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[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
I didnt make that video. I just posted it here to see if anyone knows if it works because the way in this thread is too confusing.

maybe a step by step walk through would help thd newbz:p
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Sounds great knock yourself out. You can post as many steps as you like.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
You are confused. How can I post steps if I dont know how to do this? It was a suggestion for anyone who knows how to do it. It would help the community since that is what we are all here for, no?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
where can i get the drivers. any of the driver files i downloaded dont work.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
Following

Is there a system dump of boot and recovery I can look at? I made a request for kernel source and just now read here that I won't get it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
well I searched the internet high and low last night for numerous hours trying to locate the drivers. To no avail, they are all broken links, or corrupt. Ppl have posted amd asked for the drivers, but for some reason, nobody is willing to give them up or update the links. BIG SECRET! ! !

So that leads me to this question: can I install this custom recovery/root in the opening post via Cygwin?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
So far this is what I have https://github.com/TeamRegular/android_device_yifang_NXA8QC116

Proprietary file list isn't finished and it most likely doesn't compile due to typos.

Running build to make sure it compiles. As long as adb is up solving the missing binaries won't be an issue.

When someone gets a chance I need the output of

adb shell cat proc/partitions

and

adb shell ls -l /dev/block/by-name/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] billyboy2316:
What kind of Windows system are you using? I tried to root tablet on Windows 8 & 10. Had problems with drivers. I used XP from a friend and had no problems with drivers at all.

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It was XP Pro to be exact. Although I think any form of XP would be fine
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
if you are referring to me, I am using windows 7, I can't get any driver files to install
[Miscellaneous Android Development] billyboy2316:
Yes, I was referring to you. I was trying to post some info fast cause I am at work and was doing this fast. No disrespect was intended just trying to maybe help. I DL minimal adb / fastboot from xda. And then went to the next boot Website and got the drivers. I tried to no avail to get this to work on Windows 8 &10 and it would not. I used my friends XP and it was like magic and worked perfectly. I'm just letting you know what worked for me incase it could work for you
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
I have minimal adb/fastboot. Not sure how you downloaded drivers from Nextbook website, they dont have them available for the ares 8. I even called their tech department earlier trying to get the drivers and they say they dont have them for this device, only a select few of their other devices.

If you still have the drivers, can you please post them somewhere? Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] billyboy2316:
Try this. I don't have access to that computer or files because they are on it. Go to adbdriver. Com and use there driver installer. That should do it. That's what a friend of mine tried and he said it worked. Hope it helps. I don't have any other info to help.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
thanks for the tip. will try it when I get home and will update you guys:good:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
well that didnt work either. this sucks.

. . .the quest for the phantom file press on
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
Device trees are near completion a test build will be sent out tomorrow

https://github.com/TeamRegular/android_device_yifang_NXA8QC116

https://github.com/TeamRegular/android_vendor_yifang_NXA8QC116
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
If you are interested in adding another Intel device to your list of cm12, dell venue 8 would be a good choice bootloader is unlocked and kernel source is available.

There is also a request thread for cm12

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=3121309
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
Are you needing this from a completely stock device? Mine is rooted & unencrypted (probably like most folks following this thread). If I can be of any assistance I'll try....I seem to be a bit more familiar with ADB than most folks I've seen posting here ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
First time ever building for a x86 device and most likely my last time. It's more work than I originally had thought it would be.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
I got everything as of now. Fixing small build errors caused by typos.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
I ran the first command and got this:

252 0 256000 zram0
179 0 15288320 mmcblk0
179 1 65536 mmcblk0p1
179 2 65536 mmcblk0p2
179 3 16384 mmcblk0p3
179 4 16384 mmcblk0p4
179 5 16384 mmcblk0p5
179 6 16384 mmcblk0p6
179 7 65536 mmcblk0p7
179 8 32768 mmcblk0p8
179 9 16384 mmcblk0p9
179 10 16384 mmcblk0p10
179 11 16384 mmcblk0p11
179 12 1048576 mmcblk0p12
179 13 32768 mmcblk0p13
179 14 2621440 mmcblk0p14
179 15 11241435 mmcblk0p15

The "ls -l" command I get "Permission denied"
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
I got these from another device owner earlier today. The second command may require root , but as before I have the sizes calculated already just waiting on the build to finish. I should have the build later today or tomorrow. As of now wifi/bt will be broken. I haven't got a chance to import realtek wifi/bt implementation not sure all of the requirements as little to no devices use it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Unjustified Dev:
First CM build is uploading unless your experienced with adb and familiar with unbricking your device I do not recommend testing.

File name when finished uploading

cm-12.1-20160106-UNOFFICIAL-NXA8QC116.zip

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=47078

I'm definitely sure it won't boot that's why I built with adb on by default hopefully it makes it that far to debug the boot issue.

To send me a logcat if possible

adb logcat > log.txt

To grab a kernel message if possible

adb shell cat proc/kmsg > kmsg.txt

If it reboots you into recovery that's fine pull last_kmsg while in recovery and upload it

adb pull /proc/last_kmsg
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
Does anyone have a link to anything about unbricking this tab?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
Check the three button power on (vol up, vol down, power) if you get a black screen that says fastboot command waiting I tell you what all is needed for unbrinking.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
I didn't brick yet i just wanted it incase i did...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
Well check if the three button power on brings up that screen you'll need files from your device to unbrick so best to collect them first.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] billyboy2316:
I was digging around in some files this morning. I believe these might work. I am not sure because I was doing a phone and this tab at the same time. here is the link...https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B62aIaEMjvOBRXBfc0x3SHd1OTA&usp=sharing
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
i haven't got the the slightest clue as to what any of those are :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] billyboy2316:
Those are I believe what they call Digital Drivers. Not sure on the Technology Term but that is the wave of the future. It's hard to find drivers in an EXE. file anymore. I am just barely learning to use them myself. That's y I used XP PRO because I couldn't figure them out right away. I do think have this tab anymore. I'm just trying to help you accomplish your goal
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
Thanks. I will look into that. This tablet is a pain in the arse
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
What kind of drivers are you looking for exactly and what are you trying to do? If you're doing something in Windows, you should grab the Intel drivers directly from their website.

EDIT:

Don't know if this will help you, but here's a LINK to the Windows drivers:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
im tying to perform wjat this thread is about: installing custom recovery/root the nextbook ares 8.

im looking for the ever so elusive nextbook ares 8 drivers. the drivers that the op had in one of the folders. its a corrupted file, and any other files I find on the Internet for this dont work either. im not the only one who cant find them. for some reason the op wont share, the ppl on youtube wont share, and various other forums.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
I rooted/unencrypted my tablet using Windows 10 back last Fall. I don't fully understand the problem you're having. You should only need the TWRP and boot .img files I believe. Are you having problems getting ADB to recognize your Ares 8? If that is the case, then use the Intel drivers I linked to. All you should need to do is execute the ADB commands [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] listed in the OP.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Dude you need to stop whinnying and get off crack, I posted many times I use Linux this thread is written for Linux, why in this world would I supply windows drivers when in fact I use Linux.

It's people like you that cause people like me to stop working on a project, soon the dev trying to make cm12 will also drop it, people like you aren't worth the aggravation.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
Thanks for your help, and thanks for being patient with me.

i did download the drivers in the link you sent me. My laptop doesnt recoginze the ares 8 when the power is off, but it does detect it when its powered on? Not sure what the problem is or what it can be
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
No computer will recognize the tablet if the tablet is powered down. Make sure you have enabled "developers options" and then selected USB Debug." You should install the drivers, open up Windows Device Manager and see if your tablet is properly recognized. Also, open up a Windows command prompt in the directory where you have adb.exe located and type "adb devices" That should result in adb listing the device. If it no device is recognized, you've done something wrong.

If it DOES list your device, then you should be able to issue the adb commands to reboot to bootloader (adb reboot bootloader). You will also need the file fastboot.exe in the same directory with adb.exe. Once you have rebooted into the bootloader you can execute fastboot commands. In vampirefo's original post, you'll see he prefaces those with "sudo" which is a Linux command. You will NOT use this. You can just type "fastboot" and then the rest of the command "fastboot flash recovery twrp_recovery.img" NOTE: I edited vampirefo's command to remove the ./ I did that because it is a Linux command and if you have the .img file in the same directory as adb.exe and fastboot.exe you won't need it.

If what I've written still seems over your head, then you really need to go watch some YouTube videos that show adb being used on Windows in order to get your knowledge level up more. I'm not saying that as an insult, but you really should have some basic knowledge before you wade into this territory. Nobody can really simplify this for you. You might be used to rooting tools/scripts that have been developed for other devices....those are easier to use for newbies. Nothing like that exists for this tablet, so you have to know the basics, and nobody in the forum can walk you through it via text. Just watch YouTube videos if necessary.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
i thought the device had to be off when trying to use adb lol.

anyways, i have a bigger problem now. I completed all the commands and gt into recovery. Now, i cant flash the SU zip or the disable encryption zip because the tablet is not showing them on the sd card. i pulled the sd card and tried it on my laptop to make sure the files werent deleted, but they are still there. i put the sd card back into the tablet and it still shows nothing on the sd card. is there a fix for this, or should i just throw this tablet in the garbage?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
Stick all the files in the same Windows directory as your adb.exe and fastboot.exe.

There is nothing wrong with the tablet. What you're experiencing is "user error."
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
I am not sure where the user error came in at. The tablet doesnt read the sd card while in TWRP recovery, but it shows it when I use the tablet normal. weird.

i will try a different sd card
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
Deleted due to frustration.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
Sorry if you are frustrated, so am i. Heres whats going on.

below is taken from the 2nd post in the thread. It is exactly what i am trying to accomplish.

I didnt move anything from anywhere. i left everything in one folder.

this is what is in vampirefo's folder after it is extracted. DOESNT WORK

so i had to get the files from here, S5Sickness's root thread.

http://xdaforums.com/android/development/root-nextbook-ares-8-windows-t3276106

guess what? his files work

so i get into recovery, and. . .theres no zip files to flash. my SD card does not get read while in TWRP

so, is this "USER-ERROR":confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
so does anyone know why the tablet cant read the SD card while in recovery?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
WOW! i hope other people don't need help... vampirefo you need to calm down.. crack? it's not that serious... People need to understand there are people out in this world that do not understand root and android.. will not hurt to have a little patience... if anyone drops this tab from any work that's fine someone out in this forum will pick up and put some time into it....

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I had same issue two days ago.. try to flash remove encryption file and i had to format a new sd card and it worked for me install the recovery again i did all these things and it worked... hope it will help.. if not let me know and i will help further...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GrapeBandit:
[MENTION=6641818]S5Sickness[/MENTION], thanks for the reply. i had figured this out about a half hour ago. I had reformatted my sd card to fat32, put the zips back on it, and it works like a charm.

Now that I got that figured out, I cant find any roms. The only rom I found was taken down because some friggen narcissistic sociopathic guy was whinning about not getting enough thanks from ppl.

Is the only option xposed modules at this point?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
NTSC works to but i guess it all depends on the sd card... but glad to hear...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NBAres8:
So I was online shopping for my first tablet when I came across this thread. . . It led me down to the local WALMART and I picked one up. I successfully completed the process, or so I thought. I went to reboot after flashing everything, and twrp says " no OS installed! Are you sure you want to reboot?"

What did I do wrong?:(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
Never heard such a thing ever on any root that i have done on any type of device... :confused:

You sure you have the same device model? The model for this thread is NXA8QC116

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You must have wiped something you didn't know you was wiping...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
That happens when you format system, or wipe system which I stated several times not to do.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NBAres8:
I think I may have wiped the internal storage when I wiped cache and data.

Is there a fix, or did I just brick this thing for good?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Someone would need to give you there backup, else return tablet to Walmart.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NBAres8:
I figured. I should be able to flash a rom too. Is there even any roms for this thing yet?

If not, would someone be kind enough to post a a backup of any kind or email it to me? It would be greatly appreciated.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
If you have access to TWRP, you can probably do a nandroid restore using this backup that dude so kindly made available:

The file is question is a nandroid backup of the system. You should be able to copy it to your tablet and then use TWRP to restore the tablet. Good luck.

LINK TO ORIGINAL THREAD
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
OK installed done many ways to install but end up with same results.... When i flash i get successful but on reboot i get splash screen that flash twice and at the bottom it says (ANDROID SHELL@NXA8QC116:/ $) and reboots to recovery....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NBAres8:
I appreciate the help.

Unfortunately this didn't work though. You cant just take that zip and put it on SD and flash, it says "FAILED!"

I unzipped them and put the files on the SD card and when in twrp in restore, where it says "Select Package to Restore", it's empty, nothing is there. There is also no zips to flash once the original zip was unzipped.

I'm lost here.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
I will post what should work... just put this into your TWRP file under backup unzip and drop onto desktop first, then boot to recovery and restore this file... if it don't work then you might want to lookup away to unbrick...

Try also to change storage under twrp look at the destination to where you want to restore from or to.. it will say 0mb or have numbers with mb... Find which one it reads and place these files there you may have to make a twrp file destination so twrp can read that file name and find the restore that it needs...Uploading file now it will take an hour or so.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
You don't flash it as a zip. Go and read the 1st post in the thread I linked to as the OP in that thread gives you the steps. After you download the file referenced, you unzip it, then place the contents into the "backup" folder on the tablet. Then, once you open up TWRP, you can select the "restore from backup" and it will do so. I've done it on my own tablet.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NBAres8:
:good:

I did unzip it. There is no "backup" folder to place it in. I used the file manager in twrp and looked, nothing says "backup".
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
There is a folder called TWRP and inside that, another folder BACKUPS. That's where you place the unzipped files.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NBAres8:
I know where it is supposed to be, but it's not there. I looked through every folder with the twrp file manager and there is no twrp folder. I'm guessing because the internal storage has been wiped.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
ok make a folder named TWRP in internal storage as i don't know if your device is reading the sd card... If so it reads sd card do the same there on it and make a file named TRWP ... Inside that file make a folder.. BACKUPS then inside drop all files
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NBAres8:
See the post above you, and now below you lol
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
File: all you have to do is drop this into the backups folder and restore unzip and drop the folder in zip to the backups folder http://www.filedropper.com/2015-12-28--15-30-18v1011lrx21v20150722183822
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NBAres8:
Thanks for the file. But again, I DO NOT have a twrp folder, so how am I dropping files to a folder that DOES NOT exist on my device?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
OK you have to plug your tablet to your pc and open up explorer find your tab and open the internal or sd card and you have to right click and make a folder named TWRP... Then in that folder you will make another folder named BACKUPS... Then in the folder you want to drop the folder that is in the zip into the folder that says BACKUPS.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
you need to manually make the folder or since your able to get into twrp maybe just do a simple backup of one of the boot / recovery partitions to create the file structure.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
ok when do i need to enter these commands to get the files you need? like do i need to be in bootloader or recovery or can i just do these while tab is on?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] NBAres8:
Thanks for all the help guys, I'm up and running now. I made a simple backup so it would create a twrp folder so I could delete those files and put on the stock rom files. Now on to xposed
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
OK people if you want a rom for this tab we have a DEV willing to work on it... He is needing these files please read... If anyone knows how to get to these files and upload them here in this thread would be nice...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
I am willing to flash the cm but I have never bricked a device so I may need help to restore it. So I flash it from twrp.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Do you still need this
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
just make a backup from twrp and restore from there...Do you know how to get the files the dev needs?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
I think so. Just go by his adb commands?

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I am at work so I have no computer right now so would root live boot from chainfire work?

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It tries to boot a couple of times then goes to twrp have to work I will be back on it around lunch
[Miscellaneous Android Development] billyboy2316:
I tried and got the same results as well. Ran backup from TWRP and tab is up again with no issues
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
There is no way to get the log cat from an app so guess I have to wait for adb
[Miscellaneous Android Development] S5Sickness:
When i run adb logcat i get abunch of stuff that comes up but when i run adb logcat > log.txt it just hangs with blinking curser...
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
I am almost sure this is not the right log but until I get home it is the log from twrp
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
In the log it says couldn't find any tzdata?

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http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2274119 maybe this could help

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Did anyone try the last step while in recoveryIf it reboots you into recovery that's fine pull last_kmsg while in recovery and upload it

adb pull /proc/last_kmsg
[Miscellaneous Android Development] billyboy2316:
I tried running this command when the tab booted back to recovery. It said error device offline
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
What about the adb option while twrp is open I have never used it but maybe?

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Which is advanced option then adb sideload
[Miscellaneous Android Development] billyboy2316:
I will try when I get home from work late tonight or early morning