Hello folks,
I am after some help. I recently rooted by Versus 7 touchpad with the intention of putting a android rom of some kind on it, or even better, ubuntu touch.
Now I have rooted the device fully without any issues, but I am unable to get into the bootloader or any sort of recovery. Due to this i cannot install a custom recovery, or install any other systems.
Does anyone know how I can get around this? Any help would be appreciated!!!
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Hi there,
I just obtained a new Moto G which I am planning to use from now on, and I decided it would be beneficial to root my old phone -- Virgin (ZTE) Awe (N800) -- and try to gain some experience in the field of development. Mainly, however, I just wanted to upgrade the OS. I successfully rooted the phone using Kingo Android root; then I went on to try to install Cyanogenmod 11. However, it said my phone was unsupported.
Next step -- do it manually. So I downloaded the Android SDK and tried to get ABD running -- with no luck -- as I was trying to use abd sideload to load the OS file for Android 4.2 (but for Nexus 7). However, with failure after failure of trying to load abd, I has to ask myself: Will I brick my phone?
So, any thoughts? Are ROMs phone-specific? Can I get a better ROM for this phone? Would I brick it if I tried to load another phone's rom?
Any help/advice greatly appreciated!
Jhdoubleoseven said:
Hi there,
I just obtained a new Moto G which I am planning to use from now on, and I decided it would be beneficial to root my old phone -- Virgin (ZTE) Awe (N800) -- and try to gain some experience in the field of development. Mainly, however, I just wanted to upgrade the OS. I successfully rooted the phone using Kingo Android root; then I went on to try to install Cyanogenmod 11. However, it said my phone was unsupported.
Next step -- do it manually. So I downloaded the Android SDK and tried to get ABD running -- with no luck -- as I was trying to use abd sideload to load the OS file for Android 4.2 (but for Nexus 7). However, with failure after failure of trying to load abd, I has to ask myself: Will I brick my phone?
So, any thoughts? Are ROMs phone-specific? Can I get a better ROM for this phone? Would I brick it if I tried to load another phone's rom?
Any help/advice greatly appreciated!
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ROMS are phone specific do your research google your phone virgin mobile awe n800 and after you type that just type xda there are roms for uour phone but after you root you need a recovery make sure your sd card will be sufficient to hold all of your backups and data
I've recently picked one of these up and I have to say it's a great tablet for the price. However, I found that there's not a lot of support for this tablet as of yet. After rooting and customizing it, I'd accidentally screwed up the install and am now trying to find a way to flash it back to stock.
Is there anyway to fix this since there doesn't seem to be any stock files or custom ROMs available? I downloaded the firmware off of the official site, but have unsuccessfully flashed it using their tool.
Any help would be appreciated.
I don't think E-Fun/Nextbook has any firmware on their site for the Ares 8. I just looked and all I see are files for the Nextbook 7 and Nextbook 8--these are different models than the Ares 8. I have to assume that you didn't make a nandroid backup immediately after you rooted it and installed TWRP? Anyone else reading this would be wise to not repeat that error.
I wish I could offer some actual help, but unfortunately I cannot. Like you, I'm really hoping that some kind hearted dev sees fit to release a ROM for this tablet. It sure has potential.
Oops, you're right. I read the wrong firmware. I guess for now I'll try and install Ubuntu, etc. until a rom comes out. =/
Hey all, I've tried to use various methods found here and elsewhere to root this tablet, with no luck.
I just got it from BB, and updated to the very latest (with Stagefright) ... now trying to use the Intel Flash Lite Tool with droidboot? FAIL Try using the Fastboot Tethered Recovery Launcher? FAIL
Did I screw myself by updating to the latest OS beforehand? Is there any way to get root now? Thanks all!
I had the exact same problem yesterday, and after a bunch of reading it's my understanding that there is no way at the moment to root an uprooted 7840 with the stage fright fix. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Hopefully someone will be able to figure out how to root this soon. It's a nice little tablet.
Having (successfully) gone through the anxious moments of removing root, downgrading, then restoring 5.1 to install the Stagefright fix, I would recommend that you seriously reconsider whether or not you absolutely need root. It's highly likely that any future patches, or even a possible Android v6 (?) upgrade, will not install if your device is rooted - so you'll have to wait until some kind soul finds a possible way to unroot.
as we have the possibility to unlock the bootloader since 5.1, there might be a good chance that a permanent CWM recovery (and therefore installing/uninstalling root with a few clicks) is possible. I've never compiled CWM before, but as there are plently of good tutorials and even a CWM builder tool,i'll give it a try the next days. Let's see how far we get.
The old tethered boot method won't work because you'd have to reverse to 5.01 droidboot and system.img for rooting, which would most likely mess up your system.
So is the consensus here that we can not root on the latest 5.1? Running the Intel phone flasher all it does it attempt to detect the device and fail. I only really need to root so I can adjust left/right audio balance since my hearing is a bit messed up so anything anyone can give me here would be appreciated.
ziemas said:
I had the exact same problem yesterday, and after a bunch of reading it's my understanding that there is no way at the moment to root an uprooted 7840 with the stage fright fix. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Hopefully someone will be able to figure out how to root this soon. It's a nice little tablet.
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There is a means of doing it, but you do not truly have all the pieces of the sg update. If you're adventuresome, it's fine. I'm looking at a couple of issues already. They're not show stoppers, but they wouldn't have happened.
As systemless root grows, that may be a future possibility as well.
So my LG broke. In the meantime until i get a new proper phone, i bought a cheap off-brand android phone. However, when attempting to root it, i bootlooped it, and like an idiot; i realised i forgot to make any backups of any partitions. So my question is, are there any universal versions of android i can flash over using the abd that will make the phone work again?
Thanks
No each kernel for the device is built just for it. You will need to stock room from the oem. Good luck as normally it is not available
Alba
I have an alba 10" ac101cplv2 and have successfully rooted it with super su but can't seem to find a custom ROM for it. Would like to install twrp but unable to find a version for my tablet. I'm hoping that someone could point me in the right direction. Just a cheap tablet I know but would like to open it to new possibilities like using SD card as storage for apps like have done with my s5 mini that runs beanstalk 7.1.2.
Can not root Alba 5
Does anyone know how to root Alba 5, i'am finding it really difficult. It is on Marshmallow 6.0 i have tried many rooting apps and have attempted to root through pc and through the phones recovery mode. Also when i go in to recovery mode a broken android logo comes up and it says something in chinese under it. The phone still works perfectly fine would really appreciate some help thanks.
So I have spent literally days, in an ultimate attempt to upgrade to a ROM of Android 8.1
I have never attempted anything like this and it seemed to be straight forward enough to try myself. I quickly realised that I needed to install TWRP on my tablet. Then upon hours more research I learned that to do this, the tablet must be rooted. But it cannot be rooted if it is running Android 6.1.0, which it currently is. So I need to downgrade it to it's original firmware, something like Android 4.4.1. But then one of the steps of doing this is that it also needs to be rooted. To root the device I must enter recovery mode. I have tried the physical button pushing method so MANY times, I have sore hands now. It didn't even work once. How else can this be achieved on my device? What other methods can I use? I have heard of something called ADB.... or something like that. As a complete beginner I am unfamiliar with how to use this. Could someone please help me?
I don't know if this information is also handy, but the bootloader IS unlocked. I was able to do that about 6 months ago, when a friend of mine attempted unsuccesfully to put a custom ROM on it.
First time sorry for my poor English...
What ROMs do you use now and what do you want?
I've been dying for two days, but I've been updated (Stock 4.4.4 to Custom 8.1)! I also use SGP-521.
It was a nightmare, but it did. If I can, I will help you!