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[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] nerys71:
On ebay for the S III and the Note II (I have both) you can find CUSTOM battery doors.

these are OEM or OEM styloe replacement battery covers (not snap on cases you remove your battery door and install this one) that are CUSTOM printed.

I have a vintage american flag back for both my S III and my Note II and love them

Just ordered Iron Man doors :)

anyway my question. I bet it exists and my google-fu is simply not up to snuff.

what about CUSTOM printer for battery covers? ie you send them the image and they PRINT that on the battery door ? I bet it exists and I just can't find it.

anyone have any idea ?

Just search on ebay with the below search lines to find a bunch of examples of what I mean.

note ii battery cover -metal -leather -carbon -extended -flip -charger -hard

s3 battery cover -metal -leather -carbon -extended -flip -charger -hard

all the -terms remove "junk" you don't want from the search (or the serach returns a ton of useless flak mixed in)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] jtkemp101010:
I'm looking for a stock zip/ROM to use with ROM kitchen. If you find or have one please provide me a link :)
[Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III] DrgnRebrn:
Go to sextape's thread. It's what I used.

ROM - Odexed Blue JB "Holy Grail" LJ7

Baseband - LJ7

Kernel - Stock LJ7
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] topdawg661:
Is it possible to somehow dev on your mobile device (tablet or phone) to make roms kernels ect.? If so how would I go about setting up the builds?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kuisma:
I've done quite a lot of development on my ASUS TF101 Transformer. To get all the tools needed, I've installed a complete GNU/Debian environment (see my signature). This gives you all the tools needed compiling the kernel, composing ROMs etc. Just keep in mind that using the standard GNU libc, you can not compile dynamic binaries for the Android standard bionic libc library. Also, most third part tools you may get from vendors to develop for Android are compiled for the x86 platform, and can't be used on the Android. If they are open source, you can of course always recompile them for Android/ARM.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kEvinErd:
What's the difference between all these odin versions?

Will it cause any incompatibility issues when flashing stock or custom roms?
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] emprize:
im ok with v1.85, but i believe its always better to use updated version
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kEvinErd:
I successfully flashed a stock rom using Odin v1.85 too but am still just curious what are the changes between this version and the later Odin versions.. Haha
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] E_Goldstein:
I used 3.07 the other day to go back to stock worked fine
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Obagleyfreer:
But no one actually knows the difference?

I've always used V1.85 right through from my SGS1 to my SGS3. It works fine.

But why are there other newer versions released, are there change logs anywhere?

The newer versions of Odin just look odd to me, they don't look professional.

Any answers would be great! :)
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] UtkarshGupta:
Use 3.07

It's newest build and doesn't increase counter.
[Galaxy Note II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KyleDevlin12:
Previous builds increased our counters????!! :s
[Android General] mascondante:
I'm seeing a lot of confusion on the forums about the Nextbook Big Lots released on Black Friday so I see it worth making a thread over.

This Nextbook does *not* use the Rockchip RK2918. If you look at the build info and do a little research (http://yifang.en.made-in-china.com/...-4-0-Tablet-with-Amlogic-8726-M3-M805MC-.html) it's got an Amlogic 8726-M3 under the hood. That's the M3 chip people keep mentioning here.

I have gathered much information on this 'new' Nextbook and posted it here. I have found what I think to be a jtag mode where, as people described, "M3-Chip" shows up in device manager. That forum thread has an Android System Info dump posted and for the sake of space I won't be reposting it here so go there and check it out. I only omitted non-relevant personal info and replaced with a [Removed] tag.

I would really like to see some genius minds at work getting this tablet rooted and the 'ROM Train' chugging. I have donated my talents of information gathering. I'm calling for someone to pick up the torch and work it from here. I've noticed at least two people that said they bought at least 3 of these so maybe someone can work with someone on donating a device to a cause and XDA can add another 'rooted knotch' to it's seemingly infinitely long belt'

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[Update]

Here is the chip MFG's original source code to include kernel and all the toppings. This should be good starter info: http://openlinux.amlogic.com/wiki/index.php/Arm/Platform_Info/Information_for_8726M/Build_system_for_8726M_Howto. Also I've brought Slatedroid in the loop on this one so hopefully we can get the ball moving quickly.
[Android General] therealrayzzor:
What's up...just got one of these as well and of course like other people I was surprised to find out this wasn't rk29 as I was super ready to root this thing...I have absolutely no idea if this will help any and you may have already come across this site but it seems that the admin here (finless) knows how to work with these devices.

I don't know if that would go for this particular version with the m3 chip but anybody else who can get this rooted would be of great help. I wish I knew how to do it myself because I would but I'm only good for graphics...glad I came across this thread and to see you gathering much needed info, I'll stay tuned and if I stumble across anything that can help I'll be sure to post it here.
[Android General] jdnoble18:
I have one of these units as well and would like to get it rooted. Just chiming in.
[Android General] mascondante:
Thanks for the info! I have made some progress. Here's a thread on Slatedroid that has the M3-Chip driver and low level flash utility: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/39037-amlogic-low-level-flashing-tool/

I am tinkering with it a little but I'd encourage someone smarter than I to have a look at it as well in case I fail. To get the tablet in the proper mode do vol up + plug in usb with device powered down. I'll go ahead and attach related files here for convenience. You will need to disable driver verification to get the driver installed.

My first attempt I think I might have bricked the tablet. I'll give more info as I get it.
[Android General] mascondante:
Yeah I fu-barred it. Anyone with experience w/ AmlogicBurningTool -or- someone who can extract the firmware so I can flash; I think I wiped my device tinkering with this utility. Any help would be appreciated as I'm dead in the water until I get the device bootable again.

[Update] I contacted Nextbook on this issue. The sup seemed pretty pissed when I let him know what I was attempting to do but for being forthcoming he agreed to see about getting me the original firmware zip file. As per usual I will update should I get any info.
[Android General] tread_water:
Nice job! Thanks for all the work on this. I've got one I'm willing to hack on too. Not sure how to get the firmware off of it but I'm willing to try anything. I've been looking around and I supposed I'd need to run the burning tool with the device in IPL (not sure if that's what it's called) to take the firmware off? Let me know how I can help.
[Android General] therealrayzzor:
I'm on a thread now with Finless on FreakTab and he said he can build a rom for us to get root...he just needs the stock rom to work with...I'm waiting on some type of instructions in case I need to take it from my tab and give to him.

Maybe this could be the break we're looking for.
[Android General] jdnoble18:
I sure hope so.........this stock rom sucks! I've been trying to mess around with it and install some apps from SDcard but having absolutely no luck. Now mine wont even boot. Going to have to reset to out of box.
[Android General] shaunmt:
If they provide you with a copy, Finless can root it for sure.
[Android General] mascondante:
That would be awesome. My folks are getting me a Google Nexus 10 for Christmas. If I can get this one working I might be tempted to spend that money on something else. I feel really really dumb for wiping the NAND just because it was in Chinese and I clicked a random button. I thought surely it'd give some sort of popup warning to alert me I'm being an idiot first. But it happily wiped the thing no questions asked. So, when we get to the point of flashing a firmware in; If we have to use the low level flash tool be really freakin sure you got it in English and you read the instructions thoroughly before flashing. It's not normally like me to do something that dumb but I've not been getting good sleep and I've been in a real big rush to get this project done.

Lesson of the day:

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[Android General] kristibaee:
So no one has been able to install google play on it so far ?
[Android General] mascondante:
That would require root access which has not yet been obtained. Once someone successfully roots it, installing market will be easy. Stay tuned.
[Android General] tread_water:
No go on a ROM from TS

I opened a ticket with tech support to try to get the ROM from this thing and they said it's not available to consumers... I figured I'd get some response like that but just thought I'd give it a shot. +1 for a customer "needing" the ROM on their end. :)

So your tab is still not booting mascondante?!?
[Android General] mascondante:
nope after i wiped the nand it fails at the first phase of flashing
[Android General] mascondante:
Still haven't heard back from Netbook.
[Android General] jdnoble18:
Still hoping someone will root this thing and make a decent ROM. Please?
[Android General] finlessbob:
My Ramos W13Pro AMlogic was pre-rooted in a way. I was able to ADB to it and type su and got the # prompt back.

What we need for sure is uImage dump (boot.img is the same). This will give us the kernel and boot which is the most important part!

Get Android Terminal Emulator. Run it and at the $ prompt type su

If it returns with # it means you have root access.

If you do not get # it is not pre rooted. However you can do this command without root I think

cat /proc/mtd

This will show the mounted blocks. We need to dump those to SDcard using DD command.

Bob
[Android General] nsamouroux:
Nextbook ADB access

Bob, I've been lurking for a while on XDA and on your own Freaktab site trying to get this Nextbook 8p12 / 8SE with amlogic chip rooted as a christmas present for my son. I've managed to get the market and google services framework installed on the thing but they force close due to other necessary files missing. I saw your post above and jumped right into ADB on this thing, but got a permission denied error on the DD command trying to copy the bootloader. Any suggestions? Many thanks!
[Android General] eegorr:
We may have a breakthrough over at freaktab.com!

Stay tuned...
[Android General] mascondante:
eegorr: Could you link the discussion so folks from here can have a look at the progress?
[Android General] nsamouroux:
The thread is over at Freaktab. I've been lurking here for years but don't have enough posts to direct link, so: freaktab.com/showthread.php?3029-WAIT!-New-Nexbook-AMlogic-root-idea!/page2
[Android General] therealrayzzor:
Direct link just in case WAIT! New Nexbook AMlogic root idea!
[Android General] shane39:
Installing Google Play on NextBook 8SE Premium (newer hardware)

Hello,

I didn't buy mine on Black Friday. But, I've been poking around my NextBook for some time now. I got Google Play to work(!) to an extent. It loads the store, I can search, look at the different app listings (featured, Top paid, Top free, ect), click an app, click on install, click on "accept & download", it goes to the next screen and has the download meter, then CLOSES. It won't download the actual APK, the app stops. It won't allow me to run google play again until after I "clear data" (from the settings>apps menu) and accept the terms and conditions, then it will work until I attempt another download.

I didn't root or change the firmware of my device (Android V4.0.4). I'm not brave enough to risk turning it into a brick. Since, it has the newer processor, none of the other solutions that I've read will work anyway. I don't know if mine would work with the latest "Netflix" fix. Mine was Manufactured October 2012.

I got this far by installing Google One Time Init V2.3.3, Google Services Framework V2.3.3, com.android.vending 3.1.3.

I used the "YouTube" trick to register my device with google (Download YouTube app and log in YouTube). But, I could start the market and it would stop as the "google terms" window would appear. So, I couldn't accept the terms. Then I removed com.android.vending3.1.3 and installed a newer version of google play store V3.9.xx, which gave me the same results. I uninstalled that and installed Google Play Store V 3.10.10 and now I'm at the point that everything is usable, except for downloading. I get the impression that I'm missing ONE SMALL little thing to get this to work, without risking bricking my device.

I'm not being critical. But, I'm not rich by any means, so a more expensive tablet wasn't in my budget. Any help would be appreciated.
[Android General] nsamouroux:
That's actually VERY helpful due to the Youtube workaround and version numbers; I'm going to save that to a text file for later experimentation. After about a week of working randomly through GApps versions I managed to get the services framework and play store installed along with a few Google Account Sync related items and it recognized my Google account but couldn't get past the terms of use force close on the Play Store. We're working on getting root via recovery from SDcard over on the Freaktab site (link a few posts above) but hit another brick wall where we can't find a uImage_recovery file from a similar device that will work (and I've run through about 40 attempts so far). I'm messing with this tablet out of pure stubbornness since it is a gift for my son and seems like a nice little device once we can actually use it to it's potential.
[Android General] minori_aoi:
Looks like same tablet of mine, got it for around $125, that damn Nexus 7 costaround $330 here, it's a rip off.

My tablet is Yifang 805ND based with dual core AMlogic chipset. Mine called Vandroid T4i (II) though.

In my case, it's already pre-loaded with Google Play. But I hate the bundled crapware, and I can't do anything to remove it.

That's why I'm looking for root access. Have been trying several general root method, but still no luck, last attempt soft bricked my tablet,

fortunately I was able to enter the recovery and factory reset.
[Android General] scedric57:
hello

i ve a smart tab 8002 this is an yifang m805nd

i ve rooted with this method => http://www.phonandroid.com/forum/post117660.html?hilit=unlock root#p117660

it's in french sorry

now i search a custom rom in 4.1 ...
[Android General] minori_aoi:
I can't register (Google Translate didn't help me to understand the registration question), so I search an alternative which I believe same software.

Unlock Root v 3.0, got it from UnlockRoot.com.

Then I tried and ....

"Failed to get Shell Root!!"

I'm not as lucky as you I guess.

** UPDATE: After doing more research on my local Vandroid T4i (II) forum, the newest version of UnlockRoot which is version 3.1 are able to root the tablet. But I have to download the tool using the online installer. And the result is, SUCCESS!
[Android General] scedric57:
Good news !!!
[Android General] bgump69:
Always says

Any ideas?
[Android General] scedric57:
u need to install adb driver => http://www.phonandroid.com/forum/installer-les-drivers-usb-android-sdk-t760.html

u put your device to usb debug

use v3.1 unlock root

i v tryed on another and it's fine too
[Android General] minori_aoi:
Yep, download the latest version from unlockroot.com

It's an online installer, it was detected as an adware though, if you used NOD, you might be freaked out because it's trying to block it.

Just be sure to choose cancel when the installer ask you to install the 3rd party application.

If you use the old offline installer found in other places, you'll get that fail message.
[Android General] nsamouroux:
Tried Unlockroot 3.1 a few times and each time it fails to get shell root. ADB drivers are installed (I can run ADB commands and the software recognizes it as a Yifang 4.0.4 tablet). This "version" of the tablet from Efun is more locked down than others, the recovery signatures are also changed and to date over on the Freaktab site we haven't been able to find an AMLOGIC recovery from SD or signature keys that will work for it.
[Android General] patriciogac:
I dont know if you have this file? It´s supposed to ibstall root on AML8726 devices (It is thinking on TV boxes based on M3 chip)
[Android General] nsamouroux:
I don't recognize the filename as one I've tried, but unless it is signed by the keys Efun uses it won't install. They disabled the Google test keys for signature verification on this tablet. I'll give it a whirl later just in case though!
[Android General] minori_aoi:
I guess I'm still luckier than you. I hope you'll find the root soon.
[Android General] captain_frostbyte:
No joy on that one, fails on signature, just like everything else.
[Android General] bgump69:
I've tried and tried, drivers are installed and Unlock will find the deice. But again, won't root it! :(
[Android General] eegorr:
Cracked, baby!

We still have some work to do, but I now have SU in my /system/bin directory and Superuser.apk in my /system/app directory.

The 3G dongle exploit worked - see details here.
[Android General] masterp_17us:
Maybe we don't need full root for google play?

Also, maybe we don't need to root to get the google play store... But then again, I am not a developer. I found this site http://gunnersbarn.wordpress.com/201...ook-premium-7/

I followed the instructions with the gapps supplied on the site, then with the ics gapps downloaded from the cyanogen site, and I was able to get the play store on the nextbook, but cannot login, google services framework says that there is no network connection. I tried different apk combinations from each gapps package. Consistently googlebackuptransport.apk would not install. I have a suspicion that if we find the correct version of these apk's, then we may be able to get google play without root.

Thanks for working on this guys, I cannot wait until we find a root method or other method, to get google play without a 3g dongle.
[Android General] minori_aoi:
Maybe I can get it from my tablet (mine have market already), can you list what files do you need and the file location?
[Android General] patriciogac:
Dear Mascondante, here is a link with the rom for my tablet. If my research is correct is the same tablet as yours, maybe you can get to life your tablet again. My tablet is Master G g810c (AML8726-M3 GASEMC805MC). May be we can finally root the device or flash custom roms!

http://www.master-g.com/tablet-8-armcortexa8-1ghz-g810c/

https://www.dropbox.com/s/nomomre4qtwo3pb/G810_20120807_V1.0.4(3_files).rar?mhttps://www.dropbox.com/s/nomomre4qtwo3pb/G810_20120807_V1.0.4%283_files%29.rar?m
[Android General] patriciogac:
I found a webpage (is an italian forum of Mediacom, some italian tablets based on Amlogic chipset) and I follow the instruction there (basically you have to unzip 4 files on the root of your SD card, turn off the tablet, turn on the tablet while pressing POWER + (-) button, and Voilá, my tablet was fully rooted (mine is a Master G 810c, 8 inches 512 RAM 1Ghz processor with AML8726-M3 chipset)

Here is the file (you have to unzip them)... all the credits to those Italian geniuses!!
[Android General] ziesenis:
I wasn't able to load it by the power and volume buttons, but was able to get to it from the update app that came with the tablet. It booted the system recovery utility, found the package, opened it, but wasn't able to verify the "whole-file signature" and the verification failed which aborted the installation.
[Android General] nsamouroux:
I can confirm that the Italian forum SDcard recovery root method in patriciogac's post DOES work on a Nextbook 8p12 with Amlogic SoC and is far easier than the 3g dongle / init-pppd.sh service exploit root method we found on the Freaktab forums.

For this recovery method in patriciogac's post above, unzip the file to the root of the EXTERNAL SDcard directory (not internal /sdcard). Leave root.zip untouched (do not extract). Turn off the tablet then hold down the volume down button and press the power button. You'll get the "Upgrading... Please wait..." prompt and then a black screen shortly afterwards. DON'T PANIC at the black screen, after about a minute it'll change to a regular bootup screen and when finished your tablet will have the su binary in /system/bin and superuser.apk in /system/app.
[Android General] ziesenis:
My apologies! I had tried it on the internal SD memory instead of external. Followed the above directions and now have a rooted tablet!! Thanks a million!!!! Now to find install a working version of the Play Store! :fingers-crossed:
[Android General] patriciogac:
That is good to hear that you can ROOT your devices. The tablet "Mediacom 815i" is probably something very similar that yours (and mine). Now we have to start to make some Custom Roms!!!
[Android General] abdomen9:
help?

I followed these instructions to the letter, but i didn't get an "Upgrading... Please wait..." prompt, instead there was an android logo tipped on its side with a warning symbol coming out of its chest. the tablet then restarted and the su binary and superuser.apk were not installed...

Is the directory /mnt/external_sd the correct directory? and do you leave the unzipped files in the folder "Patch" or copy them into external_sd?

EDIT: I unzipped it into external sd, powered down, powered up while holding the volume - button, it was going to load the update but the guy immediately turned on his side with a red triangle coming out of his chest.

EDIT: I renamed the zip file to "update.zip" and then it prompted me to update which i did. it worked, but still no superuser or su
[Android General] nsamouroux:
That's odd, the recovery method has worked for all the other people in the other forum thread with the nextbook 8p12 / 8SE. Are you sure you have the version with the amlogic 8726-m3 chip? One person had issues with the process that was resolved by using a different micro sdcard, try reformatting it perhaps?

---------- Post added at 03:21 PM ---------- Previous post was at 03:15 PM ----------

Just noticed you asked about the "patch" folder, that might be the problem. The three recovery files plus root.zip should be in the root directory of a micro sdcard in the tablet. There's some redundant folders inside that zip file (two folders in the hierarchy named "patch"), you want only the three files and root.zip to be on the micro sd.
[Android General] abdomen9:
dont know

I don't know whether it is an amlogic chip or Rockwell... I got it at Christmas from my grandma, so I don't know where or when she got it.
[Android General] patriciogac:
Anyone knows about custom roms for these tablets? I want to try some Jelly Bean!
[Android General] chaos72653:
Rooted: Still Working on Play Store

Mine successfully rooted adding SU to the bin and app folders using the method from the Italians.

Great work on finding that. My tablet is the next8p12 with amlogic chip, and this method worked perfectly!

Now I'm working on the play store, and can get it on the tablet using backups of several services from another device. It Loads, and can even browse, but after trying to download, it fc's and will not reopen until clearing the data cache. Attempting any download from play store gives the same result. I suspect it's a permission issue, Play Store not being allowed to write to disk for example.

Using v3.10.10 play store

Added Three other Google related services (stay tuned for update with exactly which files, and links)