Have anyone tried connectig dvb-t usb dongle to tf300t? I'm going to take a shot and buy a cheap one tuner based on RTL2832U chipset and try to make it work. I just wonder if anyone tried it already. I found interesting post on nexus 7 forums : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841759
fishynio said:
Have anyone tried connectig dvb-t usb dongle to tf300t? I'm going to take a shot and buy a cheap one tuner based on RTL2832U chipset and try to make it work. I just wonder if anyone tried it already. I found interesting post on nexus 7 forums : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841759
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Has anyone successfully installed the driver?
I tried the drivers from the above mentioned link but also from the newest app 'Android DVB-T' in Google Play.
My TF300 is running with the newest firmware and root rights.
The TF300 is rebooting a few seconds after start installing the drivers.
My DVB-T stick has the RTL2832U chipset and is successfully running the app 'SDR Touch'
It would be great to get it running!
Hi All, I have a Asus TRIO TX201LA intel x86 z2560 soc (AKA TX201LAF, french). I device so obscure almost no one knows it even exists on XDA. Owners of this device are so rare most are dead or locked away with no internet access. Ok all joking aside its pretty rare device with little to no support for it anywhere. Asus never gave it 1 update. Its on android 4.2. It has MANY asus clones including but not limited to the following: Zenfone A450CG/A500CG, FonePad 7 FE375CG/CGX, Asus Memo Pad 7 ME176C/CX, Asus Memo pad 10 me302c. As for devices that share the soc thing include the Galaxy Tab 10.1, Dell Venue 7 and probably more. I think there are more asus devices out there also.
What I want to figure out is this. Which method that I have found to unlock the boot loader is best for me to try to avoid a brick. Here are a list of methods:
1. This method comes from the memo pad 7: https://forum.xda-developers.com/memo-pad-7/help/help-me176c-fastboot-123-screen-t3713930
2. This method also comes from the memo pad 7: https://forum.xda-developers.com/memo-pad-7/general/asus-me176c-cx-unlock-bootloader-t3315603
3. This method comes from the dell venue 7: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1787620
4. There is an official method from the Zenfone 4 A450CG which is involves an unlock tool provided by asus. Its called: Unlock_Tool_A400_v8.1.apk. I've explored this the most (tried v7 &7.5) but have been unable to get it to work. This apk installed and gives me the warning about unlocking and losing warranty but then says the my "device model is not supported". I figured an edit to the APK may allow this to work on my bootloader. see: https://www.asus-zenfone.com/2014/11/download-official-unlock-bootloader-tool-zenfone4.html?m=1
5+ there are actually a few more unlock methods I've found mostly for the zenfone 4/5 but they involve flashing here is 1. https://forum.xda-developers.com/zenfone-5/general/guide-how-to-unlock-bootloader-safely-t3562640 & another: https://www.asus.com/zentalk/thread-39834-1-1.html
Due to no support from asus no bootloader unlock will ever be released for my device but I believe one of the above methods either could work "as is" or may need a small edit to work. So can someone help me unlock my bootloader? After this I plan to build a rom using my kernel source here: https://rebyte.me/en/asus/86392/file-543531/ to build a Bliss rom.
Hope that the Unlock_Tool_A400_v8.1.apk can be edited as I see it this maybe the best and easiest to avoid a brk..
Anyone?????
Come on.. this is a simple task for any dev, i should think.
DANG, to many devices not enough devs.. It was all so different before 2010. RIP how it used to be.
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madhits45 said:
Come on.. this is a simple task for any dev, i should think.
DANG, to many devices not enough devs.. It was all so different before 2010. RIP how it used to be.
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Yeah man I hear you.. it was once so much better, just to many dang devices now..
Bumpy boompop shazam.. Hello Atoms not DEAD yEt.. https://www.pcworld.com/article/315...m-chip-in-panasonics-2189-android-tablet.html
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Mediatek MT8173 & MT8176 development
Hi folks, after I've long been working on my device and only made little progress in building LineageOS for my Xiaomi Mi Pad 3 I decided to look for other developers with similar devices.
My Mi Pad 3 (codename: cappu) is a tablet based on a Mediatek MT8176 SoC. It was launched in April 2017. The tablet comes with a 7.9" display with a resolution of 2048 pixels by 1536 pixels at a PPI of 326 pixels per inch. It is powered by a 2.1GHz/1.7GHz Hexa Core processor ( 2 x 2.1GHz Cortex A72 + 4 x 1.7GHz Cortex A53 ) and it comes with 4GB of RAM. The tablet packs 64GB of internal storage that cannot be expanded. It was shipped out with Android 7.0 (Miui) and is still on this version).
Two months ago Xiaomi finally released Kernel Source Code for my device. It was broken, but I fixed most of the conflicts, streamed the kernel up to latest linux-stable and added some features. I also tried to build LineageOS & AOSP trees, but I have to admit, I'm starting to get desperate. For this specific SoC - even it's predecessor MT8173 - there is no activie development. And that is what I am looking for!
I collected some devices that either use MT8176 SoC, or the older MT8173 SoC. Some of them have Kernel Sources, which I listed and linked below.
All questions, requests for help, suggestions, ... are welcome. If you own any of the listed devices feel free to write and help. This thread is also on Reddit.
MT8176
Xiaomi Mi Pad 3
GPD XD+
Chuwi Hi9
Teclast Master T8
Teclast Master T10
Asus Zenpad 3S 10
Acer Iconia Tab 10 A3-A50
Alfawise Tab
MT8173
ALLDOCUBE Freer X9 (Cube Free X9 (U89))
HITSAN Onda V10 Pro
Pegasus JDTab J01
Acer Chromebook R13 CB5-312T-K8Z9
Amazon Fire HD 10 2017
Lenovo N23 Yoga
Lenovo Flex 11
Xiaomi Mi Box 3 2016
Amazon Fire TV (sloane)
Firmwares & Source-Code:
Chuwi Hi9
https://www.needrom.com/download/chuwi-hi9/ (Firmware)
Acer Iconia Tab 10 A3-A50
https://github.com/Goayandi/android_kernel_acer_titan
https://snlookup.com/acer-iconia-tab-10-a3-a50-tablet-p104780 (Firmware & Kernel-Source)
Xiaomi Mi Pad 3
https://github.com/MiCode/Xiaomi_Kernel_OpenSource/tree/cappu-n-oss (Kernel-Source)
https://github.com/Goayandi/android_kernel_xiaomi_cappu/tree/3.18.108 (Kernel-Source)
http://en.miui.com/a-234.html (Firmware)
https://multirom.me/index.php?m=app&a=view&id=81&app=roms (Firmware)
Teclast T10
https://www.needrom.com/download/teclast-t10-e3c5/ (Firmware)
Teclast T8
https://www.needrom.com/download/teclast-t8-e8c1/ (Firmware)
GPD XD+
https://github.com/Goayandi/android_kernel_mt8176_common (Kernel-Source)
https://github.com/skelton/android_kernel_mt8176_common (Kernel-Source)
https://droidbox.co.uk/how-to/flashing-gpd-xd-plus-firmware/ (Firmware)
http://www.gpd.hk/news.asp?id=1519&selectclassid=002002 (Firmware)
Asus Zenpad 3S 10
https://github.com/Goayandi/android_kernel_asus_z500m (Kernel-Source)
http://dlcdnet.asus.com/pub/ASUS/EeePAD/Zenpad/Z500M/Z500M_V13_6_10_15_kernel.zip (Kernel-Source)
https://www.asus.com/us/Tablets/ASUS-ZenPad-3S-10-Z500M/HelpDesk_BIOS/ (Firmware)
Onda V10 Pro
https://www.needrom.com/download/onda-v10-pro/ (Firmware Android)
http://onda.cn/Tablet_Supports.aspx?id=371 (Firmware Phoenix OS)
http://onda.cn/Tablet_Supports.aspx?id=370 (Firmware Phoenix OS)
Pegasus JDtab J01
https://www.needrom.com/download/jdtab-j01/ (Firmware)
Amazon Fire TV 2015 (sloane)
https://github.com/Goayandi/android_kernel_amazon_sloane (Kernel-Source)
Amazon Fire HD 10 (7th Generation)
https://fireos-tablet-src.s3.amazon...PR/Fire-HD10_7th_Gen-5.3.6.2-20180315.tar.bz2 (Kernel-Source)
https://kindle-fire-updates.s3.amaz...wyB/update-kindle-40.6.0.5_user_605485120.bin (Firmware)
ALLDOCUBE Freer X9 (U89)
http://51cube.com/services?_search=U89 (Firmware)
https://www.leakite.com/2017/10/cube-stock-firmware.html (Firmware)
First thanks for your initiative! And I am very interested in obtaining a Custom ROM for my Teclast T10 E3C5 device with the aforementioned MTK8176 Chipset. I cannot help you with development but are open to test it and report bugs.
Hi Goayandi,
I'm not sure how many experienced ROM developers you will get. (I'm not one of them. I have compiled and modded existing ROMs, but never ported one.) I've heard several people say they will look into building a custom ROM for mt8163 or mt8173. But that's always as far as it gets. They never come back with any results. So I was just curious, what are you getting stuck on?
As far as I can tell, one major problem with porting to Mediatek is that they modify a lot of Google's OS code like frameworks and libraries. I do see that you already have some MTK customized repositories in your github library. You may have to do some reverse engineering of the stock ROM to confirm that the MTK changes are the same ones you have in your repos. Yes, that's a huge pain. It's also likely that MTK's patches for mt81xx and mt67xx, which is probably what you have, are pretty different.
One suggestion I want to make is to start out with a ROM that's as close to stock as possible. That means building a plain AOSP build NRD90M. This will reduce as many trouble-causing variables as possible. That's how I would do it. If you accomplish that, it will be easy to move on to higher Android versions or LineageOS, etc.
I would also use the prebuilt kernel for now. There is not much point to compiling your own for the same reason I just mentioned. A lot more variables would enter the equation. (Unless maybe you can test it independently with the stock FW.)
Any chances of giving TeamMAD access to one of these devices?
I have a Teclast T8 stuck in fastboot mode. No recovery, no system. adb cannot see the device. Is there a way to recover from that?
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I have a Teclast T8 stuck in fastboot mode. No recovery, no system. adb cannot see the device. Is there a way to recover from that?
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In T10 thread I have heard of same kind of issue. Disconnect battery (solder) or wait for device to die, then charge and it should be fine
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In T10 thread I have heard of same kind of issue. Disconnect battery (solder) or wait for device to die, then charge and it should be fine
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I tried that. That would work if recovery were bootlooping, and system were intact. In my case, my T8 cannot get to system. The Teclast Logo goes through its animation on startup, then gets stuck there. Holding volume up and power gives me 3 choices: recovery, fastboot, normal. Recovery and Normal are both broken. Fastboot is the only one I can do. How to recover from that?
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I tried that. That would work if recovery were bootlooping, and system were intact. In my case, my T8 cannot get to system. The Teclast Logo goes through its animation on startup, then gets stuck there. Holding volume up and power gives me 3 choices: recovery, fastboot, normal. Recovery and Normal are both broken. Fastboot is the only one I can do. How to recover from that?
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You need to reflash firmware/rom with the sp flash tool.
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You need to reflash firmware/rom with the sp flash tool.
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You should flash stock firmware on your tablet with SPflash tools. Search for Mediatek SPflash + your device name in Google. Flash procedure should look like this:
FLASH Mediatek device
- Unpack FlashTools, and Click on Flash_tool.exe
- Select "scatter-Loading" and search MT8173_Android_scatter.txt in ROM
- Wait file to be added into Flash Tool
- Select "Download Only" or if upgrade "Firmware upgrade"
- Turn off your phone (and don't turn on the phone).
- Press “Download” button to start
- and connect your phone into the computer via USB data cable.
- The process will start and a red progress bar will appear after color purple, yellow.
- And green circles display
- Finish !
- You can now safely disconnect your phone and turn it on.
So you should look for your ROM/FIRMWARE and than flash it. Key step for you is to turn of the tablet, push download button in SPflash tools, and then connect USB to the tablet. Flash will then start!
But Google for instructions on how to use SPflash
Thank you, BiG_FooT and fastmix! Leaving it in power off state before SP flash was the missing step. I don't know how I missed that in previous Google searches. Fully working tablet now.
I now have two of these things. If you (or any others interested in developing this Mediatek) want me to use one of my Teclast T8s for testing for you, let me know.
Has anyone successfully flashed the firmware??
The system.img for all the ROMs is corrupt
Hi! I have an Alfawise Tab (rebranded JDTAB 01) with MT8173 chipset and android 6.0.
I managed to find the stock firmware and recovery, so i tried to port this TWRP recovery: https://forum.xda-developers.com/mi-pad/development/recovery-twrp-3-2-1-0-mi-pad-3-cappu-t3744185 unsuccessfully, maybe because of the different android versions(?)
I don't know....
Does anyone know how to port- build a custom recovery for these chipsets (mt8173-76)?
Or know if there is a working TWRP based on android 6.0 and these chipsets?
So, is there still any development? Where kernel-sources for Teclast devices can be found?
What an utter failure. Of both the manufacturers and the community.
It's fairly clear that the problem is hardware fragmentation. There is just too much diversity in Android hardware platforms, even too many different ARM-based CPUs, and too few users on many of those to justify a major development effort for any of them.
The moral of the story must be: if you want your tablet to remain useful for more than a couple of years, don't buy a cheap Chinese generic one made by a company that isn't a famous global brand. Stick to hardware that has sold in the millions.
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What an utter failure. Of both the manufacturers and the community.
It's fairly clear that the problem is hardware fragmentation. There is just too much diversity in Android hardware platforms, even too many different ARM-based CPUs, and too few users on many of those to justify a major development effort for any of them.
The moral of the story must be: if you want your tablet to remain useful for more than a couple of years, don't buy a cheap Chinese generic one made by a company that isn't a famous global brand. Stick to hardware that has sold in the millions.
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What we really need to do is reverse engineer a few roms already built for these chipsets, then see what they all have in common. This will help us figure out what needs to be done to the kernel, and what firmware we need.
Any news? Has anyone tried to flash GPD firmware on one of the other tablets with the same chipset? I have a Chuwi Hi9 with MTK 8173 and I would love to be able to change the ROM, the default one sucks big time. I actually bought it because it had the same chipset as one of the GPD devices.
Where To Start??
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Hi,
If I were you I would start by having a really good look through the MTK_X20_BASE_AOSP open source code here https://github.com/archermind/MTK_X20_BASE_AOSP
In that you will find all the required mtk binary's and documented associated google dependency's and stock mtk app's needed. Dig through all the make files and compare your project_confg which should be in your system/data/misc on 6.0 and vendor/data/misc 7.0 with the one in that source to see whats built.
Because it's mediatek it's messy and things are all over the place but after days of reading it you can kinda start follow the rabbit eventually :laugh:
Take what you need and assemble it into a nice logical fashion using a experienced dev's work as a example and try a AOSP build if that works then try Lineage.
When you have things stable follow others who have stepped up in firmware version.
Most things should work if you have a working kernel.
Best place to start would be HERE it's invaluable :good:
There are other places and make's for BT WiFi GPS etc etc so ensure to explore it well.
Obviosly get the blobs from your own device if poss else pinch them form that source and give them a try it's all trial and error.
If I ever find the time I may join you one day to build a rom for the Lenovo Tab2 mt8165 please note most of these mt8xxxx have a equivalent mt67xx/mt65xx see my sig below for a example.
Good Luck and Happy building :fingers-crossed:
bigrammy said:
Hi,
If I were you I would start by having a really good look through the MTK_X20_BASE_AOSP open source code here https://github.com/archermind/MTK_X20_BASE_AOSP
In that you will find all the required mtk binary's and documented associated google dependency's and stock mtk app's needed. Dig through all the make files and compare your project_confg which should be in your system/data/misc on 6.0 and vendor/data/misc 7.0 with the one in that source to see whats built.
Because it's mediatek it's messy and things are all over the place but after days of reading it you can kinda start follow the rabbit eventually :laugh:
Take what you need and assemble it into a nice logical fashion using a experienced dev's work as a example and try a AOSP build if that works then try Lineage.
When you have things stable follow others who have stepped up in firmware version.
Most things should work if you have a working kernel.
Best place to start would be HERE it's invaluable :good:
There are other places and make's for BT WiFi GPS etc etc so ensure to explore it well.
Obviosly get the blobs from your own device if poss else pinch them form that source and give them a try it's all trial and error.
If I ever find the time I may join you one day to build a rom for the Lenovo Tab2 mt8165 please note most of these mt8xxxx have a equivalent mt67xx/mt65xx see my sig below for a example.
Good Luck and Happy building :fingers-crossed:
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Hello!
Do I have a chance to do this with my teclast T8 device if I don't have even kernel-source code? For now I've ported most of firmwares different from my stock ROM (MIUI, ZenUI etc). But I would like to upgrade android version ( Nougat to Oreo) if it possible. Since not so long new device ( alldocube X) was released on same chipset (mt8176) with installed android Oreo, maybe this may help some way?
Sword900 said:
Hello!
Do I have a chance to do this with my teclast T8 device if I don't have even kernel-source code? For now I've ported most of firmwares different from my stock ROM (MIUI, ZenUI etc). But I would like to upgrade android version ( Nougat to Oreo) if it possible. Since not so long new device ( alldocube X) was released on same chipset (mt8176) with installed android Oreo, maybe this may help some way?
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Hello To All
I have a Teclast M89 That I rooted with Magisk and have a working TWRP for backing up.
I am very interested in Testing Kernels and new Roms.I have already wiped and reflashed device a couple times -now Everything for testing,flashing, and booting has been verified.
@Goayandi
Just stopping by to say thanks for this, used some stuff from here for lineage-12.1 on Fire HD10
https://forum.xda-developers.com/hd8-hd10/orig-development/rom-lineage-12-1-t3953677
Hello. I have rooted OnePlus 6 and I'd like to install Kali NetHunter. I tried to install it via Magisk and..... nothing, most of all functions wont work. Afterwards I learned that Kali NetHunter doesn't support my device and I have to build it from my phones kernel.... somehow. Please help.
Have you tried this one?
https://technicalustad.com/install-kali-nethunter-on-android/
We would need one of the amazing experts here to port the Kali kernel for our device.
I would also love to have this back with this phone.
Would be awesome if someone ported it :good:
same here
xenoveni said:
Have you tried this one?
https://technicalustad.com/install-kali-nethunter-on-android/
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Did that work for you?
I'm gonna try to make one for myslef using this tut
My only trouble is making my external Alfa wifi card work on it. My questions are is there wifi drivers involve to my specific card add for it function.
I have no knowledge of doing this it. It will be fun and full of errors.
fuzmik said:
I'm gonna try to make one for myslef using this tut
My only trouble is making my external Alfa wifi card work on it. My questions are is there wifi drivers involve to my specific card add for it function.
I have no knowledge of doing this it. It will be fun and full of errors.
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Any luck?
Is there any nethunter kernel builds anywhere yet?
Found something
Someone might have released it.
I cannot confirm that this is indeed trustable but it seems to be lineagos 160 together with nethunter kernel
https://androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=289311
there is one on development on oneplus 6t
https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-6t/development/oneplus6-6t-nethunter-kernel-t3900105
any news
Hey guys,
I got hands on a tablet Cube iWork 10 Ultimate, dual OS (windows 10 and android 5). I was wondering if it's possible to install a complete new OS on it, getting rid of the dual system because it's so slow. Or should I just throw it away ?
Thanks for letting me know !
biandes said:
Hey guys,
I got hands on a tablet Cube iWork 10 Ultimate, dual OS (windows 10 and android 5). I was wondering if it's possible to install a complete new OS on it, getting rid of the dual system because it's so slow. Or should I just throw it away ?
Thanks for letting me know !
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Just like any other laptop, infact if you want you can install linux on it if you want. This tablet/pc has a uefi so you just boot into the windows/android installation image. I think you could probably install a newer android version on it
biandes said:
Hey guys,
I got hands on a tablet Cube iWork 10 Ultimate, dual OS (windows 10 and android 5). I was wondering if it's possible to install a complete new OS on it, getting rid of the dual system because it's so slow. Or should I just throw it away ?
Thanks for letting me know !
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This tablet has Intel Atom x5-Z8300 chipset what can run x86_64-bit OS. Hence you could install & run BlissOS port for x86_64 machines.