Don't know if I should've asked somewhere else but here it goes...
The device I have is a K-Free (or K-Phone) K480 aka Karbonn Titanium S25 Klick (it has another name in the store I bought it jeez) and what I'm specifically trying to do is to boot a kernel from another phone, almost exactly the same model Gigabyte GSmart Mika M3. Both phones run on the MT6582 platform.
Both devices are nearly identical, with the exception of the front facing camera where on the GSmart it is 8MP and on mine it is 5MP (the only difference in H/W mind you) and I even have the case for it on my phone. The point is - the hardware could be considered the same thing. Then I took a look at the software side of things...
Guess what - everything's almost the same as well, down to the partition layout (scatter files identical), littlekernel (uboot) works on my phone and yet I can't boot the boot.img of it or even the OS (haven't tried too hard on copying system.img, it should've worked with the ROM I have) so the only conclusion I can make is that the preloader needs to be flashed as well which is the most scary part.
Comparing the two preloaders from each phone, the one I have is newer than the one from the GSmart and I know why exactly - the dude in the store flashed my phone since it was a "new" model lol. The OEM provided them with software for Karbonn Titanium S25 (v1.7). Other than the date, there are still some differences - at the large chunk at the beginning it is the same, some stuff is moved around and most of all the final portion is different and I assume that's for the kernel side of things, but I could be wrong. So in conclusion, a large part of it is similar as well.
The reason why I make this fuss about is because Gigabyte seems to update their devices more often for one and the second reason would be simply exploring the possibilities of what I can and can't do with my phone and finally, the third reason would be ultimately, Gigabyte provided me with kernel sources for their Mika M3 and yet nobody from K-Free or Karbonn have responded so I have to get the stock GSmart kernel running on my device anyway and I know it's possible.
I need to know one thing for sure - would this work? The only way to find out is to flash it and I am a bit skeptical to try it out. Unless there's a safe escape route (no testpoints or anything, it's under warranty), I really don't know if I'm going to try it at all. At least, if anybody knows if the device will load some preloader or USB VCOM mode if it fails, please let me know.
EDIT: Just to let you know, holding Vol Down while plugged in without battery loads the meta mode, so it may work after all. I ask people who are familiar with MTK devices to confirm if MT6582 after failed preloader will continue doing that.
EDIT2: I was a bit impatient, but hey, flashing the preloader worked! lol Now onto turning the phone into a Mika M3 completely...
EDIT3: OK nevermind it seems I have answered my questions myself. To everyone who owns this device: you can flash Mika M3 software on it. Everything works just fine.
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Hallo experts, i've been xda reader for about 2 years now and i didn't bothered (or needed) to register. Flashed succesfully couple of phones.
My current phone however, has given my too much rage trips So here's the story:
Bought a "Alps U9000" which is a Note 3 Clone based on mtk6589 chipset.
First i made a Backup with MT Droid Tools.
Figured out and installed mt65xx vcom usb drivers.
Flashed couple of roms compatible (or not?) with my phone. First day my phone went totally black dead. But somehow i managet to get a rom that is identicall with stock, flashed and voila. Then i tried couple more similar roms.
They all worked, but after fifth or so, this is the weird thing, my touch became totally unresponsive. Nada.
Since then i tried everything and nothing helped. Bunch of different roms, MY Backup Rom, Restoring Imei,
Plugged mouse to a phone and it works like a charm, but no touch.
Can someone Help?
Hint: I flashed everything with the battery, using MTK preloader vcom driver.
When i tried whole Rom without battery pressing Vol+ it failed.
Only preloader without battery worked, and then the rest with battery worked also.
Dont know if it's relevant.
Any help would be much appreciated.
lutec.ludwig said:
Hallo experts, i've been xda reader for about 2 years now and i didn't bothered (or needed) to register. Flashed succesfully couple of phones.
My current phone however, has given my too much rage trips So here's the story:
Bought a "Alps U9000" which is a Note 3 Clone based on mtk6589 chipset.
First i made a Backup with MT Droid Tools.
Figured out and installed mt65xx vcom usb drivers.
Flashed couple of roms compatible (or not?) with my phone. First day my phone went totally black dead. But somehow i managet to get a rom that is identicall with stock, flashed and voila. Then i tried couple more similar roms.
They all worked, but after fifth or so, this is the weird thing, my touch became totally unresponsive. Nada.
Since then i tried everything and nothing helped. Bunch of different roms, MY Backup Rom, Restoring Imei,
Plugged mouse to a phone and it works like a charm, but no touch.
Can someone Help?
Hint: I flashed everything with the battery, using MTK preloader vcom driver.
When i tried whole Rom without battery pressing Vol+ it failed.
Only preloader without battery worked, and then the rest with battery worked also.
Dont know if it's relevant.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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Tutorial on using MTK Droid Tool & SP Flash Tool here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160490
Noob_XDA said:
Tutorial on using MTK Droid Tool & SP Flash Tool here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2160490
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Yeah i read all that yesterday. And flashing works like a charm. My question is:
What is more possible:
Digitizer was fried in the process of trying roms and usb drivers
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or
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i missed a step, made incomplete backup with some wrong version of DT?
Can i finally break my brick i two or shoud i research some more?
lutec.ludwig said:
Yeah i read all that yesterday. And flashing works like a charm. My question is:
What is more possible:
Digitizer was fried in the process of trying roms and usb drivers
/
or
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i missed a step, made incomplete backup with some wrong version of DT?
Can i finally break my brick i two or shoud i research some more?
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Flashing your original boot & system image ONLY back to your phone should be enough to restore it.
Don't tick other check boxes in SP Flash Tool.
help me! :C
lutec.ludwig said:
Hallo experts, i've been xda reader for about 2 years now and i didn't bothered (or needed) to register. Flashed succesfully couple of phones.
My current phone however, has given my too much rage trips So here's the story:
Bought a "Alps U9000" which is a Note 3 Clone based on mtk6589 chipset.
First i made a Backup with MT Droid Tools.
Figured out and installed mt65xx vcom usb drivers.
Flashed couple of roms compatible (or not?) with my phone. First day my phone went totally black dead. But somehow i managet to get a rom that is identicall with stock, flashed and voila. Then i tried couple more similar roms.
They all worked, but after fifth or so, this is the weird thing, my touch became totally unresponsive. Nada.
Since then i tried everything and nothing helped. Bunch of different roms, MY Backup Rom, Restoring Imei,
Plugged mouse to a phone and it works like a charm, but no touch.
Can someone Help?
Hint: I flashed everything with the battery, using MTK preloader vcom driver.
When i tried whole Rom without battery pressing Vol+ it failed.
Only preloader without battery worked, and then the rest with battery worked also.
Dont know if it's relevant.
Any help would be much appreciated.
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dude I am new in the forum just like you, same situation and I have exactly the same phone, I already searched in needrom and already tryied with several roms, since the original its really really almost impossible to find, I looked everywhere seriously, if you can help me I would be so happy, I just need the link from where you find it or your backup, I know the second choice is asking for too much but with mega is not really that hard, you dont need to help me but if you do it I swear I would help other people with the same phone
what I know about this phone is that its manufactored by alps and they sell it as ulefone model:u9000, my box came with no brand-mark at all, only crap like "Its Android Phone !" quadcore cpu and other stuff
Well, if you need original rom for the device I can share with you.
I just bought another exact same one. Downloaded Rom from it with flash tool via read back option.
Flashed the faulty one with it but still it didn't worked.
System works, WiFi, BT, 3g, but no touchscreen. Only with mouse per USB i was able to test the above mentioned.
I guess I will send it back and hope for a refund or a repair because I am pretty sure the hardware is faulty.
Maybe there is some1 that knows more about mtk devices? Does the phone have only the emmc memory or is there some sort of vram that stores Calibration data for touch, imei number and so on?
After many attempts my N9002 showed signs of life. I managed to flash it with a rom N9000. The cell phone on, the screen is backlit, the samsung startup sound is heard, the back and lie buttons light up menu. But the screen goes black and shows no image.
Someone can help me?
Search for N9002 ROM's in Needrom.
Hello everyone! Happy new month as we say in Greece!
I'm new to your forum (but I visit the forum way to often to find answers to some of the problems that my friends have with their android phones)
I am a iOS user since the release of the first iPhone (2G) and i still use that phone as my primary device.
Due to economical issues I never could buy a newer version of the device.
So I thought... an iPhone clone might do the trick for me!
SO I bought a used Goophone i5.
The specs that antutu gave me was that the phone had:
Quad-Core CPU (MT6589 if I'm not mistaken) --> which is a lie, because the phone in factory mode (Power + Vol down told me it was a dual core mt6577)
2GB RAM
I wanted to fresh install the ROM of the phone and I went to needrom.com to find the ROM for my phone.
I extracted the downloaded files and with SP Flashtool i followed the steps to install the ROM.
But once the green circle appeared in my PC monitor, and told me that everything was OK I ejected the phone cable and tried to power on the device.
The device doenst show ANY kind of response to anything (no dev manager port appearance or anything) and that means i cannot install another ROM or even go to recovery mode to install another rom OR even try another ROM from SP Flashtool.
I tried to locate the test point of the device but i couldn't since I've never tried that before and i am kinda scared that i will ruin my new pretty shiny iPhone clone.
Here are some images of the inside of the device (not taken by me) :
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img541/2850/ebne.jpg
http://imagizer.imageshack.us/a/img132/1700/u36i.jpg
My questions are the following:
1) Can someone help me find the test point and give me step-by-step instructions on how to connect my phone again to SP Flashtool?
2) Is there a way to avoid finding the TP and just flashing a new ROM?
3) Does someone have the same problem as me out there?
4) Is there a newer ROM with ios7 looks?
Thanks to all,
hope you can all help me and then help you if needed :highfive:
The articles that I have already tried and researched are:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2417060
http://translate.google.gr/translat...Z3x&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb
http://translate.google.gr/translat...W8x&rls=org.mozilla:en-US:official&channel=sb
http://forum.china-iphone.ru/unbrick-goophone-i5-tk-6575-t29417.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1943442
UP please
UP . anyone?
3985993 4393
UP. Anyone?
up!
No one knows how to do this?
The things I also tried was to charge the battery from a external charger with leads and connect it to another device to see if it still works.
The battery so does work
But still cant locate the test point and cant connect the device to SP Flashtool.
Please help XDA members
Hi fellow xda'rs,
I recently bought a Android TV Stick from Geek(app) from china.
I thought I had found a bargain as its specs were:-
2GB RAM
Quad Core CPU
16GB Storage
I managed to snap this up for £24 which I thought was a bargain but when I got the device delivered and was using it I thought it was a little on the slow side so I began to think it was a clone as its default OS theme was not the same as the usual CX919's aswell.
So I wanted to flash the device with a new ROM specifically the Finless 1.6b ROM.
So after following the instructions to installing the ROM using the software provided with the ROM download I managed to install the drivers and get the software to recognize the device. I then wiped the NAND and attempted to install the ROM but it failed .
Now the device does not boot at all and is not recognized by the PC. Windows just states the device is not recognized and has malfunctioned
So I cannot flash any other or what I believer I have found to be the original ROM for the clone device.
The board states its a GXT_D16_LP_V1.8 150310
I have seen that there are tutorials on putting the device into Mask Flash mode by shorting pins but as this is for the genuine CX919 my board is totally different and does not have the pins available to short I think.
In short could anyone help me to put this device into Mask Flash mode and tell me what id need to do and what pins to short please?
I have attached a couple of pictures of the device and board.
lowery91 said:
hi fellow xda'rs,
i recently bought a android tv stick from geek(app) from china.
I thought i had found a bargain as its specs were:-
2gb ram
quad core cpu
16gb storage
i managed to snap this up for £24 which i thought was a bargain but when i got the device delivered and was using it i thought it was a little on the slow side so i began to think it was a clone as its default os theme was not the same as the usual cx919's aswell.
So i wanted to flash the device with a new rom specifically the finless 1.6b rom.
So after following the instructions to installing the rom using the software provided with the rom download i managed to install the drivers and get the software to recognize the device. I then wiped the nand and attempted to install the rom but it failed .
Now the device does not boot at all and is not recognized by the pc. Windows just states the device is not recognized and has malfunctioned
so i cannot flash any other or what i believer i have found to be the original rom for the clone device.
The board states its a gxt_d16_lp_v1.8 150310
i have seen that there are tutorials on putting the device into mask flash mode by shorting pins but as this is for the genuine cx919 my board is totally different and does not have the pins available to short i think.
In short could anyone help me to put this device into mask flash mode and tell me what id need to do and what pins to short please?
I have attached a couple of pictures of the device and board.
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problem solved! :d
i found the mask flash mode pins to short by trial and error and luckily enough after 1 hour i solved it and got the pc to flash it back to its original rom. If anyone has the same device or issues and would like to know how to solve this i will be happy to help
I would be interested. I have a very similar clone (was supposed to be mk809iv). I have the same board although possibly different chipset.
I haven't bricked it (yet) but will probably do so if I can't find a way to root it. I think it may have come pre-rooted as super su was preinstalled but it has never worked (possibly because the app updated but not the binary?). I have since tried to update the binary and killed the root access completely.
Questions:
Is the ROM you used pre-rooted or rootable (if you've tried)?
Which pins need shorting? I have a button on the side that may be doing the same thing.
OT. How do I upload images or can I not as a new member?
Thanks in advance
any guide? i have the same device or where to download rom?
If your still looking, i might be able to help with a rom, root, and guide.
Thank you but managed to get root the same day you posted. I may still give it a go when my new tv box turns up though if you dont mind posting the info?
For anyone else interested in how I gained root:
1. Search for, download and install kingroot 4.6.5 (this is the version I used, only the latest version is available from official site and cannot be sure next steps will work with it)
2. Run kingroot and follow steps to gain root (dongle may reboot)
3. BUY super sume from play store.
4. Run super sume and follow steps to replace kingroot with super su.
what pins did you short
I am having problems flashing my hdmi stick . I can't get it to flash mode. which pins did you shorted?
can you email me a picture of it? [email protected] thanks
Lowery91 said:
problem solved! :d
i found the mask flash mode pins to short by trial and error and luckily enough after 1 hour i solved it and got the pc to flash it back to its original rom. If anyone has the same device or issues and would like to know how to solve this i will be happy to help
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Hello,
Having some problems with this stick .Messed up trying to flash a non rooted rom and now I only get a blue icon in rkbatch tool ( after short pin 5-6 ) and nothing happens. Download boot fail errors for a year...
Can someone help me please?
Is it the same model? What version of rkflash tool are you using. And what version are you trying to flash. In my case I didn't need to short any pins.
spade2be said:
Is it the same model? What version of rkflash tool are you using. And what version are you trying to flash. In my case I didn't need to short any pins.
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I've used several batchtools from 1.5 ( doesn't see my device at all ) to 1.8, different roms ( neomod, finless, stock cx919 roms )hoping one would give me something. All different bootloaders 1.24, 2.08, 2.13,...
I'm going to check mine out. It's been a minute since I used it. But I got the rock chip tool and the img file. I'll zip it up and pm you the link asap.
spade2be said:
I'm going to check mine out. It's been a minute since I used it. But I got the rock chip tool and the img file. I'll zip it up and pm you the link asap.
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Thnx a million for your help. I've gone bonkers over this hahaha
Lowery91 said:
problem solved! :d
i found the mask flash mode pins to short by trial and error and luckily enough after 1 hour i solved it and got the pc to flash it back to its original rom. If anyone has the same device or issues and would like to know how to solve this i will be happy to help
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what pins did you short
I am having problems flashing my hdmi stick . I can't get it to flash mode. which pins did you shorted?
can you email me a picture of it? [email protected] thanks
I found this bricked tablet, it's a generic chinese 7 inch tablet, it has the MTK8382 processor, single SIM, but I can't figure out anything else about it. Is there any kind of universal rom for these things? I tried to install some roms I found online for models with a similar shape but I ended up bricking it, now it just display lines on the display or a white screen when I turn it on, nothing else works. Should I just throw it away?
It's this generic model that can be found on alibaba if you want to buy in bulk and start your awful tablet company: http://www.alibaba.com/product-detail/MTK8382-7-inch-alps-tablet-pc_60273334448.html
I managed to resuscitate it using a rom meant for a device called IKON 7 Tablet, also known as Royqueen MR706. I had flashed at least 20 roms for similar devices before I found this one. It works 100%, even the camera and the FM radio, so it must mean it's a clone of a clone of a clone with the same source hardware from the same crappy chinese factory. This rom is pretty decent too, moderately fast and only has a few crappy games preinstalled, no malware or weird stuff. It even comes with the google apps (still not giving it my google account), flash player, and office suite.
This is the info from MTK Droid Tools. Any other rom I can get for this device to make it a bit more useful?
Also, it seems like I lost the original IMEI of this device. Is there any way to recover it or give it a working IMEI?
I have the same tablet too!
MarkMRL said:
I managed to resuscitate it using a rom meant for a device called IKON 7 Tablet, also known as Royqueen MR706. I had flashed at least 20 roms for similar devices before I found this one. It works 100%, even the camera and the FM radio, so it must mean it's a clone of a clone of a clone with the same source hardware from the same crappy chinese factory. This rom is pretty decent too, moderately fast and only has a few crappy games preinstalled, no malware or weird stuff. It even comes with the google apps (still not giving it my google account), flash player, and office suite.
This is the info from MTK Droid Tools. Any other rom I can get for this device to make it a bit more useful?
Also, it seems like I lost the original IMEI of this device. Is there any way to recover it or give it a working IMEI?
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Hi! I have the same tablet and in my case this ROM not worked.
My tablet is: Mediatek MT8312v. Was bricked, and I tried flash with ROM royqueen MR706D by rp_yonex (maybe you saw it out there) but not revived correctly... showed a IKON logo when it start but the display and touch function failed, the screen is misaligned or is seen as half, i don´t know how say, just not functioned correctly.
But i think that i'm not very away from solution.
Even though the screen does not work very well, I could get this data in the "settings/ about tablet" :
Model number: IK-TPC783
Android version: 4.2.2
Baseband version: MOLY.WR8.W1315.MD.WG.MP.V18, 2013/11/29 20:10
Buil number: MT83x2_MR706_MR7063L1C2W1.2014031418
Custom build version: 1.19_20140125
Hardware info: MT8312
Please help!
I'm having an issue with a VERY similar device... It's an MR706, with zero markings indicating brand/manufacturer... The motherboard appears to be model K20-MB-V1.0 and there's a chip (not sure WHICH chip) with a brand called FORESEE on it. Anyway - I attempted to update the firmware using that royqueen scatter, and now the thing won't boot at all. Held the reset button, held all buttons, plugged in (it was at 96% battery before I flashed it) - nothing. Wondering if it's totally bricked or if there's some magic that someone can teach me...
Ithilhin said:
I'm having an issue with a VERY similar device... It's an MR706, with zero markings indicating brand/manufacturer... The motherboard appears to be model K20-MB-V1.0 and there's a chip (not sure WHICH chip) with a brand called FORESEE on it. Anyway - I attempted to update the firmware using that royqueen scatter, and now the thing won't boot at all. Held the reset button, held all buttons, plugged in (it was at 96% battery before I flashed it) - nothing. Wondering if it's totally bricked or if there's some magic that someone can teach me...
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You must be sure the exact model to the chip (the big one usually). In my case it's "MediaTek ARM MT8312v". You can search a compatible ROM to flash with the SP Flash Tools.
Or check if this help (mytabletguru.com/how-to-find-chinese-tablet-firmware)
Share the results!
qsdinf said:
You must be sure the exact model to the chip (the big one usually). In my case it's "MediaTek ARM MT8312v". You can search a compatible ROM to flash with the SP Flash Tools.
Or check if this help (mytabletguru.com/how-to-find-chinese-tablet-firmware)
Share the results!
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While I'm a fairly seasoned technician, I'll fully/freely admit to this being the first Android tablet I've taken apart. Here's a picture of the innards - help? The only chip with writing/markings is on the top-left - and there's nothing with MediaTek, ARM, or MT - though there is a number that's been popping up in my searches (8382)...
I have same problem
hello how are you dear,
i have a tablet ismart china tablet. Model is i-tab79g8.
i flash this tab whith sp flash tool. i cannot make a backup old files.
i download a scatter file.
this scatter was install success. but when power on the device screen lights on but no display on lcd.
i am so worry please help me.
some additional information hear.
SP. Flash tool information.
Chip Name: MT6582_s01
Chip version: 0x0000ca01
Ext clock: EXT_26M
RAM Type: DRAM
so when i open back cover i see
bord number : K733 B1-1 20140329
processor: MEDIATEK ARM MT8312 V 1421-XAHHTH CTT3P551
PLEASE HELP ME
I just noticed these new posts in my thread. Unfortunately I'm not able to help any of you because I literally fixed mine via trial and error. Like I said I kept flashing rom after rom until one worked. I bricked it in several ways before getting the right rom, it had all kinds of issues from not booting at all, showing a boot logo and then bootlooping, showing lines on the screen, and so on. I found it by googling for devices with similar hardware.
But honestly, it wasn't worth it to fix this p.o.s.
If you have a similar device you're better off getting rid of it and buying a new one.
Hello everyone.
Before explaining my problem, I must apologize for my english (I'm from Argentina).
I have to say I'm confuse.
My grandfather gave me a phone he didn't use (because mine died), an Archos 45c Titanium with lots of viruses (old people way of use I guess), so I tried to root with Kingo in order to clean it, but it got bootloop and it's not going further of the logo screen and stay vibrating forever. So I googled for instructions to flash it and found the stock rom (archos 45c titanium MT6572) and SP Flash Tools, MTK drivers and even ADB drivers. But couldn't manage to get my phone detected by SP Flash Tools so I started a quest searching for the right driver (and a lots of ways to clean my driver library in Win 10), but none of the older or newest versions of MTK/ADB/CDC/VROM drivers managed to detect my phone, not even by adding legacy hardware. Until I found Spreadtrum drivers that I installed with no much hope, but they worked perfectly. So I googled if there's any version of archos 45c with Spreadtrum processor (most of them say MT6572), and I found just a couple of web with specification for an Archos 45c Titanium with SC7731 Spreadtrum processor.
My question is... Is this even possible? xD Maybe I just mess up everything good in the world and now I'm hallucinating... or is it my phone really that rare? And more important, anybody knows where I can find a .pac stock rom for a device wich is suposse to be MT6572? If not, can I use another stock rom for another archos 45 Spreadtrum series?
Thank you in advanced.