yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
Good you liked it. Yeah, I used Ares 8 5.0 rom too. And it was painfully slow even with xposed memory leak fix. So i was challenged to fix and share Ares 8 5.1.1 rom and then got bored with nothing else to do with it, so I played around with a Remix port since I was also triple-booting with Remix OS on my laptop and I liked it for content consumption and playing android games on my laptop. I was really happy when I finally got it working on my device so I decided to share it with those interested. :D
[Supported Devices] eddienanousi:
I just istall remix os at nextbook ares 8 but touch doesnt work can you help me ?
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
What is your device's Model#/ID? What was you're previous rom? How did you install Remix OS?

From the instructions, you should do a fresh install only. You should do a FULL WIPE before installing the posted zip file. Especially if you're coming from other roms.

If your device model is the same as mine, you should not have any hardware issues (apart from the camera).

Try following exactly the steps as posted:
[Supported Devices] thenab0303:
I installed this last night on my Ares 8 5.0 and it was working much better than the stock rom but I noticed this morning after leaving it on the charger all night that it didn't charge at all. I moved it from my computer usb for charging to the wall charger it came with. The tablet recognizes the usb being plugged in and says its charging but the battery percentage never moves. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there anyway to fix it?

*EDIT* In fear of the tablet dying and not being able to charge it I cleaned out the charging port and restored the stock rom. It's charging atm but when it's done charging I'll put remix back on it and make sure there's no problems.

**EDIT** Put remix back on it and charges fine. I have a feeling it was something with the usb port. Since this post resulted in nothing, it can be deleted, thanks
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
Good thing you sorted out the problem. I used most files from stock 5.1.1 boot.img, which includes power management. So we shouldn't have any problem with charging.

However, I may have to add I also experienced that the first time I flashed Remix OS coming from stock 5.1.1. What I did is to shut down the device and let it charge while the device is turned off for sometime, I rebooted the device and used it and tried charging again while it's turned on, and the device did charge. I never experienced any problem with charging since.

I don't know if it's an effect of changing roms, but it's nothing a reboot didn't fix. based on my experience.

Anyways, it's good to know that it works pretty well on your Ares 8 with stock 5.0 version.
[Supported Devices] thenab0303:
It's loads better than the 5.0 stock, it was slow and the chrome browser would freeze up. I couldn't take it. I was looking for a cyanogenmod rom for it and it seems someone was working on one and had some ppl testing it but it bootloops and he kinda stopped responding to his thread I guess. I'd prbly rather have a cyanogenmod rom but this is like literally the only custom rom for this device and it works great, honestly anything is better than the stock rom lol thanks for the effort you put into it
[Supported Devices] eddienanousi:
Hey can you help me my tablet ares 8 when i go to update from sd card told me permission denied
[Supported Devices] thenab0303:
Guessing you don't have a custom recovery installed?
[Supported Devices] eddienanousi:
No i download recovery can i do something ?
[Supported Devices] thenab0303:
If you go into the settings and then the about section, what version of android does it say you have? Will be either android 5.0 or android 5.1 there are tutorials about how to install the custom recovery, flash the supersu, and flash the decryption which will delete the data on the device but will allow you to install this custom rom. Keep in mind you should follow the tutorial for the appropriate version of android you have (5.0 or 5.1)
[Supported Devices] eddienanousi:
Thanks but my nextbook ares 8 is crashed now (brick) only go to recovery menu or fastboot
[Supported Devices] thenab0303:
What happened to it? Are you able to do a factory reset? If you still have access to fastboot you might be fine still, since you use fastboot mode to install a custom recovery and you can install a new rom from the custom recovery.
[Supported Devices] eddienanousi:
I ****ed up i was rooting it it crashes ... trying to put remix os from fastboot but touch not working and now trying from a sd card to put a new rom but permission denied can you help me ?
[Supported Devices] thenab0303:
I will definitely try. First off do you have a custom recovery like TWRP, and do you have ADB and FASTBOOT installed on your computer?
[Supported Devices] eddienanousi:
Yeah i have adb and fastboot but nextbook shows me and the menu factory restore and update from sd card
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
You should have TWRP on your device. please head over to [MENTION=2472806]vampirefo[/MENTION]'s thread re TWRP. Install the latest TWRP he posted, v3.0.2. After installing TWRP, you should be able to install custom roms for Ares 8 on your device.

If your device can boot to bootloader, and your pc can recognize it (as in "fastboot devices" is successful in recognizing your device), you should be ok. Just install TWRP. Reboot to TWRP and install custom roms.
[Supported Devices] thenab0303:
Do you know what version of android it was 5.0 or 5.1? Plug the nextbook into the computer while it is in fastboot mode and open adb in the command prompt and type fastboot devices and see if it shows up in the list.
[Supported Devices] eddienanousi:
Its was android 5.1.1 at adb devices dont shows anything .at fastboot shows baytrail but i can put .img on it like this i put remix os but dont work properly the touch. have remix os now
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
how did you flash the Remix OS via fastboot?

Are those what you did?

But you said fastboot devices has no result. Did you install the intel drivers on your pc?
[Supported Devices] eddienanousi:
Yeah i flashed like this but no touch yeah i have the drivers

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[Supported Devices] greatbal:
can you boot to TWRP? Try to install the latest build on post#2 via TWRP.

I'm suspecting your flashes via fastboots did not complete successfully. the boot.img in the zip file on post#2 is important as it contains the "hardware drivers" as in touchscreen, wifi, bt, sound, etc.
[Supported Devices] eddienanousi:
No only this
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
you don't have TWRP. that's the stock recovery. You need a custom recovery, as in TWRP, to put custom roms on your device.

please head over to the TWRP thread for Ares 8 and install TWRP 3.0.2 and try to install Remix OS via TWRP. You should be ok by then.

BTW your device should be bootloader unlocked for you to install custom recovery. Unlocking your bootloader is totally your responsibility. I would not be held liable for the after effects of unlocking your bootloader. You unlock your bootloader via:

Please head over to the TWRP thread and read the full instructions...
[Supported Devices] thenab0303:
If he installed it that way without a custom recovery does that mean he still has to flash the decryption? Or does it not matter since the new boot.img was installed? I just know i had to flash a modified boot.img to disable the encryption that came on the device as stock as I was installing the custom recovery and supersu.

*EDIT* nvm you edited your msg before as I was typing this out
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
If you're device has unlocked bootloader, you can actually install via fastboot method

, that's actually how I install my test builds. But the device should be unlocked, otherwise, the flashing the modified boot.img might not work. I'm just suspecting he was not able to flash the boot.img properly. That's why the touchscreen is not working.
[Supported Devices] jjosph:
i have my settings set to never time out but after like 10 seconds of being idle the screen starts to fade. how do i fix this?
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
I never used NEVER TIME OUT so I never noticed that. I use 30 seconds and it's working perfectly. Can you try other settings if working? Must be a bug on Remix OS 2.0. But I'm not sure.... Anybody?

Sorry, my Ares 8 is not on Remix OS right now. I'm testing another rom....
[Supported Devices] jjosph:
that worked i changed it to 30 minutes and it doesn't fade anymore. thanks so much
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
Ok, I flashed Remix OS just to check. I don't think it's a bug. IMO it's a feature. When you set the display to NEVER SLEEP, it actually does that, the screen stays on. But, after about 10 seconds of inactivity, it dims. Maybe (I think), to prevent overheating. Nontheless, screen does stay on. Just my opinion.
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
BTW, anyone could help me fix the camera completely? I've been trying for the past 2 weeks, no luck. If we can fix the back camera and make the front camera work, this is a good rom for the Ares 8.
[Supported Devices] jjosph:
Is there anyway to add the battery saver feature to this ROM?
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
Remix has it's own power management. It has a Power Manager App, which I don't find useful at all in that respect.

You could try to use third party battery saver apps on the Playstore instead.
[Supported Devices] gelogelogelo:
OT. Hi guys, may I ask how can you use an ".emmc.win" file. Because my system image has an extension like that. And I can't use it to go back to the stock rom. Or can you please give me your system image(Android 5.1.1) so that I can use it to go back to the stock rom. I installed this rom and I am not satisfied because it lags a lot on my Nextbook Ares 8. Hope you can help me. Thanks :)
[Supported Devices] jrk190:
Just flashed this room since I couldn't get batville to boot. I'm hoping it's not abandoned :)

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You might want to ask vampire info about the camera.

What ROM are you testing?
[Supported Devices] zixxorb:
Commenting so I can follow this ?
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
Sorry for being quiet for the few weeks. been busy with my personal life. :P

I still haven't fixed the camera issues. I may not be able to ask for the help of vampirefo. The main reason I tried to learn to fix my device on my own and eventually tried porting Remix OS when I finally learned some things is because I couldn't get any help from him when I had a problem. He must be a very busy man as well. hehe
[Supported Devices] jrk190:
He's supporting what seems to be a million devices sometimes.
[Supported Devices] gelogelogelo:
I had a bug when I was running this rom. When I turn on auto rotate, the screen orientation is reversed. And also I downloaded some apps for sensor testing and it seems like the accelerometer is not working right. I'm sorry if I cant get you some screenshots because I reverted back to the original rom I back-up hehehe
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
You must have a different version of Ares 8 with a different hardware. Accelerometer works just fine on my device.
[Supported Devices] zefie:
Hmm, what exactly is the problem with the rear camera? I noticed by default on this rom, the rear camera was rotated and stretched.

I modified /system/etc/camera3_profiles.xml, I found sensor.orientation was set to 0, with a comment next to it stating 90. the camera3_profiles_ov2680b.xml (the rear camera is ov2680b) stated 90, so I modified that value in camera3_profiles.xml to set the orientation back to 90, and rebooted. The camera then worked fine, the orientation was correct, and it was not stretched.

Haven't figured out the front camera yet, since as you are well aware, the OS does not offer us the option to switch to it. the front camera is a gc0310 if it helps, but I do not see an xml for that device.

Feel free to PM me if you would like to work together, as I have been working on this tablet for a bit and also almost have a full custom kernel ready to go.
[Supported Devices] nannycrick:
Hi guys....just installed Remix and so far...I like it. I'm impressed with how compact in size this rom is! Really no excess at all. Wifi works better in this rom than in Batville which would "spool" for a few minutes first! The Remix connection is very quick.(I'm also connecting to a router next door at the hubby's work. About 70-80 feet away! Freebie perks!) My Ares 8 was 5.0 originally but I upgraded to Batville before Remix. Did a clean install with no issues. Hoping to get Viper4AndroidFX by Guitar Hero and Sony Walkman by Ibanez installed as well as Chromecast Home and Kodi Exodus. I'll keep you posted on my tweaks! Thanks for a very nice port!!
[Supported Devices] nannycrick:
One of the important steps to do when flashing new firmware/rom is....

1. Make a full backup of your presently running rom. It'll save your butt!

2. Never "dirty flash" when doing a first install of a rom. Always wipe dalvik, cache, data and/or system as the dev recommends. That will make sure no apks or files are left to cause a conflict with the new rom. (My old phone..an HTC would crash if I even installed an apk without davlik/cache wipe! Hated it!)

3. When dealing with rooting a device with a computer, make sure All drivers and other support stuff is installed first, then reboot your computer.

4. The sync cable you use shouldn't be a flimsy charge cable. Use the one it came with or buy a good one and keep it just for syncing.

Sometimes a bit of advanced setup will determine whether you get a good clean flash!
[Supported Devices] nannycrick:
Thanks greatbal for your work on this rom!

So far, I really like this rom! Your dpi change to 200 helps a ton! I don't have fat fingers...but I do have bad eye sight!

I have a 10 column spreadsheet workbook that I use for my job, and it's now "workable" on the Ares 8 @ 70% view. (that is...70% view size of it's original Windows OS composed size!). Not bad for an 8 inch tablet! I use WPS Office for Android as a suite. It would be great to be able to change the system font but, that's just my preference. The performance is solid, and battery charging while in use is better now. It used to just keep draining, even while plugged in. Your rom allows "accurate" charging.

All in all... a nice "daily driver" rom!
[Supported Devices] blackhart804r88:
amazing

thanks for the work on this best one for the ares 8 ive seen and recommend that if u have an ares then flash this super quick i like everything about it keep it up!!!!!!!
[Supported Devices] nannycrick:
Greatbal....I have a question about TWRP recovery...

I also have an Asus MeMO Pad ME170C that's an Android 5.0 tablet. I've managed root but only thru temp TWRP recovery tool. I would LOVE to have permanent twrp recovery for it. I think it has a Clovertrail processor. Since I don't know squat about how to port a recovery myself.. I'm asking you.

Don't mean to get off topic....sorry.
[Supported Devices] cellneuron:
No sound. Slow.

But very elegant.
[Supported Devices] braazy.zion:
every time i try to flash remix os's system.img i get "invalid sparse header magi"... any help?

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how did you flash it? plz step by step tutorial:crying:
[Supported Devices] Gon Rouge:
Pokemon Go crashes.
[Supported Devices] orion214:
Please i want to run remix o my Nextbook Ares 8A with Android 6.0.1
[Supported Devices] martyfender:
It would have to be ported to this device by someone. Its partition layout is entirely different than the Nextbook Ares 8:

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device-mapper

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* zram0 [zram0] Not mounted

Total space: 400 MB

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Internal Storage (MMC)

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* android_bootloader [mmcblk0p1] Not mounted

Total space: 60 MB

* android_bootloader2 [mmcblk0p2] Not mounted

Total space: 60 MB

* android_boot [mmcblk0p3] Not mounted

Total space: 30 MB

* android_recovery [mmcblk0p4] Not mounted

Total space: 30 MB

* android_misc [mmcblk0p5] Not mounted

Total space: 1 MB

* android_metadata [mmcblk0p6] Not mounted

Total space: 16 MB

* android_system [mmcblk0p7] Not mounted

Total space: 3 GB

* Cache (android_cache) [mmcblk0p8] (/cache) [ext4]

Used: 31.5 MB, Free: 568 MB, Total space: 600 MB

* Data (android_data) [mmcblk0p9] (/data) [ext4]

Used: 6 GB, Free: 4.7 GB, Total space: 10.6 GB

* android_persistent [mmcblk0p10] Not mounted

Total space: 1 MB

* android_config [mmcblk0p11] (/config) [ext4]

Used: 4.3 MB, Free: 3.7 MB, Total space: 8 MB

* mmcblk0rpmb [mmcblk0rpmb] Not mounted

Total space: 512 KB

* mmcblk0boot1 [mmcblk0boot1] Not mounted

Total space: 4 MB

* mmcblk0boot0 [mmcblk0boot0] Not mounted

Total space: 4 MB

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SD Card

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* SD card [mmcblk1p1] (/mnt/media_rw/8233-19F2, /storage/8233-19F2) [vfat]

Used: 1.2 GB, Free: 13.5 GB, Total space: 14.7 GB

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Internal Storage

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* System [dm-0] (/system) [ext4]

Used: 2.6 GB, Free: 364 MB, Total space: 3 GB

* dm-1 [dm-1] Not mounted

Total space: 10.6 GB

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tmpfs mount points

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* /dev [tmpfs]

Used: 40 KB, Free: 447 MB, Total space: 447 MB

* /mnt [tmpfs]

Used: 0 B, Free: 447 MB, Total space: 447 MB

* /storage [tmpfs]

Used: 0 B, Free: 447 MB, Total space: 447 MB

* /storage/self [tmpfs]

Used: 0 B, Free: 447 MB, Total space: 447 MB

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Memory

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* RAM

Used: 493 MB, Free: 400 MB, Total space: 894 MB

* Swap

Used: 119 MB, Free: 280 MB, Total space: 399 MB
[Supported Devices] martyfender:
Apparently some users are trying to flash this on the new Ares 8A with Android 6.0.1, after they rooted it and flashed twrp at my thread:

https://xdaforums.com/android/development/nextbook-ares-8a-android-6-0-1-root-t3612397

This, as I am not surprised, bricked their device. I have not downloaded you remix as I am not going to do the stupid thing of trying to flash it on an unsupported device.

My question is: what do the files contain, a boot.img and a system.img? any others?

I would think they should be able to recover by flashing my backup twrp imgs linked in my thread. If those are the only images flashed by them I wouldn't think it would have touched the other, much different android partitions on this device.

I am asking this to help those that flashed this rom, to recover.

Any thoughts [MENTION=289644]greatbal[/MENTION] ?

Could you please put this in your OP not to flash this on the Nextbook Ares 8A?

Thanks
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
Yes, flashing your twrp backup would revive their devices. Thank you.
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
This is for Ares 8, not for Ares 8a. I specifically mentioned what model number this is for.
[Supported Devices] greatbal:
I have a cherrytrail wherein i could boot to temp twrp, but can't flash via adb. What i did is to install twrp via temp twrp. It worked for my device. I don't know if it will work for all other devices.
[Supported Devices] nannycrick:
Not sure if it may work as the Asus root tool worked to unbrick this Ares 8 and restore the stock backup I made. I just have to be careful which folder & device I'm working with. The Asus & Ares 8 I have run different processors...Ares 8 on Baytrail, and Asus on Cherrytrail. The Intel Flashtool works for both but by accidentally flashing twrp for Ares 8 into the Asus, I bricked the Memopad. Took a bit of arguing to get it cleaned & reflashed correctly. The Me170c doesn't have permanent recovery yet. The Intel Flashtool option T4 temp flashes CWM. From there I can flash Viper4fx, SuperSU, and make backups. I hate & love these little Intel devices!!

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Just a side note...if you use the Settings option to factory reset Remix, it'll boot back to Remix and won't brick. Nice. I sold my last Ares 8 running Remix, and the guy is still happy with it. Most custom roms I've used will brick unless to reinstall the oem recovery. Nicely done Greatbal!
[Supported Devices] Peggya:
ares 11

could you help me install remix on nextbook ares 11
[Supported Devices] Tommytov:
Hola tengo una ares 8a sin sistema pueden apoyarme?
[Supported Devices] H3RET1C626:
Thanks for the help!

I know this is old and all, but this saved my tablet. I have one of the Nextbook NXA116QC164 tablets and nothing else would work with it. Much appreciated!!
[Supported Devices] bradf64:
Great ROM!

Hey

Noob here, had a Nextbook 8 Ares (nxa8qc116b) but was pretty much bricked. Finally got twrp and bootloader to work after several tries.

Tried 4 other roms but none would fly but this one!!

So far I like it, but had a problem updating SU246, installing in from rom bricked it. So I guess should have downloaded latest update and installed through twrp. Haven't tried that yet but will soon.

One request if you are still working on it is ability to install and run 3rd party launchers!

Also ability to rename device.

Thanks for the ROM!!!

Brad
[Supported Devices] k8108:
This tablet came to me with a bootloop and thankfully with TWRP. I was able to install this rom and give new life to the Ares 8. Thank you for leaving the links active!
[Supported Devices] anish88:
is there a way to enable sound?
[Supported Devices] GrapeBandit:
These fail to download. Any other links available?
[Supported Devices] Sharmasenthil:
Remix os Redmi y2 how to setup
[Supported Devices] DeathSharp:
Could someone please send me a link to the ROM, please?

I just picked up the Ares 11 2-in-1 and would like anything other than Android 5.0
[General Questions and Answers] ajm93:
hi

please any one help me, My Lenovo A6000 is Bricked. I tired many methods to recover but I couldn't,At first there was a problem in IMEI (IMEI null) and try to fix that root and me root my device, Root Success, Restarts then its stuck in Lenova logo Cant enter in recovery, PC not detecting as qualcomm hs usb qdloader 9008

Please some one help immediately
[General Questions and Answers] ajm93:
Help
[LG G2 Mini] Lotherad:
Hello, I wanna flash .kdz into my LG G2 Mini and when I get to the part of reading information in LG Flash Tool 2014 it says "Port(USB or Serial) Not Found!". I have installed two drivers v3.14 and v4.1 and it doesn't work, I think it might have something to do with my OS which is Windows 10. Can someone help me?
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Aloisis:
I am using the verizon version of xt910. i flashed cm13 via safestrap onto device and after booting it got stuck on "preparing to start apps, starting apps". it's been there for over 12hrs. so decided to restore my old rom (created a backup), after restoring and booting THE SCREEN GOES BLACK RIGHT AFTER THE M LOGO. Can't access safestrap no more only the stock recovery is available. i wipe everything (cache and data) but still.

NEED HELP!!!!!
[Motorola Droid RAZR] sd_shadow:
I don't think there is a cm13 that is safestrap compatible

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i suggested that you flash a unlockable firmware version with RSD Lite see

[GUIDE][FAQ][KK] How to Root, Boot Unlock & More

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the xt910 is the Motorola Droid Razr M

this section is for the Droid Razr (XT912)

See next post
[Motorola Droid RAZR] Bobcus Leper:
The xt910 is the GSM variant of the Verizon XT912. Yes, CM13 is compatible.

Safestrap:

http://droid.cs.fau.de/Safestrap/Safestrap-umts spyder-v3.75.apk

CM13:

https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=umts_spyder