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[Android Stick & Console AllWinner based Computers] lexminriko:
Hello all,

My device

I have a Rikomagic MK 802 IIIS mini PC with the following specs:

Model MK802 IIIS 8GB Dual Core

CPU RK3066 Dual Core - Cortex-A9 Up to 1.6GHz

GPU Quad- Core 2D/ 3D/ OpenGL ES2.0(AMD Z430)/ OpenVG1

OS Android 4.1

RAM 1GB DDR3

Memory 8GB Flash

Expansion Micro SD T-Flash(Maximum support 32GB)

Video Format WMV/ASF/MP4/3GP/3G2M4V/AVI/MJPEG/RV10/DivX/VC-1/MPEG-2/MPEG-4/H.263/H.264/1280*720P HD 30 fps, 1080P/720*480 D1 30fps

Audio Format MP3/WMA/APE/FLAC/AAC/OGG/AC3/WAV

Picture format Max.8000x8000 JPEG BMP GIF PNG

WiFi 802.11 b/g/n

Flash Supports flash 11.1

HDMI(male),Micro SD slot, USB host*1,USB OTG*1, USB power port; LED(Blue)

My primary problem (long story short): I managed to brick the MK802 IIS device in the process of installing Pi****u Linux on it. After trying to install the Linux kernel on the recovery partition manually, by doing from Android cmdline "busybox dd if=ug802recovkernel.img of=/dev/block/mtd/by-name/recovery bs=8192" and then "su" and "reboot recovery", I ended up with a non-booting system. I tried several times power off + power on cycles, but Android is not loading anymore. So, I would like to reflash the factory firmware on my device, to have the Android 4.1 booting again ... and I know about RKAndroidTool v1.35 for Windowses, but ...

... I am not using Windows OSes (better said, I avoid using them as much as I can, by trying to find *nix based solutions).

Therefore my main question: Is there Linux software to restore factory firmware on a Rikomagic MK802 IIIS device?

During my research, after googling for "rkandroidtool for linux" I found this promising link on our XDA community: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1286305

This "rkflashtool for Linux and rk2808, rk2818 and rk2918 based tablets" is reported to work fine by many, and later on in the above thread, user "frankjt" says:

So, it seems this rkflashtool for Linux does a great job on rk3066 tablets, but is it working on mini PCs too? :)

Has anyone tried this tool on miniPC ? Preferably Rikomagic MK802 IIIS, but if you have experience on similar models, please share them here.

Is there a guide on how to reflash miniPCs with Linux software only? Please post it.

What are the hexadecimal addresses to be used when attempting to write an .img file on the Rikomagic MK802 IIIS mini PC?

Any advice, or feedback on these questions are very welcomed! :)

Regards.
[Android Stick & Console AllWinner based Computers] lexminriko:
Hi,

Doing a little bump of this thread. :)

After doing more google research, this time for "rk3066 flash tool linux" I've found:

armtvtech dot com and the rest of the link is: /armtvtechforum/viewtopic.php?f=66&t=350

slatedroid dot com and the rest of the link is: /topic/42826-flashing-rk3066-with-linux/

So definetly I'm not a singular case in my frustrations. :P

It seems that recommandations point to the rkflashtool that I mentioned in my previous post:

arctablet dot com and the rest of the link is: /wiki/index.php/Update_tablet_using_Linux (see the "Preparation" section)

Now the main question that remains: Anyone tested (successfully or not) Linux rkflashtool on a Rikomagic MK 802 IIIS mini PC?

Or, to put it simpler: Anyone tested Linux rkflashtool on any RK3xxx based android stick computer (aka mini PC) ?

If yes, please post your stories here. :)

PS: Sorry for the cryptic weblinks syntax, but I am still a new member, not allowed to post these ..

PSS(off-topic): Sorry for giving Pic Untu a "bad name" in the opening post, it wasn't my intention :D :P
[Android Stick & Console AllWinner based Computers] ragesoss:
Never mind, I was thinking of a different device.

---------- Post added at 08:49 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:37 PM ----------

This person reports success with rkflashtool on an mk808: http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/460...08-from-linux/page__view__findpost__p__631970
[Android Stick & Console AllWinner based Computers] lexminriko:
Thanks a lot, ragesoss! :)

I read the tutorial and the feedback, looks very promising!!

I'll test it myself on my MK802 IIIS and post the results here.
[Android Stick & Console AllWinner based Computers] lexminriko:
An important omission from my previous post (my apologies for not realizing the importance of the following):

Using Linux rkflashtool on my Kubuntu 12.04 64bit I was able to successfully backup /restore partitions.

For example, I could restore recovery partition with the command:

./rkflashtool w 0x000010000 0x000008000 < /mnt/media/mk802iiis_original_recovery_part_20130706.bin

The "brickeage" occured only when I tried to restore all NAND in one step, with the command already mentioned in my previous post:

./rkflashtool w 0x00000000 0x01000000 < /mnt/media/mk802iiis_android_backup_20130706.bin

Main questions remain:

Anyone experienced similar situations on Rikomagic MK802 IIIS ?

Is there a way to fix this bricked device in Linux(with rkflashtool or other Linux software), given the command that caused the damage?

If you experienced similar troubles, please post. :)

Regards,

Lexminriko
[Android Stick & Console AllWinner based Computers] Linuxium:
You can use the official Linux tool called 'upgrade_tool' ... simply do a google search for 'linux upgrade_tool' and you'll get a several sites with guides and useful info about it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tigerstown:
I'm s-off myself so I have no problems with anything an I understand how it all works with s-off flashing. but I'm here to find out something for my wife. I have her phone htcdev unlocked root running viper4g ROM s-on sense base can she flash gapps with s-on via dirty flash or does gapps not even matter on s-on sense base ROMS. if someone would be kind an help me out cause I got a newer gapps pack then she doers that's why I'm asking. Thanks:)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] numel007:
Dunno if you still need an answer, but no Sense roms don't need Gapps. The only roms that need them are AOKP and CM based roms.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tigerstown:
Thanks but I'm good now.
[LG Optimus 3D] mrflashflood:
Hi

Sorry if the answer's already on the forum, but i couldn't find it.

I'm in the UK and have just used the LGMobile Support Tool. It found an update and updated my P920 to v21g.

However I was hoping that it would find the update to v30a (ICS). I saw on the LG firmware list that some other countries in Europe have this available to them, and noticed that if i change the country selection in the LG tool to one of those countries then the v30a seems to be available for me to update.

My question is: if i update my phone using this method (not using an official UK release) will it still work on O2 here in the UK, or are the separate country updates tailored to the carriers of each of country only?

Thanks!
[LG Optimus 3D] drastic00:
It should be fine except I keep reading about LG update tool 'breaking' phones. v30A is Euro so it should be ok as long as that it updates properly. If you have problems you can reflash using LG Flash Tool. Also, if there are any connection problems you can flash a baseband separately for your region.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39269819

LG updater uses .kdz files that combine .bin (system software) and .fls (baseband/connection software). With LG Flash Tool you can install these independently, so you can try another baseband if one is not working for you.

Custom ROM XBSA v8 is v30A firmware, btw.

Sent from my Oldschool Hardcore LG P925 with XBSA vR3D ROM and Backside Boneless FTW
[LG Optimus 3D] mrflashflood:
thanks - i'd not heard of LG flash tool before. I'll give it a go.

Cheers!
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] SGWUser:
Hello all!

A couple of weeks ago, my brother received his Xperia E C1505. Great little phone.

We decided this weekend to go unlock the bootloader. ADB and Fastboot were already set up, no problems. I received our unlocking code, all fine. But the problem is: we can't get it into the bootloader/fastboot mode. Very weird.

How can we get it into the bootloader and unlock it?

Thanks in advance!

PS: This may be asked more times, but I couldn't find a good thread.
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] yayakuya:
i guess you didn't read whole of instructions from Sony site...

well, i will try to help here...

just simple;

> run flashtool

> turned off your phone

> press n hold volume up button

> while you hold it, plugged in USB cable

> flashtool should be recognize your phone as flash mode

> start to flash then...
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] SGWUser:
Thanks, I'll try :)
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] hsr0:
If your rooted, you could try from terminal emulator ir using adb shell.

reboot bootloader
[Sony Xperia Miro, Tipo (Dual), J, E] Syed.Zeshan:
here you go

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=42871875#post42871875