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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
I am so glad some of the community is interested in this.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrspinler:
can you post a copy of the update? ive been having a hard time gettin the update.zip to fully dl
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
no problem. ill do that when i get home from school today
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrspinler:
ty :)

also any luck actually rooting this tablet? ive tried but the device isnt recognized by the fastboot drivers.

however adb recognizes it when it is actually turned on normally wich is weird.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
No I really havent had any luck wth any pc rooting software's or apk viersons. I tryed all the ones I trust. And i dont really know how to root a divise other than using the software.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
here you go. the dl :https://goo.gl/Cev80L its from google drive
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afifreek420:
i installed the update and my tablet doesnt make it all the way through and is stuck on logo screen its the same model as op ..looks like i cant go back in firmware cause the older firmware says bad footer
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrspinler:
nextbook ares 11 a

After installing the correct adb/fastboot drivers along with the intel chip usb drivers, i was able to unlock/flash boot.img and bootloader. All i need now is a working twrp_recovery image to finish rooting this tablet and remove encryption. If anyone has a working twrp recovery or knows how to make one based off the rom, then please post it. I would love to have this tablet rooted and non encrypted.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tim121283:
11a

i have the same tablet is there anyway you could send a copy of firmware or the stock recovery [MENTION=7898389]mrspinler[/MENTION]
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thew-tab:
look-up vampiro's work on the ares 8, he has made a twrp that will work, with a mouse connected to the ares 11, the are a few modified roms for the ares 8, including a remix os, that works great, except for touchscreen doesn't work, but touchpad, and attaching a mouse works great
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrspinler:
nextbook ares 11 a

tim i am sorry but i am unable to give a stock recovery seeing as i tried to flash other recovery images. however i would be glad t post the update file but i can't post links yet. The update file is in the very first post, and you have to unzip it onto the sd card to get the tablet to notice it.

If you are familiar with rooting android then perhaps you could provide the stock recovery image so that someone with more programming knowledge can actually make a cwm or twrp recovery from it. The boot.img file is correct as well, which happens to be inside the update file. I know this because i almost bricked my tablet XD.

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Have you been able to root this tablet with the ares 8 files? If so then how did you get the recovery.img to work and what about the encryption files? I ask because the ares 8 has the same cpu but it is android 6.0.1 rom versus android 5.0/5.1.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tim121283:
11a

heres the deal i downloaded the update on the first page and always got stuck at like 35 percent tried to flash the recovery from the 11rootkit it didnt work tried from the ares 8 and just get an error screen ive got the tablet unlocked fully and can flash anything in fastboot but no file at all with bring it back ive tried the firmware files and there not in the right format for fastboot the tablet is bricked but can still get into fastboot but no working recovery
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
i have no idea

if you ever get it done please come back and help us get ares rooted XD
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrspinler:
If anyone can manage getting a copy of recovery.img off your tablet, please post it. I will try and make a twrp img with it. Hopefully a dev can pick this up cause I am sort of out of my league atm.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baharvey7817:
I'm very interested in this endeavor. I have a Ares 11A as well but I'm in desperate need of a stock ROM as mine got trashed by the Marshmallow update. As a result I had to install Win 10 on the device temporarily, but i would like to get it back to the original stock ROM and try again. If that fails, then I'm going to have to build an entirely new ROM (never done this before) based on Android-x86 Marshmallow.

What's really sad is that support for this device is sorely lacking from the vendor(Efun/Yifang). They don't even post a stock ROM on their website (nextbookusa.com) for this device. However, this device is similar to some of the Chinese tablets posted on techtablets.com so I MAY be able to find a stock ROM / drivers there.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tim121283:
I'm in the exact same situation how did you get windows to boot?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] baharvey7817:
Basically, I deleted the Android partitions and reallocated the space a a Windows partition. I got into the device UEFI boot manager by pressing the power + Vol down buttons, then releasing the power button when the Nextbook logo appears, then release the Vol down button. It's a little tricky to get into it but it can be done. Before you attempt to do so you have to get the device into fastboot mode (power+vol up buttons) and unlock the bootloader first. Be advised though that finding Windows 10 drivers will be VERY difficult! It's not for the faint of heart! I went to the techtablets.com website to find the drivers as they specialize in supporting Chinese-made tablets.

As I've stated earlier this is a temp solution. When all is said and done, this will become a dual-boot or multi-boot tablet
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afifreek420:
this is the only thing i can find but cant get it right http://www.nextbookusa.com/_gendownloads/NX16A11264/update.zip
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrspinler:
Baharvey if you happen to have your stock recovery image still then please post it. I have found ways to make cwm and twrp recovery images for this tablet. If i can get the stock recovery image then i can get the stock rom for you. I just need to get a twrp recovery image that will work for this tablet to do so.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwillman:
Stock Nextbook

I am new to ALL of this (rooting/upgrading) but' I have a factory stock Nextbook NXA116QC164 running android 5.0 and I am willing to make a stock img for you of it if it will help. The only thing is you will have to tell me how, as I said I am new to this so you will have to be patient and more or less "talk the blind man thru the maze". That being said all I ask in return is help with updating mine, I know, I'm giving little and asking alot, but...............
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] afifreek420:
i have a full backup of nextbook 11 firmware if anyone needs it its not 11a but may still work for recovering
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Grimm____:
if you want to update it from android 5.0 to 6.0 you need to download the zip file from here

(https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9U4VnToPt4aLTQwUUJBOWJIN1U/view)

the reason its from google drive is cause next book removed the download from their website

put the full zip file on a micro sd card turn of the tablet put the sd in your tablet

after doing that when its off turn the tablet on let it boot up and unlock it

after unlocking it you should see a pop up msg saying "install update" or something like that

click install or yes and it should upgrade it for you
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmontgo3Denver:
nextbook 11 firmware

Hello can I get a link to the backup copy you have? and a way to load the backup via adb or tethered recovery?

Thanks so much for any help mine is bricked after crashed update.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmontgo3Denver:
Next book 11a

Hi I have the same problem, mine crashed installing the update, how did you get windows on it? please explain. mine is now a 11.6 back lighted serving tray..lol I've also asked a member about a full Android backup to try out that's in this post, to get it working, anything at this point. windows will work, i'll then just run Koplayer for the android side.

Thanks ahead for any help you might have.

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Baharvey can you share how you installed Windows 10 on this bricked tablet please..Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rmontgo3Denver:
Nextbook backup

Yes please..
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwillman:
thanks for trying

Thanks for the effort but the file was for the NX11A264 which is the newer version of what I have, the same as the Nextbook site has.

It goes thru the steps you mentioned then says "update aborted", then tells me which device the update is for.

Again thanks for the effort
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
the download from the google drive link is the update for the older one wich is the one i own

the nextbook ares 11A first gen

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9U4VnToPt4aLTQwUUJBOWJIN1U/view
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
i think if you download the one from the google drive link it will work
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwillman:
To start, I have already stated I know nothing about any of this(rooting ect...) and I don't mean to sound like I don't appreciate any help, I really do. The file I downloaded was from https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B9U...JBOWJIN1U/view, which is the link you provided in your post, after running it on my tablet the message after "update aborted" was, "This package is for the "NX16A11264" devices this is a "NXA116QC164"." My apologies for the wrong device in my earlier post,

I retried the update and got the exact wording as above. I may not have a clue as to what I'm doing but I do know how to read. Sorry if that sounded rude but this is frustrating and I really am trying to follow directions. Again thanks.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
oh no you didnt sound rude. i thought you were getting the update off the nextbook website wich for some reason they have compleetly removed the update off there website for the gen 1 of this tablet. the update i downloaded and put on google drive is the only update i found for the gen 1.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ImTheDuck:
Man you are a genius i downloaided your firmware then i installed kingroot and rooted thanks boy
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jwillman:
I noticed that there is no support at all for the NXA116QC164 on nextbook's site, it's like it never existed. I dont know which came first, the NX16A11264 or the NXA116 QC164 but apparently they didn't like the one I bought.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
idk you migth be sol with it if you cant fined the right update files. do one last thing andd search for your devise on google. see if others have it and if they do try and search google for an update but i would be carefull on what you download.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
can you post your exacct model specs please
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
Using the EFI boot method i have been able to live boot a custom x86 android but its a hacky method... has root and all that prebuilt... amd is nougat 7.1.1
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
do you want to say how to do that XD
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
look up the Bliss x86 project... Booting into efi is easy as holding down a few buttons...Currently i have it running in live mode... dont wanna mess up the block partitions by installing it.... should be possible to do via a micro sd card... just gotta find mine lol. Expect development on the 11a from me if i can progress this further
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
awesome
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
Mostly i bought the tablet because its bootloader is unlockable and at walmart was $179 USD....which is pretty good and it runs fast.. so far very happy with having it 1 day and being THIS successful already lol.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
nice, do you mined just pointing me to the download website for the ife bliss x86 your talking about.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
let me get it stable first and ill write up a guide as to ensure user safety... as for unlocking the bootloader which you will need to do follow steps below

You have to have an adb / fastboot ready pc (i use linux to develop on so was pretty easy to do) and ran the following:

Make sure usb debugging is enabled as well as enabling allow oem unlocking from developer options (obviously after using the standard method to enable dev options) and allow installing from unknown sources is enabled in security. Then Open a terminal in linux and run the following:

adb reboot bootloader

Make sure on the tab when prompted to allow usb debugging from your pc

After it reboots all the way to bootloader enter the following in terminal:

fastboot flashing unlock (if this doesnt work you may need to run this: sudo fastboot flashing unlock )

and hit enter and unlocked without a hitch
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
well lets hope i dont screw this up
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
welp i guess im to dumb to figure this out -_-
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
If you have TeamViewer I can help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
ill wait until you make a very detailed outline of how to root this tablet when you figure out how to.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
That unlock bootloader guide is very straight forward...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GRIMMMMS:
i dont know any thing about lynux lol
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
dont fully need linux... just adb and fastboot stuff as well as proper driver for windows.... on linux it just works as it should lol

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OK so to add to everything on this tablet.. it is an Insyde CherryTrail based product... This will help development alot so long as I gather up what exact hardware is used for the kernels "drivers" and "modules" and such.. for things like Camera... Right now as it is on kernel v.4.4 everything but sound, camera and rotation works... On 4.10 kernel it won't go past wifi setup screen on Startup Wizard because it's not finding the right wifi modules... I'm gonna be working on a custom x86 kernel and hopefully get this tablet going right and proper on full custom android 7.1.1 and 4.10 kernel
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
Just to note I haven't left the device found out so much info...FYI I do have the one that ends in 264 which has absolutely no support.... Much to my surprise I have been doing alot of trial and error with this thing... With being able to unlock bootloader and all that.. I've also been able to fully boot up Linux mint 18.1 with it and be able to access all it's files... This may be a hacky method but we can root this way too as well as being blessed to run a touch based Linux is... Come to find out Ubuntu did release an iso made specifically for cherry trail and bay trail devices... So in all this tablet just got a whole lot cooler
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] searobbins:
Tried update on first tablet and it failed

I've seen references to 3 different models:

NX1611264

NX1611264k

NX1611264s

I was curious if the update only works on one of them

Possibly the model # under about doesn't show the k or s

Currently this new one i have shows ifwi m1106.007

Does that make a difference?

Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabewse:
k and s are just the color of the device. k being black and s being silver
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] deeznutz510:
New to the forum this will be my first post:

I have been rooting since metro pcs had the ms690, at one point I even had service on the phone without paying the bill in weeks. Well anyways, I come to the forum in search of a solution to this current problem. I currently have three of these bad boys. the Nextbook ares 11A is pretty damn good. I would like to ask if anyone would be interested in creating a thread for a root on this device. Im sure the XDA community could spit out a package for us. Id be willing to pay for said package. mmhmm
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
As I've mentioned I have mine rooted... But required live booting to Linux via a USB flash drive by accessing the 11a's EFI booter and manually placing root files and such in... Deff not a noob friendly method
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SerbyFX:
Ok so my model is NX16A11264 i did try to update it but something was wrong and it locked up after three hours i rebooted it and now it looks like it has no OS at all and i'm not sure how to reinstall the OS is there any help here for this problem?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SerbyFX:
Oh i do soooo need this
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabewse:
I also need. I've completely erased the original partition scheme, including the mmcblk0bootX partitions. I have clonezilla backups of the rest mmcblk0p1-11 somewhere, but I've killed it's ability to boot. Currently using it with Windows 10 Pro, but no audio drivers seem to work.

I'll see if I can upload what I've got though.

:edit:

Just realized he said the 11 not 11a. A friend of mine has my backup, I tend to loose files, I'll see if I can get him to upload it, of get a copy next time I see him.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SerbyFX:
I'm using Ubuntu 16.04 x.64 it runs great have not checked sound yet my problem is the wifi card Ubuntu cant seem to find it i do have a USB wifi tho. I'll take 11 or 11a what ever i have nothing now i'm going to have to send it back if i cant get it to work.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
I have a respin of mint 18.1 with 4.12 kernel and the proper wifi drivers...sound, bt and cameras are currently not working...been looking for the proper drivers.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SerbyFX:
Did you get the wifi to work in Mint? I have windows 10 installed currently.

An before that i had Android 6 running, drivers for all the knickknacks seems to be a problem.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
Yea wifi was working...it's the camera, bt and sound in trying to find drivers for ATM... My Nextbook version came with Android 6.0.1 stock... What I have been able to do is run Bliss Roms Bliss x86 (Custom Android 7.1.2 x86_64) project...but besides wifi the other issues were still there.. once I find the proper drivers we should be more in business
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SerbyFX:
Ok so then to let you know i'm at the same place with the drivers i have Wifi and the touch screen is working in windows 10. Now i have a 320GB USB hard drive with Android_6, Windows_10 and Ubuntu_16.04 all 64bit installed in a tri-boot setup I have no wifi in Android and Ubuntu on the device but i have a TP-Link WN722n USB Nic i can use to get Wifi. I'm going to send you a PM if you could look for it.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
Just an update on this... I got another driver to somewhat work while running Linux mint 18.1 on this tablet.. which is audio through headphone port.. speaker playback doesn't work but I'll likely fix that soon too... And I have found exactly what other hardware is in the device for Bluetooth, camera etc...just need to find and work in the driver's...once those are golden we will then be able to use this said Linux kernel for custom x86_64 versions of Android and have everything working properly as well..so for sure Linux and Android will be supported once that's done
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SerbyFX:
I sent mine back to Nextbook yesterday, the tech says its under warranty so in cpl of weeks i will have a new one (hope not) or mine fixed that way i can make an ISO of the drive an make it available.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SerbyFX:
Ok so it seems as Nextbook has sent me a new tablet the exact tablet to be sure.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwzykx:
Could you please explain how to do this? Booting a live Linux distro and mounting Android /system partition is easy... But is placing root files as simple as copying the files from the SuperSU zip right into /system ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
Sort of... You will need to run live Linux to do so and run as su in linux
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwzykx:
I copied everything from x86 into /system/xbin and Superuser.apk in /system/priv-app/Superuser. The app crashes on boot and I can't get root access. I set the permissions of the files as 755 and owner as root:root. Is that what you did?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
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Did you unlock bootloader?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwzykx:
I haven't yet. And when I tried to, it wouldn't work. That's odd, because this tablet is a replacement for another one that wouldn't boot anymore, but that I was able to unlock before it broke. The old one was on LP and this one runs MM, but as far as I can tell they both have the same hardware.

So, fastboot oem unlock and fastboot flashing unlock both fail. OEM unlocking is enabled in dev settings.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwzykx:
Since there doesn't seem to have a valid command to unlock the bootloader, would it be possible to do it by mounting the bootloader partition under Linux? I have no clue as to what needs to be modified for it to work, but it would be a nice alternative.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] REV3NT3CH:
It's basically same fastboot method as angler iirc... Something like "fastboot flashing unlock" iirc... Also make sure in advance debugging bootloader unlock ticket is set to enabled
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cabewse:
Here is my Clonezilla backup of the Ares 11A from January. It is missing mmcblk0p9 (data) because I didn't think that I'd need it when I made the backup, it does contain boot and recovery partition backups, though.

https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B6ziLufYPxFiT3Nyc1gybmJsYVE
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwzykx:
I've restored your backup successfully, however it won't boot. When going into recovery I get the following error: "This partition does not appear to contain an Android boot image". Do you know how to fix this?

By the way, after restoring your backup I was able to unlock bootloader, which I wasn't able to do before for some reason. Thanks!
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kal250:
Do you have the windows 10 drivers required for touchscreen and wifi? Also how exactly did you install windows 10, is it as simple as just booting from a uefi windows 10 usb drive, from the efi boot menu?? Thanks in advance...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Qwzykx:
+1 for the Windows 10 drivers. I have no touch, no wifi, no bluetooth and no sound.

Installing Windows 10 is easy, it installs just like it would on a PC - pop in a W10 bootable USB drive and boot it. However it's going to mess up your partitions and screw up Android unless you know what to do.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kal250:
Im fine with that, i picked up the last two my local Walmart had for $45 each, it looks like its hardware identical to the Flexx 11a, I may go pick one up do a driver extraction, and a system image, then return it, and see if I can convert one of these Ares 11a to a Windows 10 unit