[Miscellaneous Android Development] mhp1995:
Hello everyone, I was going through the threads and found out that there is no thread/device forum for Simmtronics Xpad Freedom.

It is a tablet running Android JB 4.2.2. It is a MTK based tablet (MTK6589).

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Before starting, i would like to thank all the devs whose efforts made it possible to get the maximum potential of our device..

UPDATE: 1) Flashable Rom added (Flash using SP Flash Tools)

2) Stock Recovery Added.​

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INDEX

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1. USB DRIVERS AND ADB INSTALLER

2. ROOTING THE TABLET

3. BACKING UP/ ROM DUMP

4. INSTALLING CWMR (ClockWorkMod Recovery)

5. FLASHING A ROM

6. FLASHABLE ROM DUMP

7. STOCK RECOVERY

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1) USB DRIVERS AND ANDROID ADB INSTALLER

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NOTE: BEFORE DOING ANYTHING PLEASE INSTALL THESE DRIVERS/ SOFTWARES FIRST AS THEY ARE NECESSARY FOR PERFORMING OPERATIONS.

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Tools Req:

1. USB VCOM Drivers for WINDOWS XP, WINDOWS 7 (http://www.4shared.com/rar/bHo5aN73/Usb_Vcom_Auto_Installer_v11236.html)

USB VCOM Drivers for WINDOWS 8/8.1: (http://www.patchworkoftips.com/how-to-install-mediatek-usb-vcom-driver-for-windows-88-1/3717/)

2. Adb Driver installer (https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0MKgCbUM0itVVFWRC02Q0VBQnc/view?usp=sharing)

3. MTK DROID Tools (http://www.mediafire.com/download/6z9acf5um65cuj2/MtkDroidTools+v2.5.3.zip)

4. SP FLASH TOOLS (http://d-h.st/w6v or http://www.mediafire.com/download/aix6jxmcbxmmc2b/SP+Flash+Tool+3.1352.01+(5.1352.01).rar.html)

1.1) INSTALLING USB VCOM DRIVERS

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For Installing USB VCOM DRIVERS ON WINDOWS 8, 8.1 Click Here http://www.patchworkoftips.com/how-to-install-mediatek-usb-vcom-driver-for-windows-88-1/3717/

Installing USB VCOM Drivers on WINDOWS XP , WINDOWS 7 :

1. Connect your tab to the pc

2. Open Adb Driver installer on the pc. You will see your device in the list. Now click on Install button..

3. It will star installing the drivers and when it finishes its job a message will be displayed saying Adb driver installed.

4. Now extract USB VCOM drivers.. You will see these files in the folder

5. Now click on Install.bat. You will see a cmd prompt window..

6. Now click any button to close this window..

7. Now open adb 15 second installer.. you will see a security warning window.. Don’t worry just click run..

8. ADB 15 second installer window opens up asking for permission to install ADB and Fastboot.

9. Just type Y and press enter.You will see the following message.

10. It will ask you if you want to install device drivers.Type y and press enter.. It will display Device driver installation window.

11. Click Next.. It will start installing the drivers..When finished installing the drivers click on Finish.

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2. ROOTING THE TABLET:-

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Update: You can also Root the device using Kingroot, Vroot

There are 2 ways in which you can root your device.. I will post both the methods..

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Tools required:

1. Framaroot (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2130276)

Procedure:

1. Download latest Framaroot from the link given above

2. Make sure USB Debugging is enabled on your phone.If it is enabled proceed to STEP 8 , else follow these steps to enable USB Debugging first.

3. Go to Settings --> About tablet

4. Keep tapping on Build number till you get Developer option in settings

5. Go to Developer Option

6. Enable the developer option --> Click OK

7. Now click on USB Debugging --> Click OK

8. Go to security --> Click on Unknown sources --> Click OK to enable installation from unknown sources.

9. Now copy and paste the latest Framaroot to the desired location (Phone memory or Sdcard) by connecting it via usb and enabling USB mass storage.

10. Disconnect your phone and open File Manager.. Click on the internal storage if you have copied Framaroot to the internal storage else click on External Storage if copied to sdcard..

11. Find Framaroot in the desired location and click on it..You will see the following window on your tablet.

12. Click on Install.. Now open the app and click on any exploit.

[FONT=&quot]Congratulations!! Your device is now rooted[/FONT] :victory:​

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NOTE: MAKE SURE YOU HAVE INSTALLED USB DRIVERS AND ANDROID ADB FIRST OTHERWISE THIS METHOD WON’T WORK. IF YOU HAVEN’T INSTALLED ANY DRIVERS PLEASE REFER TO THE STARTING OF THE THREAD..

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Tools required:

1. MTKDroid Tools (http://www.mediafire.com/download/6z9acf5um65cuj2/MtkDroidTools+v2.5.3.zip)

2. Busybox (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=stericson.busybox&hl=en)

Method:

1. Download MTKDroid Tools and extract it to the desired location.Click on MTKDroid Tools.exe and extract it to desired location.

2. Download Busybox on the tab via Google Playstore

3. Connect your tablet via USB and and make sure USB debugging is enabled.

4. Open MTKDroid Tools..The tool will recognize your device..If the color indicator in the bottom left corner is green, you already have root shell, and can go on to the next step, if it is yellow, click on the root button at the bottom, and wait for the progress bar, if the indicator stays yellow, or you get an error message, this probably means you do not have Busybox installed, you can install it from the Google play store. When the indicator turns to green you have root shell.

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3) BACKING UP ROM AND MAKING IT FLASHABLE VIA SPFLASH TOOLS:-

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Note: Backup will only work if you have root on your device

Tools required:

1.MTKDroid Tools

Method:

1. Download and open MTKDroid Tools.

2. Next click on the tab 'root,backup,recovery' and click on "backup"

[FONT=&quot]3. The process will now start. It may take at least 30 minutes to 1 hour depending on how many apps are installed on your phone. During the backup process you may see a pop-up asking if you want to make a compressed file for the backup. You can choose not to create the compressed file by clicking on “No”. It will same time but I recommend clicking on “Yes”.

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4.Once the backup has been completed check out the folder that contains your MTK Droid Tools application and you will see a folder named “backups”. The folder will contain all the images that you can use to flash using SP Flash tool and a zip file which is just a compressed files of the backup created by the droid tool. You can also see on your phone that there is a new folder named clockwordmod inside that there will also be a images that you can use to backup your rom using Clockworkmod (CWM).

5. Now to make this backup flashable through Sp Flash tools click on root,backup,recovery tab and click on

To prepare blocks for Flash Tool

6. A new window will appear asking for .md5 file...For this navigate to MTKdroid Tools folder and then backups folder...Open the backup you have created earlier and select the files.md5 and click open.

7. Wait for the MTK Droid tools to copy the files for Sp Flash tools.. When the tool completes its job there will be a message "copying is complete"... Now you have a flashable backup of the rom...

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4) Installing CWMR (ClockWorkMod Recovery) Using MTKdroid Tools:

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NOTE: Your phone must be rooted before installing ClockWorkMod Recovery (CWMR)

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Tools required:

1. MTKDroid Tools

Method:

1. Open MTKdroid Tools and click on tab [FONT=&quot]'root,backup,recovery' and select 'to use boot from phone'

2. Then click on 'recovery and boot' and shortly after a dialogue box will appear asking if you want to 'make cwm recovery automatically' click yes [/FONT]

3. The tool will then create the recovery and another dialogue box will appear asking to 'install created recovery to phone', click yes and finally the tool will ask to reboot into recovery mode, click yes and the device will reboot into CWM recovery so you can check the installation was successful.

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5) FLASHING A ROM:-

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NOTE :

PLEASE DON’T FLASH ROMS WHICH ARE NOT COMPATIBLE WITH YOUR DEVICE AS IT CAN BRICK YOUR DEVICE.

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Tools required:

1. SP Flash Tools (http://d-h.st/w6v or http://www.mediafire.com/download/aix6jxmcbxmmc2b/SP+Flash+Tool+3.1352.01+(5.1352.01).rar.html)

Method:

1. Download and open SP Flash tools.

2. Then click Scatter-loading button to load the correct scatter file. Select The scatter file which you have made using SpFlash Tools..If you are unable to find the scatter file for your tab head over to MTKdroid Tools folder --> backups.. Click on the backup folder (Folder name will be like Freedom_...._backup_.... Instead of dots there will be date/year)

3. Now click on “ !Files_to_FlashTool ” folder.. There will be a text file named as “ MT6589_Android_scatter_emmc.txt ” click on that text file and click open..

4. Now switch off your tab and disconnect it from your pc.

5. Press F9 (or hit Download button) and then connect your phone/tab into the computer via USB data cable and switch on the tab..After connecting the tab press VOL DOWN and VOL UP key.. The process will start and a red progress bar will appear.

6. After the red progress bar is complete, there will appear a purple progress bar.

7. After purple, yellow bar will appear. When the yellow bar is complete, you'll get a popup with a green circle , which means that the flashing process has been successful.

8. You can now safely disconnect your phone and turn it on.​

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6) Flashable Rom Dump/Backup

NOTE:

I will not take any responsibility if something goes wrong while flashing this ROM.... I have personally flashed it on my device and it works...PLEASE BEFORE FLASHING READ "FLASHING THE ROM" SECTION OF THIS THREAD or refer to the original SP flash tools guide..

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THIS ROM IS PRE-ROOTED AND CWM FLASHED...Here is the

LINK: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7ujzTEVERI_X1JOemxkZUt2X00/view?usp=sharing

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Method:

1) Please see the Flashing a ROM section of this thread and make sure you have adb and other drivers installed..
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7) Stock Recovery

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Here is the stock recovery of the device (credit goes to my friend @Ips666) :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B7ujzTEVERI_ZElnY093bkxKaFU/view?usp=sharing

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