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[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
Thank you!

Wow, I'll try it right away! Thanks wackym!

Guys, let's show our appreciation by clicking on the "Thanks" button on his posts! :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
I tried wackym's 14 Jan firmware. Is it normal that all the widgets are much bigger in this firmware? Especally the for the picture gallery and Youtube, the stacks of photos and videos are spaced far apart. The power control widget also looks rather huge. They weren't like this previously.

Can this be fixed locally on my tablet i.e. w/o reflashing with a new firmware?

Also, is the ICS keyboard auto-correction working? I couldn't get it working for the first wackym's release. This second release is the same. I tried English (US) as well as English (UK). :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bbrother1:
Hi Wackym,

Flashed your new version but the camera is missing? Please check.

Kind Regards,
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wackym:
I've checked the build released from CUBE and this is apparently a "new feature".

You could install a keyboard from the market. I use Swiftkey for tablets.

Camera is in the Apps menu...but it's not working. I overlooked that :( I will fix it ASAP.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bouldou:
When I unpack the firmware with Wendal tools, I have one more file compared to before : boot.img AND kernel.img

Thus, when I try to unpack boot.img, I have the error message : "Could not find any embedded ramdisk images. Are you sure this is a full boot image?"

Anyone knows what has changed, compared to before ? How to unpack boot.img now ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wackym:
Cube changed the startup scheme. You can also notice there's a newer version of bootloader. Boot.img no longer has ANDROID! etc. header. That's why you're unable to unpack it. Yes, this is still a fully functional boot.img.

I will post unpack/repack scripts later... have to go to lunch now :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bouldou:
Body.... you're great ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wackym:
My script is using rkutils from https://github.com/naobsd/rkutils

While searching for that link I also found this: https://github.com/jhonxie/rk2918_tools

For packing I also use boot.img-tools from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1241005

Here's the unpack.sh script for new version of boot.img:

#!/bin/sh
TOOLS=/home/user/dev/u9gt2/rkutils

echo "Cleaning dev folders"
rm -rf boot unpack_boot
mkdir -p boot
mkdir -p unpack_boot

echo "Unpacking source_img/boot.img"
cd source_img
${TOOLS}/rkunpack boot.img
cd ..
cd boot
gunzip < ../source_img/boot.img-raw | cpio -i --make-directories
cd ..

pack.sh:

#!/bin/sh
TOOLS=/home/user/dev/u9gt2/rkutils

mkdir -p target_img

echo "Packing boot.img-raw"
${TOOLS}/mkbootfs boot | gzip > unpack_boot/boot.img-raw

echo "Creating boot.img"
${TOOLS}/rkcrc -k unpack_boot/boot.img-raw target_img/boot.img
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
Can I suggest replacing File Expert with ES Explorer? ES let's you do the same plus able to mount SMB shares and it has a nice built in editor, useful for tweaking config files.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wackym:
Perhaps in my next build. File Expert can not only mount SMB shares but also stream videos from smb shares. I like File Expert because of builtin FTP server, web server, root explorer, smb shares...and it looks way better than ES Explorer IMHO :)

Check it out it might surprise you :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
Have you tried Romtoolbox from the market?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] arcadinoe:
I loaded app manager and then rom manager premium, I run bakup ROM and the tablet has rebooted to recovery but I will stop with the red exclamation mark:confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Soul7777:
I solved my wifi issues. I did adb debug, and saw this when the wifi get disconnected.

<3>[ 3843.431723] init: no such service 'iprenew_wlan0:wlan0'

It seems to be some issue with the dhcp, so I disable dhcp and set static IP for my home router, it solved the issues. The wifi never get disconnected again.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bytemuncher:
These rom recovery apps seem a bit risky on the u9gt2. I've seen multiple posts on different forums of people complaining of similar issues (failed boots, etc.).

For now I'm sticking with titanium backup and its limitations.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] koke-007:
well i flash my device back to old 2.3.1 version 1.5 but still have the same speaker dead problem. my is u9gt2 oem. its come with mid l97d label
[Miscellaneous Android Development] arcadinoe:
problem whit SD ext

I have problems reading the SD ext, does not see it having access to the cube, there are already many times you see this problem, I try to flash the 1.9, the original
[Miscellaneous Android Development] maruyama:
Flash the Bokorez 1.9 rom , everything works. SD ext also.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gilou6:
move app to SD

Did someone has finally found a solution to move app to SD ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] heijman:
I hope some-one can help me:

I used v1.08 from wackym and backed up all apps with titanium backup.

Now I'm using a different ROM to test changes made in v1.09 but my backup has been removed during the flashing of the other ROM.

It seems my total internal memory has been wiped including the backups. Is there a way to backup to the external SD?

Also I have problems finding certain apps on the other ROM. I tried changing build.prop to

ro.product.model=GT-I9100

ro.product.brand=samsung

but it did not help. What settings should i use to find all market apps?(i.e. what settings are used in wackym v1.08?)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wnfrd:
> Did someone has finally found a solution to move app to SD ?

You are not supposed to store apps on SD cards anymore. SD cards are removable media intended for user data only. It makes little sense anyway to store apps on SD cards: Firstly, there is more than enough space internally - no need to save a few lousy MB. Secondly, the SD card is free-for-all storage. There is no access protection. Any app can change any other app's data or executables. That's a security risk. Finally, apps that can disappear at any time (if the user pulls the card) are a headache for OS developers.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gilou6:
You are prefectly right, SD is not a Secure Element. The thing is that the U9GT2 cannot store more than Gig of app, so I need a solution to fix this up. If you have a solution, you are welcome.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wnfrd:
> The thing is that the U9GT2 cannot store more than Gig of app

The U9GT2 can have much more space than 1GB for apps, it's just a matter of partitioning the available 16GB. I'm still on Android 2.3 but I'm pretty shure I have seen an alternative ICS firmware that permits selection of the desired partition size by the user.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
I am using Wackym v1.08 firmware. 2gb is partitioned for apps/games etc
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gilou6:
I have heard about Wackim 1.08 v1 that prevents to downgrade to android 3 (CUBE is geared with 4.0.3 so it would be a pity to step back to 3). There is poor track record on this Wackim.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] thecompany:
Is anyone else noticing static noise when listening to music or watching videos through headphones? Its really annoying, hoping someone has afix or else I'll have to send it back
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sisko7:
There is no "UNDO" for your backup. I knew that when you are flashing the rom it's wiping out all data, so I copied to USB stick.

And YES, there is option in "preferences" where do you want "Ti" to store your backup.

Hope this helped your future backups, Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wnfrd:
> Is anyone else noticing static noise when listening to music or watching videos through headphones?

When the backlight is on, I can hear low-level noise while listening to very quiet material, like audio books (normal music/videos masks that). If the backlight goes off, audio is crystal clear and there is zero noise. I've also noticed that the noise disappers if the backlight is not dimmed at all. I suppose the backlight PWM bleeds into the audio chip.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] heijman:
thnx! I did found the setting. Maybe someone can help me and upload the build.prop form wackym's v1.08 Mod so I can look at the differences. (I'm unable to extract the *.img)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dionikis:
1.09 mod

Hello

is the u9gt2_v1.09_20120322_mod_bk_v1 rooted?does anyone know?

tia
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shodanx:
Hi,

I just got my brand new Cube U9GT-2 and it's awesome so far

the seller said there would be HDMI output and 1280x768 but that turned out to be an error :(

it took me a while but I found this thread which is apparently the best rom for this tablet (bokorez and prox32's roms don't have anywhere as many tweaks apparently)

what I really need is bluetooth, I have a bluetooth keyboard/mouse/headset/gps and even serial devices

oh and the PS3 controller which is totally the best bluetooth gamebad out there and it's just 30$

I need bluetooth bad !!!

also cifs modules

so I got this bluetooth.zip file from a couple threads ago, it's a bunch of kernel modules, I'll try to insmod them tomorrow see how that goes, I have a couple of usb bluetooth sticks, I hope one of them works

after that I'm going to see if I can open the tablet and maybe cram one of the tiny bluetooth stick in there permanently so I don't have a clumsy dongle dangling from the tablet at all times

I am very impressed by this tablet so far, it's so fast !!!

I don't see why so many people are complaining about slowness, scrolling in the UI is FAST !

and that touchscreen OMG, as good as the ipad :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sw6lee:
Just wanted to say something to some people.

Have you owned a big brand tablet before, and not a chinese tablet? If yes, then you would know how laggy, choppy, jittery Cube U9GT2 runs; I mean the entire system. Some apps are built from the scratch, so they run smooth on this tablet, but a lot of apps run based on the system itself, so they are all laggy. Try Chrome beta from Google for example. Do you know how smooth it should run, on a normal tablet with a fully working firmware? The app is so choppy on the U9GT2. Same goes to File manager HD, which should be much smoother in scrolling, and Dolphin Browser for Pad should be buttery smooth too, but it's unusable here. ADW launcher should be super smooth while opening app drawer (the animation), but it's choppy. Gmail scrolling feels like I'm dragging something heavy. It scrolls super smooth on my Acer Iconia Tab A500. As I said this multiple times, because the system is slow, opening recent apps list lags, scrolling it lags while something is running foreground. Don't say it's not slow when there are only like 5 recent apps you have in the list. Maximum is 15, and many people have all 15 filled up.

I can't stand people saying this tablet is "buttery smooth". This tablet is FAR from being smooth.

Go on YouTube or BEST BUY and see how other tablets from big brands run, and see how even Allwinner tablets run with their NEWEST firmwares. You may say that U9GT2 only has a single core processor, but do you really need a dual core or quad core CPU to slide between home screens with ease? Google said that they lowered the minimum specs to run ICS from Honeycomb. Single core is ENOUGH. It's just that the Cube firmwares are only half-baked. ICS runs like a champ on Nexus S with a single core, because the firmware is fully working. All of the ROMs available for U9GT2, N90, etc are not fully functional, and it's laggy. I think I'm gonna explode when I see another post saying it's BUTTERY SMOOTH! :mad:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] skifreund:
*full ack*

I only wanted to use it for browsing, but Chrome is a pain in the a... and all the other browser doesn't provide the same sync/integration with Chrome Desktop. At the moment I use Firefox because it was the best I could find.

I think in future this tablet will be a media controller and picture frame at the wall.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
What you need to realise is the cube is not a big branded tablet of coarse if you pay £400 more you will get better quality. Try a bit of perspective on this you are talking about a £130 tablet and what you get for that is value for money when you see the hardware spec. Also the big brand companies spend millions of pounds on development for things like tweaking of the firmware etc, so a Chinese budget company does not have these resources and have low margin of profit to work with.

I have a cube and yes there are glitches with the Ics firmware but what you describe I would be sending it back because you either have a hardware fault or not the best firmware on your tablet.

For what I have paid I am more than happy with my tablet and thanks to the developers who put there hard work into making the firmware better
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shodanx:
@sw6lee

I have no doubt that a 600$ ipad is faster than the U9GT2

but this 230$ tablet is objectively fast, I browse with firefox and it doesn't feel laggy

anyway if I wanted performance I would use my PC, right now I need a tablet that is almost disposable in price

the U9GT2 does the job but I'll probably settle on the Ainol Novo 7 Paladin for my end project (which will need dozens of tablets)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sw6lee:
okay I understand what you mean. but I'm just MAD that the hardware is FULLY capable of running ICS smooth and fast, but the company is not up to that level with the software, and I feel like the 1gb ram and other hardware are such wastes. I don't know if I have a faulty device or not, but as far as other cube u9gt2 videos on youtube go, I think my device is perfectly fine.

I can't understand why rockchip, cube etc developers can't improve like allwinner and their tablet manufacurers. go on youtube, and see colonel zap's onda vi40 vs ployer momo11 Bird. they are both allwinner devices and they are REALLY smooth JUST like the high end devices from big brand tablets. allwinner is chinese too, aren't they? why can't rockchip and cube do similarly good job on developing their firmware? we have similar hardware, and I am, again, mad because it feels like they are all wasted..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
I think given time with the amount of Rom cookers working on it it should not be to much longer. For example the State of art Rom is due to be updated with some good things added.

Have a look on the FlashmyAndroid site.

But I agree it is fustrating
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sisko7:
Quadrant score

Guys, can you please tell me how much score do you get on your U9GT2 in Quadrant benchmark. I get from 1410 to 1460.

And have you managed to overclock the device, if yes at what speed?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tntt:
allwinner has generally a better more open approach (or was easier to reverse engineer). allwinner is also more popular, its found in more devices increasing the chances that a good developer might give it a go and try to fix things.

rockchip kernel source was made available recently, its a matter of time to get some good developers on board and start fixing things that the OEM apparently can't. I understand your frustration but we all here bought a cheap tablet and we were I believe prepared to see low quality support even if the hardware is powerful enough.

theres a lot of experienced developers on xda who seem to have a lot of free time, it just happened that not many of them have access to this tablet. we could setup a donation fund and get a couple of tablets out to people who are willing to spend time on development.. maybe this way things can move forward faster..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wackym:
Did you use "update" or "restore"?

Currently I'm busy working on kernel...so for now you can use Bokorez's mod if you want the latest code base.

The correct option is (and always was) "restore". This ensures you device gets flashed in exactly the same way as in factory. :)

If you mean internal ("emulated") SD then yes - this is possible in 1.08.

As far as I know all bokorez's mods are rooted.

You can ALWAYS downgrade to ANY firmware version! All you have to do is to click "RESTORE" when flasing firmware.

Oh really?

Then please explain why there's more than 2000 downloads of my every mod (and that's only counting mediafire downloads) and almost no complaints?

​
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
Wackym your mod if the best I have tried and can't wait to install your new mod when you have done your hard work on it.

So a big thumbs up from me!

:thumbup:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] u669983:
Score 1527. with BK mod 1.09
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
Is this the world's worst April's Fool joke?

You have "heard"? From where? Why are you attacking wackym? If you don't appreciate his good work, then get out.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DJNoXD:
Hello together

I am also working on the kernel. (Big thanks to wackym for the advise how to start working)

At the moment the following things are done / implemented:

- unecessary drivers removed (smaler kernel size)

- disabled unneeded debbuging (small performance increase is possible)

- additional frequencies enabled (thanks wackym for the hint of the missing code part)

- tried to enable autogrouping

- vm_swappiness = 0 (reduce swapping)

- add interactiveX govenour

- add SIO and VR IO-scheduler (SIO set as default)

- tried to enable support for application flash memory (partitions) larger than 2GB

- some modifications that maybe will increase battery life

- Disable fsync() for fast file system (by franciscofranco)

- Erase memory pages as soon as they are freed to prevent new processes getting old information (by franciscofranco)

- Reduce vfs_cache from 100 to 50

- some things I don't remember

You can follow the changes at my github:

https://github.com/DJNoXD/rockchip-kernel-rk2918

If I have free time this evening I will test the kernel.

First I will modify the stock easypad image with my kernel to eleminate side effects from other rom modifications (only rooted and gapps added).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] terry-wille:
I appreciate that some more guys are trying to optimize the Roms.

One question from my side: "Are you able to try to get bluetooth dongles working?"

AFAIK wackym tried also to get BT working.

Currently I'm on "State of the Art 2.0". This is also a good Rom. It's one of the best, maybe the best, need more testing.

Perhaps it helps you to get some ideas for improvement.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DJNoXD:
As far as I know bluetooth is not build in.

I haven't tested external sticks, but I think there should be one at home to test.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tntt:
thanks DJNoXD and wackym. keep up the good work!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] DJNoXD:
Don't give me thanks at the moment, I haven't released anything till now. (But I hope I will soon :cool:)

Bad news.

Can't test my kernel, because my tabled is defect. I can't even get into the flash state.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sisko7:
Task killer - a Placebo

Have you noticed that "Task killers" apps are actually not doing any difference in performance on ICS? I stopped using it for quite a while and turns out, there is no need for "Task killer" app even after dozens of apps opened.

I guess ICS is very well optimized for background and multitasking apps, and never lags performance because of background action.

Great OS!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] perbok:
I have flashed my U9GT2 with U9GT2_V1.08_20120229_mod_v1_by_wackym.img firmware. Everythig seems be OK. See log:

But the tablet does not boot afer "Restore Done Success" message and in Rockchip Batch Tool the "Connected Devices" indicator become green again (without disconnecting the device from PC).

Is there any way to fix this problem?

Thank you.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
When it has finished on the rockchip tool do you get the green robot on your tab followed by formatting data message on the tab?

The rockchip program should not show your tab if it is successful after it has flashed unless you put it back into recovery mode
[Miscellaneous Android Development] perbok:
The flashing has finished with "Restore Done Success" message but the tablet remained black (no data formatting) and the "Connected Devices" indicator become green again (withoud doing anything).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] perbok:
The device remains in recovery mode after flashing although "Restore Done Success" was appeared.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] sisko7:
Have you tried another rom?

Are your batteries charged?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] spicysi:
Hi there Wackym,

Am using your 1.08 mod and find it great, looking forward to the next one. Just wondered if you do these mods just for fun, or if you take donations from people who use them?

After spending a couple of hundred on this tablet I would happily donate $5 to go towards your hard work!

Maybe if you put a paypal account in the info text file with the next release some other grateful users might do the same.

I hope that this post isn't breaching any rules, couldn't see anything in the rules of forum saying you couldn't reward developers for their efforts!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
I will second that if deserves something for the brilliant Rom and can't wait for the next!!

Cheers Wackym :beer:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ercbul:
Here here - This tablet wouldn't have been worth the money without your hard work Wackym - I'd shout you a beer too!

On a seperate note when trying to install the app "draw something" I get the error "this app is not compaible with your device". Is this a bug in the rom or an incompability with the rockchip processor does anyone know?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
It seems google are making a lot of changes recently causing all sorts of problems with the market. Try downloading it from somewhere and installing it that way
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wackym:
:eek: what happened? Are you able to run it normally? Can you connect via ADB and reboot into recovery so you can restore it to factory firmware?

1. How old is your device? Is it original CUBE U9GT2? I've seen on VISTURE that they provide different firmwares depending on the date of purchase.

2. Make sure your volume down button isn't stuck.

3. Try flashing firmware 1.09. Either original:

http://www.sendspace.com/file/5n0qhh

http://kuai.xunlei.com/d/YEPIVLHTLQVD

Or mod by Bokorez: http://www.mediafire.com/?4vwoa961nz9724b

I presume that CUBE released a unified version.

4. When you flashed the device and it switched to recovery mode where it formatted the partitions, what did it say?

"Please KEEP your USB cable or DC-in connected" or did it also say "Do NOT remove SD card form the device"?

If you're sure you used "restore" button then try to flash using Update button.

Please report how it goes...

Thank you for the kind offer but I don't want to do this for profit, because firstly it wouldn't be fair to other modders and secondly - I receive a lot from the community and so this is my chance to give something back to the community. :)

He he, thanks! :)

I just installed it on my tablet via google play and it runs without a problem. Perhaps that was an intermittent problem. Try reinstalling from google play.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
Google play has had an update to 3.5.16 today, so until it sync properly just give it some time on your devices, when the updates happen you tend to get a few errors while it updates and syncs your account and data :)