THL W200s OctaCore MTK6592, CWM, firmware, files

What you think about THL W200s

  • Great phone, I will buy it

    Votes: 117 75.0%
  • Good phone, considering purchase

    Votes: 30 19.2%
  • Not so good, will not buy it

    Votes: 9 5.8%

  • Total voters
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thejim69

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Apr 6, 2015
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pffff

I've finally solve ttye BROM error :)

But now I'm still with the screen problem and now no IMEI :(

---------- Post added at 05:03 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:48 AM ----------

IMEI RESTORED :)

But still with screen freezing ....
 

RSGI

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Nov 18, 2013
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I gave up... Sold my w200s and bought a Gionee Elife E7. Just received it today.
 

Atron25

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Feb 26, 2015
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has the development stopped for this phone? I've got last ULtimate OS from Dantex, an excellent rom, but, i'm bored about this phone; is there any news on an upcoming rom? maybe a more stable Miui :)
 

christosg88

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Aug 26, 2013
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Xanthi
Instructions?

I know that somewhere in this endless thread there are instructions somewhere but I can't seem to find them. If there aren't can someone elaborate? It's the first time I'll try to flash a ROM to my phone, so I really don't know what to do with the flashtool and what recovery is, but I really like to have root access, something that's impossible with my current ROM. If someone can just point me to the said comment I will be grateful. Thanks in advance. Sorry for being a total noob but everyone has to start from somewhere. :confused:
 

mpapado

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May 19, 2015
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I have a THL W200S in my hands and I wanted to put a custom ROM.
After placed the zipped ROM on the phone and enter Recovery, I then did a Wipe Data / Factory Reset but the phone stuck.
From that time when I poweron it shows the welcome boot screen and then an empty screen.
I have tried the ROM from first post but the SP Flash tool don't want to proceed. Once I choose the scatter file it gives me an error "BROM ERROR : S_DL_LOAD_REGION_IS_OVERLAP (5016)"

Any ideas how to make the phone functional again?
 

Ayoproxy

Senior Member
Aug 1, 2013
50
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Help me please

Friday night, stayed home, what to make. Aha TWRP for W200s. I'm making firmware but there was no enough ideas what to make, or change. Still no many phones around to share things. Anyway here it is latest version of TWRP for W200s users.

Nice work Sir, Please i need yoour help in porting TWRP for my MTK MT6592 i have ported twrp via the easy magic installer but i cant install zip from sd card, cant backup to sd card, cant mount storage on pc via usb. I will be very glad to read from you soon.

Thanks.
 

keithdaman666

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May 17, 2012
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Replace Screen :

I think im going to attempt to fix the screen, Im running CM11 RoM - Will I need to flash phone again??? Reason I ask is my computer has some troubles at the moment.
 
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mpapado3

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Jul 8, 2015
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I have a W200S, after a fell from the stairs the screen started to flicker.
I changed the ROM and then it was working fine for a few weeks, but then it started to turn off unexpectantly and it was taking way too long (+12hours) to charge.
Finally now it won't turn on.
I bought a new battery but the result is the same. It doesn't turn on.

When I plug it on the computer the it recognize it as Vendor OE8D communication and the flash tools are not seeing it at all in order to flash a new ROM.

Is there any way that I can save te phone?
 

mpapado3

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Jul 8, 2015
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I have a W200S, after a fell from the stairs the screen started to flicker.
I changed the ROM and then it was working fine for a few weeks, but then it started to turn off unexpectantly and it was taking way too long (+12hours) to charge.
Finally now it won't turn on.
I bought a new battery but the result is the same. It doesn't turn on.

When I plug it on the computer the it recognize it as Vendor OE8D communication and the flash tools are not seeing it at all in order to flash a new ROM.

Is there any way that I can save te phone?
Now I have tried it on another pc and it make this repeat beeping sound when a device is connected and disconnected from the system.
It just don't stops.
Even without the battery keeps making the same.
Is there any idea of how to save it?

I can open it to check if there is anything broken internally, but I need a guide in order not to break anything.
 

mpapado3

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Jul 8, 2015
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I have found a video on how to disassemble the phone and opened it.
There was nothing broken inside and the all the connectors were properly placed on the board.
Only think that worried me was on the back of the board on the place were the usb connector is, there is a piece that can be lifted (the one on the picture that I have marked) and I don't know if this is good or not.

Has anyone tried this and did he noticed if this is moving?
 

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Fawad90

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Jul 25, 2015
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This morning, when i activated my wlan, i received a notification, " your time is close enough", but it dissapeared immediately.
Do you have any ideea what it is?

Nothing to worry about its just an accurate automatic time checker if your auto update time is turn on , if u want to turn it off run the procedure to disable it, I previously done it so from .
technono[dot]com/your-time-is-close-enough.html
I think it should workout for you
 

MacArthur67

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Aug 17, 2014
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Gothenburg
Faulty power switch

Dear all, I'm new in this thread.
When the W200S was new I bought several W200S (156D) in China and gave to friends. Now I have one of them here that had a broken digitizer.
No problem, I bought a new front for it and did the "surgery" to change it. It went well I thought but, big but, the power button doesn't work after the surgery.
I can't wake it up or start it from the power button.
The phone and the screen works in that way that I can start it in recovery (volume - and then plug in a USB to a computer). I can also flash the stock firmware to it with SP_Flash_Tool. I have measured on the power switch with a multimeter and it works.
Does anyone have any idea what's wrong and what to do?

EDIT:
Problem solved! It was the power button flex cable. The phone works fine again. :)
 
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    I'm proud owner of the THL W200 phone, QuadCore MTK6589T 1,5GHz, 1GB RAM, 8 GB ROM, 5" OGS screen, etc
    Few days ago I noticed that THL announced new version of this phone called W200s, they did similar thing with W100.
    Phone outfit is the same, which is good in my opinion, very thin, good ergonomic for 5", narrow bezel around screen, etc. One more advantage of the same design is that we can use W200 accessories.

    Main advantages over older brother are:
    - OctaCore MTK6592 processor on 1,7 GHz
    - Corning Gorilla Glass 3
    - 32 GB ROM (still need to check partition layout, but this can be easily changed)
    - BSI back camera should give better photos and higher frame rate under low light


    I'm long time Pandawill buyer and I will buy this phone from them. It is on pre-sale until 20th February for 199.99 $ and as I been said by CS they will start shipping at the end of February.

    I just hope that this phone will have same interest as older brother. I have made few firmwares and Russians made huge base of firmwares ported from different phones. Anyway once I get phone itself, I will try to make CWM/TWRP and cleaned firmware based on stock with some additions.


    Basic Information
    Model ThL W200S
    Band 2G: GSM 850/900/1800/1900MHz
    3G: WCDMA 850/2100MHz
    Sim Card Dual SIM Card Dual Standby
    Service Provide Unlocked
    Style Bar
    Color Black
    Shell Material Plastic

    System
    OS Android 4.2
    CPU MTK6592, Cortex A7 octa core, 1.7GHz;
    GPU: Mali-450 MP4
    ROM 32GB
    RAM 1GB

    Screen
    Display Size 5.0 Inch
    Type IPS, G+F+F full lamination screen, Corning III gorilla glass
    Resolution 1280 x 720 pixels
    Screen Color 16000K Colors

    General
    Camera/Picture Resolution Dual Cameras, 5.0MP front camera, 8.0MP BSI back camera
    with flashlight and auto focus, support 1080P video record
    Language English, Bahasa Indonesia, Bahasa Melayu, Cestina, Deutsch,
    Espanol, Filipino, French, Italiano, Magyar,
    Nederlands, Portuguese, Romana, Vietnamese, Turkish,
    Greek, Russian, Hebrew, Arabic, Thai,
    Simplified/Traditional Chinese
    Phonebook 500
    Message SMS/MMS
    Input Handwrite/Keypad
    TV No
    GPS Yes, built in, also support A-GPS
    JAVA No
    WIFI Yes, 802.11 b/g/n
    Bluetooth Bluetooth 4.0
    Gravity Sensor Yes
    Multi-Touch Yes, 5 point touch
    Dimensions 141.5 x 71 x 9.3mm/5.57 x 2.79 x 0.36 inch
    Net Weight(Including battery) 152g
    Standby Time About 2~3 days
    Other Feature 3G, WIFI, GPS, FM, Bluetooth, Ebook, Email,
    Messaging, wallpapers, calendar, calculator,
    clock, camera, tethering & portable hotspot, compass,
    OTG, LED notification, AAC speaker, etc

    Package
    Size 180 x 100 x 60mm/7.08 x 3.93 x 2.36 inch
    Weight 487g
    Accessories 1 x 1800mAh Battery
    1 x USB Cable
    1 x Charger
    1 x Screen Protector
    1 x Protective Back Case
    1 x User Manual(English-Russian-Spanish-German)


    As you can see Pandawill made an effort and included original screen protector (great quality) and hard plastic back case in they package.

    I will update this post to include files and information how to improve our W200s

    CARLIV TOUCH RECOVERY made by me :D
    TWRP 2.6.3.0 made by me :cowboy:
    STOCK FACTORY FIRMWARE 10140221

    SP FLASH TOOL V5

    STOCK FIRMWARE, ROOT, TWRP - for SP FLASH TOOL


    VANILLA EXPERIENCE FIRMWARE

    MINIMAL ZOPO998 FIRMWARE PORT

    Phone can be rooted by FRAMAROOT choosing Barahir option (until June firmware)

    RESTORE IMEI TUTORIAL

    KITKAT RECOVERY
    15
    W200s VanillaExperience

    To satisfy my curiosity and to meet some requests, new firmware is here and I gave it a name VanillaExperience. It is based on latest Newman K19 firmware released on 19/03/14. Everything is working like a charm, only one bug is present, when enter camera change aspect ratio to 4:3 and set right resolution, after you can return to 16:9

    Also incorporating root rights was braking something, and thus root is not achieved right after install, but Framaroot is incorporated and just choose "Barahir" option.

    Full developers options are there, just enable them by tapping 6 times on to "Build number".

    Firmware is clean JellyBean Android (Vanilla), even launcher is basic Trabuchet. Since Elsita reported higher battery drain due to LED fix, I left factory default without changes.

    What to tell you more, try it and your comments or suggestions are welcome.


    DOWNLOAD HERE
    5
    ZOPO 998 minimal PORT

    Everything works, ZOPO framework, xperia launcher, striped to the bone, less than 190 MB. Xposed and Gravitybox working


    DOWNLOAD
    5
    So just to let any new users know what I've found works.

    For the proximity sensor fault I used the fix here. Thanks to Asterisd, this fix has survived throughout flashing back to stock with SP Flash Tool and works even though I have never removed the screen cover that came pre-installed with the phone. It has remained working on every ROM I have tried. You can check the proximity sensor function with the app Phone Tester.

    I initially installed SP Flash Tool to my PC and the USB VCOM drivers. Thanks to Miljenko here and Khonshu over at chinaphonearena.com.

    To flash new ROMS I used both the TWRP posted in the first post of this thread by Miljenko and also the one over at needrom.com by SevenMaxs, doesn't seem to be any difference to me purely a matter of aesthetics.

    Vanilla by Miljenko I thought had solved all my problems but when I actually sat down and went through this thread I realised I was indeed seeing the battery only charge to 4.2v rather than 4.35v, this necessitated a change of ROM.

    I had a problem with CM11 and google search crashing which was a deal breaker for me so I didn't play around with it too much initially but went back to it as I didn't find it had the battery bug like Vanilla. I used the CM11 ROM found over at needrom.com (You need to register for an account to download - it's free) Thanks to hadae over at needrom.

    To fix the google search crash I used the root unistaller app from playstore and uninstalled all google search then reinstalled it directly from playstore once again. I also uninstalled a few things I wasn't interested in keeping such as the Apollo music player.

    To fix the NFC bug when coming out of airplane mode I used Root Uninstaller to uninstall NFC Service (requires a restart afterwards)

    Now I also had a problem with GPS not really getting a fix so I used MT GPS EPO Fix and downloaded the EPO data then MobileUncle MTK Tools Go into engineer mode - MTK, Location tab and select YGPS,go to INFORMATION tab and then hit "hot", "full", "AGPS restart" this seemed to improve things considerably. GPS Test is a useful app to check what's going on.

    This has been a result of a fair bit of trial and effort and a lot of reading so I hope that someone finds it helpful.

    I think Miljenko deserves many thanks for all his hard work and advice on this thread, as well as those that have helped me over the last couple of posts. Just trying to give a little back.:)
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    New firmware, THL W200s MyUI based on stock

    OK I have created few new firmwares for W200s and I will share them with you. Actually for now I will share two of them, stock firmware with some fine tuning called W200s Pandawill ROM and MyUI for W200s.

    Please find attached screens from MyUI. I will upload it to NeedROM later and it will be available this evening or tomorrow.