This may seem a little off, but every device has its own rooting methods, bootloader unlocking methods, and development methods in general. I was wondering if there has been any development aimed at a universal method to install a new bootloader which is opensource, unlocked and non encrypted, followed by a universal android installer which would initially boot into a gui similar to a linux installation which would already have core drivers to get the basics in order and then download packages via wifi to tailer this "universal android distribution" to the hardware components that make up the device being installed on?
Imagine it similar to the typical Linux Mint / Debian / Ubuntu install...
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I am wanting to install x86 android on a Dell Inspiron 600m, I have tried several of the builds including the generic2.2 and nothing has worked as of yet, with the generic 2.2 however i does act like it want's to boot into Android. I get the small android wording and then it goes away and goes into a black screen with a blinking undercursor.. Now the HD had been previously formatted so there is nothing on it. Do i need to install a OS and then install this on a different partition to get it to function? By the way i have tried the direct install to HD and also run it from USB as instructions state from the thread [HOW-TO] Install Android x86 on any PCs / Laptops / VM ! [OPTIMA-TEAM] . Any help or guidance much appreciated. I am a newbie on the forum so it says i have to have 10 post before i could reply on that forum...
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Hi everyone,
A couple of days I posted in XDA Assist and was asked to seek help here. Therefore, I'm posting my original post here, along with some updates at the end.
Original Post:
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I've got a reasonably unknown Tablet PC.. Here are the specs and miscellaneous information;
Name: Ainol Numy 3G P97
Internal Memory: 16GB
RAM: 1GB
GPU: Mali-400 MP
SoC: MediaTek MT8382 ARM Cortex A7 @ 1.3Ghz (Quad Core)
OS: Android Jellybean 4.2.2 (I'm pretty sure it's a Custom ROM)
Kernel Version: 3.4.5
Build Number: Numy_3G_P97_V1_2014090215
Custom Build Version: 1.19_20140822
Root Access: No (I never tried to root the device, never had a reason to do so)
I've been searching around for ways to upgrade the OS from Jellybean to Lollipop or higher. I've searched extensively within XDA Developers' various forums, but there doesn't seem to be any post in relation with my device.
I took to the internet and found some websites offering Flash Tools, Firmware (nothing above KitKat, or so it seems) and Android Studio. I've tried (in vain) to go through some tutorials on YouTube, but haven't come across anyone who's done anything with this particular device.
However, I have a rough idea rattling around in my head of what needs to be done, but I just need guidance from the Developers here to tell me how to get about doing it.
I have the following software downloaded;
1. MediaTek USB Drivers and Flash tools
2. SP Flash Tool v5.1620
3. Official Android Jellybean 4.2.2 System Image for the device
4. Android Lollipop 5.0 System Image (the site I downloaded it from says the Firmware is for a different tablet pc, but with the same specs as my device)
5. Android Studio (latest version, direct download from Google) - I read in some sites that Android Studio would help a lot to install a Custom ROM into any Android device, hence the download.
I'd greatly appreciate anyone helping me out in this endeavor. I'd like to install Lollipop (at least) on my Tablet PC, in order to gain some functionality as well as improved performance (hopefully!), as the current Jellybean OS is terribly laggy. I've seen other Tablet PC's with lesser specs running Lollipop smoothly, so I'm hopeful that there might be a silver lining to an otherwise very dark and sinister looking thunderstorm.
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Updates:
While waiting, I've tried a few things. I downloaded the following;
1. Android SDK Tools with Platform Tools
2. Android Lollipop system images x 2 (.img file format) (similar specs to my Tablet PC)
3. Android Lollipop system image x 1 (.zip file format) (similar specs to my Tablet PC)
4. Android KitKat system image x 1 (supposedly the original and official KitKat OS for my Tablet PC)
5. Kingo Root app (Windows version)
Here's what I tried:
I tried using ADB to sideload a Lollipop system image (.zip file format) through a custom recovery already installed on my Tablet PC. Each time I tried, the installation would just stop with "Installation aborted". No matter what I did, I couldn't get it to work.
Next, I tried to "update" the current OS (Jellybean 4.2.2) to KitKat using the "official update" I found on the net, for my Tablet PC. I used SP Flash Tools to try and load the file, but that didn't pan out, as there was something corrupted in the Scatter file. Each time I tried to load the Scatter file, I'd get the error message that it was corrupted. Didn't know what else to do.
Following that, I read some articles where rooting the device in question was suggested, so I searched around for a bit, found the Kingo Root app, used it and rooted my device. Then, I tried using ADB again, this time using a more traditional method of custom ROM installation. But once I got to the Fastboot commands, I couldn't get any further. My device did boot up in Fastboot mode, but I got lost after that.
As of yet, my device is still running Jellybean 4.2.2. I've refurbished it by doing a master reset, but I'd really like to get Lollipop in, if it's possible. Any help would be much appreciated.
Thanks!
Serious help needed please!
I really need help, people, on this issue! Isn't there some kind soul who will respond??
I have a chinese TVpad2 mini-pc running on custom linux (factory OS) with busybox.
I want to install Android or anything other than the factory OS but there's a lot of problems with this device:
-Filesystem is CRAMFS
-Can only access as root through telnet
-Can't access bootloader or put into FWDN (no info how this is done for this device)
What I have:
-Firmware update that contains the kernel
-Telnet root access
-Physical access to device (USB flashdrive only)
There is a forum dedicated to TVpad but they are also having trouble installing an OS on tvpad2...
What do I need to know that will help me accomplish this?
thanks
TVpad3
Hi,
I actually have TVpad3 which is very similar to your TVpad2, and Im very keen on having Android developed for these TVpads.
Theres probably thousands of these wasted devices around the world after the TVpad pirate network got shutdown.
Ive searched high and low, and so far have Not found any trace of any custom Android development anywhere.
So hopefully we can kick start something here !
This is what I know so far ....
Since the devices run on highly stripped-down Android OS, we know these devices can run android and should be a potential for custom Android development.
Unfortunately theres little hardware or development info out there for these devices.
But as far as I know, the hardware platform for these models are all based on Telechip TCC89xx chips.
https://www.telechips.com/eng/Product/consumer_pro13.asp
I have a TVpad3 personally, which I believe is based on a Telechips TCC8925.
Ive found that there are a few similar devices out there based on this platform, including the Pandawill CX-01 TV sticks which have very similar specs to TVpad3 (512mb RAM, 4gb Flash).
So we definitely know that the TVpad's hardware is capable of running full blown Android !
http://www.cnx-software.com/2012/06...v-box-powered-by-telechips-tcc8923-cortex-a5/
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/36988-cx-01-cortex-a5/
Telechips has released platform sources here, with the latest being Android KitKat... its a bit old but could have potential for a starting point...
https://www.telechips.com/technical_support/kor/opensource/opensource_list.asp
I havent found anything about booting these devices into Recovery or ADB.
But there seems to be some mention of a "FWDN" mode here:
http://freaktab.com/forum/tv-player-support/other-tv-players/4695-cx-01-information-by-tatubias
http://tvpadtalk.ca/discussion/506/how-to-unbrick-your-tvpad1
http://androtab.info/arm/telechips/how-to-update/
http://auswitch.xyz/2012/08/16/how-to-upgrade-firmware-for-cx-01-mini-pc/
From what I can gather, FWDN works in conjunction with a Windows-based utility used to flash firmware over a USB cable.
And this poses the biggest problem for TVpads, they DONT have any peripheral USB port !
I've pulled my TVpad3 apart, and found what appears to be provision for a USB header, but im not sure if these are functional even if a USB socket was soldered in ?
If we can get a functional USB peripheral port working, then that would lead us to the Second problem, that is, HOW to activate FWDN mode on the TVpad ?
From what I can gather, different Telechip TCC89xx based devices seem to have different ways to enter FWDN mode.
Some devices require a certain key combo to be pressed during power up, while others need a hidden button pressed or certain pins on the circuit board to be shorted.
So before we can even think about developing Android, we need to figure out those two issues...
1 - USB connectivity, so that we can flash it with FWDN tool.
2 - How to enter FWDN mode, so that the FWDN tool can talk to the TVpad.
If we can overcome these two issues, then we can start building sources.
Or even flash ROMs from similar Telechip TCC89xx based devices.
Anyway, I hope this helps anyone out there.
And I hope we can really make some progress here
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Unfortunately I've hard-bricked my TVpad2 playing around with fdisk command in telnet. I found out that if you repartition and then copied all the data back, changes will be persistent so you can store whatever onto the NAND flash. Just don't delete the partition containing linux which I idiotically did... oh well.
Anyway there's a command utility "tccbox" with various tools one of them having the ability to update firmware. Hopefully TVpad3 has it as well?
Sorry to hear you bricked your TVpad !
I guess your only way back is to FWDN flash it.
I wasnt even aware the TVpads had telnet enabled.
But that "tccbox" utility sounds very interesting.
I wonder if we can use it to flash firmwares from other TeleChips based devices ???
.... such as the Pandawill CX-01 TV sticks.
wildchill said:
Sorry to hear you bricked your TVpad !
I guess your only way back is to FWDN flash it.
I wasnt even aware the TVpads had telnet enabled.
But that "tccbox" utility sounds very interesting.
I wonder if we can use it to flash firmwares from other TeleChips based devices ???
.... such as the Pandawill CX-01 TV sticks.
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Hi i have found my old TVpad3 but no working now, i want flash it for use to android device, you have any tutorial for this PLS
TY
Hi there,
I recently got in my hands an Asus (Mediatek according to system properties) zenfone 4A Max X00KD. It comes with android 7 nougat installed, and fully bloated with usefulness apps.
I've tried to root it (I did it before with other devices with older android os) but this thing comes with a Chinese recovery boot mode which is very limited.
Steps I've already done:
-Usb debugging enabled.
-adb & fastboot tools working.
-Unlocked bootloader.
I've been reading about the SP_Flash_tool and the MTK_droid_tool as well as the ZenFone_Rootkit, but none of them work with android 7. The same happens with apks like kingroot (tried and without success).
Too many people talks about TWRP in order to inject Magisk tools' zip, but there's no version for this phone, and in order to complie I need the source (I think from the zenfone kernel, correct me if I'm wrong) but I'm unable to find it trough the web.
Am I missing something? Is there any way to root an android 7 with a chinese bootloader?
Thanks in advance.
Dear , did you find any solution ? I m facing same. thanks
i am facing the same too
I have a Chinese M10 MT65xx type mobile and the preinstalled Android 5.1 is riddled with bugs, malware and so on, not to mention parts are in Chinese! I therefore would like to install a clean generic Android OS. However all the methods I've found involve rooting then installing special software like TWRP on the phone. This has proven impossible on mine.
It strikes me that it should be possible for software on the desktop to access the phone's ROM or whatever type chip it is, directly. Then sort of bit-copy a new Android on. Assuming a generic Android would match the hardware.
Am I naive or hopelessly optimistic?