So I'm the owner of the infamous MediaPad 7 Lite [WiFi only] or S7-931w and there is hacking challenge ahead.
As Huawei rarely updates FW for S7-931w and original FW is buggy, I decided to experiment in some way: I put S7-931u FW on S7-931w tablet.
That should work perfectly as both tablets are same by hardware, except that S7-931u have 3G modem.
So after flashing and tablet boot, everything is perfect but there is annoying message on the screen: "Failed to update modem" that will sit on the screen and not go away.
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Now, I seeking for a way to remove that message. As I'm not very experienced android developer, I have no idea how to remove it. Maybe to remove modem driver? Or some modifications on firmware before flashing?
I would like to stay on this firmware as it's seems to be more stable and faster than one for S7-931w.
Thanks in advance.
Well I'm not sure that removing modem driver is an easy task.. because the firmware of this tablet is a real mess - but you can try.. because you said you are experimenting. That probably includes rooting of the device, and/or maybe even custom ROM-ing
I own S7-931U with SP19 firmware version and it is not stable at all - at least on my tablet
Wifi version that you have has only reached SP01 version as you can see on this link.
But if you really want to experiment (and don't mind translating from russian) do check 4PDA forum.. they also have some stuff for MediaPad 7 Lite tablets.
Good luck.
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Well I'm not sure that removing modem driver is an easy task.. because the firmware of this tablet is a real mess - but you can try.. because you said you are experimenting. That probably includes rooting of the device, and/or maybe even custom ROM-ing
I own S7-931U with SP19 firmware version and it is not stable at all - at least on my tablet
Wifi version that you have has only reached SP01 version as you can see on this link.
But if you really want to experiment (and don't mind translating from russian) do check 4PDA forum.. they also have some stuff for MediaPad 7 Lite tablets.
Good luck.
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It's already rooted. But I do not have experience with removing drivers on android, so yes, it will be tricky.
Ohh I see that you are also from Croatia, that explains why we both have MediaPad 7 Lite. This tablet is pure crap, but for basic task can be a bit frustrating because of it's "awesome speed". Maybe it can be less useless with better firmware.
I'll check that Russian stuff, it may help.
EDIT: I checked but I don't see anything useful. I would like to know how to edit Huawei firmware by my self like Russian guy did. I managed to open update.app with 7-zip and check all 3 archives (931U.zip, 932U.zip, 933U.zip) contained in it.
Each archive contains 2 files:
- MOBILE_CONNECT.BIN
- UpdateWizard (No extension) - File seems to be an ELF file determined by header.
I have no idea how I should edit anything of that.
This firmware is become open source but I don't know how to edit it either.
I would appreciate if someone can explain me or provide me some tutorial for such, If I get involved and done something, I'll publish it so others may also enjoy the benefits.
Well most of us got this tablet for an "T-Contract"
I don't have enough experience with customizing ROM-s, so I'm not much of a help, but here are two links which may help you disassemble original ROM.
[GUIDE] How to extract Huawei firmware (update.app)
[TOOL] Huawei Update Extractor [UPDATED: v0.9.8.0]
App on the second link is a believe easier to setup if you are on windows platform.
Btw.. you are probably on your own on this experiment, because I've search for some answers on the subject of this tablet, and got none (even nothing from Huawei!)... That is why a gave up trying.. Only thing I've seen new is open source stuff on Huawei pages.
I guess people (or even worse Huawei) are just not interested to create something better for this tablet.
At least some users on this forum and Freaktab.com, helped with rooting and TWRP custom recovery... I can only thank them for their effort
prometej-zg said:
Well most of us got this tablet for an "T-Contract"
I don't have enough experience with customizing ROM-s, so I'm not much of a help, but here are two links which may help you disassemble original ROM.
[GUIDE] How to extract Huawei firmware (update.app)
[TOOL] Huawei Update Extractor [UPDATED: v0.9.8.0]
App on the second link is a believe easier to setup if you are on windows platform.
Btw.. you are probably on your own on this experiment, because I've search for some answers on the subject of this tablet, and got none (even nothing from Huawei!)... That is why a gave up trying.. Only thing I've seen new is open source stuff on Huawei pages.
I guess people (or even worse Huawei) are just not interested to create something better for this tablet.
At least some users on this forum and Freaktab.com, helped with rooting and TWRP custom recovery... I can only thank them for their effort
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Yeah "T-Contract", as 80% of Croats, me included.
But you helped me a lot, you bring me things I didn't even known that are exist for this tablet.
If I make some success, I'll post about it.
And yes, Huawei have NO interest for it - They even removed S7-931w support from their site - SHAME.
It's a bad tablet, slow and as you said with messy firmware, that's probable reason why almost nobody works on it, or maybe nobody have enough courage to challenge Huawei MediaPad 7 Lite? Who knows
Some update, I used extractor to extract the firmware, after extraction I extracted system.img and under bin directory found guilty script:
modem_update
The problem is that this script is probably called by another, so how to stop that chain....
I have attached recovery log file from mine S7-931u model using SP19 firmware.
Maybe it can be helpful to you, because it contains some stuff near the end of the file related to modem installation and partitions (?!)
EDIT: I forgot to mention... as I understand (not excatly sure about details!) rild is command/daemon that helps communication between modem device and Android code (I believe there is something about that on Stackoverflow forum).. so maybe this may also be your point of interest.?
As I see by viewing the log you shared, it even creates special "modem" partition.
This maybe even complicates the things, maybe I could change creating modem partition.
As experimenting with Android partitions is never good idea, I need to be extremely careful as there is possibility of bricking device.
Do you maybe know where I can find script which handles installation process?
Sorry I haven't investigate Android very deep so I don't know what is the script in charge of installation procedure.
Maybe if you check init.rc and/or init.<machine_name>.rc scripts/service or maybe even updater_script... maybe you can find some more clues, about what is going on during boot procedure and/or installation.
Okay, I'll look into it when I got some time, and I'll keep updated.
Success!
After a while, I finally managed to get some time and will to work on our poor S7-931w, and I comming with a good news!
I finally managed to remove permanent "Failed to update modem" message.
Message is caused by system application HuaweiInit.apk which I found safe to remove after message appears, as after removal there is no annoying message nor bugs.
Also, now all telephony apps could be removed since S7-931w doesn't have any way to use it.
Now we can have S7-931u firmware on our S7-931w. For me, it seems that u firmware is more responsive.
Using S7-931u firmware also brings back USB Mass storage mode which was removed in latest S7-931w firmware.
However, it's still a lot of thing to done, there is annoying empty(gray) GSM signal icon next to the battery, and we should do something more serious with it like optimizing it.
Later I'll post brief tutorial, and maybe release modded S7-931u rom for S7-931w.
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Edit: This thread has been moved to General since Android Port has been accomplished. ~TheRomMistress
tutorial originally posted by bojan6
Please read this before start asking questions
1.Android is in testing development.
2.Is not working fully.
3.You can't install Android in your phone.
4.You can run Android in your phone with Haret and see how it look but:
5.There are no working wifi, bluetooth,phone calls, battery, usb conection, ac charger connection and many other things....
6.All drivers and kernel are still under construction.
7.Now you know that Android is not working fully in our phone.
8.If you still want help and test build that is OK.
Now to run Android properly in your phone !
1.Download any of the builds we have around here.
2.Do backup on your sdcard or if you have additional one use this one.
3.Extract the file with android in your sdcard.
4. Check all the files are inside (sdcard/Android/AndroidApps"folder", media"folder",root"folder",clrcad"file",rootfs"fil e",startup"file",system"file",zImage"file",initrd" file")
5. If you want you can take everything from Android folder and pest it in root of the sdcard but you have to change default text (set cmdline"rel_path=Android change to set cmdline"rel_path=" or set cmdline"rel_path=sdcard") tri with one if is not working try with the other one. I thing the best is leave all files and folder in default Android folder and just copy this folder to your sdcard.
6.Check your zImage and Startup is for Toshidroid :OP (TG01).
7.First RUN haret without CLRCAD.
8.It take no more than10 min to run for the first time.
9. If it take more time RESTART the phone by pressing the POWER BUTTON for 10/20 sec it will restart and back to windows.
11.Try to do the same one more time.
12.If it still not booting to Android and you receive any error messages. Check your sdcard if there is space left in it. Check error message if it say that it can find some file or it can't create a data.
13. Delete everything from your sdcard and format it to fat32.
14.Start from the beginning.
15. If it still not booting to Android then check if you have all files and all set how it has to be.
16. Don't forget you can broke your phone. And we are not responsible for any damage you cause to your phone.
17.It is all up to you.
19. If I forget something sorry about just ask there are other memebers who will try to help you if they can.
20. Sorry for my English mistakes. I'm trying to fix them. :OP
Thanks to all people who try their best to make that possible: Markinus, Arash18k,Bally3,Endrix,Nyl,Arnookie and all other.
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There are 2 active projects.
Android on TG01
PLEASE FOLLOW MARKINUS THREAD FOR UPDATES
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=846777
Other resources..
http://gitorious.org/linux-on-wince-htc/linux_on_wince_htc/commits/linux-on-tg01
ToshDroid.
The main man behind the ToshDroid project is Endri Bezati
PLEASE FOLLOW ENDRIX THREAD ""ToshDroid" FOR UPDATES
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788860
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The android screen (1.5 cupcake) on Tosh TG01 was taken from intomobile.com
There is no android for HD2 or Acer F1/s200 (and these phones have bigger community) so I don't think someone here will run android on TG01 until it comes for one of these two mentioned above...
you are right..
however I have googled and found these.
http://htcandroid.xland.cz/
http://xdandroid.southcape.org/
I am not into programing but it might give some head start to who want to make it happpen..
I don't know how to go about porting android to TG01, but I'm looking into it... don't know if it will go anywhere but what the hell, it's worth a try.
Source code for the Acer Liquid and the Xperia X10, two Snapdragon phones with both Kernel Source code available
Wyatt said:
I don't know how to go about porting android to TG01, but I'm looking into it... don't know if it will go anywhere but what the hell, it's worth a try.
Source code for the Acer Liquid and the Xperia X10, two Snapdragon phones with both Kernel Source code available
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Maybe one of the ROM developers can have a look at these and convert the drivers to TG01?!
gamerr120 said:
Maybe one of the ROM developers can have a look at these and convert the drivers to TG01?!
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I'm downloading 10.04 release of ubuntu, once that is done, i'll compile the kernels and have a go at making android boot with haret on the TG01, tomorrow is my day off so i'll keep you updated if I get anywhere or not
nice on man, that sounds awesome. I'll be at school :/ I wish I could learn how develop like you guys..... maybe this summer?
here is haret for the snapdragon... found it a while back somewhere i don't remember....
thor2002ro said:
here is haret for the snapdragon... found it a while back somewhere i don't remember....
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Anyone test, i can't now until tomorrow....
Wyatt said:
I'm downloading 10.04 release of ubuntu, once that is done, i'll compile the kernels and have a go at making android boot with haret on the TG01, tomorrow is my day off so i'll keep you updated if I get anywhere or not
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Good news...
can't wait for the result..
gamerr120 said:
Anyone test, i can't now until tomorrow....
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Don't know much about Android. But I think Haret is only a bootloader. You still need the Android files to boot.
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Don't know much about Android. But I think Haret is only a bootloader. You still need the Android files to boot.
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I have posted a request in android forum. see if any body come here and give us hand,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6341361#post6341361
anon-4 said:
Don't know much about Android. But I think Haret is only a bootloader. You still need the Android files to boot.
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Yep Haret kills the WinMo kernel to boot another one, i've got the Xperia X10 and Acer Liquid Kernels source code, so i'm going to build them just to see how far it will go and hopefully create a starting point for Android on TG01
Just to keep you updated, i'm not getting anyware for the moment, but i'm not giving up, if anyone has got any info on building a linux kernel for snapdragon please post it
Google Nexus one, acer liquid and many other devices have Snapdragon and Android.
If it's found some info about linux kernel on them, it would be a good starting point, don't you think?
EDIT: I've just google a little and found this:
NEXUS ONE KERNEL POSTED
Cyanogen has developed a web for developing nexus one kernel. So, maybe, you can find something there.
Here you can find a kernel for Nexus One
And here you can find the kernel source for the Acer Liquid
Wyatt said:
Just to keep you updated, i'm not getting anyware for the moment, but i'm not giving up, if anyone has got any info on building a linux kernel for snapdragon please post it
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Hi, have you installed ubuntu 10.4 yet? Do you like it?
I ask because I am on 9.10 and thinking about upgrade
a_petrov303 said:
Hi, have you installed ubuntu 10.4 yet? Do you like it?
I ask because I am on 9.10 and thinking about upgrade
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Yep, i've installed the 10.04, and it's pretty cool, on my dell precision m6500, i had a probleme getting the wifi working but other than that it runs like a charm
Has anyone got any idea on how to find the 'RAMADDR' and 'RAMSIZE' for haret ?
these are for HTC diamond witch has 192 mb ram
set RAMSIZE 0x7800000
set RAMADDR 0x10000000
Yeah but it is specific to every phone... so I either somebody already know them, or I need a way to find them..
I've posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1365680 but I feel like I can get some more Tablet S audience here.
To summarize what this tool does, it basically extracts the emulator data from Crash Bandicoot, patches it, and allows you to load any PSX game that you rip to run on your device.
Check the link above for more information and download links.
Here's my request to you tablet users:
First of all, I need people to test this as I do not own a Sony Tablet. More importantly, I need different APKs from people. Currently, the only APK of crash bandicoot I have for the Tablet S is one with a CRC32 checksum of 6c7c966b (NCEA00344.apk). If you have a version that has a different checksum (I'm looking for the US version especially), please PM me with a copy of it. I need to manually patch each version of the game to support it with the tool.
Again, I do not own a Tablet, so development will not be as fast as it is for the Play. Therefore, it is up to beta testers like you to help me get it working. If anything goes wrong, I need psxperia.log found in the folder you extracted the files to and android's logcat if you can get it. It would also be nice if a developer for this device can take care of supporting it. Or, if anyone's feeling generous, get me a tablet (I can also look into unlocking it, I have a couple of ideas), but I know that's asking too much.
I just got one today. How can I help?
I pledge $30 to get you the tablet. Don't even have time to convert images for your new beta as i still have them working on my previous version on xperia play with the older firmware but admire your dedication to keeping this project alive. I can donate this money straight away if you want - i just hope you get the tablet soon.
Sent from my Sony Tablet S using Tapatalk
I have HK version of Tablet S, but I do not know how to extract the apk from it as there is no root for Tablet. Please advise. Thanks.
I've Medievil and Destruction Derbi from store in a Sony Tablet S, where i can find that files?
When i try to install a game converted with this software i get an error from table ("Not installed"), maybe is Android version (Android 3.2.1).
i didnt think of ttrying the psxperia on my tablet, i will get on this today, and let you know what i find! since im still waiting for FedEX to deliver my Xperia Play.
EDIT: got the .apk for you. Mine is NCUA94900, not sure about the check sum, but im about to pm you about it.
I'd be happy to test things out as I'm keen to try Driver 2 ISO which I'd found - excuse my ignorance, but without ROOT, how is it possible for me to obtain the Crash Bandicoot APK file and I assume it is "NCUC80631_T1_1_01.zpak" required from the Android/Data...... folder
Thanks.
SWFlyerUK said:
I'd be happy to test things out as I'm keen to try Driver 2 ISO which I'd found - excuse my ignorance, but without ROOT, how is it possible for me to obtain the Crash Bandicoot APK file and I assume it is "NCUC80631_T1_1_01.zpak" required from the Android/Data...... folder
Thanks.
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There are a few different ways to do it. Without root, I used Astro to browse up to the root and then I could freely browse the system partitions (you just cant write to it). You could always try ADB as well, if you've got that working..
And I've just sent through my APK from my Tablet S. Thanks!
Just created my first APK with PSXPeria 1.0 as 2.0 doesn't work with me and there is no error log showing - the APK doesn't work, it installs but bounces back to the homescreen, the data files are in the correct places.
With 2.0, it just hangs at "Checking files...."
Any ideas please?
Just had some kind help from a forum member, the APK compiles when using the Xperia APK, but doesn't install on my Sony Tablet. Using the CrashBandicoot APK from the Sony Tablet, produces an error in the JAVA program.
I assume the develop is no-longer monitoring this thread, rendering my feedback and determination to run my PS1 games useless
SWFlyerUK said:
Just had some kind help from a forum member, the APK compiles when using the Xperia APK, but doesn't install on my Sony Tablet. Using the CrashBandicoot APK from the Sony Tablet, produces an error in the JAVA program.
I assume the develop is no-longer monitoring this thread, rendering my feedback and determination to run my PS1 games useless
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Have you tried FPSE? almost flawless IMO
its paid but more than worth it
When trying to extract in PSXPeria it says "CAN NOT EXTRACT APK! JAVA SAYS CAN NOT FIND CONFIG FOR THIS APK CRC32: D1EEDC9F". Can anyone help me out on this? Can somebody also upload their APK file of Crash for me too? Thanks.
SWFlyerUK said:
Just had some kind help from a forum member, the APK compiles when using the Xperia APK, but doesn't install on my Sony Tablet. Using the CrashBandicoot APK from the Sony Tablet, produces an error in the JAVA program.
I assume the develop is no-longer monitoring this thread, rendering my feedback and determination to run my PS1 games useless
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Could you post the errors log to the thread he has on the xperia play forum - I wonder if compiling using data from the other games from ps store would work - I had no time or know how to update my xperia play to 2.3.4 yet so staying on psxperia version 1 (on 2.3.3 experia play) for now which is not compatible with tablet s. Thanks in advance
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error message posted in image above
That error in the above post means the dev hasn't included the patch for that particular APK in this version of PSXPeria. Try PM'ing the OP with a link to a copy of your apk and ask if he might be able to include it in the next release. It's all detailed in the first post of this thread. Read there.
If we keep adding APK's we might get better results across all the Tablets
Anyone know if this works? I tried to install an apk I made for my Xperia play onto the Sony tablet S. I installed it the exact same way, where I tossed the folder into Android/data/, and had the apk in the root. It wouldn't even let me install lol.
I'm guessing i'd have to rip the current Crash, and the data, and then see what I could do. I was hoping someone may have already tried this.
What would be truly legendary is if one of the emulators made managed to emulate multiplayer somehow. The only one I can see being possible in the short term is a gameboy link cable emulation via bluetooth or wifi.
Otherwise for the likes of PSX games, potentially something where a device syncs like a bluetooth controller to a "host" device. Then the host device would broadcast whats on screen to the other device and go from there (perhaps in split screen cutting the image down the middle and scretch to fit screen what remains, so you only see your player ) Pretty sure we'd have to wait for quadcore or better devices for that though haha
Alright an update on what I was testing. I got the exact same error that Cypherwolf got. I even tried to rename the apk and zpak. The oddest part is the fact that the folder of the zpak is labeled NCUA94900_T. Where as my xperia play phone has the zpak as just NCUA94900.
Though again renaming didn't seem to do jack. Not sure if its an issue with the software conversion or this "T" version of the zpak is somehow encrypted. I'll see if I can use the 1.0 version of the software and if there's any diff.
Need DEV Help
So after playing with the files from my Tablet S and messing around inside PSXperiaTool.jar with WinRAR, I added my own CRC32 to the \resources\patches. After studying the layouts of the files in the other patch folders and help from yifanlu's GitHub page, I put together a seemingly working config.xml, filelist.txt and stringReplacements.txt. I then used the game-patch.bin & libjava-activity.so.jbpatch from GitHub for the last two patch files.
Now when I run the extract on my NCUA94900.apk, I don't get any errors at all. However, I have run into a problem. When I click Convert in the convert section, the words "Checking to make sure all files are there." appear, but nothing happens.
I've tried using versions 1 and 2 of the program and both just hang there. I've also tried editing the config.xml to not patch the libjava-activity_NCUA94900_T_1.so file in \lib\armeabi, but I still have the problem.
Anyone else working on this and have gotten as far or farther?
Nope I haven't even been able to extract tnhe zpak properly it says that its not recognized. If I ignore that and continue it has the same error as above. I did find something in system/app zpackdownloader.apk, not sure what that entitles. I have a feeling that when installing something from say xperia play, something like an apk prevents it from being installed.
Hi all Jiayu users,
a recent stock ROM and many custom ROMs based on it, have been reported to have at least 2 trojans integrated.
Organizational:This has already been discussed in this general thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2746900&page=33
But there it goes out of sight very quickly so we should use this new thread to discuss security concerns with Jiayu ROMs in general.
I will update the thread title as soon as other models are reported to have it, too (that is likely).
I will also update the title if we find it is a false alarm (which I stopped to hope).
Any suggestions to improve this posting, or to move it to a better forum, are very appreciated.
It would be nice, if everyone could try not to clutter this thread with unnecessary things. For example, if you have suggestions what I should edit here, better contact me directly, instead of posting a reply that becomes obsolete quickly.I've downloaded G4S-20140609-211642-SD.rar and G4SL-20140618-194209-SD.rar from needrom and verified the following facts myself. I did not test the stock ROMs, but in the general thread others reported that they have it, too. I don't know if they really came from an official source. April ROMs seem not to have it.
Many trustworthy virus/malware scanners detect trojans in system/app/ - see a list of reports in the virustotal links:
fonts 6.26
com.lovelyfonts
lovelyfonts_vanzo_noicon_6.26.apk
http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/android-app-reports/app/com.lovelyfonts/
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...e90eaa5e9e8a1dec4db0d4ece4a82be1185/analysis/
Unlock 2.144
com.yunlan.syslockmarket
SysMarket_92_NoIcon.apk
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...cd75a5543725b049c974735dcc66c526940/analysis/
Maybe one of them seems to download a third one and does it again if I delete it, which is clearly malicious behavior:
com.skymobi.pay.plugin 2.0.0.6
placed here: /storage/sdcard0/Android/data/com.skymobi.pay.app/plugins/com.skymobi.pay.opplugin_V2006.apk 174.95 KB
http://www.avgthreatlabs.com/android-app-reports/app/com.skymobi.pay.opplugin_v2006.apk/
https://www.virustotal.com/en/file/...19bf34f6884fa397f062e9b9e4ee4d9be0a/analysis/I was able to delete both apps using Titanium Backup. Everything still works and the third app didn't come back anymore.
After deletion of the "fonts" app, without reboot, a chinese menu entry appears under settings/display. It translates to "font settings" and crashes when tapped. Maybe that's interesting.
Both apps caused wakelocks, consumed battery and sent data to the internet. They have lots of rights, and their names alone are suspicious.
Other Jiayu users with ROMs of May or June should check for these apps, too. Please report your results here. You can extract the ROM file on your PC and scan it with a virus scanner, or submit above apk files to virustotal or other online services.
Or, on your device, check for existence of the "fonts" and "Unlock" apps. You can do so under Settings/Apps, or in Titanium Backup, or Wakelockdetector and so on.
-Alex
Can you suggest tools to analyze what goes on on my device? Like a good task manager with lots of features showing useful info.
I would also like to see a list of open connections, and who caused them, is that possible?
I just downloaded and installer titanium to check for that apps, i dont seem to have any of those installed.
The rom i have its the official from jiayu.es, based on the 20140418-120537.
Anyways i wanted to check it manually, should I upload all my rom to virustotal?
Thanks
petete159 said:
I just downloaded and installer titanium to check for that apps, i dont seem to have any of those installed.
The rom i have its the official from jiayu.es, based on the 20140418-120537.
Anyways i wanted to check it manually, should I upload all my rom to virustotal?
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This is an April ROM, and there are also other reports that they are not affected.
Since a few days, jiayu.es also has the June ROM for download.
No, you can't upload the whole ROM. You can unrar/unzip it on a PC and upload single apk files from /system/app/ - or directly upload from your phone (you can use ES file explorer to access that directory).
This warning is now in multiple forums, but no one seems to really care.
Where should I post to get attention?
Some say, I should just delete the suspicious apps and everything is ok. I did that, but I'm not feeling safe, of course. How can we find out more?
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I found this out also.
I've checked the app and it has suspiciously many rights...
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I found this out also.
I've checked the app and it has suspiciously many rights...
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Thanks a lot, can you tell what ROM version you use and where you got it from. And if not G4S, what model?
What about the other 2 apps?
Stock Rom from jiayu.es (the latest). I have the g4s.
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Stock Rom from jiayu.es (the latest). I have the g4s.
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for the records, that is:
(4.2.2)Rom Oficial Jiayu China 20140609-211642
http://www.jiayu.es/software.php?soft&jiayu=G4S
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for the records, that is:
(4.2.2)Rom Oficial Jiayu China 20140609-211642
http://www.jiayu.es/software.php?soft&jiayu=G4S
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Indeed. Somehow it's already included in the official rom.
Maybe it's time to contact jiayu directly?
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Indeed. Somehow it's already included in the official rom. Maybe it's time to contact jiayu directly?
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I contacted jiayu.de at 30.6., they think it's harmless, but are looking at it - no further info until now.
I then contacted jiayu.es yesterday, but got no answer at all until now.
The latest official software posted on http://www.ejiayu.com/en/News.html is from April. How do we know, that 0609 and so on is really officially from them? Is there another official source?
I sent a detailed email to ejiayu.com and will post any comments here.
Answer from Jiayu Official Store España:
"Hello. We do not know anything about this issue because it is working right at this moment. Please contact to Jiayu China or ejiayu to talk about this issue with them."
EDIT: I then asked for help contacting Jiayu China and got this reply after some days:
"Hi. This rom is made bu Jiayu China not by us. We do not know anything from that,. Try to keep in contact with them because we can do nothinfg to fix it."
Hmm ok thanks.
Strange that nobody knows what might be going on. Is the latest rom maybe bogus?
Anyone got a good rom alternative for my jiayu g4s?
Here are the details:
http://securelist.com/blog/virus-watch/59356/caution-malware-pre-installed/
Zopo also does this: recent official KitKat has the fonts troyan, and it is embedded into Settings!
This is clearly intentionally done.
We, simple people, think we pay less for decent phones, and in fact, phone sellers and manufacturers sell out secrets to 3rd party without asking us.
Latest info: there's a new official kitkat ROM for this phone, and it has exactly the same 2 trojans
I really wonder why this security thread is that short. Is it the wrong place here, or doesn't anyone care? I don't feel secure after deleting those apps and don't want to use such ROM. So I restored the april stock ROM...
From official sources nothing new about this issue.
answer from german flagship store
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From official sources nothing new about this issue.
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I received an answer from the German branch (flagship store in germany: url jiayu dot de).
The applications are designed for remote maintenance.
I hope they are right.
cepria said:
I received an answer from the German branch (flagship store in germany: url jiayu dot de).
The applications are designed for remote maintenance.
I hope they are right.
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Never ever, german store is more or less just a reseller with the same poor customer service than a chinese one, why should they confirm that the company who they earn the money with is distributing malware, this would kill their Business immediately
any news on this issue?
I'm planning to buy this phone, but only if the malware is 100% removable.
Can someone confirm that simply removing the APKs does the trick?
Are they located in /system/apps/?
Confirmed, or just flash a different rom, can suggest borx rom gold v3
Hi guys desprate for some help on a android device RK3188 rockchip need to find firmware to get it to boot as im currently on blank screen but not bricked as i can still access the device through batch tool. I basically flashed the wrong firmware all info is bellow that i know Please Please help have asked in other forums but no one wants to help
elonex
AD181-SDCT-BBW1-A-V1
RK3188
ROCKCHIP
RK30SDK
RK30BOARD
ARM [email protected]
REVISION - R3PO
BUILD ID - CX-WF185IT-Z05-18.5-B1.02.20170412
BUILD/KOT49H
DALVIK 1.6.0
KERNEL VERSON 3.0.36+(ENG.ROOT.20151104.193426)
KERNEL ARCHITECTURE ARMV71
API LEVEL 19
OPEN GL ES 2.0
samsung 622
KLN8GIWEPD-B031
S4CRDMGXN
SKhynix
H5TQ2G83GFR
RDC 627V
DWMN0916LH1
Z05-V4.1 8G+1G
18.5/21.5-5V
04.600.ELC.0195
CXP02016376 KBL
ADW160851056
QL 16.19
z05 v4.1 8g+1g
Update
Im a tad bit disappointing no one has any replied as where to look or give any input to my problem some of us are not android gurus and so far i have spent 3 solid days trying to find out as much as possible to solve my problem. Anyhow be assured once i do crack this i shell do a complete guide for this for these boards and list all firmware links ect ect
UPDATE SO FAR
So iv been digging about digging around and yet still nothing on the firmware side of things but i have found the board make model which is
SunChip AD-Z05 V4.1 and the device is EL-1851AIO 18.5" screen
I have checked the site for firmware which has come up blank also the seller site of the device its self no firmware there ether but now i have better leads i might (fingers crossed) find it somewhere. I will keep this post updated as i go
anyone who has any idea's to this feel free to comment or message me.
Sirus187MDK said:
Update
Im a tad bit disappointing no one has any replied as where to look or give any input to my problem some of us are not android gurus and so far i have spent 3 solid days trying to find out as much as possible to solve my problem. Anyhow be assured once i do crack this i shell do a complete guide for this for these boards and list all firmware links ect ect
UPDATE SO FAR
So iv been digging about digging around and yet still nothing on the firmware side of things but i have found the board make model which is
SunChip AD-Z05 V4.1 and the device is EL-1851AIO 18.5" screen
I have checked the site for firmware which has come up blank also the seller site of the device its self no firmware there ether but now i have better leads i might (fingers crossed) find it somewhere. I will keep this post updated as i go
anyone who has any idea's to this feel free to comment or message me.
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Hello,
i have the same thing like you. But im not a developer. Do you have any update about links to ROM or something? Many thanks.
Don't know if anyone still cares or is tinkering around with this, but I came into possession of a touchscreen display board with the AD-Z05 SoC ARM board.
For everyone's info, the AD-Z05 is made by SunChip and designed to be used by OEMs for various things. If you've ever tried hunting down info about it like I did, you'll find very little documentation about it besides this board overview:
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Note the "Update" button, located next to the power jack. This is our key to getting into the recovery environment. I haven't found a consistent method for getting it to work, but what seems to work most of the time is holding down the update button, connecting the power source, pressing the Power On/Off button, then waiting until the default android recovery screen is up (should only take about 10 seconds tops.)
From this point, I'm stumped on what to do. ADB reports that the device is in recovery mode, I can get a basic shell and browse the ROM, even finding some factory test binaries, but that's about it. This wiki deals with the Rockchip CPUs and has some useful utilites, but the RkDevTool reports that my CPU doesn't match whatever ID it's expecting. Trying to reboot into fastboot or this "maskrom" mode freezes the utility. I've tried reaching out to the manufacturer to see if they have any documentation, I'll post back if I find anything.
Edit: Also see the official Rockchip wiki.
GitHub - linux-rockchip/rkflashtool: Tools for flashing Rockchip devices
Tools for flashing Rockchip devices. Contribute to linux-rockchip/rkflashtool development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Introduction - Kobol Wiki
Kobol Wiki
wiki.kobol.io
Firmware Upgrade Guide For RK3188 RK3288 RK3368 Devices
UPD: Rreflashing guide for linux Host PC added. BEFORE START What you need: 1. Image file 2. Host PC (Windows) 3. USB OTG Cable Supported host OS: 1. Windows XP （32/64bit) 2. Windows 7 (32/64bit) 3. Windows 8 (32/64bit) All manipulations I...
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Hello:
I'm not a developer in the least bit, but I'm trying to find firmware for AD-X37. I've done some searching and thought this might be helpful for anyone who might understand the information: https://www.oschina.net/informat/linux下go语言开发
【GoRK3288】1.Rockchip RK3288, GO!GO!!GO!!! - OSCHINA - 中文开源技术交流社区
前言： 最近看了看Google的Go语言，发现有点意思，这个开源的项目准备用golang来实现。 其实开发板本身的驱动程序已经实现了各个功能，但是有的时候在使用中有些麻烦，有可能需要修改dts文件重新编译内核才能够使...
www.oschina.net
Also, maybe this information about maskrom mode from https://wiki.t-firefly.com/en/Firefly-RK3288/upgrade_table.html
Focus on: In Windows, When Linux upgrade to the Android5.1, how to enter Maskrom Mode:
Steps are as follows:
In AndroidTool_v2.58, click “Erase Flash”, this step is erase IDB, it can’t erase flash, so it will appear “erase flash failed”;
Reboot, in AndroidTool_v2.35, click “Erase Flash”, when it finish, the board will enter Maskrom Mode;
Click “Upgrade” to start burn the Android5.1 firmware.
Sorry if this is not helpful at all. Please keep us updated.
Thank you for the info, @jimlarson77! Did you happen to see any steps for backing up the flash before erasing?
I did hear back from SunChip:
Sunchip is one of Apple's provider. We are professional manufacturer and designer of LCD digital signage which established in 2012,we have more than 80 engineers focus on Android mainboard's software and hardware R & D, commercial media player/box(support Android and Linux OS), also provide SKD parts for LCD digital signage.
Attached SPECS about AD-Z05 mainboard and hot selling models SPECS for your reference.
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I've attached the specification sheets they gave me.
tgp1994 said:
Thank you for the info, @jimlarson77! Did you happen to see any steps for backing up the flash before erasing?
I did hear back from SunChip:
I've attached the specification sheets they gave me.
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I did not see any steps for backing up the flash before erasing. I attempted to flash firefly firmware(through the complete steps listed in that last link I sent about Maskrom, and everything went perfectly until the firmware was flashed. Now the board I tried it on won't power on(I'm aware now that the firmware was not the correct one).
If you would like to run some tests with a functional or non-functional board, I could let you play around with a few that I have.
Thank you for the offer @jimlarson77. My curiosity is only from an amerature hobbyist perspective; I'm curious if I can get my digital sign working and flashed, but otherwise I will just try to part it out.
Hello, I have been having trouble for months with a Gretel A9 smart phone provided by my employer.
The thing seems to be infected by a Trojan which cannot be removed by Factory Restore, or any virus program I have been able to find. (Malwarebytes will detect and clear it, but it comes back straight away).
Here are the symptoms:
-Horrendous pop-ups advertising games
Such as "Grumpy Gorrilla", "Oh No", "99 Balls", and "Sticky Glue). These pop ups are difficult to remove and require scrolling on the advert to find the X to remove, which often leads to clicking on the pop up itself.
This ended up with the phone being subscribed to "Demon Games", running up a £50 phone bill with the network provider.
-Constant browser pop ups to a website called "Aiboo.cc" which I am sure has something to do with it.
-An app called "Magic" which comes up as a virus on malware bytes, and keeps reappearing on the phone, with a little picture of a blue Octopus.
-Constantly tells me I have a new Whatsapp message, but when clicked on, something called "H5 Games" comes up.
-Lake worth ISD is another dodgy app that keeps appearing.
The phone is running Android 6.0.1
Please, help me if you can. I have tried resetting numerous times, and I've researched everything I have found but there's no information online about any of these things.
If it's provided by your employer than return it to him and refuse to use it until fixed or received new one.
To remove any files from system you need a root access. You have to root your device first but you lose warranty
If I return it, they will only provide me with a tiny 'Alcatel Pixi' phone, which is just awful to use.
I think I may try to Root it, but I have no experience doing this
Huscarl said:
I think I may try to Root it, but I have no experience doing this
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Please post a screenshot of 'About phone' and also run Anti-virus Dr.Web Light (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drweb&hl=en) and post the results. Feel free to post the results from Malwarebytes as well.
Palm Trees said:
Please post a screenshot of 'About phone' and also run Anti-virus Dr.Web Light (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.drweb&hl=en) and post the results. Feel free to post the results from Malwarebytes as well.
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Ok, I will figure out how to get this done and post it tomorrow night (it's late here now and I need to figure out how to do it).
I will also keep a log of what appears on the phone during the day, as I get various messages and pop-ups.
Really do appreciate any help on this, as it has me and my work stumped. It would be a decent phone to use were it not for this terrible virus/trojan.
A quick scan on Malwarebytes came up with this:
2 Malware found
-Android/Trojan.Agent.ASH
(Installed Application - Settings) [I repeatedly get a fake application called Settings]
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-Android/Trojan.Dropper.Agent.CKA
(Installed Application - Magic) [This is the app with the Octopus Icon which I mention earlier]
Tried wiping these off the phone numerous times, both manually and using Malware bytes and other virus apps, but they persistently come back.
Huscarl said:
Really do appreciate any help on this, as it has me and my work stumped. It would be a decent phone to use were it not for this terrible virus/trojan.
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Did my own research. A number of phones came pre-installed with the Triada malware/virus, which is a well-known case. Unfortunately, Gretel A9 was one of those.
I downloaded the stock rom 3.04 and 3.02 both are infected and the only solution I see is replacing the lib which is causing this and deleting the .apk that is also causing this (based on what I could tell). However, I need to know specifically which version you are running and also what the result of the Dr. Web scan is (please post a screenshot). We could try to repack the cleaned system.img and then you can flash that. However, there are no guarantees it'll work.
TWRP and a few custom roms are available for your phone + general discussion here: https://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=807386.
I have posted a Dropbox link to a screenshot of my About Phone..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/lie3868wcrquchg/LongShot_20190415_092503.png?dl=0
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Currently running a full scan with Dr Web Lite and it has detected 20 threats so far, that's far more than malware bytes or any other virus scanner I have used.
Once that's done I will post the results
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Currently running a full scan with Dr Web Lite and it has detected 20 threats so far, that's far more than malware bytes or any other virus scanner I have used.
Once that's done I will post the results
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Sounds good! Did some more research, Alberto96 posted this in 2017 (huge thanks for providing both TWRP + the K10 and A9 firmware) https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77545922&postcount=7 and I've succesfully compared the firmware. My thinking here is - replace the clean files from the Oshiyama K10 stock firmware with the infected ones from the Gretel A9. Repack system.img and then you can try flashing the new system.img via SP Flash Tools. Alternatively, flash TWRP and we'll have to figure out how to create a new flashable system.img script.
I'm having a hard time getting it onto one screenshot despite trying to save it as a long shot, but here is some of the Dr Web diagnosis..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/na47qmq9ek4fvs0/LongShot_20190416_084021.png?dl=0
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Sounds good! Did some more research, Alberto96 posted this in 2017 (huge thanks for providing both TWRP + the K10 and A9 firmware) https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=77545922&postcount=7 and I've succesfully compared the firmware. My thinking here is - replace the clean files from the Oshiyama K10 stock firmware with the infected ones from the Gretel A9. Repack system.img and then you can try flashing the new system.img via SP Flash Tools. Alternatively, flash TWRP and we'll have to figure out how to create a new flashable system.img script.
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Just looked through this thread and I can confirm they were getting the exact same symptoms. Everything they described is what is happening with my phone.
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I'm having a hard time getting it onto one screenshot despite trying to save it as a long shot, but here is some of the Dr Web diagnosis..
https://www.dropbox.com/s/na47qmq9ek4fvs0/LongShot_20190416_084021.png?dl=0
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Thanks. If you can pull the full detection list that would be great.
I need to know what some of the detections are associated with, so can you run 'adb shell' and then 'pm list packages –f' like this example:
Then copy the list and post it here as .txt preferably.
Currently decompiling the rest of the 3.04 firmware to see if they've hidden malware in the other partitions as well. If not, we're all set to have you flash a test cleaned test rom if you're up for it.
deleted: \system\priv-app\SecurityService\
https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/1...2b95f86b37e1fd65d495ec4f7782a1df5b8/detection
replaced: system\lib\libandroid_runtime.so with the clean libandroid_runtime.so from the Oshiyama K10 (the device Alberto was referring to).
https://www.virustotal.com/#/file/4...63a1eaca0329162e1d5bd6a6205c1ce78ab/detection
Furthermore, I've removed these vendor apps (pre-installed bloat).
\system\vendor\operator\app\FaceBook
\system\vendor\operator\app\Gmail2
\system\vendor\operator\app\Instagram
\system\vendor\operator\app\Maps
\system\vendor\operator\app\Twitter
\system\vendor\operator\app\YouTube
Here is everything I am getting from Dr Web:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4a8xw8838vizxul/OneShot_20190416_164440.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/gvl5it7ucfo0s01/OneShot_20190416_164541.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/04am7g7mdw1vlk1/OneShot_20190416_164604.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/04am7g7mdw1vlk1/OneShot_20190416_164604.png?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/e987ajlgp3hjriz/OneShot_20190416_164612.png?dl=0
Sorry about the format, I'm not so tech savvy, I'm sure that's the lot. I'll now start working on the other instructions you gave me (abd)
Still trying to figure out how to use ABD.
I am following the instructions on here:
https://www.howtogeek.com/125769/how-to-install-and-use-abd-the-android-debug-bridge-utility/
I have download the SDK tools, and unzipped them to a new folder, but I do not see the SDK Manager EXE
I think that it would be easier to flash new rom from the link few posts above - xda site
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I think that it would be easier to flash new rom from the link few posts above - xda site
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The problem is, it won't boot. You need to flash the system.img only - but the K10 system.img needs to have the required libs from the A9, e.g. fingerprint, cam libs. Though there's no indication hereof, the K10 may pack malware as well. But like I said, I can repack the K10 system.img with the required A9 files and Huscarl can test it. This can likely be omitted, if we can repack the stock rom with the clean files from the K10 system.img. That's why I need to know what packages are linked to the Dr. Web detections aside from SecurityService and libandroid_runtime.so.
An alternative quick fix: flash TWRP, root the phone, run Dr. Web and let it remove the malware. However, as research indicates, the problem still persists for some users.