yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Heppieboeddah:
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@Omaraum

Hoi, just a nooby with a Z180. I downloaded all the files for 1126 from youre account on Mediafire. Now i do have a 64bits machine [Win7] and ofcourse the ePad drivers will not install. Now i read is was possible tu upgrade from sdcard as well. The question is: what files shouldt be in the z-image dir on the sdcard to get it updated?

This was from the wiki:

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Flash from SD card

Create directory named zt-update on root directory of your SD card

copy zImage, system.pack.img and user.pack.img files in zt-update directory

insert SD card into ZT-180

turn on ZT-180 while pressing "Menu" button (button on top of ZT-180 that looks like volume down). You can also turn on ZT-180 and press "Menu" when it shows "Press ENTER/MENU to update"

rest is automatic

If you want to flash only kernel, just copy zImage file in zt-update directory. Same for other parts.

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Is above enough or should there be more? Because i want to use the adb-usb function with Android-Commander

Tia
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bradski:
Still can't FLash

Sorry for the post here, can't find where to enter new questions.

I hope someone can provide some suggestions here. I purchased mt ZT-180 in Sept 2010 and have tried numerous times to flash it, without any success. I'm an Android noob but have been working with computers for over 20 years as a hardware and software developer. I'm no novice with command lines, batch files scripts etc, so please it's nothing obvious.

At this point I've tried the 1204 release with the new burntool. I've tried several ports, PCs and cables. What happens is that the tablet goes into debug mode, the usb drivers load on the PC, burntool starts to do it's thing, then when it is about to d/l the files, the tablet ends debug mode and starts its normal boot. The burntool message is "Waiting for connection" or something similar. It has already established a connection but the tablet exits debug mode.

I bought the tablet directly from China with 0827 firmware and have not been able to update it.

Please, give me something to try. I really like this device and would like to do more that read ebooks on it (which is great). Any constructive suggestions would be appreciated.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
i would try to flash the 1126 first or even the 1030 and them jump up to the 1204. the 1126 changed the nand partition and added a splash screen upon boot. That is just an idea.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] MINGRAY:
latest fw Bricked it ???

Guys,

Just flashed from 1030 no problem,goes through the press any key to restart,then just sits at EPAD logo...

Tried holding doen left vol button nothing happens,so i re flashed again sucsessfuly,but smae thing stuck on EPAD....

Any ideas or have i killed it?

ps...

Just flash 1030 back and all is ok???...weird
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
Any flash beyond the 1030 needs to be done manually via usb and burntool. After that you can successfully do it via tf card. I suggest doing the 1126 first and then using the 1204 tf. It worked fine for the the first time I tried it will both.

1126 with burntool http://www.mediafire.com/?dwsnomjya6agpzs password is zenithink

1204 for tf http://www.mediafire.com/?elthsutndt4twcd
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
To my knowledge you cannot flash the 1126 without burntool. but once you do flash it, you now have the capability to flash from tf card. That is the way that I had to do it. look at my post to MINIGRAY for media fire links. and the files that you don't have to use is the userdata.img. this keeps everything that you have installed on the device on it and all you need to do it re root the device and set up the setting again.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
When you flash from 1030 (or older) to something newer, you will need to use the burntool that comes with the firmware, and you should use the userdata.img, because of how the nand gets repartitioned, your tablet may have a "nervous breakdown" if you don't. After the 1126 beta or the 1204, you can choose to flash from the sdcard by placing all the files in the /sdcard/zt-update folder (and then you can choose not to flash the userdata img file). If you are having trouble with the burntool, I can suggest only two things (1) delete the burn.ini file before you flash if you are doing it the recommended way (2) if you do go into the settings (with password zenithink) make sure you have everything checked and all the full paths set correctly and that you have wince unchecked with no path and save the settings - then attach your tablet and as soon as device10 turnsgreen - click start.

Slatedroid wiki - http://www.slatedroid.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wiki:ZT-180_FAQ (Section 6 has all the firmwares).

A post I made on the JT Forum to win a Tablet car mount - http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/zt-180-a105/useful-resources-on-the-net-t1892.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] stunno:
Thanks for this, unfortunately I have tried a dozen times and each time it seems to have worked and comes back with "failed :0xf" when it checks the image.

I'm flashing from a Acer netbook running XP sp3and can successfully flash 1030 but not 1126 or 1204

EDIT: Well bugger me! On the 13th time it worked!! Don't know what I did differently, but hey! Now on 1204
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wasserkapf:
I just flashed to the 1204 firmware. It couldn't have been simpler or smoother! It is now syncing with my Google account.

I am glad that I will no longer need a PC to flash this tablet. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
Try downloading the rar file connected to my media fire (link is in previous response to minigray.) you have to make sure that you have the right driver installed for it as well as put the right images in the right place. I know you have probably done it that way but try this version of the flash and the burntool and the pass is zenithink.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ukunilus:
Dualboot

Happy New Year!

Any advise, should this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=623792 work with the zt-180? :confused:

Or is there any other dualboot solution for zt-180 and with Android 1204 fw?

I got working this solution http://movileschinos.com/zona-de-charla/tablets-pc/firmwares-roms/7210-zt-180-dual-boot-simultaneo-android-y-wince-7.html, this forum is often down, so i uploaded hes boot installation files also here, but it has old Android fw and after update the dualboot is gone ... so also if someone can advise how to update to 1204 after this dualboot install would be appreciated.

Thanks!

P.S. after reading my own post i see that it is clear that my current biggest wish is to dualboot zt-180 with the latest android release :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tyler513:
Hi I have a zt-180 and i would like to be able to use the newer flashplayer on my tablet. Everything i have tryed has not worked Zenithink said i need android 2.2 to support the new flashplayer. But I read the main company decided not to continue 2.2 for this series of tablet. Could anyone help? I know how to flash the tablet if need be just need the files. Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] atp_uestc:
will focus on it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] game #1:
read some posts, found that there is flash player 10.1 for eclair.

tried to install it and check, it doesn't work on zt-180.

maybe need some more that just flas 10.1 for eclair. need some reasearch in this area.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
For Flash 10.x to work work on this tablet we need Adobe to release a version built for Arm11/v6 as current versions are built to run on Cortex A8/v7 and later... Also yes 10.x was only released for 2.2 but there is a version which runs on some HTC 2.1 sense based devices but I haven't heard of that version being successfully run on other vendor 2.1 versions.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Sorry for being lazy and not searching for myself, but do you know of a way to petition Adobe to build a 10.x version of flash for us (Arm11/v6 )? A website link or email address?

TIA
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
No problem... I had looked into this a long time ago as originally (2 years ago) there had been a consortium of vendors with Adobe expecting to create Flash 10 for ARMv6 (>550 Mhz), ARMv7 and later... but by the time Flash 10 got released this had been pared down to v7/Cortex8 and later;

http://www.adobe.com/products/flashplayer/systemreqs/index.html#mobile

We are not the Only folks wihing for this as thre are many HTC and Samsung low-mid class cell phones running on ARM9 and ARM11 that would have met the initial v6 550MHz requirement that are currently disappointed...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yoda.1:
I think, what u did is that after getting green just selected start without going to the setting with password. I also had the same problem.

FYI. My ZT-180 only communicate with computer if I press HOME (Round button with the LCD screen) with power switch.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insignia08:
hi, i'm using 1204 and i can't seem to connect my openVPN, i've read that it needs tun module, and i can't find the module anywhere in my pad. any clues?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] maxking:
I would like to kindly know

if there is a change to open folders quickly and not delay ....

in previous versions of the firmware I remember that the programs were opening fast ...

There is no change to last fimrware?

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
You may want to flash the 1126 beta rom zImage from cp210_v2.rar - I believe that kernel has tun support:

http://dl.dbank.com/c08zme5qjl#

or

http://www.mediafire.com/?92doxy2vx4yz6

http://www.mediafire.com/file/uc7dhp321zd39tk/cp210_v2.rar
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lmemperador:
i miss the mass storage in 1204. for me this is important. so i will stay with 1126 until another firmware will be released. or is the development stopped in 2.1 or 2.2? i don't know

i am happy with 1126 after all, many apps installed... and i discovered adw ex and applanet a few days ago, :) very happy.

the only thing is that the microphone is total weird. and i want more ram.... :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Yeah, I love ADW Ex, have a 6x6 icon display on the Desktop and using screen transition effect #6 (screen rolls to the next one), and have the drawer 6x7 with Vertical 4D style, and with the Lock Desktop feature (also included in the free updated ADW Launcher), a lot less jiggling of the screen when you are trying to select an icon to start an app, me likey :cool: ......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7f1DPAmUPZ8

I never tried mass storage with the 1126, but the 1204 has adb over usb, so Android Commander still works to view/copy/paste the tablets files on my computer (and vice versa) over usb http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=597098....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lmemperador:
thx omarahum.

i want mass storage to sync folders with my computer with the app "goodsync" and for this i think i need mass storage. i want to try android commander also. maybe fit my needs in another way.

but, is there a real difference in speed or other thing between 1126 and 1204. i have read people saying it is the same rom in speed and all the stuff, that's why i stay with 1126.

thx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
I'm not sure I am qualified to answer, for me and my experience with the tablet, I never really had any problems with speed after the RPMscript, back with the 0827 ROM onwards.

But I really don't think there is a need for someone to go from 1126 to 1204, unless they need Hebrew language support. Plus the Zenithink engineer that is in the forums says that the beta versions and the OEM (official) versions are made by different people, and that the betas will have more features suited to "XDAers" than the vanilla ROMs.

But like I usually say, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong.......
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lmemperador:
thx omarahum
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insignia08:
hey om, how do I do that? Am I going to downgrade my 1204 to 1126? (is that possible?) what risks would there be?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
I don't know about the risks, but if I was going to downgrade (which I might, not liking the wifi on 1204, seems to "sleep" a lot), I would probably just put the 1126 beta files - just the zImage and system.pack.img, into the /sdcard/zt-update folder - make sure nothing else is there - or create that folder on your sdcard if you haven't flashed from the sdcard yet and place those files there, and on boot, when prompted to from the epad logo, press the left toggle/menu key, and it should scan that folder and flash whatever files are in there. The Zenithink engineer says the only way to brick the tablet is when you flash the spl, so since you don't have to flash the spl again, I don't think there would be much risk, but of course, that's just my opinion, I could be wrong........
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Lord60:
Have this device, flashed to 1204. All looks good. Faster etc. WHen connecting external hard drive, reads it as Udisk... but blank. I know it's not blank. has tons of movies on there. something I'm missing?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
I really don't know, but I am guessing your external harddrive isn't formatted to fat32, that is why it would show up blank......
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insignia08:
i've done it! :))) i used the flashing by sd card, i just used the kernel with tun support and it worked!

But I still can't find tun.ko by doing a search at root explorer. Maybe it was already installed in my 1204 all along. :eek:

slightly off topic: has anyone been able to use tunneldroid/openVPN Settings on their zt 180? I know you can set VPN through the wireless/network settings but can an app from the market set this all up? I can connect now but I still can't browse :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] peterv6:
ZT-180 android 2.2 512mb ram 4gb drive

I have had this unit for a couple of days but it gives me headaches!

Android market stops working after the unit has been used a couple of hours? I have to reset the unit to get it to work again for a couple of hours.

Downloaded thru my computer "Android system info" onto a usb stick and installed it on the device. Can open the app and look at dashboard but trying to look at system it gives me error and says "try again please"?

There is still no flash that works for android 2.2, that's what Adobe says when I tried installing one.

There is a newer SU binary zip file that I can't install, it says it has placed the file on my sd card and I have to go to recovery mode to install it, how do I do that?

Some apps need "firmware built fingerprint" as I found out or else I can't find them on adroid marlet and my unit doesn't have it, is there any way around it?

Lots of questions but I'm new to android.:)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Adi B:
There are no, with few exceptions, *.ko files in ZT-180. It seems that zenithink team prefer to build monolithic kernel, rather than microkernel (the modular one).

The 1126 have ftdi, probably tun and other modules, built in kernel, not as loadable modules. 1204 does not have (from what I know) /dev/tun, and definitely doesn't have ftdi.

Anyway, 1204 doesn't seemed, for the few hours I tested, to be better than 1126.

Maybe they fixed some bugs I didn't encountered (yet), but I don't know.

So I reverted to 1126 (burntool way), as I NEED ftdi.

Let's hope that the next stable version will have more things in it: android 2.2, microkernel, etc., so the image will be smaller, and the ko's can be downloaded separately just by the persons which need them.

Or maybe android is much different than linux, and all my suppositions about the loadable modules is wrong.

HTH
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wasserkapf:
There are some modules, located here:

/system/lib/modules/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] game #1:
wanna share my opinion about 1204.

jumped from 1030 to 1204 and it doesnt look faster, but huge thing there is a screen which now goes fully off. and it saves battery. not much but it's good.

all other things work as they usually do. still no flash 10.1.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] game #1:
2peterv6:

u need to read all posts here.

1st step is install latest FW,

2nd get rooted,

3rd install root explorer,

4th uninstall all things like amazon mp3, twit, facebo, real player,

5th install adfree.

only then you should install other apps.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ntn555:
Hello! I need help. I have upgraded to firmware 1104, I use ZTE MF100 3G modem when connected to a very slow rate of loss of signal after a few minutes. I can not properly installed? Or to edit? . Please help me . Thanks !!! Sorry English is not good
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] peterv6:
I will do a reset again and install android info system to see what FW I have.

How do I and what is getting rooted?

I'll start reading posts.:)

thanks so far
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Hey peterv6, I don't think the 2.2 Beta ROM that is out for the ZT-180 will be good for your ZT-180+, you should try and find (or create one if there isn't one) the correct forum thread for your device. We have less RAM and less internal storage memory and you have some additional components on your tablet and you are running Android 2.2, most of us are on 2.1......
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lostdog:
Flashed to 1204

Hi guys flashed to 1204 via usb no problems but now cannot access usb stuck at preparing usb also cannot root it or get skype to work.

any ideas.

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
So I just flashed only the ftdi zImage from 1126 onto my 1204 ROM tablet, and now have USB GPS function back! Also wifi is much better again!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darknessxyz:
Good point. I can't find anything that use capacitive screen. Any suggestion? The ZT-180 tablet used TFT RTS Resistive Touch Screen. How does it perform? If it works close to my HTC G1, I think my wife can take it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] darknessxyz:
Which one will you guys prefer, CPU performance wise, Zenithink ZT-180 or Wopad CT7001 RK2818? I kinda lead to Wopad just because of the capacitive screen but don't know how big of a difference between those two CPU.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tanoxxx:
Hi omarahum

One question:

I have 1204fw, i see your 2931 post.. i understeand with your mod you have improved the wifi?

How can i make this improve, can you explain what i must to do?

I cant find the ftdi zImage from 1126..

Can you help me? Please..

Thanks and rellay sorry fom my bad english..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] game #1:
lemme answer instead of omar. if u have 1204 u don't need to fix wi-fi.

it's in here already and works good.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tanoxxx:
Ok, thanks ..

I thought I had understood that with this mod wifi worked even better than it does now in 1204fw..

this because i dont feel really fast my browser..and i thinked if there was a solution to make it go better...

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] peterv6:
What is getting rooted and is it the same on the zt-180+?

I found a thread how to but it seems very complicated, what happens if you do wrong?

I could not find Root explorer for free on android market, is there no similar for free?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
I have a Ruby 1.2 576 display ZT-180 Tablet, and the 1204 kernel was causing some strange behavior, like on a cold boot there would just be a blank black screen after the android graphic logo finished loading, and would always have to reboot, and the wifi always seemed to go to "sleep" a lot (while in the same location with excellent signal strength) even though I told it in advanced setting to never turn it off. My solution was going to go back to the 1126 beta, but I didn't feel like flashing everything and setting up the tablet again, so i only place the ftdi.rar zImage into /sdcard/zt-update and flashed on boot, hadn't had any problems since.......

My Zenithink Folder on MediaFire - http://www.mediafire.com/?19kzx4qyx5uqp

you should be able to find it in /zenithink/1126 Beta ROM RAR Files/ftdi.rar, but there are a lot of kernels, spls, and boots to choose from, but I only flashed the Image in the ftdi.rar file. Also for faster upload/download on the tablet you can try to edit the \system\etc\init.gprs-pppd file and change the 115200 to 921600, made my wifi seem faster........

Rooting is just a way to get access to the system files.....

Easiest way to root - http://www.ibeau.net/tech/easy-root-txpower-fix-on-zenithink-zt-180/ (don't know if it works in Froyo or your ZT-180+ though - but rootexplorer can be found here too)

another program is z4root - http://www.mediafire.com/file/awt5m8lutmeb23t/z4root_v1.3.0.apk (again, don't know about froyo or zt-180+)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] DavidJBrown:
I've been using the Elonex-eTouch-Firmware-Update-V1103u (Just the System and zImage and the pad has been running really well (Just missing the screen blank/power saving).

ADB over USB is enabled but I am trying to get the USB Mass Storage working with Ubuntu 10.10, any ideas?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] peterv6:
What android version do I have?

I think before I root and stuff I would like to know what version I have.

I made a reset and installed Android system info but under Buildinfos it says:

Android version: AOSP

release codename: AOSP

Under OS it says ANDROID id: 9774d56d682e549c

How do I know what Android version I have?

My battery(I only get 98% charged) time is a little less the 2 hours when browsing the web and playing around, is that ok time?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
AOSP = Android Open Source Project

http://source.android.com/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AOSP
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
The Beta 2.2 1220 version identifies itself as

Android Version

ASOP

Kernel Version

2.6.32.9

root@android #1924

Build number

zt-180-eng ASOP OPENMASTER eng.root.20101215.123831 test-keys
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Interesting....., I hope people who are trying the 1220 Froyo Beta for the ZT-180 (regular - 256 MB/2 GB) are giving all the feedback they can so that a stable version will be available to everyone soon...... Wish I had tested the mic before flashing the 1126 beta kernel from 1204 (Eclair), people say it's working now with 1204? Right now, it seems to be recording and saving, but still a lot of static, on the 0804 i was able to record up to 6 seconds and it was clear and loud, any longer and the tablet would freeze or something would force close, how it is now with the the 1204 (Eclair) or 1220 (Froyo) - clear and loud?