micromax andro a60 thread-Froyo,root,battery fix,recovery ,app2sd,custom rom,drivers

drellisdee · Mar 29, 2011

Fyi joe kernel source isn't correct. That source is missing the correct board files.
# CONFIG_BOARD_ZTE_X920 is not set
CONFIG_BOARD_ZTE_7202=y

Needed would be the 7202 or it seems is shared source with x920 neither of which are on zte site to download.

rudie_techie · Mar 29, 2011

From what i found, the kernel source available for eclair is listed as different file for different phone, but it seems that its the same. Check the file location. Also i think micromax people updated the android OS as its early plan were to implement donut. Can you try downgrading then upgrading again? I'm not sure how this will help... :|

vijkap · Mar 29, 2011

Hey, I am stuck my phone. It does not proceed beyond the initial screen after normal boot and does not show adb interface in the device mmanager of my laptop. When I boot into Safe Mode, it does show adb interface in the device manager of my laptop, however, adb on command prompt does not show any device.

This indicates adb interface does not establish for a normal boot and for Safe mode device is not recognised. I can get into recovery and have tried flashing boot.img through update.zip, however, it returns with Installation abroted message. Here, it seems bootlogger is locked.

Please help!!!

rohan.sankhe · Mar 29, 2011

aravind787 said:
Thanks i did the entire flashy thing and restarted the phone.. i downloaded the img and the flasher app and did it.. so now i shouldnt be facing any problems? i hope so.. Thanks for the solution keeping my fingers crossed and hoping it would freeze again

Hey Arvind,
Does the phone still behave in the same way? Or did the flashing of recovery image fix your problem?
I got the same issue of the phone not responding in idle state and the SD card getting removed and replaced unexpectedly.
Eager to know the outcome.
Thanks.

rohan.sankhe · Mar 29, 2011

rudie_techie said:
From what i found, the kernel source available for eclair is listed as different file for different phone, but it seems that its the same. Check the file location. Also i think micromax people updated the android OS as its early plan were to implement donut. Can you try downgrading then upgrading again? I'm not sure how this will help... :|

All,
I am no good as far as the technicalities go but I can try and help in other ways.
In case there is anything which the company (Micromax) needs to share with us please let me know.
I will do my best and follow up with them to get it, at any level.

Another request, I have this feeling that the earlier Micromax Andro A60 have the problem of freezing in idle state. I have got the phone replaced twice from my retailer and both the times the new phone was one manufactured and imported in November 2010.
In case someone can share an image from a phone manufactured and imported in February, I could try flashing i onto my device.

Thanks.

vijkap · Mar 29, 2011

drellisdee said:
made critical mistake in first test recovery image forgot to symlink busybox shell. Will upload fixed later tonight. Vijkap dont mess with test image.

Update For Fixed one:

I haven't gotten much feedback from testers.

Here are directions:

Download this recovery and unzip it and copy to root of sdcard
md5sum is 51666288f0e9084133c2b55595250b69

recovery-a60-gnm-1.img.zip
password is gnmtest

download flash_image.zip and unzip and copy to root of sdcard

flash_image.zip

Download this and copy to root of sdcard (do not unzip)
signed_test_flash.zip

commands to flash recovery

from adb shell or terminal (requires root # prompt)

Code:

su mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak (notice this file install-recovery.sh may not be on your device if it gives an error or file not found move on) flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-a60-gnm.img sync

then power off device and boot holding "HOME" key

Please test nandroid backup/restore by using the nandroid backup and restore option

Please test usb mass storage in recovery

Please test flashing of signed-test_flash.zip which if successful will place test-flash_file in /system/bin

Please test key mapping if if it is wrong use keycode debugging under other menu and send me keymapping and keycodes. IE. vol-up is keycode 000 etc

This is a test version I'll do full release soon after bugs (if any) are worked out.

I am unable to test. Can someone test the custom recovery and give drellisdee feedback?

drellisdee · Mar 29, 2011

rudie_techie said:
From what i found, the kernel source available for eclair is listed as different file for different phone, but it seems that its the same. Check the file location. Also i think micromax people updated the android OS as its early plan were to implement donut. Can you try downgrading then upgrading again? I'm not sure how this will help... :|

Its not the same. GPL states that if you make ANY modifications to kernel source you are required to post source to building your kernel in full. Mircomax if that was the source they used modified the board files to create one for their device (board files are 100% needed). Some one needs to send them a GPL request for kernel source.

drellisdee · Mar 29, 2011

vijkap said:
Hey, I am stuck my phone. It does not proceed beyond the initial screen after normal boot and does not show adb interface in the device mmanager of my laptop. When I boot into Safe Mode, it does show adb interface in the device manager of my laptop, however, adb on command prompt does not show any device.

This indicates adb interface does not establish for a normal boot and for Safe mode device is not recognised. I can get into recovery and have tried flashing boot.img through update.zip, however, it returns with Installation abroted message. Here, it seems bootlogger is locked.

Please help!!!

Is this with my test recovery version #2 or did you try some flashing on your own? You have set up adb drivers right?

vijkap · Mar 29, 2011

drellisdee said:
Is this with my test recovery version #2 or did you try some flashing on your own? You have set up adb drivers right?

nope. its not reovery. I flashed boot.img thru adb day before and am struggling.

svprm · Mar 29, 2011

@vijkap
You have dump boot.img?

drellisdee · Mar 29, 2011

is no one able to test the custom recovery?

heysupratim · Mar 29, 2011

vijkap said:
Originally Posted by rudie_techie
Well i tried this... but i haven't checked it yet cause i haven't got my phone back... Grrrr micromax!! Anyone else wants to check it then you can download this update file created by me : Download the file from here :

Did anyone try updating their phone to the stock with this update file? I am hoping to get my phone back on friday... But just cant wait to know... Anyone?

Nope. Returns with Installation Aborted...

yeah ,i did try the update.zip file and the installation gets aborted

vijkap said:
I mean, tried but installation aborts after verification with no Error Message

yeah...same here

svprm said:
What recovery it have?
Does Recovery have full backup and restore support?
Did you create a working update.zip?

the recovery is the stock recovery and also the default recovery doesn't have tha nandroid backup and restore support
and i suppose the update .zip is not working as of now

svprm said:
I think built in recovery check verification for update.zip.
So you can't install the custom Rom.

Anybody try to install custom recovery?

Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

yeah we will be needing a custom recovery for flashing the custom rom as it has an option of skipping the signature verification and also that the nandroid backup is a really important precautionary step that is needed for the installation of custom rom

svprm said:
Verification is passed.
So we can use our signed update.zip

Does Recovery allows you to backup a rom or not?

the default recovery doesnt

aravind787 said:
Hi, every one this is my second post in XDA.. i really appreciate borax and rude techie for all the experimentation and tips they have put up here.. though i havent posted here i have been following this thread.. i know that this problem has been posted here few times but my phone keeps freezing suddenly in idle mode and when i will be unaware of it and that pisses me off a lot.. i know borax gave a tip to not use the D pad while unlocking it but i am not using that and still end up with a frozen phone..

Is there any damn thing i can do to stop this? i gave it to the micromax people and all they did was to reset the phone and its not helping at all..Does anyone here who has a A60 not facing this problem or atleast after a replacement not facing this problem...

If anyone can please let me know it would be of great help, coz i am thinking of selling this phone because of this problem.. It is a great phone but i the phone freezes at times when i am expecting important calls..

Someone please help!!

Thanks in Advance..

i can surely understand the level of frustration you have and if you are actually selling it ,then i advise you to please give the repair center one last shot

rudie_techie said:
Aravind thanks for the appreciation but i never had the problems after i used the recovery image posted by fonehacker. Well first remove all the softwares, just root your phone and then flash the recovery image with the recovery image flasher provided in the previous post. Well i had quite a few problems like yours even the memory card mounting and unmounting suspiciously at unknown times which is funny but is kind of irritating too. So try it out, the sudden freezing problems may be solved. Well i got a replacement and still had problems. If you are going for a replacement keep in mind that the phone which you will get will have the worst screen quality. I have got this and again screwed up my phone while experimenting and again its gone for another replacement. The body remains the same and just the internal hardware is changed so don't get surprised if you feel you have the same phone... Well i was sleeping the whole day and just got free from work, well its 3:40 am and have no serious work to do so here with the experiment.

Ok the misc folder is missing. Well i don't see a misc folder in the A60 dump that i created from the phone. So how is it going to work. Well we do need a custom recovery so that we can backup and restore the phone, but i'm not aware of any custom recovery which works for Micromax A60. Believe me i have tried 60 custom recovery images on my phone! None of them work. ZTE Penguin is the original name of Micromax A60, The micromax people have just rebranded it. So if anyone could find something interesting would be helpful here. I even tried ZTE Blade's custom recovery but doesn't work. Just imagine that Spice MI300 has custom recovery and froyo but not Micromax A60. Its a shame for micromax being so lame..!

yeah,its lame that micromax people want to lag behind in this whole andorid scene

svprm said:
This is for testing purpose whether recovery allowing us to use our custom zip or not.

Note:Im not responsible if anything goes wrong.

I think nothing goes wrong bcoz it contain only bootanimation.zip

I created a update.zip to install bootanimation.
Anybody try this tell whether it is working or not?

http://db.tt/iEzFLqV

Thanks to fonehacker for bootanimation.

Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

yeah man.i will try this and post the response,thanks for the efforts man

svprm said:
What are you using to create update.zip kitchen or manually?

Try dsixda kitchen to create update.zip.
It will automatically create update script.

Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

all teh update.zip creator scripts work on the same default compilation checklist and i suppose the real problem here is the source....we are darn missing it!!!(GPL)

aravind787 said:
Thanks i did the entire flashy thing and restarted the phone.. i downloaded the img and the flasher app and did it.. so now i shouldnt be facing any problems? i hope so.. Thanks for the solution keeping my fingers crossed and hoping it would freeze again

yeah man ,once you flash the recovery ,it should be fine.....

svprm said:
We have recovery.img dump.
so we can ask the developer to develop a custom recovery for micromax.

Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

yeah and thanks for contacting the developer

rudie_techie said:
You are already on that site and this is it, i dont see any more help coming... I'm planning to get Droid 2 next month or may be some other android phone... I need qwerty keypad now along with froyo or gingerbread...

get the desire Z then....perfect choice of hardware and also the best developing support from the community

svprm said:
Today I found this.
Anybody want to create a custom recovery for this phone.

Source:
https://github.com/packetlss/android_bootable_recovery

Tutorial:
http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Build_a_custom_recovery_image

Update:
I asked one developer to develop a Custom Recovery.
He asked Recovery Dump.
I gave him a link.

Updated:
Reply from Him

I'm also cant confirm that.
See that in your mobile and tell.

Sent from my HTC Desire using XDA App

thanks a lot again for taking the pain man,

aravind787 said:
I got a new BSNL and DOCOMO 3G SIM and i have activated 3G.. but i am not getting 3G speeds at all and when i called up DOCOMO the guys says that a60 is not 3G compatible!!! Same with BSNL as well not even getting 200kbps.. pages take a lot of time to open.... Anyone here using any 3G services please provide info.. it will be greatly appreciated..

man,3g is fully supported and i am using it on airtel...the speeds are absolutely fine

rudie_techie said:
Its ZTE JOE series-Eclair kernel(2.6.29) Used on Micromax a60. I went to the micromax service center today and i saw this thing on their computer, i never bothered to see it. The service center guy is kool and i got to know a few thing. I have given my phone for replacement they called me twice and both the phones they recieved from micromax for me were bad. So i have to wait untill Thursday again. Well its the ZTE JOE series-Eclair kernel(2.6.29) for sure. There was nothing else on his PC so i can tell you guys for sure... Well drellisdee i am already following you on twitter was about to post there but saw your posts here... Glad to test it. I don't mind screwing my phone, cause i have this service center guy who is kinda friend now and my phone will be under warranty atleast for 6 more months Well the problem with this phone is it doesn't connect to adb when switched off... :|

you know what rudie..the kernel is the same but has been updated with a newer board revision for the qualcomm proccy

drellisdee said:
made critical mistake in first test recovery image forgot to symlink busybox shell. Will upload fixed later tonight. Vijkap dont mess with test image.

Update For Fixed one:

I haven't gotten much feedback from testers.

Here are directions:

Download this recovery and unzip it and copy to root of sdcard
md5sum is 51666288f0e9084133c2b55595250b69

recovery-a60-gnm-1.img.zip
password is gnmtest

download flash_image.zip and unzip and copy to root of sdcard

flash_image.zip

Download this and copy to root of sdcard (do not unzip)
signed_test_flash.zip

commands to flash recovery

from adb shell or terminal (requires root # prompt)

Code:

su mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock1 /system cat /sdcard/flash_image > /system/bin/flash_image chmod 755 /system/bin/flash_image mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak (notice this file install-recovery.sh may not be on your device if it gives an error or file not found move on) flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-a60-gnm.img sync

then power off device and boot holding "HOME" key

Please test nandroid backup/restore by using the nandroid backup and restore option

Please test usb mass storage in recovery

Please test flashing of signed-test_flash.zip which if successful will place test-flash_file in /system/bin

Please test key mapping if if it is wrong use keycode debugging under other menu and send me keymapping and keycodes. IE. vol-up is keycode 000 etc

This is a test version I'll do full release soon after bugs (if any) are worked out.

firstly a big thank you for this wonderful effort and i will be more than happy to test it ...i will be available online from 8:00 IST an all alternative days..
and also which recovery base are you using...?

drellisdee said:
is no one able to test the custom recovery?

i am ....

please send...(should i just go with the above posted steps by you or should i contact you via PM?)

drellisdee · Mar 29, 2011

Geez guys. I posted the amon ra based recovery test several pages back with full instructions.

rudie_techie · Mar 29, 2011

I have mailed to the Micromax people asking for the source kernel to be given out under GPL. I know that will not work but what if it they feel they should... Just took a change. I think everyone should mail them with such request politely, may be they change their mind... Waiting for the phone for now..! Grrrrr...

Instead of HTC Desire Z i think i would buy Motorola Milestone 2 (Droid 2). Whats say??

vijkap · Mar 29, 2011

svprm said:
@vijkap
You have dump boot.img?

Yes, I have original boot.img for micromax with me but the problem is that I cannot flash it because I can't get to adb/fastboot and flash it.

Please help!!!

drellisdee · Mar 29, 2011

Made new thread for custom recovery to keep that one on the relevant topic.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=12496440#post12496440

Please post testing and feedback results regarding only the custom recovery beta there.

victor px5 · Mar 29, 2011

Hi,

I had booted the phone to bootloader mode and tried to connect with fastboot, but it just says waiting for device and does not continue. Anybody knows why fastboot is not connecting. Isn't it better to load the recovery image posted by drellisdee with fastboot?

aravind787 · Mar 30, 2011

nope nothing has changed mate.. its still the same.. it freezes up when in idle mode.. i am suspecting it could be a battery problem with a batch probably.

heysupratim · Mar 30, 2011

drellisdee said:
Geez guys. I posted the amon ra based recovery test several pages back with full instructions.

alright thanks man..will try and post my feedback in the recovery thread

rudie_techie said:
I have mailed to the Micromax people asking for the source kernel to be given out under GPL. I know that will not work but what if it they feel they should... Just took a change. I think everyone should mail them with such request politely, may be they change their mind... Waiting for the phone for now..! Grrrrr...

Instead of HTC Desire Z i think i would buy Motorola Milestone 2 (Droid 2). Whats say??

yippee i mailed them too...nw what we need is some more pestering done
and btw the droid 2 is also a good choice

rohan.sankhe · Mar 30, 2011

Recovery image cannot be extracted!

fonehacker said:
So far the best and easiest way i could find to flash recovery image is by using a software on phone itself,no Pc required in the process.
So here it is:
1.First of all download the recovery image I posted and extract it in the root of your SD card.
2.Rename the image to "recovery-backup.img".
3.Download "Recovery flasher", I have uploded it here:

4.Install and start it,then press "Restore Backup image" button.
5.Congrats,your Andro has got new Recovery.
Please say thanks if i helped you.

Sent from Micromax A60 [rooted]

fonehacker
I have tried all the links in multiupload. The recovery image just cannot be extracted. 7zip says "Incorrect command line."

Please help me understand where I am going wrong.

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