yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
I did a factory reset, flashed XE out of the box US ROM, upon reboot I immediately got the update. It took forever to download. I continued with the update and rebooted. It appeared to be going fine until I got a warning about a signature mismatch but I was allowed to ignore it and it continued to update. It completed and rebooted fine. The update did wipe CW recovery and root. I did see some new app that I never seen before. Everything seemed to work except my wireless. I was stuck in a dhcp bootloop (find network, authenticate, assign IP, no IP assigned repeat process). I read somewhere that it was probably a jacked permission with /system/etc/dhcpd/dhcpd-hook/ folder. It was 3 am and was tired so I re-rooted and re-flashed CW recovery and restored my previous state. Everything back to normal with working wifi, although fastboot doesn't work properly. Hangs on the words fastboot and never fully loads. I'll mess around with it more later.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] impster:
Its got nothing to do with playing with what you describe as the big boys. I'm just curious as to whether rooting will affect recipt of factory updates. Bearing in mind there are no ROMs for hisense UK 32gb tablets I thought it prudent to ask the question that's all.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dandel:
I honestly am trying to gather all of the information I need to be able to start developing a rom.

Anyways based on most of the documentation I can find the device has a lot of features similar to the Nexus 7 ( 2012 ) based devices.

Broadcom BCM2079x series - NFC Chip ( Driver not found)

Broadcom BCM4330 - 802.11 B/G/N and bluetooth chip bluetooth/802.11n wifi driver. ( I believe this is based on BCM4330B2 due to what i can figure out from the Firmware files )

ST based GPS device

Intersil ISL29023 - Light sensor.

Texas Instruments TPS8003X - Common Multifunction device.

Texas Instruments BQ27x00 - Battery Fuel Gauge

Flash drivers ( One is probably for camera and the other is for the led indicator )

NXP Semiconductors SSL3250A

Texas Instruments LM3642

Audio SoC -

Maxim Integrated MAX98088

Texas Instruments TLV320AIC325x

Camera chips

Aptina AR0832 - Camera driver ( up to 8MP )

OmniVision OV5650 - 5MP Camera

OmniVision OV5640 - 5MP Camera

OmniVision OV2655 - 2MP Camera

SEMCO SH532U - Camera focuser driver

Boards listed ( Note: Currently no source exists for the M470 based boards)

Tegra Enterprise - Official Nvidia development board

M470 - Not sure.

M470 v2 - Tegra 3 based board (US Based )

M470 BSD - Not sure

M470 BSS - Not sure.

USB storage is disabled

Most HID drivers are integrated into the kernel.

Features arm errata 761320
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] slicingtaco:
There's another dev here who has been matching the blobs to the 2012 Nexus 7 in order to build a repo tree with no luck at all so far (COMON HISENSE!!! WHERE IS OUR!?!?!?!).
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Unjustified Dev:
Me I just got home going to build for 2 devices and find the page where we were getting the partitions and try to make a build. I matched blobs to more than the nexus 7 like 3 other nvidia devices [MENTION=3278541]dandel[/MENTION] might want to hmu https://github.com/C457/android_device_hisense_m470

My source is based on the m3101 it is incomplete my complete source minus the partitions resigns on my unfortuanate laptop
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] steve2711:
Update

Hi-But the "update" you speak of is not 4.2.1?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dandel:
I understand, and honestly I know that I need some minor information from some of the other devices that do have a working builds of open source drivers... So far I know the following stubs provide a lot of information about how the device is configured.

/sys/kernel/debug/tegra_pinmux_drive

/sys/kernel/debug/tegra_pinmux

/sys/kernel/debug/tegra_gpio

/sys/kernel/debug/gpio
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xtil:
In a previous post by DoPa, it was stated that the factory XE ROM was modified. It had nightshack0's boot.IMG. Could this have caused your probs?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
It is still 4.2.1, but it was a new build update that Hisense sent out. Not sure what all was changed though. It was a 330.6 MB update.

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Possibly. All I know is the update failed signature checks but continued the update anyways. It didn't specify what failed though. Everything worked just fine except dhcp / wireless. Guess the next test would be do what XE said. Take his CW recovery backup, open it up and replace the boot.img with the one on post 1that is supposed to be stock and flash it, then retry the update and see what happens.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] steve2711:
update

Thanks-I flashed it and your right about the build number change, although I really couldn't see where the changes were either. It is very stock, including Walmart app etc. However, after flashing I was prompted to cancel recovery flash and allow root, which I did. And then downloaded SU and SU pro and allowing for new permissions, all went well. So, Just out of curiosity, I used "Quick reboot" and went back into recovery (CWM, which was still there) and reset/cleared cache and dalvick, then reflashed the U.S. Sero XE rom with kernel at 180. All went well with that, and I must say in direct comparison it runs far better than stock. But its good to know that the "Update" works and can return the Hisense to stock just by flashing it over the XE rom to set it up for the 4.3, whenever that happens Although it might be wise to not allow root and CWM when it is flashed to return to stock in preparation for the upgrade.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
I retried the process again and updated without error. I flashed the stock odexed ROM, when asked to disable stock recovery I chose yes, when asked if I wanted root I chose yes, then rebooted. I then rebooted into recovery and flashed the update without any error, and rebooted.

Android version 4.2.1

Kernel 3.1.10

Build P756.6.02.20.00

Complete update with Root & CWM Recovery intact.

I also solved the network/wifi dhcp error.

I know it's redundant, but in my router I use MAC Address filtering.

I discovered that the new update changes the tablets MAC Address on every reboot. Disable the filtering in the router, connect to wifi.

I tried to use XE's CWM Stock recovery file and it instantly failed the MD5 checksum and terminated.

I tried to use adb and busybox to get around the nandroid.md5 error. It didn't work.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] impster:
So, to follow on from my previous question, if we have already rooted and installed CWM recovery - but are still using 'stock' rom, will factory OTA updates still 'work'? If not, what process is necessary?

I know how to root and install recovery, but have never had to 'unroot' and 'remove recovery' - so any help would be most appreciated.

Running a UK 32GB Hisense sero pro by the way.

The reason I'm concerned about usint OTA updates is that the UK version of this table as of yet has no roms available, so until someone is able to develop a good one I'm stuck with stock...!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
Yes
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Trekker56:
hmmm... didn't work for me
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
Have to be running odexed stock bloatware ROM. I accidentlely restored the deodexed stock and tried updating and it didn't go so well.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Trekker56:
Yes I have.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xtil:
My tab is stock ROM with root and CWM and the latest OTA update went fine. 1.7 MB. My root is still intact, but lost CWM. No big deal.

USA

Android version 4.2.1

Kernel 3.1.10

Build P756.6.02.20.00
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Trekker56:
I don't know what was wrong with my stock rooted ROM, but I was not unable to install the update.

Anyhow, I installed the first version of the stock ROM and selected NO for saving the recovery and the root. Booted the Sero 7 and 330mb OTA update showed up. Installed it. Rebooted and ran the root script.

Now the tab is updated and rooted, but as [MENTION=5300113]xtil[/MENTION] said, no more CWM recovery.

I hope this will not affect any future updates.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
You can reflash CWM Recovery outlined in post 1.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Trekker56:
I've tried that numerous times but am unable to get the CWM recovery.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
Are you referring to the failed update for which you posted a screen shot? If so, it's because you weren't running a truly 'stock' ROM. Your system partition was stock 6.02.11 but your boot partition wasn't.

I know your system was stock (or close enough to fool the update) because it checks system files first - and you didn't get any errors. Instead, it bombed-out when it checked the boot partition - either you had installed nightshack0's mod or the stock image from an earlier version. (I got the same error and described it in post 1662; I also identified why people might have update problems in post 1689).
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xtil:
On the stock recovery, one of the selections is "wipe data/factory

reset." Anyone know how this works?

Edit: I have a feeling this means "wipe data," and that is it.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
Wipes system, data, and cache. Also a good idea to go into advanced and wipe Dalvik Cache.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TonyBigs:
Stock recovery does not wipe system and there is no advanced.

The stock recovery wipes data and cache. Or, the user may select to wipe just cache.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
My mistake. I was thinking of CWM Recovery. It does everything I mentioned.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xtil:
"All Android devices ship with a recovery console that is basically a partition on the device’s internal memory and can be booted into. The stock recovery of almost all Android devices provides a few basic yet handy options that allow you to factory reset your device, clear its cache partition, and recover its operating system using an official ROM in zip format, but that’s all you can do with it."

http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-clockworkmod-recovery-and-how-to-use-it-on-android-complete-guide/

Does the sero7 have this official (factory) ROM in a recovery partition on our tablets?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Prettygrim:
sorry to change topic guys, but could someone tell me please how to access and change the various bits that are on what looks like a 'Power Toggles' tool bar i have on the home screen of my Sero 7 Pro? i cant see it mentioned anywhere on the tablet itself. obviously not looking in the correct place so.....

TIA
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] afremont:
I promise to go back and read all 1700+ posts in this thread, but it will take a couple days or so. I'm highly interested in this project and perhaps being involved in its continuation, time permitting.

Is it unsafe to use fastboot to flash or unlock the tablet? I ask because I've only seen adb used to push and then cp the recovery program in the few examples that I've looked at. Is there some reason that fastboot cant do that?

Sent from my aosp N7 JSS15Q w/A029 TouchScreen firmware
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
Here is a good / fast read to getter better understanding about fastboot and some of its commands and what you can do with it:

XDA Developers Forums - General Discussion - XDA - University - [GUIDE] How To Setup And Use Fastboot

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2277112

In fact almost everything in the XDA - University section has something good in it to learn from.

This is my first tablet....just something to mess around with....if I F-it-up then I'll just buy another one....but what I personally need to do is learn how to root and restore this thing the good ol fashioned manual way so I don't have to rely on a one - click - root exe solution that I don't know anything about.

I think I have a good understanding about how its done...I just have to do it.

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Fastboot should work. EX switched his method from using adb push to utilizing fastboot instead. I've read some forums that say fastboot is a safer method. Whether it is or not, I'm not sure.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] alanmv567:
I did the update that my sero 7 kept annoying me with...the tabletui is gone now. Tried flashing it again and it doesn't work, is there an updated tabletui mod?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
Unfortunately.....no.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Prettygrim:
no one able to advise me to the query i put up in post #1718? must be someone out there amongst all you very knowledgeable people

TIA
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] afremont:
I think that there is only enough stuff in there to rebuild the BOOT area which is pretty much just the kernel itself. The SYSTEM area is really big and doesn't seem to be able to be stored in the RECOVERY area, at least on my N7.

I might try to pick up a Sero 7 Pro today to hack on, my daughter doesn't like me messing with hers. Can't really blame her I guess. ;) I hope I'm not bothering you all too much, I'm interested in the continuation of this project. I'm new to this Android stuff, but this isn't my first rodeo with Linux. :)

I have a lot to catch up on, but is there a compilable system out there? Anyone have a working .config for the kernel to build 'grouper" from? I assume this is pretty close to the first gen N7 at least for the basic hardware, but that might be a big assumption.

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Ok, so I should be safe to just use "fastboot oem unlock" and "fastboot flash xxxxx.img", and stuff like I'm used to doing with my N7?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] kngdmond:
I can only assume its safe. I haven't messed around with fastboot much....mostly adb. I do know you have to go into fastboot in order to use XE's XERecovery.exe, although it was never disclosed what commands are run behind the executive. Would have to manually use commands and use the img files provided in post one.

I gotta fix fastboot on my tablet before I try. I start fastboot and just hangs and never fully loads. Maybe its just a glitch.

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I wasn't sure exactly what you were asking. If your talking about the toolbar, the only way to change it is flash one of the deodexed ROMs in post 2 or 3 and load tabletui. Even in that there is no real change in the layout and there are no mods for it. At this time all you can do is install fullscreen or some other app that allows you to mess around with toolbar layout.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Prettygrim:
tnx kngdmond for reply.

it looks to me to be the same toolbar that you get when using 'power toggles'. however, i cant find it anywhere in the apps list or in the settings pages of the tablet. i can see it in a big window under wigets, though (i think it's the one anyway). i was hoping to be able to add/change the buttons on it as you can do with 'power toggles'. going by what you say in your post, i wont be able to do that? as there are at present no Roms for the UK Sero 7 Pro, i assume i am stuck with the toolbar as it is? do you have any other info on that toolbar?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nccruz:
I have the usb driver working but still show nothing on adb devices listing...... did you do anything else special???? thanks.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] afremont:
Did you add the "0x109b" entry to the adb_usb.ini file? I had to also kill the daemon and restart it to get it to see the adb_usb.ini change and to listen on USB. After that it behaves ok.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nccruz:
did 0x109b in adb_usb.ini, did kill and start but no device listed..... am now downloaded and installed some sdk updates.... thanks... any other ideas?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Prettygrim:
is it possible to remove that toolbar? i mean just 'remove'/delete it if you cant uninstall it? perhaps then another app like power toggles or notification toggle premium can be used instead which can be customised? just a thought.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Gster09:
The Sero 7 does not ship with a locked bootloader, hence the fastboot oem unlock command is unnecessary. I believe someone tried it a few posts back and reported that it didn't do anything anyway.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nccruz:
did ADB recognize the Sero right after doing adb commands like adb devices????

I still have problems getting the Sero listed as a device on adb... thanks....
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
I don't believe this widget is configurable. In any case, it isn't even needed any more since you can pull down a panel of these controls and more from the bar at the top (I don't have my tablet with me now but I think it slides down from the top right). You delete this widget, like other desktop stuff, by long-pressing until an X appears at the top of the screen, then dragging it there. When the dragged object turns red, release it.

Not yet. I built a new version of that patch last night but it won't be usable until I finish assembling a new deodexed ROM based on the full 6.02.20 update. It'll be a few days yet.

It's unlikely that Fastboot is "hanging". If it doesn't show you anything beyond the green "Fastboot" screen, it's because there's nothing to show. You interact with it (minimally) from your PC, not your tablet.

At the risk of asking the obvious... In the Settings app, did you make "Developer Options" visible, then enable USB Debugging?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] nccruz:
I am doing this on a macbook pro and Parallels for windows...

since I could not make headway on getting the tablet listed on the adb for either OSX or Windows, I finally decided to use post 2 with the parallels windows 7.... and voila, the thing connected and rooted the device...... it did hang up on the cwm and flashing with fast boot....

so I rebooted, then did the command prompt on windows and issued adb devices and sure enough the tablet was shown connected so I do not know what magic there was at xboxexperts .exe but it does make the connection done.... I flashed CWM using the adb commands as shown on post 1.....

thanks for your replies....
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] slicingtaco:
I would just simply restart the computer. Just my 2 cent's
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Prettygrim:
tnx for info dolorespark. if it were possible, i wanted to either remove the thing completely and start with a fresh toolbar like power toggles, or add some other buttons to the one already there. i know the toolbar can be removed but didn't know how to get it back if needed, as it cant be uninstalled and if left, whether it would conflict with any other toolbar app. seems i can only remove the widget. shame
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheLoonyRebel:
Thank you so much for working on deodexing the latest update. I got a few questions to ask since I just got my Sero 7 Pro a few days ago:

1 - Is there any app that can let me edit the quick settings or whatever they are called (you know when you drag down on the upper right and it shows stuff like brightness, settings, etc)?

2 - After setting up the reboot option with MoDaCo it always asks me if I'm sure I want to reboot. Is there a way to get rid of this prompt?

3 - Is there any suggested way I can edit the lockscreen? Like for instance edit/remove the widgets on the left side and add shortcuts to apps on the slider? Or should I use something like Widget Locker for this?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Jacob030:
Angryman, I am using Gravitybox to edit quick settings.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] TheLoonyRebel:
That's exactly what I was looking for then some. Tons of great features in that. Thanks so much for recommending it.

Gravity Box Framework.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] bpcooper14:
Angryman - I'm using Antek Quick Settings. It's worked great so far and is pretty customizable as well.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] steve2711:
Gravitybox

This is beautiful-thank you very much. To try and make my Hisense prepared for the possible upgrade to 4.3, I had reverted from the XE Sero Rom back to the Stock Upgrade rom and was looking for a way to have access to the action screen (top and Bottom) settings in the XE Rom, and the Gravitybox pretty much does it all. Except for getting rid of the screen shot button or being able to move the action soft buttons to the left or right. However, being able to make both top and bottom tabs smaller makes a great difference, as well as bring able to add a good pull down reboot menu and add battery changes, etc. So, great stuff.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] dolorespark:
Testers Needed

I've assembled a new custom ROM based on the recent 6.02.20 update and would like a few people to try it before release.

You should be able to install it on top of whatever you have now and not lose anything except a few apps installed in /system/app that I haven't included (Vudu from the stock ROM, and AdFree and BubbleLevel from xboxexpert's). The ROM includes the Apex launcher, ES File Explorer, and a few other items. There's also a separate TabletUI patch for those who want it. A notable change from previous ROMs is that adb always runs as root which makes messing-around a lot easier.

I'd like to limit this test to just a few people (4-5) with differing setups (e.g. old stock, updated stock, XBE ROM). Having CWM installed is a requirement. If you're interested, please PM me.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Trekker56:
I'm no longer able to get the CWM recovery installed since I updated to the latest version. Any one else having this problem? Any solution? I still have root though.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Unjustified Dev:
Hope the update wasn't a patch :(
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] xtil:
No problem here, used xe script after last update.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] steve2711:
Loss of Recovery

Just a thought here; I wonder if you only think CWM recovery is lost, because the upgrade does not have a pull down reboot/recovery, etc. tab. You may still have access to recovery, if it is indeed still there, by using quickboot from Goggle Play. I have also flashed the upgrade in CWM, lost the pull down reboot screen that was in the UI in the XE rom when the phone rebooted into the stock rom. However, before the stock rom rebooted I was asked if I wanted to cancel the recovery flash, and keep root. So I refused the recovery flash, kept root when it rebooted. After a complete sign in to Google, etc. I then used quickboot to recovery, which did take me immediately to CWM. The worst thing that can happen if you do use quickboot recovery, and the CWM is gone, is that the tablet will just need to be shut down and rebooted.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro ROMs, Kernels, Recoveries, & Ot] Trekker56:
No, I can boot into the recovery, but it is the stock recovery and not CWM.