Ulefone Future - Development & Support (GearLabs CM13 Available!)

[Alberto96]

In order to keep this thread clean, please use this one to discuss about Development, Support or Software Updates.​

ROMs:

To avoid any possible issue, do not forget to backup your NVRAM so that you won't risk to lose your IMEI. How-to: http://www.anythingultimate.in/2015/11/how-to-backup-your-nvram-partition.html

Custom ROM (based on Android 6.0)

- LineageOS/CyanogenMod 13 by GearLabs ( @Alberto96 ) : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69543058&postcount=458

- based on alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P16 with Root, Busybox & init.d support - by GearLabs: https://mega.nz/#!JAciHZwC!2G-dZlgvLJA99v723oXMuRp3rzQXz2fRZVVb_OytETk

I recommend you to flash P16 Stock ROM using SP Flash Tool first so that you will have a complete upgraded base.​

Stock (Android 6.0)

- alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P16 - 20160721 (latest, provided by Ulefone Tech. Support): https://docs.google.com/uc?id=0BxhU4oDpvylvamRwc2Z1S3d1YmM&export=download | Mirror

- Official Stock ROM & Flash Tools: http://ulefone.com/download/future.html

- SP Flash Tool for Windows & Linux: https://mega.nz/#F!dYUm0TbB!SWeMLb5Wu1NbRzTPQ8-s_A

DO NOT USE THE "Format All & Download" OPTION IF YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR IMEI! Choose "Download Only" instead.

Previous Releases:

- alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P9 / 2016.06.08 01:02:34 CST : https://mega.nz/#!AZFmWRjA!eN2bHSLxZkpUK9WLw9UkA5S_3LvojgUo1u0WVo6l8y0

Flash Tool

- SP Flash Tool v5.1628 for Windows & Linux: https://mega.nz/#F!dYUm0TbB!SWeMLb5Wu1NbRzTPQ8-s_A​

Recovery:

GearRecovery based on TWRP

- Check the GearCM 13 post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=69543058&postcount=458​

TWRP 3.0.2 by "jemmini" from 4PDA Forum. Tested by @beruppino (thank you for the huge amount of tests you are doing for me)

- Based on alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P7 / 2016.05.21 14:26:51 CST : https://mega.nz/#F!wMMQ2KwS!GSVeGPp7k1_H1UPREB8qSg
- Based on alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P9 / 2016.06.08 01:02:34 CST : https://mega.nz/#F!NJ9ygBzJ!xRN9NHv1WCeHoqXriKkXpQ​

Remember that there is no direct recovery boot (Volume Up + Power), and if you flash the recovery it gets overwritten every time you reboot the device. Check post #18 for more information.


Root:

insecure boot image <= Required otherwise you won't be able to use root permissions and you will lose recovery access on reboot

- based on alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P16 - Flashable using TWRP, or SP Flash Tool if you extract the boot.img image from the archive: https://mega.nz/#!sckyRBzb!PwkFr4HDYFyXWj6ByrUgFzYZ1IhpNkQWHGXi8swHp6c

Previous Releases

- based on alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P9 - Flashable using SP Flash Tool: https://mega.nz/#!NVUmDDKA!97J7A98LhzZtM6wcI7FyY9_uW87K2hnf7Xo-Ne8tqdo

Rooting Methods (if you are on Stock ROM)

- SuperSU (flashable using TWRP): http://forum.xda-developers.com/apps/supersu​

Extras (Root-Only):

Customization

- Xposed Framework: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3034811​

Useful Third-Party Apps:

Battery Life

- Amplify: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ryansteckler.nlpunbounce&hl=en
- Greenify: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.oasisfeng.greenify&hl=en​

 

[Alberto96]

It seems that "needrom" managed to get Ulefone Future's ROM even before its official release.

Just Google for it.

 

[Alberto96]

please ulfone future stock rom....please link

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thanks

Next time read the whole thread before posting something,

 

[beruppino]

Next time read the whole thread before posting something,

Alberto you recive your ulefone future?

 

[Alberto96]

Alberto you recive your ulefone future?

Not yet. I have already contacted Ulefone to know when they will send me the device, but i still have to receive a reply.

 

[fanfan7110]

I keep the topic on the root for ulephone future and puts it here (theme more suited). (started here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/gen...-future-5-5-mtk6755-64bit-4gb-t3293477/page16)
SO :
I have tested all "one click root" application with same résult : Root failed. (Kingoroot, king root, one click root, and more...)
We must find the right TWRP to flash the recovery. But it is not present anywhere.
For the elephone P9000, the root procedure was put online the same day of the first deliveries .. But with ulephone : Nothing.
So I looked at the addresses of the Rom for the P9000 which has the same processor. And this is result :
for the P9000 recovery adress start at 0x000000000008000 and end at 0x0000000000EE37FF
butFor Future recovery adress start at 0x000000000008000 and end at 0x00000000009BC37F (unconfirmed because rom comes from needrom.com and no from official ulephone site).
So I think we can not use the same tutorial and the same files.

If someonehave an idea, or if someone has succeeded root it, it would be great to share ..

 

[Alberto96]

Guys i recommend you to not mess up with your device, because the only ROM available (needrom) doesn't seem to work.

So, if you damage something in the /system partition, you won't be able to recover the device until Ulefone releases the Stock ROM.

 

[fanfan7110]

I had the intuition that the Rom of needrom was not good because the reference did not correspond with that mine at any point in my phone ...
I did well to not try then ..
But you must admit that it is still exaggerated that all ulphone models have their firmware on the official site, and not the Future. Same way for rooting process... All models have their root procedures except the future..

 

[Alberto96]

TWRP 3.0.2 by "jemmini" from 4PDA Forum

- alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P7 / 2016.05.21 14:26:51 CST : https://mega.nz/#F!wMMQ2KwS!GSVeGPp7k1_H1UPREB8qSg
- alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P9 / 2016.06.08 01:02:34 CST : https://mega.nz/#F!NJ9ygBzJ!xRN9NHv1WCeHoqXriKkXpQ

 

[oliversum]

thanks alebrto! did anyone already test it?

update: my version is alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P12

 

[fanfan7110]

I have Just tested it :
I have alps p9 version but
with TWRP P9. Even after flashing, I still have Chinese markings by power + vol-

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flashed three times with spflashtools V5.1552 and nothing .. No TWRP recovery in the phone ..

 

[oliversum]

what do you mean with "Chinese markings by power + vol-"?

 

[fanfan7110]

what do you mean with "Chinese markings by power + vol-"?

the chinese recovery

to enter recovery, i have tested with power button and vol+ button, and tested with power button + vol- button.
Same way : No twrp but chinese application

now tested with spflashtools V5.1616 : Same way
No twrp recovery installed.. I don't understand why.. Flash is ok, green logo after flashing..

With the image P9 :
Power and Vol+ go to nothing and android is loading
Power and vol - go to a chinese application

With the recovery stock : two possibilities (vol+ or vol-) go to chinese application..

If i force to go in recovery mode in adb, phone reboot, and the yellow robot come with the phrase "no command". No twrp

I stop my test for the moment.. I have tested all possibilities and nothing.. Wait and see...

 

[fanfan7110]

TWRP 3.0.2 by "jemmini" from 4PDA Forum

- alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P7 / 2016.05.21 14:26:51 CST : https://mega.nz/#F!wMMQ2KwS!GSVeGPp7k1_H1UPREB8qSg
- alps-mp-m0.mp7-V1.18_nb6755.66.m_P9 / 2016.06.08 01:02:34 CST : https://mega.nz/#F!NJ9ygBzJ!xRN9NHv1WCeHoqXriKkXpQ

Thank you for this img but this twrp not work in our ulephone.
Have you the link of the topic in 4PDA Forum ?

 

[Alberto96]

Recovery Mode hasn't been enabled, so if you send the "adb reboot recovery" command after the system boot-up, it won't be there because as soon as the system boots the recovery gets overwritten with the stock. (that's a security feature)

Unfortunately the same happened on the Ulefone Vienna, so it seems that starting from the Vienna Release they choose to disable direct recovery boot from the bootloader.

 

[fanfan7110]

oooohh ok, so how can we do? There is a solution ?
if i do :
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
power and vol+

it will be the same problem, right ?
I do not know how I will succeed to root this device. Yet it is an obligation for me ... I am damned with this phone

 

[fanfan7110]

Well, I tried lots of ways to try to start the recovery after flashing, but I still haven't succeeded : After flashing with SP-Flashtools ...
if not reboot, adb not working so we can't start TWRP.
If we start order after the reboot we have the little green robot.
If we made the combinations Power and Vol+ we have nothing
So we have the file of twrp but we have no way to start it, if I understood. Thank you Ulephone

Or, perhaps, just perhaps, ...... another way and another idea to work: Are we sure this TWRP really work? If no one inthe world has yet succeeded to start, how to be sure ?

 

[Alberto96]

oooohh ok, so how can we do? There is a solution ?
if i do :
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery c:\recovery.img
power and vol+

it will be the same problem, right ?
I do not know how I will succeed to root this device. Yet it is an obligation for me ... I am damned with this phone

Well, I tried lots of ways to try to start the recovery after flashing, but I still haven't succeeded : After flashing with SP-Flashtools ...
if not reboot, adb not working so we can't start TWRP.
If we start order after the reboot we have the little green robot.
If we made the combinations Power and Vol+ we have nothing
So we have the file of twrp but we have no way to start it, if I understood. Thank you Ulephone

Or, perhaps, just perhaps, ...... another way and another idea to work: Are we sure this TWRP really work? If no one inthe world has yet succeeded to start, how to be sure ?

At every reboot the recovery partition gets overwritten so you have to:

1.A) Backup your boot.img image (without root it isn't possible though, you would need to use the SP Flash Tool readback feature together with the correct Scatter file in order to do it) <- Required for the fourth (4) step

or (choose the one you prefer or you find easier)

1.B) Keep safe the boot.img image from an available Stock ROM package (latest one is preferred) <- Required for the fourth (4) step

2) Flash recovery.img as boot.img (just rename the file or select it manually) so that the device will boot to recovery by default. (basically you flash the recovery image in the boot partition)
3) Remove "recovery-from-boot.p" from /system using the built-in TWRP File Manager. Remember to mount /system before doing it otherwise the system folder will be empty
4) Restore your boot.img image (using SP Flash Tool or by flashing a boot image using a flashable TWRP package) so that you can use the device again, and the recovery partition won't get anymore overwritten​

Done!

You can now access to the custom recovery but you will need to reboot manually into it using adb commands (adb reboot recovery), or by using some third-party apps such as "Quick Boot" or similar. There is no other way to do so unless Ulefone unlocks the key combination.

 

[fanfan7110]

wouaho... OK ! Not very simple
So, because there is no official firmware a this moment (aberrant thing because ulefone need only to make a backup in their technical local and post it on the blog .. everything will be done in less than 5 minutes .. But..) , we need to wait to have a correct boot.img..
Thank you for this response. Thanks a lot

 

[jokerpoker1]

Good evening, thank you for the discussion to Alberto, are pending future ulefone, I will come on Monday or Tuesday, I read that there is a working firmware for ulefone, I wonder if you have seen this and if it is good? http://firmwarefile.com/ulefone-future

Thanks

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