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[Miscellaneous Android Development] h055:
Your statement contains something that I don't really add up to.

There should be only two wipes since 'wipe media' was missing from CWM Recovery 6.0.1.1.

Android version should be 4.0.3 instead of 4.0.4.

Make sure uImage_recovery is not mixed up with outdated one.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] theleland:
Ah - I meant 4.0.3 not 4.0.4 - I got all the files from this site http://origovacua.altervista.org/wordpress/custom-ics-for-novo8-official-page/ referenced in the first post.

I put the UImage and UImage_Recovery in the root of the SD but I'm not sure what CWM is. Googling now it seems Clockworkmod. Do I have to install that?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] h055:
Then I can confirm that you should get rid of the extra file i.e. uImage prior installation.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] theleland:
I removed UImage and only left UImage_Recovery and this time when I tried to install the gapps it said

E:signature verification failed

Installation aborted

So I tried leaving only UImage and this time it said it succeeded to install google apps 4.

However, when I reboot and go in to the system there are no google apps on the applications menu.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] h055:
You should install G-Apps right after you've installed Custom ICS 4.0.3. Otherwise it won't work.

So do it all over again and install all zip files in this sequence:

Custom-ICS_4.0.3-Novo8-psquare_5.0.1-signed.zip

gapps-ics-mod20120804-signed.zip

powerpack-ics-tm809-1.7-signed.zip

pack3D-singned.zip
[Miscellaneous Android Development] theleland:
I wiped media, wiped cache, and wiped to factory reset. I then installed in that order all at once with only the UImage in the root. However when I log in to the android system there are still not any google apps. I also don't think the power manager or 3d test are in the applications either. I'm very sorry I'm not getting this!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] h055:
As I said before, you should retain uImage_recovery instead of uImage. One last thing make sure you run into CWM Recovery 6.0.1.0 or later.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] theleland:
Thanks. I tried following the instructions I could google on installing CWM but none of them seemed to be right for this device. Is there a good link to instructions on how to get that CWM Recovery on my device? Thanks so much!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] h055:
This is the link you request for reference on instruction of ClockWorkMod 5 (CyanogenMod) Recovery Firmware Upgrade Guide.

There isn't much new stuff here. What you need is to make sure you have only these files on root of your SD card and you're good to go:

uImage_recovery

Custom-ICS_4.0.3-Novo8-psquare_5.0.1-signed.zip

gapps-ics-mod20120804-signed.zip

powerpack-ics-tm809-1.7-signed.zip (optional)

pack3D-singned.zip (optional)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bonfire13:
Hello! I installed RC1 and it works well at the moment install GApps MOD 2012-08-04 stops charging. Then I installed ROM 4 ... 5.0.1 and it also will not load completely. Can anyone help.

You know why v5.0.1 to color figures and does not want to load?

Next flash is charging android logo then loads Cortex A9 logo, and before embarking on a color Graph Cortex logo is blurred and the screen turns yellow. Then begin to turn color figures and there. Anybody have an idea what might be the reason. Execute everything step by step. Beta goes but 5,0,1 does not want.

Please help!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bonfire13:
and so I
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ejblom:
I've tried the newest image and it is the best one I've encountered so far! Very nice!

I upgraded to the newest firmware since I thought it might natively support external webcams. I tried several webcams (all of them work under Linux) but i have no idea how to test them. On youtube there is someone who uses the standard webcam tool of the tablet under ICS to capture or live-view the webcam but this doesn't work for the Ainol8. Does anyone have an idea which tool or approach I should be using?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bonfire13:
Hello! Could you give me a link from ROM 2,3,4. Because my tablet does not want to install a different Rom unless RTS1. Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
This is the link for official ROM:

http://ubuntuone.com/4zmSZMCDM8ppzxv8TVKKKv
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aywchiu:
@theleland: I think u need to prepare a stock recovery sdcard with the aml_autoscript and other files as listed in the above cwm link. then replace the stock uimage_recovery with

that for the cwm 6.xxx.

@psquare: While I was able to flash the custom ics rom and gapps with cwm6 and the rom seems to run ok, both the internal and external sdcard cannot be mounted and some apps can't be run. Not sure if this is the current status of this rom. Can u clarify please? Btw thanks for the rom.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bonfire13:
Thanks for ROM!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
all apps should work fine..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] manatx:
pspuare, anything is ok, smoother then last version but youtube, it will FC.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
Ho psquare,

Had a day or so playing with this build after CM9.1. Did the three wipes then installed ICS, recovery, powerpack and gapps. Observations so far:

I love that the internal memory is flagged as sdcard and sdcard linked as "external sdcard". This hopefully solves some of the issues around the external sdcard disappearing.

Launcher seems really smooth and fluid.

Some random lockups when performing ordinary activities. After reboot same action works.

Google Maps will not run at all, just sticks at blank screen.

Wifi can see channels above 11.

ROM Manager/recovery fix permissions finds lots of files that need to be adjusted. I have no idea if this is necessary or useful to do though.

AdAway cannot replace hosts file due to lack of room, however unlike CM9.1 it also cannot symlink /system/etc/hosts to /data/data/hosts. Edit: found a workaround using this guide.

Confirmed USB host does not work with a 1Gb USB key.

Issue with disappearing external SD card is present, same as other ROMs, but this is a kernel problem so nothing can be done about it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] YetAnotherForumUser:
dejitter solution seems to cause random crashes in ICS

I've been experimenting a bit with these ICS builds and found that the dejitter solution seems to be (part of) the cause of the cause of the random crashes. To try this for yourself just adb shell into the tablet, remount /system rw and edit /system/bin/ts-dejitter.sh to disable the script (just add 'exit' somewhere before 'sleep 60') and run it through some tasks. While the touch screen will revert to its jittery obnoxious self, the thing won't crash - at least not here. I'll try to find out what it is which causes these crashes - the same dejitter solution works fine in Gingerbread. As those who were around when we developed the dejitter code might remember, ICS tends to crash when the driver is bound to the touch screen. Whatever causes those crashes might also lie at the root of the random crashes experienced using the custom driver. Since I'd like to use ICS (or JB) on this thing without suffering through the jitterbug I'll try to find some time to fix this...

--- edited ---

There seems to be a soft lockup somewhere in the kernel, more l8r...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] obarthelemy:
I'm also struggling with the install

Hi.

I'm trying to update my Ainol Novo8 Advanced, and running into issues:

1- I've put all 5 files listed here (http://origovacua.altervista.org/wordpress/custom-ics-for-novo8-official-page/) onto a newly formatted (FAT), 1GD SD

2- I boot into recovery mode with power+volume up,

I get a screen that says:

Android system recovery (3e)

Android system recovery utility

reboot system now
apply sdcard: update.zip
apply media partition:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
wipe media partition
set efuse mac
set efuse btmac
set audio license
set bq27x00 dfi

The power button does nothing. I can navigate with Vol+/Vol-.

Edit: original post was wrong. corrections:

The Back key works. I've wiped all 3 things. I'll try to install all 5 files by naming them update.zip and come back to you

Olivier

---------- Post added at 12:30 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:16 PM ----------

I'm getting "signature verification failed" when trying to install uImage_recovery.zip renamed to update.zip.

---------- Post added at 12:45 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:30 PM ----------

I skipped uImage, the ICS update works, going through the other .zip now.

---------- Post added at 01:34 PM ---------- Previous post was at 12:45 PM ----------

Ok, the thing is broadly working, I'm on ICS, with Internet, and some gapps. Some issues though:

1- while installing the last package (the 3D stuff), something got screwed, I no long have access to the recovery menu when booting holding Vol+ and Power. How can I get that back, preferrably with a later version that lets me choose any .zip, not just update.zip ?

2- I have mail, calendar, galery... but no playstore ? I have an appinstaller though, is there a way to get the playstore ?

---------- Post added at 02:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:34 PM ----------

It seems I'm f**cked. I have ICS, but no GAPPS, and lost access to the boot menu. I've installed ROM MANAGER but can't seem to get it to do anything except hang.

Any help would be very welcome.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Terramoto:
hey could someone tell me whats the wifi card and CPU on this tablet?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
Custom ICS for Novo8 psquare 6.0

New update for ICS!

powerpack no longer useful! all in one ;)

visit : http://origovacua.altervista.org/wordpress/custom-ics-for-novo8-official-page/

bye :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] TheBiggestNoob:
Here is my experience with the installation of latest version.

1)I put all files on SDcard root directory. 2)Booted into recovery mode. 3)Did a factory reset,wiped cache partition,wiped Dalvik cache. 4)Applied ROM update. 5)Applied GAPPS update. 6)Started the tablet. 7)Went through the "Welcome" screen. 8)Restarted the tablet.Jitter was very bad,couldn't move any icons, very hard to open apps.9)Opened the Novo8 app and enabled the TouchScreen jitter drivers.Jitter was still bad.10)Restarted the tablet.Jitter still very bad.

11) THEN I DECIDED TO RE-INSTALL IT.I followed all the above steps again and now the tablet works great after enabling the TouchScreen jitter drivers from Novo8 app, thanks a lot !!!

To all the users who are having a problem with Google Play downloads(error 921 or some other error).

Restart the tablet. Go to Settings>Apps>"All" tab>Google Play Store>

Force Stop

then

Clear Data

then

Clear Cache

then

Disable

then

Enable

Now open Settings>Account and sync>touch to open your account>press the settings button(on very top-right corner there are 3 dots)>choose Remove Account and confirm removal

Go to Settings>Account & Sync>Add Account(on top-right corner)>Google>now put your account info and Sign In (it should NOT freeze your tablet during the sign in process,if it freezes then start the whole process again).

Now open Google Play and enjoy your apps !

Thanks psquare and everyone else who created this update !
[Miscellaneous Android Development] detroit123:
I have the W6HD and had it plugged in for a long time and it was working fine

I decided to turn it off and on again and now I have the Green Icon on the screen and it won't do anything

How do I get rid of this? I had this 1 time before a long time ago and I forgot how I got rid of it then

hope to hear a solution to this soon
[Miscellaneous Android Development] leandrocn:
Do this version works on Ainol novo8 mini advanced??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] leandrocn:
Anyone :confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
No. Only the original Novo 8, which has been superceded. I'm guessing that the date of this ROM is before the model you are talking about came out.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
Last ROMs released.

Thank you all, guys
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
Works with all videoplayer in any situations. I tested again
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
Hi psquare,

Just seen beta3 is here. Does "cheeyee stuff" include touch screen jitter? Fantastic work!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] samyboy:
Does this rom work with the Novo 7 Aurora? If not, does anyone know of a rom for it? Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
Just to confirm, I hjave installed beta3 and can say that jitter fixing code has not been implemented. It's easy to see when you turn on "pointer location" in settings/developer options.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] YetAnotherForumUser:
As to the source of the jitter...

Apart from the fact whether there is a 'jitter fix' in this release or not, the real question of course is why the digitizer has so much jitter in the first place. One major source of capacitive touch screen jitter is the LCD panel; if the touch screen is located to close to the LCD panel jitter will occur. I've seen recommendations from touch manufacturers to mount the digitizer at least 2 mm from the LCD panel to reduce jitter. If anyone here has had their screen apart, did you notice how much space there was between the screen and the panel? Another way of testing this might be to turn off the panel (or disconnect it) and then read out the digitizer - if jitter is greatly reduced, the source has been found. Anyone here with an electronic aptitude and an already disemboweled Novo 8 who cares to try? While I do have the former, I'd prefer to postpone the latter until it is unavoidable... and I can certainly not do it now as my wife needs the tablet to study for an exam...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] namecaps:
Hi

Could you point me to some manual how to install this mod if I have original Ainol's android 2.3 installed?

Thanks!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hillbeast:
I pulled my tablet apartages ago, and there is a chunky sheet of glass between the digitizer and the screen. About 2-4mm thick. I didn't have a ruler out at the time.

I don't blame the positioning of the digitizer, I more blame low quality power circuitry in the tablet. Considering when the backlight is on, I can hear a capacitor or an inductor whining... doesn't bode much confidence. The jitter is worse when it is plugged into power as well.

I reckon if the thing had more shielding it would work better.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jcbarbosa:
I also tested again now with beta3 without success.

Did you tried the video that i uploaded? Can you send me a link to a video that works?

If so, I must assum that there are more than one Ainol NOVO8 hardware revisions.

Can anyone confirm that AC3 audio playback isn't working in their NOVO8?

I have tested with ICSbeta2, ICSbeta3 and CM7.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] YetAnotherForumUser:
2-4 mm of glass should certainly be enough to get rid of panel-related interference so that does not seem to be the cause. If the power circuitry is to blame, maybe some judiciously placed buffer capacitors could reduce the jitter? Or - in case of HF interference - some ferrite beads? Do you have a scope? If so, attach it to the digitizer power supply line(s) and see if there is noise on there. If it is shielding it needs, it would be good to know where to apply it. I guess I can always ask Goodix about it, not that I expect an answer...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hillbeast:
I shall pull it apart again this weekend and take some high resolution photos of the PCB so you have have a look too, but I can't remember what sort of circuitry was in there.

I don't have a scope. I need one though, badly.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
there will not touchscreen jitter fix in this rom. I haven't time. maybe in cm9
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
Your video works fine..

that's for sure!

Ainol Novo8 Advanced, 8GB, black edition

SN:NOVO8ADVANCED110908G035206

EDIT: try this http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/novo8-ac3-fix-t11026.html
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
1) Copy "last ROM" and "recovery cm9" on root of sdcard and turn off.

2) Hold down VOL+ and press POWER ON.

3) Select "install zip form sdcard" --> "choose a zip from sdcard" --> select rom and yes (use jogball)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
I think you're right.. on the other hand this is a good but low cost tablet...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jcbarbosa:
+1 thanks!

This really did the trick! Audio AC3 plays perfectly now.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
This license apply only once, I thought it already had been did!

bye :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
Oh that's a real shame as it makes the tablet unusable in my opinion. I think I shall stick to Cheeyee's work as it means I can actually use the device for what I bought it for.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hillbeast:
I believe the touchscreen is more jittery in ICS than older ROMs because Google changed a lot of code for a lot of devices. I know the WiFi stack was heavily modified, same with ARMv6 compatibility, sound, graphics drivers, and I believe also sensors and input devices. Because of this, it reacts differently to the input from the touchscreen codec.

There's not a lot that can be done to fix it. I will have a look at some point and see if any of the old drivers can be brought forward, but I can't guarantee success with this...

EDIT: Yes, touchscreen devices was definitely changed. I remember having this trouble on my phone when I was helping to port ICS on that. I didn't get very far into it though so don't expect me to be knowledgible in ICS, I just know that the touchscreen libraries are definitely different.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
It would be awesome if there is anything that can be done with it. Also, it seems quite laggy when swiping.

I had a look around, and it appears that there are quite a few tablets with the same touchscreen controller chip (GOODIX GT801). I can't find any spec sheets though, maybe there is already a device driver that can be recompiled?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Hgshgs:
psquare used two different firmwares from Zenithink and Ramos to make this one. Looks like there are siminar problems with touchscreen jitter with some hardware revision from C91. They released a patch for fixing this issue in C91. I don´t know if we are getting the same problem, and I don't know what is needed to change, but there is a thread about this. Maybe this could help. http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/29714-zt-280-c91-touchsceen-malfunction-and-calibration/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] YetAnotherForumUser:
Some more interesting bits: The jitter is - on my device at least - limited to the y-axis (as seen in in portrait mode), x is more or less stable. It is also mostly limited to single finger touch events - as soon as I use more than one finger the jitter mostly disappears. Grounding myself to the device does not affect it. Shielding the entire device (using aluminium foil) does not have any effect. Wifi does not affect it, neither does screen brightness or processor speed.

One thing does seem to have some effect at least: editing the IDC file (/system/usr/idc/Goodix_TouchScreen_of_Guitar.idc) to tell a bit more about the touch screen. The driver (m1-kernel-android/drivers/amlogic/input/touch_screen/goodix_touch.c) provides pressure data which is not used by default. Editing the IDC file to support this information does seem to tame the thing a bit - or am I deluding myself?

Try it:

cat /system/usr/idc/Goodix_TouchScreen_of_Guitar.idc
# Copyright (C) 2010 The Android Open Source Project
#
# Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
# you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
# You may obtain a copy of the License at
#
# http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
#
# Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
# distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
# WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
# See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
# limitations under the License.

# Basic Parameters
touch.deviceType = touchScreen
touch.orientationAware = 1
touch.sizeAware = 1

touch.size.calibration = area
touch.size.scale = 18
touch.size.bias = 0
touch.size.isSummed = 0

touch.pressure.calibration = amplitude
touch.pressure.scale = 0.025

# Orientation
touch.orientation.calibration = none

# Distance
touch.distance.calibration = none

Now enable pointer postition reporting or use a multitouch test app. See any difference?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
Me too.

I think is a bit better! :)

Thank you very much!

For tester

You can use "Dev Tools --> Pointer Location"

(I add this app form cm9 for this reason)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] namecaps:
Completely makes no difference here.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] namecaps:
Hi

I saw this thread Today (although it's from 28.02)

edit: I cannot post link, but it's on imp3 forum in Ainol section, translated topic is

ROM release] early hand toss ICS4.0.3 for Novo8, welcomed the white (master drifting)

What took my attention is:

(6) touch effect, test, I feel very good!

Did anybody test this firmware? According to them it's based on W13 firmware, not W6HD as psquare's one.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
I saw that as well, but the translation gives me a headache and downloading from Chinese websites just doesn't work. Could do with a (western) mirror...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] namecaps:
I downloaded it from that chinese hosting (you have to do it without translating)> You will see three buttons, use one on the left I think.

Now - I installed it along with gapps, changed language and was playing with it for few hours. Touchscreen was greatly improved as mentioed, I tried it with pointer location oj and now vertical axis jitters far far less. Actually it's quite usable, arond 10% of touches were not working. Overall performance seems to be worse though and wifi is not reconnecting after sleeping.

Jitter is as bad as on any other rom when device is connected to AC.

Remote controller does not work.

One moe thing to psquare - skype finds two cameras while ainol has only 8 - do you know to fix it? I'm asking because i want to use modded skype which worked on 2.3 with video calls, but here when I try to go to advanced settings it crashes and this is because it find two cameras, but cannot get data from the other one...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
Hi namecaps,

In what way is performance worse? Is it a jittery UI, low frame rate? I found 4.0.1 very smooth but 4.0.3 the opposite, and not really nice because of that.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ifynk:
Hello psquare. Can you modify you ICS ROM for my tablet too? iRobot A907. Thanks.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] $$pasquale:
I can not test my work on you tablet then I can not promise you, but

I will be able to port your tablet to cm7 (like base for cm9)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] namecaps:
Interface seems to be laggish...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ifynk:
I will help you with testing. I can provide any logs.

I already have the CM7 and I want to try CM9

Thanks.