yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] YaKillaCJ:
Folder Mount has been tested and confirmed for me. I have a SanDisk 32 class 10.

Have the following installed:

Asphalt 7

Dead Space

GTA3

Gun Bros

Horn

Hot Pursuit

Modern Combat 3

Shadow Gun

The Dark Knight Rises
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Jacob030:
Hey guys any luck porting roms?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gorjira:
I'm still trying to figure out why they haven't made a thread for this STEAL of a tablet yet... I know that fellow XDAers of this tablet have been blowing up the thread request-line. :\
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] littlecay:
SD Card

I'm not sure where to post this, but I thought people with SERO 7 Pro would want to know. Although someone here said that they have an NTFS formatted 64 GB card in their Sero, I tried to reproduce that with a 64GB card and it wouldn't even mount. Then I tried with a 32GB card formatted NTFS and it mounted and was able to read files written by PC, but couldn't write to it. I reformatted the 32GB card using the official SD Assoc's Card Formatter and now can both read and write.

So, with stock Android on Sero 7 Pro, there is a hard 32GB limit on card use and NTFS will not work. Maybe you can go up to 64GB with a different ROM flashed in.

The official SD Assoc format tool used the FAT32 file system. I didn't try to reformat the the 64GB card as I had a lot of data that I didn't want to lose and don't have the time to back up the back up files I already have on it. But, I suspect that even with FAT32, the stock OS won't use a 64GB card and there is a hard cutoff at 32GB, 64GB cards won't work.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] angellsl:
64Gb works for me with fat32 format, with stock Rom
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gster09:
NTFS shouldn't and usually doesn't work on ANY Android devices. NTFS is a proprietary Microsoft file system and Android like Linux does not natively write to it. FAT32 is the way to go for external cards for now.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bsoplinger:
If you really have to deal with a NTFS format card you could probably use the combination of an OTG card reader (either a single device or a cable + reader) and USB OTG Helper or Stickmount with its optional libraries to use the card. Obviously not a solution for your internal microSD card slot but usable if you just need to deal with a card with data on it.

I know someone has been working at building a kernel, perhaps that dev could tell you if its possible to add a kernel library for NTFS support. Also applicable for exFAT format.

Sent from my Nexus 7 using Xparent Purple Tapatalk 2
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] atz06:
Same here. I formatted my 64gb sd card with FAT32. It is stable and works fine with Folder Mount.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nightshack0:
Test Kernel #1

I haven't been working constantly on this but I have a new kernel I repacked where I did some little changes.

I was fixing some other stuff and I retested the kernel for a last time and I discovered apparently ADB is working during boot now, I have to test this again but as far as I tested it it's working now

Download (flashable ZIP):

http://d-h.st/qwX

or

http://xdafilehost.com/download/ba6522b7678addedc2b41c77425e4eae.html

I've used it myself but it's just a test so I don't know if something is broken.

Changes from stock kernel :

-Changed permissions and settings exactly as a CM10-ramdisk without breaking compatibility with stock rom

-Removed creation of /thirdparty directory

-Removed the startup of the thirdparty script which installs every apk at boot (It's still on the ROM but not initialized by the ramdisk anymore)

-Init.d scripts working at boot

-adb at/during boot

-Insecure adb (adb root works now)

-Persistent MTP and ADB setting at boot

-some other minor changes (cyanogenmod init is included but I disabled compcache script)

TLDR: ADB and Init.d changes

It's not a lot of changes, but it's the most I can do without a kernel source (this is just modifying the ramdisk, and I'm new to this so..) which I tried compiling a nexus 7 kernel with the defconfig of the hisense but drivers and other stuff make it error out at half of the compilation task. [and compiling for nexus 7 obviously makes it not boot]

EDIT: ADB IS WORKING during boot now with the kernel, yay, now to the ROM porting :D

Edit: New mirror
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] skyhawk21:
Anyway to change kernel so the tablet doesn't auto shutdown when it hits 3 percent battery level in android? Change it to 1% or 0% ?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nightshack0:
As far as I know the battery percentage is an estimate and getting it to 0% would actually make the battery stop working forever (though I think the battery makes the device turn off without any warning to protect itself (a good battery with a safe mechanism) so even if you set a different % on android it'd shut off at maybe 1% or less.

Anyway, it is probably possible, but that's not a kernel thing, that's a ROM thing, probably somewhere in a service framework, but while possible, I don't see any reason why you'd want that.

EDIT: Progress for porting ROM:

I'm now trying to port a random 4.2.1 nexus 7 rom (Not 4.2.2 for now until I can get a same-version to boot just to minimize any possible compatibility errors) and it's so much easier this way now that adb is working so I can get a logcat working

EDIT:

NEXUS 7 ROM booted

after many tries, but almost all drivers are failing (audio, wi-fi, nfc and camera, mediaserver (mtp mount or music files etc) aren't working ....bluetooth is working tho..lol)

I actually didn't expect it to boot since it had a LOT of driver errors while booting but it suddenly booted up, it's responsive and nothing crashes but almost nothing is working right now. The errors are every /system/lib/hw/ hisense driver not finding compatible things in the libraries which are compiled for nexus 7, I don't know if it's possible to fix it, maybe just use hisense libraries and hope it works. I'll try that tomorrow. ( or decompiling the framework files)

[no annoying screenshot button, :D]
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ED2O9:
If anyone is interested in the I-Blason slim case for the Sero 7 Pro, I posted a review of it:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42866670#post42866670

NICE case!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gorjira:
Question for fellow Zero 7 Pro users. Has any tried apps like Set-CPU with this tablet this tablet? Would it interfere with the already implemented throttling software?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Twisted politiks:
I tried using the CPU control built into ROM toolbox pro. It doesn't really seem to make a difference. If anything, it slowed it down.

Sent from my SGS III baked with CarbonRom 1.7
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gorjira:
Alright I figured it would conflict. Thank you kindly sir. Oh and another question. Has anyone noticed shotty WiFi with their Sero 7 Pro? Mine will start downloading a big game and then freeze sometime into it. I mean I can't really complain and overall I'm happy with this tablet.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Cooter007:
WooHoo! Progress. I tried SmoothROM4.3 (4.2.1) but I found out in a hurry, I don't have a clue what I'm doing:eek:
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] someguyatx:
I noticed the wifi on this tablet is affected by interference my microwave oven when its running. Never had this issue with my phones. Maybe you are getting interference of some sort?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gorjira:
That could be it. My girlfriend has an iPhone 5 and an iPad in the same room along with my Nexus 4. Could be catching some interference from them. Like I said though $150, can't really complain. I'm just glad I don't have to squint my eyes anymore to look at a screen.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] someguyatx:
Definitely a spectacular tablet and a great rest for my eyes from the phone. I actually downgraded my smartphone so I could buy a tablet with the leftover cash. Didn't think I would get this much for $150. Got my 32gb class 10 card and hdmi cable on the way and now checking out cases.

After 3 days and several charging cycles I am certainly pleased with battery life. With mixed usage like web browsing, email, lite gaming, and video 6-8 hours is no problem and I could probably see 8-10 hours of light usage. The rear panel is also not quite as warm as frequently as it was on day one. Guess the stock rom just needed a few days to settle.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] moopile:
Here is a thread reviewing cases: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2305643
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Oscar_david:
Having no (other) ROMS for this is like having an itch I can't scratch :banghead: . This little tab still kicks arse though. :D
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Unjustified Dev:
Would my list of proprietary files help?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xboxexpert:
Guys,

I'm sorry for not being around for a few days my wife and I moved to a new condo complex and are still in the process of unpacking our life from moving boxes. WOW there have been major developments over the past few days.

THANK YOU nightshack0 for the KERNEL and please keep up the work on the Rom! I am now going to update the main page with a KERNEL Link. If you update the Kernel in a post please reach out to me and I'll update the OP

Update: I've added your kernel to the OP, here. Once I get my machine up and running at the new condo I'll be doing away with Post #1 and moving things around.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gorjira:
Hey congratulations man! We all know how moving can be... So take your time. Before you even touch the android stuff make sure you two have everything in order and that the Mrs. is happy. The latter is all that counts :). Like they say, “If the Mrs. ain't happy, then nobody happy."

Good luck on the move.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xboxexpert:
I learned that way late in life. LOL!

Thanks for the kind words were about 90% unpacked and I'm about 40% electronically setup. My "life lesson" learned was to not put in-wall speakers in shi**ty sheet-rocked apartments because patching up 12" x 12" holes is a *****, but it came out perfect after alot of patch work. So now I'm running everything DD-WRT Repeater bridged since the condo is very open and spacey also I'm picking up some killer wireless surounds. I also learned that my Ikea Galant desk needs to be up-side-down to actually fit. I need to get another one piece because its now on the opposite wall of the living room so its not working out well. I think I'm going to sell it entirely and do some crazy Ergo-tron Quad LCD Setup on the wall and safe the desk space so hopefully my Rep will send me over something nice soon so I can actually connect my computer and my wife can have a desk again. My internet is off a 4G Hotspot currently so I'm limited on what I can upload since I don't to get screwed by Verizon. I say with-in the next 2 weeks I'll be operational. I'll be working on stuff @ the corporate office and hopefully get some stuff released. Now if I could just remember where the Sero 7 was packed that would probably be beneficial.

-XE
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] trvbone:
Looking forward to an organized thread still haven't rooted mine yet but I'm itching to!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nightshack0:
I just rechecked the list and I've already used those files listed on there, most of which helped the rom boot, but i also replaced some other files.

For storage I think I have an idea to make it work (storage-list on framework-res and MountService in services.jar) but it's just an idea.

For WiFi and audio I'm a bit lost right now since it's not making a lot of sense of why it isn't working if drivers are there already but I'll try some things later.

Good luck with your moving and unpacking :)

. I'll let you know if I update it, and if I get anything new working on the ROM.

EDIT: I was checking wifi, audio and other stuff and I checked back on the ramdisk to see if anything's different and apparently there are a lot of audio, wifi and NFC stuff on the init that are different to nexus 7, different permissions, different directories, some similar commands, etc. But then there's init-cal.rc which is hisense calibration which has other commands for wi-fi and audio, nfc, and some are basically the same, so it's really really confusing trying to know if it's a ramdisk thing, or driver, or library problem, logcat basically just says "Unable to start wpa_supplicant" and nothing else (What I found was on the nexus 7 kernel it's called wpa_supplicant and on the hisense it's called wpa_supplNLS or something like that so maybe it has something to do with that.

I don't know if anyone kinda knows about general porting/android/kernel/etc that might want to help, it's probably a small thing but since there are a lot of changes I don't know which one exactly is the one that fixes it.

I'll keep on trying and testing what works
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] macdonx:
Can't Decide

I am used to a UI with a portrait orientation. I have to say that rooting my Sero Pro gave me a different point of view using the Tablet UI. I am still having a little difficulty adjusting to it, but I am starting warm up to it. All I really wanted was to get rid of that stupid screen shot button and I got a whole lot more than I bargained for.

Thank you for making it so easy for a noob like me to root my tablet. :good::good:
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xboxexpert:
If your just using it for the first time please try thumb keyboard it really makes it easier to type..
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xboxexpert:
I just bought: 'Hisense Sero 7 7" Tablet BLACK SRX Executive Folio Case / Cover' by Cush Cases via [MENTION=234523]Amazon[/MENTION]

I'll let you guys know how it works.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] ragnarokx:
Thanks for all the hard work xboxexpert!

In tablet UI, I noticed there is no status bar icon for when the tablet is on vibrate or silent. Is this normal?

Sent from my Nexus 4
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dito33:
My doesn't have led light when charging, is this normal.

Sent from my SGH-T999
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] clecocq1:
Impossible to install ADB driver.

An error occurs. "A section of service installtion in the inf file is not valid.....".

I tried on 2 different computers..

Impossible to find what to do.

Help please.

Thank you

---------- Post added at 10:35 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:44 PM ----------

Finally I installed something called "Android Original ADB Interface" I found on the net.

But the root process does not work:

[*] Waiting for device...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

[*] Device found.

[*] Pushing exploit...

cannot stat 'pwn': No such file or directory

Unable to chmod /data/local/tmp/pwn: No such file or directory

[*] Pushing root tools...

1149 KB/s (91980 bytes in 0.078s)

1823 KB/s (1867568 bytes in 1.000s)

1893 KB/s (969701 bytes in 0.500s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/Superuser.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_ALREADY_EXISTS]

[*] Rooting device

/system/bin/sh: /data/local/tmp/pwn: not found

[*] Cleaning up...

rm failed for /data/local/tmp/pwn, No such file or directory

[*] Exploit complete. Rebooting device.

[*] Waiting for device...

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

[*] Flashing CWM Touch Recovery!

1740 KB/s (7045120 bytes in 3.953s)

/system/bin/sh: su: not found

[*] All Done! Final reboot!

What can I do?

Thank you for your help
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gorjira:
Well now that you've adjusted to Landscape I would recommend an app called Full screen and combined with Pie Control uses all the screen given. No more bars while watching videos or playing games!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Oscar_david:
How can I get pie UI wit this tab?

Edit: nevermind, I see you mean the app Pie Control now.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] RocStar629:
This tablet does not have an led indicator. So yes it is normal.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gorjira:
Yeah it's not the Pie we're used to but it still does the trick. Just make sure you got it set up right and you got yourself a full screen tablet.

Edit: I will mention that the way I have mine set-up I can't see my notifications... Doesn't bother me but I figured I'd give ya a heads-up.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Jacob030:
I like lmt launcher. Its another pie control app. Its very customizable. Here is link to it.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1330150
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xboxexpert:
Do you have Bluestacks installed on either computer? What version OS. A little more info please.

I, lol'ed.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] clecocq1:
Hello,

I don't know what is Bluestacks..

Basically, this is my first device with Android. I haven't installed any specific software so far. I have just downloaded your files for the root.

I am under Windows XP 32 bits.

Thank you for your help.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xboxexpert:
Uninstall the USB Drivers you have now.

Install, THIS

Then allow it to update the USB Drivers then try rooting.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] glass330:
Rom Development.

Hey guys, good work here on this sweet tablet. Are you guys spreading the word about the tablet? Have you let the dev's for your phone's know about it's specs, price, & availability? I have a feeling if we could raise more awareness, more development would take place, maybe even a forum! (Why is it so hard to get a forum? :silly: )

Anyway, I feel like captain obvious over here but I just think not enough people know about this device.

Hope you all have a great end to the week and thanks for all of your active discussion about this tablet.

-Scott
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] clecocq1:
This is crazy. My computer does not want to install the ADB interface driver... still the same problem...
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] envygreen:
FYI - there's a way to replace the camera app with the latest google camera APK. I had to use Titanium to backup and then uninstall my old gallery.apk first, then I was able to install. Before freezing the old one I just got installation failure.

Link to the thread is here.

I haven't taken enough pictures with the stock app to do a true side by side comparison but I think maybe the whites aren't quite so blown out with stock settings now. It's still obviously not the best camera, but the test pics I've done have been good. Low light looks bad on auto, but if you change the mode to night it actually will take a decent picture. Grainy, but not uselessly so.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] hipsterdo0fus:
I was trying your root process on Windows 8. Windows sees the device, at least as media, but when I run XESeroRoot.exe it mentions updating the drivers, however, I can not find anything in the device manager and certainly no yellow signs, so I wasn't sure if that meant I was good to go or not.

Edit:

D'oh Stupid - debugging option turned on but not enabled. Done now.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] YaKillaCJ:
I get best pic results by just using a alternate Camera App. I personally use Camera ZOOM Fx.

Results are way better when U compare. Really its the built in camera app that sucks with focus and flash timing. Its like it does both first and then after take the shot. In other words, by the time it actually take the shot, the room dark again, lol. I will try and get some side by sides up to show U.

Default Camera

Camera ZOOM Fx

Camera ZOOM Fx
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Unjustified Dev:
[MENTION=557282]xboxexpert[/MENTION] I'm about to push my source update could you try to run the extract-files.sh to create a vendor blob so I can push it to my github.

I'll post the link when I'm done.

also [MENTION=4220282]nightshack0[/MENTION] your kernel has file copies looks like you used gedit it has backup file with ~ attached to it
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xboxexpert:
I don't have the device available. I moved to a new condo and its in a box somewhere.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dale5671:
won't connect

Anybody else have problems getting this tablet to connect using their phone as a portable hotspot? I've tried the stock app as well as about six other apps I've found at Google market. Nothing seems to work. Phone is a Sprint GS3. Thanks
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Unjustified Dev:
ok no prob
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nightshack0:
Yeah I did indeed use gedit but that doesn't affect anything, they are just ignored.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Unjustified Dev:
I know i set gedit to not create backups even though it can be useful github shows the backup file. I'm just checking in it. Getting mad at how many proprietary files there are I'm getting ready to build a Rom or attempt to just wondering what you did to all the files. mainly init.m470 i think in int.rc all you did was import cm.rc
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] angellsl:
My tmobile galaxy note 2 works fine for tethering for other devices, my sero 7, my lumia 521, and my samsung laptop.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] mbc663:
i think it has to do with carrier?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] angellsl:
Did you pay for tethering? or is your phone hacked for tethering for free?

Either can solve your problem
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nightshack0:
As I said on the post where I posted the kernel they are really minor changes, mostly I diff-ed the files with a nexus 7 ramdisk and changed the permissions, default.prop for default adb, and deleted or commented out the thirdparty mkdir stuff and the script it was running to install the apks.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] mbc663:
were u an i897 captivate guy nightshack? trying to remember where ive seen u before
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Unjustified Dev:
thanks I just used your files anyway except init.rc I may need your help later with some proprietary files if you can chat android.c357@gmail.com I'm on hangouts all day.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nightshack0:
Yeah and I've seen you before too, I did the miui port from nexus s for the captivate. I may have seen you there. :p

Alright, and init.rc I think its where the different permission were, and included the init-cm, etc.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] envygreen:
re: the camera apk I posted, that's the new stock android file for the nexus, so it has photosphere which is worth installing it for. For normal pics, ymmv.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Unjustified Dev:
The issue is configuring wifi driver.

Also the hisense device I found was similar to the onex