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I wanted to create a thread so as to report any unique findings from the internet realm regarding the Nvidia Tegra Note OEM Tablet.

Please post your own discoveries and updates!!!

Bootloader Partition Images

WARNING ONLY ADJUST PARTITIONS IF YOUR DEVICE HAS A WORKING BOOTLOADER WITH FASTBOOT

(Some early devices have a limited bootloader with no menu and no fastboot mode. If this is so, do not modify your partitions unless certain of your actions. A bootloader is a special device starting partition that later starts the extended boot partition. The bootloader should give fastboot access allowing you to re-partition or correct mistakes.)

Buttons: Power-Button + Top-Volume. Release after a few second..

= Bootloader menu should show, allowing fastboot 'on' switch

= or Blank Screen Bootloader possibly with fastboot (read above warning)

To partition your device you do need it unlocked it. The command below should do this. You need a fastboot commandline service which is usually supplied from the bootloader level. The computer used to control the changes also needs its own ADB and FASTBOOT protocol utilities.

After the below command is issued your device will reboot and user data wiped! You device should then be open for partition changes.

fastboot oem unlock

Recovery Partition Images

TWRP Recovery (Team Win Recovery Project)

Shaky Builds and Source Code

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You can Root your device by installing SuperSu from the recovery mode if the zip installer allows unsigned zips.

Vendor System Recovery Images

https://developer.nvidia.com/gameworksdownload

Vendor Released Over-The-Air Based Updates

Consider:Updates can remove apps that have been moved into system partition! Example AdAway, SuperSu, Link2SD, DroidWall, etc.

Files are ripped from the below directory once downloaded and before confirming an upgrade;

/sdcard/nvidia/app/ota/download/ROM/

or direct link;

/storage/sdcard0/nvidia/app/ota/download/ROM/

(July, 2015 OTA 5.1 Lollipop. EVGA Version 3.0) 446.3MB

tegra_note_7_system_update_3.0__5.1.zip

ERROR NOTICE. The first release of lollipop consumes most of the system folder. Those trying to install further items will experience an out of storage error. A remedy is to use a root mode utility like Link2sd to remove unwanted system apps.

Example

Filesystem Size Used Free Blksize
/dev 444.8M 40.0K 444.8M 4096
/sys/fs/cgroup 444.8M 12.0K 444.8M 4096
/mnt/asec 444.8M 0.0K 444.8M 4096
/mnt/obb 444.8M 0.0K 444.8M 4096
/system 755.9M 754.3M 1.6M 4096 <<<
/cache 755.9M 12.8M 743.2M 4096
/data 12.6G 1.0G 11.6G 4096
/mnt/factory 15.7M 4.0M 11.7M 4096
/lbh 252.0M 51.0M 201.0M 4096

USB

Device USB Coding

ID 0955:7535 Rev. 0102 NVidia Corp. APX
ID 0955:CF00 Rev. 0232 NVidia Tegra Note

Linux users are well supported for USB access. They also can easily install latest ADB and Fastboot from distribution repositories.

ADB and Fastboot (Client) Executables

XDA-Developers Thread

Microsoft Windows USB Drivers from Nvidia

NvidiaUSBDrivers_Rel20131017

UART Ability?

After an inspection I can't see any points to which one could easily tap into an 'exposed console' with a USB UART setup. This could indicate there is no allocation to access a terminal from a tapped in serial port or pins off the minute and well protected chipsets. Obviously those that want to software repair these tablets have access to NvFlash/APX mode, in dire situations.

NVFLASH/APX

NvFlash_v3p08p1700_RipV2 (Executables for; Linux, Mac, Microsoft)

Buttons: Power-Button + Top-Volume + Bottom-Volume. Release Power-Button only once you see branding. Release others after few seconds.

= Screen should remain black. USB connection should see Nvidia APX Device (USB ID 0955:7535).

Linux Users should copy their executable to the below directory so that it's globally available from all bash points

/usr/local/bin

NVFLASH/APX BASED RECOVERY (POSSIBLE FIX FOR BRICKED DEVICES)

Advent Computers APX Recovery

Linux users can add the nvflash executables shared above. Put the device in APX mode and issue the below command. You can replace the images in the folder to suit a different recovery or boot, etc.

Window's users can execute 'flash_signed.bat' from the command line to start the process. If you get ID errors, then perform the Linux command below without the 'sudo' section at front.

Unplug any other device. Do not use this unless your tablet is bricked as it will tailor the tablet to a particular brand and therefore hardware may not work correctly.

sudo nvflash --blob blob.bin --bct flash_signed.bct --setbct --odmdata 0x4069E000 --odm limitedpowermode --configfile flash_signed.cfg --create --bl bootloader_signed.bin --reset normal 0

Standard Blob Image (includes unpacked items)

TegraNote_blobrip_4p4rip.zip

TegraNote_blobrip_4p3p1p1.zip

Standard Boot Image (includes unpacked items)

TegraNote_bootimg_4p4rip.zip

TegraNote_bootimg_4p3p1rip.zip

RESTORE DEVICE WITH FASTBOOT IMAGES

Rootjunkysdl's Firmware Downloads

KERNEL SOURCE

http://nv-tegra.nvidia.com/gitweb/

Guides

Tomsgt has made various video tutorials on how to root-mode your device, among other topic. See here for videos..

Tom hosts his own array of core files;

Rootjunkysdl.com

ALTERNATIVE SYSTEMS

CHALLENGE CHALLENGE CHALLENGE CHALLENGE CHALLENGE

No one has yet customised another operating system for the Tegra Note 7.

* Ubuntu Touch

* Firefox OS

* Sailfish

* Plasma Active

* Tizen

Known Vendors of the Tegra Note Tablet

Advent Tegra Note 7 (http://www.adventcomputers.co.uk/)

Colorful Tegra Note 7 (http://en.colorful.cn/)

Colorfly T709 (?)

EVGA Tegra Note 7 (http://www.evga.com/)

Gigabyte Tegra Note 7(http://www.gigabyte.com.au/)

Gradiente Tegra Note 7(http://www.gradiente.com.br/)

Granville Flyone Homecare Tegra Note 7 P1640 (http://www.huiweipad.com/)

PNY Tegra Note 7 (http://www.pny.com/)

Oysters Tegra Note 7 (?)

XOLO Play Tegra Note 7 (http://www.xolo.in/xolo-play-tegra-note/)

Zotec Tegra Note 7 (http://www.zotac.com/)

***** POWER USERS *****

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Install F-Doid App Store

F-droid is a safe repository of open source code Android Apps. Many Apps unavailable from Google's Store.

Recommend

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* AdAway (Removes Ads from Apps by blocking content)

* Hackers Keyboard

* AFWall (IPTable Firewall)

* VLC Player (official release) VideoLan

[IMG="Xposed Framework"]http://repo.xposed.info/sites/all/themes/skeletontheme/logo.png[/IMG] Xposed Installer

Xposed is a framework for modules that can change the behavior of the system and apps without touching any APKs. That's great because it means that modules can work for different versions and even ROMs without any changes (as long as the original code was not changed too much). It's also easy to undo. As all changes are done in the memory, you just need to deactivate the module and reboot to get your original system back. There are many other advantages, but here is just one more: Multiple modules can do changes to the same part of the system or app. With modified APKs, you to decide for one. No way to combine them, unless the author builds multiple APKs with different combinations.

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