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Thank you all to helped make this possible. and i would like to try it! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=547133
i can not for the life me figure out the cold card thing. i am new to flashing phones. i have visa home premium 64 bit. also ubuntu. i am stuck at the Terminal Emulator, i found the key board (hold menu)/ not only that but you cant use the htc keyboard that is also on this site. but when i type ‘ cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid ‘ without the quote sign. nothing happens/ what am i doing wrong! will someone post the complete newbe guide for me..Or lead me in the right direction... thanks in advance.
T-mo MyTouch 3G
zylith said:
Thank you all to helped make this possible. and i would like to try it! http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=547133
i can not for the life me figure out the cold card thing. i am new to flashing phones. i have visa home premium 64 bit. also ubuntu. i am stuck at the Terminal Emulator, i found the key board (hold menu)/ not only that but you cant use the htc keyboard that is also on this site. but when i type ‘ cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid ‘ without the quote sign. nothing happens/ what am i doing wrong! will someone post the complete newbe guide for me..Or lead me in the right direction... thanks in advance.
T-mo MyTouch 3G
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I actually have the same issue except it says invalid directory. Also for Qmat where you are supposed to type a number, where does this number come from?
i was having the same problem, try this : download better terminal emulator from the market , press menu , initial command and then type in that code cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid and then press ok and then press the back key and reboot the device once it boots back up run better terminal emulator again and it should run the script for you which will show you the gold card code that you need
awesome.. i so read that you can not use the qmat 4.46 and that you have to use 4.36 and it is not on the site does anyone have a link to that?
ok, im going to try to make it easy for you..
1 - doesnt matter what version of qmat you have - i used 4.46 and it worked fine
2 - you need a kingston sd card - i can confirm success with kingston and failure with sandisk
3 - make sure you have android sdk installed (newest one preferred) and configured - CONFIGURED IS IMPORTANT! if you dont know how to install/configure - READ!!!
4 - once all is setup - plug your mytouch into your computer - for windows: start-run-cmd / linux/mac - open terminal
5 - make sure that you have usb debugging enabled on your phones
6 - in the cmd prompt/terminal type:
adb shell press return and you should have $
type: cat /sys/class/mmc_host/mmc1/mmc1:*/cid
the result should be a long string of numbers.... copy this string....
7 - open qmat and click on Cyptoanalysis Tools > Crypto Toolbox
8 - paste the number into the blank and click reverse string - copy that string
9 - go to http://revskills.de/pages/goldcard.html
10 - follow the instructions on that page - you will be emailed your gold card...
11 - save your goldcard to your desktop or wherever you can access it -
12 - install HxD Hex Editor from here:
http://download.cnet.com/HxD-Hex-Edi...=uo&tag=button
13 - once installed, open HxD and click on Extra > Open Disk.
Under Physical disk, select Removable Disk, uncheck “Open as Readonly, click ok
14 - next open goldcard img from Extra - open disk image
15 - ctrl A to select all in goldcard image
16 - go to sd card tab (first tab) and place the cursor at the very beginning
17 - paste and save - answer yes to the dialog box.
18 - DONE
The sandisk 4gb card that comes with the mytouch worked fine for the gold card
In Better Terminal Adapter, press "ball M" as enter. The enter key on the keyboard doesn't work. That is the trackball and M at the same time.
Reminder. In windows 7, probably Vista also, run HxD AS ADMINISTRATOR!
Edit: Posted some screen shots so you can see what it should look like when you open the file in HxD. Hope it helps.
i am getting device not found? i went thru the guide http://developer.android.com/sdk/1.5_r3/installing.html all is good. i have eclipse downloaded but not installed does it need to be?
I will try the Ball +M and see how that works
tried on phone "not found" is what i got.. debugging is checked i don't know what i am doing wrong. i am following all directions i tried once with phone not connected to pc and tired again with it connected and mounted /// idk
well i feel like a noob now. i have adb, i get to adb shell. i type in the command..and i get "no such file or directory" did i miss a step?
issues with gold card
Is anyone else having problems getting their gold card set up?
I have a class 4 4gb Kingston SD card, which I purchased specifically for this, that I've set up a gold card on SEVERAL times that is not working.
Every time I fast boot on my MyTouch it checks the .img file, then I get an error:
"Model ID incorrect!
Update Fail!"
I know for a fact that my model ID is correct as I pulled it from adb, copied and pasted, and I've followed these instructions to the letter including using the hex editor.
I've also verified that the gold card is functioning by testing its ability to be written to.
Does anyone have any suggestions?? If this is not the place to post, please let me know and I apologize in advance as I haven't been able to find any one else with similar issues.
Feel free to get at me on gtalk:
[email protected]
SilverSurfR said:
Reminder. In windows 7, probably Vista also, run HxD AS ADMINISTRATOR!
Edit: Posted some screen shots so you can see what it should look like when you open the file in HxD. Hope it helps.
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downloaded HxD and went to open! this is what i got.almost nothing. your correct has some letters and i have maybe 3 not alot like the wrong pic. i can e-mail the pic
I can confirm success with the sandisk sd card that came with the mytouch 3g from t-mobile.
ugh i was hoping i wouldnt have to ask this, but here it goes...
ive been reading a lot over the past week since i got my mytouch 3g. pretty much in preparation of rooting and flashing roms. im a total noob when it comes to HTC/Android modding (tweaked a few iphones over the past 2 years) and some of this is still greek to me.
i dont use windows often so i guess thats another step back for me as well lol. anyway...i plugged my device into a pc and prepared to make a gold card. i knew i had to select "usb debugging" before making changes but i didnt do it before i plugged the phone in. i was also in the process of downloading the android sdk file when i plugged in and i let windows set up the drivers for my device. it looks like im already stuck before i started is there anyway to reverse this? the steps dont seem to complicated but i just got off on the wrong foot here and im stuck.
when i go to start, run, cmd & type adb shell i get an error message along the lines of "device not found....internal or external command" (i dont remember the exact message. i tried it about 2 hours ago and i dont recall the exact phrasing). i believe i found how i got here i just need some help back tracking and starting over.
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ugh i was hoping i wouldnt have to ask this, but here it goes...
ive been reading a lot over the past week since i got my mytouch 3g. pretty much in preparation of rooting and flashing roms. im a total noob when it comes to HTC/Android modding (tweaked a few iphones over the past 2 years) and some of this is still greek to me.
i dont use windows often so i guess thats another step back for me as well lol. anyway...i plugged my device into a pc and prepared to make a gold card. i knew i had to select "usb debugging" before making changes but i didnt do it before i plugged the phone in. i was also in the process of downloading the android sdk file when i plugged in and i let windows set up the drivers for my device. it looks like im already stuck before i started is there anyway to reverse this? the steps dont seem to complicated but i just got off on the wrong foot here and im stuck.
when i go to start, run, cmd & type adb shell i get an error message along the lines of "device not found....internal or external command" (i dont remember the exact message. i tried it about 2 hours ago and i dont recall the exact phrasing). i believe i found how i got here i just need some help back tracking and starting over.
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you are in the same boat as me. although even though i we plugged in the phone before sdk was installed with driver i when to system settings and tried to update the driver with sdk and i got "driver is up to date" so i don't think that is a problem, although maybe deleting the device would help. go to device manager and uninstall the device, its will be under the disk drive.
is any of that going to help?
*** i can't type in numbers in better terminal emulator help please ***
tried again this morning. removed original drivers and installed the drivers that came with the sdk package. that went smoothly. now i plug in, go to start, run, cmd....try adb and adb shell and get the same error message "C:\documents and settings\new user>adb shell 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program batch or file."
i thought i had the android sdk installed correctly but maybe im wrong on that. any insight? i get the feeling im way off track here...
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tried again this morning. removed original drivers and installed the drivers that came with the sdk package. that went smoothly. now i plug in, go to start, run, cmd....try adb and adb shell and get the same error message "C:\documents and settings\new user>adb shell 'adb' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program batch or file."
i thought i had the android sdk installed correctly but maybe im wrong on that. any insight? i get the feeling im way off track here...
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I retried on my 32 bit win xp and got the same thing as you. that is 3 diffrent systems that i have tried this on and no luck.. i am following all directions to the "t" and still nothing- what are we doing wrong?
anybody? im stranded here lol.
step 1 and im lost...modding iphones was sooooo much easier! oh well, i like the challenege.
I've tried every method I could find or think of to get out of this problem before posting here. Any help I can get would be appreciated. My gTab seems totally bricked. If I try to boot normally, I just get a blank screen. It powers up, but doesn't go through any bootloading process.
Recovery mode pops up a screen saying "Recovery key detected" and just freezes there. Won't recover any Update.zip I try.
Can't get adb to recognize my device no matter what I do. I've given tons of forums the run for my money (about $300 considering the price of the gTab). I need help quick! I really like this tablet and don't want to scrap it for something else.
If anybody can help with a solution, I'll update with a tutorial on my original post because I'm gonna take notes about everything I do to get this thing up and running again. I'm really close to getting adb to recognize my device on Windows. I'd try it in Ubuntu, but my Broadband2Go doesn't seem to work well with Ubuntu even though some people seem to have solved that issue as well (but that's another problem in itself).
did you try an APX mode restoration?
nvFlash is your friend
here are the instructions to restore your Gtab to Stock origional
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
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I've tried every method I could find or think of to get out of this problem before posting here. Any help I can get would be appreciated. My gTab seems totally bricked. If I try to boot normally, I just get a blank screen. It powers up, but doesn't go through any bootloading process.
Recovery mode pops up a screen saying "Recovery key detected" and just freezes there. Won't recover any Update.zip I try.
Can't get adb to recognize my device no matter what I do. I've given tons of forums the run for my money (about $300 considering the price of the gTab). I need help quick! I really like this tablet and don't want to scrap it for something else.
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You don't really need ADB nor do you need to to install the complete Tegra Development environment. For Windows, just do the following:
1) Download the base USB driver here http://www.myadventvega.co.uk/SystemUSB.zip and extract the files into a new folder somewhere.
2) Plug your tablet into your PC and browse to the folder created in step 1 to manually install the driver when prompted. If you've already plugged in your tablet before, you may not get prompted for a driver so go to your "Device Manager" in Control Panel and find your tablet, should show up as "APX" or something else with a warning symbol. Just right-click on the driver name and choose "Update Driver software". Then browse to the files you extracted
3) Then follow the instructions that bobtran links to above, post #4.
Easy with my Linux
I learned to nvflash my tablet on my linux box in about an hour. you can use you windows box to download the files and flash drive to move them over to your linux. once I had all the files and place them all in the SAME correct folder.. I navigated or cd to that folder and just ran the linux script, I have it memorized at this point. I had a great time and there was nothing to it just follow the instructions here for linux, get the files and put them all in the same folder correctly - nvflash and nothing to it. really awesome to be on the latest build.. completely different that the original that came with it when I purchased it.
Here ya go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9603803&postcount=1
More information on nvflash for linux found here:http://wiki.tegratab.com/index.php/Clockwork_Recovery
and here:http://wiki.tegratab.com/index.php/Nvflash_FAQ
I enjoy my WinVista but to really make life easy when there is a real problem I use my linux with android.. no drivers needed and they talk like old friends
Good news so far. Got broadband working on Linux. JDK up and running. I tried all of the Windows methods you guys mentioned. Driver was installed and recognizing my tablet fine, but ADB was a no go on Windows. Now gonna work this problem through on Linux. Thanks for all the input though. I'm getting more help than I expected already.
I think nvflash recognizes my device, but it's not flashing anything onto the drive. I just get the following output:
Nvflash started
rcm version 0X20001
System Information:
chip name: t20
chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 3
chip sku: 0x8
chip uid: 0x1714404642a130d7
macrovision: disabled
hdcp: enabled
sbk burned: false
dk burned: false
boot device: nand
operating mode: 3
device config strap: 0
device config fuse: 0
sdram config strap: 0
command failure: no commands found
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Any ideas?
Thanks makto! That was literally everything I needed to get it up and running again. I've bricked my gTablet before, but never to the point I couldn't sdcard flash it. Thank God for nvflash!!
Did you try placing a rom on your removable SD card and recover to it? It sounds like you tried a bunch of things and finally had success, but that would have been the first thing I would have tried.
Of course I did. I've done that multiple times before, but for some reason I couldn't do it anymore. After I flashed my tablet with nvflash, it hasn't been reading external SD cards well, so I think that might be part of what was wrong with it before.
So I think I actually bricked my gtab. Yesterday I decided to put it back to stock to start over from scratch. I've been swapping roms (Vegan, tntlite, ect) and found the seetup I liked but wanted to setup from a clean start. I've used nvflash to revert before so that was a no brainer but now when I try and use nvflash (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950) it just stops part way with a bad data error. The one difference this time was I tried the format rom first(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=974422. )
Any thoughts on how to recover when nvflash just stops working?
Yep give nvflash a try
bobbob8010105 said:
Yep give nvflash a try
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you're really helpful.
Finally got my gtab to take the rom and used the OTA updater to get to latest stock but now I'm stuck in APX. Hope you are having better luck then I am.
I looked in android developement (rooting, FAQ,..etc) thread and was sure I was on the right track until it said that "easy root for linyx and mac" and "super 1 Click" would not work for 2.3.3. Now I am confused as to where to start. I read that you should download Clockwork mod and it said download a gingerbread rom, but I am confused because I thought the version 2.3.3 that I have is in fact gingerbread. Isn't there an easy tutorial for 2.3.3 users? Right now my phone is just unlocked and that's it. Can someone point me in the right direction? I don't know what all the rooting terms mean so please be clear. Thanks
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I looked in android developement (rooting, FAQ,..etc) thread and was sure I was on the right track until it said that "easy root for linyx and mac" and "super 1 Click" would not work for 2.3.3. Now I am confused as to where to start. I read that you should download Clockwork mod and it said download a gingerbread rom, but I am confused because I thought the version 2.3.3 that I have is in fact gingerbread. Isn't there an easy tutorial for 2.3.3 users? Right now my phone is just unlocked and that's it. Can someone point me in the right direction? I don't know what all the rooting terms mean so please be clear. Thanks
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Go here first>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
Then go here>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Read the Development Forum and decide which rom you want to use.>>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1117
GTWalling said:
Go here first>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
Then go here>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Read the Development Forum and decide which rom you want to use.>>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1117
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Ok, I appreciate the response however, I have questions:
1) I don't get it....the second link you posted says you don't need to use Rom Manager but also suggests you go read the first link you posted which says you need to use Rom Manager. These directions are all over the place.
2) Will all of this rooting be taking place on my PC...I have windows XP
3) It says install Rom Manager to your O/S. What is an O/S and what is Rom Manager.
It would be nice if all of these links and directions were on one page and didn't bring you to more links that bring you to more links that bring you to more directions that bring you to more links.
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Ok, I appreciate the response however, I have questions:
1) I don't get it....the second link you posted says you don't need to use Rom Manager but also suggests you go read the first link you posted which says you need to use Rom Manager. These directions are all over the place.
2) Will all of this rooting be taking place on my PC...I have windows XP
3) It says install Rom Manager to your O/S. What is an O/S and what is Rom Manager.
It would be nice if all of these links and directions were on one page and didn't bring you to more links that bring you to more links that bring you to more directions that bring you to more links.
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1) No it doesn't, dont use ROM manager at all. What I think you're confusing it with is Clockwork Recovery, thats what's being flashed from your computer so you can change into better roms.
2) Yes, you use the one click root and you'll see your phone running code and then it'll be done, and you use Clockwork Recovery to flash roms.
3) Wrong for both, and look up what an OS is, some questions are so simple that you should use Google instead. Its an Operating System, and if you dont know what that is, Google is your friend.
Sent from my amazing G2x running EaglesBlood and Faux.
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1) No it doesn't, dont use ROM manager at all. What I think you're confusing it with is Clockwork Recovery, thats what's being flashed from your computer so you can change into better roms.
2) Yes, you use the one click root and you'll see your phone running code and then it'll be done, and you use Clockwork Recovery to flash roms.
3) Wrong for both, and look up what an OS is, some questions are so simple that you should use Google instead. Its an Operating System, and if you dont know what that is, Google is your friend.
Sent from my amazing G2x running EaglesBlood and Faux.
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Before i attempt this let me just say that i found a gingerbreak youtube video which is called(gingerbreak one click ROOT ANY Gingerbread 2.3.3 Android device) that seems a lot simpler. You simply download an app and it does the rest for you. Have you heard of this? Id like to do it this way so i dont screw anything up but will i be getting the same benefits?
TheKid1 said:
Before i attempt this let me just say that i found a gingerbreak youtube video which is called(gingerbreak one click ROOT ANY Gingerbread 2.3.3 Android device) that seems a lot simpler. You simply download an app and it does the rest for you. Have you heard of this? Id like to do it this way so i dont screw anything up but will i be getting the same benefits?
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If what we posted is to complicated then rooting is not for you. Just Saying.
agreed, gingerbreak might do the trick but regardless if you do not use the method "King" posted then you are gonna regret it all, and be very frustrated and freak out and make crazy posts! You need to flash ClockWork Recovery in order to switch roms everything else is not proper and only a temporary work around! here is a step by step video just watch it all the way through put the files in a place that easy for you to figure out and then do the process. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUT5JcnJHgk
Ok so let me get this straight. Im gonna do what youve suggested.
1)So im basically downloading two things to my computer : (1 click root) and after that, (clockwork mod)? Is that what you giys are saying?
2)will windows xp work to do this?
yes I still use Windows XP.
GTWalling said:
Go here first>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1060715
Then go here>> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Read the Development Forum and decide which rom you want to use.>>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1117
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ok I've downloaded the file and extracted the the APX and NVFlash folders. I see both folders chilling there. At this point I'm confused because the directions from that second link you gave me says to "install the APX windows driver from the APX folder. Again I have the APX folder and the NVFlash folders in plain siight and when I click on the APX folder, none of the files in there start doing anything....what am I looking for in the APX folder? I see a setup file labeled "NVIDIA" but when I right click it and click install, nothing happens.
Trust me, follow the instructions to flash ClockworkMod Recovery, etc... and you won't ever look back. An hour or two or careful research and following directions will lead to a (phone's) lifetime of enjoyment
the files aren't gonna magically open them selves and start doing everything for you lol, read the directions, or watch the video I linked...
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Trust me, follow the instructions to flash ClockworkMod Recovery, etc... and you won't ever look back. An hour or two or careful research and following directions will lead to a (phone's) lifetime of enjoyment
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I appreciate all the help, but I am following the directions in order from the second link that you've posted. It says to install the apx driver first. So are you telling me to skip all the APX stuff and go right to CWM Recovery? Remember, I have XP and these directions are for others I think.
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the files aren't gonna magically open them selves and start doing everything for you lol, read the directions, or watch the video I linked...
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I've done both. I am stuck on the part of the directions where I've mentioned. Can you help or not?
From one of the links already posted.
(Windows x86 and x64 O/S Drivers):
****If you are running VmWare kill it.****
1 Remove the battery.
2 Plug in your USB cable to your PC.
3 Hold Volume Up and Volume Down at the same time keeping them held down.
4 Plug in the USB cable to your phone. (Keep the buttons held until Windows detects a new APX device.)
5 Open Device Manager in Windows and you should see "APX Device" listed with an error icon.
6 Right click on the APX device.
7 Select 'Update driver software'.
8 Select 'Browse my computer...'.
9 Select 'Let me pick...'.
10 Select 'Have disk'.
11 Browse to directory you extracted the *driver* software to: One-Click-G2x-recovery-flasher-09-23\APX.
12 Accept any warnings, including the big red alert (you may need to disable UAC).
13 Now in Device Manager under 'USB Controllers' you should have an 'NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices'.
14 If not, uninstall the driver, reboot, rinse and repeat.
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From one of the links already posted.
(Windows x86 and x64 O/S Drivers):
****If you are running VmWare kill it.****
1 Remove the battery.
2 Plug in your USB cable to your PC.
3 Hold Volume Up and Volume Down at the same time keeping them held down.
4 Plug in the USB cable to your phone. (Keep the buttons held until Windows detects a new APX device.)
5 Open Device Manager in Windows and you should see "APX Device" listed with an error icon.
6 Right click on the APX device.
7 Select 'Update driver software'.
8 Select 'Browse my computer...'.
9 Select 'Let me pick...'.
10 Select 'Have disk'.
11 Browse to directory you extracted the *driver* software to: One-Click-G2x-recovery-flasher-09-23\APX.
12 Accept any warnings, including the big red alert (you may need to disable UAC).
13 Now in Device Manager under 'USB Controllers' you should have an 'NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for mobile devices'.
14 If not, uninstall the driver, reboot, rinse and repeat.
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Yes thank you. This is where I'm stuck because right above all these directions it say, "Install APX driver from APX folder" not sure how to do this before I begin all these directions. How do I open device manager on Windows XP on step 5?
Ok I'm done with those directions now. Thank you. Now I'm stuck on ClockModRecovery.
Flash ClockworkMod Recovery
1.Remove the battery.
2.Goto NvFlash directory and Double Click "OneClickRecoveryFlasher.exe".
3.Make sure the USB cable is unplugged from your phone.
4.Hold Volume Up and Volume Down at the same time keeping them held down. (Keep them held until you see the "S/W Upgrade" screen on your phone after you complete step7!).
5.Plug in the USB cable to your phone.
6.Click the "Flash CWM" button of your choosing. If you own a External SD card I suggest to choose version 5.0.2.0. This gives you Internal and External SD Support for ROM flashing but has External SD Nandroid Backup Support Only! If you do not own a External SD Card choose version 4.0.1.5 what has full Internal SD support for flashing ROMS and Nandroid backup.
7.You should see it send a bunch of files to the device and the phone screen should say "S/W Upgrade - Please wait while upgrading...". Once the files are sent and the program is finished running in the command window, you can just pull the USB cord while it still says "S/W Upgrade - Please wait while upgrading...".
8.Put the battery back in and you can now boot into Recovery. (see below..)
I'm stuck on number 2. I'm looking at the 2 folders again: "APX" and "NVFlash". I clicked into NVFLASH and clicked "OneClickRecoveryFlasher.exe". It says, "the application failed to initialize properly". Click OK to terminate the application".
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I'm stuck on number 2. I'm looking at the 2 folders again: "APX" and "NVFlash". I clicked into NVFLASH and clicked "OneClickRecoveryFlasher.exe". It says, "the application failed to initialize properly". Click OK to terminate the application".
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Make sure you've disabled antivirus because some of them will interfere. If it still won't work, try downloading it again and reinstalling...it might be a bad install
Sent from my LG-P999 using xda premium
Ok. it was the .netframework. I had SPK3 and assumed it was up to date. Thanks guys
Welcome to my tutorial !
You can find others tutorials related to the Cube i6 :
Update your EFI BIOS
Install Android 4.4.4 (Stock & RemixOS)
Disclamer: This process might contain ROM hacking, this is for advanced users.
Software included may be subject to copyright.
Flash your device at your own risk. Developer is not responsible for what you do on your device.
What you need:
Cube i6 Air (3G or Wifi)
2 Flash Drives (1Gb or more, and 4Gb or more)
OTG cable
USB Hub (3 Ports recommended)
WinPE for Win10 (Downloadable on my drive)
Win10 32 bits ISO (link in tutorial)
THIS IS THE LINK I'M REFFERING TO WHEN SAYING "THE DRIVE"
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B8YPw4HjmqNCZktOZy1OTEN2ZVE&usp=sharing
What to do :
1.) Start by plugging the first usb drive (1Gb or more) into your computer, and format it to FAT32 using any formatting tool,
MAKE SURE YOU CHANGE PARTITION TABLE STYLE TO GPT, EITHER YOU WILL END UP WITH ERROR ON WINPE INSTALL
2.) Now you need to download WinPE from the drive, go to your device folder, then go into the windows folder, and download it.
Once you downloaded it, uncompress. You will find a "WinPE_XX" folder inside, take all of its content, and extract it to your freshly formatted drive.
Heres what looks like the root of your key:
3.) Your USB Install Drive is ready. You can plug it off and save it for later.
You now need to download a 32Bits ISO version of windows, if you already have one, it should work, if you don't, you can download it from Microsoft Website
4.) Now take your downloaded ISO, and mount it with either windows, daemon tools, PowerISO, or any Disk Image Manager.
Once mounted, you need to navigate to the X:\sources\ folder, and extract "Install.wim" anywhere on your PC. Thats the windows system we will install.
5.) Go to the drive, into your device folder, go to windows folder, and download the "Image_Recovery_Extra.zip" you can find there.
It contains recovery + Files mandatory for install (because the Windows PE we're using is hacked from Cube).
6.) Take your second USB Drive (of 4Go minimum, it needs to hold windows), and format it to NTFS Filesystem with any formatting tool.
Now you can extract the "images" folder of the previously "Image_Recovery_Extra.zip" downloaded (KEEP THE IMAGES FOLDER THIS TIME)
And also copy inside that "images" folder your previously extracted Install.wim image file.
7.) You're good to go ! You can unplug the keys from your PC, and start working on the tablet as of now !
You need to boot to BIOS settings, using "ESC" key at startup of tablet. Once there, go to SCU Settings, the bottom right square.
You need to set your primary boot to "Windows" in the boot tab, or the key won't boot. If it is already, you can exit SCU and start step 8.
If it is not, just select it, then press F10. Tablet should reboot. Press ESC again at startup, and start step 8.
8.) Now everything is straightforward: Just select "Boot from EFI File", select your USB key in the list, and go to EFI folder, then go inside BOOT folder, and select "Bootia32.efi"
The tablet should boot to a command prompt (it lags much, but we will install drivers later) and it should install windows automatically then shut down.
If install fails, update your BIOS and try again or post here for some help.
Preparation looks like this:
Working device looks like this:
9.) Now you can get rid of the installation USB keys, you only need mouse and keyboard. Fire up your tablet freshly flashed, it should boot to a chinese logo with a circle under it. it might reboot a few times, it is actually expanding filesystem and populating your win10 install. Wait until you end up in language screen. if it shuts down, put it on again if it does not automatically.
10.) Windows is ready, now follow the instructions, language, set your name, until you end up on the windows desktop. When you are here, you need to download from the drive the Driver Package for windows 10, which is located inside the driver folder, inside the windows folder of your devices folder. It sould be named "Z37XX_CPU_Chipset.zip"
Extract it on the tablet, and run the included "Setup.exe". When finished, reboot your tablet.
you can also find various driver i added for os switch and gyrometer
Congrats! You successfully Installed Windows 10!
I do not guarantee it works on every device, nor with every windows version, but it works in my installation with a regular Win10 x86 Pro.
There might be some upgrades to do, as I personnally hacked the WinPE that is available on Cube's site, with Windows 10 ADK WinPE,
so feel free to report bugs, enhancements to this method. and report cube for not doing this so far !!!
Regards,
Max.
Top! Thank you!
I had exactly the same issue and want to fix it this weekend. My I6 arrived on Thursday. Now I follow your instructions to update to Windows 10.
Hi, glad it is helping! tell me if you are having issues, or if some steps aren't detailed! i'll upload some photos later. if you need something for this tablet feel free to ask
regards
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Hi, glad it is helping! tell me if you are having issues, or if some steps aren't detailed! i'll upload some photos later. if you need something for this tablet feel free to ask
regards
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Hey Max,
now I have the first problem.
On my Windows 10 Image I do not have any install.wim file. There is only a install.esd (about 2GB) file in the \sources\ folder. But this file is not possible to extract with 7zip. The only *.wim file in the directory is the boot.wim. What have I to do?
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Hey Max,
now I have the first problem.
On my Windows 10 Image I do not have any install.wim file. There is only a install.esd (about 2GB) file in the \sources\ folder. But this file is not possible to extract with 7zip. The only *.wim file in the directory is the boot.wim. What have I to do?
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Alright, i don't know what ISO of windows 10 you have, but i found a tutorial on how to convert esd to WIM, so no worries (http://www.intowindows.com/how-to-easily-convert-install-esd-to-install-wim/) furthermore, i would recommend using PowerISO for extracting the file, as i'm not aware of how to extract from ISO with 7zip
Okay, thank you. With this it works
But I have some error when I boot the WinPE on step 8. I get the message: "The boot configuration data for your PC is missing or contains errors" File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD Error code: 0xc000000f""
On this point the tablet do not recognize any keyboard command.
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Okay, thank you. With this it works
But I have some error when I boot the WinPE on step 8. I get the message: "The boot configuration data for your PC is missing or contains errors" File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD Error code: 0xc000000f""
On this point the tablet do not recognize any keyboard command.
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What is that \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD you are trying to boot from ?
You should select \EFI\Boot\bootia32.efi. If it does not work make sure your BIOS is at version 206 (its my case, so i guess it can be this) and if not, upgrade it with the provided tutorial, maybe you'll have more luck with that ? You can check its version on android by going to device info in settings and check IFW Version.
EDIT: The WinPE media might be trying to access your hard drive EFI folder to use its BCD configuration, check that too, maybe you can format that EFI partition before booting to winpe ?*
EDIT2: Check BCD integrity maybe, 262 144 bits is what it weights on my side
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What is that \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD you are trying to boot from ?
You should select \EFI\Boot\bootia32.efi. If it does not work make sure your BIOS is at version 206 (its my case, so i guess it can be this) and if not, upgrade it with the provided tutorial, maybe you'll have more luck with that ? You can check its version on android by going to device info in settings and check IFW Version.
EDIT: The WinPE media might be trying to access your hard drive EFI folder to use its BCD configuration, check that too, maybe you can format that EFI partition before booting to winpe ?*
EDIT2: Check BCD integrity maybe, 262 144 bits is what it weights on my side
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I do not know, why it says \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD. I selected the correct .efi-file.
But I think my tab is now gone. I have try the bios update from 203 to your 206. It have flash completed to 100% and turns the tablet off. I wait a few minutes and then I try to turn it on again for another try to install Windows 10. But it will not turn on again. It does also not recognize the charger anymore. I think I brick the i6 with the 206 Bios. What a bother!
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I do not know, why it says \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD. I selected the correct .efi-file.
But I think my tab is now gone. I have try the bios update from 203 to your 206. It have flash completed to 100% and turns the tablet off. I wait a few minutes and then I try to turn it on again for another try to install Windows 10. But it will not turn on again. It does also not recognize the charger anymore. I think I brick the i6 with the 206 Bios. What a bother!
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Ok, if the process went 100%, then there is a high probability it is not bricked.
Remember that still, you can boot using DnX mode holding power and volume +.
What do you mean by "it does not recognize the charger" ? when you plug it, the charging led does not light up ?
Thats very odd. because its not controlled by bios but only hardware derivation I guess.
please keep me tuned in on that !!
Edit: FYI I used the exact same BIOS on my model, which is a i632GB15378650186.
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Ok, if the process went 100%, then there is a high probability it is not bricked.
Remember that still, you can boot using DnX mode holding power and volume +.
What do you mean by "it does not recognize the charger" ? when you plug it, the charging led does not light up ?
Thats very odd. because its not controlled by bios but only hardware derivation I guess.
please keep me tuned in on that !!
Edit: FYI I used the exact same BIOS on my model, which is a i632GB15378650186.
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DnX mode does also not work. And yes i mean, that the LED does not light up at all.
My model is i632GB15224920293. I think it is an older one.
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DnX mode does also not work. And yes i mean, that the LED does not light up at all.
My model is i632GB15224920290. I think it is an older one.
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Wow. You mean there are older model with other BIOS System ?
I'm so unhappy to hear your story. I hope i can help to fix it !
Whatsoever, how can any BIOS accept flashing itself if its not corresponding ?
Good thing you point out there, but c'mon, how can your tablet be bricked if the process went OK...
Maybe you can contact cube about it ? Maybe if you hold power long enough it will turn off ?
Once the tablet did this to me, had to hold power 10s to get it back off !
EDIT: good thing I remember is that i had it shipped with 205 BIOS, so i guess you're right and its an older model you have. Still, I have spare BIOS Firmware 204 that I flashed for testing purposes that also worked flawlessly !
EDIT2: found that there might be tons of differents models like raspberry pi, look this one does not match with any of ours : http://winphonetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cube.jpg or maybe it is just a serial number generated from the # produced or the current date of prod ?
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Wow. You mean there are older model with other BIOS System ?
I'm so unhappy to hear your story. I hope i can help to fix it !
Whatsoever, how can any BIOS accept flashing itself if its not corresponding ?
Good thing you point out there, but c'mon, how can your tablet be bricked if the process went OK...
Maybe you can contact cube about it ? Maybe if you hold power long enough it will turn off ?
Once the tablet did this to me, had to hold power 10s to get it back off !
EDIT: good thing I remember is that i had it shipped with 205 BIOS, so i guess you're right and its an older model you have. Still, I have spare BIOS Firmware 204 that I flashed for testing purposes that also worked flawlessly !
EDIT2: found that there might be tons of differents models like raspberry pi, look this one does not match with any of ours : http://winphonetech.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/08/cube.jpg or maybe it is just a serial number generated from the # produced or the current date of prod ?
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Yes, I think you are right, that the last numbers are any kind of a serial number. Do you have another Bios file? On the web I found only the 201. I can try to buy an ISP programmer and reflash the tablet.
And I have tried different buttons combinations on hold in hope that the tablet wake up again. But still nothing
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Yes, I think you are right, that the last numbers are any kind of a serial number. Do you have another Bios file? On the web I found only the 201. I can try to buy an ISP programmer and reflash the tablet.
And I have tried different buttons combinations on hold in hope that the tablet wake up again. But still nothing
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Thats some freaking bad news ...
I uploaded 204 BIOS to the drive... cheers, fingers crossed.
It's a great news that the I6 Air is possible to upgrade to Win10 now. But before taking action, I have one question to clarify. After the upgrading, is the Android system still there and can switch over freely as before?
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It's a great news that the I6 Air is possible to upgrade to Win10 now. But before taking action, I have one question to clarify. After the upgrading, is the Android system still there and can switch over freely as before?
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Yeah, windows fill the partition space that is already configured, it means even if you resized your android to a 8 Gigs partition, the windows will not erase it !
For the switching process, it is even better because YOU install the switcher, and configure it the way you want (dektop shortcut, taskbar button, ...)
I can bring windows screenshots on purpose if needed
regards,
Stalker2106.
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Yeah, windows fill the partition space that is already configured, it means even if you resized your android to a 8 Gigs partition, the windows will not erase it !
For the switching process, it is even better because YOU install the switcher, and configure it the way you want (dektop shortcut, taskbar button, ...)
I can bring windows screenshots on purpose if needed
regards,
Stalker2106.
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Thanks for clarification, another question, how about the system activation? Will the system become activated automatically?
And moreover, the drive folder you provided has no more WinPE available. Please check.
Thanks again.
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Thanks for clarification, another question, how about the system activation? Will the system become activated automatically?
And moreover, the drive folder you provided has no more WinPE available. Please check.
Thanks again.
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Hi, bad manipulation yesterday led me to delete archive from drive, but its uploading again !
I tried again the tutorial because of the problem of " scharrrfi" to check if its not broken in any manner, and it worked flawlessly !
Furthermore, the system is yours, and therefore, is not activated by default, it asks for a serial key !
Files should be on the drive later today
EDIT: The files are up on the cloud !
Now I wait for my ISP programmer. But I know, why I get first the message "The boot configuration data for your PC is missing or contains errors" File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD Error code: 0xc000000f"". I found the solution in another forum. There was a problem with the formatting of my USB stick. I have to format it with an partitioning tool to GPT. And then it should work.
If I know this before, I have not to try to flash the bios...
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Now I wait for my ISP programmer. But I know, why I get first the message "The boot configuration data for your PC is missing or contains errors" File: \EFI\Microsoft\Boot\BCD Error code: 0xc000000f"". I found the solution in another forum. There was a problem with the formatting of my USB stick. I have to format it with an partitioning tool to GPT. And then it should work.
If I know this before, I have not to try to flash the bios...
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Yeah, I admit that was kind of my fault telling you that upgrading your bios would change anything in your boot configuration, i'm so sorry
Let's hope this will work, still hope, windows 10 will make its way to your tablet no worries !
After some days of using it i report some glitches though:
Orientation sometimes get rekt, i dont know why but you have to set it manually...
Also the tablet is not as responsive as it is on android, but I guess power consumption is higher on windows, as it heats much more !
Sometimes i touch the part near the lens and it feels really hot !
Btw when on low battery, the power saver settings got me doubling my battery time, which is nice !
And on idle, locked, the battery charge way faster than on android.
Hi I have an other error - if I boot with the bootia file I got short 4 error messages: UEFILINUX ERROR [uefi_get_battery_status:121] Failed to get battery status - und error 160, 121 again and 149, all error with the battery. I haved update the firmware from 201 to 206. The battery is over 90% full in windows. Have you an idea whats wrong?
I have a ZTE tablet model K90U, Android version 6.0.1. I tried Kingoroot and it failed. I next tried iRoot and the tablet keep blocking iRoot. Saying the prog maybe infected or corrupted. I have been looking for info to root this tablet without luck. I know from having successfully rooting at lease 4 phones, 2 tablets and hard bricking 1 phone. That I know the right setup has to be used or else, and I don't need the "or else". So what do I use to root this tablet? I am lost. I have (and used) ADB and Fastboot if I can find the right cmd's for this tablet.
Steve
After days and days of searching the internet I finely found the right key file for the ZTE K90U tablet at www.opensource.ztedevice.com/ But I have 1 other small problem. Do to a clumsy mistake that I made while I was recombining 2 partitions back into 1 on a SD card for a tablet that I sold. I didn't pay attention to which drive letter I was on and I accidently deleted the partition on my D storage HD in the USB case were I store install prog's, info files like how to use prog's like fastboot and CWM. I am having to rebuild those instruction files. I think I found the right one for fastboot at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112 . But I am not 100% sure. I also not sure whether I should use fastboot or CWM to root the ZTE tablet.
Steve
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After days and days of searching the internet I finely found the right key file for the ZTE K90U tablet at www.opensource.ztedevice.com/ But I have 1 other small problem. Do to a clumsy mistake that I made while I was recombining 2 partitions back into 1 on a SD card for a tablet that I sold. I didn't pay attention to which drive letter I was on and I accidently deleted the partition on my D storage HD in the USB case were I store install prog's, info files like how to use prog's like fastboot and CWM. I am having to rebuild those instruction files. I think I found the right one for fastboot at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112 . But I am not 100% sure. I also not sure whether I should use fastboot or CWM to root the ZTE tablet.
Steve
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Greetings and welcome to assist. I can find very little information at all on your device, if you have cm recovery for it then I would use that to flash the latest su zip to get root
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
I posted the wrong link. This is the right one http://opensource.ztedevice.com
Update:
I have found in the tablet's recovery mode (power + volume down) that this tablet doesn't have a normal menu. Instead of the "boot=download" or "boot to download{". This tablet has :
Apply update from abd
apply update from sd card
Under the "apply update from adb" is "now send the package you want to apply to the device with, adb sideload <filename>."
I have gotten as far as the cmd "adb devices" and reply back "list of devices attached, 21499c28 device".
Now if I do a "adb reboot bootloader" the tablet reboots normal mode then a box comes up saying "allow USB debugging and a box to check ok". I check ok, the box goes away and then after that nothing happens. If I type "fastboot boot bootload". The terminal window just sits there with the words on it "waiting for any device". And that's were I am stuck. What is "adb sideload"? I could use some help please.
Steve
Sawdoctor typed "Greetings and welcome to assist. I can find very little information at all on your device, if you have cm recovery for it then I would use that to flash the latest su zip to get root"
I found an article that explains what "sideloading" is http://www.wow.com/wiki/Sideloading But it doesn't help me as far as solving my problem.
Well I finely figured out the syntax of the cmd structure for this tablet. I now have the tablet talking to my laptop. Now I just need to find the right recovery-CWM image file for this tablet.
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Well I finely figured out the syntax of the cmd structure for this tablet. I now have the tablet talking to my laptop. Now I just need to find the right recovery-CWM image file for this tablet.
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I can't find cwm for your tablet but have a guide to compile twrp if it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/guide-how-to-compile-twrp-source-step-t3404024
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
Thanks Sawdoctor for the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/guide-how-to-compile-twrp-source-step-t3404024 I am going to give it a wack. I also have an advantage over someone trying this out of the gate cold turkey. I have written prog's in MSDOS Basic and Windows Visual Basic. It is not the same as Ubuntu and Android. But writing code is writing code. If you don't have all your ducks lined up in the right order and all your T's crossed and all your I's doted right the prog won't work.
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I can't find cwm for your tablet but have a guide to compile twrp if it helps
http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/software/guide-how-to-compile-twrp-source-step-t3404024
Good Luck
Sawdoctor
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