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[Q] Mod or alternative Firmware

Hello!
Question for experts:
I have bought a 7" tablet from China and the actual firmware have many bugs. There is no support from the supplier.
Is there a possiblity to use an alternative firmware or anyone of the mods?
Tablet hardware:
Samsung PC110 Android 2.3
CPU Samsung PC110 1GHz
Internal Memory 512MB DDR2
Flash Memory 4GB
MicroSD 32GB
Wlan yes
UMTS external
Ethernet no
GPS yes
Bluetooth yes
Camera: 0.3 MP
G-Sensor yes
Display 7 Zoll Multi-Touchscreen
Ports:
HDMI
USB
USB HOST
Audio 3.5 mm
Touchscreen: 7 Zoll capacitve multitouch
Keys: Power on/off, Home, Menu,Back
Thank you in advance!
Best regars
AS

Ubuntu on HeroTab C8

Hello,
While looking on the internet a while ago, i found out this development board that have almost the same hardware characteristics of our beloved Herotab C8, its called the mini210s from the FriendlyArm website.
Here are the Specification:
CPU: 1 GHz Samsung S5PV210 with PowerVR SGX540 graphics engine
RAM: 512 MB DDR2 RAM, 32 bit Bus
Flash: up to 4GB NAND Flash
EEPROM: 256 Byte (I2C)
Ext. Memory: 1x microSD-Card socket
Serial Ports: 1x DB9 connector (RS232), total: 4x serial port connectors
USB: 1x USB-A Host 2.0, 1x miniUSB Slave/OTG 2.0
Audio Output: 3.5 mm stereo jack, connector for a speaker (Class D Amp)
Audio Input: Condenser microphone
...
OS Support
Windows CE 6
Linux
Android
After i saw that they supported Linux i went out to to see if there's anyone have ever installed Linux on it before, and it turned out that it is easy to do, and there's already an ubuntu image ready to be installed onto this board. (Just google "Mini210S ubuntu sd" )
Now the BIG question, how to handle the bootloader ? i personnaly seem to lack some knowledge into the boot process of android chineese tablet, but with your help guys i hope i can do it and establish a nice old tutorials to do it.
For info, i have a herotab opened and internal SD card removed in order to do tests on !

[Q] help - noob - dead dead dead android tablet

OK so I'm sure I'm opening up an old thread but I'm lost..
My daughter's cheap generic pink tablet (comes up as alcatel when plugged in with USB) is dead
Turning on normally I get the revolving android sign (forever) - I think this might be a boot loop (I've googled A LOT today)
So combinations of buttons to turn it on with and without USB / power plugged in I always end up with the dead robot.. at which point nothing at all..
It's generic, out of warranty and was cheap so it might be a great opportunity for me to find out a bit more and learn to use some new tools but I have NO IDEA WHERE TO START!!
Of course it's dead.. so I'm going along with probably having to buy a new one.. but I hate being beaten.. I'm a SQL developer so I'm not short of nouse but I have no idea what I'm doing... and the lingo has me beat..
So when I connect the tablet to the PC I can see it as a drive.. I've assigned nice useful drive letters but windows 7 is adamant these are portable drives (2 of them) with nothing on them.. now there can't be nothing because with nothing where would it get the piccies from to display telling me all is not well..
then I see about flashing.. .well I sort of see the concept but seriously.. it's a generic tablet, it had ICS on it but other than that I have no clues about its real origins other than the alcatel driver Windows installed the first time I plugged it in (by which time it was already FUBAR)
so.. ready for the mickey extraction but also really would like some help..
(and a cheap replacement for my daughter to stop the tears while I play with the old one)
(and a bag to put over my head so nobody sees me playing with a PINK tablet)

found the link
if it helps.. this is the tablet I bought
http://cgi.ebay.co.uk/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=370695751902
so potentially there's something in there that will tell you what the gubbins inside it really are...

if you tell us about the CPU maybe we can help a bit.

cpu
Daniel120201 said:
if you tell us about the CPU maybe we can help a bit.
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sorry I don't know anything other than was in the ebay link but I've copied it here for clarity and marked the CPU parts in red.
thank you for looking.. hope this gets us further
General
Operating System: Google Android 4.0.4 ICS
Product Type: Tablet PC
Keyboard: Touch Screen
Display Technology: Capacitive touch screen
Screen Size: 7 inch
Max Resolution: 800*480
CPU Type: Cortex-A8
CPU Manufacturer: ALLWINNER
CPU Model: A13
CPU Speed: 1 - 1.2Ghz
RAM / Technology: DDR3
RAM Installed Size: 512MB
Hard Drive Type: NAND FAST FLASH
Hard Drive Capacity: 4GB
PCMCIA Expansion: Micro SD Card / T-FLASH(Support 32G MAX)
Camera: 0.2MP
HDMI: NO
3G: Supporting External 3G modem
G-Sensor: Four way
Audio: Built in stereo speakers/Built in Microphone
Software: Support BBC iPlayer/Youtube/Facebook/Twitter/MSN/Android market/Skype/Calculator/Google Mail/Google maps/iReader/Quick Office
Language: Multi-language support
Battery Type: LI 3900mAH @ 7.4v
Battery LI 3900mAH
Power Device Type: AC Adapter
Voltage required: 100/240V
Color: Pink
Item Dimensions/ W*D*H: 18.1*12.1*0.89CM
Shipping Dimensions/ W*D*H: 24*16*7CM
Net Weight: 0.309KG
Input/Output Connectors
Ports: 1 x Mini USB
1 x Micro Sd Card slot
1 x DC jack
1 x Earphone jack
Communications
Networking / Data Link Protocol: Fast Ethernet
Wireless Connection: WIFI
Wireless Protocol: 802.11 b/g/n
Support Format
Video: AVI/RM/RMVB/MKV/WMV/MOV/MP4/DAT(VCD format)/VOB(DVD format)/PMP/MPEG/MPG/FLV/ASF/TS/TP/3GP/MPG
Audio: FLAC/APE/WAV
Picture: JPG/BMP/PNG/GIF
Ebook: WORD/EXCEL/PPT/PDF/TXT/CHM/HTML

mjltigger said:
sorry I don't know anything other than was in the ebay link but I've copied it here for clarity and marked the CPU parts in red.
thank you for looking.. hope this gets us further
General
Operating System: Google Android 4.0.4 ICS
Product Type: Tablet PC
Keyboard: Touch Screen
Display Technology: Capacitive touch screen
Screen Size: 7 inch
Max Resolution: 800*480
CPU Type: Cortex-A8
CPU Manufacturer: ALLWINNER
CPU Model: A13
CPU Speed: 1 - 1.2Ghz
RAM / Technology: DDR3
RAM Installed Size: 512MB
Hard Drive Type: NAND FAST FLASH
Hard Drive Capacity: 4GB
PCMCIA Expansion: Micro SD Card / T-FLASH(Support 32G MAX)
Camera: 0.2MP
HDMI: NO
3G: Supporting External 3G modem
G-Sensor: Four way
Audio: Built in stereo speakers/Built in Microphone
Software: Support BBC iPlayer/Youtube/Facebook/Twitter/MSN/Android market/Skype/Calculator/Google Mail/Google maps/iReader/Quick Office
Language: Multi-language support
Battery Type: LI 3900mAH @ 7.4v
Battery LI 3900mAH
Power Device Type: AC Adapter
Voltage required: 100/240V
Color: Pink
Item Dimensions/ W*D*H: 18.1*12.1*0.89CM
Shipping Dimensions/ W*D*H: 24*16*7CM
Net Weight: 0.309KG
Input/Output Connectors
Ports: 1 x Mini USB
1 x Micro Sd Card slot
1 x DC jack
1 x Earphone jack
Communications
Networking / Data Link Protocol: Fast Ethernet
Wireless Connection: WIFI
Wireless Protocol: 802.11 b/g/n
Support Format
Video: AVI/RM/RMVB/MKV/WMV/MOV/MP4/DAT(VCD format)/VOB(DVD format)/PMP/MPEG/MPG/FLV/ASF/TS/TP/3GP/MPG
Audio: FLAC/APE/WAV
Picture: JPG/BMP/PNG/GIF
Ebook: WORD/EXCEL/PPT/PDF/TXT/CHM/HTML
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Have you tried getting into recovery? Sorry if you already said you tried, i sorta skimmed it. if you dont know how to get into recovery it should be Turn off fully, volume up and power button or volume down.

I have tried recovery. That's when I get the dead android. If I just turn on normally I get what I believe is called a boot loop
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mjltigger said:
I have tried recovery. That's when I get the dead android. If I just turn on normally I get what I believe is called a boot loop
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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You might be able to recover the phone by using jtag but if the hardware has something broken you have no chance unless you replace that specific part.
Sent from my HTC One using Tapatalk 4

[Q] Help with android tablet Trevi TAB 7 C4

Hi guys. I am in need of help with a 7" tablet from Italy. A few days ago i got as a present from a phone company in my country this tablet:
Trevi Tab C4
Tablet PC with Wi-Fi 802.11 b / g / n
Compatible with external 3G sticks
TFT LCD 7 "Five-point touch screen 800x480 px resolution, 16:9 aspect ratio
Boxchip A13 CPU, 1 GHz ARM Cortex A8, 512 Mb DDR3 SDRAM
Android OS 4.0
Compatible with Google Play
4GB internal memory + Slot for external memory up to 32GB Micro-SD
Gravity sensor G SENSOR
Supports Flash player
0.3 megapixel front facing camera
Micro-USB interface for connecting to the computer and external devices
3.5mm headphone jack
voice Recording
Power supply: battery inside the lithio 2100 mAh rechargeable via mains adapter supplied
Included Accessories: AC adapter, USB cable and user manual
Dimensions: 192 x 114 x 12 mm
Weight: 321 g.
Product Code: 0007C400
Color: Black
I would like to ask two things. First if anyone knows how to root it and secondly is there a compatible rom so that i can upgrade it from the 4.0.2 that is currently on.
Thanks in advance.
And something else. I am new to all of this so be gentle.

problem with rk3066 tablet

hey guys,
i have a rk3066 tablet named yooz mypad751HD stucked in a kind of logo loop it doesn't started.
I managed to contact the supplier he said that i have to wipe/reset factory, but it didn't work.
I didn't found any stock or custom rom and I don't know the requised CMW to install
here is the specification of my tablet
Rockchip 3066
Dual Core 1.6 Ghz
7 pouces, 800 x 1280 pixels IPS 4:3
RAM 1 GB
16 GB, Extensible at 32 GB via carte Micro SD
Internet Dongle
Dimensions (mm) 184 x 131 x 11.9
Caméra front/ back 0.3 MP / 2.0 MP
Connectivity Micro USB, DC jack, Audio
battery 3700 mAh
weight 350 g
Coque Métal
Bluetooth 3.0
Wifi IEEE 802.11b/g/n
HDMI yes
Operating system Android 4.2 Jelly Bean
color Gris métallisé
Certification CE
many thanx