http://vache-android.com/?dir=Tablets/
has some images for several tabs
please merge with appropriate thread if need be wasn't sure where to post this.
Cool! very comprehensive, including every Acer models.
Thx for sharing!
I'm still waiting for the official JB update of A510.
thnx, nice page. I like that Diagnostic Tool. Can be useful for testing new ROMs or testing new devices.
no worries nothing i know how to use but i figured it could help one our devs here
Just be careful as Vache's ftp contains beta ROMs that might be older than the one posted by Acer. We have already posted most usefull stuff such as Service Guide and Service ROM a few month ago... Nothing new...
yes but i updated to the one on the acer site and it's touchscreen is horrible.
I had no issues with previous version would love to go back to the older.
btw newest version is not always best
also i'm wondering but on that link in tools is a download utility.
Just wondering if that could be helpful for tjhose who have bricked the device?
seems like it could it's basicly the acer service teams version of odin.
It is but it requires the use of a SBK (Secure Boot Key). We know how to generate SBK for Tegra 2 devices (A500/501...) but not for the Tegra 3 devices. I provided this tool to a few devs but nobody succeeded in restoring a tablet using nvflash.
Nothing is really new, the roms, nvflash,... all this has been used and tried either on older devices or on newer so don't expect any miracles
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Not for the reasons you think, though. For users, it may not seem to be a big change. But for devs/modders here it is a MAJOR change. It is going to create a lot of problems and modders here will need to make some decisions, quickly.
I am not permitted to tell you my own plans, other than this:
1- TNT Lite is going to be retired and will not developed anymore. This is true EVERYWHERE, not just on XDA.
2- TwoTapsX is replacing TNT Lite as my active "mostly stock" ROM, after this weekend. I have been waiting for a month to make this decision, and now I finally can. I will NOT be hosting TwoTapsX here, other than a link (if permitted) - it was based on TNT Lite 5 and that mod was not welcomed here as it was felt to be "too risky". No matter what is being said, the fact of the matter is that TNT Lite 5 / TTx was ultimately pulled due to pressure from power users and one moderator here, because of soft-brickage. That it the truth. And then I left it down until VS showed us what path they would be taking. These same soft-bricks will now occur for 4349 users, which is why I have asked people to tread very carefully.
3- gADAM is going to be retired, as well (EVERYWHERE, not just here on XDA). I will re-do it as a "1.2" based mod, if I can, with a new name.
So, my "1.1" based mods aren't moving, they are actually being retired everywhere. Moderators, please make a note of this. I will be updating this information everywhere, today. That's the decision I've made as Viewsonic has shown us where they are headed and I will follow that path.
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Not for the reasons you think, though. For users, it may not seem to be a big change. But for devs/modders here it is a MAJOR change. It is going to create a lot of problems and modders here will need to make some decisions, quickly.
I am not permitted to tell you my own plans, other than this:
1- TNT Lite is going to be retired and will not developed anymore. This is true EVERYWHERE, not just on XDA.
2- TwoTapsX is replacing TNT Lite as my active "mostly stock" ROM, after this weekend. I have been waiting for a month to make this decision, and now I finally can. I will NOT be hosting TwoTapsX here, other than a link (if permitted) - it was based on TNT Lite 5 and that mod was not welcomed here as it was felt to be "too risky". No matter what is being said, the fact of the matter is that TNT Lite 5 / TTx was ultimately pulled due to pressure from power users and one moderator here, because of soft-brickage. That it the truth. And then I left it down until VS showed us what path they would be taking. These same soft-bricks will now occur for 4349 users, which is why I have asked people to tread very carefully.
3- gADAM is going to be retired, as well (EVERYWHERE, not just here on XDA). I will re-do it as a "1.2" based mod, if I can, with a new name.
So, my "1.1" based mods aren't moving, they are actually being retired everywhere. Moderators, please make a note of this. I will be updating this information everywhere, today. That's the decision I've made as Viewsonic has shown us where they are headed and I will follow that path.
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Hey Roebeet
Are you going to be working on a procedure for the folks that have tntlite 4.40 (me) to upgrade to TNTLite 5.0 now that the newer bootloader is out. I know that you will be doing this on a different site. Just now sure if this was coming anytime in the near future..
Also do you think it is still a big high risk to go with the TNTlite 5.0 or the risk has reduced dramatically.
thanks for all your help again.
SO, I got my 2nd gtab yesterday and updated to 3588 and then 4349. Are you saying I will have issues going to TwoTapsX when it is ready?
If you use stock recovery...
I think if you run fixrecovery.sh you get the stock boot loader and posts to other threads say that it will update to the new Viewsonic release. I'd expect that means you can also use it to upgrade to a new version of TwoTapsX from Roebeet.
BTW, thanks Roebeet for all your efforts. I use TNTL and love it and think TwoTapsX was fine for people who paid attention.
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Hey Roebeet
Are you going to be working on a procedure for the folks that have tntlite 4.40 (me) to upgrade to TNTLite 5.0 now that the newer bootloader is out. I know that you will be doing this on a different site. Just now sure if this was coming anytime in the near future..
Also do you think it is still a big high risk to go with the TNTlite 5.0 or the risk has reduced dramatically.
thanks for all your help again.
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I'm going to be spending most of my day today doing my day job, and also testing scenarios to make sure gADAM 1.3.0+ and TNT Lite 4.3.0+ users have an upgrade path. I had started planning this last month because of UAT 3991, so I put in failsafes in both of those mods to reduce the risk. I just need to fully test all that out.
Rule of thumb if you are a 1.1-ROM user: As long as you use standard 3588 recovery, the risk is much lower. For mods I don't support, I built out the 3588 Recovery Pack specifically to prepare users for this jump. That's the reason why that pack exists: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1005080
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SO, I got my 2nd gtab yesterday and updated to 3588 and then 4349. Are you saying I will have issues going to TwoTapsX when it is ready?
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It should be a safe upgrade. I'd have a build for you today, but it's just a question of time - I want to test more scenarios first before I start building out 1.2-based mods. TwoTapsX will not be hosted here, as it was not welcome here. It will be hosted elsewhere and I will link to it, if I'm permitted to.
I wrote this elsewhere, but think of "1.1" and "1.2" as two cliffs, separated by a rickety bridge (standard recovery). Once you are on one side or the other, the risk is low as long as you stay in the same development branch.
Ok, I've been reading these threads and am a little confused... should only users who have ROMs based off of (or utilizing - is that a better term?) VS's releases the ones who need to care about this update?
I am on Vegan-TAB 5.1.1 ... does this use the VS release in anyway? Or am I not affected at all, and can just keep my ROM the way it is and be on my merry way..?
Thanks!
Kaz
TheKaz said:
Ok, I've been reading these threads and am a little confused... should only users who have ROMs based off of (or utilizing - is that a better term?) VS's releases the ones who need to care about this update?
I am on Vegan-TAB 5.1.1 ... does this use the VS release in anyway? Or am I not affected at all, and can just keep my ROM the way it is and be on my merry way..?
Thanks!
Kaz
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I would recommend just using your ROM. The concern here is if you want to upgade to something else later. All the soft-brickage is happening if you flash your device to another ROM.
roebeet said:
I would recommend just using your ROM. The concern here is if you want to upgade to something else later. All the soft-brickage is happening if you flash your device to another ROM.
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what are your thoughts on the locked bootloader roebeet?
What's different in the new bootloader apart from incompatibility with legacy boot images? Does it require different boot image format? Do we know how to build boot images compatible with new bootloader? If we don't - it's a dead end and we should better find a downgrade path.
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ivan.volosyuk said:
What's different in the new bootloader apart from incompatibility with legacy boot images? Does it require different boot image format? Do we know how to build boot images compatible with new bootloader? If we don't - it's a dead end and we should better find a downgrade path.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036966
Hi everyone, i was wondering if other brands like htc, motorola, sony ericson, so on have websites like the "samfirmware.com" that samsung phones have, somewhere where all the stock firmwares are listed and available for download + instructions and too many handy yet simple options like in samfirmware.com..... if you know such websites please post the links here. thanks!
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Hi everyone, i was wondering if other brands like htc, motorola, sony ericson, so on have websites like the "samfirmware.com" that samsung phones have, somewhere where all the stock firmwares are listed and available for download + instructions and too many handy yet simple options like in samfirmware.com..... if you know such websites please post the links here. thanks!
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WELL... the answer its... there isn´t any sites like samsungfirmwares or samfirmwares because the rest of phones have another functioning... samsung works with odin and you can flash the new rom from the pc,,, but the majority of the rest of devices works with a recovery menu and from here you flash it... in a few words you dónt need any program like odin etc...
here in XDA you have a lot of pretty and useful threads for scroll the rom that you likes and flash it.....and the better thing all of them are customized for better performance and for do it more beautiful...
the last thing.. sorry for my bad english,,, and if you want any link browse by yourself for it,,, and select that you likes...
at the XDA main page you can select the specific thread of your device, and then select the development section and browse roms....
your device deserves a hard work
You can download the stock roms for the Evo in RUU form from HTC, and they are ran on the computer. You can also download the RUU in zip form to flash through the bootloader. You can get these from the shipped roms site.
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I am a little puzzled. Some days ago I read a post where someone told "flash ROM XXX on the Firmware YYY".
I always thought, that the ROM IS firmware, by mean just another term for it.
All I found in this forum was ->that<- for which is totally bull**** and not explaining it in Android-Device case (for the explaination for PC-OS had to be: Windows/Linux is the OS [like da ROM for Android device] and Firmware is the BIOS ... you all know for sure)
That brings me to my questions:
What is the Firmware on Android?
How does it affect the ROM, especially in developement?
I sure know here are many very knowing developers, which could explain it to me, and of course others like to know about.
Thanks in advance.
Rod.
its simple
Firmwares are the brains of the unit, they set up the hardware and initialise things, like a BIOS on a PC. Its all the stuff done under the hood that you don't see.
The ROM is the part of the phone that holds the Operating System (Android), and the applications and data. Its the stuff you tend to look at and use.
The firmwares are release by the phone manufactures, they are constantly tweaking and improving them. They have different variants for different locales etc. The dq5 and kt1 firmwares are just the version of the firmware (like 1.01 and 1.02) - they use letters to encode data, F and M indicating the month if I recall. They are officially released via Kies. The "other" firmwares floating around are beta (test) firmwares that have been leaked or ripped from other phones.
The ROMs are based on the Android Open Source Project (AOSP).The devs then take the AOSP source and customise, it to "make it unique".
hope it helped
That was understood. Thank you very much.
There are just more questions coming up now on me:
Is the latest Firmware also the best?
Can I use every ROM with the most actual (or the best) Firmware?
Where Do I get the latest firmware and how to flash?
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That was understood. Thank you very much.
There are just more questions coming up now on me:
Is the latest Firmware also the best?
Can I use every ROM with the most actual (or the best) Firmware?
Where Do I get the latest firmware and how to flash?
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in most cases firmwares released by the companies contains only those things which works best with that particular device so in terms of bugs etc it is the best.
roms can be only be used with the particular firmware it is developed on like if a rom is developed in froyo it can only be used with different versions of froyo for best result and likewise for the rom developed in gingerbread.
and there is no such thing as the best firmware as every new firmware is better than its predecessors.
to get latest firms you can use sammobile.com [have to login to download firms]
for gfit firms go here:=
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-S5670&r=1#modelsa
Thanks again. Everything explained to me, for the moment.
(might be some questions will form overnight)
Rodsengard said:
Thanks again. Everything explained to me, for the moment.
(might be some questions will form overnight)
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always welcome dude.....
Is there anybody developing a ROM for this phone on here only place I can find custom Roms is on a Russian Forum be nice if we could have ics on this phone
Yes we need more support for this phone... anyone?
degogar said:
Is there anybody developing a ROM for this phone on here only place I can find custom Roms is on a Russian Forum be nice if we could have ics on this phone
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I will be a much excited as you if we can get more community support for this phone, I have the same one got a few weeks ago... right now a current issue is that I flashed and screen is gone blank, even though it seem to be fine, I just cant see anything on the screen. no ideas what to do or what ROM to flash again or even how to flash when you cant see the screen come on.
It seems that some Russion people made a custom rom for it, but it is still not based on ICS.
Mediatek did not made their source public, so it will be difficult to port ICS to our phone.
So lets hope a developer buys one
Cheers
I have made a custom rom for B63M with dt a2sd support.....but it is gingy......
@Degogar:
Custom rom's can be found here, but you have to register first to download them.
They are also working on a ICS version.
Henkdrenth said:
@Degogar:
Custom rom's can be found here, but you have to register first to download them.
They are also working on a ICS version.
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thanks already know about that site and the russian one
Hi developers, I have this Sony phone and there is no custom ROM for this device yet and I would like to create one for my own use and possibly made it available for others if I am successful. I am so tired of the bloated software which I can't get rid of that I don't care about bricking this phone anymore.
Some years ago I used to fix computers, printers and networks for banks. I'm new in Android systems but not in computer systems. I did Install OS's like linux flavors or updated printer firmwares in my days so this is not new for me, I just want a little of a guidance to start.
I know how to root my Android system using the app called TOWEL ROOT (the only that has worked in this phone).
The next step that haven't done yet is unlocking the BOOTLOADER, which I don't find difficult to do according to what I have read so far.
My concern is: there is no custom ROM to install after the BOOTLOADER is unlocked, so if I want one I would have to build one. I've watched a tutorial on youtube and I've read the cyanogenmod wiki, but the amount of information is so huge that I got lost and frustrated and that's the help I ask. Could any of you tell me the information I need to read to understand how I could port a custom ROM to my device?
If more information is necessary I'll be glad to provide.
Nobody has made a custom rom for e1.make if you like.
Sent from my D2005
I'm no expert here, but maybe you could try this: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro
Your phone is fairly new and I'm pretty sure kernel sources are on Sony's website, so maybe one of you guys could give it a shot. I would, but I don't have an E1.