Hi all
I am opening up this Q&A thread as extension to my ROM threads, for the simple reason that ever since there is a limitation preventing new users from posting in development threads, I get flooded with PM's. So I intent to move any Q&A, help requests, as well as free and open discussions between users here.
Since the A750 and A789 are so similar, and I put the same stuff in them, I extent both into this one Q&A thread, and in fact, much of it knowledge applies to other Lenovo's like the P700, P700i, S880, A660 which are again very similar and I even use them as basis of my ROM.
Also, I am not intending to be topic police. Like in my other threads, I do not mind if you guys share knowledge about APKHOT or Smileyvvv or Etotalk ROM. As long as it is helpful. Also, I may not always reply myself, so feel free to help each other.
Link to the original threads:
[ROM][2012.xx.xx] Lenovo A750 custom ROM (GB&ICS). <last page>
[ROM][2012.xx.xx] Lenovo A789,P700i,A660 factory&custom ROM (ICS). <last page>
Other related threads (not all mine):
CWM flashing tutorial (update using recovery)
MT6575 flashing tutorial (update using flash utility
Lenovo Original recovery tutorial
[SCRIPTS] Unpack / repack MT65xx boot.img, recovery.img or logo.bin
[REF] Unpacking and repacking stock rom .img files
[UTIL][APP]Lenovo Security / LeSec app (anti-virus/spam/theft/firewall)
[TOOL][TUT]Backup and Restore Mediatek based phone's IMEI
How to DIY : Self root/gapps/playstore/locationfix/clean my ROM
This is a guide on how to root & cleanup your China ROM yourself. It will probably work on all ICS China phones. But it requires & starts with the availability of a recovery image for your phone
There are in fact a few steps:
- Get a proper recovery image for your phone.
- Root it by installing Chainfire's root package
- Install Google GMS ('GAPPS') to get Play Store and Localisation to work
And optionally
- Install Mobile UncleToolset
- Install an extra small fix with location services
- Install an extra small fix with latest APN list
- Install an extra fix to remove well known Chinese system apps
Recovery image
The Recovery Image allows you to boot into an alternative small Linux that you can then use to update the main Android. Updates usually come in "update.zip" scripted files. And the recovery has some other utilities like backup or wipe the entire phone. Getting a working recovery for your phone is step number one, because if you have a recovery, you can do everything else.
To check if you already have a recovery: Well, try to boot into it. The boot sequence may vary with the phone, but on MediaTek phones it is usually to replace the battery and then press&hold both volume buttons while powering up. I have seen it where you need to actually press the power button a split second before pressing both volume buttons. Try a few times, replacing the battery each time.
If you get to a screen that reads CWMR or CWMR Touch (short for ClockWorkModRecovery), you are all set and can continue with rooting. CWMR it is the most common open recovery image. If your recovery is closed, then you need to search the web for a working recovery for your specific model. Each brand and model needs its own recovery, because screen drivers, buttons and partition tables may differ.
Search the web is the best advise. Search wide and search deep. If you cannot find any recovery, then see if you can find a full ROM for your phone. If you have a working ROM image, then there are people on XDA that can make a recovery for you, but typically you need to show/prove that you have really tried to find one yourself.
Flashing a recovery
If you do find a recovery, that you suspect is the correct one for your ROM, then comes the scary part: Flashing the recovery to the phone.
This paragraph is specific to Mediatek based phones. On different hardware you also need a recovery, and once you have a recovery, you can use the other parts of this post, but how to flash other hardware, I do not know, sorry
Flashing using the flash tool is scary to new users. Because new users suspect that if they mess it up, the phone dies. And this is correct! But if you only flash the recovery.img part, you should be fairly safe. Read this manual on flashing. Getting the USB driver installed is sometimes a bit tricky, you may also want to read post #21 and post #25 for help.
I have seen several people asking 'where to find the scatter file'. Well, it comes with the ROM you want to flash. If your ROM file does not come with a scatter file, then is not a ROM file that can be flashed with the flash utility, but with an open recovery.
Rooting
Once you have a working recovery, the rest is simple. For rooting, simply install (from inside the recovery) chainfire's "CMW installable ZIP"
Link to his post: (ignore his big red 'requires root' warning). The file you need is labeled "CWM installable ZIP" at the bottom. Direct link to the file you need to install via recovery update.zip
This usually works by putting the zip file on the SD card (its name can be anything, though for some limited recoveries it sometimes must be named 'update.zip'), booting into recovery, and selecting the zip file to update.
Google GMS (Market/Play Store, Location, etc)
Simply install the latest Google Mobile Services (better known as GAPPS) from CyanogenMod V9. This is their explaining wiki from CyanogenMod
The file you need is called gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip for ICS and gapps-jb-20121212-signed.zip for JB and can be found here. You probably also want to wipe your cache partition after doing this.
Mobile Uncle toolset
Just install this program apk (so not through the recovery, just install it normally). Or search the web for the latest one.
Fix location services
If location services does not work, do apply Google GMS (GAPPS) above. If it still does not work, it may be because the phone is programmed to use Chinese location services. This patch will tell it to use GMS. The patch will apply, and probably even work, on all ICS phones. But was originally made&tested on a Lenovo A750 ICS. Its called V1.3 because many people have downloaded the A750 v1.3 patch and used it on many MT6575 phones. It is still the same patch, except the update.zip is tweaked to work on any ICS phone, not only MT6575 ones.
Sometimes you also need to go into MobileUncle tool, the MTK Engineer mode, and in location settings. Depending on your exact model, somewhere in there is a NetLoc or NetLocation and a GeoCoding setting, with options of MEDIATEK and GOOGLE. Ensure they are set to GOOGLE.
After messing with location settings, it is best to also wipe cache.
Fix APN list (or My 3G does not connect!)
You can always add your own APN (Access Point Names) from the settings menu. Just add your own, and select that over the pre-build one. But this package will update with the latest list as maintained by CyanogenMod 9. The update.zip was made in such a way it should work on all ICS phones, Mediatek or other.
Clean well known Chinese system apps
<patch still coming>
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List of known recovery images for Mediatek Flash tool:
Lenovo A750 : 592zn : See also this post #607, nandroid backup does not work.
Lenovo A789 : 592zn or APKHOT
Lenovo P700i : My own, based on APKHOT with CWM.
Lenovo P700 : My own, based on CWMT / 592zn. nandroid backup will not work.
Lenovo A660 : My own, based on APKHOT with CWM
Lenovo S560 : My own, based on APKHOT with CWM (as yet untested)
Additional Recovery Images in this post.
If you feel you searched all over the web, and could not find a recovery for your model, and you next feel you should ask me or one of the other people on XDA to make you one (which I am not encouraging), than please be aware we need at least a 'standard ROM' for your phone to start from. Without it, I can do nothing. So go back out there, and find a standard ROM, does not matter what language, as long as it is for your specific phone model and known to work.
Also, as an extra warning : If you are flashing, and you experiment with 'suspicious' ROM sources, *never ever* flash the preloader, mbr, ebr uboot. Only flash those from a trusted source and if they belong to your exact brand and model phone.
One more reserved
lolo250612 said:
Hello from France,
Just a little message to thank you very much for your very useful "Lenovo A789 factory&custom ROM (ICS)" thread. I have just bought a A789 from etotalk, and your posts really help to master the beast.
I can't participate to the thread because I am a new member and consequently can't post message to this development thread. And this very sad, because I have discovered a shortcoming of this phone. Apparently, the ICS entire phone encryption does not work and, according to some information I have gathered around the web, it may be due to the fact that the internal sd partition is not ext4 which seems to be required.
It may be due to the fact that the kernel does not support ext4. If this was the case, I would be very pleased to activate the option, recompile it and share the result with other people at xda. I have done it for two types of Samsung Galaxy phones.
In this case, the two problems I would be faced with are:
1) Getting the kernel sources. For Samsung it is quite easy. For Lenovo, I am not able to find them (I can't read Chinese).
2) The process to package the new compiled kernel to a zip, compatible with cwm.
Anyway, thanks for your help and to share your knowledge.
Sheers,
Laurent
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well, not sure about encryption, but I can *assure* you that the phone supports ext4, because in fact the root; system; cache; secro and data partitions are all in ext4 . I know that quite certain, because to unpack/repack, I need to recreate an ext4 loop device.
Internal SD is indeed FAT partition. But it is normal for SD to be FAT
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It is possible the encryption fails on the FAT of the SD card. It is an internal device, if that encryption utility tries to parse all the internal partitions, it may fail on FAT, but I am guessing here. However, then it would fail on pretty much all recent china phones, they all seem to have this internal SD card. You could try to simply format the internal SD as ext4.
I do not think it would fail on the recovery or boot sections. Those are all nicely wrapped up in the first partition of the emmc chip (emmc0p0 or something) in a proprietary filesystem, as I suspect true for all Androids. So your tool would know to exclude that the first one. However, if you want, you can get the original recovery you asked about from the original A789 ROM in my Dev-Host.
Edit: Encryption issue solved, see post#9 below
I already managed to build a multilang framework-res.apk for the A789 ROM. But now there are all those apps that need to be made multilang also - settings.apk and more... a lot of work.
Is it possible to take a P700 ROM with A750 kernel and flash it to the A750? Or a P700i ROM and A789 kernel for the A789? They seem to be almost identical.
Any plans to integrate the long press home button function in A750_ROW_S114_cybermaus_ICS_V3.1? Would like to test this rom but this missing feature is essentail for me...and onother question: V3.1 is also for A789, right? Same problem with long press home feature?
@oz42
Well, I am a little disappointed about that question. Putting the P700_ROW on the A750 is *exactly* what my V3 series is. Works wonderful. It's the reason I have been updating this thread for the last two weeks. Problem is that the only extra language is Vietnamese. You may want to re-read posts #2 and #585 in the A750 thread.
I suspect the same is true for P700i and A789, but I did not find a P700i_ROW rom yet. I did find a S880_ROW, and when I have time (later this weekend) I will check if that has proper multilanguage (edit: No. It adds ru, vi, id to en and zh. Not quite what I had hoped for)
@metzner
Yes. When I know how. But I do not have a clue at this moment. I am very pleased about the V3.1, but the missing long press is annoying me at times.
No, V3.1 is not for A789 (yet). They have different partitions, different schreen driver. YOU CANNOT flash a A750 on A789 (or any MT6575 on MT7577) without 'porting' the ROM. I do have a Frankenstein ROM, using p700_ROW with kernel/partition/modules/baseband from A789. But it was not tried out yet.
A789: Encryption problem
I have installed aLogcat to determine what could block the encryption service on the different ROMS I have tested on my A789. The interesting part revealed to be:
E/Cryptfs ( 87): Orig filesystem overlaps crypto footer region. Cannot encrypt in place.
Googling for this problem, it appears that there is a strong probability that the culprit is CWMR that I have installed almost right after getting my phone. See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792101 or http://rootzwiki.com/topic/25652-fixing-galaxy-tab-2-encryption/.
So if somebody has a package that can be safely used with mt6575-flashing tools, to recover the stock recovery or, much better, to install a "clean" version of CWMR, I would be glad to test it and see if it is actually the origin of the encryption problem.
Edit:
@Cybermaus: I have just noticed that you have already addressed part of this message. I have already tried to format the internal sd as ext4 with Minitool partition Wizard on Windows. This fails also. Moreover, the system reports a failure on this partition and ask to reformat it as vfat. I will try by putting back the original recovery from your 4shared. Thanks a lot.
@lolo250612
If I read that post you found, the problem is not so much CWMR or CWMRT itself, but the fact it wipes and formats /data completely, without leaving 16KB of unused space at the end of the partition.
That means replacing it with factory recovery will not help, unless if you then also wipe using that factory recovery, and that factory recovery does leave 16KB. You could also try wiping it from the settings menu.
After you have tried the factory , let me know. I think I can make an empty /data for you that is 16KB shorter than the partition, but you would have to apply it using the flash-utility method.
Edit: checking, I found that the userdata.img that is inside the original S228 factory flash ROM is already 1024K short of 768M. So 767M. No need to build one with only 16K short, just use the one you already have.
Hi cybermaus
Thanks for your contribution. Please help me if you've free time.
Does this custom ROM support traditional Chinese character?? I'm sure Chinese support would include simplified Chinese.....
@loimlo
The A750 V1 and A789 V2has two forms of Chinese, which I cannot read, but I suspect are traditional and simplified. The A750 V3 has one form of Chinese, which I still cannot read, so I am not sure which of the two, but here is a screenshot of it, let me know which it is.
Amadis223 said:
Hi, I wrote with yuweng on this subject. And it is very strange. He says, that mt6575 has only ext4 filesystem, but I,am sure,that I have mt6575 and yaffs filesystem. What do you think ?
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Well, all the MT6575 and MT6577 based ROM's that I have dissected have ext4. This is probably because mediatek provides ext4 in their development kit. So yeah, I think all mt6575 are on ext4, and not yaffs. I think maybe the mt6573 has yaffs.
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@lolo250612
If I read that post you found, the problem is not so much CWMR or CWMRT itself, but the fact it wipes and formats /data completely, without leaving 16KB of unused space at the end of the partition.
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I agree with you.
Edit: checking, I found that the userdata.img that is inside the original S228 factory flash ROM is already 1024K short of 768M. So 767M. No need to build one with only 16K short, just use the one you already have.
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I have flashed userdata.img. That WORKS :victory:. The phone reboots and then encryption starts. Done in less than 5 minutes. Great. Now, just have to tried one of the utility around that allows to have an encryption password different from the lock one. Many thanks for your help :good:.
hi there,
I just got a Lenovo A789 and i just installed A789_S228_cybermaus_V2.1 and it works perfecly...
i'm new to android and i can't get cellular data to work ( i have reason to believe that it worked in original ETOTALK rom, but im not sure ).
1) i do have a data plan
2) cellular data / mobile data is turned on
3) 3G card with cellular data plan is in slot 1
wrong basebands or apn settings (Portugal, Vodafone) ? ( i can see them in mobileuncletools but i cant change them )
help?
note: i cant follow most of android tips that i googled because some of the menus to edit APN settings do not exist on this rom :\
@spinal2k
Well, the simply solution would be to try and apply the A750 V1.4 as listed in post#2. It only applies location fix and new APN list, so its safe on the A789, even if it was originally for A750.
Second option would be to Google for the keyword APN together with your provider and country names.
Last option is to tell us the mcc/mnc that mobile uncle found, as well as your current APN settings, and maybe we can figure it out.
Edit: you can change APN in Settings->Wireless->More->MobileNetworks->AccessPointNames
cybermaus said:
Last option is to tell us the mcc/mnc that mobile uncle found, as well as your current APN settings, and maybe we can figure it out.
Edit: you can change APN in Settings->Wireless->More->MobileNetworks->AccessPointNames
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ok, thanks for the tip... how can i see mmc/mnc on mobileuncle tools?
According to that wikipedia page, my MMC/MNC is 268/01 and that it uses GSM 900 / GSM 1800 / UMTS 2100.... On mobile uncle engineer mode i can see that on the 1st sim card UMTS 2100 doesn't exist ( only UMTS 2000 )... :\
acoording to the "you can change APN in..." i can't changed them, just see them... they look fine to me, they're not wrong...
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@spinal2k
Don't tell me the ones from that Wiki page, but the ones you find in the APN settings. And then also the "market name" of the service you have. You cannot change, but you can add a new APN, and then select that to use.
But simply applying the V1.3 may be easier, it has the APN list maintained by Cyanogenmod, and will probably solve it anyway.
cybermaus said:
@spinal2k
Don't tell me the ones from that Wiki page, but the ones you find in the APN settings. And then also the "market name" of the service you have. You cannot change, but you can add a new APN, and then select that to use.
But simply applying the V1.3 may be easier, it has the APN list maintained by Cyanogenmod, and will probably solve it anyway.
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oh, i couldn't see that i could add new.... Now i added an optional apn ( even though the one listed was on official carriers page ) ... now its working...
Thank you for the tips... keep them updates coming
note: i did update with A750 v1.3 and i saw no changed in apn list...
A750 V3.1 battery life
I have been using the cybermaus V1.3 ICS for ages, and it works really well. Recently tried the V3.1 ICS.
Also seems to work really well as well, and a definite plus is the 3G signal strength - I see a definite improvement.
There is a dealbreaker problem for me, though - the battery life is noticeably worse than the excellent life on the V1.3 rom. I'm a noob - tried clearing user cache/dalvik, but not reset (I want to keep my apps/data).
Any suggestions before I go back to V1.3 - thanks.
zapzog said:
Any suggestions before I go back to V1.3 - thanks.
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Well, a request more than a suggestion: your battery is now a few months old, so slightly less good then when new, but you got used to it. But now, due to the flashing of a new ROM, you are playing on it more, and it is in your attention very much.
I cannot properly test myself, I have to tether it daily for data access. So please try to get a proper test of it:
Stay with V3.1 a few bit longer, at least 2 battery cycles extra. (you can barely have had one) so you get a better baseline. Charge the same method as before (I find that charger works better than PC-USB) After two more cycles, when you have a proper idea on the life, go back, and get a renewed baseline on V1.3 also. And then report your results
so i just bought Hipstreet Aurora (HS-7DTB6-8GB) and i happened to notice a button under backup and reset in settings for the recovery menu.
I have access to apply update from external storage however i know its not safe to use a default recovery menu in case of a brick,
Its been quite some time since i had my HTC Dream and had put Cyanogen on that, so im a bit rusty, i just need a more experienced user to guide me through flashing CM10 on an a unknown tablet, i was surprised to find the recovery menu on it.
any ways i would need someone to show me how to go about doing so, im sure alot of people here have experience flashing newer untested androids.
if it is of any help here is the
Baseband version
HS-GP707_20121116
Kernel version
3.0.8+
Build number
nuclear_gp707pub-eng 4.0.4 IMM76D 20121117 test-keys
Recovery Utility
gp707pub 3e
much appreciated to any one who replies and has experience in this field.
and if i am able to get this done ill happily post a tutorial for other Hipstreet owners
EDIT - it also appears that the tablet comes rooted, im able to over clock it with voltage control.
coldtrain said:
so i just bought Hipstreet Aurora (HS-7DTB6-8GB) and i happened to notice a button under backup and reset in settings for the recovery menu.
I have access to apply update from external storage however i know its not safe to use a default recovery menu in case of a brick,
Its been quite some time since i had my HTC Dream and had put Cyanogen on that, so im a bit rusty, i just need a more experienced user to guide me through flashing CM10 on an a unknown tablet, i was surprised to find the recovery menu on it.
any ways i would need someone to show me how to go about doing so, im sure alot of people here have experience flashing newer untested androids.
if it is of any help here is the
Baseband version
HS-GP707_20121116
Kernel version
3.0.8+
Build number
nuclear_gp707pub-eng 4.0.4 IMM76D 20121117 test-keys
Recovery Utility
gp707pub 3e
much appreciated to any one who replies and has experience in this field.
and if i am able to get this done ill happily post a tutorial for other Hipstreet owners
EDIT - it also appears that the tablet comes rooted, im able to over clock it with voltage control.
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I'd also like to second this. I will post a file with the full specs of the tablet. I have looked at the AllWinner A10 page but it's stated for CM9 and I am unable to find enough information to see if other tablets with similar hardware and specs will work with CM.
This is quite a decent tablet, once you remove all the background junk (TitaniumBackupPro) overclock it (SetCPU) you can run some decent apps on it. Been playing Order&Chaos on it nicely. Though, messenger type apps are quite slow and so is the inbuilt browser. Firefox doesn't help all that much either so with CM10's features it will run quite nicely. Too bad the tablet is missing Bluetooth, tend to tether internet with that =P
bigbigbuddy said:
I'd also like to second this. I will post a file with the full specs of the tablet. I have looked at the AllWinner A10 page but it's stated for CM9 and I am unable to find enough information to see if other tablets with similar hardware and specs will work with CM.
This is quite a decent tablet, once you remove all the background junk (TitaniumBackupPro) overclock it (SetCPU) you can run some decent apps on it. Been playing Order&Chaos on it nicely. Though, messenger type apps are quite slow and so is the inbuilt browser. Firefox doesn't help all that much either so with CM10's features it will run quite nicely. Too bad the tablet is missing Bluetooth, tend to tether internet with that =P
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i decided to go ahead and supply a sysinfo dump
OS
Browser UserAgent : Mozilla/5.0 (Linux; U; Android 4.0.4; en-ca; HS-7DTB6-4GB Build/IMM76D) AppleWebKit/534.30 (KHTML, like Gecko) Version/4.0 Safari/534.30
Android ID : 8b583fb172740dd5
Uptime : 0 days, 20 hours, 16 minutes, 35 seconds
Uptime (without sleeps) : 0 days, 4 hours, 16 minutes, 44 seconds
Configuration
Font Scale : 1.15
Hard Keyboard Hidden : YES
Keyboard : NOKEYS
Keyboard Hidden : NO
Locale : en_CA
MCC : 0
MNC : 0
Navigation : NONAV
Navigation hidden : YES
Orientation : LANDSCAPE
Screen Height DP : 592
Screen Width DP : 1066
Smallest Screen Width DP : 640
Screen Layout :
LONG_NO
SIZE_LARGE
SIZE_NORMAL
SIZE_SMALL
Touchscreen : FINGER
UI Mode :
NIGHT_NO
TYPE_NORMAL
BuildInfos
Android version : 4.0.4
Release Codename : REL
API LEVEL : 15
CPU ABI : armeabi-v7a
Manufacturer : unknown
Bootloader : unknown
CPU ABI2 : armeabi
Hardware : sun5i
Radio : unknown
Board : nuclear
Brand : softwinners
Device : nuclear-gp707pub
Display : nuclear_gp707pub-eng 4.0.4 IMM76D 20121117 test-keys
Fingerprint : softwinners/nuclear_gp707pub/nuclear-gp707pub:4.0.4/IMM76D/20121117:eng/test-keys
Host : admin
ID : IMM76D
Model : HS-7DTB6-4GB
Product : nuclear_gp707pub
Tags : test-keys
Type : eng
User : lixsh
Memory
Download Cache Max: 252MB/ Free: 246MB
data Max: 504MB/ Free: 256MB
External storage: mounted
External storage Max: 5.79GB/ Free: 3.71GB
External storage removable: false
External storage emulated: false
Total RAM: 353MB
Free RAM: 111MB
Threshold RAM: 37.53MB
Low Memory Killer Levels
FOREGROUND_APP:__ 14.35MB
VISIBLE_APP:_________ 19.41MB
SECONDARY_SERVER: 24.47MB
HIDDEN_APP:________ 32.47MB
CONTENT_PROVIDER: 37.53MB
EMPTY_APP:__________ 44.70MB
CPU
Processor ARMv7 Processor rev 2 (v7l)
BogoMIPS 1145.00
Features swp half thumb fastmult vfp edsp neon vfpv3
CPU implementer 0x41
CPU architecture 7
CPU variant 0x3
CPU part 0xc08
CPU revision 2
Hardware sun5i
Revision a13a
Serial 0a4099c1414130304141414116254141
Frequency range: 60.0 -> 1152.0MHz
Current Frequency: 1152.0MHz
Screen
Resolution: 800 x 444
Refresh Rate: 59.75
X factor for DIP: 0.75
Density: 120 dpi
Pixel per inch X: 160.0 dpi Y: 160.42105 dpi
Sensors
MC32X0 3-axis Accelerometer: 0.5 mA by DMT
Environment
Root Directory: /system
Data Directory: /data
Download Cache Directory: /cache
External Storage State: mounted
External Storage Directory: /mnt/sdcard
JavaProperties
java.vendor.url:
java.class.path: .
java.class.version: 50.0
os.version: 3.0.8+
java.vendor: The Android Project
user.dir: /
user.timezone: null
path.separator: :
os.name: Linux
os.arch: armv7l
line.separator:
file.separator: /
user.name:
java.version: 0
java.home: /system
GPU
ARM Mali-400
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*bump*
I'd really like someone with much more experience to look into this please?
anyone know the steps to installing cyanogen on an unknown device?? where are the developers at!
CM10
Had any luck with this yet? Trying the same thing, no luck yet. And yes these come rooted
mebrad36711 said:
Had any luck with this yet? Trying the same thing, no luck yet. And yes these come rooted
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unfortunately no, waiting on a response, im thinking tomorrow i will post on cyanogenmod's forum requesting a port, i'll post the link here if anything.
the demand for a port must not be small seeing as we have 3 people here all waiting on the same thing.
still no luck
ok
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Do not want this thread to die =P
Can anyone help? o3o
Bump
10 Day overdue Bump 8P
Cmon I'm sick of the crap that came with this >_< so much that's in it that doesn't need to be there >_> and would be nice to use the CM settings for overclocking instead of relying on SetCPU and it's slowness x-x especially on this tablet with such limited RAM =S
EDIT: I would take the time in going about experimenting myself but you see I don't have another tablet to replace and haven't really been able to go about learning how to create my own ROM especially at the level of CM >_>
As soon as time is free I'll take it a shot though ^_^
BUMP-Info
So I am hoping for a possible CM10 Mod for the Hipstreet Aurora, but in the meantime I am going to try and develop my own ROM for this tablet in hopes to increase performance, remove unwanted bloatware and increase the user experience without the nags of what this tablet comes with. If anyone with a considerable amount of experience in Custom ROM building is willing to take up this, I'll be more than willing to accept your help. I'll send you a Stock ROM once such is opened to discussion.
I'll post a new thread in the means of a new project.
P.S This tablet has really good potential, just with some decent tweaks, this tablet will actually run quite well.
bigbigbuddy said:
BUMP-Info
So I am hoping for a possible CM10 Mod for the Hipstreet Aurora, but in the meantime I am going to try and develop my own ROM for this tablet in hopes to increase performance, remove unwanted bloatware and increase the user experience without the nags of what this tablet comes with. If anyone with a considerable amount of experience in Custom ROM building is willing to take up this, I'll be more than willing to accept your help. I'll send you a Stock ROM once such is opened to discussion.
I'll post a new thread in the means of a new project.
P.S This tablet has really good potential, just with some decent tweaks, this tablet will actually run quite well.
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Glad you are working on a rom for this. I've been fighting with a hipstreet aurora HS-7DTB6-8GBR (Allwinner A13) 1112V706
So far I bricked it with an app called android tuner, then I learned to use file suit to flash the Tragidy momo firmware to it. The tablet does work again, but with minor problems. Since the tragidy firmware is for a Chinese tablet with the same motherboard, the momo has a different case with different buttons, screen and gyro. So now my touchscreen is completely reversed (display is okay), the headphone jack doesnt work, and the gyro doesnt work either. On the plus side I can use it with a mouse through the usb dongle, and with a hub even a keyboard. Also the tragidy build is much faster, and has a working google play store.
I have decided to dust off my ubuntu crate and will attempt to modify the tragidy firmware to properly map the buttons, touchscreen, and gsensors.
I do hope hope you are more successful than I am and look forward to your results, as I'm not entirely confident in my ability to translate my very limited linux kernel skills to the android kernel.
Good Luck:good::good:
Cha1n5aW said:
Glad you are working on a rom for this. I've been fighting with a hipstreet aurora HS-7DTB6-8GBR (Allwinner A13) 1112V706
So far I bricked it with an app called android tuner, then I learned to use file suit to flash the Tragidy momo firmware to it. The tablet does work again, but with minor problems. Since the tragidy firmware is for a Chinese tablet with the same motherboard, the momo has a different case with different buttons, screen and gyro. So now my touchscreen is completely reversed (display is okay), the headphone jack doesnt work, and the gyro doesnt work either. On the plus side I can use it with a mouse through the usb dongle, and with a hub even a keyboard. Also the tragidy build is much faster, and has a working google play store.
I have decided to dust off my ubuntu crate and will attempt to modify the tragidy firmware to properly map the buttons, touchscreen, and gsensors.
I do hope hope you are more successful than I am and look forward to your results, as I'm not entirely confident in my ability to translate my very limited linux kernel skills to the android kernel.
Good Luck:good::good:
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Hmm, well since you already have a semi-stable firmware, with reference, you could get the firmware to run like a charm. I'm currently running Windows and have had some promising outcomes, along with some drawbacks, but I can say that this tablet could be promising. :good:
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So I am hoping for a possible CM10 Mod for the Hipstreet Aurora, but in the meantime I am going to try and develop my own ROM for this tablet in hopes to increase performance, remove unwanted bloatware and increase the user experience without the nags of what this tablet comes with. If anyone with a considerable amount of experience in Custom ROM building is willing to take up this, I'll be more than willing to accept your help. I'll send you a Stock ROM once such is opened to discussion.
I'll post a new thread in the means of a new project.
P.S This tablet has really good potential, just with some decent tweaks, this tablet will actually run quite well.
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Hi, any update on the ROM that you're building? I'm actually looking for a stock ROM for Hipstreet Aurora - my sister handed me a bricked Aurora and it had no backup ROM, even the recovery mode seems busted. Anyway, I found a HS Aurora firmware dump online (I forgot the link though) but data.tgz was missing so the restore via adb and Uberizer was not a success. I've managed to flash a Momo9 Tragidy firmware (everything ok except for gsensor and button mapping) and also tried another a13 firmware (it runs faster, but again auto-rotate doesn't work and button functions are interchanged). I'm thinking of going back to the stock ROM - I think I have a better chance at removing the bloatware and customizing it than fixing the gsensor and the buttons.
UPDATE: I was able to remap the buttons using Button Remapper, my only problem now is the gsensor/ auto-rotate.
Stock Firmware
Hey, was wondering if any of you have a rom dump of the stock firmware. I didnt backup mine before I flashed it. I did get the touch screen and gsensor working perfect now, but my front camera doesnt work, but the back camera does. Hope someone has a rom dump. Thanks in advance!
Please need some help with C12R1. I have this:Telechips TCC8803, 2Din Car Media Center Running Android 4.0.4 ICS
2 Din Car DVD Stereo GPS+ CD Player +MP3 +Bluetooth +Ipod +WiFi+ 3G+7 inch Android 4.0 Tablet Car PC Media
Android: ICS 4.0.4 rooted
Hardware Pad
CPU:Telechips TCC8803,1.0GHz; Cortex-A8 Kernel, 45nm processing.
RAM: DDR III 512M
ROM FLASH:4GB
Power IC:TDA 7388/LA47002/TA2929/TA2939
Extended memory card:Up to 32GB SD/TF card
WiFi:Bulit-in High performance, low power consumption, Atheros 6302 WiFi802.11b/g/n.
3G:3G Universal Drive ---Support extral USB Dongle:WCDMA,EVDO,TD-SCDMA GPS,JRC G591Receiving Module
G-SENSOR:3 axis acceleration sensor and 3D IC hardware acceleration,could realize dynamic 3D game and 3D interface.
CAMERA: support 0.3-2 Megapixels rear camera
Speaker:built-in speaker,1pc 1W,8Ohm
Micphone:built-in, high sensitivity input, right&left channel
Indicator light:built-in red charging indicator light,built-in vibration motor
Hardware CarAudio System
Operation System DVD platform
CPU:Toshiba TMP86FS49UG
Display:Supplier:Innolux
LCD:7 inch 800*480 HD, TFT digital screen, Resistive touch screen.
MODEL Nr: C12R1 (crane)
Baseband version: 1.4rc2
Kernel version: 3.0.8 [email protected] - 102 # 447
Build number: crane_C12R1-eng4.0.4 IMM76D 20131114 test-keys
took it from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2572265
My problem is I've accidentialy deleted my /system/app/* and /data/app* files trying to free some space / I wanted to copy it on extsd card with X-plore app but it didn't work out for me I've copied the files above the number of the sdcard and they're gone / don't do this it's dangerous, and I've lost all of them. And my tablet started with the errors and stuff and I wanted to throw it off the window, than I settled down for a bit.And before a week or so I've started looking for 4.0.4 roms compatitable system apps for my rom, I've tried maybe 40 roms by now /I download the rom / extract the /system/app, and /data/app folder and try to run the tablet, but it didn't work out. I managed to run it with modacocustomrom reading one of xda threads but it started throwing exceptions. Then I've started deleting one by one system apps and I've come to the conclusion that the system could run only with 3 apk's - launcher, settings and settings storage. It started but it is not the same and I've lost all my preffs and stuff.
Please if someone have C12R1 send me /system/app/ and /data/app files. for 4.0.4 android
Appreciate it. Thanks in advance.
And could you tell me how to unpack this rom (WooComet-MiOptimusOne.com -ICS_4.0.4- F1中性－20120920.1.0.3－A721_V4.2.img) from this thread - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925577 without the device connected to pc and this program: LiveSuit.exe. I've tryed with dd in linux on flash and with mounting img in linux but it coudn't work out why?
I've tried to unpack the img with ext4 unpacker and ext2 explorer too but it couldn't work out.
please help!
Ok guys I managed to do this, I've made the last step /flashing the rom (I wanted just to copy the system files in internal memory in /system/app and /data/app but couldn't find it anywhere), I did'nt wanted to do it this way but I've done it cause it wasn't anything else left to try after long sleepless nights
I've installed a new stock rom sun4i_crane_t02a.img and android launched but now I have another significant problem - I dont have a proper driver and my touch screen does not work.
And my android's usb debugging is not with turned on and I cant use adb or so....
Any ideas?
Please if someone have this touch screen drivers or stock or other rom that works on this device please send it to me!
This is the exact device:
http://www.aliexpress.com/item/2-Di...92768377.html&cv=11032041&af=cj_6149808&vd=30
but I cant find roms anywhere for it
Hi Razer69
I see you still have problems with your device.
Well before i wend on a Rom hunt i have managed to install CWM recovery on mine and make a backup of the stock rom, in order to test various roms, and if they do not work i restore the stock.
If you want i can create a link for you so you can download it and install it. Bare in mind though i have made some mods prior to the stock rom so it worked a bit better that when it arrived.
Did also find a link for your issue with the touch screen ----> http://www.pandawillforum.com/archive/index.php?t-12129.html
Cheers
G
Could you share how did you managed to install custom rom - clockworks - CWM because that is my problem now.
I can't install the rom because I've flashed my device - all partitions - kernel, recovery, rom - with LiveSuite and .img file but eventually
I found out this rom is not for my device - the rom I've installed is C12 not C12r1, and I'm still looking for C12r1.
Thank you for your answer
I've come to the conclusion I'ts wrong rom that's why the touch screen is not working.
This guys are writing the same here:
http://www.pandawillforum.com/archive/index.php?t-12129.html
"sun4i_crane_t02a.img is not work with FT5306DE4 Chipset,is wrong point of touch screen"
Today I'll try their methods
thanks
I'm badly need some expert advise.
.My china clone without name (rockchip-rk31sdk-WAWJMDN1KN).I decide to go ahead and try some custom rom using RKAndroidTool.
I did not realize that by cleaning IDB I will low level format..Before doing that I did save few pictures and run log via "android studio" also I backup whole unit via CWM hoping I will always have access to recovery.Unfortunately that not the case.The good think I still have access to RKAndroidTool( the tool is recognizing my device).There is the link to my CWM backup if may help
https://mega.nz/#!g8YgVKaa!209scxKfT...lRZ454peCCCsgU
https://mega.nz/#!gwRGhC7B!KFvTGpp4x...M2AHOKjT43VPQI
Inside that CWM backup is kernel.bin, system.bin recovery bin all
large sizes files (complete CWM of my last working tablet rk3188). Please ask me for pass to open 2x rar.
Maybe You will be able to advice me how to make proper files to revive my system from that backup I have, or help me some how to get CWM recovery working so I can use my CWM backup or any other way to make this tab back to life again.
Perhaps someone will give me idea to allocate proper parameter for recovery , kernel , boot , etc...
Usual location for tablet RK3188 Cortex A9 Quad core 1.6 ghz Governor interactive, Kernel 3.0.36+ ,Board hardware RK30Board/ 0000, Android 4.2.2 ;eng.root 20130912.185132 sdk 17, Display 1280x800; dpi;160 size 9.4'
GPU:Mali-400MP, RAM: 2048 Flash:32 gb Build in:16gb actual, wifi, usb, Bluetooth gps= all yes, camer 5MP additional 1.9MP.
Many thanks for your kindness and time.
Adam
styropian said:
I'm badly need some expert advise.
.My china clone without name (rockchip-rk31sdk-WAWJMDN1KN).I decide to go ahead and try some custom rom using RKAndroidTool.
I did not realize that by cleaning IDB I will low level format..Before doing that I did save few pictures and run log via "android studio" also I backup whole unit via CWM hoping I will always have access to recovery.Unfortunately that not the case.The good think I still have access to RKAndroidTool( the tool is recognizing my device).There is the link to my CWM backup if may help
https://mega.nz/#!g8YgVKaa!209scxKfT...lRZ454peCCCsgU
https://mega.nz/#!gwRGhC7B!KFvTGpp4x...M2AHOKjT43VPQI
Inside that CWM backup is kernel.bin, system.bin recovery bin all
large sizes files (complete CWM of my last working tablet rk3188). Please ask me for pass to open 2x rar.
Maybe You will be able to advice me how to make proper files to revive my system from that backup I have, or help me some how to get CWM recovery working so I can use my CWM backup or any other way to make this tab back to life again.
Perhaps someone will give me idea to allocate proper parameter for recovery , kernel , boot , etc...
Usual location for tablet RK3188 Cortex A9 Quad core 1.6 ghz Governor interactive, Kernel 3.0.36+ ,Board hardware RK30Board/ 0000, Android 4.2.2 ;eng.root 20130912.185132 sdk 17, Display 1280x800; dpi;160 size 9.4'
GPU:Mali-400MP, RAM: 2048 Flash:32 gb Build in:16gb actual, wifi, usb, Bluetooth gps= all yes, camer 5MP additional 1.9MP.
Many thanks for your kindness and time.
Adam
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RK3188 adb is running no screen__help PLEASE
After erasing IDB in my unknown china tablet and loosing my whole system I was able to load different custom firmware from Chuwi v88 + different kernel and my Tab popup in windows showing 2 extra drives F and G.I did open android studio and notice access to adb and all activity in my android.The RKandroidTool also recognizing my tab.
No reaction to power button only automatically connecting to my comp ( black screen on my tab).
I have original CWM backup of my device.
Can someone advise me how to access recovery from this point or find the way to completely start my tablet.Maybe is possible to recover CWM from adb?I will need some help to use a proper commands perhaps in adb.