yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Startrek852:
[MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] Would you be willing to share your Ares 8 device tree with me? I'm trying to build TWRP, yet every time I boot what I've compiled, It gives me a SysRq: Emergency Remount R/O error then a bootloop. So if i can, I would like to examine your tree and see what I'm doing wrong.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tomtom1265:
Any progress with CM 12.1?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
As far as I know there is none.

[MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] Built a CM 12.1 but it wouldn't boot, Unable to get info he needed, my guess he moved on.

[MENTION=4821597]social-design-concepts[/MENTION] Was working on a CM12.1, his posts change from time to time so not sure if he is still working on cm12.1 or cm13, perhaps he is working on both or neither only he can say.

[MENTION=4329876]Olivier[/MENTION] Has cast his hat into the ring, He has build a cm12.1 that boots on baytrail intel, which is what Ares is, so far two people are trying to compile his source.

[MENTION=6491115]Olivier S[/MENTION]ource does compile, won't test for a few days but his source does at least build, does it boot? That's an entirely different question.

Anyone wanting to build their own alpha to work on.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=65762738&postcount=1
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
i'm now back on cm-12.1 just not 100% happy with my intel_base / baytrail_base device tree yet, so still working on cleaning it up, so that adding additional baytrail devices is easier.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Startrek852:
I finally got my recovery to boot, and I fixed all lag that [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION]'s recovery had. If anyone wants it, here's a link: https://www.dropbox.com/s/0j6ddw567dzgz9m/twrp3recovery.img?dl=0 Credit to [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] for (most of) his device tree and credit to [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] and [MENTION=4821597]social-design-concepts[/MENTION] for helping me unbrick my friend's tablet.

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I'm going to try compiling Android-x86 now.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Well, [MENTION=6493119]Olivier c[/MENTION]m12 is not compatible with Ares 8, so I rebuilt [MENTION=4911249]Unjustified Dev[/MENTION] cm12 and it now boots but that's about it.

None the less CM12.1 booting on Ares 8 now.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] social-design-concepts:
Audio is my biggest problem at the moment, WiFi, Bluetooth, vibrator, GPS work but through some errors, Camera works for taking pictures but video encoding / decoding are broken.

This evenings goal is to wrap up my intel_base / baytrail_base device tree and finish cleaning up my devices specific device tree and then move to cm-12.1 instead of stable/cm-12.1

After that I'll work on fixing things again.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
I am far from there, just got wifi working, what gapps work? open gapps doesn't work for me.

Got working gapps installed. Will start looking at fixing stuff, right now just WiFi, but works well, Bluetooth causes crashes, so I have it disabled for now.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
Does anyone know if otg is working on the twrp 3.0 to be able to back up to a flash drive
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
I doubt it,but never tried.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Rls4ever12:
It works

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On a side note I flashed the new recovery with flashify app and all went well
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zixxorb:
How the heck does the vibrator work Social? My tablet doesn't vibrate? (but i kinda wish it did. that would be cool)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Vibrate is annoying feature, you touch screen tablet vibrates, just like vibrate on your phone.

I disable it on every device I ever owned, vibrate simple causes more damage to devices than it's worth, most kids simply drop a tablet or phone that vibrates.

I have dropped devices that vibrated in my hand, natural reaction is to let go.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] gerryl432:
Anyone fix the sound yet? Don't really care I usually just use headphones anyway. ROM is running awesome by the way. No problems at all
[Miscellaneous Android Development] argen2argen:
I got it in windows

Thanks vampirefo, and all others on this topic that helped. This is just the windows recipe for rooting the nxa8qc116 tablet.

DRIVER DOWNLOAD

drive.google.com/file/d/0B4zter5mxdoFTW56N1c3LUJYNXM/view?usp=sharing

NOCTURNAL ADB FOR ANDROID

w**w*w.androidfilehost.com/?fid=23329332407571174

TWRP ROOT FILES AND SUPERSU

w**w*w.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24052804347758712 (remove * from links)

Just unzip the nocturnal folder on desktop then unzip the root files and supersu zip file inside that folder( you can copy over the boot.img and twrp_recovery.img with the newer ones from vampirefo's original post) . Copy supersu246.zip to your micro sd card. Open a command line from the nocturnal folder (shift+right click>select). Turn on usb debugging and 3rd party apk and connect tablet.

>adb devices (if you have the right drivers and usb connection your device should show)

>adb reboot bootloader (wait while your tablet reboots to bootloader)

>fastboot flash boot boot.img (this should write boot.img to tablet boot sector)

>fastboot flash recovery twrp_recovery.img (this should write twrp_recovery.img to recovery sector)

Next use volume +/- button to select recovery mode and select it with power button. When the tablet boots into twrp recovery install supersu246.zip. reboot and root check!

special thanks to Andrei Oneluv who has the files but gives the completely wrong commands on his video.

EDIT : I no longer recommend the recovery zip file. I am also using the new boot.img and twrp_recovery.img files from Vampirefo's original post. I have also formatted /data and wiped /data and /cache from twrp recovery to get rid of the encryption (reinstall supersu246.zip if you do). Alternately you can install Vampirefo's remove_encryption.zip first then install supersu246.zip from twrp recovery.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
I may have stumbled across something that might help with the device volume issues/complaints last night. Although I have tried a multitude of volume boosters nothing seems to do much of anything. But last night I downloaded from the playstore an app called "poweramp" which is a music player. In it's settings it has a pre-amp setting and when invoked it makes the speaker much, much louder. Of course it only works inside the app but if someone can figure out what settings it is fooling with perhaps a permanent fix/enhancement can be made. How can one monitor what that app might be doing that is so effective?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Perhaps decompile the apk might show what the app is doing.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bluheven14760:
I have found and am using a 5.1.1 working rom on this device almost 100% daily driver, my hope is to revive support in the community for this device I no longer have 5.0 mem leak issue and she is blazing fast on 5.1.1 this rom was taken from another device almost identical the supra pad I708q and is not my work or port , as support appears null I'm introducing this conversation here in hopes of expanding support and bringing new life, looking for oem boot images, system dumps drivers etc. I use this as a daily driver with basically only the sound issue being low I look forward to any and all help and infos to make this beauty 100% I have all the time in the world to help bring much needed support but lack some know how too
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Your post doesn't make any sense to me, to start with where did the ROM come from? who ported it? where is download link?

What device is the ROM from?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bluheven14760:
xdaforums.com/android/development/ares8-5-1-rom-i708q-t3320040/page3

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Sorry forgot to post URL I'm a noob lol
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Your post is a joke? Sorry I don't get it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bluheven14760:
What seems to be the failure
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
You are posting links to the ROM I ported, and the thread I started.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bluheven14760:
That's great then expect some posts in that thread which seems to be only one I can find in regards to 511. I want to remove load screen for the i708q and looking for next book boot.IMG and driver related items since it occassionally errors in video and crashes ui
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
Per that thread this would be the correct ROM to use, with your problem fixed:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24421527759888805

(it tells you that on the first post, page one)

and I also suggest this thinner version of the ROM:

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24438995911970819

from this thread: http://xdaforums.com/android/development/partition-ares-8-tablet-linux-windows-t3327595

All Vampirefo's work and the latest version of both. An the second you can flash it without re-partitioning and it runs just fine.

All of the boot images are in the standard place. Try this program to easily modify the boot image:

https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.jrummy.apps.boot.animations&hl=en
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bluheven14760:
All good apparently I must've flashed it without wiping or something, I have since rewiped and reflashed, now video issue stops as you said it would when choosing hardware overlay finally figured out where boot animation was also using a 3Rd party app to change it , but it's now tempromental and won't change it anymore, thank you for the links above this will aide in my learning process to better understand my device as I get into learning to push things with adb and it's command structures. Sorry for misunderstandings or such and any help has been appreciated greatly
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
Not an issue, had it been I would have just ignored you! In all honesty, sometimes the best friendships start out that way.

I had the same issue with the third party failing and I think likely it is a failure of the program and not the ROM. If you use ES file explorer or any other good root explorer you can simply place the file where it belongs manually. Be careful about the file permissions (ES Explorer allows you to change them) and the right answer is rw-r—r— but I have mine set to rwx rwx rwx and it works fine. The second thing I noticed is that the ROM, just like the stock ROM, is a bit picky about image resolution or maybe file structure, and I had a couple that failed (although the image was sized correctly for the screen). When I took the zip apart and resaved the images one at a time the issue disappeared in one, and in another it made no difference. So you might have to try a couple to get the results you want. Also know if you totally screw it up you can delete the whole file and it will still boot with a "stock" generic boot logo.

Now let's get the volume issue solved!

Freddy999
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zixxorb:
My tablet doesn't vibrate......is it supposed to? I'm confused
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
I haven't used stock rom in forever, flash stock rom and test.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zixxorb:
I'm on stock..... no vibration. Does yours vibrate?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
Seeing I don't use stock, I can't say, if it did I disabled it.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zixxorb:
Ok? Can anyone else say if theirs does?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
To the best of my recollection the tablet does not vibrate. That feature adds extra cost and is not common on low-cost tablets. It is also a fairly useless feature on a tablet, IMHO.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bumrocks:
Thanks for all the info here, as I just bought one of these at Walmart last night...Unfortunately, I come along with my own issue and after googling, have come up with no definitive solution.

Edit..........................I worked it out ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vampirefo:
TWRP Recovery updated to 3.0.2

Added ability to backup system as system.img

TWRP 3.0.2-0 is out now for all currently supported devices.

What’s new in 3.0.2-0:

Fix a bug with the input box that affected masked inputs (passwords). This fixes decrypt of full device encryption on devices that support decrypt. This bug also impacts encrypted backups. Users are highly encouraged to stop using 3.0.1 if you use encrypted backups or if you need decrypt of data in TWRP.

Add Greek translation to some builds

Download TWRP

https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24499762636001674
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stonyhill14:
Is there any way to root this tablet without access to a computer? Any help would be appreciated.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
Probably not. You might try the Kingo app. You often have to run it 10+ times to truly find out if it'll root your device. I'm no fan of Kingo as it uses it's own version of SU.

I gotta ask...how is it that you don't have any access to a PC? That seems odd in 2016.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
Well, now that I have have a properly working device for a week, I have to say it is quite a tablet for the modest cost involved. The performance is very good for a cheap device and I am overall quite pleased. The stock Lolipop has a couple of issues, in particular the machine shows a bit of stuttering when running older games but invoking developer options and disabling the hardware overlays fixes that and actually seems to increase the benchmarks a bit. Like all new devices Google is a bit too integrated for my liking, but that can be fixed. I have to believe Vampirefo is on the right track disabling the encryption. Does anyone have the software and knowledge to fully back up the firmware and to take the hard work of Vampirefo in this thread and outline how to do what he has done under Windows for a noob like me? I do not have a linux machine at the moment and I freely admit my linux experience is dated and limited!

This seems to be a good tablet, but it could be a GREAT tablet with a bit of work!

Freddy999
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
First off, I want to thank [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] for his work in rooting the tablet and getting TWRP on it. I was able to accomplish that on a Windows 10 machine without too much hassle (I often struggle with ADB). Anyway, I got it rooted and decrypted and stuck the Xposed framework on so I could apply the Lollipop memory-bug fix. I've been using Greenify to try and keep the tablet speedy too. I'm curious what other tweaks folks are using to improve battery life, speed it up, or make it more stable. I really hope somebody releases a ROM that is debloated. I'd do it myself but that's way beyond my skill set.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
Yes, Vampirefo is the man! His work will benefit us all.

As a relative inexperienced person on this subject, it could be very beneficial if you could outline (with links) the process you used under windows to get the job done. I need to do it myself but having one brick tablet right now (about a year old and had a bad flash with no backup, my bad......) I have been a bit cautious to try. For example, what windows based programs did you use, and what did you do to back-up the existing rom? Any help you might give is much appreciated.

Freddy999
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
I just went to the intel site and grabbed the drivers for android, then I just followed [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION]'s instructions. I had a little problem with adb not recognizing the device once it fastbooted,. I can't remember exactly how I got around that, but I think I issued a fastboot command instead of the one he listed. Getting the Xposed framework installed was a bit more difficult as the files that other people had used had been updated and the updated versions would not work for me. I ended up having to google the file names of the files they listed as compatible with the Ares 8 and downloading it from another site.

There's a video of some guy rooting the Ares 8 with Nocturnal drivers, but when I went to the page to download them, the download links were dead. If you can get those drivers, his video tutorial looks efficient.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
I overcame the problem but left this post for others to see so if they have the same issue they get some help!!!!!!!!!!!!

Simple answer, although I tried formatting the card all different ways, (exfat, fat, fat32, etc) nothing worked. I used a different SD card and all the problems went away! It appears all cards are not created equal.

I have an issue. TWRP installed, but it fails to see the external sd card. what did I miss? (What I missed was all cards are not the same)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] PhantomOSX:
For those who need it, I posted a guide on how to restore your bricked Ares 8: http://xdaforums.com/android/development/guide-how-to-restore-nextbook-ares-8-t3183262
[Miscellaneous Android Development] antonpace:
I was able to root using social design concepts tethered cwm temp recovery via PC. Is there a way I can install permanent twrp using your twrp recovery.img from the kit zip?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jayshocka:
Where did you find the tethered recovery for Windows 10
[Miscellaneous Android Development] antonpace:
Used Windows 7. I believe the link was in the 3rd or 4th post of this thread.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jayshocka:
Hmm did not see. Thanks
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
See if this helps any:

http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/index.php?/topic/1362-how-to-adb-fastboot-in-windows-xp-7-81-10/

:)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] jayshocka:
Any one up for a thanks blast? Rules are simple find any post you can by [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION] and hit the thanks button.

Edit I just did 10 will do more later
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ZackFearheart:
I recently got this tablet and am wanting to root. So this thread is very helpful. I am wondering if anyone else has had trouble with their tablet being pretty laggy and crashing? I disabled alot of apps that I know for 100% fact I won't ever use and aren't system dependent. It helped a little, but the tablet still seems very laggy.

Someone said it's because of Intel trying to emulate Android is why it's laggy. Is this true?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
I had a similar problem with the first one I bought. It was defective and when allowed to sleep the processor locked in at 498mhz and would not kick up any. I suggest downloading CPU Spy Reloaded and see it you are getting the proper speed or if there is an issue (use the refresh and the menu reset to see the latest data). After rooting I also installed No-frills CPU Control and set the governor to ondemand and the IO scheduler to noop. Both are in the Playstore.

If the governor is messed up rooting may fix it as I do not know if it was a software or hardware issue (it was under warranty so I had no desire to find out!)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Bhamilton0347:
Hey. My friend accidentally formatted her /system. I'd be VERY appreciative if someone would post a TWRP backup of their system
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ZackFearheart:
Well, I got it from walmart and there isn't a warranty. So I am hoping rooting it will fix it so I can do that, Because I really don't see how having an Intel chip would cause the lag.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
Wally World (Walmart) has a 15 day return policy and the manufacturer has a 1 year warranty on it themselves. The first one I got has the speed issue, I returned it and the second one had a bit of a dead screen (no touch in the middle) the third one worked fine and remains perfect, however the charger had a bit of AC hum and I had the set that aside (I had no real use for their charger anyways). Since the device was good and I could care less about the charger, I stopped there. I actually went to a different Walmart for the third one because although the tech types working there said although the returns had been minimal that one batch seemed to be problematic.

How long ago did you purchase it and did you try the CPU spy program to see how fast is it cooking? Another test that could be enlightening is run a Quadrant test on it. (Download Quadrant standard from the play store), Mine benches at about 18,000 to 20,000 with all of the video tests producing right at 60fps. Prior to rooting and tinkering it was well above 16,000.

One additional glitch is with the implementation of lolipop itself and it is easy to cure. I has to do with graphic displays from older programs and the way they deal with hardware overlays. Some apparent lag/video issues were apparent on certain programs and by simply invoking the developer's options and turning OFF the hardware overlays that issue disappeared like magic. Many devices running lolipop seem to have that issue and the fix is well discussed in these forums.

As far as the chip causing the lag, not likely. The kernel is compiled to match the instruction set of the chip, not the other way around. So the execution is native not interpreted. I am no expert on that kind of thing but that is why different architectures require different ROMs.

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] ZackFearheart:
I wish I could get root, but I can't get it to be recognized in ADB. I can't seem to find the ADB drivers, The ones from Google didn't work. I'm on Windows. (win7 ultimate 64bit)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] freddy999:
try here:

http://androidforums.com/threads/root-helping-please.922717/page-4

and here:

http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/in...boot-in-windows-xp-7-81-10-updated-9-11-2015/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] asj2583:
remove_encryption.zip

Hello guys. Picked up one of these tablets today and managed to install twrp and root but cant remove encryption and saw in a comment to flash remove_encryption.zip file but i cant seem to find this file any where so if anyone can provide a download link i really appreciate it. Thanks in advance.

Update: Found it....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Startrek852:
I doubt this will work, but you could try towelroot or StumpRoot or z4root. But seriously, why do you not have access to a computer?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] stonyhill14:
I've tried towelroot and kingo root before with no succes , will try the other you mentioned- thanks. As for no computer access, parental issues. :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mjhealy1978:
I'm having a heck of a hard time getting this done! Can anyone please link me to the windows commands to install twrp & all so I can flash SuperSU, if I'm reading everything correctly that's more or less the process! Im dying to root this tablet! Please any help/guidance will be most graciously appreciated!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Startrek852:
First, make sure you download install the drivers from here: https://software.intel.com/en-us/android/articles/intel-usb-driver-for-android-devices, then download the stuff from the OP, then do

adb reboot bootloader

and then

fastboot flash recovery nameoftheimage

Replace name of the image with the image name, and make sure it's in the same directory as fastboot. Then boot into recovery and flash SuperSU and you're rooted!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] mjhealy1978:
What's the op? & where do I get everything else! Not trying to sound stupid! & thank you very much!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] zerozed99:
OP="original post"=1st post in the thread.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Startrek852:
Download SuperSU from here: https://download.chainfire.eu/964/SuperSU and TWRP from here: https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=24459283995306495