Teclast P78HD 7" Retina Allwinner A31 Android 4.4.2 firmware upgrade + root (tablet)
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Costing only about $100, the Teclast P78HD tablet is a decent bargain 7" tablet. It has a quad-core Allwinner A31 CPU, a 1920 x 1200 display, Android 4.4.2 KitKat, microSD slot, and micro-HDMI.
It lacks GPS and not pre-rooted. I purchased from TinyDeal.com and added a couple of bucks for faster, more reliable ePacket delivery.
The original firmware v1.1.2 comes with a boatload of (unwanted) pre-installed Chinese apps, most cannot be uninstalled, using up valuable internal storage space and reducing available RAM. The Teclast tUI launcher seems to try to prevent the user from accessing all apps since it lacks an "all apps" circle button. It does have Google Play Store installed along with a Chinese TaiDian apps store. I immediately downloaded the Nova launcher to replace the tUI launcher.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher
General operation seemed quite snappy and the Retina display resolution was clearly noticed while playing movies. I did get the impression that internet web access seemed a bit slower than it should be.
The P78HD is much lighter (half of the weight?) of my Nexus 7 (2012) tablet. Most of the lower weight is likely to be from a thinner battery. So, the downside is shorter battery time and upside is faster full charging.
The light weight makes the P78HD more comfortable for extended use than the Nexus 7. That comfort, however, was diminished by the hard metallic bezel edges of the P78HD when compared to the Nexus 7's softer rounded edges. When holding the P78HD in landscape mode, the wider top/bottom bezel was comfortable. In portrait mode, however, it was much less so. For comfort, I would definitely recommend adding a soft case/shell, example: http://gd1.alicdn.com/imgextra/i1/678991471/T2um7tXqJaXXXXXXXX-678991471.jpg
I unsuccessfully tried several links and ways to "root" the P78HD in order to uninstall all the unwanted Chinese apps. There is a Teclast app called Update. One of the advertised features of Teclast is its easier OTA updates. Since a new firmware version v2.03 was just released, I tried to update, hoping that the new firmware would be "pre-rooted". Using the "automated" option of the Teclast Update app, I got an error (in bad English) that basically said that the file could not be found.
I then searched for a link to download new firmware in order to use the Teclast Update "manual update" option. The downloaded v2.03 firmware ( http://dl.dbank.com/c0ckts308s ) comes packaged in RAR format. I used Windows 7Zip to unpack the *.rar file and extracted the actual *.img file. I also repacked the package as a new *.zip file. I copied the *.rar, *.zip, and *.img files to the P78HD's internal sdcard root directory. Unfortunately, even the "manual update" option just gave a failure message when trying to update using the *.rar, *.zip, or *.img file as source. My experience suggests that the Teclast "Update" app is simply broken, at least for firmware updates.
Next method, try the Allwinner PhoenixSuit Windows software included in the downloaded RAR package. The MSI install program is in the Chinese language but you can probably guess how it works. If not, here is a (not tested) English version: http://itead.me/ITEADDownload/software/PhoenixSuit_EN.msi
I started the PhoenixSuit software. It asks to upgrade to the latest version. I connected the P78HD via USB and got this display:
I clicked the Firmware tab and entered my source file P78HD(C4A5).img location. It failed. As my programmer hunch, I renamed the file to remove the parentheses and put it in C:\ root directory. This time it starts working.
You have two options: (Y) format or (N) normal upgrade. I wanted a clean start without any leftover bloatware apps so I chose YES.
The v2.03 firmware transfer process starts and when done the P78HD reboots. Everything worked fine.
Upon reboot I note that there are far fewer bloatware Chinese apps. Of course, I have to go into Settings, find the "A" icon and change the language from Chinese to English (top line). Next, set up my WI-FI and add my Google Account. Then add a few apps, starting with Nova launcher. Unfortunately, v2.03 firmware is still not rooted. However, I decided to try Kingo Android ROOT again (it did not work with v1.1.2 firmware.) With the P78HD connected via USB, this time it seems to work but too quickly. I checked using a Root Verifier app on the P78HD. It says no. I then try the Kingo ROOT AGAIN option. This time it really works.
Now as a rooted device, I used the Root App Delete app to uninstall pre-installed Chinese software, users apps and a few "system apps". (For safety, you can use PhoenixSuit's APK tab to backup most of your apps first.)
Next, I ran AnTuTu and AnTuTu X benchmark apps to compare to my Nexus 7 (2012) tablet.
Code:
AnTuTu AnTuTu X
Nexus 7 (2012) 13,309 13,730
Teclast P78HD 20,795 12,790
Using the DiskInfo app, it seems that memory optimization in Google's Nexus 7 is lacking in the P78HD. Ditto for internal storage usage.
As someone who experiments with lots of apps, I have about 300 apps installed on my old Nexus 7. So far, I have less than 100 on the P78HD. One reason is that even by moving from internal to SDcard storage, you have to manage the internal storage space much more deliberately on the P78HD. Despite having 3 times as many apps on my Nexus 7, I am able to keep my internal storage usage considerably lower than on the P78HD. Regarding RAM usage, the Nexus 7 is typically under 50% in use while the P78HD is over 70%.
Bottom line: Google's optimizations on its Nexus line can make up for a lot when compared to better spec'd but less optimized competing tablets. For the price, however, the Teclast P78HD is no slouch in performance or stability. It is still quite a bargain if screen resolution, and micro-SD and HDMI features and cost are high on your list of priorities.
Thank you for the info :victory: if you find other update please share did you notice some weird things ? like desktop icons disappear randomly, fast battery drain an when you are on 10% last more, if you update supersu app can't update su binary, see ya!
sparkly81 said:
Thank you for the info :victory: if you find other update please share did you notice some weird things ? like desktop icons disappear randomly, fast battery drain an when you are on 10% last more, if you update supersu app can't update su binary, see ya!
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I never had icons disappear but maybe because I don't use the Teclast tUI launcher. I had no problem with the much better Nova launcher.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.teslacoilsw.launcher
I did decide that Teclast's less than ideal internal memory management required something better than the built-in Android App2SD method used by utilities like Clean Master, SD Maid, All-in-One Toolbox, and AppMgr III. These utilties are only able to move a small proportion of apps to the internal SD card. If you plan to install lots of apps, you need something better like Link2SD.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.buak.Link2SD
To use Link2SD, your tablet must be rooted and you need to divide an external microSD card into two "primary partitions", (1) one FAT32 (Windows) partition and (2) one EXT4 (Linux) partition. I used Partition Wizard's free "MiniTool" partition manager:
http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
I used a 16GB class 10 micro-SD card. I made the first (FAT32) partition 14GB and the second (EXT4) partition 2GB.
2GB is probably far more than enough for moved apps and linking used by Link2SD, especially if you go to Link2SD Settings and change preferred Move2SD location to "Internal".
I plan to leave this 16GB micro-SD card in my Teclast P78HD permanently. (The reason: if this external SD is not present while the tablet is active, you are likely to really screw up some links and changes made by Link2SD. Your moved apps may be considered either missing or corrupted.)
Using Link2SD, I can now move almost all "user apps" from "internal storage" to (external) sdcard, apps that cannot be moved by these other utilities. I can also "really" uninstall most of the unwanted Chinese apps that other utility programs claim to uninstall but actually fail to do so.
I am not certain if this is correct, but I tend prefer to use Link2SD's "move2SD" method and not Link2SD's "link" method because (1) links may be more vulnerable to corruption (2) links may add possible overhead that "could" slow things down or use more memory. If this is wrong, I hope that someone who is more experienced with Link2SD can correct me.
Is there another download location for the firmware ??
Download breaks after 65Mb
helmuteke said:
Is there another download location for the firmware ??
Download breaks after 65Mb
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This appears to be the same site with a different URL:
http://dl.vmall.com/c0ckts308s
I downloaded in the early morning at 2AM PST.
Alternate link to the Allwinner PhoenixSuit (Windows to Android) firmware "installer" software:
http://www.gooplusplus.com/minmedia...5)-Android4.4.2-V2.03/升级程序/PhoenixSuit_CN.msi
gooplusplus.com said:
This appears to be the same site with a different URL:
http://dl.vmall.com/c0ckts308s
I downloaded in the early morning at 2AM PST.
Alternate link to the Allwinner PhoenixSuit (Windows to Android) firmware "installer" software:
http://www.gooplusplus.com/minmedia...5)-Android4.4.2-V2.03/升级程序/PhoenixSuit_CN.msi
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Hi, but could you also upload new firmware on google drive or dropbox?
I have 4kb/s download speed and it always fail after approx.1mb - for me no way to update to 2.03 (((
Thank you!
stillka said:
Hi, but could you also upload new firmware on google drive or dropbox?
I have 4kb/s download speed and it always fail after approx.1mb - for me no way to update to 2.03 (((
Thank you!
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A link to the P78HD firmware 2.03 img plus 2 zipped files: (1) PhoenixSuit firmware installer and (2) Kingo root installer.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7zFYhiYFlqTaDdVX3JxNVVWQ0U&usp=sharing
gooplusplus.com said:
A link to the P78HD firmware 2.03 img plus 2 zipped files: (1) PhoenixSuit firmware installer and (2) Kingo root installer.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B7zFYhiYFlqTaDdVX3JxNVVWQ0U&usp=sharing
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Hi, thank you!
I am really looking forward to root and update the FW on this tablet.
Did you also optimized it somehow? (modify of build.prob etc..)
I think there is lot of space for optimization because device is laggy in normal 2D mode, more that my old 1 core 512MB memory phone on Android 4.4. Also kernel is pretty old on original FW 1.1.2, CPU is underclocked (looks like)....
Otherwise it's good tables, screen is great, resolution is ideal for web browsing. I don't play games so 3D performance is not a problem for me.
HD movies are played smoothly and OK
Hi,
I have problem root the device, your kingo_android_root.zip archive is "infected" regarding google drive:
"Sorry, this file is infected with a virus
Only the owner is allowed to download infected files."
I have tried to root over version I downloaded from internet but it doesn't work, it detect that device is already rooted (not true) and re-root is not successful.
Any idea? What version of Kingo root do you have tested and it's working OK?
stillka said:
Hi,
I have problem root the device, your kingo_android_root.zip archive is "infected" regarding google drive:
"Sorry, this file is infected with a virus
Only the owner is allowed to download infected files."
I have tried to root over version I downloaded from internet but it doesn't work, it detect that device is already rooted (not true) and re-root is not successful.
Any idea? What version of Kingo root do you have tested and it's working OK?
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It is not infected. Rooting software typically contains methods to bypass security so you may get a false positive.
Here's the direct download link: http://www.kingoapp.com/android-root/download.htm
For rooting, make sure that you have enabled "USB debugging" in your tablet's Settings -> Developer options
Connect to a USB 2.0 port if possible and not a USB 3.0 port.
Swipe down from top of the tablet's screen to see notifications.
The bottom line notification will probably be 'Connect as ...'
Click that line and make sure that 'USB large storage' is checked (not MTP or PTP)
Swipe down again from the top line notification may say 'USB connected'
Click that line and click 'Turn on USB storage'
After it is "really" connected, try the Kingo Root software again.
If "ROOT" or "ROOT AGAIN" works, then you're done.
If not, disconnect the USB cable and reconnect a few seconds later. Try again.
gooplusplus.com said:
It is not infected. Rooting software typically contains methods to bypass security so you may get a false positive.
Here's the direct download link: http://www.kingoapp.com/android-root/download.htm
For rooting, make sure that you have enabled "USB debugging" in your tablet's Settings -> Developer options
Connect to a USB 2.0 port if possible and not a USB 3.0 port.
Swipe down from top of the tablet's screen to see notifications.
The bottom line notification will probably be 'Connect as ...'
Click that line and make sure that 'USB large storage' is checked (not MTP or PTP)
Swipe down again from the top line notification may say 'USB connected'
Click that line and click 'Turn on USB storage'
After it is "really" connected, try the Kingo Root software again.
If "ROOT" or "ROOT AGAIN" works, then you're done.
If not, disconnect the USB cable and reconnect a few seconds later. Try again.
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Hi,
I have found that I must turn on "USB Storage", then it's rooting really successful
So correct procedure is:
- turn USB debugging ON
- select "USB large storage" in "USB computer connection" pop-up
- >> activate USB storage in "USB connected" pop-up << (this was missing in my previous attempt)
After that, rooting is succesfull!
I have removed over 20 applications and now I have 13862 score in AntutuX. In older fw was around 11000.
There is also possible to overclock CPU from default 1200Mhz up to 1450Mhz. For me, 1350Mhz is max. stable.
So I can finally recommend this tablet, it's great ☺
Now it would be great to figure out how to enable CWM...
Great! thanks for the info!
I was able to upgrade and root the P78HD on hand but some of the apps which I removed, eg. PPTV,baiduIME, etc, get restored back on reboot. any idea why and what is the culprit?
chunyun said:
Great! thanks for the info!
I was able to upgrade and root the P78HD on hand but some of the apps which I removed, eg. PPTV,baiduIME, etc, get restored back on reboot. any idea why and what is the culprit?
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Yes, those application are always re-installed during the boot because they are in special directory "/system/preinstall"
Uninstall them and go to this directory and remove them forever!
Thanks! Yeah, removed!
So far not bad except some intermittent lag and battery drain a bit fast. Have to use for a few more days for sure.
chunyun said:
Thanks! Yeah, removed!
So far not bad except some intermittent lag and battery drain a bit fast. Have to use for a few more days for sure.
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With Nova launcher installed, everything is quite smooth and fast. 13000+ in AntutuX is more than acceptable for that price
And the screen is really great for web browsing!
I am now looking for more optimization through build.prop tuning.
I have tried enable ART but it's not working, It hang during the boot.
back to dalvik....
stillka said:
Yes, those application are always re-installed during the boot because they are in special directory "/system/preinstall"
Uninstall them and go to this directory and remove them forever!
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If I remember right, when you uninstall pre-installed apps like PPTV by using Link2SD, they are permanently removed.
BTW, I recently rooted my Motorola Moto E (Kingo Root did NOT work for this device). Based on my experience with the Moto E, I changed my mind about which method (1) Move2SD or (2) Linking to use with Link2SD. I find that I now prefer the "link" method and it seems to work without problem, perhaps because links are made on an EXT4 partition.
Some applications are missing in google play store for me, like google+
Do you have same experience?
Yup, the same, I do not see Google+ in my play store
chunyun said:
Yup, the same, I do not see Google+ in my play store
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I was able to manually install apk after I copied some missing files from my smartphone so it's running ok now, question is how to fix market generally...
update: I have installed "Market_Unlocker_3.5_PRO_FULLY_UNLOCKED.apk" and set correct Country, clear Google Store cache/data and now I see all apps including Google Plus.
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Disclaimer:
I am not responsible for anything that happens to your phone, your computer or anything else while following these instructions. Proceed at your own risk.
NEW ONE CLICK ROOT
Special Thanks to rootdefyxt320
BAT version
EXE version
SUTLR method
Downloads:
Here are the apps/files needed for Rooting -
1. SuperOneClick 2.3.3.0
2. SUT LR 1.8.2 (Doesn't seem to be working on 64-bit systems)
3. FXX_PR3_NV.xml and NvDefinition.xml [ATTACHED]
Before Rooting:
Prepare your phone by doing the following:
- Go to Settings > Applications > CHECK "Unknown Sources"
- Go to Settings > Applications > Developer > CHECK "USB Debugging" and "Stay Awake"
- Connect your phone via USB, when prompted DO NOT select USB Mass Storage.
- Extract FXX_PR3_NV.xml and NvDefinition.xml from the attached zip file in to a folder
- Now, install SUT LR, run the app
- Select the FXX_PR3_NV.xml [ensure NvDefinition.xml is also in the same folder as FXX_PR3_NV.xml]
- Your phone will restart.
It does NOT erase anything on the phone, since it only patches the ROM.
Rooting:
After the phone restarts, open SuperOneClick and select root. It will take less than a minute to finish.
Credits & Special Thanks to 7amdoun for the New Instructions.
For Folks for whom the above instructions DO NOT work; please follow instructions at THIS LINK
UPDATE your Phone to the latest FIRMWARE HERE
* YOU CAN UPDATE UNROOTED PHONES ONLY!
Could someone take the initiative to MOD this phone? Create some custom ROMs and Themes? I believe Motorola is not providing an ICS update for this phone but some skilled developers can surely help us get the ICS feel on it. I would appreciate if someone could take their time out and get to work on this. I would extend any help I can give.
Increasing Internal Phone Memory
Credits to Pianorcar for this.
You need –
Rooted Motorola Fire XT530
MicroSD Card *Higher the Class of the Card, better it would be.
MiniTool Partition
Link2SD
Steps –
Download and Install Link2SD on your phone
Backup the existing data on the SD Card
Install MiniTool Partition and open it
Delete the existing Partition on the SD Card
Right Click on the “Unallocated” SD Card once again and select “Create”
Create a “Primary Partition”, File System as ”Fat32” and specify the “Partition Size”
Click OK
Right Click on the remaining “Unallocated” space
Create a “Primary Partition”, File System as “Ext2”
Click OK
Start Link2SD and select Ext2
Restart your phone
Start Link2Sd again
The SD Card should now be mounted and you can click “Create Link” on the apps you want to send to the SD Card
The App now will be completely moved to the SD Card
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Increase SD Card Speed up to 200%
Required -
Rooted Phone
SD Tools
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Try different settings with SD Speed Increase and save the best setting to start at boot.
* 2048 worked best for me.
SBFs for Motorola Fire XT 530/531NOT Custom ROMs
You would need RSD Lite 5.6 to flash the SBFs.
*NOTE: Chinese ROM does NOT have Google apps, Market. European ROM has everything
European 2.3.5: DMP-4480-0-4017-A01_RFM
Latin American SBFs:
Claro
Entel
Chinese 2.3.5: DMP-4480-0-7009-A02_RFM
Another ROM - DMP-454A-0-2010-A03_RFM(RETAIL) - Suggested by cmndst. Claims are that the ROM is excellent. I have not tried it personally so I leave it up to you folks to try and comment about it.
Credits & Special Thanks to 7amdoun for the SBFs.
CUSTOM ROM HERE
Ice Cream Jelly
JellySandwich TWO
BUGIS
Here is how you can flash CWM
Hi,
I tried rooting the phone via various methods like Pete's but no success
AC
I am also looking on how to root this device Motorola Fire XT. Please help.
achopraa said:
Hi,
I tried rooting the phone via various methods like Pete's but no success
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jeet.9890427233 said:
I am looking for Themes for Motorola Fire XT / XT-530. I also want to know how to root the phone and install Google Talk with Voice & Video in it. I can not find any threads regarding it. Can anyone help?
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priyank_bolia said:
I am also looking on how to root this device Motorola Fire XT. Please help.
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This is a major issue. No one seems to know much about this phone and there are no posts about it as well.
Folks who has this phone, I am curious is Google Talk Audio & Video Chat works on it or is it possible to install it. Please let me know. Also, does the Video Call work properly? & Does it come with a microSD Card?
It comes with Google Talk, but I don't think its for audio/video. For audio/video it comes with Qik Video Software. Also it comes with 2 GB of Micro SD card. But its internal storage is very less, just mere 150 MB, I just installed few software, and its full. Even moving Apps2SD card won't help, as the software setup are backed on internal storage.
priyank_bolia said:
It comes with Google Talk, but I don't think its for audio/video. For audio/video it comes with Qik Video Software. Also it comes with 2 GB of Micro SD card. But its internal storage is very less, just mere 150 MB, I just installed few software, and its full. Even moving Apps2SD card won't help, as the software setup are backed on internal storage.
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Well, I think for the features this phone is offering there would be limitations somewhere. I am going to buy this phone for my mom so that we can Video Chat. I could not find any other Android based phone at this range that offers these features. So I think we might aswell just compensate for the storage. However, I was really looking forward to having the Voice & Video chat on GTalk itself...
How is the phone otherwise? How much did you get it for? Is the battery life as good as it is promised? & let me dig around and find a way to root it... I do not like the default junk that comes along with it. Unfortunately, the devs are more busy with highend phones :-D
A fully charged battery went completely discharged overnight. I don't know what happened. Only Wifi was on, but there was no Wifi available.
Also the charger is complete junk, charging by plugging it in a computer charges much faster.
priyank_bolia said:
A fully charged battery went completely discharged overnight. I don't know what happened. Only Wifi was on, but there was no Wifi available.
Also the charger is complete junk, charging by plugging it in a computer charges much faster.
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Oooo.. that's bad.. Check what has been using the battery... Or change the WiFi sleep property.. That should help.
I am aswell searching on how to basis this accessory Motorola blaze XT. amuse advice.
jeet.9890427233 said:
This is a major issue. No one seems to know much about this phone and there are no posts about it as well.
Folks who has this phone, I am curious is Google Talk Audio & Video Chat works on it or is it possible to install it. Please let me know. Also, does the Video Call work properly? & Does it come with a microSD Card?
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I am not sure how (and if) Google Talk Audio & Video Chat can be used on this device. Haven't been able to find an option.
priyank_bolia said:
It comes with Google Talk, but I don't think its for audio/video. For audio/video it comes with Qik Video Software. Also it comes with 2 GB of Micro SD card. But its internal storage is very less, just mere 150 MB, I just installed few software, and its full. Even moving Apps2SD card won't help, as the software setup are backed on internal storage.
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Yes, the internal memory is way too less. I am trying on ways to use SD Cards for storing apps by making it an EXT4 and other modification but no luck so far.
jeet.9890427233 said:
Well, I think for the features this phone is offering there would be limitations somewhere. I am going to buy this phone for my mom so that we can Video Chat. I could not find any other Android based phone at this range that offers these features. So I think we might aswell just compensate for the storage. However, I was really looking forward to having the Voice & Video chat on GTalk itself...
How is the phone otherwise? How much did you get it for? Is the battery life as good as it is promised? & let me dig around and find a way to root it... I do not like the default junk that comes along with it. Unfortunately, the devs are more busy with highend phones :-D
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Poistive - Looks
Negative - Low memory. Slow UI. I upgraded from Galaxy 5 but seems like should have gone to a much higher end phone.
Anyways if I can get that extra memory, I may be content.
priyank_bolia said:
A fully charged battery went completely discharged overnight. I don't know what happened. Only Wifi was on, but there was no Wifi available.
Also the charger is complete junk, charging by plugging it in a computer charges much faster.
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Yups, if Wifi would be ON and there would be no Wifi available, it will consume more battery as it will keep on searching for networks to connect.
Someone needs to root this and port the gmail with voice & video on to it.. I am sure this device is perfectly capable of supporting it.
If it could work on my Xperia X10 which does not have a front cam.. I am sure it would on this.
Lets see. I have started digging into things with 2 priorities.
First and foremost being rooting it.
Sent from my XT530 using XDA App
achopraa said:
Lets see. I have started digging into things with 2 priorities.
First and foremost being rooting it.
Sent from my XT530 using XDA App
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Any luck Bro?
I too m looking forward to root this xt 531 .... I ve searched ... googles but to no avail,hope somebody from XDA would pop in.
jeet.9890427233 said:
Any luck Bro?
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It ain't as easy as it seemed....
achopraa said:
It ain't as easy as it seemed....
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I agree. I have been unsuccessful as well.. Can some devs help?
Moto Fire XT530 Rooting
Hello folks,
There's a One click root for Motorola 2.3.4 Gingerbread devices, if that doesn't work you might have to wait to for a developer to start working on the phone as it was just released like a month ago.
Give this method a try and post updates.
More info HERE
jeet.9890427233 said:
Hello folks,
There's a One click root for Motorola 2.3.4 Gingerbread devices, if that doesn't work you might have to wait to for a developer to start working on the phone as it was just released like a month ago.
Give this method a try and post updates.
More info HERE
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Thanks mate. I already tried that and other versions as well. This doesn't work.
DM613 said:
I am aswell searching on how to basis this accessory Motorola blaze XT. amuse advice.
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Sorry bro.. I did not understand what you said.
I also tried with lots of application but no luck. I also not able to go quick boot menu by pressing power key and down volume key at phone startup. so not able to root this phone for now. Please give me any working method if anyone have.
Thanks
Hello all at XDA!
This is a wonderful site so top marks to those who make the magick happen!
Ok, in short; Got my first computer Sanei N10 CPU - sideloaded a bad Flashplayer (after rooting successfully) and it got root access and/or I gave other malware access using fake icons at Playstore.
Since opening the box I have spent seventy hours this week already trying to learn about everything I can.
Now I am left with the tablet as so -
After factory reset device is still rooted and 'seems' to be working fine
shows 29.44gb of space on a 32gb micro sd card after wipe,
shows 92MB uesd in downloaded apps but shows no icons,
cant access safe mode, display is the same as normal plus fake safe mode icon,
and when i visit Google play root apps like Superuser display a fake overlay 'Install' button icon so I cant download the real Superuser and install more malware instead.
Flashplayer installs itself as soon as browser is opened.
The system runs very smoothly over the top of this hack since a shutdown of all apps forcing me to factory reset and would have run unnoticed if it were not for apps never asking root permissions when i downloaded root apps since.
Its an obscure model and cant seem to find it here on XDA ---------- SANEI N10 CPU 1gig 16gig and (Duel Core I think)
Has anyone heard of this shenanigans with Playstore Icons?
Can anyone point me to the right thread please as I am willing to learn much more form XDA and need a secure computer I can control and understand.
A great learning curve that has opened up a whole new world.
Wake up Neo...
Ok, so there's no forum for this device, so will create it here.
Basic Specs
Processor--------------------------MediaTek MT6589, 1200 MHz
Number of processor cores-----4
Video processor-------------------PowerVR SGX544
Built-in memory--------------------4GB
Amount of RAM--------------------1GB
Memory Card Support------------microSD (TransFlash), up to 32 GB
Support for two SIM-cards
Touchscreen-----------------------multitouch (capacitive)
Diagonal 5 "resolution------------720x1280
8 MP camera, flash, autofocus
2 MP front camera
Battery capacity--------------------2000 mAh
USB 3.0
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth 4.0
WAP, GPRS, EDGE, email POP / SMTP, HTML
GPS (No GLONASS)
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Root procedures in following post.
Useful Information and Root Procedure
Driver links and support files
Explay Russia
Note that everything is in the Russian language. Use Google Chrome.
1. Program for flashing. This looks similar to Kies program for Samsung devices. As the factory ROMs appear to be img files, this is required to flash them. The PDF file can be translated via Google Translate.
2. Original Firmware (ROM) version 1.01
3. Drivers for Win8 and all other previous versions.
Root Procedure
1. Go ahead and take your OTA to version 1.02 (54mb download)
2. Install your drivers on your PC
3. In Settings/Security select "Unknown Sources" (this is important as you will need to install an APK manually)
4. Go to this thread, and download the Framaroot apk version 1.7.1 apk.
5. Copy the APK to your Internal or External memory
6. Install ES File Explorer from the Play Store
7. Open ES File Explorer and navigate to the location of the framaroot 1.7.1 apk. Select it to install.
8. Long press the word Boromir and it should install superuser and the SU Binary.
9. Reboot Phone when prompted.
Now, I had to install it twice, but it worked the second time. Simple. You can use ES File Explorer to set the /System to RW.
I also went to the Play Store and installed Busy Box.
Compatible Apps confirmed working
Google+ version 3.5.3.42448346.apk
Copy to SD, use Es File Explorer to install.
Ok, so my thoughts on this device.
1. Cheap price for what you get. Good display, quad core CPU.
2. Build quality is pretty good, as the back cover is aluminium.
3. Gorilla Glass (although I'm not quite sure) gets fingerprints quite easy.
4. Bone stock Android OS. No manufacture skins!
As the device is primarily targeted in Russia, it only has 2 languages. English and Russian. Although looking at the internals of the ROM show support for 6 languages? Seems somebody was lazy.The launcher appears to be a Go Launcher or similar like Apex. Not many options, so I installed my favorite Nova Prime.
There doesn't appear to be any Power Settings, so I installed SetCPU to get governor control. If they have these settings, then they are hidden somewhere. The device also ships with developer options unlocked.
The phone comes shipped with about 10 Yandex apps. This is the major search engine in Russia. These I deleted from /system as to not use memory/battery. The others I uninstalled.
The OS design show signs of being in a hurry. Or rather the people who set up the default layout. The clock, located on the 3rd panel??? Some app icons just sort of scattered on various panels? Also, occasionally, you get a pop-up in Russian, when the device is set to English. Not sure if it's one of the included apps or not.
All in all, once you root and delete the yandex apps, change launchers, the device is quite snappy. What I refer to as a $200 Nexus! Well, a budget Nexus anyhow.
I just didn't want you to feel lonely Sir, so thought I'd say hi
diestarbucks said:
I just didn't want you to feel lonely Sir, so thought I'd say hi
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Yeah,, thanks mate!
Seeing this is a Russian (aka chinese) device, most of the talk is on 4PDA. So far, a decent device. Will see how far I can push the CPU
Have a problem with Google+
Hello. Did you manage to install the application "Google+"?
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Hello. Did you manage to install the application "Google+"?
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I haven't tried, but will check it out.
Looks like G+ doesn't want to be compatible with low end devices. Will try de-compiling and see if it can be ported.
Keep in mind Google+ is being replaced with Google Hangouts.
MD
vupogorelov said:
Hello. Did you manage to install the application "Google+"?
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Found an older Google+ version that installs and runs fine. Check my post #3 for the download.
TEST BUILDS:
February build https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=E5E8A7DE0FA794BC!68359
https://mega.co.nz/#F!o8EEiASA!uj_B4c6nvAw2t_BBpQeFjw
(for next uploads, which one do you recommend: Box sync, Google Drive, MEGA, or OneDrive?)
Features:
1. Only 1.6 GB footprint on C: drive right after the first boot (53.5 GB free out of 55.1 GB C: drive on the 64 GB model. Free space increases accordingly on larger models)
2. August, September, October, November, and December update rollups slipstreamed.
- plenty of updates not included in rollups are included as well.
3. Surface Pro 3 specific updates included (KB2978002, KB2969817)
4. Bloat free with about 3 GB saving: (Microsoft devices are shipped bloat-free? Think again)
- Only 6 metro apps included (Camera, IE, OneDrive, PC Settings, Photos, Store). The rest can be downloaded from Store
- Trial Office removed, absolutely no trace this time around
- Speech data removed (available as separate package, link soon)
5. Pen Pairing OOBE appears and working
6. Languages included: Dutch, English, German, French. Since it is Windows 8 Pro, you can download any other language later.
7. WinRE from vanilla Windows, 200 MB saving (working so far, please report if something wrong happened)
8. Hibernation disabled out of the box (Connected Standby lasts forever, like a Surface RT)
9. 16 hours Connected Standby if hibernation is enabled (open an elevated cmd, then type powercfg -h on). The expected battery drain over the 16 hours period is less than 10%.
10. Pagefile takes less space: 256 MB, it can grow to up to 4 GB. Just reboot to get it back to 256 MB.
11. Various Windows tweaks
- Verbose messages, you get more information in restarts/boots/etc
- No startup programs delay, it has SSD anyway
- non-certified DLNA devices are supported
- Adaptive Brightness tweaked from XDA
- Custom resolution script added (open C: drive, its there. Just double click.)
12. Official drivers updated (January 2015 drivers)
13. Intel iGPU latest driver included (you need to enable it manually using Device Manager. It uses the Microsoft's driver by default)
Older builds
December build https://skydrive.live.com/redir?resid=E5E8A7DE0FA794BC!68359
(for next uploads, which one do you recommend: Box sync, Google Drive, MEGA, or OneDrive?)
Features:
1. Only 1.2 GB footprint on C: drive (54 GB free out of 55.2 GB C: drive on the 64 GB model. Free space increases accordingly on larger models) excluding hibernation and pagefile
2. August, September, October, November, and December update rollups slipstreamed
3. Surface Pro 3 specific updates included (KB2978002, KB2969817)
4. Bloat free with about 3 GB saving: (Microsoft devices are shipped bloat-free? Think again)
- Only 6 metro apps included (Camera, IE, OneDrive, PC Settings, Photos, Store). The rest can be downloaded from Store
- Trial Office removed
- Speech data removed (who uses that anyway?)
5. Pen Pairing OOBE appears and working
6. Languages included: Dutch, English, German, French. Since it is Windows 8 Pro, you can download any other language later.
7. WinRE from vanilla Windows, 200 MB saving (working so far, please report if something wrong happened)
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How to install:
0. Get a keyboard and USB hub (Type Cover might also work, but I don't have one to test)
1. Download and extract the package with WinRAR
2. Set up the ISO image on a CD or USB stick.
- If you use Rufus, set it on "MBR for UEFI computer" (only for the USB stick, the Surface will be set up as GPT)
3. Boot it on the Surface
4. Enter cd /d D:\scripts
5. Enter diskpart /s part44.txt (use part43.txt for December build)
6. Enter applywim D:\Images\install.wim D:\Images\winre.wim
7. You can repeat the step #6 just to be sure
8. Reboot, unplug the USB stick.
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First of all, I would like to thank murphy78 from mydigitallife.info forum for creating the noob-friendly guide for creating WIMBoot image (friendlier than Microsoft's version, at least).
Here I tried doing it using Surface Pro 3's recovery image instead of clean Windows which is used on his/her guide. I recommend this especially for 64 GB model users, or if you want to deploy 64 GB Surface Pro 3s. 128 GB users can benefit too.
I don't really recommend this for 256 or 512 GB SP3s, since the additional free space is not worth the effort IMO (of course, youre free to do it, its YOUR SP3, after all).
(I copied most of the steps from murphy78's, unless changes are necessary)
(use elevated cmd when necessary)
Preparing the Windows PE files (only for applying the image, NOT installed on the SP3)
Run the ADK commandline shortcut from start menu
Run the following command: copype amd64 c:\WINPE_AMD64
Mount the boot.wim from c:\WinPE_AMD64\media\sources\ and add the update msu packages
Extract the 7z from the link in this post to the c:\winpe_amd64\media\Scripts folder (create folder if you need to)
Preparing the WIM image to be applied
(Surface Pro 3 has Windows 8.1 Update 1 included. If youre doing this on the Surface Pro or Pro 2, you might need to update it.)
Download SurfacePro3_BMR_20_3.4.1.zip recovery image from the official site
Copy install.swm, install2.swm, and install3.swm from SurfacePro3_BMR_20_3.4.1\sources\ to \Deployment Tools\amd64\DISM\ where imagex.exe resides (inside ADK)
Open cmd in that directory and run the following command:
imagex /ref install*.swm /check /export install.swm * install.wim "SurfacePro3"
Mount the WIM image using the following command, change the directory if necessary
Dism /Mount-Image /ImageFile:"C:\SurfacePro3_BMR_20_3.4.1\sources\install.wim" /Index:1 /MountDir:C:\mount\
Move the winre.wim from the windows\system32\recovery\ folder to c:\winpe_amd64\media\Images\ (might need to turn on see system files)
Remove the system file attribute by running: attrib –s -h c:\winpe_amd64\media\images\winre.wim
Optimize the image for WIMboot using the following command:
Dism /Optimize-Image /Image:C:\mount\ /WIMBoot
Capture the optimized image using the following command: DISM /Capture-Image /WIMBoot /ImageFile:" C:\WINPE_AMD64\media\Images\install.wim" /CaptureDir:C:\mount\ /Name:"SurfacePro3_WIMBoot"
(create folder if needed)
Creating the WIMBoot ISO
Move the captured install.wim to c:\winpe_amd64\media\Images
Edit the partition size in D:\scripts\CreatePartitions-WIMBoot.txt. It is the combination of install.wim and winre.wim + 50 MB (no idea why, it refuses to copy the Windows RE image if I didn't give 50 MB additional space)
The row to be edited is “shrink minimum=xxxx”
Create your wimboot iso by running the following oscdimg command in a directory with oscdimg (I use e:\waik5\amd64\)
E:\waik5\amd64\oscdimg.exe -u1 -be:\waik5\amd64\efisys.bin -pEF -bootdata:2#p0,e,be:\waik5\amd64\etfsboot.com#pEF,e,be:\waik5\amd64\efisys.bin c:\winpe_amd64\media\ c:\temp\WinPE_5.1_AMD64.iso
Now, move to the SP3
Boot from the iso
(I do recommend to this on a VM first before messing with your SP3. Make sure your VM supports virtual SSD and EFI firmware)
Navigate to the disk's scripts folder in the winpe command prompt. For me it was cd /d D:\scripts\
(If you click on the command prompt at any time and it seems to pause, just press enter and it will come back to life - learned hard way on vm)
Run from the scripts folder: diskpart /s CreatePartitions-WIMBoot.txt
After the diskpart script is done run: ApplyWimBootImage d:\Images\install.wim d:\Images\winre.wim
And then just reboot and let the system finish setup. You can powerdown at the user creation screen if you are setting this up for a customer. (At least it says it's safe in the chm file)
Just a touch of minor confusion... you have a "How to install" and a guide from another forum. Is the second guide for creating my own WIMBoot image? If I decide you use your already cleaned up image, do I just need to follow the 8 steps in the first section? I have a 128GB Surface Pro 3 on the way, and squeezing every last bit of space I can out of it is pretty appealing.
Have you tested Wi-Di with your image? I currently use a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard for video on my bedroom TV, but I was thinking about getting a Wi-Di adapter for my TV to use with the Surface Pro 3 instead.
I am very interested in saving a bit of space on my 128GB Surface Pro 3. Will I be able to install Microsoft-issued updates when using this ROM? Or will I have to wait for updates from you?
December build [please search in surfaceforums, as I couldn't post links here]
(for next uploads, which one do you recommend: Box sync, Google Drive, MEGA, or OneDrive?)
Features:
1. Only 1.2 GB footprint on C: drive (54 GB free out of 55.2 GB C: drive on the 64 GB model. Free space increases accordingly on larger models) excluding hibernation and pagefile
2. August, September, October, November, and December update rollups slipstreamed
3. Surface Pro 3 specific updates included (KB2978002, KB2969817)
4. Bloat free with about 3 GB saving: (Microsoft devices are shipped bloat-free? Think again)
- Only 6 metro apps included (Camera, IE, OneDrive, PC Settings, Photos, Store). The rest can be downloaded from Store
- Trial Office removed
- Speech data removed (who uses that anyway?)
5. Pen Pairing OOBE appears and working
6. Languages included: Dutch, English, German, French. Since it is Windows 8 Pro, you can download any other language later.
7. WinRE from vanilla Windows, 200 MB saving (working so far, please report if something wrong happened)
I have been using this build for 2 days, as well as the previous, similar build for a week. No issues experienced from my side.
Where might I find your December build?
mikeszekely said:
Just a touch of minor confusion... you have a "How to install" and a guide from another forum. Is the second guide for creating my own WIMBoot image? If I decide you use your already cleaned up image, do I just need to follow the 8 steps in the first section?
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Yes, the lengthy guide is only to create your own WIM image.
If you pick the prebuilt WIM image, then you only need the simple 8 steps.
mikeszekely said:
Have you tested Wi-Di with your image? I currently use a laptop with a wireless mouse and keyboard for video on my bedroom TV, but I was thinking about getting a Wi-Di adapter for my TV to use with the Surface Pro 3 instead.
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I don't have a WiDi supporting hardware at the moment, so I couldn't test that. The option of "Connect to a wireless display" does appear there. Anyway, it should work normally since it is based on the stock SP3 ROM complete with its original driver.
epic118 said:
I am very interested in saving a bit of space on my 128GB Surface Pro 3. Will I be able to install Microsoft-issued updates when using this ROM? Or will I have to wait for updates from you?
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Yes, you can update it just like any other Windows PCs.
fss421077 said:
Where might I find your December build?
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I am sorry for the inconvenience. Since I am quite new in this forum, I am not allowed to post links here. Just browse to the very same thread on surfaceforums (google "surfaceforums wimboot") and you would find the link there.
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Yes, you can update it just like any other Windows PCs.
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Awesome! For the next build, you should use MEGA. It's faster than OneDrive.
Just installed on my Surface Pro 3 128GB. It works great! Only 2.75 GB are being used (without any user files)
Although. I had to replace D: in the commands to E: because I had a micro SD card in my Surface tablet.
Also, I would recommend disabling hibernation and fast start up and deleting Hiberfil.sys - I saved 4GB with no problems so far!
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Just installed on my Surface Pro 3 128GB. It works great! Only 2.75 GB are being used (without any user files)
Although. I had to replace D: in the commands to E: because I had a micro SD card in my Surface tablet.
Also, I would recommend disabling hibernation and fast start up and deleting Hiberfil.sys - I saved 4GB with no problems so far!
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Yeah I think its a good idea to remove the SD card before installing the ROM. Will add to the steps above
Steps to achieve 1.2 GB Footprint
Great job in the December build!
You posted: "Only 1.2 GB footprint on C: drive (54 GB free out of 55.2 GB C: drive on the 64 GB model. Free space increases accordingly on larger models) excluding hibernation and pagefile...".
Would you be able to post the steps you followed to achieve the 1.2 GB footprint?
I am building an image for use in our enterprise environment and have several hundred of these Surface Pro 3 tablets to deploy out to our field sites. My organization has a volume license version of Win 8.1 Pro so I would like to use that to build my image and activate the OS via KMS. I did notice the OS in your build is not from the United States. Even though I have selected all the US locale settings/language settings it still displays the UK dialect and unfortunately this is a problem for me. I have managed to get the used space down to 8.76 GB, however, you have done a remarkable job in getting it smaller. Thank you so much for you help!
fss421077 said:
Great job in the December build!
You posted: "Only 1.2 GB footprint on C: drive (54 GB free out of 55.2 GB C: drive on the 64 GB model. Free space increases accordingly on larger models) excluding hibernation and pagefile...".
Would you be able to post the steps you followed to achieve the 1.2 GB footprint?
I am building an image for use in our enterprise environment and have several hundred of these Surface Pro 3 tablets to deploy out to our field sites. My organization has a volume license version of Win 8.1 Pro so I would like to use that to build my image and activate the OS via KMS. I did notice the OS in your build is not from the United States. Even though I have selected all the US locale settings/language settings it still displays the UK dialect and unfortunately this is a problem for me. I have managed to get the used space down to 8.76 GB, however, you have done a remarkable job in getting it smaller. Thank you so much for you help!
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Yeah, the list of the files I removed are scattered in the surfaceforums posts. But the 1.2 GB is actually the work of WIMBoot. Basically WIMBoot replaces all systems files with small pointer files that points to the recovery image. That's what makes it small.
Its important to note that the screenshot I posted was captured after I disabled hibernation (powercfg -h off) and pagefile, so 8.7 GB does make perfect sense I would say (4 GB hibernation + 3.5 GB pagefile + 1.2 GB)
For the language part, the solution that I could think of for now is to ask the users to go to PC Settings > Time and language > Region and Language > English (US) > Options, then let Windows download the language pack. It would take some time (~300 MB download, mostly consists of useless speech data though). Im now using en-US as well.
I'll be honest, I can't seem to be able to open the .zip file that OneDrive packages everything up in with 7Zip or PeaZip. Winzip opens the files, but then I can't extract the .rar files with anything. Is there any mirrors available on MEGA yet?
I downloaded and used WinRAR without any problems.
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I'll be honest, I can't seem to be able to open the .zip file that OneDrive packages everything up in with 7Zip or PeaZip. Winzip opens the files, but then I can't extract the .rar files with anything. Is there any mirrors available on MEGA yet?
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As above said, WinRAR could unpack the package. It was packed with WinRAR too. (rarlab.com)
ptrkhh said:
As above said, WinRAR could unpack the package. It was packed with WinRAR too. (rarlab.com)
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LOL! No freakin way... Did I really just pull a noob move?...
Sorry and thanks for the reply
electrikjesus said:
LOL! No freakin way... Did I really just pull a noob move?...
Sorry and thanks for the reply
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I think that's because I set it to the highest compression on WinRAR to save bandwidth. I don't know much about it, they might used proprietary algorithms or something. I will stick with more generic algorithms next time.
You can use ZIPmagic for a one-click WIMBoot compression solution for your Surface, or any other Windows tablet for that matter.
You won't even need an external disk when you're compressing your disk for the first time. You can also recompress your disk repeatedly as you add/remove files/apps; in that case a USB of equal size to your main disk is used and serves as a Undo Disk.
Try it! It's super easy and super stable.
PS: I really appreciate these guides, in fact I'll be following one of these to create a WIMBoot partition on my system so I can test upgrading from default WIMBoot to ZIPmagic's improved WIMBoot solution. If a system has already been WIM'd outside of ZIPmagic, the user currently needs to manually delete the old and unneeded WIMBoot partition to save up space [this is what I need to enhance and how I found this post]. Note that ZIPmagic's WIMBoot solution also defeats Microsoft's standard WIMBoot compression substantially.
where can we get the adaptive display brightness tweak from please??
Jimmy Mossiba Floyd said:
where can we get the adaptive display brightness tweak from please??
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Its built in. You just need to flip the switch in Power Options.
Can I boot these images into Dell venue 8 pro(5830)
ptrkhh, any chance we could get an updated build that contains all the win8 updates and the most recent drivers?
I've been using your April build for a while and I gotta say its really nice. Appreciate your hard work.
Hello Freaks and Experts,
I have one question and I have some news for some of you.
I played around a bit with my new ViewSonic "SD-A245". Well, some of you knows (maybe), that this "version" is one of 3 possible solutions from them. First this unit is sold as VSD241 with Android Consumer Platform (with PlayStore), next version is the SD-A245 (my current unit) used as a cooperation platform to VDI-solutions and finally a unit called CDS245, made for signage solutions.
Based on the fact, that my unit is the SD-A245 version, the given Android version is the 4.2.1 with at last minimum functions I have ever seen on such units! Well it come with Citrix WorxHome nobody needs. Some functions are locked (the app "Device ID" reports "Emails:", but the device id is "NOT FOUND". The Google Store-used app has the version 1.1. So I think it should work...
Next time I'll sent photos, but I'm new here and has to check this, how it works first...
So how did I get access to the unit and how it was possible to set it up, that it works almost perfectly to my needs?
First I have installed the software "Wondershare MobileGO" with version 8.5.0. Under my unit you can connect it with the micro USB-plug onto the USB-plug from your computer. Doing so will popup USB-Debugging (activate this first, it is NOT blocked) and now this tool reports "Quanta SD-A245"! Wow! On the left tab you have "Apps" splitted into "User-Apps" and "System-Apps". Here you find "Settings" and the WorxHome App version 8.6.1. Click on it and try to delete it with the trash bin has no success! (don't worry here). On the upper tab you'll find "Installing". Here it is possible to install some "Apps" with *.apk format! Here it is easily to install apps without the need from the 24" tablet. Well, to keep it easy from now on, you should first install a file manager! Choose anything you like. I installed the "ES file explorer" with version 4.1.6.7.2. Install "Android ID Changer", "Apex Launcher", "Chrome", "Device ID", "Dr.Fone for Android", "Droid Info" (version 1.2.1), "Google Account Manager" (version 4.4.4-1227136), "Google Play Store" (version 8.1.25.S-all [0] [PR] 163906778), Titatium Backup (with Purify in version 8.0.2 and 2.1.5.265) and all your other apps you like!
What did I do first?
First comes the file explorer tool! Sure! Downloading *.apk files is possible from now on directly include executing them!
With the tool Titanium Backup I went (after installing them) into the "MENÜ" (in german spell) - it is on the top right corner, you can scroll down to find the propper entry to root your device (if someone wants to do that). There is also a button in the Wondershare MobilGO software (blue button "1 Click Root") but this is a fake (even to tool reports "your device is rooted") or will not work. Well, NO.
So use TB and all will work, follow YouTube Videos on that - or the information on the screen - easy to do!
After you started this process, the system hangs after around 10 minutes of "working". Don't worry, switch it off now, then on again and repeat this rooting process. Afte 1 minute all has done. Voilá, all is now like wanted (OK)!
I can provide a list what apps I have installed, but with a real file manager (installing them as bypass to the Citrix kernel) this was a real door opener here...
And now to another option, and my question (Google PlayStore crashes sometimes, and I did not get really access to the id of the system and Google can therefore not check, what apps are installed or which needs to be updated...
I just bought a fabolous HDMI Quad-Core USB-Stick with full working Android 4.4 plugged into it and powered from it and changed the input mode to now "HDMI". Well, the picture is not as good as from the system itself, but for around 25 Euro I can accept this little quality issue! I have now again an android system with 100% access to all my bought apps, my playstore, my accounts and so on...
We all know, that the touch is not working now. Connecting the micro-USB cable into the stick does not switch on the touch functions automatically. The MK809 III - USB-Stick supports only "general devices" like regular cable micees and keyboards, bluetooth equipmant and other, but not the touch controller from that unit itself. Well, windows 7/8 or 10 did respond to this and uses the correct driver (and it works), so I know the hardware platform now, but how can I tell Android 4.4.4 coming along with this stick that it "enable" this and use the built in touch controller???
How?
Does anybody has an idea?
I have read somewhere, that I have to compile "a driver information file" into the android's kernel??? Is this the solution???
Kind regards, Thomas