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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dolorespark:
No need for any "exploits". Just download installsu.zip (below) and install it from your stock recovery (if you have problems getting into Recovery, scan my posts over the last several pages - I've described how several times). This is just a simple 6kb su binary that grants root access when requested - there are no popups or notifications.

Now, perhaps you can do us (and yourself) a favor. Does your tablet have HDMI? If so, there are 3 versions of this tablet, and the vendor doesn't provide a stock ROM for any of them. I've already posted the original images for 2 of them but we need an image for the 3rd one - the one that's the problem child. If you're willing to help, let me know and I'll provide instructions for identifying which one you have and making backup images of the ROM if it's the one we don't have.

Important! This file is

only

for tablets with Allwinner A10 or A13 chips running Android 4.x (ICS or JB). Install this at your own risk!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ericvangs14:
sudden interest...

hay guys...

there may be a sudden influx in questions and interest in this thread due to the sell out at tigerdirect yesterday.

Mach Speed 7" Android 4.0 Internet Tablet and Total Defense Premium Internet Security Bundle

Item#: M450-70300 TD | Model#: Trio Stealth Pro 7C Bundle

(sorry can't post link for you as i don't have more than 10 posts yet)

i bit too on the deal, and will be scanning the pages in hopes to successfully rooting and installing CM on this tablet.

i've got CM on a couple of my phones so hopefully this won't be too difficult.

~eric
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Saerus9:
Hey all,

I recently bought a trio stealth pro 7c (I believe this is the aforementioned HDMI problem child), but sadly I already tried and failed to toss cw on it without proper backups. That'll learn me to assume that the stock is easily obtainable online.

I'm running the seby 4.1.1 and it's quite

stable

. Sound, google apps, wifi, touch, skype, etc all work fine. The only issues are a non-responsive volume +/- (quite the pain since I can only seem to flash via novo7 now) and accelerometer.

Based on what I've read, stability like that of my device is what you're aiming for. Is there anything I could do that might help out?

Sidenote 1: I tried to push the script.bin to nanda (and changed the 114/115), but it had no effect. Might have done it incorrectly though.

Sidenote 2: adb's recovery and rom managers other than novo7 fail to flash, restore, etc (they reboot without entering cwmr). I can enter cwmr through novo7 reboot and can navigate with menu/settings buttons, but cannot select anything. Once, my usb keyboard's '2' was able to select, but I cannot reproduce that.

Sidenote 3: Is there a way to repartition the internal sd without wiping the system? Sebby 4.1.1 constructs a 1gig and 1.5gig partition. The remaining 1.5gig is yet to be located... I much preferred having single 4. =p

=)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] simprince:
What is the final/best solution?

I have skimmed through all the posts but am getting more and more confused as I am doing so. There seems to be numerous solutions that are claimed to work but they are somehow questioned by others. What is the best/working solution so far? Can anyone summarize it?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dolorespark:
Best solution for what? If you have a newer model with an A13 SoC, no problem. If you have an older model with an A10 SoC and your tablet's gsensor is a bma250 or an mxc622x, no problem. If you go flashing some mystery ROM, your touchscreen or your gsensor may not work correctly, but your WiFi will almost certainly still function.

That isn't the case for a particular submodel that has an A10 SoC and an mmc7660 gsensor. Its USB-connected WiFi module is configured oddly and fails to be detected by nearly every ROM its owners have tried. After a lot of experimenting, we've found a combination of components that gets it working - that's what the last 60 or so posts have been about: does this work? does that work?, etc.

Chances are that you don't have this model, so you can safely ignore any posts that talk about getting WiFi going - they're irrelevant to your needs. And, if you do happen to have this model, wait a day and I'll post a ROM that fixes the problem.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dolorespark:
@malmostoso, @kevmodee,

I've sent you a PM with the URL for what I hope is the final version of your ROM. Let me know how it goes...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kevmodee:
I'll try it as soon as I get home :) THANKS!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] simprince:
Thanks. I finally decide not to put a custom ROM on it. Instead, I follow the exact same process of dealing with Trio Stealth 9.7 to root and put Google play store on it. I am happy enough and at least, there is no risk of losing wifi or any sensor capability.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] malmostoso:
Hey dolorespark, everything works fine here with the latest ROM. Thank you so much for your help!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kevmodee:
I too found everything working.

WIFI is on, gsensor works , hardware vol + and - work properly in CWM recovery and in Jellybean. I can record sound (always crashed before) - I downloaded Skype and the testing service worked too.

I used google search which was crashing before just opening it - now i can even press MIC icon and it will voice search now.

The only 2 minor things I see are:

Netflix ALWAYS rotates to portrait while browsing. (anyone else see this? Did not happen on the GB ROM)

It always rotates back to play movies in landscape - and upside down landscape which I appreciate :)

I can hear a little feedback sound on my headphones when there is NO other sound playing (anyone else hear this? Did not happen on the GB ROM) - music and movies are NOT affected though.

This is great work. THANKS SO MUCH!!!! The jelly bean UI is so much friendlier than that GB ROM. :D

NOTE - This ROM was made specifically for the "problem wifi model of the Trio Stealth A10 version" - This is not for ANYONE that has had working wifi on either a CM9 or CM10 or the seby ROM's mentioned elsewhere in this thread.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dolorespark:
I'm glad to hear it - and a bit surprised, too, given the problems y'all had testing its various components. I guess the performance of the whole package is greater than the sum of its parts...

Indeed! If you have either of the other two A10 models, the ROMs I described in this post are better (IMHO). Later tonight, I'll post updated versions of those 2, plus the one that malmostoso and kevmodee tested.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fbueller:
Can someone please post working links for the following for the Trio Stealth Pro 7C?

CWM (with install instructions)

root (the link from a few days ago is now an empty folder)

A working gapps? No links work anymore that I can find. Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dolorespark:
ROM for WiFi-challenged Trio A10 Tablets

I've posted a special-purpose ROM for a specific model of the Trio Stealth Pro7 A10 tablet. You'll know this ROM is for you if you've never been able to get WiFi working with any ICS or JB ROM you've tried.

If your A10-based tablet doesn't have WiFi issues, see this post for ROMs intended for your model. If you have the A13-based Pro 7C NONE of these ROMs are compatible with your tablet -

don't

install them.

This ROM comes in two parts - both are necessary to fix WiFi:

LiveSuite Image

- trio7-a10-ls-mma7660-dopa-v2.img

This .img repartitions the tablet's NAND to increase the size of the /system and /data partitions, then installs a bootloader, CWM 6.0.2.8 recovery, and a temporary boot partition. The first time you boot after flashing, it will format various partitions then reboot into CWM so you can install the update.zip described below. Note: The .img file is only 25mb because it contains no usable /boot or /system partition - you must install the JB package,

Update Zip

- trio7-a10-jb-mma7660-dopa-v2.zip

This installs a stock JB 4.1.1, the basic GApps (including PlayStore), and a few useful apps like ESFileExplorer. It is fully rooted and provides init.d support. Beside adding a few tweaks taken from CM10, init.d is used to install the proper gsensor driver and support files, and to move the dalvik-cache to your /cache partition, freeing up 75+mb on the /data partition.

Technical note: the fix for WiFi appears to involve certain settings in script.bin (installed by the L/S image) and the use of a suitable kernel. While the final package appears to be stable, the kernel (taken from the Seby-Speed 4.1.1 ROM) was fairly unstable during initial testing. For that reason, my other JB ROMS are based on a different stock ROM with a different kernel.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ericvangs14:
dolorespark, your previous post mention no hdmi port. us who just purchases the latest batch from tigerdirect received our tables in the last day or so. ours do not have an HDMI port at all.

i was able to install the PC driver from <http://slickdeals.net/?sdtid=5886896&sdpid=58073982&sdfid=30&lno=1&trd=here+br&u2=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.kmods.net%2Fandroid%2Fdrivers_g59.html> thanks to PMisYMMV at slickdeals.

then using this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1886460 was able to get superuser onto the tablet.

that's as far as i've had time to figure out so far since I got the tab yesterday.

I was told android market 3.3.12 should work on this and that is the next step i'll try after work tonight.

any help to indicate which rom to use for us new users would be great. thank you.

~eric
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fbueller:
Thanks, this is great info. Mine is getting delivered later today from Tigerdirect so I'm eager to use the root script. I'm fine with stock as long as I can root and install Google Play. What version of ICS did it ship with? Also, didn't the TD website say it has HDMI out? Damn.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sayno2quat:
Tried to install CWM, now won't boot

I got the Trio Stealth Pro 7 (trio7c) from TigerDirect recently and have run into a problem.

I tried to install Clockwork Mod, and it seemed to install just fine. But when I tried rebooting into recovery, nothing mounted, and CWM obviously wasn't working properly. I could only use the Volume Down button to scroll and the Power button to select, but I couldn't go back or up (Volume Up did nothing).

And to top it off, now I can't boot into the regular Android system at all. When I select "reboot" in CWM, it reboots and loads CWM right away. If I choose Reboot Recovery from the Advanced options, it also boots into CWM.

When I am in CWM, I can access my device via ADB, but I'm not sure what exactly I can do with that. Can I flash a new recovery somehow?

How can I undo all of this? I was simply trying to be a good boy and install CWM so I could make a full backup of the stock ROM before trying out a new ROM. I've never had an issue with other Android devices loading recovery when I don't want them to.

Help would be appreciated.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] simprince:
It seems like many of us are drawn to here because of tigetdirect:laugh: Interesting. I so am happy with rooting and google play without a custom rom. Google online for rooting Trio 9.7 and follow that instruction and you should be fine. Very happy after using it for a couple days.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dolorespark:
To escape from CWM, enter this from an adb shell prompt: printf "\0" > /dev/block/nandf. Exit the prompt then either force the tablet off and back on, or enter this from your (Windows?) command prompt adb reboot
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] russelljohnson:
Hi everybody,

I'm a new owner of the Trio 7 from Tiger Direct. Mine has a dead pixel though... not expecting much anyways.

Can somebody detail the steps to root, install cwm, and maybe a custom rom?

I read around that we have JB on this tablet? What are the steps to that?.

I'll continue to read this thread to see if I can update this post.

TIA!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fbueller:
My Tiger Direct shipped with 4.04 on it, not JB. I'd love it as well if someone could post a method that's working on the Tiger Direct 7c that's confirmed to work for rooting, CWM, and gapps. Maybe CM9, but most people with CM9 on this tablet complain about wifi getting hosed.

EDIT: I can confirm that the method in post #397 works to root the Tiger Direct 7c, do the root in NORMAL MODE - successfully dropped SuperSU on there. Now we need CWM and Google Play and things start getting good.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mcalistor:
How about wifi that's hosed out of the box? I tried to read through this thread, but it's late and I don't have the attention span to absorb any of it. I have a trio7c (4.0.4) and no matter how close I get to the router, no go. I'm afraid to try any custom roms because I don't want to void the warranty, but I'm equally afraid to call tech support :crying:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] russelljohnson:
I have everything stock. My wifi works.

How do you tell if you have A13 or A10? I have no idea what that even means.

I'm gonna follow the steps from above to root.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] malmostoso:
Just a word of advice: from the pictures on Tigerdirect, this new batch of Trio 7c is different from the previous ones. It has the microSD card slot to the side, while the one I have (and most people up to page 39, let's say) has the microSD slot at the bottom.

Which probably means it's a different board with different components.

BEFORE you do anything to it, install adb,connect the tablet and post the results of

$ adb shell lsmod

at least people will know what you're dealing with.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] russelljohnson:
I'll do it but first, how do you install ADB?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fbueller:
My Tigerdirect microSD slot is on the bottom, it arrived today. Where are you getting this side-slot info from? Mine has no HDMI, btw.

I figured out how to get Google Play on the Tiger Direct unit!

1 - Root using the method in post #397 in this thread

2 - Use the browser to head to amazon.com/amazonappstoreapp

3 - Download and install the Amazon Appstore. Install ES File Explorer, in the prefs enable all root options (mount /system as r/w, make / the root folder)

4 - Download the attached Google Play

5 - Launch ES File Explorer, copy the Google Play apk to /system/app (this requires root)

6 - Long tap the apk, select properties, add execute to the permissions

7 - Short tap the apk, install it

8 - Delete the apk from /system/app

Bingo, it works. For me, anyways. Google Play should auto-update to the newest version in the background, btw.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] russelljohnson:
My SD card slot is on the bottom left (if holding the tablet vertically).

Play Store crashes each time I try to open it up. I uninstalled it via Titanium Backup.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] malmostoso:
I saw a picture on the tigerdirect website, and it has HDMI and MicroSD on the side (where by side I mean where the capacitive buttons are).

Well there you go, yet another variant. You have the one described in the picture then.

If you're on linux

$ sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb

if you're on windows I am not sure, look here.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fbueller:
Does yours have HDMI?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] russelljohnson:
Negative
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fbueller:
I just reread this, his is on the left when held VERTICALLY. So it's on the bottom on the unit in landscape mode, that's where mine is. So it look like this is the variant Tiger is sending.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] malmostoso:
It's possible, I based my message on this image from Tigerdirect:

As you can see the "Media reader" is on the short side with all the other connectors.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] russelljohnson:
Here's mine from Tiger Direct ordered 3/5/13

The sd card slot is on the LEFT of this.

Are some people running Jelly Bean on this?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] malmostoso:
DoPa, kevmodee, on the ROM there are 2 apps installed (ES file manager and Koi wallpaper) which I'd like to remove, but there seems to be no way of uninstalling them.

Any ideas on what to do with them? I have "disabled" them but I'd prefer to get rid of them.

Thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dolorespark:
Delete the applicable .apk's from /system/app - the names are obvious. To be thorough, you may want to delete each app's data directory which you'll find in /data/data. Here, the names are less obvious. [edit] For ES File, it's 'com.estrongs.android.pop' and for Koi Pond, it's 'fishnoodle.koipond_free'
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hwengmgr:
Ran adb shell lsmod

I Ran "adb shell lsmod" on my new stealth 7C and here is the output:

8188eu 621088 0 - Live 0xbf0b1000

rtl8150 10305 0 - Live 0xbf0aa000

mcs7830 7581 0 - Live 0xbf0a4000

qf9700 9152 0 - Live 0xbf09d000

asix 24601 0 - Live 0xbf091000

sun5i_csi0 33255 0 - Live 0xbf083000

gc0308 18408 1 - Live 0xbf07a000

videobuf_dma_contig 6251 1 sun5i_csi0, Live 0xbf075000

videobuf_core 20242 2 sun5i_csi0,videobuf_dma_contig, Live 0xbf06b000

cedarx 9351 0 - Live 0xbf064000

mma7660 7193 0 - Live 0xbf05e000

dmard06 11443 0 - Live 0xbf057000

mali 151212 4 - Live 0xbf025000

ump 49486 9 mali, Live 0xbf011000

ft5x_ts 45201 0 - Live 0xbf000000
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] justddd1:
Make sure you didn't skip "Set execute permission" step. HTH
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] crlsnr:
fexc for Windows

Hey folks - long time leecher of brilliant XDA android hacks and fixes and an infrequent poster. I recently got the TigerDirect Trio 7 (a13) and have already bricked it a few times just tinkering around with it. Today I thought I'd try doing some script.bin editing and have had a heck of a time getting the sunxi-tools compiled on my linux VMs.

Since many of you have also had trouble I thought I'd post a link where I found a precompiled windows version that seems to do the trick.

fexc for Windows
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] malmostoso:
Thanks DoPa, it worked perfectly. Removed stuff from recovery, they're gone.

---------- Post added at 05:54 PM ---------- Previous post was at 05:52 PM ----------

This is mine:

jack@nostromo:~$ sudo adb shell lsmod
[sudo] password for jack:
8192cu 614263 0 - Live 0x00000000
rtl8150 9913 0 - Live 0x00000000
mcs7830 7396 0 - Live 0x00000000
qf9700 9353 0 - Live 0x00000000
asix 24267 0 - Live 0x00000000
sun4i_csi0 32032 0 - Live 0x00000000
gc0308 15833 1 - Live 0x00000000
videobuf_dma_contig 5979 1 sun4i_csi0, Live 0x00000000
videobuf_core 19095 2 sun4i_csi0,videobuf_dma_contig, Live 0x00000000
ft5x_ts 47785 0 - Live 0x00000000
cedarx 12607 0 - Live 0x00000000
mali 137315 8 - Live 0x00000000
ump 34767 13 mali, Live 0x00000000
mma7660 6918 0 - Live 0x00000000
bma250 7806 0 - Live 0x00000000
nand 109849 8 - Live 0x00000000

There seem to be quite a few differences. Be careful with the images in this thread, do not use those that DoPa has built for me and kevmodee.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] crlsnr:
Thanks to mth411's instructions I was able to get my tablet's screen orientation fixed, but the method was slightly different. I'm using the F2S(A13)-20121129.1.1.1-.img ROM.

Modifying the [gsensor_para] mma7660 sections of my script.bin and script0.bin did not fix the orientation problem. Instead I had to flip the x and y bits in the gsensor3_para dmard06 section.

gsensor_direct_x = 0

gsensor_direct_y = 1

Here's my lsmod dump in case someone may have a similar tablet and issue.

8188eu 581010 0 - Live 0xbf0e7000
dmard06 12334 0 - Live 0xbf0df000
mma7660 7959 0 - Live 0xbf0ce000
rtl8150 10305 0 - Live 0xbf0c7000
mcs7830 7581 0 - Live 0xbf0c1000
qf9700 9152 0 - Live 0xbf0ba000
asix 24601 0 - Live 0xbf0ae000
sun5i_csi0 33493 0 - Live 0xbf0a0000
gc030809 19068 1 - Live 0xbf097000
gc0309 19577 0 - Live 0xbf08e000
gc0308 18508 0 - Live 0xbf085000
videobuf_dma_contig 6251 1 sun5i_csi0, Live 0xbf080000
videobuf_core 20242 2 sun5i_csi0,videobuf_dma_contig, Live 0xbf076000
cedarx 9351 0 - Live 0xbf06f000
mali 151068 6 - Live 0xbf03d000
ump 49362 9 mali, Live 0xbf029000
ft5x_ts 46276 0 - Live 0xbf018000
ssd253x_ts 9346 0 - Live 0xbf011000
sichuang 14299 0 - Live 0xbf009000
gt811 16904 0 - Live 0xbf000000
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dolorespark:
Sadly, it's less useful than you might think: it only shows the modules that are loaded, not the ones that are needed. Like many ROMs, this one uses a one-size-fits-all strategy and loads a bunch of drivers for each component in the hope that one of them will match the tablet's hardware. For instance, this ROM loads (at least) 4 touchscreen drivers, 3 camera drivers, and 2 gsensor drivers. Based on the listing provided by hwengmgr in post 418 the original ROM only loaded what was needed - except for the gsensor where it loaded 2 possible drivers: mma7660 and dmard06. Thanks to you, we now know this tablet actually has a dmard06.

So, here's a list of drivers needed to have this batch Trio Stealth Pro 7C's operate correctly (the next batch could be different). It's divided into two parts: stuff that's specific to this model, and standard drivers that are used by virtually every A13 tablet in existence:

Model-specific

ft5x_ts - touchscreen

dmard06 - gsensor

gc0308 - camera

8188eu - wifi (only loaded when wifi is enabled)

Standard

mali - GPU

ump - memory allocator for Mali

cedarx - a/v decoder

videobuf_core - camera-related

videobuf_dma_contig - camera-related

sun5i_csi0 - camera-related

asix - USB networking

qf9700 - USB networking

mcs7830 - USB networking

rtl8150 - USB networking
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ilithis:
Hey everyone,

I too got this tablet from TigerDirect.com on the day it was a really good deal. Mine does not have HDMI, has the microSD card slot on the bottom, and came with 4.0.4.

I was hoping I could get this tablet to 4.1.1 at least and judging from the previous pages, some people have gotten some pretty stable systems on JB, but they're the A10 wifi-troubled version. I was wondering how I can check my tablet to see if its an A10 or A13 version so I know where I can start. I heard these things are basically unbrickable so I'm willing to experiment.

I have zero experience on loading any custom roms, but I'm willing to learn what I need to download and the steps to complete an upgrade. My only previous Android experience is with my Samsung Galaxy Nexus (on Verizon) with which I wait for OTA updates because I'm a scrub.

Thanks,

Ilithis
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] phreon00:
It would be cool and so helpful if someone could post step by step for:

getting Google Play on this tablet

getting CWM on it

rooting it

flashing a rom

Maybe even in that order in case someone does not want to root.

I have a HP Touchpad that I was able to root and reflash with CM9 because someone helpfully posted the steps.

Thanks

P
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] pbot:
I have one of the new A13 without the hdmi and for root, look at post #408 http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=38930746&postcount=408

While root, worked, the play store attached in that msg did not.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] phreon00:
Thanks,

the play store seems to be a tough problem though.

P
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fbueller:
Still no info on getting CWM installed. And I posted how to add Play Store in my post above.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dolorespark:
See my post CWM 6.0.2.8 for Allwinner A10 & A13 Tablets

FYI... You need one of the A13 versions.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fbueller:
Awesome, glad there's finally some concrete data on this. I'll give it a shot and let everyone know how it turned out, big thanks!

---------- Post added at 08:13 AM ---------- Previous post was at 07:37 AM ----------

Your instructions worked as long as you remove the parenthesis from the script. Only way I could get into recovery was the third ADB method, however. Has anyone tried an app like Rom Manager to reboot recovery? The button push methods didn't do a thing, nor "adb reboot recovery"...