yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] astalavistababy:
Hi Sam,

There is no need to pull the back panel off because I've finally solved it.

This was the article which helped me a lot on making the needed backups:

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile...es-boot-recovery-and-system-partition-images/

After almost 3 weeks of continously searching/studying the forums, I've finally sorted it out.

Now, I learned some useful things (such: unix commands, working with different tools to backup my device, using the IDE Terminal and so), but main important is that I learned better my tablet, without being afraid of such a minor issues like getting over "fastboot screen".

Should you experience the same troubles as mine and you need any assistance, please feel free to shoot!

Thank you all for being supportive and mainly to you, Sam, for your particular attention!

Cheers!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jakejay:
Hi all,

These suckers are now half price on Kogans website for those interested.

I just purchased one, and look forward to working through the many pitfalls of this tablet ;)

Jake
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sam.crowther:
Yup, rang a mate who wants one for game mastering. $99 tablet with a shallow viewing angle is ideal for him... You encounter a troll with 6d6 or somesuch, guys next to him can't see the details...

after playing with mine he figures it'll do exactly what he needs PDF, comic and kindle. Pretty sure he'll end up wanting root and start playing it with it tho
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] purana:
Hello All,

Thanks for this thread and the information it contains. Just installed on a Kogan 7" Tablet lastnight, and I followed the information above about the tablet coming out of sleep constantly and it hasn't fixed the issue. It did however stop the cell thing showing up in the battery status constantly. Except you can see the unit constantly coming in out of sleep.

Any further things I should attempt?

PS. Factory image sucks, can't run much on it. Not even Angry Birds from Market Place, yet Kogan advertise it as being able to do this. What a joke.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] craigrobertson:
Purana...

I posted a way to post out screen issues if you read through the posts...

Also my kogan is quite happily running stock Rom and I have all 4 angry birds on it and all work perfectly. Don't go through play(market) just google the .apk download and install yourself. Lots of apps claim not to work for it but they do if you find them yourself and install.

Craig.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] purana:
Yeah thanks for the post, I noticed a post mentioned some other app to run each time after the unit has been cycled etc. I'll give it a go.

I honestly don't like the stock rom, due to the fact most of the stuff you'd like to run are not on the market place. But I guess if you have it rooted on stock rom with su (root) access, you could pretty much install anything directly from apk files I guess.

I honestly wanted to run MoboPlayer but couldn't find it, so figured I needed a newer OS hence running the other rom. Guess I could roll back using the factory backup I took with that tool.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] purana:
I erased and restored the factory rom.. and it seems to do what it needs now when I load the apk's manually from the net. Will leave it like this. Loaded up flash and my son should find this easier enough to use (compared to cyanogenmod7).

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] :
Hey guys,

Just thought I'd let you know I received my 7" Agora tablet this morning from the sale Kogan have just had, and found it incredibly easy to first install clockworkmod, then flash Cyanogenmod 7 and then flash gapps.

Everything woked first time, after reading the horror stories on here i was expecting a much harder time, but everything (almost) works.

However, after using the Cyanogenmod rom for a few hours, once the screen would lock I could not use the touchscreen anymore, and things like the camera app and other miscellaneous apps refused to open. I decided to go back to the original rooted stock rom, and things mostly work ok now. Seems to still be a random screen on/off issue, i think it's linked to wifi but not sure.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] XVI™:
Just like to say thanks

I was given a 10inch Kogan Agora Tablet for free.

I was able to install ClockworkMod Recovery, but wasn't able to use Superoneclick, so I used this: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119778.

The battery drain & prevent screen from waking every few minutes fix didnt work by deleting phone.apk and TelephonyProvider.apk.

However I did also delete contactsprovider.apk and that fixed that, and it also shows no usage in the battery usage

So now I suppose I get a good rom?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jakejay:
So my agora 10" arrived today...

managed to flash clockworkmod 5 and do a backup, however ive now flashed CM7 and cant seem to get out of CWM due to the lack of a back button...

tried holding the power button for a soft reset but no love...

do i just let the battery drain? from what i can gather it shouldnt take long :P

---------- Post added at 09:46 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:31 PM ----------

So I couldnt get past the touchscreen calibration for CM7.

The little red circle was appearing, but there was no input from the touchscreen. has anyonoe experienced this before? Tips?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sirfixit:
Hey so my 10" tablet arrived today.

What's the best process for putting a rom on it? And which one.

Im fine with using fast boot. Did that to upgrade my nexus to 4.0.3.

Figuring the process is like.

Fast boot flash cwm into recovery.

Use cwm to backup stock from???

Flash custom rom in fast boot?.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xayto:
Hey sirfixit

I just got my 10" as well I just used the internaL update function of the stock is too flash cwm. I couldnt get mine to boots into stock recovery, so I chanced it and it worked well.

From the I tried most of the roms but had no luck with them I had no touchscreen input. I noticed that the op had mentioned this id be interested to hear how they got around it, as even with their backup i had the same isssue.

good luck keep us posted
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GrombleTromble:
No touch screen input or menu/soft buttons

Hey,

I recently got a Kogan Agora 10" as well and flashed what I thought was the correct ROM (followed instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1101094)

Now even in Clockwork mod the menu button doesn't work (in advanced and key diagnostic or status or similar it doesn't detect input from the button) and the touchscreen doesn't work in cryanogenmod which loads up but I can't do anything on it.

The hardware of the button still works because I need to use it to get into recovery.

Anyone had any luck resolving an issue like this?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sirfixit:
I'm a bit new to this but I'm under the impression cwm sits outside the boot loader. In a recovery partition?. So this is seperate from fast boot?.

If so I might attempt to build the latest cwm. If I can reflash it ad nasuem and not brick the tablet. From there I can probably play around like crazy with cynaogen.

Though at this point what exactly does cwm do anyway? . If we have fast boot/adb access why do we need cwm?. I'd just need access to the stock images in case everything goes completely balls up :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GrombleTromble:
Speaking of stock images

Speaking of stock images does anyone happen to have one ready to go for the recent 10" Kogan Agora? I tried backing mine up at the start but didn't have any luck in doing so :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sirfixit:
I'm not sure now if the 10 supports funs cyano/cwm build. I'll try it this afternoon though.

Will backup my recovery and upload it if your chasing it.

Not sure how I can back up the stock from though. I'll need to figure out if cwm can be put on it.

I'm thinking I could do a factory reset and then dump out the partitions using fast boot?. Can't remember if fast boot worked that way lol.

Also my build on the 10 seems to be dated on the 11th. Still notices it does the damn screen wake thing though.

EDIT: well **** I can't even back up the stock recovery on my one :S. Seems to backup the recovery I need root access, but I wanted to backup everything before attempting to get root access, as If rooting fails I could be in a world of pain :S

Also seems somewhat scary that you guys all flash CWM without backing up your original recovery! :). What if it failed on you :P

EDIT2: Well whoops I accidentally flashed CWM 4.0.0.5 onto it :S. Least I can do a nandroid backup now lol.

EDIT3: Id ssay the 10 wont work as is. However on the upside. The stock rom is much better once i installed adw launcher (profile fast) and Lcd density pro for market fix. Seems alot quicker with adw and dpi at 160. Lcd density pro also installed google play store. Which allows you to install the apps that wouldnt install.

Bonus is i still have the hardware accel on the stock rom. Just need to fix the screen waking problem and this cheap tablet will be very useful :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pomie1:
helppppppp

so i did some modifications to my kogan 10" tablet, and lost my backup I have managed to install the cyanogenmod 7.1.0, it works well, as in it works nd is fast though there is no touch screen, and the whole point of a touch screen tablet is just that, you can touch it. so i am loooking for a little help. it works well with a mouse plugged in but that is not making me happy.

I need the original backup of the kogan tablet that will work with the clockwork rom. I am a bit of a noob so all the help i can get is most appreciated.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pomie1:
so have you had any luck?

I bought the 10" kogan, 3 days ago and now i have a CyanogenMod 7 working on the tablet though the touch screen doesn't work and the hard/hard buttons don't work

I am really hoping that i can just install 'drivers' into the device and it will work because the rom is great

if any one has any help please let me know
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flipside101:
Original kogan 7" em73 based

Hi All

i found this site http://www.dxtreme.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=15 whilst searching if anyone had been working on a EM73 setup and it looked compatible AND there was a 2012 build of the telechips firmware.

Anyway i dl'd it used the fwdn tool from the site to install and after some tense waiting it rebooted and is working well
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sam.crowther:
will they have the ics firmware available?

i know ics will come to the em73 soon...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flipside101:
They say there will be but who knows , one bonus is that its fast smooth and they seemed to have built in a on off switch for the phone bits which casued the screen to flash on
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] behzado:
Hi flipside101.

Thanks for your post.

Do you know if this will work well on 8" Kogan Agora as well?

Does everything work with this rom including HDMI output and camera?

Does this rate much better than CM7 from smothness, application compatibility etc?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flipside101:
Im sorry i dont know anything about the 8" device so i couldnt say , though i think the DX people do have an 8" model which may be the same

Useage wise , yes everything works,hdmi/camera/skype some games dont (space angry birds for one but that didnt work for on CM7 either).

Gut feelings

The screen seems more responsive and better life seems better

Pros

Everything works

As yet no screen wake issues

Phone section has gone (though it can be enabled in the settings)

Wired ethernet option via usb dongle ( not tested )

Cons

Older Gingerbread version 2.3.3

None of the clockwork mod tweaks (i.e no modded power menu) which i am used to

If people have any questions feel free to ask and ill see what i can do. no promises :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] behzado:
Thanks again for your reply. So just to be clear, is your device a Kogan Agora 7"?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flipside101:
Yep its the 7" from the first build type as I think they may have changed the internals recently
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MattyG22:
Does anyone know how to fix the touch screen not responding on the 7" Kogan Agora after rooting?

When powered up I cant slide to unlock I have to hit the lock button then it works, but after the display automatically turns off when not in use the screen completely stops.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sam.crowther:
So I've gone ahead and followed flipside 101...

Amusingly, this rom isn't even rebranded for dxtreme, they've changed the splash screen. But is for the joyplus m778.

Instructions miss the add image to flash, but it all works once done.

This will repartition your device, so copy everything to your PC first.

System increases from 188mb to 314mb

Data increases from 270mb to 681mb

Internal memory (/sdcard) (nand) is reduced from 3.3gb to 2.7gb.

This gives plenty of room for apps....

Firmware it self is good, newer than mine was and newer than my mates Nov 11 build.

I'll be doing his tomorrow.

In comparing this against Nov 11 build from kogan, it is quicker.

Comparing the build.prop on both devices, they are identical except for dates and device name (branding) they were even both built by the same user.

The only other thing I can add, and its too late for me, is if you don't want yet another device in the android market, mount system r/w andreplace "m778 tablet PC" with "katbl07and" in /system/build.prop

The market should then think its the sane device.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] doozel:
8inch Tablet

I have tried all combinations trying to boot into recovery on my 8inch tablet but without a physical back key it doesn't seem possible, the 8inch only has soft keys.

Any help is appreciated.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sliddder:
Hello,

Long time lurker of this thread as I have had the 7" Kogan since launch, although I am very much a new comer to Android OS still.

I was hoping either flipside101 or sam.crowther could clear up some very easy questions for me before I take the leap and use the DX firmware. I apologise in advance if these seem incredibly stupid.

1. I have read the install instructions over from the DX site, do I need the VTC USB driver installed as per step one? I am guessing yes but just wanted to confirm it.

2. At about the end of page 5 it says vaguely to load the rom at this stage, I am guessing this is just adding the file, along with the other files that have been added/created at this stage, within the the firmware update util?

3. I have CWM4 installed at present from androtab, given this process is flashing and partitioning the whole device I guess this will wipe the lot. Can CWM5 from androtab.info be put back on? I wasn't sure if it was specific to the device and the OS running or not.

4. I see sam.crowther mentions changing part of the configuration to ensure the device still knows its a Kogan for Android Market/Play but having no previous Android OS experience I am wondering if the change in build.prob was after the system was installed and just edited or if it is something that needed changed in the .rom?

Many thanks for any feed back
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Raskern:
D703.v2.3.3-Build.20120206

Hi,

I also went the way of flipside101 and it did flash OK, once I figured out the instructions supplied were lacking a critical step.

If you find yourself attempting this remember to add the m801_mtds to the flash process.

I will update with results once I have a play.

I can report thought that for me it is an enormous success. I can play angry birds and movies!

The purpose of this TAB is for my 4 year old son's travelling companion on long trips/flights.

It is essential to play low res movies and play angry birds or similar.

Tablet was 7" Kogan Agora (4GB) for $99.

Model KATBL07AND

Android version was 2.3.3

Kernel was 2.6.35.7

now it thinks it is M778 Tablet PC
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sam.crowther:
not sure android sdk may do this if you have it but i installed anyway

yes add m801_mtds to the flash, you'll need to click dropdown box for all file types...

cwm5 from start of this or one of other threads flashes fine them use cwm to flash su

changed on the rom, not too big of an issue, you just end up with lots of devices in market that you dont have/use...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sliddder:
Went ahead and flashed my Kogan.

Took a little more than 10 minutes for me but back up and running with new firmware/CWM5 and super user installed.

Didn't attempt the change of device name so it thinks it is a M778 but at least it is all working so far.

Have had it sitting next to me in standby for the last 30 minutes and no screen flashes or odd power ups. Looks like the font sizes are slightly smaller by default which for my old man eyes is making me strain a bit.

Other wise pretty painless with my only minor gripe being the new boot logo looking even worse than the Kogan one.

Cheers for all the advice.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sam.crowther:
change lcd density to 200 this was the setting in stock rom currently its set at 160.

either edit build.prop manually or search lcd density in market. plenty of free apps will do it all for you..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flipside101:
Hi all , good to know the roms helped some people its made my tab much more usefull and thanks to sam for doing the proper explaining and helping with that dx rom.

@slidder yeah the logo is horrible buyt it should be easy enough to change , ill have a play when i get a few secs spare
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sliddder:
Might have spoken to soon. My screen auto rotation does not appear to be working. It is ticked in display. Again this is only a minor thing as I tend to use my tablet in landscape but it might be worth looking out for.

Any thoughts on why it might not want to auto rotate?

Edit: Forgot to mention that I left my device on while I was at work, 8 hours later it still has half a battery so what ever was done to fix the screen issues looks to have extended the battery a lot
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sam.crowther:
Not rotating in all apps or just in the launcher?

Could be the stock launchers default setting can't remember as i installed titanium and restored adw launcher ex among other things before I even played around...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] robbwallace:
Hello

I would first off like to say thanks you :) To all on this thread you made my ****ty 8" Kogan Agora into a nice wee tablet.

Thanks you

Installed Pc drivers from 1st post.

Rooted with super 1 click

Spent £2 and installed lcd density pro and used its Google play fix feature.

Using Es file manager deleted the phone APKs (still wakes, I solved this by using a toggle widget for flight mode, fling it into flightmode every time i whack the screen off)

Installed Go launcher and changed the theme, look etc.

All in all a nice wee tablet :)

Cheers again to all and to the main folks that have helped , many thanks.

Robb

ps - Kogans official support is completely pash !!

**** NOt solved still wakes but less frequent ! .lol
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sliddder:
Rotation solved. Not sure if it is because I had it on USB for a bit or the multiple restarts I have done lately but screen is correctly rotating.

Cheers again for all the help, amazing what a difference it makes to the device.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bobmarsh72:
Can any1 confirm if this works on the 8" kogan?

Iv searched but not found anything.

Thanks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] robbwallace:
I have a kogan 8" .

Rooting with super one click- super easy

and the lcd density app to get full market .

tab is pretty decent now .

more info in my post above.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DeadlyCords:
Hi there,

My friend just got an 8" Agora Tablet, and for some reason when saving update.zip onto internal SD card, it doesn't show up in recovery when i press install update from internal sd card... Why is this so?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bobmarsh72:
I cant believe i searched and searched to see if this worked on 8", and your post was sitting right above my question. Thanks for clarifying!!

Also have you managed to install cm7? and if so did you need to use fastboot to boot into recovery?

Also does any1 know what i would need to type to push the reovery.img plus other files using fastboot for cwm.

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bobmarsh72:
Iv managed to get mine into recovery. I had to root first, so without a back up!! but luckily all went fine.

Then I downloaded Terminal Emulator and typed

su

reboot recovery

and then the tablet reboots into recovery. Now I have CWM installed, Iv downloaded Rom Manager which has an option to reboot into recovery.

The new 8 and 10 inch tabs have less physical buttons so using CWM is near impossible, using Rom manager has made it so much easier!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] robbwallace:
Hey man

I never backed anything up.lol

I just went for it , with the rom thats on it !

No back up, No CWM, no CM7.

Just the stock , rooted, with full market and Go launcher ontop.

Everything is pretty sweet. I can read books, check Facebook and surf the web, that was all I required.

Again thanks for intial drivers and the hard work of others taht made this tablet , more than a paper weight . hahah
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Xtacy:
Need link Please

Can I have the link on that site .. Look up down every where to find it but no hope come back here maybe the short cut is ask someone for the link

Thanks

PS I have 7" Kogan tablet but donr know what Rom or firm ware to download
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flipside101:
Link to what, there is no link to an ice build its only mentioned as being looked at on the DC site listed in the Link below

Hi All

i found this site http://www.dxtreme.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=15 whilst searching if anyone had been working on a EM73 setup and it looked compatible AND there was a 2012 build of the telechips firmware.

Anyway i dl'd it used the fwdn tool from the site to install and after some tense waiting it rebooted and is working well
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] defroster:
I bought one of these to use as a media player in my car, is there any point waiting a few weeks for ICS before I install it into the dash or do you think ICS will never come to it?

---------- Post added at 09:33 AM ---------- Previous post was at 09:01 AM ----------

Seconded the need to get a new logo :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Raskern:
Either way I would love to se picture of it mounted in your car!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] behzado:
CM7 on Kogan Agora 8

Hi all. Has anyone managed to install CM7 on Kogan Agora 8? I did and the touch screen stopped working and had to restore the original rom. I am trying to find out if I did anything wrong. If yes which recovery and which CM7 did you use?

Even if you have a Kogan Agora 10 and have successfully managed to install and get CM7 screen working, can you let me know the file names and version (exact names in cm7 site).was it for resistice or capacitive and was it 4k or 8k.

Thanks