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[Android General] alberrc:
Help with Energy Smart TV root on Win 8 RTM

First off all thanks for sharing your experience. I'm new to android since I always loved iOS but started thinking about android as a good alternative to the less innovative iOS/iPhone plattform. I have to say your post was the first i found after 2 months of research and I was really happy to know there was a way to root the Energy Smart TV Box. Unluckily i can't manage to root it and since I'm new to android I'm kind of stuck. I hope you can help or anybody else. Problem is:

1- I managed to install the usb drivers using the SDK manager and in task manager everything seem to be right but everytime i run the batch file i get an error in spanish ( my windows setting ) wich translation is kind of The system can't find the specified route.

2- I have tried to run adb commands and i have as result as follows

Daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

Daemon started successfully

error: device offline

PS: Device is turned on, with all the propper options ticked on in settings ( developer access and unsigned apps... )

Any advice on what to try. Remember, I'm new to android so detailed explaination would be appreciated. Thanks in advance and greeting from Spain.
[Android General] b0b02:
Mi respuesta primera: Un saludo de Sevilla ;)

Ok let's see, here's what I would do (taking into account that you already activated the usb debugging):

1- Get the IP the box is running on (ex: 192.168.1.104)

2- open a command prompt and go to the folder where you unzipped "ICS Root Unlocker 1.0" (cd c:\ICS Root Unlocker 1.0 for example)

3- Once in the folder, try a:

files\adb connect 192.168.1.104:5555

if it says connected then you're fine to continue

4- just run the "ICS_Root_Unlocker.bat" batch file from this same folder and you should be okay.

If this doesn't work, then I would try to type the commands from the batch file line by line (but before starting the commands from the batch file, make sure to get the device connected OK -or similar- message first!) -> that's what I did myself and it definitely worked.

Keep us updated ;)

hasta pronto ;)

b0b0
[Android General] alberrc:
It worked for me

Thanks dude, it finally worked for me. I finally made it using adb connect comannd and then typing one by one all of the commands in the batch file. So thanks again and if you discover any custom rom, mods or tweaks, please share it. It would be appreciated. I'll do the same stuff.

PD: Gracias, seguí el hilo en inglés para no desvariar en el foro. Un saludo desde Gran Canaria.
[Android General] b0b02:
Glad you got it working ;)

No worries, I'll keep sharing what I find... but I'm just browsing the web for infos... I don't think I'll discover anything on my own ;)

Next thing I'm trying to work out: cifs.ko to map samba shares on boot, this way the shares will show up in the Video and other sections ;)
[Android General] chuzo__22:
First off all, many thanks for the root tip, I will prove in the next few days.

I have another problem with this device. I installed another launcher (Go Launcher HD) and everything works fine, but if the original launcher don't runs, the USB ports don't work.

If I run the original launcher before running Go Launcher, so good, but if I run directly Go Launcher fails.

I've tried other launchers and always the same problem occurs. Until we run the launcher original usb ports not respond :confused:

Greetings from Spain and many thanks in advance ;)
[Android General] b0b02:
thanks for sharing that info... I don't know how to get this sorted though, since I'm not a dev :( let's hope someone helps ;)

I hope more people will come here so we can discuss various improvements on that box ;)

b0b0
[Android General] chuzo__22:
Ok, thanks anyway ;)
[Android General] Larteas:
Hi, I just want to say thanks for the script, I've just rooted my Smart TV, all perfect.

Also, I want to confirm that, if you use another launcher instead of the default, if you reboot the machine your wifi wont work. Just use the other launcher and it'll start working again...

Just one more thing, you can install Flash 11 if you delete first flash 10 using Titanium Backup (or others). But I can't update the Youtube app, any ideas?

Thanks again!
[Android General] chrisdroid33:
Misc questions on this device

Hi,

The original repository for

Android Root Unlock

is on sourceforge.net (sorry I cannot post links)

I have a bluetooth keyboard (Rii Mini, but the bluetooth button in the prameters GUI has been removed.

I can see that the bluetooth service is running, but I cannot activate it since there is no button in the GUI.

Does anyone know how to add it again ?

Does anyone find if we can customize the apps shortcut on the main screen (add/remove some apps) ?

Thanks
[Android General] chuzo__22:
If you install another launcher, you could add shortcut in the desktop screen.

Also, you could uninstall apps using Titanium Backup (root required)

Greetings
[Android General] chrisdroid33:
so i need to replace the launcher ?

how can I do that ? do I need to compile anything ?

thanks
[Android General] b0b02:
some news... it seems that some people managed to flash this box with other firmwares...

ex:

http://androidforums.com/google-tv/...dmi-google-tv-box-arm-cortex-a9-firmware.html

Worth having a look... I'm trying to gather some infos... then I'll post here.
[Android General] Sanjuanero:
Well, i tried several firmwares from similar tv box. Ours is Amlogic chipset, known as Amlogic c03ref.

But since the last firmware update, i ca say that our set top box is the most software advanced, not mention Xios DS (c03ref too).

In the last firmware, we have audio passthrough, wich is activated under the "sound-> digital output -> raw" option. This is intended to use among an a/v player multichannel in order to get real 5.1 audio. But i didn't get working this option yet.

This smart tv box is plenty of possibilities.

cheers
[Android General] b0b02:
@Sanjuanero: indeed, you're right.

I tried Stane's firmware, and it's not really adapted to our boxes.

-I don't have adb access to the box (no idea why)...

-I don't have root neither,

-wifi is not working,(stuck while trying to activate)

-and the TV app is missing...I tried to take it out of the official firmware but no luck...

-most keys of the remote like Web, App, Settings etc do not work... (I took the remote.conf file out of the official firmware)

anyway, once I flashed the latest v2 firmware from Energy Sistem, the box ended up doing what I was asking for: access to CIFS shares.

I now did a /sdcard/mount_shares.sh script containing:

#!/system/bin/sh
su -c "mkdir /mnt/cifs_mnt"
su -c "mkdir /mnt/cifs_mnt/d"
su -c "mkdir /mnt/cifs_mnt/e"
su -c "mkdir /mnt/sdcard/movies_on_b0b0"
su -c "mkdir /mnt/sdcard/mp3_on_b0b0"
su -c "mount -t cifs -o rw,noperm,user=\"YOUR_USERNAME\",password=\"YOUR_PASSWORD\" //192.168.1.4/d$ /mnt/cifs_mnt/d"
su -c "mount -t cifs -o rw,noperm,user=\"YOUR_USERNAME\",password=\"YOUR_PASSWORD\" //192.168.1.4/e$ /mnt/cifs_mnt/e"
su -c "mount -o bind /mnt/cifs_mnt/e/movies/ /mnt/sdcard/movies_on_b0b0"
su -c "mount -o bind /mnt/cifs_mnt/d/MP3/ /mnt/sdcard/mp3_on_b0b0"

and use Script Manager to run the script at boot.

Now, everytime my box starts, I can go into the Home movie icon (or music) and access my movies straight away by going into /sdcard/movies_on_b0b0

Wicked !

I hope it helps others,

b0b0
[Android General] chuzo__22:
Just install another launcher from Play Store, as Go Launcher HD.

You don't have to compile anything, only install launcher and select it.

Greetings
[Android General] chrisdroid33:
yes this works fine.

thanks a lot.

I can now access my nas automatically

---------- Post added at 08:11 PM ---------- Previous post was at 07:25 PM ----------

I'll give a try. thanks
[Android General] chrisdroid33:
I tried and it looks promising, but dont'k know why now my USB devices do not work anymore (USB wired keyboard and mouse)
[Android General] chuzo__22:
chrisdroid33, see my previus post:

Now, I'm using Home Switcher app for easy switch on launchers.
[Android General] chrisdroid33:
hi

thanks for your feedback.

so to have go launcher and USB i need to start the original launcher first ?

home switcher can help, but what would be good is to automate the start of the original launcher and then the go launcher.

maybe with script manager ?
[Xoom General] DsturbD:
hmmmmm i still think my Xoom is very relevant and will better suit me for what i use a tablet for. heck my first gen kindle fire is still relevant (for me anyways)

what are your thoughts?

http://www.apple.com/ipad-mini/overview/
[Xoom General] Cubanluke88:
My thoughts are that comparing the too is like comparing oranges and carrots. The only thing they have in common is the color orange (they're both tablets).

They are damn near 2 generations apart tech wise and 2 completely different form factors.
[Xoom General] DsturbD:
exactly, thats what i meant, no need to get something new like the ipad mini (or any ipad) when my xoom still fits the bill. apple has always innovated, now with the mini, they are trying to get in on the smaller tablet market that Google and Amazon have already taken the lead in

ever since the world lost steve jobs, apple has taken a slide downward, pretty soon they will be irrelevant
[Xoom General] Cubanluke88:
Honestly it sounds like you just want to chat about how Apple is bad and the Xoom is still a masterpiece (its not - its quite outdated). Apple is still quite relevant to the mobile market (phones and tablets). They make solid products with good hardware, have fantastic marketing, provide options and on the tablet front, are destroying Android in terms of app support (the OS, IMO, is **** compared to Jellybean). Regardless, they're not going anywhere, no matter how hard you pray.

I love my Xoom but it is far far out of date. I can't wait to see the Nexus 10 and may very well upgrade to that.
[Xoom General] PeterWitrigs:
Cell phone repair parts - Cell phone Accessories

Also, while the iPad Mini is the thing everyone is talking about....I think the updated iMac and the Macbooks were much more newsworthy.
[Xoom General] jiffy1080:
I agree with this and on a different note the surface isn't to shabby looking either. This is my favorite time of the year. :D
[Xoom General] DsturbD:
you may be right, but it is just an opinion, never liked apple, but its not like i look for opportunities to bash them....no wait :cyclops:

and yeah as long as the Nexus 10 isn't built by LG i might get one too

thats true as well
[Xoom General] ezekionokia:
To be honest my xoom2 sound way better than mini ipad mini.
[Xoom General] tumpy:
A wolf in sheep clothing is what you are, I see no apple product in your signature all android and yet you downgrade android, Our two year old Xoom run rings around both the iPad2 and mini. 4.3 ratio is so sixties, Bless Motorola who invented cellphone all others are just carbon copy, you mention out of date and yet mini a week old is selling itself on dual band radio when we all know the Xoom was the first tablet to incorperate it. The mini is in Colby league not Xoom..
[Xoom General] Cubanluke88:
So now I need to be an Apple user in order to have an unbiased opinion? Please tell me where I downgraded Android wrongly rather than just shrugging it off. Android tablet app support is atrocious. Its getting better and its nice that Android apps "scale" upward but in doing so, a lot of the screen real estate of a tablet is simply not used efficiently. You can compare it to mobile websites. Have you ever looked at a mobile website on a desktop? They look horrible because they're not using the screen real estate efficiently. With all that said, the user interface of the OS itself and the features and speed have finally surpassed that of iOS.

And yes, the Xoom in the tech world of tablets is very out of date. Hardware tech moves fast; its still relevant and useful but the Tegra 2 processor is simply not up to par with newer chips. One of the main Eos devs even said in their nightly thread that the Xoom is old (coming up on 2 years) and people should start looking to upgrade. It was a bit of an off hand comment (as in I don't think they plan on dropping support any time soon) but people were discussing speed and such and the simple fact is the Xoom's hardware is holding it back from taking full advantage of Jellybean (its fast but not nearly as fast as a Galaxy Nexus or Nexus 7 with Project Butter).

Back to my original point, as I stated, comparing the Xoom and Mini is silly and to me comes across as nothing more than a fishing attempt to bash on Apple and circle jerk about the Xoom with other Xoom owners. They are two products that simply don't compare well to one another. A proper comparison would be the Nexus 7 and the Mini; they are much closer in release dates and are actually of similar sizes and targeted at similar customers.

People that want a smaller tablet and are already invested in the iOS arena or simply prefer it? Tablets that are 9.6" or 10.1" aren't for everyone, just as phones that are 4.7" aren't for everyone. I know quite a few iPhone users who never got iPads because they saw the device as too large and cumbersome. The Mini introduces another option for iOS users at a different price and size.
[Xoom General] efrant:
I've cleaned this thread.

Please be civil and respectful of each other. Thanks.
[Xoom General] Tech_Zealot:
In my opinion the xoom is still a far superior device to any of Apple's closed system devices and will be for some time to come.
[Xoom General] Cubanluke88:
And why do you think that?
[Xoom General] DsturbD:
great point, open source has always been better at providing better and faster support to products which make them more reliable and longer lasting. look how many old PCs are running linux

on the flip side, proprietary software like drivers from nvidia (on my LG phone) take forever to get updates. LG/Nvidia and T-Mobile have only just recently upgraded my phone to GB 2.3.4 (back in March) where as my Xoom is running the latest JB
[Xoom General] mylegiscramped:
I think that apple products are great! They give people who are new to the computer world a chance to learn hope to use a computer...

That being said anything beyond being new to computers in respect to acceptable customer support, software support, getting the most out of your device, power, and topping on the cake ethical business operation, you don't find it in apple.

I won't go to far into detail and try not to hate on apple to much, but I think that if you want a device that actually allows you to fully use the hardware then you have to look elsewhere. I also think that you pay far to much money for devices in that brand since they already get their hardware cheap as hell. sure they build solid hardware, but its not always high end, nor is it reasonably priced.

I bought a laptop from an off brand that was twice the power of the average apple computer today and half the price. I received it a year ago.

Ok enough with apple. Sorry that organization irritates me.

So on the xoom. I bought mine fairly recently. Some of the things I love about it is that it's build Pretty solid. I feel like I could throw this thing at a friggin wall! People claim the hardware is outdated, I don't agree. My xoom has EOS Wingray 153 currently and doesn't have any issues at all with lag. The only problems I've had with running apps is that I can't find enough that I want to use. That is to say ones relevant for me to use. I have about 64GB to fill and not enough apps to fill it with :P

Now this isn't as if I'm saying there aren't enough apps made for android to be honest I think there are plenty. I like that you don't need to use a ca authority to make an app attachable to the store, and I like that they don't pull root apps from the market. I also haven't heard of people being sued for hacking android devices.

I haven't been able to take full advantage of my xoom hardware yet, though it's mostly due to a lack of trying. I mostly use it for a few games and internet use when I'm not home. I also do ebooks and PDFs as well as ssh and some research. To say the xoom is outdated is in my opinion grossly wrong. The software that does a pretty damn good job of efficiently using the hardware, and I've yet to see an app thus far have trouble functioning properly or have any sort of lag. Well I did once, but that could have been so to a new build I literally just installed it also could have just been the app. In any case I no longer have lag.

To close to the question of iPad mini vs xoom. If you have a reason to use something smaller than a xoom then by all means support a terrible organization, but otherwise I think the xoom will be good for me for another year.
[Xoom General] XxLordxX:
I hate Apple's policies for market share! But over hating their policies I hate those iSheeps who keeps saying that their iPoops of them is better than Android, which was com proved by Geekbench that it's the opposite! For all those saying that Xoom is better than any Apple device, it's a lie, BUT even with it's 2 y.o. hardware it's only worse than the new iPhone 5, which is worse to GNote 10.1, GNote 2 and GS3! And there's still missing the new devices that'll come now, like RAZR HD, HTC One X+, Xperia T, etc... And on the iPad mini topic, all I can say is that it's not worth in ANY F-Word WAY! N7 is the best 7" tablet you'll see, Xoom 2 ME is way better too! But I else think that's not fair compare a 7" tablet to a 10" one, they were built for different functions and there's no way you can be fair to both sides when comparing utility, for example: I have my Xoom, which is amazing, and today I used a little my mom's Xoom 2 ME tablet, and it was way better to read than my 10.1" screen! That's why I'm keeping my Xoom and getting a Nexus 7, as I don't need another high end 10" tablet for now and need a tablet for better mobility.
[Transformer TF300T General] hetzbh:
This week, Microsoft will unveil Windows 8 RT on their Surface while other vendors will roll their tablets with it.

Since none of us has Windows 8 RT tablet yet and no one has started tinkering inside those tablets (hardware & software in the tablet), I was wondering about something:

Basically if we take a TF300 tablet and compare it to Asus's other Windows 8 RT tablets, they are exactly the same in terms of hardware. Tegra 3, Nand flash, etc. In terms of storage, I'm sure Microsoft doesn't use ext2/3/4 partitions, they probably use their own NTFS or Fat32 or whatever.

In terms if booting the device, Android tablets (which are based on Tegra 3 at least) use whatever nVidia gives them to boot the system, recovery, APX etc. In the Windows tablets they use UEFI with secure boot.

My question: based on public info which we know, how hard would it be to make Windows 8 run on TF300? how hard would it be to install UEFI on the TF300? (IIRC it's not a special chip, it's just a piece of software in the firmware, and as androidroot.mobi showed - you can write on the firmware whatever you want).

Opinions?
[Transformer TF300T General] pendragon11:
wrong section, and even if it wasnt, thats pirating windows
[Transformer TF300T General] NixZero:
windows rt is sold only preinstalled, you cant buy it separatedly, you cant install it on something else than the tablet it came with.

and obviously you cant get the sources to thinker with.
[Transformer TF300T General] babymatteo:
Your reply doesn't make sense. What excatly do you mean by pirating windows? If you're talking about hacking, then isn't that what we all do?

PS. It's just like sex, its always better if its free.
[Transformer TF300T General] adrhodes:
pretty sure you don't pay for windows RT

I could be wrong though...

Plus, I don't quite know for sure how an android tablet would be compatible with the windows RT, I am sure there are some stupid things they added to make it so it wouldn't work out. It always seems to be out of our favor.
[Transformer TF300T General] NixZero:
as you cant buy it, the only way you can get it is by pirating it from another tablet.

read the forum rules, warez is not accepted on this forum.
[Transformer TF300T General] minieod:
difference is that android is open source and the source code is shared in order to facilitate user development

windows and apple are closed source, and not allowed to pirate
[Transformer TF300T General] Renzo4000:
Comon guys, don't be such a moderator wannabe ... the guy is just wondering if it's possible to port W8 RT to a TF300. He is not talking of asking about how to hack a W* RT device.

For example, if you bought yourself a W8 RT tablet and you want to try to extract the software and load it in into your OWN TF300 for personal use ... i can't see the real problem here.
[Transformer TF300T General] NixZero:
and, as we said, the answer is no, you cant, as microsoft wont sell you a copy.
[Transformer TF300T General] hetzbh:
Forget the sake of this discussion, forget about piracy. On many countries it's totally legit to grab a software from one of your machines and put it on another, as long as you purchased the software and as long as you don't give it to anyone else. For example: Microsoft allows you to install office with a single license on 2 or more computers, as long as only one of them is running the software at the same time.

How do you think all those emulators has began being developed? people started to talk if it's possible to run X application on Y platform, and if not, why?

Thats why I opened this thread - theory speaking, nothing more.
[Transformer TF300T General] diamantericos:
You have to be patient eventually it might be done. If i can run apples osx on my hp touch smart why wouldnt this be possible. but honestly id rather just buy the surface. if it is really a pc in tablet skin. Cuz honestly. I hate mobole browsers and all that crap. . Inever play games on my tablet only my son. All i do is watch movies and surf online. .sell tf300 buy surface.
[Transformer TF300T General] -angel*:
Like I see it you'd need root or sth. on a Surface or other Win8 Pad, get the system of it with kernel etc., make it compatible with Tf300 and its bootloader and then get the wright wifi drivers etc. compatible - seems like a long work, but as I know from other portings not impossible! :)
[Transformer TF300T General] burt_ie:
I am sure some very clever people will give it a go sometime soon.
[Transformer TF300T General] jebise101:
No Windows RT is a dumbed down version of Windows 8 with just the modern UI and a so called "desktop" for certain apps and it will not run any legacy windows applications. The RT version in my opinion is useless at least for the time being, because it need devs to make good content just like iOS and Android and that will take a few years. Just 2-3 years ago android was playing catch up to iOS, Windows RT will be the same.

The Intel based Surface i see great potentials for and that will be revolutionary to actually have the "PC in a tablet skin". With that one can run all software you have on a computer plus the great apps developers will make.

If you are thinking the Windows RT Surface will be any different then a Android tablet you are mistaken, sure there are few differences it will still use "apps" just like any other Android tablet and you won't be able to run and Windows games on it if that is what your thinking. What you want is the Intel based Surface.

END RANT

You never know, devs have ported Android to Windows Mobile phones so there maybe a way to get Window on the TF300. If a Dev has his/her mind set anything can be done.