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[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] fjcotter:
Success - root Sero 7 lt

Share some experience in rooting a refirbished Sero 7 lt with procedures from orginal post. System updated when first turn on Sero 7. Turn on USB debug mode and connect to win 7-32 PC, immediately recognised as E270BSA in Device Manager. No problem in loading media files to Sero 7. For rooting, download Snappea, but failed to connect Sero 7 with Snappea on the first couple of tries. As a last resort, I downloaded Cydiaimpactor, and connect to Sero 7. Tap "Scan Driver", and the program requests to load drivers, granted (Snappea was still runing), and all of a sudden, Snappea was able to connect to Sero 7. Once connection between Snappea and Sero 7 is established, I reloaded Cydiaimpactor again, and tap "Start" button. Root success. Check with Root Checker, and install Superuser.

I want to move some software to the external SD card. Is there a way to do it without installing Link2sd? since that requires partitioning the external SD card and wiping out all installed files.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ALD3:
I used minitool to partition the micro sd into 2 partitions and used link2sd on both the Sero 7 lt & pro. Was very easy and works really well. Just partition card and put back in device, install link2sd from play and open link2sd. It will ask you what you made your 2nd partition and look for it, write script and ask to reboot so it can mount second partition. After reboot, I opened link2sd and in settings checked to automatically link as you install. You will have to manually do any apps already installed by clicking create link. I then opened the apps under option in link2sd, if it wouldn't open or fc I clicked delete link. When creating link just make sure all three items are checked before you click ok, to move all that you can off device.

http://www.minitool-partitionrecovery.com/
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
OK folk's. After bricking my LT over the weekend, as far as you can possibly brick it (at one point couldn't even access recovery). All I could get was bootloader, and nothing else. But Lucky for me, I used rkflashkit to create some backup's of the partitions before I messed with anything. Now here is what got me bricked in the first place. DO NOT flash with rkflashkit/rkflashtool..etc. It make's backups just fine. But I get error's when writting/flashing with it (specifically the system partition) which will cause you all sorts of problems. It just does not write correctly. I am thinking because of crc check's.

To enter bootloader mode when all else fails: Hold Volume down, and plug your USB cable into your pc. You will get just a black screen. Thats for future reference if it anyone ever need's to access it. "adb shell reboot bootloader" also works. I will provide a image you can flash from here (with RKBatchTool) to recover. But if you can access stock recovery, the option below is easier.

Some good news. I was able to create a rkimage (with imgRePackerRK) that can be flashed directory from stock recovery to restore the system to stock. I would not needed to create this file if Hisense provided recovery firmware.... But none the less. We now have a recovery option if something goes wrong. It should open door's for people to explore if they have a little piece of mind, knowing they can tinker and recover if something goes bad. Least till we get CWM ported, which I am also working on. But fair warning. I have only tested these images on my own device. Only use them if you have too! They work for me, but that does not mean they will work for you. Maybe wait for a few people who are brave to confirm. These recovery images are rooted. But you do need to install your choice of Superuser from the market.

To access recovery VolumeDown+Power, till you see a logo. Release. When you see Andy, Hold power, and then press volume up to actually enter recovery. Might take you a couple tries, as it's finiky.

Option #1: RKimage (flash from stock recovery via rkimage option): MediaFire (might be a good idea for someone to mirror this)

Option #2: RKBatchTool (flash from bootloader with rkbatchtool, btw I used the Restore option, not Upgrade): MediaFire (might be a good idea for someone to mirror this)
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Apetrick:
Where do i need to put the rkimage on the sdcard? i have it in the root partition but it says it cant be found.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
just put it on your sd card and make sure its named update.img. I tested via external sd card.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Apetrick:
Worked perfectly man, thanks!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
how great is this tab btw?, i see it on newegg for 45.. thinkin of jumping, i might be able to help a little also :)
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
They lowered the price even more? I ordered another from there couple days ago for $54. Guess I should of waited another 2 days. For that price, its well worth it. Pickup a SD card to throw in it with your saving's. I personally edit the vold.fstab file to make the external appear as internal so those big games I install will install to my bigger sd card.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
ya newegg with mastercard promo brings the refurb down to 45, I really dont need it but its to good of a deal.. I have a toshiba thrive 10.1 and a lenovo lynx windows 8.1 tablet.. this little 7 inch fills the gap so to speak and if not.. then well it would be easy to resell at that price.. lol, so from what im reading their is no custom recovery, is their a reason why their isnt? lack of community or is it extremely hard to crack? I can tell you from the LG Optimus L9 P769 that is a pain to do anything with!! LG locks the bootloader.. im hopeful Hisense hasnt
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
I think its lack of community. Most have the pro version of this tablet. There are recoveries for other rk3066 boards. I have only had it a few days and am learning as I go. But already created a restore option, that should of already existed and been shared with the community. I am hoping I can get cwm/twrp working on it.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
gotcha hopefully someone can pull it off, i saw one post that they had it made but their pc crashed... they said they needed a whole backup of the Original rom

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here we go http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2377053&page=2
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
I shot him a email letting him know I have recovery files in this thread.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
alrighty, mine should be in a few days.. shoprunner 2 days usually is 3.. lol, I cant wait to see this thing.. really cant go wrong at 45 for it.. if it dies oh well lol
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
News from the homefront. I have CWM booted ;p

Just a matter of getting the mount points correct. Yay!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
I have been building my own recovery, which does boot. But for some reason "cat /proc/mtd" inside recovery is coming up incorrect, so the partitions are not mounting. So until I can figure out why that is, I found another solution (a hack job). I took the kernel from the Hisense LT and the recovery from U30GTM (a similar tablet with the rk3066 chipset) and combined them with a modified mkbootimg. Afterwords I packed it up in a rkimage for easy install. It seems to be working ok.

I have tested internal sd, external sd, usb storage, backup to external, restore from external, factory reset, adb in recovery, wiping data, cache, system. All that stuff seems fine. I do see a couple errors in recovery log that should be harmless. Just don't go crazy. As long as you are just backing up, wiping, restoring, I think you will be fine. I would not format boot, kernel, etc.. Use at your own risk ofcourse. Not a perfect solution, but a solution. I will continue working on my own full build. But this might be able to hold us over till then. Please report your findings.

I tested this on 2 tablets. I was able to take my fully updated custom nandroid and flash it to a out of box new tablet just fine. So I believe all is well, as it flashed boot, kernel, data, system, cache, etc. when restoring the nandroid.

By hitting the Thanks button and then downloading you agree you are using this at your own risk ;p

Download: MediaFire

Really Appreciative? Buy me a drink or maybe even some pizza :D
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
Awesome news!, lol mine comes in today finally!!, very excited that CWM is almost going!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
I just realized I uploaded the wrong cwm zip file. I have corrected the link. If you downloaded over the past 24hours, redownload. Sorry for the mix up.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
lol my device has yet to be delivered... Monday cant come fast enough.. UPS has been backed up and even 2 day air has turned to 5 days.. in any case I can not wait to see what this can do
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
Finally got it in!, not a bad tablet I did have to play with the microsd card slot to get it to take the chip but other than that its working great, can't wait to see the recovery up and runnin
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
worst thing about this device.. is no source code from Hisense..or at least not yet..., this is gonna be fun

Also here's a mirror of the RKimage: https://mega.co.nz/#!4A8hBTaD!YOSDwlBE2MIoK87V_Dhm_grktDVY-DvvQmdRmN4-0B0

and one for the RKBatchTool: https://mega.co.nz/#!ZZECEKIY!enHANglmqEVGrF0_QI8VoUzAkZcumjeXToQEWxd2CrM
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
Yea. I did get AOSP to boot on it. The guys over at crewrktablets create builds for the rk3066 board. I used the stock kernel. It had lots of issue's but did boot. I guess that's a plus.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
sweet!, im learnin myself lol, never made a rom before but i know a little bit, i did get linux all set up and got more than enought space to do it, hopefully we can get a base rom made and then this little device will be awesome.., at least you got that to boot!, what issues did it have?

Also Hisense just posted on their Facebook that the source code will be released in a few days... I wonder if the LT will be included
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
Um... Wifi was not working, Gyro reversed, couple FC's, brightness would not increase. I did not test it long. Did you test out the CWM I provided? Work ok if so?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
Nope I have yet to do that, but will do so here in a few, btw I just got a confirmation from Hisense the Sero 7 LT source code will also be released

update: ran into a few issues but finally got it!, lol first was the system was read only but good ol es explorer helped and put it on r/w.. after that it installed perfectly
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
Kernel Source has been released, http://hisense-usa.com/support/firmware.asp and type in Sero 7 LT, even thought its for 4.1.1 still might be helpful a little bit
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
That's awesome. Thanks for the headsup.

Edit: I got my replacement tablet today. Old one had issue's with the battery being stuck at 0%. So maybe I can start tinkering again.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
no prob, and oh wow, i havent had any issues.. only issue ive noticed is if you leave it on standby it will be dead the next day... prob software releated but in any case glad ya got the replacement in
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] avemt1:
Ok, so it was the USB port. I got it rooted. now having issues with Android VNC Viewer setting up Ubuntu.... Ugh. one thing after another.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] adambomb_13:
Yea I,m rooted but how the heck do we get a custom recovery? I have tried everything. I'm starting to think the boot loader on this thing is broke. I had a couple flash apps say cwm was installed but its not.....
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
Did u follow takenovers steps? It installs but you have to make sure you use the terminal first to stop the stock one from reinstallling over and over
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] adambomb_13:
I have to second this request now that I am bricked with Clockwork mod recovery. PLEEEEASE!!!! HELP!!! Need stock rom badly!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
Read post #39 of this thread.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] omarazulyoro:
Works for W450 Quadcore chinese smartphone (Star, XK).

Thanks for share!

:victory:

This guide works fine for root an W450 4.5inch MTK6582 quadcore chinese smartphone, branded as Star or XK or ALPS. Only as reference, at AliExpress Product ID: 1476203539 .
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Takenover83:
We have our own home/forum here now. I suggest all user's head over their and register/post, to help the LT community grow. I posted a couple guides to kick thing's off.

http://sero7forum.com/sero-7-lt-root-hack-mod-and-development/
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] J001E:
Do you want to install NOVA 3 on the sero 7 lt????

1) Follow this guide that I make. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2594045

2) Then download nova and play.

Sorry for my bad english. If I helped just hit the Thanks Buttom.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] jprichter1985:
Help!

Im having the same problem did hard reset many times still just goes to the hisense smart logo screen and stays there, please anyone help!!!:(:(
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] ALD3:
Here's another forum to help with bricked Sero 7 LTE

http://sero7forum.com/sero-7-lt-root-hack-mod-and-development/sero-7-lt-stock-rom-502/
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] BigHardRoot:
Found a pretty easy way to root the sero 7 lite with takenover83's rkimage. I downloaded it from his link. Put the update.img on root of external_sd. Rebooted into stock recovery and flashed it through rkimage. Waited for the flash to complete and the hisense logo to popup. Then long pressed the power button to force poweroff. Then flashed supersu. Went back to reboot system now. pressed once then disabled flash recovery from their. Rebooted and was rooted and still have takenover83's awesome recovery. Just wanted to ask takenover83 if you would please compile a current version of twrp for this devise? Because your cwm 6.0.3.1 works flawlessly. Currently have NO computer. So this was the only way i could obtain root at the moment.

Sent from a cheap tablet, on borrowed wifi.

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Oh, forgot to mention. Did all of this without usb pluged.

Sent from a cheap tablet, on borrowed wifi.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Tommyk7myi:
conecting to pc SnapPea

Make sure you have USB Debugging checked under the Dev settings before you connect . then after you install SnapPea on your PC then you have to install on the tablet also then you have to hit connect when prompted i also installed RK3xxx Firmware Tools and used winrar to extract it then opened the folder and clicked on DriverInstaller and it connected i got all this from adambomb_13 post in (GUIDE) Hisense SERO 7 LT (Root, ClockWorkMod & EXT SD Swap) !:cool:

I am a newbie here and don't know much on how to post in here and this is the first post in any forum i have ever done ! :confused: Hope i did it right !!:o
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] MetallicGrizzly:
K I joined just to ask if there's a way to root the Hisense Sero 7 Lite without a computer, I tried various ways but no luck. I don't have a computer.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] TheDragonReborn:
Troubles

When i got on cydia impactor to click start it said device not found. what do i do?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] avemt1:
Go to the forum link above. Lots more info there.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] nstarz:
Is there anyway to upgrade Android on this tablet?

Netflix won't connect to Chromecast because its 1 android version behind :(
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
hmm mine works fine?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
Rooting this is straight forward, no roms at the moment as development hit a snag..

I for one didnt have time to try like i thought i would.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dee3:
I agree. Rooting was easy. My son and wife each have a Sero 7 lite and now that I have had them rooted for a while, I am really wanting a ROM to play with. Did the circle battery mods, new boot animations, got a custom CWM recovery, but noooo ROM to flash..:cyclops::cool:
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] NTAB:
I know this is very old but I just got one of these and am searching for a way to install android 4.3 or higher. If you tell me how, I can upload the stock ROM for this.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dee3:
Are you rooted already with recovery?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
there is already a stock rom for this, cwm install and stock rom recovery install
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] NTAB:
I rooted with cydia impactor, but I'm extremely new to Android. Been hacking iOS for years...

I haven't done the CWM if that's what you mean by recovery?
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] dee3:
Yes. That is what I was referring to with recovery. And my sons tablet, the sero 7 Lt I just looked was 4.1.1 on it after rooting. I couldn't find a ROM package for it like the Pro has though, kinda expected it in a way. At least I got it rooted for the apps I use and with a flashable recovery if I find a rom package. All I did was change the boot animation and did the circle battery mod so far. Not sure what all can be done to them, my son and wife both have one, I hope someone makes a nice ROM though.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] NTAB:
Me too. I dont understand why it runs Jellybean skinned to look like Honeycomb. Also why its so slow and unresponsive at times, but it has specs similar to my wife's Nook HD+. Either way, it's a cheap android tablet and can get the job done, but it has some quirks...
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Cobra11Murderer:
Its not that it can't run it, its a issue with the drivers needed for Android.. In other words if it had developers that would put some effort in to it, it would eventually get goin.. But it's not easy to build from scratch like this device will pretty much need.. Takenover was able to get a better version running.. But it was excessively buggy and almost nothing worked right... Its possible to even get kit Kat goin but again it takes skilled developer
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] OrTraCon:
USB debugging is greyed out

I cannot figure out how to enable USB debugging. The memu option is there in Settings => {} Developer options. However, every options in this menu is greyed out. I don't have any pending OTA updates.
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] Klown80:
At top of screen in right corner, do you have option to turn Developer Options on and off? If so, turn to on then you can select USB Debugging. Or are you connected to PC when trying to turn USB debug on? I haven't had a Sero in some time so I do not remember but some devices need to be plugged in to turn on USB Debug

Hope this helps! Good Luck!
[Hisense Sero 7 Pro Guides, News, & Discussion] OrTraCon:
That was it! At the very top right corner... there is a toggle for OFF/ON. This button is on the same line as Settings Wi-Fi so I thought it meant the toggle the wi-fi. ARRGGGHH! bad UI. :D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sa1tine:
Original Rom for Galaxy S4

ported from: Cphelps76

Thanks to [MENTION=5105835]Cl3Kener[/MENTION] for the stable kernel

If you would like this built with linaro go ahead, ask, and I will burn one out

XDA:DevDB Information

Demented Rom, a ROM for the T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II

Contributors

sa1tine

ROM OS Version: 4.3.x Jellybean

ROM Kernel: Linux 3.0.x

Based On: AOSP

Version Information

Status: Stable

Stable Release Date: 2013-08-12

Created 2013-09-12

Last Updated 2013-09-12

demented_hercules_09-14-13.muddy.zip Latest commits

demented_hercules w/ cl3kener linaro

I'm not going to build this one anymore. been looking around and found one that is pretty interesting. hope to have it up soon. <3

if you guys/gals want to continue updating this rom i can show you how to build it. pm me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] pmac_xy:
Get on the sofa and wait for the first download link...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sa1tine:
thurr you go
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
Thanks op! holy mother there's way too many roms too flash idk how I'll do it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sa1tine:
it is awesome, people are learning ;)

good to see the hercules is going strong with all of these new devices coming out as well. I just got an S4 and still play with my herc more.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Jiggs82:
Can anyone who flashed this post some screen shots please? Thanks in advance
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ThdDude:
You joined Dec 2009 and only 36 posts :laugh: You are the definition of Lurker :highfive: Always nice to see new Dev's and ROM's for Hercules. I was looking through the git and it looks nice. Thanks for compiling and posting it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sa1tine:
hahaha iknoright :D

no worries manny, i had some extra time and found it this morning.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
Someone will ask for linaro in

3

2

1............

Sent from my cellular telephone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sa1tine:
i'll save them time haha. ill put a linaro version up in a few hours
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darth:
;) I'm surprised he isn't here yet! Lol

Sent from my cellular telephone
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] hatememarkz:
Linaro please kind Sir:D

liquidized 4.3
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Siesta410:
Why does no one ever post screenshots for roms
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] ghostman256:
http://imgur.com/a/aBiKE
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sa1tine:
thanks mate ;)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] carandcar:
I keep getting a settings force close when I try to open security. Anyone else experiencing this?
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] danishdish:
Assuming that this is the same issue as you, I keep getting FCs of "settings" when I try to open up anything in system settings.

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OP ... Thank you for creating this ROM. I have been running it since last night. Thanks.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] carandcar:
So far it's only when I try to open "security" in settings. The other areas in settings open just fine.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] danishdish:
Security opens fine for me. It's lock screen that crashes.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] carandcar:
That's just crazy right there. Everything else is working fine for me.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] JesusWazBlack:
sa1tine you have 385 downloads and 10 thanks. FELLOW LURKERS ARE AMONG US