like ages! What I do is let the animation keep running, more often than not it will eventually boot up. If the animation stops moving altogether, that’s when I take the battery out and start again.
Anyway, that’s the latest I’ve experimented with so so far on my U8150. Wow, when I first got it, I was a little disappointed but now I feel like I really own it!
Hey Rooter
Thanks for the update! Seems you’re having more fun tweaking the phone than actually using it
When you say the you’re on the nightly Cyanogen builds, do you mean that you ROM the phone every day? I might try out the V6 Supercharger since memory management is a big concern for me. Sometimes I find there are apps in memory that I haven’t run and have to kill them manually.
I settled on Go Launcher since it’s a great compromise between responsiveness and features.
“It can take a while for the phone to configure…”
That’s exactly what I’ve been suspecting on the boot delay. I think what happens is that those who are new to ROMing don’t quite know what to expect, so when the phone takes so long to boot, they figure something went wrong. It also shows just how different the phones actually are at the hardware level. If they were all identical in build, then everyone’s ROMing experience would be pretty much the same.
“…now I feel like I really own it!”
You’ve just nailed it right there! I felt exactly like that after ROMing and tweaking the phone. The phone was finally mine, and doing what I wanted the way I wanted it. BTW I’ve been getting very good battery performance lately. The best so far was a few days ago when it did 56 hours straight and still had 14% charge remaining. The frequent reboots were responsible for short battery times before I lowered CPU the frequency. I’ve also realized that if you have the option of using wi-fi, then pick it over 3G since the latter is a lot heavier on the battery.
wow. seems like a lot of newbies like me wil learn a lot with help of above conversations. just for the recorde though, i believe the startup screen really stuck because i litreally noted down the time. First i waited for 15 minutes then noted for further 30 minutes to make sure that i give it proper time.
but even with the other rom version it took 5 minutes to start 
Hello Alex,
Yes, it seems as if I’m flashing a new ROM every night!
, Actually I usually try the nightlies as soon as they come out to see how they work on my phone and it looks like things are really moving on the development front, though there’s no stable gingerbread port yet! If you check on XDA forums you’ll even see talk about porting over ICS (Android 4.0) for the u8150!
I stopped using the CyanogenMod nightlies for a while because I needed all my phone’s sensors to be functional and to my pleasant surprise I found that Esteban Sannin had released Dronix 0.5.4 FAST, so I flashed it and wasn’t disappointed. It’s very smooth right off the bat. I use it without any tweaks and even with more than 60 apps installed it was quite snappy. I think that the fast version is a leaned out version of the the standard. I tried to check on the forums exactly what he had done but my italian is not very good and whenever I use a translator it seems to come out more encrypted.
So I thought that would keep me off the nightlies for a while until today when I took a peek at the Dronix development site and saw that Dronix 0.6 Ginger is out albeit a raw version, and we should expect some bugs with this one. Just finished
downloading and installing it, let’s see how it fares. Titanium backup and link2sd are a must for us chronic ROM flashers!
Cheers!
Hi Rooter,
Dronix 0.6 is something I’d love to try out once it’s stable. It would be worth the hassle given that ICS is the first version of Android that works on both phone and tablet. I finally got round to installing Link2SD! It’s such a relief to be having all that free memory once again
I don’t even notice a difference in the performance of the apps now that they are being loaded off the SD.
I also came across the answer to why the Ideos has such varying CPU capability across individual phones. It’s related to the process of binning. The U8150 CPU is guaranteed to perform at 528MHz, but is actually capable of higher performance with the limit being different for individual CPUs. So while mine was unstable at frequencies above 710Mhz, others are capable of 748MHz. Now that’s some info I’d never have bothered digging up if I hadn’t ROMed
Happy ROMing!
1. I had installed 0.5.4 (downloaded from http://www.megaupload.com/?d=3MHP24K4)
2. The battery think didn’t work. :-<
So, did downloading the newer version worked for you? I’m pretty sure it would.
No, still the same issue
Also I tried restoring my rom but I get an error…
Could you describe step by step what process you’re following to restore the previous ROM and the error you’re getting so I can get a better idea of what might be happening.
1. Booted into recovery mode (power+vol up+green call button).
2. Backup/Restore > nand restore > mem-211M > BCDS-20111110-0919 >. Confirm
Error that occur is
“Oops… Sometthing went wrong! Please check the recovery log” but I can’t find where this log is…
I installed dornix 0.4 and it is working fine, any idea why 0.5.4 isn’t working?
Now that’s a a strange issue. Did you try 0.5 (the one linked to in the tutorial)? What puzzles me most is that your original ROM backup did not restore. It could well be that there’s a problem with the microSD card and the ROM images are getting corrupted when copied there. You could try using a different microSD and see whether the issues goes away.
Also, after trying the SD card thing mentioned by Kalengi, I believe that you can download a stock ROM of your mobile phone without much trouble. Right kalengi brother?
Agreed. Trying out the stock ROM could help in pointing to the source of the problem.
That one works fine, I think I’ll go with it
Thanks every one for help
Great! Glad to be of help
Just wanted to know, will the themes (that worked with 0.4) also work for 0.5 ?
I haven’t tried out Dronix themes so that I can’t tell.
Glad to hear that the thing worked out for you Weo. By themes, do you mean the icons theme pack? If that’s what you mean, then Yes I have currently the ice cream sandwitch theme pack installed on my Dronix 0.5.4. So, hopefully it would work on 0.5.0 as well?
Hi Zealous
(1. How can I the DATA SERVICE IS DISABLED notifaction from the notification bar? (I’m always connected with WiFi and I don’t need data services all the time so..yeah
)
Try this: Settings > Dronix > Unchecked Data Icon and then reboot., hope it helps.,
Hi please tell me how to remove the “Dronix system start…” screen.. I want to change it with something else.. I have successfully changed the boot animation but not this.. please help!
Hello @powerinside,
In the original Ideos ROM, the logo is located in /cust/hw/normal/logo/ and is called oemlogo.mbn. I’m not sure whether this same scheme is maintained on Dronix. If it is then you just replace oemlogo.mbn with your own image.
Good guide. Too bad I didn’t read it before flashing my phone, lost some stuff. I’m having problems with USB tethering. It used to work before but with Dronix 0.5.4, it doesn’t work anymore. Do you have a fix for this?
Any possibility you could write a guide for reverting to the Stock ROM, considering the fact that I didn’t backup my ROM before flashing?
Hi Setsuna,
I’m still on Dronix 0.5, so I haven’t had the chance to get a feel of the quirks it has. @Rooter and @Zealous seem to have had success with it so perhaps re-flashing would produce better results now that you’re more familiar with the process.
These are steps I’d follow to revert to Stock ROM:
1. Refer to the step “3. Installing Custom Recovery” to get Ultrajack setup
2. Download the Stock ROM and save it onto your microSD
3. Reboot into Recovery mode and flash the Stock ROM as described under “Finally, we can ROM”
After that you should have your Ideos on vanilla Android. Of course this process assumes you just want to start from a clean slate so all data and settings on the old ROM are lost.
Hi Setsuna,
I find that wiping data/factory reset and wiping the dalvik cache before installing a ROM clears out any wifi issues you may encounter. Dronix 0.5 and 0.5.4 are very stable on my u8150 and I’ve tested wifi hotspot/tethering on them without any problem. I’m not sure if the data wipe option is available on ultrajack (I’m using clockworkmod recovery) but I can switch from froyo (android 2.2.x) to gingerbread (android 2.3.x) ROMs without having to flash a stock ROM in between). Wiping clears out any residual data that may cause problems when transitioning to a new ROM. A lot if issues can occur if we try to transfer user settings from an old ROM to a new one (believe me, I’ve tried it!), so I usually just restore my apps using a backup and manually restore wifi and other settings. Hope this helps and all the best to you
Thanks for the replies.
Some update on my issue: I installed the Wired Tether app to see if I could re-enable usb tethering but I got a message that “the kernel does not have the necessary feature for tethering”. So from the Dronix settings menu, I changed the kernel to standard and restarted the phone but it just hang at the boot animation screen. I re-flashed it with the stock rom and got it working again. I tried usb tethering and it worked OK. After that I used z4root to root my phone after which usb tethering stopped working and Wired Tether gave the kernel error. So i guess the rooting process is the problem. Anyone else with this issue? If so, any solution?
By the way, hotspot tethering works OK, so that’s what I’m using for now.
Wired Tether : http://code.google.com/p/android-wired-tether/
how do i download dronix 0.4 safely
Hi Sunndia,
Information for Dronix 0.4 can be found on this XDA-Developers forum
Kalengi,
Wow.. thanks man!! you just gave the most detailed and step by step guide to roming.. I really had a hard time and was trying to learn for 2 days but didn’t find a forum that gave detailed instructions.. but yours hit the spot! thanks very much!!
can you give me a link to a stock rom?? all the links I’m getting are updates.. are updates ok?
Rooter,
Can you please post a link of the cyanogenmod you’re using? I’ve tried everything the instructions said and it doesn’t flash, I think the rom I downloaded is the issue..
Ultrajack does have dalvik cache and factory reset, I’ve done those and in doing so I’ve lost my touchpal.. -_-
but still wasn’t able to install cyanogenmod.. please help me..
P.S. to all..
I’ve just learned 2 days ago about roming, just bought this 4 days ago and yeah, bye2 warranty,
this is the best forum ever, I hope this continues so you ppl can help more newbies.. ^.^
more power.. yeah.. thanks again kalengi..
Hi Bintoten,
Thanks very much for the appreciation! Yeah, seems the file host for the the link in the article is down or something. I’ve uploaded the copy I have to a temporary location. Download it from here.
Glad you found the guide helpful
Thanks again!!
umm.. if it’s not too much to ask, can you answer my questions to rooter?
I’d be glad to, but I haven’t worked with cyanogenmod. I’m Ultrajack all the way until it lets me down
Link2SD is on Android market. It’s a popular app, so you won’t miss it when you search for it using the market app.
Thanks thanks.. ^^
I’ll try tweaking here some more..
and a link to link2sd pls..
DDD
You could simply use rom manager. I followed this guide in October. Yesterday I had to improve my friends phone for him. I found that the Ultra Jack Recovery link was dead. So were all links online.
I was frustrated and found myself stuck. I decided to try Rom Manager & also used My Backup Root only.
Simple as hell to do, fast, uncomplicated and automated. Though this method(the long one above) helped my commerce-oriented mind understand my phone.
WORDS OF ADVICE(If nobody’s suggested it already): Use ROM MANAGER
Hi Muriithi,
Thanks very much for the heads up on UltraJack Recovery. It seems the files hosted on that server are having a problem. I’ve uploaded my copy (version 6.2.2) to a temporary location and you can download it from here.
I haven’t used ROM Manager, but I’d say any tool that helps shorten or even just smooth out the ROMing process is worth a try. Thanks for the tip
ppl!! help.. do you guys know how to remove the stock apps(google maps, google search)
it just uses a lot of ram.. it’s so irritating to have to kill tasks always.. I’ve been researching but can’t find any help with ideos, it seems this little phone is very uniquely rare..
can you guys help me?? I already know how to use adb, what I’m asking is some codes to do for this phone.. remounting, deletion by adb etc.. Help please please.. T.T
Also do you guys have any tips on how to further speed up the phone?
ROOT EXPLORER apk(apk is the android app format) – download manually(by googling root explorer apk and downloading it from file hosting sites) if you want it free since it’s a paid app.
You use it by deleting the apk files from the ‘app’ file of the ‘system’(different from the ‘sys’ folder)
I’ve removed maps(and all maps related apps), email(remained only with Gmail and yahoo app), documents to go(using office suite pro downloaded as apk), news and weather, music app(using real player beta and winamp pro), messaging app(replaced with handcent SMS that allows me to lock my messages) and many other useless stock apps.
My phone memory stats are always between 40-60mb out of 150mb free because of this.
Muriithi,
LOL.. thanks.. It worked!! I was able to search an alternative using adb which is a very very very long method.. good thing I found your post first before I started doing anything.. anyway.. this is what I found for u8150..
This should be done in adb
1. Enter shell mode by typing:
adb shell2. Type:
su3. Then Type:
mount -o remount, rw /systemThis Remounts the system into RW
4. Type:
cd system/appThis takes you into the system/app folder
5. Type:
lsThis will show you a listing of the apps (.apk files) in the folder
6. Type:
rm [filename]where
[filename]is the name that was listed in step #5This deletes the application permanently from your phone
If in step #5 there was a .odex file as well as .apk then delete that too using: rm
I forgot my source for this..
but thanks to the source if he/she reads this.. I compiled those to work in u8150 because a lot of which I’ve researched don’t work with u8150(special phone)
Anyway.. thanks for the saved time muriithi.. didn’t know there was a useful app like that.. google doesn’t make life “that” much easier for hackers..
Thanks Bintoten! I’ve added numbering so it’s clear what steps you’re refering to.
ok.. gaming with Cyanogenmod 7.2 IS faster in gaming.. actually its the gingerbread that made it faster because of its specs. and new developments.
this is a description for the gaming section of the improvements made in gingerbread. http://developer.android.com/sdk/android-2.3-highlights.html#gaming
Cyanogenmod 7.2 Download
This one works..
it’s the latest before the upcoming Cyanogenmod 9 ice cream sandwich.. ^^
and actually, cm can be installed with ultrajack.. ^^ just have to do the same steps and improvise
just sharing what I’ve learned so far.. but dronix looks better for me, and is more stable.. cm sometimes crashes and you have to “force close” it, particularly in settings and with adapting to new downloaded apps.. gonna try android HD, leandroid and fusionideos next..
Hi Bintoten,
So basically Cyanogenmod is the recommended ROM if you’re primarily going to be playing games on your Ideos. Yeah, Dronix is very stable. Ever since I found the right CPU frequency for mine there are no more force closes and reboots. Thanks very much for the link to a working Cyanogenmod ROM!
Hello Bintoten,
I’m sorry for the rather late reply, I’m currently running CyanoLucky SmartIdeos V2 because I find it to be the most stable so far except for barcode scanner, volume and usb mounting. The latter versions have barcode scanner and usb fixed but the light sensor and softkey backlight are broken. You can also check this link out: Listing of Custom ROMs
It’s quite up to date and even includes some of the ICS ROMs
Elp Rooter!!,
Can you get my wifi working in cyanogenmod 7.2nightly? T_T
I like games but I can’t live without wifi..
hi rooter i too tried cyanolucky smart ideos v2 rom.it it is very stable and usb mounting problem is cleared by enabling and disabling tethering option .u also try that ,it worked for me and i have market and gmail account issues.Have u cleared those issues? .give any suggestions to avoid them coz i want to download apps from market .thankyou
Hi,
I found a smooth way to mount my card via USB. I installed switch pro widget which is a very detailed version of the power control widget. It has a mount USB option. It works way faster.
I hope this helps.
how’s cyanolucky?
))
Hi Bintoten,
You can try a factory reset to get wifi working again but I’m not sure what could be breaking your wifi on CM7.2. Cyanolucky V2 is stable for me, no problem with wifi (can’t live without it either
) and all sensors work. I alternate between this ROM or DroniX 0.5.4. Cyanolucky is good for gaming since it’s also a gingerbread ROM. I just tried LEANdroidMOD_3 a while ago, quite snappy as well, has a different theme from DroniX and fully functional. After I flashed it, it automatically configured its 2G/3G connection to my provider which was a nice surprise. It’s very lean so it boots up fast after the initial bootup, although it can only overclock up to 691MHz
kalengi.. there’s a dronix 0.6 in rooter’s link..
Yeah, I’ve just had a look at the list. Very helplful ROM listing Rooter, thanks very much!
You’re welcome
BTW you can also get the latest DroniX info/downloads from the developers page: http://esteban.homelinux.org/index.html#dronix
That page doesn’t seem to be saying much. I don’t read Italian, but there’s just two paragraphs on it. The Download page, however does have all the Dronix ROMs.
hey alex the pdanet doesn’t download as a zipped folder but rather as a RAR folder is there any other download site
Hi Kibab,
The RAR file is OK. There were two download sources when I was getting the file and both had RAR file format. Do you have trouble opening RAR files? If you’re on Windows, Winrar can be downloaded free from their site.
yes i have a problem opening my friend please need help!!!
Have you checked the Winrar website? Google it then download and install the latest version. After that you should be able to open RAR files.
Thanks working on it downloading winzip 160
Can any one help me pls. I have Huawei Ideos U8150 and when i press the power button it shows a red blinking light and nothing to display so what can i do? pls email me with this email fullmon@gmail.com Thanks a lot
The guys at XDA Developers most likely have a fix (or at least an explanation) for that.
Hey, the red blinking light is a sign that the battery is below 10%.
It could serve as a clue. Your problem may be battery related.
I hope this helps. And to add to the advice to try XDA Developers – There is not much you could experience with an android that has not yet been experienced and discussed there.
yah.. especially with the ideos
the makers of dronix are italian.. you can just google translate, right click then translate to english. anyway,
guess what kalengi?? I love dronix 1.6! the speed up in games in cyanogenmod was actually because of the firmware, gingerbread, froyo REALLY is slow. dronix 1.6 now compares or even surpasses CM7 in my opinion, and I’m using jrummy’s rom toolbox pro for the overclock and some other tools because dronix 1.6 doesn’t have an overclock provided, small issue,
cyanogenmod really has issues with wifi but dronix doesn’t, I’m gonna try fusionideos next coz it’s the most popular based on a survey I’ve been on, it just intrigued me.
for me dronix is the best for now, ROMing is ADDICTIVE!! haha,
Again I recommend rom toolbox pro.. it has a lot of features like changing the boot logo/animation, root browser etc. ^^
Hi Bintoten!
Do you mean Dronix 0.6, or is there actually a version 1.6? You’ve definitely been bitten by the ROMing bug
ROM toolbox sounds like just the thing I need to change the boot animation on my phone. I had done it the manual way before ROMing, but didn’t want to go through all that again. Thanks for the tip!
dear muriithi,
hey! root explorer works well, but not perfect, I recommend uninstalling the apps from titanium backup first or something else that can uninstall system apps before deleting them through root explorer because I tried removing the apps directly without uninstalling, some programs became unstable, namely android keyboard, android market and some others, I had to reinstall everything and uninstall them. good thing I backed up first before doing anything. ^^
also the manual way(ADB) works too.
Hey Bintoten,
Id like to know whether cyanogen 7.1 would be good/ better for my phone..i currently have dronix 0.4, and am an avid browsing and gaming enthusiast.Am using Ideos u8150
Hi
i have a problem with my internal storage for my ideos after ROMing (dronix 0.3) about three weeks after the memory on my phone went down to 10MB so i deleted some of the apps off my phone and then i added the size of all the apps on my phone together and came out with something like 60MB and the app i was using (app2sd) said that the phone was a total of 166MB but the memory left over was only 25MB. what happened to the rest of the memory?
Hi Brandon,
I haven’t worked with Dronix 0.3, but my first thought is that it has a lot of system apps that are taking up the memory. App2SD cannot relocate system apps, so it wouldn’t help with the memory problem. Why not ROM one of the newer versions of Dronix and see whether it sorts out the issue. I used to have memory shortage due to the large number of apps installed, but that all went away after installing Link2SD.
Happy Holidays Kalengi. Dronix?
Hey Shiko
Wishing you a wonderful season of festivities. So was that a Q?
Actually it was but never mind me. The day I wan’t anything I’ll physically bring the phone and give it to you for a few days.
Hahaa! I totally feel you on that. You’re also welcome to keep the phone company
hey kalengi need more tricks with the ideos….please pls, done all you wrote upon
Hahaa! I know the feeling Kibab. You look at the Ideos and you’re convinced there’s more you can do with this gadget
hey where exactly can i download dronix 0.6?
Found it!!!..
hello guys i kinda have two questions:
1-Can ideos u8150 graphics be increased to play better games?
2-Wots the procedure in installing Dronix 0.5.4?Or is it the same as when installing dronix 0.5?
MERRY XMAS YA’LL n HAVE A LOVELY DAY
Hi Dennis,
Thanks for the Christmas wishes
I hope you’re having a great one too.
The procedure for Dronix 0.5.4 is exactly the same. I’m not sure about the graphics thing, but @Bintoten and @Rooter have mentioned that Gingerbread-based ROMs are good for gaming.
Thanks alot Kalengi..
i installed it well..would you please show me the procesure for installing Dronix 0.6
thanks.
The procedure is exactly the same, only this time you download Dronix 0.6. I haven’t gotten round to it myself, but I suspect the tricky part may be the restoring of settings, apps and data since 0.6 is gingerbread while 0.5 is froyo.
owk..thanks man
let me try install it to my phone and I’ll let you kno how it goes..its late here in Nairobi,Kenya. so I’ll halla at you later.
Hello
can some one help me with a link to download the ideos stock rom, lost mine!
thanks.
Hi Dennis,
The link is in the article under ‘UPDATE (2011-12-11)’
Thanks dude!
HAPPY NEW YEAR!!
Happy New Year
how can i unlock (network lock) my ideos?
The XDA Developers forum most likely has a technique for that.
Hey All,
Dronix 0.6 is great. It is fast and clean. The settings from Dronix 0.5.4 automatically restore themselves. The notification bar widget looks nice. The unlocker is even better. The options in the settings are varied.
BUT,
1. Booting has no animation. It was scary when the screen switched off temporarily on first boot. A boot animation install will help here.
2. Wifi is dead. It doesn’t read a single signal. No amount of searching would get me a fix. But, gingerbread has been known to present wifi problems.
3. Crashing of some processes and apps. Process Media keeps crashing. The Market doesn’t work.
Has some bugs. This isn’t the final version though.
Hey Muriithi,
Thanks for the update on the Dronix 0.6 experience. Seems I’ll have to hold off upgrading for a while longer. Wi-fi is absolutely critical for me. Have you checked whether the crashing processes are being caused by high CPU speed setting?
My stats are 652 & 245. That’s not too fast. I don’t understand much about clocking honestly. The full version of Dronix 0.6 must be coming out soon.
A bug for mounting the USB exists too. To mount you need to activate tethering while connected to the USB port & then disconnect the tethering.
Then you can mount normally. I am willing to put up with the bugs(for now).
Has anyone tried the ice cream sandwich roms for U8150?…
i’ve tried so many wrong codes and now its asking: “SIMLOCK block unlock reset KEY”
XDA Developers didn’t have any direct solution to this problem
can ROMing solve this problem?
Hi Jeck,
Apparently the unlock code cannot be removed by ROMing since it is stored in the bootloader. What I’m still yet to figure out is whether UltraJack-recovery is infact a bootloader, which would then make it capable of replacing the locked bootloader.
Hi to every one i really liked this blog for helping to customize different roms for my ideos .I thank kalengi for providing detailed information.Dronix is more stable as all of u told.
But i have a doubt does dronix 0.4 or 0.5.4 or 0.6 have no market app issues i.e..downloading apps through market.I got this doubt coz when we check “about phone” option in settings model will be listed as “dronix” instead of “ideos”.I havent checked this while using dronix roms.currrently i am not using dronix.so if anyone is using dronix roms please tell me whether there is market app issue.thankyou
Hi! I will tell you what I know.
Only on dronix 0.6 is it a problem. It works perfectly on earlier versions of dronix. It doesn’t work at all on dronix 0.6 Ginger raw.
Remember the final and probably better version of dronix 0.6 is not out yet.
If you value the market that much, I’d suggest using dronix 0.5.4.
I don’t know if you know that you don’t need the market. You can manually download applications( through google searching (the name of the app you want ) + apk + download.
That is what I think man. Good luck with solving your problem.
hi muriithi thank you for your suggestion.
I know about manual installation of apps but it is time taking where you have to search for every app u want and in market app u can install what u want very easily.
And do what is your current custom rom ?
Do you use clockworkmod recovery method or ultrajack recovery method?
if you know tell me how to install rom using clockwork recovery method
I use clockwork mod recovery. To get it install ROM manager and click the install the clockwork mod recovery version for Huawei Ideos U8150. That’s all. The options are available on the first screen of the application.
Using ROM manager makes roming a matter of pressing buttons on an application to do all recovery based actions. From it, you can download ANY available Ideos U8150 roms and install it from there. It is the centralization of all ROMING.
My ultrajack recovery crashed on installation of Dronix 0.6(scariest 10 minutes of my life). I will not install it again. It is much more of a hustle for me. Dronix 0.6 is unstable in some ways. But, the one bug that cannot be worked around is no wifi connctivity whatsoever. But, it’s quick & crisp.
I also echo your previous thoughts on Kalengi being a thoroughly polite & detailed teacher. This must be the longest thread I have ever taken part in. It’s brilliant.
Thanks for the appreciation Muriithi. Tinkering with these devices is fun, but can turn into a nightmare if the required info isn’t easy to find.
thankyou murthi i wil try that
murithii,
Dronix 0.6 gingerbread works well with my ideos. The dronix from this site works:
http://www.filefactory.com/file/cf796f4/n/Dronix_0.6_Ginger_bread.zip
in my opinion this is the most stable rom there is.. dronix 0.6 gingerbread. I like cyanogenmod 7.2 better but I seem to be unable to fix the wifi problems even after a few futile efforts. And I got tired!
Hi Satish,
Thanks very much! I’m glad you’ve found the instructions helpful
yeah very much helpful and if possible tell me the steps involved in rom installation by clockworkmod recovery .thank you
I have a stange doubt my nandroid backup of my stock rom worked well with ultrajack recovery v4
but it gave me trouble with ultrajack v 6 where custom rom was not formatted perfectly
if these happen to anyone let me know
Hi i have installed on my ideos u8150 the dronix 0.4 its really nice. however i think its time to upgrade, which other stable suggestions would you give, that have a better UI and zero or inconsequential bugs.
thanks
Hi Bujuparkie,
The most stable version I know of is 0.5.4
what about cyanogen 7.1 is it any good?
I haven’t tried it myself, but there are experts in the comments (Rooter and Bintoten) that could help you with that.
Hello bujuparkie,
If you want to try a gingerbread ROM, I recommend the Cyanogenmod 7.2 nightly just freshly compiled and uploaded a few days ago! The only real bug with this build is the non-functional fm radio. Otherwise all sensors and usb sd card mounting work now as well as the barcode scanner. If you haven’t tried any gingerbread ROM’s yet, this one can serve as your daily driver. Check it out here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1456890
Cheers!
rooter,
does this new version of cyanogenmod 7.2 support wifi? finally?
hi bintoten,
I just tried flashing cyanogenmod 7.2 and wifi works finally..
has anyone ever tried ROMing ICS???
Hey Bintoten,
Would ICS even work on the U8150 hardware? Google hasn’t formally announced the minimum hardware requirements, but I have the feeling Froyo-generation devices might struggle quite a bit.
I guess it would work but with certain limitations. I have a friend with a slightly more improved phone(ZTE Blade) than my u8150 and ics is working crisply & smoothly.
About 2 or 3 ICS based ROMS for U8150 exist.
Thanks.. ^^
I love this blog
Thanks! It’s the participation of people like yourself that makes it great
HI KALENGI
Im so noob speaking in this thing…can i ask you something?can we directly install dronix 0.5.4?or do I need to install dronix 0.5 first?
Hi Xtian,
You can just skip ahead to 0.5.4 and follow the same install instructions.
thanks so much sir..is there any release for stable dronix 0.6?
I believe there is, as indicated by Muriithi in the comments below
ok thanks again..
Hi kalengi,
I’m trying to install openvpn in my ideos budt i can’t find the file “tun.ko”. Do you have any idea with this? thanks
Hello Jeck,
I think that’s the job of the TUN.ko Installer. Install that and let it locate the file for you.
Hi All,
Good news!
If you do a factory wipe before roming Dronix 0.6 Ginger WiFi WORKS. The MARKET WORKS. So those of you holding back you have no need to do so.
So those like Kalengi holding back, just do factory wipe & say goodbye to 0.5.4 & experience gingerbread 2.3.7 via 0.6.
Truly awesome news! Now I can try out the Gingerbread experience
WOW ITS AMAZING BUT TELL ME WHICH RECOVERY METHOD WAS USED BY YOU TO INSTALL DRONIX 0.6 ?CLOCKWORKMOD OR ULTRJACK AND ALSO SPECIFY VERSION OF IT .THANKYOU
Hi,
I used the Ultrajack version downloadable above & wiped ALL data on the phone. It should work with both equally well.
If you want to use Clockwork Mod the latest version you get for U8150 will be installed automatically via ROM Manager.
Both have virtually the same features from what I have seen.
The version numbers are ClockworkMod 3.0.2.4 & Ultrajack 6.2.2.
I hope this helps.
hi muriithi many thanks to you .
i will surely try dronix 0.6 with ultrajack recovery and i l tell
my result
cyanogen mod 7.2 (8feb 2012) or dronix 0.6 ?which one is preferrable
I honestly have no idea there. Just explore both. I am sure they have their respective bugs. I have not tried anything apart from the versions of dronix.
And what I may like might differ from your preferences.
The process for Romming both is exactly the same. Find the one that works better for you.
hi murithi,
do you have link for this? is this stable? As what I have searched from the author’s blog was this: Dronix 0.6(coming soon) means not yet release.
waiting for your reply.
Hi Xtian
I used the raw version of dronix but I wiped all data i.e. factory reset.
hi kalengi is there any possible way to install flash player in ideos ?
Does ideos support adobe flash player?
i have this doubt becuase we can install so many roms including icecream sandwitch so
why can’t we install flash player on the ideos.
Hi Satish,
The Adobe Flash issue has been addressed here. If what you’re looking for is a way to play youtube videos then there’s an app for that and it’s included in Dronix.
thanks kalengi for addressing the issue.So there is no possible way of installing adobe flash player in ideos
I knew that youtube videos can be played even in mobile browser and also with app u just told.
But some of the websites flash content and videos are not played like metacafe.com
ok muriithi
hi kalengi i have downloaded android sdk and installed on my pc but
sdk manager is just opening and is closed for a few seconds when i opened it
i installed java also.if you know the solution tell me thankyou
Ok that’s a tough one. There are so many things that could be causing the behaviour, many of which are dependent on your PC environment. What I’d say is trying re-installing
hi kalengi ,so the process is complicated i guess.
If you installed android sdk successfully tell me the steps involved in it in brief
.thank you
Hi Satish,
That’s a whole nother post
If I get some time I could do one. I have it installed on Netbeans 6.9.1, so perhaps a search for “Android SDK on Netbeans” shall bring up useful instructions.
I’m a proud owner of Ideos U8150 today buying it above Samsung Galaxy Y which is currently India’s top selling model. Both are similar set but Ideos wins any day! Love my phone.
I’m going to try above given roming and I’m a total noob at android. I understood what written above but somewhat afraid of getting bricked. On scale of 1 to 10, 10 being highest, how will you rate chance of my mobile getting bricked 10 being highest possiblity or in other words how easy or tough the above given method is for the just an hou old android 1st timer?
Hi Ravi,
Congrats on your new acquisition! ROMing is all about crossing your fingers and hoping for the best. Since each device is unique, it does happen that the process can go smoothly for a number of people, but turn into utter frustration for others. This is why you need to have backups of everything that you wish to preserve. To answer your question, however, the chances of bricking your phone are very low judging by the comments I see over here. The more likely problems you’ll face are data loss and hardware malfunction (eg. wi-fi stops working).
Dear Kalengi,
Hi pal, I have a problem installing Dronix 0.5.4_final, after flashing the said rom I stuck on bootloader and I waited almost 4 hours but still im stuck..after that big thing happen I read those threads above related with my problem and follow it, but still I almost waited for how many hours?why is it?
Please reply…tnx
Hello Xtian,
I’vew heard of such issues being encountered and typically the solution is to either:
1. Do a factory reset and re-try the installation
OR
2. Try another ROM
I really love this site. And thanks to kalengi for making this blog.
wow! cyanogenmod 7.2 is amazing..we can overclock it up to 768 mhz.
sad to say that my phone have the maximum frequency of 710mhz
sorry for bad english…roming is addictive…
I have no idea which ROM to install
currently on some version of Gingerman 6 something and also have CyanogenMod installed.
Think i’ll just gingerman… Can somebody tell me what all this Gingerman/Cyanogenmod is?
lol, if they are both ROMS, then how can i have them both on my phone at the same time? :S
Hi Fasih,
Only one ROM can be active at a time. You can have both on your microSD, but the phone loads only one when it starts.
In settings > About Phone > Mod Version it says Gingerman v6.5.1
But I have CyanogenMod Settings option also inside settings.
Anyways, can you confirm me if handsfree is working fine with Dronix v0.5.4?
Ok, i did all as above.
Your link to Dronix was not working so googled one up.
After the flashing completed, all went fine, except phone got stuck on an endless loop of Dronix splash screen
So, i rebooted into recovery and restored the nand backup that was created.
If nothing else, it boosted my courage a bit
So now i know for a fact that even if things do screw up, i can always get back to a previous point if i have a backup.
But now need to know what the problem could be? Or just need another link. And can I use CWM instead? I like the progress bar in that. In UltraJack the dots hardly tell how much process is remaining.
Anyways man, it’s a superb guide. Really perfect. I was actually irritated by the number of backups, but its all worth the hassel.
Hey Fasih,
Sorry about the link. These file hosting services aren’t very reliable places to have links to. I’d earlier hosted it on my Dropbox, but had to remove since it was being suspended for excessive traffic. If you’ve found a new location, you could share the link here so it’s available for others.
backups are your saviour
As long as you remember that, you wont mind the hassle of doing them. I haven’t used CWM, but judging from the comments here it should do just fine.
Here’s the link that I used, it has dronix plus a bunch of other ROMs, all for Ideos.
http://studytribe.wordpress.com/2011/10/08/huawei-ideos-u8150-c8150-roms/