[DEV] [Huawei U8160/U8180] CyanogenMod 7.2.0-RC1 U8160 Port (14th August 2012)

[psyke83]

Gsm arena has some information about the phones specs it says the phone has

• 528 MHz ARM 11 processor
• Adreno 200 GPU
• Qualcomm MSM7225 chipset

If the phone has the same GPU as the san fransisco (ZTE Blade) than why does it run some games so slow (with lag) is there any way to overclock this phone to make it run applications better ?

The site is wrong. The phone is using the msm7225 chipset, which means it does not have an Adreno GPU. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, I was sceptical and enabled the KGSL (Adreno) driver in the kernel. It doesn't detect any Adreno chip. Of course it doesn't - the msm7225 chipset's specification cannot include it.

That's definitive, so no more questions about Adreno please.

Overclock is something I'm trying to get added.

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Yes, there is something about the market

The market enabler does not support my home market, have not tried setting the US market.

I can install apps and the google apps by opening the market on the phone, but not via Browser on my PC. When I first pressed the voice search, it informed me that it is not installed and a popup let me chose which google apps to install. But nothing happened.

Before using Market Enabler, are you sure you're installing the proper Google Apps package?

Besides that, on the u8180:
- GPS works
- FM-Radio works, but app is suboptimal (bluetooth forced, no autotuning)
- responsivness higher than with stock rom, even after rooting the device and disabling some bloatware

Thank you for the great work subpsyke.

The FM radio will always require Bluetooth on this ROM. The stock FM app uses undocumented Bluetooth calls which do not require the full Bluetooth stack to be loaded (i.e., when you see the Bluetooth icon). The CyanogenMod FM app is different, requiring the full stack to be loaded. Seeking on the other hand, is something I'm still working on trying to fix.

 

[adfad666]

if anyone still unsure of the capabilities of the u8160 and similar phones look at this site:

http://tomkanok.wordpress.com/2011/...msm7x27-msm7227-msm7667-cpu-in-mobile-phones/

the Vodafone Smart / u8160 has a msm7225 chip, the ZTE Blade has a msm7227 chip.

The msm7227 has quite a few differences, it isn't simply a slightly faster chip but has a number of other improvements too.

The u8160 is basically old technology, which is why you got it so cheap

 

[psyke83]

if anyone still unsure of the capabilities of the u8160 and similar phones look at this site:

http://tomkanok.wordpress.com/2011/...msm7x27-msm7227-msm7667-cpu-in-mobile-phones/

the Vodafone Smart / u8160 has a msm7225 chip, the ZTE Blade has a msm7227 chip.

The msm7227 has quite a few differences, it isn't simply a slightly faster chip but has a number of other improvements too.

The u8160 is basically old technology, which is why you got it so cheap

Thanks for the link. My other phone (Samsung I5500) is also msm7x27 which has the Adreno hardware. In my port for that device, I upgraded the kernel and userspace drivers to OpenGL-ES 2.0 specifications (stock ROM came with 1.1-compliant drivers).

The difference in 3D performance between the GT-I5500 and U8160 is enormous. Neocore on the GT-I5500 gets about 73fps, whilst the U8160 runs the benchmark more like a slideshow (5-10fps). There is absolutely nothing that can be done about this.

 

[Kannibalism]

The site is wrong. The phone is using the msm7225 chipset, which means it does not have an Adreno GPU. Despite all the evidence to the contrary, I was sceptical and enabled the KGSL (Adreno) driver in the kernel. It doesn't detect any Adreno chip. Of course it doesn't - the msm7225 chipset's specification cannot include it.

That's definitive, so no more questions about Adreno please.

Overclock is something I'm trying to get added.

i see mate thanks for clearing up that information for me

 

[aendre]

It's working fast, stable on U8180 . Batery life is better than with stock rom Froyo.

 

[SamUnknown]

Installed and using, amazing job. Hope to see you continue. I noticed that 2.3 is a bit of a RAM hog, it is normal?

 

[wallabyman]

Before using Market Enabler, are you sure you're installing the proper Google Apps package?

Ok, works now. The package was the right one. Unfortunately I cannot narrow it down, what exactly caused the problems, because I made following changes:

- Sweeped data&cache (factory reset)
- reapplied GAPPS package
- restarted phone without SIM and went through setup (last time I added the Google account at a later time)
- choose another locale

I did not have to use market enabler. During the install of Google Apps, I still had one unspecified error, after installing the first app (was the same the first time, but did not have any visible consequences)

edit:
the reason for the unspecified error is Google Goggles, which cannot be installed from the market, but only directly as an apk.

 

[iliaskone]

u8150

i finally install your rom to my u8150.first i flash your recovery.i wipe everything but after instalation i didnt have wifi.it gave me error after trying to connect.i didnt try anything else.any idea for that problem?

 

[SamUnknown]

I noticed a sound distortion above 50% volume. Any idea on how to fix?

Sent from my u8160 using XDA App

 

[jajajim]

my u8180 has neo gettoblaster qualities, maybe the cyanogen u8180 its louder than with standard rom -> sound distortion above 50% volume

 

[victix11]

Hey folks!

I tried to install this ROM on my huawei u8120 (vodafone 845), I installed your recovery -> wiped everything -> installed ROM -> installed gapps and rebooted. I booted right and the ROM just worked fine except for a few things:

1)WIFI is not working, gives me an error just like iliaskone got...

i finally install your rom to my u8150.first i flash your recovery.i wipe everything but after instalation i didnt have wifi.it gave me error after trying to connect.i didnt try anything else.any idea for that problem?

2)Bluetooth isn't working either, just puts it out without any error or anything ???

3)I cannot reach the statusbar on my u8120, the rest of the calibration is fine, so it's maybe 'cause the screen of the u8120 is a bit larger???

4)The device mounts as CD-rom when conncted to pc. Do I have to install new drivers, if so which and where to download them?

That's all the bugs for now. The rest is working great and ROM is really fast!

Thanks for the ROM!

 

[psyke83]

Hey folks!

I tried to install this ROM on my huawei u8120 (vodafone 845), I installed your recovery -> wiped everything -> installed ROM -> installed gapps and rebooted. I booted right and the ROM just worked fine except for a few things:

1)WIFI is not working, gives me an error just like iliaskone got...


2)Bluetooth isn't working either, just puts it out without any error or anything ???

If you have ADB installed, please run these commands and then paste the 2 logs to pastebin.com. Please run the commands after trying to enable both Bluetooth and wifi (so I can see the related error messages).

Dmesg: adb shell dmesg >u8120-dmesg.txt
Logcat: adb shell logcat -d >u8120-logcat.txt

3)I cannot reach the statusbar on my u8120, the rest of the calibration is fine, so it's maybe 'cause the screen of the u8120 is a bit larger???

What's the resolution of your device?

4)The device mounts as CD-rom when conncted to pc. Do I have to install new drivers, if so which and where to download them?

I guess it's a feature of the U8160, in which is mounts a virtual cdrom drive which contains the full USB drivers for the device. Maybe your phone doesn't have it...

That's all the bugs for now. The rest is working great and ROM is really fast!

Thanks for the ROM!

Question: does the radio work for you?

It seems there's a CM7 port for the U8120, have you tried it? If you do, please make sure to collect the 2 logs from my port before switching, as it may potentially help me to support more devices in future.

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i finally install your rom to my u8150.first i flash your recovery.i wipe everything but after instalation i didnt have wifi.it gave me error after trying to connect.i didnt try anything else.any idea for that problem?

Can you provide me the logcat and dmesg logs as well? See my previous reply to victix11.

Does the FM radio work for you?

P.S. Does anyone know how I can disable the multi-quote function in which my replies keep getting grouped together? I hate it .

 

[adfad666]

ROM installed, works wonderfully, and I spent some time tweaking it.

On such a processor disabling transition effects between screens (things like sliding pop ups, menus in and out etc.) seems to make a difference. Since there is no GPU, all screen draws must go through the CPU. Eliminating unnecessary screen draws frees CPU cycles, and makes things feel quicker.

The functions I've found and disabled so far are:

Spare Parts
..Window animations = off
..Transition animations = off
..Fancy input animations = off

I don't use the stock launcher but use LauncherPro, and there are these settings which help:

LauncherPro Preferences
..Homescreen Settings
....Transition effect = none
..Advanced Settings
....Opening speed = 10 (instant)

For other launchers, you just need to hunt down any settings that eliminate unnecessary effects, simple slide instead of 3D screen transitions for the homescreen etc.

If anyone finds some other settings that help, let us know! This doesn't affect the general running of apps, but does make navigating the phone a bit easier, and you don't notice the lack of menu effects since you're often waiting for the phone to catch up anyway!

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Error status 7...u8150

I had this error when I first tried to flash this ROM on u8160. I had originally used the ClockworkMod and SmartLucky 2.2 ROM from the androidworld.it forums.

After the error I mounted the phone into mass storage mode (I had already wiped all data) and downloaded the ClockworkMod also by subpsyke and flashed that.

after a reboot, the ROM then flashed normally so the problem was with the recovery. If you are using a different recovery, try flashing the recovery above and see if that helps.

 

[psyke83]

ROM installed, works wonderfully, and I spent some time tweaking it.

On such a processor disabling transition effects between screens (things like sliding pop ups, menus in and out etc.) seems to make a difference. Since there is no GPU, all screen draws must go through the CPU. Eliminating unnecessary screen draws frees CPU cycles, and makes things feel quicker.

Yes, good idea indeed. I'll probably change these settings to be the system default in the next release.

For ADWLauncher: Drawer Settings -> Animated Drawer (disable).

I did notice that LauncherPro's animations are fairly smooth on this phone compared to ADWLauncer (more efficient code, perhaps). However, I won't be changing the default applications in my port, as I don't intend to make this like a hacked custom ROM. It's 100% CyanogenMod source (and ADWLauncher is part of that).

 

[SamUnknown]

Yes, good idea indeed. I'll probably change these settings to be the system default in the next release.

For ADWLauncher: Drawer Settings -> Animated Drawer (disable).

I did notice that LauncherPro's animations are fairly smooth on this phone compared to ADWLauncer (more efficient code, perhaps). However, I won't be changing the default applications in my port, as I don't intend to make this like a hacked custom ROM. It's 100% CyanogenMod source (and ADWLauncher is part of that).

I really thank you for this rom, I've always wanted cyanogen since I've seen it running on a ZTE Blade, I changed from SmartLucky to Cyanogen and the phone is more responsive and faster. I notice more RAM usage but no problems there. Any idea on how to fix the volume problem? Also, is overclocking on your plans?

And is there anything that we u8160 users can help besides feedback?

 

[victix11]

If you have ADB installed, please run these commands and then paste the 2 logs to pastebin.com. Please run the commands after trying to enable both Bluetooth and wifi (so I can see the related error messages).

Dmesg: adb shell dmesg >u8120-dmesg.txt
Logcat: adb shell logcat -d >u8120-logcat.txt



What's the resolution of your device?



I guess it's a feature of the U8160, in which is mounts a virtual cdrom drive which contains the full USB drivers for the device. Maybe your phone doesn't have it...



Question: does the radio work for you?

It seems there's a CM7 port for the U8120, have you tried it? If you do, please make sure to collect the 2 logs from my port before switching, as it may potentially help me to support more devices in future.

I'll paste those logs tomorrow 'cause I aynt on my PC right now

The resolution of my phone's screen is:240*320

Nope, the FM-radio aynt working 'cause the Bluetooth aynt....

And 'bout the CM7 port for the Huawei u8120: I tried it but it still had few bugs so I got back to Froyo...'till I saw your port could be working on the Huawei u8120. The drivers were working on the u8120 port though??¿¿!!Ow and wut d'you meen with switching? switching to wut?

Hope this'll help you. You'll be seeing the logs by tomorrow.

 

[adfad666]

I did notice that LauncherPro's animations are fairly smooth on this phone compared to ADWLauncer (more efficient code, perhaps). However, I won't be changing the default applications in my port, as I don't intend to make this like a hacked custom ROM. It's 100% CyanogenMod source (and ADWLauncher is part of that).

I agree you shouldn't change it, though I do feel that LauncherPro is better, especially because I use the Suave icon set on my Optimus One. ADW seems to slow down a lot with this but I tested the icon pack with LauncherPro on the u8160 and it works perfectly fine on that too.

 

[JiroPrinz8]

Hey guys,

So just flashed this ROM on my U8150, and sad to say, WiFi is not working(says error after turning on), and bluetooth is not working as well..

I wanted to try this because FM Radio is not working on our Port of CM7, anyway, t'was worth the try. Thanks!

 

[wallabyman]

ROM installed, works wonderfully, and I spent some time tweaking it.

Thanks for sharing your settings.

Did you make any changes to the CPU scaling? I had trouble to unlock the device when other apps were running in the background. Right now I am testing the Smartass governor with an increased minimum frequency (245 Mhz).

 

[adfad666]

Thanks for sharing your settings.

Did you make any changes to the CPU scaling? I had trouble to unlock the device when other apps were running in the background. Right now I am testing the Smartass governor with an increased minimum frequency (245 Mhz).

This is also an interesting place for some investigation. The devs who work on the Optimus One (which I have) discovered that the cpu uses the same power at all frequencies below 480MHz, ie there is no power benefit dropping to something like 245MHz than 'only' dropping to 480MHz (default is 600MHz). 480MHz is only one step down from 600MHz, after that it is 320MHz.

I'll try and find out what we need to do to see if dropping as low as the current minimum frequency is worth it, or we're just penalising ourselves for no power benefit. My guess is that it probably isn't worth going so low...

What frequency options does the kernel currently have? (my gf is out atm so I can't check) I'd try something one or two steps down from the default 528MHz.