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[Miscellaneous Android Development] mingolianbeef:
Wish I still had one of these man lol
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dochoppy:
ARRGH!

I was working on a ICS based hoppy rom. Unfortunately I just had a catastrophic screen failure, apparently when my laptop bag fell last night, it landed with enough force to shatter the screen. :( Oh well. it may be a while before I can work on anything to further the version I was working on.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mingolianbeef:
Haven't seen ur name in forever lol
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
That's a shame, you truly brought a cheap tablet into the realm of first class, well to a degree anyway. You did amazing work and I can't wait to see what's next! Hope you get back to this soon as your an awesome Dev!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d3adbroke:
why can't we change the LCD size on this none of the apps work off the play store and i can't find the line to change in build props
[Miscellaneous Android Development] PSG4m3r:
Does anyone know if this works for serial numbers like this: YF0312102927

My dad bought a nextbook 7s from big lots on sale and he wants Google play store on it so I was wondering if this would work on his. He hates mainly just wants pandora radio on it, but I know that he'll want other stuff later

Sent from my SGH-T679
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NewCenturyAuto:
Nobody cares about the NP7 anymore!?!

:(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kibmcz:
I have been keeping up roms for next7p and next7p12 (7 SE) sadly ics on the next7p is not as good due to some apps such as netflix won't work.

Anyway if ya wanna mess with them check out the link in my signature.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ahmadzxc:
is thst means it works for YF1011, and some YF1211

did i understand it right?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] :
Save yourself some time and go to freaktab.com.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] z1k4:
can I flash this on yf02132....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jtford:
Anybody know of any roms for the Nextbook10P12 besides Finless Bob's ICS over AT freaktab. This has got to be the slowest tablet ever. The letters I'm typing are about a second or two behind me typing them. Driving me up a wall. Anyone successfully ported an AOSP rom to one of these? Any help would be awesome.

Oh yea, what about compatible recoveries? If this is all I can do with this thing then I'll let it go for a good price. lol
[Miscellaneous Android Development] blazingfate:
I bought this tablet on Ebay to give to my daughter. It's locked out with the previous owners password. What is the easiest method for me to unlock it and make it functional for my daughter? Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jtrosky:
Man, it's been a *long* time since I worked with this tablet, but I think you'll need to download and install an app called "Rockchip Batch Tool", install it and then download and install the stock ROM through that app.

I do think that I still have these files somewhere on my NAS - if you have a hard time finding them, let me know and I'll find them and give you links to them via my Dropbox account or something....

Let me know. Good luck!

EDIT: Actually, if I recall correctly, this device came "unlocked" from the factory and the custom ROMs already had the RockChip tool included with them, so you should be able to download and install any of the custom ROMs without problem. Let me know if you run into any issues.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stryfe2010:
think there is a reset pinhole on the back
[Miscellaneous Android Development] blazingfate:
Thank you. That worked perfectly. I meant to post this earlier. Lots of holiday traveling took me away.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kartikhuria:
The link of update is not working please help man?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dochoppy:
Update:

After alot of research, and trial and error, I was able to correctly unpack and repack the boot.img. I flashed the repack to my tablet, and successfully booted.

Next step is to modify init.rc and convert /system to ext3.

I will keep you posted.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tenorntex:
If you want, I have some init.rc and Rom tweaks that will help make the tablet stable and quick. Once you showed that file, It was the first thing that I looked at that I wanted to upgrade.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dochoppy:
Suggestions are always welcome.

:)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] terminander:
@ dilkes

The problem I had with my work router, 1 scan reported open, next scan reported Wpa, next open, etc. Set to open or wep and I could connect but web pages crashed when loading. After update no problem connecting Wpa and everything flies. So I suspect a radio problem that got fixed by drivers or firmware update.

If you connect fine with open, and everything flies, then maybe a wpa_supplicant issue, but I suspect they are using a standard one. Any how wpa_supplicant.conf is located in /data/misc/wifi and is editable. I have tried to attach a wpa_supplicant.conf with a lot of settings and documentation that you might be able to find something that helps and throw it into yours.

Note:

Just something I found but maybe you guys already knew. Until Doc unlocks the default.prop, root access with Adb can be obtained by running su in a shell and granting Superuser privilleges.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Azriel982:
Hi all. I got one of these tablets for Christmas and I just love it for the most part. Unfortunately its one of the older YF0511 models. Id love to get root and/or stick a new rom on there to obliterate all those cell standby bloat apps etc, but as someone stated earlier all we get is an invalid image message if we try to use these new roms. My question really is: Is it possible to somehow convert and make these roms function on the older model? Is there any hope for us or do we need to wait for an update from nextbook itself before anything can be done? Thanks for all your hard work and keep it up even if I cant benefit from it :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Turbocom:
I'm aware about the volume keys. I was thinking we could keep those and remove all the other nonsense. I got this tablet and it's not too bad for what I wanted to do. I'm wondering if I could use one of those apps that was featured not too long ago to change the screen resolution.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Turbocom:
Are we able to mount this and remove apps with

rm /system/app etc?

Also does this have GAPPS installed?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tenorntex:
I will send you some info shortly.

---------- Post added at 11:47 AM ---------- Previous post was at 11:43 AM ----------

In its current state, No. since the System folder is read Only. Hopefully with the new version there will not be that limitation.

As for GAAPS, I would like to see them in the next release, but we shall see which ones work with it when it is converted.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jjmills1977:
I have a Nextbook 7 Premium Model Number: NEXT7P Ser: YF101144831 Build Number: V2.0.7.GINGERBREAD.eng.root. 20110526.062145_WH:2.0.0.0

From what I have read in all the above posts I should be able to down load the file rename to update and copy to the tablet. When I do this it gives me the error that it is an invalid .img. Does anyone know if there is a way to correct this. From what I have read it should work cause I have a valid serial number. I appreciate any help. Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Turbocom:
Thanks for the response. I'm rather surprised this tablet is actually this popular. Hopefully we can work on a few things. I'm willing to donate for development.

ALSO, side note. Is it possible to remove the added games?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] oneovakindoldys2:
Hello, guys, i just got this tablet and i was wondering if anyone has looked into the lacking usb host function? Thanks so much for all the work that you have put into this custom rom!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dilkes:
Thanks for this. I tried my WiFi in a coffee shop which had WPA security and it connected fine. So it is something particular to my home network.

Another basic question:

Does the Nextbook7P have Bluetooth? and can it connect a key board?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ramblingjordan:
I am so excited to see an active topic about the NB7!

I too am curious about USB Host/Keyboard support.

I was hoping to use this case/keyboard I found on amazon (can't post external links yet but not hard to find) but didn't want to drop money to find out it doesnt work, does anyone have a Mini USB adaptor to attempt it and let us know? Would be much appreciated.

Thanks!

-Jordan
[Miscellaneous Android Development] oneovakindoldys2:
@jordan yes, i have tested the usb host function with an otg host cable [mini to standard usb otg] and it does not work. It does absolutely nothing....no lights, nothing. I also have the acer a100 which is in exactly the same situation and i have been researching to try and find a fix with no luck. If any developers have any information i will be very greatful if you could share it with us. Thanks so much!! P.S. I just flashed dochoppys rom and it is outstanding...THANKS DOCHOPPY! By the way, my serial number starts with yf121111 so it is working fine with the newer machines. thanks again!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d33dvb:
Thanks for this info, I was wondering if the new ones worked.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d33dvb:
You have inspired me DocHoppy!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21422539#post21422539

Introducing digitalONE Rom V.01 for Nextbook 7

Inspired by DocHoppy

This is for the Nextbook 7 premium ONLY!

Known working on Nextbook 7 premium tablets with serial numbers starting:YF1011

Includes

ICS Bootanimation

ADW Launcher

App Planet Market

Android Market

Rooted

Updated SU Binaries

Busybox

Removed Titanium Backup that could not be uninstalled due to cramfs read only. Install these from the market or applanet.

http://www.multiupload.com/NQHSNZJSO2

/system still read only

Not responsible for your bricks, yada yada

Plug in AC Power.

Rename file to update.img and copy to sdcard.

Click install when it finds the update.

More to come soon!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ramblingjordan:
Just installed Doc Hoppy's rom, worked flawlessly, only issue was I had to copy the rom to the internal memory cause it said problem reading the SD card.

Thanks d33dvb for checking on the keyboard, still cant post links but I saw something on developer-dot-android.com which said that USB host mode is only supported on 3.1 or greater. Think we'll ever get honeycomb working on these bad boys? Or should I just resign myself of the dream of a keyboard? :)

Something I have noticed on Doc Hoppys rom is the accelerometer seems really sensitive, when I pick it up it jumps around a bit and when I lay it flat while in landscape mode it switches to portrait. Anyone else notice this? I cant find any calibration options and/or settings. Anyone have any ideas?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] morr22066:
Stuck in bootloop

I downloaded the updated dochoppyrom2.1*1/5/12. I had to coppy it to the internal sd storage and it installed fine from there. And it worked well for a few days then the tablet had trouble booting up a couple times and I would reset it and it would be fine. But, now it has been stuck in a boot loop for two days. :confused:

I've tried the reset pinhole multiple times, it just keeps returning to bootloop. It gets paste the woman to "doc hoppy's rom 2.1 custom image" and that is as far as it goes and it just keeps repeating, occassionally it will hang like it might move on but then repeats.

I've formatted the external sd card and tried placing different images on it one at a time to see if the tablet would try to load the image when it restarted but nothign so far. :mad:

I have not been able to get into "safe mode" and I have not been able to get to the "Android system recovery utility" so that I can start from scratch.

Does anyone know how to get to the "android system recovery utility"? Since there aren't hard buttons for volume I don't know how to bring it up. :confused:

It is a nice little tablet and I would hate to think it is dead so soon. Any assistance would be appreciated.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nextbooker!!:
Hey DocHoppy!!

great work on this, its great to see that highly skilled developersa are still willing to work on this device when next book are not.

I'm really keen to update the rom, as I'm wanting to take the tablet even further and install ubuntu on it. The challenges I'm facing though.

1) Can't boot SU from the stock ROM from next book

2) tried to update to your custom rom to open SU Access but for some reason I get the invaild update - please delete message?

3) the wifi in my device is quite flakey as well and yet the nextbook update website doesn't list my serial which is why I'm looking for alternatives.

Details of my book

Model Number Next7P

Android Version 2.3.1

Kernal 2.6.32.27

Build Number v.2.0.7.GINGERBREAD.eng.root.20110526.062145_HW2.0.0.0

Serial Number (this is the strange part YF110135343 the 1101 is start of versions that seem to have worked with your ROM?)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ramblingjordan:
Hey morr22066, really sorry to hear your having troubles. One thing I found that *may* help you is reference on the net to people getting into a 'safe mode' by holding down all four of the soft keys during boot up. Saw a video on youtube of a guy that did it, but I read some posts by people that said they couldnt so it may be an option available on only some versions? I really hope that helps, sending all the good vibes I can your way.

An update to what I'm doing with my nextbook, I installed d33dvb's rom to see if it would fix the accelerometer issue I was having and it did, perhaps you guys could exchange notes to see what caused it on Doc's but not d3's?

I did end up installing Go Launcher though as I preferred it to ADW.

It's like I got a brand new tablet! I'm really loving this thread.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d33dvb:
Unbrick your nextbook 7

Ok, just bricked my Nextbook 7

Here is how I flashed a firmware without access to recovery:

If you are in a bootloop, Connect USB and Power.

Press and hold pin on back until you hear windows try to detect a device but the screen is off.

Download this: http://arctablet.com/assets/tools/Firmware/Rockchip_CPU_based/Rockchip_Batch_Tool_v1.4.zip

Install the driver from the drivers folder.

3. Installing the drivers on the computer

Following the tablet entering in recovery mode, the computer should now show it has found a new USB device and prompt for a device driver. Select the appropriate driver in the driver directory from the Rockchip Flash Tool 1.4 package.

It will then install the driver for RK29 Device

4. Sending the firmware to the tablet

The flashing tool should display a green square around the number 1 in the lower left area of the Windows application.

Select the firmware file to flash using the button in the top right area of the application. Select the update.img file from here:

http://www.multiupload.com/NQHSNZJSO2

Then push the Upgrade button to transfer the selected firmware to the tablet.

The firmware will be copied to the tablet, a progression counter will go from 0% to 100% on this step, followed by a verification.

You are done, let the tablet reboot and update itself. It should take a few minutes for the flash process to finish.

This procedure has been successfully tested on Windows XP 32 bits for flashing a bricked NextBook 7 Premium YF1011 (but should work on others)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
awesome news! i love knowing when i mess things up theres an out!

havent bricked this tablet yet but i also havent flashed it much...

(i will probably edit this post soon with "just bricked it" soon)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dochoppy:
Fyi since I don't think I posted a link for it.

http://www.nextbookusa.com/download.php

That is the default update image I started working with. If find you have issues you might want to flash that to get back to factory default. I would also suggest "wiping" the tablet back to factory defaults unders settings->Privacy.

I have been a little busy but look to get back on top of this after MLK day.

Meant to start yesterday, but had to help a buddy out with selling his pre wwII Arisaka type 44 Calvary rifle. (Ok ok so I like guns as well as android...)

Hope to update soon.

Cheers!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] morr22066:
I wish I still had my old "XP" machine. But, I have windows 7 home on a 64 bit machine and the instructions do not seem to work on this machine. I was able to install the computer drivers and under devices it shows "rk2918" but that is as far as it gets, I am unable to view the tablet drives or access them.

Under my computer it does nto show the device listed, at first the drives flashed for a second but the device still does not show as a drive under my computer. I was able to open the tool and to load the rom image to it, but it does not detect the device. There is no green box around number one as the device is not found. I have not had this windows 7 machine for long and I'm beginning to miss my old windows XP. Do the instructions / method change on a windows 7 64 bit machine.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d33dvb:
I could not get it to work on my win7 machine either, but do not despair, it works like a champ on XP.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ramblingjordan:
If you guys come across an Ubuntu (or any linux) option in your searches for recovery utilities it would be useful for me, don't need it now but I'm sure it's just a matter of time ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
i did mine via windows 7, if your computer isnt finding the proper driver for you do a few things. make sure you downloaded the latest drivers from sdk. make sure you made a path through device managers (find a thread on xda to explain all this)

you may need to uninstall drivers that you arent to be using. there is an application called usbdeviewer or something like that, you can use this to find out what is currently connected to your computer and what drivers it is using
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dochoppy:
minor update.

Got the system.img changed over to ext3, repacked the boot.img with changes, and temporarily bricked my tablet.

Recovered using rk29xx firmware util. I am continuing to work on this. Patience all.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] oneovakindoldys2:
thanks for the super rom dochoppy.... it works flawlessly! i just wanted to ask you if you had any ideas about getting the host function to work on this tab? thanks so much for all your work!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d33dvb:
Wow, Im happy I helped a few unbrick your tablets :)

I was just scared to death what my daughter would say when she came home and found her tablet bootlooping. I tried to add the ICS animations to it and it bootlooped.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jjmills1977:
Help but not an emergency

Okay so I am unable to flash and ROM to my N7P. When I rename to update and then copy to my tablet then when I turn off usb storage it says an invalid image is found and ask if I want to delete it. Is there a way to force the update or am I doing anything wrong. Thanks for any help I can get.

Oh and my serial number is an Y1011.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jtrosky:
Sound like you may have a bad image... Have you tried re-downloading it?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d33dvb:
Hows the progress on the FS coming?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jjmills1977:
Well I tried downloading the image again and still no success. I even tried using a different image from another thread, but still shows that it is not a valid image. Again any other information or guidance would be greatly appreciated.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jtrosky:
The only other thing that I can think of is that the SD card isn't formatted properly or something like that.... Maybe try and re-format the SD card and try again?

Also - what are the first four digits of your serial number?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d33dvb:
Try a different SD card. Low capacity 2GB
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shrubby:
Noob questions:

Not sure if it belongs in this form.

I have serial number range YF1211.

My question is how do i backup the current rom in case i blow it up?

None of the updates on the nextbook site has our serial number range.

I also sent nextbook support an email about not having a lock pattern capability and the responded quickly and said my O/S version is newer and didn't have it. Really?

Thanks for any help in advance.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] d33dvb:
I can confirm that I just flashed the YF1211 serial with the image here, and it runs completely fine.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jtrosky:
Same here (Ser #: 1211) - works fine.

I eventually figured out that the first four digits of the serial number are simply the date of manufacture (December 2011 in this case).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jjmills1977:
My first 4 of ser. are 1011. I will try with a different and bigger sd card soon. Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] demkantor:
Mine is a yf1011 - there are A few devs making roms for this that run fantastic! Im using dochoppys right now and its as if i have a $300 tablet in my hands not one thats less then half that. All we need is a rw rom, but for now anyone thinking using a custom rom for the nextbook 7 premium would be gravely mistaken not to. This tablet is amazing with dochoppys rom!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Nemlack:
Add Chainfire3d to next Rom image

Like everyone else, I'd like to thank DocHoppy for making this custom Rom. I flashed my serial 1211 NextP7 successfully with DocHoppy's Rom v2.1 and am now exploring the apps and features that are now available.

I hope DocHoppy is making progress on getting a RW system partition, but I'll be patient and wait along with everyone else. I do have some questions about running some of the more graphic intensive games on the NextP7. I've tried unsuccessfully to install some of the Gameloft games like Dungeon Hunter 2 (Diablo clone), Order and Chaos (WoW clone), and Star front Collision HD (Starcraft 2 clone) either they force close, or just don't work. I figure that these games are just too graphic intense for the NextP7 hardware. I did try installing a cracked APK of Dead Space, and was pleasantly surprised to see that it ran, but although most of the graphics were spectacular, there are a number of textures that the hardware cannot render and thus appears as plain white (see my posting here whrl.pl/Rc349B for more details on this). After researching this on the Net, I discovered that a lot of other people have this same problem on their various Android devices. A solution to this is to install a program called Chainfire3D. (Free on the Android Market) It's a an intermediary OpenGL driver that sits between your apps and the hardware which "dumbs down" the graphic requirement of the app to allow you to play games that would not normally run on your device. Chainfire3D requires root access, which is why I flashed DocHoppy's Rom in the first place. Unfortunately after successfully installing Chain fire3D with root access, I discovered that in order to install the CF3D driver I need RW access to the /system folder, which we of course do not have now as our system partition is read only. So alas I have not been able to fix the white texture issue with Dead Space.

In the next version of DocHoppy's Rom, If it's not possible to grant RW access to the system partition, would it be possible to include Chainfire3D as part of the rom? I'm also hoping that Chainfire3D will allow us to play some of the high-end Gameloft games as well.

Thanks,
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dochoppy:
Minor update.

Got email back from Wendal, He pointed me to another tool for making the system RW. It is going slow because even with Google Translate, the instructions are a little rough to follow, (Translated from Chinese to english.)

I will keep you posted.