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[Miscellaneous Android Development] finlessbob:
This is not true! You may think it is because busybox (or DF or mount) reports that it is ext4 but in fact it is not. System.img must be setup as ext4 to get full advantage! Read my post about this. I explain this false EXT4 report. Other folks have thought they made true ext4 but in fact this is not true. The Kernel modules for ext4 support will mount an ext3 file system with a ext4 -t switch command and report that it is mounted as ext4. Same holds true for the stock ext3 kernel modules. So please be careful in thinking your running a true ext4 file system. BTW the format for ext4 is a converted ext3 that is backward compatible to ext3 ( a journaling change). This is why the stock ROMs ext3 kernel modules will mount it. BUT your NOT getting the speed of real ext4 without the ext4 .ko modules!!! Look... I put a hell of a lot of testing into true ext4 and found these oddities with the kernal and I know the difference.

Doc has all the info to make a real ext4. We have shared that on freaktab in the ROM developers area. So if you guys are enjoying his ROM and want true ext4, he needs to update his to do ext4. Trust me.... The speed difference between ext3 and a REAL ext4 file system is major. Yes you will also see a speed increase using my boot&recovery and Doc's system.img in ext3, but not near what you can get with system.img as a real ext4 format. This is because the .ko modules added actually perform better than stock.

Just letting you guys know.

FYI Wilson, would be nice to know why mine is not as stable? Loosing root? Not sure how that happens honestly. I have noticed that ES File explorer WILL in fact remount /system as RO for some reason and quite randomly BTW. I have experienced this myself. My bet is loosing root has to do with a rooted app doing so and remounting system as RO. But please I would like to know so I can make my ROMs better for you all.

Bob

P.S. Congrats Doc for the article on the front page of XDA!!! :)

Bob
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Blastfurnace:
I saw that post on slatedroid but never had the know how to implement it.

I have a 1211 serial runnin doc's full on root

followed your directions and it is now seeing MYWI!

I wish I could hit the thanks button 100 times!

this is now a great little tab

Thanks again

m
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
File should be 298 kb and perms should be

read write exacute

read exacute

Read exacute

Make sure you turn off wifi before changeinng original wpa to old.

Also I am using version1211 of this tab so I know it works for that version but I canrt confirm it works on any others.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] swlaraut:
This is strange. Ive tried earlier today and for the last 2 hours to get the new supplicant to work on my np to no avail. I still get the error. I checked every thing mentioned so far in the last few post to no avail. I even downloaded the supplicant twice on 2 different computers.

The only thing left is to try it on a fresh install, but to tell the truth I am not ready to take that step because I can get it to work with the other method.

Speaking of which, I uninstalled pdanet as one of my steps to try the new supplicant. Then surprise, surprise when I fired up FoxFi on my phone My NP found it just fine. So it appears that foxFi is what is making the difference for me.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
It sounds like your new phone has hotspot and not ad hoc. If this is the case then the wpa will not make a diffrence since the tablet can see normal wifi networks by defaut.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] swlaraut:
Yes I do, in fact my phone has a hotspot application that my cell company wants to charge me 25 bucks to use.

The interesting thing is that in my attempt to find a stealth wifi, I must have tried 6 different apps and they were all adhoc and they all worked, except on my np. Foxfi is the only one that seems to work as a hotspot.

I would like to get some feedback by some other Android users to see if foxfi worked for them. Be nice to know if it's the phone, the program, or both.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] posicat:
It's working on my Nextbook 7 as well, the 1211 serial number one. I was able to tether to my phone and play music via Pandora. Thank you very much!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Tybalt39:
For those who have it working, could you also list the phone and OS in the phone (for those of us that aren't up-to-date on which phones are using which OS)? I would expect Android phones to be able to tether, as Android natively supports infrastructure networks. Windows Mobile doesn't have that support, only Ad-Hoc. Don't know about Windows Phone 7.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Blastfurnace:
Working at this moment.

NBP7 serial 1211

doc's full on root 2.0

Teathered to jailbroke iphone 3GS

Running MYWI 5.0
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
I am using 1211 np7 with bobs latest 1211 rom

Droid one rooted with stock 2.2.3
[Miscellaneous Android Development] posicat:
Update from last night:

1) I can report another success, my Friend's YF1211 rom took the wifi_supplicant, and it worked perfectly. Both of our machines are YF1211 running the latest DocHoppy FULL ON ROOT v2.0.

2) I noticed something on my tablet, but didn't think twice since I'll admit, I've been in tinkering and figured I'd broken something. When I saw it on my friend's tablet I thought I'd pass it on. There's no 'cp' command ... I had to use cat to copy the supplicant in place. I also noticed there's no 'whoami' command, and if I remember 'whereis' was missing as well. I'm sure that's just a symlink back to Busybox, but it doesn't seem to be in the FULL ON ROOT v2.0 ROM by default.

Question : It seems to me, in my exploration of my Samsung Intercept (yes, I'll shame myself and admit I have one), that any apps loaded into the stock rom get copied into a ramdisk. I noticed this because tablet and phone both list less memory than they physically have, and I dug into the mount table and found some tempfs mounts. I've removed apps using TitaniumBackup, and it shows more free space on the tempfs partition, but that's not freeing up any more memory. Is there a trick to removing a couple apps, then shrinking the partition so that I can reclaim a bit more RAM for the OS?

Thanks for ALL your hard work, these tablets are so much better running your ROM than they are stock.

PosiCat
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
just by removing apps wont free up ram, once the os is in place there isnt any way that i know of that would add ram. you could get more free space in your internal memory but that isnt ram thats just more internal storage. whoever makes the rom you run (dochoppy, finlessbob) would be in charge of this but i have a feeling its not to easy to do. im not a dev but im under the impression changing the system mapping to allow for more ram isnt the easiest task
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Tybalt39:
Thanx all for your support! Got Ad-Hoc working. I did everything the same as before, but did it all from the NB7 this time (instead of downloading and un-zipping in the PC, then transferring via USB port).

Works with my WiMo TP2!

Now...

With the new supplicant in place, I can still see infrastructure networks. I can even "connect" to them. However, when I attempt to use data, the applications indicate there is no connection. The ad-hoc connection is fine when I turn it back on and re-direct the tablet to it.

I primarily use infrastructure hot-spots. When none are available, I move to the ad-hoc capability of my phone.

Do I have to manually switch between the two supplicants to go from infrastructure to ad-hoc and back? Is there a script/application that can do this with one "click"? The slatedroid forum had a post indicating you could switch back to the original supplicant once you had connected to an ad-hoc device for the first time. I had no luck with that. The NB7 can't see ad-hoc networks without the new supplicant.

I'm almost there...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
I can report that I can use both my home wifi (what you are calling infrastructure networks?)and ad hoc with the new wpa file. I do have to manualy move away from the ad hoc when it no longer is in range or turned off tho. So in my experiance you should not have to switch between the files. Again I am currently using bobs 1211 rom but I don't belive that should matter since the file is made for rockchip 2918 devices and not specific rom/software.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Tybalt39:
So, I'm an id10t. But I'm a HAPPY id10t!:D

Don't know why I was having problems before, and because I didn't know what to expect from the supplicant, I assumed the solutions would be complex/difficult. I don't even have to shut down the phone wifi app, just switch networks.

This tablet is now complete! If this supplicant were to be included in a new ROM, there is nothing of which I can think (although, it's now been proven that I don't always think),that would need to be added to improve basic functionality.

Thank you Doc, Bob, and Fireproof34 for all of your efforts in getting a locked-down over-achieving eReader to behave like a full-grown tablet!

I will now shut up and get out of the way of this thread....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] posicat:
Thought I'd pass this along ... yesterday I was experimenting with a few apps on my Nextbook, and came across this gem. I installed it on both my phone and Nextbook, started server on my phone, and client on the tablet. Now I can use Latitude and Maps on the Nextbook sharing the GPS from my phone.

I'm too new to post links, sorry, you'll have to search the app market for TetherGPS Lite.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] erickbmeyers:
Can you explain how you achieved read write on the rom, so that the YF0811 users can do it themselves?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] swlaraut:
2 quick updates:

1. Fireproof34: I hate being odd man out, so I backed up my unit, reflashed the ROM, and installed the new supplicant first before restoring. Worked perfect, no hitches what so ever, I even hooked up to a friends TP2 just to make sure. Thanks

2. Posicat: great looking program but I can't seem to get my tablet to pick up the signal, did you do anything special? I have mock locations enabled and am using the client settings.

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Blastfurnace:
fyi Big Lots has a 20% off sale this weekend. I just grabbed another nextbook p7 for 104 bucks

M
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
Awesome, my friend wants to get one of these because off dochoppys amazing work! I guess ill send home there tomorrow
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fergsudog:
Quick heads up. If you have an older 1011 and lost wifi, soft buttons and sound with the custom roms, Finless Bob has just released a custom rom based on the 0811 and it fixed my 1011. It still has the lagging it used to have, but at least wifi works again. Head over to freaktab to restore your tab.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
also i think i got something that would be nice to incorporate into a new build, this allows somewhat cm style notification bar widgets check it out! its not the best but it can help sometimes.

https://market.android.com/details?id=de.j4velin.notificationToggle

and to finlessbob great job on fixing the older tablets!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d33dvb:
Doc,

Check this out, with the drivers included here: http://android.modaco.com/topic/349946-beta-android-40-rk2918-leak/ along with the kernel source here: http://slatedroid.info/2011/11/lgpled-rk2918-linux-kernel-source-code-publication/

Shouldnt we be able to get a bootable cm9?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
What do you think would happen if I flashed this on my nextbook
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
its worth checking out, i doubt it will work too well on these but who knows!

even if it wont boot you can always just flash back to dochoppys rom, i think its kinda hard to brick one of these np7s
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d3adbroke:
Can anyone give me the links i need to have the cm7 rom on my nb7
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
I think I'll try it out there's no real chance of a permanent brick
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
Has anyone tried yet? i would freaking love 4.0!!!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kibmcz:
Dochoppy your full root 2.0 parameter file works on the old cramfs one to enable 1gb app storage btw.

I did that as test cause my dad is getting a next7p and wanted a proven older way so i tried that so he would have 1gb app space.

Edit: Ok my primary 8gb sdhc card needs formatted recovery doesn't mount it right away so i got to remove/insert it and tell it to update when using it (8gb sandisk micro sd in adaptor worked fine).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
i think the reason this rom wont work is because not all parts are compatible i read somewhere today that the misc.img part is what controls some hardware setting so maybe if someone could find a way to unpack this so i can flash certain parts id try flashing
[Miscellaneous Android Development] HollyRidge:
So far with a few little quirks I got the full on root working. Thanks for your efforts DocHoppy.

How do I change the actual boot splash image though (the image that comes up between the woman and the boot animation)? I know its been asked before but only see where it has been answered to change the actual boot animation. I want to set it so that it will look somewhat stock on boot ups.

Also is is safe to remove the RKLauncher since I use the Go Launcher?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
Just another cool app that can be used with the new Ad hoc stuff is http://www.mysms.com/en/home it will let you send and receive SMS messages from your tablet using the same mobile number as your phone! pretty cool.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
I use watchdog (im against most task killers) and ive noticed that whenever i multitask on this tablet i get an alert and things slow yo a crawl for a few seconds and then everythings back to normal. The application that gets above my threshold is called "Rknand_buffer" anyone know specificaly what it does and why it pops up multiple times a day? I should mention other than a couple buggy live wallpapers this is the only app to go above my 30% threshold, and it consistantly reaches 60+ it pops up when syncing, multitasking, and then even sometimes when im doing almost nothing on here... like to know a fix or is there just a limitation in the hardware and im complaining about nothing
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wilson pickett:
i tried it a week or two ago.doesn't boot.

doesn't hurt anything.

tablet's virtually unbrickable.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
I emailed nextbook to find out if the next7p would get a firmware update to ics here is there response.

" . We do anticipate a firmware update in the near future, but haven't been informed of an ETA date at this time. Please continue to visit the website for upcoming information."
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jtrosky:
That would be awesome if we get an update to ICS on the N7P, but I wouldn't hold my breath! :-)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Tybalt39:
According to various tech sites

, the NB7 (or something like it) is supposed to get ICS, a camera, and a microphone. This version was to be released in February (like releases happen on time).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mingolianbeef:
I think the NP8 and NP9 have that stuff
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
[QUOTEAccording to various tech sites, the NB7 (or something like it) is supposed to get ICS, a camera, and a microphone. This version was to be released in February, (like releases happen on time).

[/QUOTE]

when or if this is released couldnt we get the people who have this tab to do a rom dump and flash the update on our tabs
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
These will be called Nextbook Elite 7,8,10 and will be the same hardware we have exept they will have a front cam and an hdmi port as well as ICS. i belive the NBE7 will be 149 at launch. from what i read and it was supposed to launch in feb but i see no mention of it on the Nextbook site as of yet.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jzmacdaddy:
YF1211 restore to factory firmware

Hello. I recently purchased a Next7p (serial YF1211). I flashed it with finless v1.4, and it works great. Unfortunately, the screen started showing vertical lines on it...so I want to return it. I would like to restore the factory firmware on it, so the store won't complain. I've found the firmware files, but I have no idea on how to flash them back. I would have been able to easily do it, if it still had the cramfs on it...but I opted for the full on r/w fs. Can anyone help? Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
Pretty sure you just need to put the image on your sd card and mount it. Then follow the promps and you'll be back to stock os with the cramfs
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kibmcz:
If you got it as a single update.img you can use this method....

Download and extract Rockchip_Batch_Tool_v1.4.zip

Reboot device using paper clip then quickly press and hold reset until you get black screen with usb plugged in

When windows wants driver give it the respective folder for your os (32bit or 64bit) from Drivers folder from the download

Run RKBatchTool.exe if square number 1 is green on bottom you are good but if it shows as grey repeat last step.

Browse using "..." button to the downloaded update img and flash it using "Restore" button.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
To be honest if you bought it ayt big lots they will more than likely not even notice. Lol
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jzmacdaddy:
Yeah...I did buy it there...good guess :-). Anyway, I know the manager... and he's kind of a ****. Just don't want to give him a reason to deny me the return....even though he probably wouldn't notice.

---------- Post added at 12:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 12:49 AM ----------

I don't have an update.img. I forget where I found them, but some link took me to a page where I downloaded several files for it (backup.img, system.img, kernel.img, recovery.img, and boot.img). The backup.img is the largest @ 137mb, so I figured I could use it and rename it to update.img. Does that sound like it would work...plus following your directions?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Tybalt39:
As I recall, finless keeps the UI looking stock. Just don't power-down (keep it fully charged and in stand-by). They will never see the boot screen and the unit will look and perform like stock (but faster). Just wipe your personal data.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kibmcz:
yep you can use the backup.img that will work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jzmacdaddy:
All was good with the instructions, but I guess the firmware image I downloaded wasn't valid (I keep getting an error trying to load it in the rockchip batch tool). I've googled for a while trying to find someone with the YF1211 firmware, but I keep going back to the same bad file I downloaded before. Hopefully, someone can point me to a good version of the file.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
So I havmy dpi set at 120 and i lve it bu i was finding that the contrast of the screen was making it hard to read stuff on a white bground. Other stuff looked washed out as well. So I found this https://market.android.com/details?id=com.netmanslab.sa on the maket (lol sorry the play store) that let you chance contrast as well as color hues and all my problmes are fixxed. Hope this helps if anyone was having the same issues.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mingolianbeef:
Anyone talk to doc lately.?

Sent from my 3vo running SOSA 1.0 "APRICOT"
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
This thread seems really inactive recently
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
Does anyone know what would happen if I tried flashing a recovery made for a different device
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
More than likley it wouldn't work, if your np7 did take the flash you may have a nice black paperweight. Very possible to put a different recovery on here, just would need to be a custom build
[Miscellaneous Android Development] snappycow:
Wifi + Softkey still broken after restore to stock

After updating to DocHoppy's full R/W, i lost my wifi and softkeys.

Tried flashing back to a stock ROM but I still don't have my wifi and softkeys :/

The thing is, when I flashed DocHoppy's ROM, it was in parts (system.img, boot.img etc). Whereas when I flashed back to stock, it was a single update.img.

Was there anything additional flashed in Doc's ROM? If so, can anybody provide me with the stock system.img, boot.img, kernel.img, misc.img?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
does anyone around here know how one would build or port a custom recovery like clockwork mod
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
It would orolly just not boot. This tab seems pretty un brickable but oviously I'm not responsable if that is not the case try at your.own risk.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
Here is mine. Using vtl launcher. Running smooth just wish doc.would get us a.new.rom with ext4 cuz that crap flyson bobs rom.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
Hoefilly these look better
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NewCenturyAuto:
Hey guys, I have been a little MIA for a while? Are we still on the fullonroot V. 2.0 rom? :)

Sent from my Nextbook7 with Dochppy ROM v2.0
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fireproof34:
That's correct
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NewCenturyAuto:
So what's next for this thing?? No complaints here!

USB host would be nice! Did anyone end getting that Hyundai tablet? Kinda interested how that thing is!

My company bought me a Windows7 10" tablet, for a project I'm working on...... I have to admit, this thing is really nice! It cost about 300.

I know comparing that windows tab. To the np7 is like comparing to different ball games, but the np7 still flows better and not as laggy! But the abllity to hook up a keyboard and mouse to it, is absolutely awesome!

Sent from my Nextbook7 with Dochppy ROM v2.0
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mingolianbeef:
USB host isn't possible dudio, the np7 doesn't have the hardware to handle it man.!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dilkes:
Update ROM on New 7P - Serial XF12.....

I am a definite newbie on this Android stuff so hope you gurus will tolerate my dumb questions. I just acquired one of these as my 1st tablet and in general it looks good. It must be a fairly current one as serial number is XF121134432 and box shows manufacture date as December, 2011.

I encountered 2 issues:

Wireless is acting up

It doesn't want to connect to my home router which uses WPA2 and allows connection of 2 other PC's I own without issue. If I change the router to do no security control, it connects fine (I haven't tested other networks that use WPA2 security).

Full Android Market not there

As discussed in this FORUM. I was very pleased to find this FORUM and hopefully it will help me with the Market and other issues.

What did I do?

I saw reference on the Nextbook web site to some wireless issues and some code to download to fix them (not sure if these wireless issues were the same as I am experiencing). Since my serial number is not in the ranges shown, I (perhaps inadviseably!) downloaded and installed the code for serial range XF10..... The good news is I didn't brick my Tablet; the bad news is I still have the wireless issue.

My questions:

Does anyone know about this wireless issue?

Can I safely download and install the image referenced here? and is it likely to fix my wireless issue and the Market access?

Any other suggestions?

I would really like to keep this unit, but if I can't fix these 2 items I may end up returning it to The Source. (BTW, at The Source I paid $144Cdn -- not sure if this is a good deal or not)

Thanks for any help.