Android Q-box 5.1 to 6.0 update - General Questions and Answers

Hi Guys
I have searched the internet for the last few days and found next to no information on this.
I have just purchased an Android QBOX. Spec blow
Android 5.1 Lollipop OS, powered by Quad-core Amlogic S905 Cortex A53, includes a Penta-Core GPU that can reach speeds of up to 2.0GHz
2GB RAM(DDR3) + 16GB(EMMC),
I want to upgrade the software from 5.1 to 6.0 Marshmallow but it seems like nobody has done it manually on these boxes. I know that some boxes with the exact same spec under a different manufacturer come with 6.0 already installed so i can't see any reason not to upgrade to the latest OS unless I'm missing something ?
If anybody could point me in the right direction or give any feedback on this would be much appreciated.
Jamie

jamiej2k6 said:
Hi Guys
I have searched the internet for the last few days and found next to no information on this.
I have just purchased an Android QBOX. Spec blow
Android 5.1 Lollipop OS, powered by Quad-core Amlogic S905 Cortex A53, includes a Penta-Core GPU that can reach speeds of up to 2.0GHz
2GB RAM(DDR3) + 16GB(EMMC),
I want to upgrade the software from 5.1 to 6.0 Marshmallow but it seems like nobody has done it manually on these boxes. I know that some boxes with the exact same spec under a different manufacturer come with 6.0 already installed so i can't see any reason not to upgrade to the latest OS unless I'm missing something ?
If anybody could point me in the right direction or give any feedback on this would be much appreciated.
Jamie
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They are not the exact same specs. There are two variants of the qbox. One has the s905 and one the s905x. Marshmallow has not and probably will not be ported for the s905

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Best Chinese Tablet 2013

I was going to buy a new Tablet after i sold my N90 Dual Core 2 so i was searching which is the best Chines tablet in 2013.
I got these suggestions:
1) Onda V972 (Retina)
2) Novo 9 (Retina)
3) Ampe A10
4) Pipo m4 or something.
Can you please suggest me one of them? or any other which you thinks is better than those?
Thanks in advance.
DArkSm4sh said:
I was going to buy a new Tablet after i sold my N90 Dual Core 2 so i was searching which is the best Chines tablet in 2013.
I got these suggestions:
1) Onda V972 (Retina)
2) Novo 9 (Retina)
3) Ampe A10
4) Pipo m4 or something.
Can you please suggest me one of them? or any other which you thinks is better than those?
Thanks in advance.
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im currently living in China, here ainol ( novo 9 ) is the best one in the market until now
the after-sale service is also great
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im currently living in China, here ainol ( novo 9 ) is the best one in the market until now
the after-sale service is also great
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I heard that the Wifi receiving is extremely bad on the Novo9 due to a manufacture defect or something, is that true for all Novo9 out there?
DArkSm4sh said:
I heard that the Wifi receiving is extremely bad on the Novo9 due to a manufacture defect or something, is that true for all Novo9 out there?
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Yes. There's a long thread about the spark/firewire unit at Slatedroid and very bad wifi reception issues.
Apparently the fix is to open up the back and do a minor tweak to the antenna, which offsets the issue caused by the aluminium chassis.
Any furtur info on best chines tablet?
Im looking to buy something in the 7" family.
My friend have Onda V972 and it is very good. In my opinión, it's the best at moment
I hear good reviews from Hyundai t7s for the price/feature combo....
I got an onda v972 and it need be better on his firmware, very good hardware but very bad firm
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davemaster said:
I hear good reviews from Hyundai t7s for the price/feature combo....
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Yes, it's a very impressive device: Exynos 4412 powered, 2Gb RAM, IPS 1280x800, Bluetooth, GPS... all for $185, not bad. I dunno about its firmware... I hope a good firmware to match its hardware (anyone knows?).
I use ployer momo tablets. But now they have quadcore ones and im thinking of an update. Try looking for quadcore rockchip3066 tabs which are very fast and responsive.
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I'm also busy with finding out wich tablet is the best..
These are my favorites:
Freelander PD80HD
http://liliputing.com/201...88-quad-core-tablets.html
Cube U9GT5
http://www.cube-tablet.co...inch-u9gtv-tablet-pc.html
Cube U33GT (Opvolger U30GT2)
http://www.cube-stores.co...m-2gb-bluetooth-wifi.html
Visture V97HD
http://visture.com/v4.asp
I heard many bad thins about the Cube U30GT2 (No IPS display)
http://www.slatedroid.com...pea-2-tablet/page__st__80
Onda:
Onda V972 Quad Core Features:
OS: Android 4.1.1 support Android 4.2 Update
CPU: AllWinner A31 Quad Core
GPU: Power VR SGX544MP2 8 Core 1MB L2 Cache
Allwinner A31 vs Rockchip RK3188 Quad Core processor 1.8 GHz : Wins RK3188
GPU Power VR vs 4 Core Mali 400 : Mali Wins..
SmartQt30 has a TI OMAP 4470, ARM Cortex-A9 dual core, 1GHz; GPU: PowerVR SGX 544.. New Taxes Instruments CPU.
Greetings
I've had the T7S for a week now and I am really enjoying it. One thing I have to nit pick about it is the battery life. I have to have my charger with me if I am using it a lot. For the most part is last about 6 hours. I am waiting for jelly bean on it.
how about the Colorfly Q1 U781? The design and look is fantastic!!!!
Hope there would guru here who can work on the software!!!
It will be out soon!!!
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DArkSm4sh said:
I was going to buy a new Tablet after i sold my N90 Dual Core 2 so i was searching which is the best Chines tablet in 2013.
I got these suggestions:
1) Onda V972 (Retina)
2) Novo 9 (Retina)
3) Ampe A10
4) Pipo m4 or something.
Can you please suggest me one of them? or any other which you thinks is better than those?
Thanks in advance.
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i am looking for Android tablet too.My friends suggest me buy a Chinese Brand tablet(Yuandao N90FHDRK ).The 10000mAh Battery Capacity and the Quad Core attracted me.And the Configuration is quite good.(9.7 Inch Android 4.1 Jelly Bean IPS Capacitive Multi-touch Screen 16gb Internet Tablet Quad Core Cortex A9,10000mah Battery Capacity,2048x1536 Resolution,mali-400 Mp GPU Tablet Pc with Rk3066 1.6ghz CPU 2gb Ddr3 RAM Wifi Hdmi with OTG USB Cable)
PIPO M9 or CUBE U30GT2
I bought myself a chinese tablet which is going around under many different names. Freelander PD80 Vogue, Ployer Momo 11 quad, Chinavision Vice, and quite a few other names. Mine is called the Primal P9X.
They are all the same tablet.
Quad core Samsung Exynos 4412 1.4 ghz, 1028 x 720 (or whatever that standard one is), IPS screen, Mali 400 gpu. 2 gb ram, 1 gb internal, 16 gig SD. HDMI out, USB 2.0, extSD.
In short, this thing is a beast and is one of the best purchases ive made in awhile. This post marks the first time on the internet someone is linking all these tablets in one post. I know cause I went on a 24 hour wild goose chase after i accidentlally bootlooped this thing. Primal has no website and thus no firmware, but I was able to find firmware for the PD80 Vogue after i realized it was the same exact tablet. And it worked! also the Framaroot exploits (at least Sam) work on this thing.
I hope to see some development on this/these tablets soon, as they are the best thing coming outta china right now (besides the not-very-good resoltuion). If anyone needs a starting ROM to starting tweaking with, reply here and ill post the link. It was a life saver.
Sent from my Primal p9x using xda app-developers app
@servo386
I am not surprised that this is just a re-labled tablet sold under many different brands considering I could not find any information about the manufacturer. I have had my P9x for two weeks now and very happy with the performance and responsiveness of it.
You mentioned finding another rom for it. Was it another ICS rom, or JB? I am interested in going to JB since my Galaxy Note II is already on it.
Anyhow, I found rooting this device to be pretty simple and straightforward. I think there are many options available. I will search for some of these other brands and see what is out there.
These is a thread discussing this on apad forum also so I will watch both of these threads for any updates.
Well it wasn't actually a rom for the primal p9x, it was for one of its clones, the Freelander PD80 Vogue. I bootlooped my p9x after installing something dumb. In an act of desperation I scoured the internet for all its clones and searched for their respective firmwares. The only I ended up findimg was the one I said. So I took the leap of faith and flashed it (put it on sd card, held pwr+vol- at startup) and it worked! Its ICS.
Its nit perfect thougj. The one that shipped with the primal was better. It seemed snappier and didn't have annoying chinese apps. Also the front facing camera seems to not be working. According to apad, a JB fw is coming soon. Eagerly awaiting that.
If you manage to make a dump/nandroid of your stock primal fw I wouldn't mind having a copy
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Do any of these tablets have custom roms, or the ability to update to future android releases?
mostly they have no website or future support no?
MetalG said:
Do any of these tablets have custom roms, or the ability to update to future android releases?
mostly they have no website or future support no?
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This is exactly the right question
I have a Cube U9GT2 that I bought a while back. I based that purchasing decision on the community support it had. If you buy a device with kick ass hardware, but no devs behind it then it may end up close to useless. Rather than looking at paper specs check whether there is community support as it is much more critical when dealing with Chinese tablets (no website, no support, etc.). just my 2¢

Will.i.am iAm+ Puls loading another ROM

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I recently acquired a Will.i.am iAm+ Puls, and want to see if I can load full android on it (it's currently running a forked version of 4.1). It's an awful product, but heck figured it might be fun to try to load full android on it or even android wear and see what I can do. Problem is, it does not look like it has any USB connectivity, so would need some suggestion on how to load a ROM on it otherwise as I'm unfamiliar with how to do it.
If anyone could provide any guidance that would be great
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16GB of storage
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accelerometer (not actually sure if it has it.. isn't surfaced in UI)
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MTCD_GS_v2.38_3/ rk3188/ 1GB - Upgrade options

Hi,
I have a couple of years old android unit in my car (MTCD_GS_v2.38_3_3/rk3188/ 1GB RAM/ ARM Cortex-A9 @ 1.6GHz (x4)/ Android 5.1.1) which is very sluggish and constantly lagging/freezing. I can see now that the latest version of my unit comes with 4GB RAM, 8 core and Android 9.
Do I have any options to upgrade the hardware in order to make the unit faster? The latest unit costs about £250 and I was hoping I might be able to upgrade my existent unit cheaper to an acceptable performance levels..
I am mostly using the unit for Google Maps and Youtube.
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See MTCD forums re. Options to upgrade SOM
marchnz said:
See MTCD forums re. Options to upgrade SOM
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Thanks for the reply Marchnz. Do you have a link to the thread - I couldn’t find anything specifically on that topic.
Thanks again

Updating 5.1.1 unit

Hey guys, im usually alright with this sort of thing but my first attempt with the android auto. I have an unit installed on my latest car that is needing updated as its is quite slow when running updated apps and for the life of me I can't seem to find any firmware updates
Fitted to Porsche Cayenne Turbo 2003
Model: A-MEDIA AUTO (1024X600 S)
S/N: c9010e1109021a0707e0fa5133504b52
CPU: ARM Cortex-A9 @1.6ghz (x4)
Memory: 1024mb
Version info:
MCU Version: MCTD_KGL_V1.87_2 (Sep 7 2016)
Android Version: 5.1.1
Kernel: 3.0.101+
Build: rk3188-userdebug 13092016.14:45:04
Can anyone of the gurus here point me in the right direction for a firmware download link (any any tips what to watch out for)? Thank you so much!
Ghostsix said:
Hey guys, im usually alright with this sort of thing but my first attempt with the android auto. I have an unit installed on my latest car that is needing updated as its is quite slow when running updated apps and for the life of me I can't seem to find any firmware updates
Fitted to Porsche Cayenne Turbo 2003
Model: A-MEDIA AUTO (1024X600 S)
S/N: c9010e1109021a0707e0fa5133504b52
CPU: ARM Cortex-A9 @1.6ghz (x4)
Memory: 1024mb
Version info:
MCU Version: MCTD_KGL_V1.87_2 (Sep 7 2016)
Android Version: 5.1.1
Kernel: 3.0.101+
Build: rk3188-userdebug 13092016.14:45:04
Can anyone of the gurus here point me in the right direction for a firmware download link (any any tips what to watch out for)? Thank you so much!
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Hi, these aren't Android Auto, running a chinese developed Android.
There's not alot to gain attempting to update Android on your 1gb core board.
Suggest searching for SOM upgrade in the MTCD section, which outlines replacing the System On Module board with a later px5, 4GB SOM. Before doing that, Android version options are limited by Bluetooth module.
Take a note of what your BT is, and start looking. Failing that, a complete replacement headunit is possibly a least risk and time consuming option.
Personally speaking I'm not sure I understand why someone would want to run android auto on an android head unit.... IMO, It's kind of redundant, but anyway... I kind of agree with @marchnz , the hardware is a bit outdated and one has to wonder if attempting to update is even worth the time and effort.
Bob_Sanders said:
Personally speaking I'm not sure I understand why someone would want to run android auto on an android head unit.... IMO, It's kind of redundant, but anyway... I kind of agree with @marchnz , the hardware is a bit outdated and one has to wonder if attempting to update is even worth the time and effort.
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Sorry I meant to write android in a car, not android auto lol
Yeah i understand, probably less stress with a newer unit, thanks guys!

Android > 5.0.2 for Samsung Galaxy Tab A (SM-T357)

I have an old Samsung Galaxy Tab A (specific model in the title), and sadly, T-Mobile/Samsung updated Android up to 5.0.2. It is also a very slow tablet, given its hw.
Does anyone know about any Android/Linux Distro that could run in this tablet? LineageOS?
Device has a 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU and only 1.5 GB RAM. Changing device's Android OS doesn't make it faster run.
jwoegerbauer said:
Device has a 1.2 GHz quad-core CPU and only 1.5 GB RAM. Changing device's Android OS doesn't make it faster run.
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I partially agree.
As you know, many manufacturers' Android distros come bloated, so a Vanilla one, with no vendor's "extra services" may help.
There is also the factor that most applications are no longer supported in it due to the Android version. For example, I'm a fan of termux, and I use it extensively in my phone, but the only way to install the latest versions is via F-Droid, and either F-Droid, or its version of termux (I don´t remember which one at this time), don´t work with Android 5.0.2.
I'm just trying to breath a little more life to this old tablet, so I can donate it to anyone that needs it. If I can't I will just throw it away.

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