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[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
Press the volume - button and keep holding it now connect tablet to your computer than let go after a few seconds. Now your tablet is in flash mode. Follow the guide below but miss out part 1 and 2 to get the drivers installed

ttp://www.FreakTab.com/showthread.php?p=1792

Installing Rockchip drivers for flashing!

Sent from Xperia Mini Pro ~ Android 4.0.4 ICS
[Miscellaneous Android Development] awmalloy:
Thanks, have tried both in and out of debug mode and the tablet is still not recognised as an RKAndroid by my PC.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] dmagee:
Stupid question but are you putting the cable into the correct port on the cube. Make sure it is not in the otg/3g port.

Also make sure that your tablet is switched off before putting it into flash mode.

Switch off tablet

plug cable into your tablet usb port

press and hold volume minus button and keep holding it

Plug your tablet into your computer

Wait a five seconds

Now release the volume minus button.

Now check device manager again.

Sent from Xperia Mini Pro ~ Android 4.0.4 ICS
[Miscellaneous Android Development] grayson73:
Hi,

I am thinking about the Cube U9GT2 from Aliexpress.

Questions:

1. For those in the US who have bought from China, will I need to pay any additional fees, such as duties and customs? If so, how much?

2. For those of you who have this tablet, would you buy it again today?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Hexcodes:
Could you please provide the working modules?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kajba:
I got a U9GT2 and I have some problem. On the launcher there is no color problems at all but whenever I look at any picture, video or homepage, it seems like I only have 256Color and everything looks weird. I have tried to restore the settings but no change at all. Tried to google this problem but could not find anything.

Anyone have any idea?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] grayson73:
Hi,

I have two questions:

1. Should I upgrade to stock 1.10 firmware, then custom rom?

2. Which custom Rom should I use? Evolution 2.3 or Wackym 1.08?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] justclimb:
You should just install Evolution's and make sure you set Nova Launcher as default.

There's a Thankx button for the rest of your doubts.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] grayson73:
Thanks for the response!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikola987:
Moage released JB beta rom for Cube :D

http://www.moage.com/rom_desc_204.html
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oma7144:
Who is able to download this? Pls share.

- Oma -
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nikola987:
here is another link:

http://www.ex.ua/view_storage/121970404347
[Miscellaneous Android Development] u669983:
Great Thanks. I have tried the JB on this tablet. Its really very very nice . I like it .
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oma7144:
JB now very stable and fast on RK2918 devices ;)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1903745

The image works well with the cube kernel.

- Oma -
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Drakotaki:
It works really well on the U9GT2! Thanks Oma!!! :D

I haven't beleived it, but it's like a new device. Even the video chat is working in the GTalk. :)

Just make sure to replace the kernel file to the correct one before flashing. It looks very ugly, if you does not. :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tatankam@hotmail.com:
Hallo.

Does Skype work with this Rom?

Because I tried OMA JB 4.1 and it doesn't work. (microphone no voice.)

Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Ukrainen:
I created 4.2.2 rom for rk2918 platform.

(camera work,hd dec.work,flash work)

whom it is interesting, the link to a firmware, is here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2357011
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tibiu:
Hi! wackym,

First, thanks for your work. Your last release is great.

Do you know something about the 3g dongle, its not working with the ICS version firmware. Can you do some magic with it? :) Its working on 1.04 version.

Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] slj68:
Wackym , I believe it has been jumbled since android 4.0 os , so its not anything to do with your mods , your work is great ! !! and many people have a lot to thank you for , its just obviously a problem with the new 4 os , all was fine with all text fields until then , I reverted back to original 2.3 operating system and then did each progressive firmware update and as soon as it became android 4 the text fault showed up. I trust that with your talents and some of the other switched on members will work this one out :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] slj68:
** jumbled words problem solved finally**

To everyone having the problem with jumbled letters in websites after upgrading , It appears that the standard web browser is the problem , after reading Kombatant's response about switching to Opera Mobile browser , Everything is PERFECT !!! Cheers , Hope this helps anyone else having the issue same as myself :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Kombatant:
I think you said the magic word here; FAT/FAT32. 2.3.x recognised NTFS-formatted USB sticks just fine, but it seems ICS is not ready yet for that. So we wait I reckon; cheers for the reply and keep up the good work man :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
I get what you mean but the problem is there is no way for me to reinstall or update it. At the Market, it only has the "Open" button. For normal apps, there would be "Open" and "Remove" buttons, or sometimes an "Update" button. But here, only "Open". Possible to leave Flash out in your next release?

Don't get me wrong, I am open to new file managers. As I meddle with .conf rather frequently, a buggy editor is quite a pain for me. I haven't really tested the spelling stuff in detail, but I believe if it works for a text editor, it should work "everywhere". :p

It seems that Cube had included a buggy keyboard for their 4.0.x releases. But before Cube fixes this, can you please replace their buggy keyboard with a working one in future releases?

Opera Mobile is a GREAT browser. Its ability to "reflow" (aka text wrapping) text is much superior than other browsers. It does it real fast and slick. The only problem now is it doesn't support Flash but Opera is working on it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bouldou:
Hi wackym,

I tried to use the way you said before, but when I try to unzip the kernel.img-raw file, I have the error message :

gunzip < ../raw/kernel.img-raw | cpio -i --make-directories

gzip: stdin: not in gzip format
cpio: premature end of file.

So I could not unpack it... Can you try by yourself ? I want to get rid of Cube's splashscreen logo

Thanks a lot !
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jelly9:
kernel with CIFS support

can some one tell me if the kernel/rom has CIFS support, as I'm trying to mount a network drive using cifs manger.

or is the there a better way of mounting a network drive?

thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] johnnysnavely:
Sorry for the newb question, but I just got my Cube tonight. I downloaded the latest from Wackym, but I can't get my computer to install the RK29 device driver. I know about disabling unsigned device driver in Windows but that doesnt help. Also it is not clear about how to start the process...do I just hold down the volume down button? (That doesnt do anything!). If I hold down the volume down plus the power, at what point do I let up? And the text file talks about ADB but what exactly is it trying to tell me? I need clearer directions...sorry!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
@johnnysnavely: Refer to my notes here: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/23770-cube-u9gt2/page__view__findpost__p__278358

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I access my SMB shares through file managers like File Expert and ES File Explorer. Have you tried using these apps?

I just discovered that I couldn't "Open" certain video files on my SMB share because File Expert does not "know" they are video files. However, for ES File Explorer, I could "Open As -> Video" then get to choose my desired video player. Again, not that I hate File Expert, but just sharing my thoughts.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] johnnysnavely:
Thanks, but this is basically the same info as in Wackym's included text file. And there's no problem with Chinese filenames in Wackym's zip file.

The problem I am having is, Windows refuses to recognize the rockusb.inf file in the RK29_driver directory. I am running Vista so naturally I am using that directory. Windows looks at the rockusb.inf file and refuses to install it. It appears that Windows detects this Android device at Port_#0005.Hub_#0001. Using F8 to boot up with driver signing checking disabled does not help either. Suggestions?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] kavena78:
battery drain -U9GT2 4.03 20120111 v1.05 Mod v2 by wackym

Observed the battery drain is bit faster compared to the original cube 1.05. Could be 'caz of the wifi is always on when screen off, even when I tried to make it 'never' it goes back to 'always on'
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bouldou:
Hello guys,

I sent an email a few days ago to Rockchip's Customer Center about the missing apps in the Android Market, and they just replied me :

If I understand well, Cube did not pass the Compatibility Test Suite for the Android Market. More info here :

http://source.android.com/compatibility/cts-intro.html

Has someone ever heard about it ? Ever did it before ? Do you think it could solve the issue of missing apps in the Market ?

Thanks a lot guys ! We're on the right way ! ;)

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Hi wackym, I do not manage to make ADB work, my "List of devices attached" is desperatly empty... How do you activate it ?

I activated USB debugging and installed your U9GT2 ADB drivers... my U9GT2 appears as "Android Composite ADB Interface" in the Control Panel... but no way. I tested, and it worked well with the 1.04 firmware, I'm on Windows 7 64bits.

Thank you very much !
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jelly9:
going back to 2.3

Hi how do i go back to android 2.3

thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bouldou:
Just download a 2.3 firmware and flash it again with RKbatchTool...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pote2639:
Just ask......

This will work on other rk2918-based tablet?:confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jelly9:
flashing

thank, but i can't fine a download for 2.3 for the u9gt2, has any one got a link to a rom that works on the u9gt2.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] meldamos:
There you go:

www[dot]rapidshare[dot]com/files/2592980126/U92v1[dot]03[dot]rar

Change the [dot] with dots ^^
[Miscellaneous Android Development] johnnysnavely:
PLEASE, why am I the only one who can't get this to install? I am not new to computers. The problem I am having is:

1. Nothing happens when I just depress the Volume down by itself. I have to press that PLUS the power button at the same time.

2. Windows will not install the RK29 driver. It says "One of the USB devices attached to this computer has malfunctioned, and Windows does not recognize it."

3. It then pulls up USB Root Hub (8 ports) and the 5th device down the list is Unknown Device (listed in bold)

4. If I try to navigate to the driver section and install any of the drivers, Windows refuses to do so.

5. Am I first supposed to install the Android ADB interface? If I try to do that, Windows says The Device cannot start (Code 10).

6. PLEASE HELP
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
Finally, the pre-installed Flash was able to be upgraded at the Market. :)

Opera Mobile is now able to play YouTube "Flash" videos. However, it does not work with any other Flash services. I suspect the YouTube videos embedded in websites are not played by Flash but by the YouTube app. The UI elements look really different from the usual YouTube Flash player.

Nevertheless, being able to play YouTube videos directly from a website is a big improvement!

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My instructions are not basically the same as Wackym's readme. In any case, you should ensure that your tablet really goes into the "maintenance mode" (or whatever it is actually called) before debugging further. Just to recap the steps, the key idea is to power off the tablet, press and hold Volume Down (do not release) and then connect the USB cable. The tablet will come to live (power up) immediately, but there will not be the usual splash screen.

Did you connect to the correct USB port on the tablet?

Which Windows are you using? For XP, you might need to remove the offending USB Root Hub to correctly redetect the hardware changes.

Another way out is to try flashing on another PC. This would confirm if the fault lies with the PC or the tablet.

Just for the record, I had no problems flashing on Win 7 x64.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] johnnysnavely:
Sorry, it turned out to be a faulty cable supplied with the tablet. I found another one and then everything worked as you described. :(

This new firmware is AWESOME
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pote2639:
Bump.....No one care my question? :mad:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
The answer is no, you can't use it on any other RK2918 tablets.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wackym:
You cannot unzip kernel.img-raw because it's not a zip it's a kernel zImage, uImage or Image - raw kernel code. In previous builds this was included in boot.img but now CUBE decided to ship it separately.

To change the splash image (CUBE) you'd need to either hex edit kernel.img-raw (find the offset and size of the cube image, and replace it with exact size match) or recompile kernel from sources with new image included (not possible ATM unless you have them).

If replacing boot animation is enough for you then you can do that by mounting system.img and replacing images in /media/bootanimation.zip.

No, it doesn't have CIFS. I've sent few emails to cube salesman about that but he ignored them. For now the only was is a file manager with SMB support. ES File Explorer seems to do this very good.

I've installed ES File Explorer (again) and I must admit the SMB feature actually works well! At least for Shaun the sheep videos ha ha :D

WIFI is not always on. It turns off after a while when the screen turns off. Perhaps you have a misbehaving app that's eating your battery.

You probably just need a newer ADB.exe. It worked for me with adb provided with latest SuperOneClick. See http://shortfuse.org/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bouldou:
Wow, seems quite difficult to me... I'm not really familiar with Hex editors... I won't be able to do it, even if I'd love to.

Anyway, I tried to contact Google about CTS validation for the Android Market, I'll tell you their answer

Thank you !
[Miscellaneous Android Development] retruekano:
Well, the answer can be yes. I mean, this rom should work in those devices that are perfect clones of the Cube U9GT2. 51Cube sells their tablets to resellers who rebrand them. If I am not wrong, the EONIA E9710G, the tablet P9701, some Visture V2, the Window N90 and maybe some others are just U9GT2 rebranded. So look at the specifications and the pictures carefully.

Btw, I am new in the forum. I am a total N00b in Android and I hope my tablet arrives next week. Hi :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] johnnysnavely:
Wackym, awesome job...but how do I fix Market so Facebook and Tv Guide appear? also is there a good backup/restore like cyanogenmod for saving all my programs. Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] BenKewell:
I cannot find the option to disable ditching wi-fi networks with bad signal as described.

I have searched through every pages in system settings, including Advanced tab in Wi-Fi setting and Developer options.

Could anyone please help posting a screenshot to show where does this option locate?

Thanks a lot. :) Using "U9GT2 4.03 20120111 v1.05 Mod v2 by wackym"
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bouldou:
Sadly, Cube removed it in their last firmware :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] BenKewell:
I'm using an OEM version of Cube U9GT2 and this ROM works pretty well on my device.

The tablet is branded as "Intab LR97A01", which is a clone version of U9GT2 sold in Hong Kong.

So the ROM should also works on other U9GT2 clones.

However for newbies who want to try this on their non-U9GT2 tablets, here's a few suggestions from me:

1.	Make sure you have checked everything on your tablet to ensure that it is really an exact clone of U9GT2. Some clues can be:

The hardware keys and ports layout around the tablet border, like Cube U9GT2, Window N90 and my Intab LR97A01 have extractly the same keys and ports layout on their border.

Hardware specification: RK2918 Chip, 1GB RAM, 16GB Storage, 9.7" IPS LCD, Dual Camera

Check the teardown photos of your tablet on the Internet if available and compare with those of U9GT2 (You may easily found a lot of these from China websites)

2.	Prepare anything to recover your tablet if the ROM failed to work on your tablet, including know how on way to recover firmware and download your original firmware beforehand.

3.	Prepare for losing your device's warranty or brick it... The saleswoman actually told me that they won't warrant the tablet if it's not running the original android 2.3 firmware. Also she told me that a lot of people brick their tablets when trying to flash Android 4 firmware and look for repair... So although it works on my device, it may not on yours. Also it is obvious that you will lose warranty when your tablet boot up and show Cube's logo instead of your brand's logo.

When I flashed my device, RKBatchTool showed some device check error and stopped after it wrote 100% of the firmware into device's storage. I don't know why but when I tried to boot the tablet, the new Android 4 ROM still works. So if you meet the same situation, you may try to boot it and see if you're lucky.

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Anyone knows if there's any way to set this besides through the setting page?

Like through shell script?

The WiFi on my tablet randomly drops connections even the signal is strong and it works perfectly on my phone...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] pote2639:
Sadly I tried on my rk2918 tablet and I got while screen (but somehow I hear sound in background like low battery sound or click sound when you connect a mouse) :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] BenKewell:
There's a lot of tablet models available based on RK2918, each may has different hardware setup.

It seems like yours may not be a clone of U9GT2.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wnfrd:
> No, it doesn't have CIFS. I've sent few emails to cube salesman about that but he ignored them. For now the only was is a file manager with SMB support. ES File Explorer seems to do this very good.

There is another way for rooted devices, as long as they are still using Android 2.3: the cifs.ko kernel module from wendal for the rk2918 (plus CifsManager to load the kernel module). Google for rk29_cifs_wendal. Here is a guide in German:

android-hilfe.de/sonstige-android-tablets/167640-easypix-easypad-970-hilfe-7.html#post2577212
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ainidmor:
Please. I need to know if that's a hardware problem to return the tablet to seller.

The clock does not work during standby (screen off). In normal mode the clock works well, but when I turn on the tablet, the time is the same as when I turned it off (standby).

Tested all!!! : automatic updates, no automatic updates, fixing the time zone, etc....

Tested all the firmwares : 1.03, 1.04, 1.05, ...

I think that can be a hardware problem

any idea!!!!

Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] taurus11:
ah, my adb on u9gt2 doesn't work as well, even after I used the newer ADB.exe and install the driver that included in the v1.05 mod v2 rar.

I can find my device listed under device manager, but when I run adb device ( or any other command ) it said "error, device not found".
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
See attached screenshot. I'm using wackym's firmware but can't remember it is exactly which one...

Hope that helps!!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] fyresg:
Added a screenshot to my earlier post (http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=21474815&postcount=78) on fixing the buggy default keyboard.

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Need help in shrinking the size of the default widgets! :( Also asking for help here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=21644793

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I would like to connect USB keyboard and mouse (through a working USB hub) to the tablet. I tried doing that but the input devices do not work. Is the tablet lacking the necessary drivers / kernel modules?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wackym:
Thanks. You can manually install those apps from other sources...for instance: http://www.apktops.com/facebook-for-android-1-8-1.html

Currently, no. The best way is still Titanium backup. For cynogenmod like backup we would need to have a special recovery mode like in all cynogen mods...

Nice. Has anyone tested this on CUBE? When I had 2.3 installed I tried many different cifs.ko (+nls_utf8.ko and slow_work.ko) but all I managed to do is find a way to crash android :D ...but I'm not sure I tried that particular cifs module.

This is due to bad hardware design. CUBE doesn't have an internal RTC clock and I think they even say it in the manual that clock sync with network should be always on.

Firstly download (working) ADB and drivers from here: http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?81q9jsjspbdjqa0

To make ADB work you need to manually select drivers for ADB. When you connect your device (with debugging turned on) go to Device Manager, find your device and right click on it. Now select Update Drivers. A window will popup - select "Browse my computer for driver software". On the next screen select "Let me pick from a list of device drivers", now click "Have disk" and navigate to drivers. After you click "ok" the list should contain "Android ADB Interface", "Android Composite ADB Interface". I used "Android Composite ADB Interface". If it doesn't work for you then you can always repeat the steps and select another driver.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] corsarioblanco:
has anyone tried running asphalt on cube? I cant run on cube.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wnfrd:
> This is due to bad hardware design. CUBE doesn't have an internal RTC clock and I think they even say it in the manual that clock sync with network should be always on.

However, there is a 32KHz watch crystal in the pictures of the disassembled Cube U9GT2 (www imgtheme.info/Description/20111212/40.png): the 2-pin rod-shaped golden component near the bottom border, next to a TSSOP8 package which is most likely the RTC clock chip. My EasyPad clone of the Cube works fine with the internal RTC, ie. clock source not set to 'network'.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wackym:
You are correct. I meant "internal RTC clock functionality". I think they are missing the additional battery which runs the RTC while device is off. You can find more about this via google translate on http://www.51cube.com/bbs/forum.php
[Miscellaneous Android Development] BenKewell:
Camera Issue

ROM version: "U9GT2 4.03 20120111 v1.05 Mod v2 by wackym"

Does anyone have issue with the camera not working in apps?

I found that my camera works on the build-in camera app,

however on many photo taking apps downloaded from market no image is shown.