yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
uboot-spl = ZT_Bx.spl

uboot-img = ZT_Bx.boot

wince-img should be unchecked and left blank

Everything else should be checked including the scrub Memory on the bottom.....

No worries from my side, just this type of Q&A would be better in a forum like Slatedroid, this forum is really for developer type stuff (which I am not, just really started coming here after RPMccormick figured out how to get Market to work on the ZT-180, and figured I could answer simple questions so the developers could concentrate on the hard stuff), I'm surprised noone has asked us to move this dialogue somewhere else, but I think people know there have been a lot of Slatedroid issues....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
okay thank you, sorry for all the confusion, i just really love this thing and don't want to brick it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
i just flashed it an it is asking me to choose between provision and sdksetup
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Yeah, just keep clicking on all of them one by one, or go to the home screen by clicking/tapping the house icon and set up your wifi, date and time, location etc. stuff first, root it again to get SuperUser to work, then try and sign into Market......
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
i got it up and running, it seems to be smother and running faster. one thing i am wondering is if adwlauncher is faster than 91pandahome, i am going to try and set it up to use the least amount of ram at startup
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Very cool, remember to do all the fixes again like txPower fix etc. - http://www.slatedroid.com/index.php?topic=11655.0
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
Everything seems to be working great. Had to do numerous reboots but things are starting to look better.

I also figured out what was the problem with my market. Remember when I told you that it would say there were hundreds of listings under a word i put in but it would only show me like 20, well the reason for that was the way I was holding the pad. My market has to be help horizontal! Vertical means that it will not load all of the listings.

Another ?: I noticed that there are 4 different sets of BT_Zx files, i am assuming that means I possibly have 4 different boot spl screens. Is it possible for me to just reflash that part and see what the other ones are without messing up my main system?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cscotty:
hey all. I just wanted to say that I appreciate the information that everyone contributed to this thread in particular. I know its a lot of hard work to help us out. However, do you think we can include in this thread (probably best in the 1st message) of all the accomplishments that has been done for this device. Its a little burdensome to read through 260+ pages just to get caught up. I mean no disrespect, but I wanted to make things a little easier for us noobs who are just subscribing to the thread.

Thanks,

Scott
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
hey scotty!

most of what you need to know regarding the 1030 firmware and how to flash it and the 1126 beta rom and how to flash it can be found in the past 10-15 pages. it is the coversation back in forth between me and omarahum.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
hey scotty i also have some files in my media fire account if you are needing links to downloads. these are files that i have been referred to by omarahum and they worked great and i can help you along if you need to. i dont know everything other than the things i have been taught the last week by omarahum but i have flashed my device numerous times and know how to set it up and get it going.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Yeah CB mentioned that in post #1142 :) http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=8153903#post8153903.

Well I only flashed my tablet once with the 1126 beta, I wouldn't keep flashing the boot and spl, if you have a working tablet, I'd just wait for the official version to flash again (if it's neccessary). There is the original overclocked 1056 one, there is the double boot one for normal 1008 speed and to be able to choose between adb or mass storage kernels at boot, and then there is the variable logo one to change the epad logo screen (no directions given how to do that yet). I'm happy with the overclocked one....

Hey cscotty,

That would be a lot of work, maybe you could read through all the posts and make a list of the ones you think are important and then ask/PM WowaWiwa to add it to his 1st post? I had PMed him when RPMccormick figured out how to get market to work and asked him to update the first post, and he did it for me back in early September. Also, this forum is really for developers, not for noobs (I am guilty as well, but I originally just read the posts and registered to be able to download attachments). Slatedroid (http://www.slatedroid.com/index.php?board=96.0) is usually a good place to ask noob questions - of course that's after you read through the Slatedroid ZT-180 faq wiki (http://www.slatedroid.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wiki:ZT-180_FAQ) and did a search of the forum (http://www.slatedroid.com/index.php?action=search) first to see if your question has already been answered or if there is already a thread you could post your question in...... :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
i am going to assume that they one that i downloaded from your mediafire account is the overclocked because my tab is working great and is fast for a change. not as fast as my phone but it is up there close to it.i have it fully restored with a lot of extras and i am loving it. thank you for your help and your downloads. i have also put the downloads on media fire that way i can do for someone else what you did for me. thanks again.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lampeoneon:
newbies

morning,

just received a epad tablet that i order on ebay marked as zt180

model number ZT180

firmware version android2.1-update1-20101030

kernel version 2.6.32.9 usbandroid#1608

build number zt180-eng 2.1-update 20101030

I think this is one of the last build, do I have to upgrade or flash ??

as well market working, wifi no problem, install few apk file with no problem.

thank you,

;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
You don't have to reflash unless you want to test out the new 1126 beta rom. it will overclock your system and rearrange your internal harddrive and give you 1gb memory instead of 405. it also depends on which motherboard you are using as to if it will be compatible with the overclocking 1126, if you have the 1.3 which by what i hear is having problems you will have to utlize the dualboot kernel and a different version of the 1126. if you read my conversation with omarahum over the past week you will get links to everything that you need. if you have any questions or need any downloads just let me know, i have both the 1030 flash from zenithink.us and the 1126 flash from omarahum. i have a ruby 1.4 board and the overclock with the extra apps is making mine run almost as fast as my cell phone.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lampeoneon:
thank you

thank you for that I will wait for the moments as everything works, had already angry birds working fine as well and intall few apps without problem.

thank you,

:D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
that's fine, i know you will like it. i'm sort of a risk taker and like to have thing run as fast as they can and as smoothe as they can, that is why i upgraded. i also upgraded to get the usb mass storage option which i am absolutely in love with now. i can just plus my 180 into my computer and use a toggle and enable mass storage. now i don't have to unmount sd and go through all that hassle to install downloaded apk files. if you are happy with it then i would tell you not to upgrade it because you can never revert back to the 1030 build because they change the partitioning layout of your internal hd. i will tell you one thing that helped out alot as far as the ram went was to download autokiller from the market, install it and set it to strict. it helps keep your ram at a nice position.

and if you have noticed that when your market is open and you search and your device is vertical, it doesn't show everything, just flip the device to horizontal and you will get the scroll bar.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] epadproblemen:
Hallo. Is er ale een android 2.2 versie uit voor de zt-180. Alvast bedankt
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
Apologize for not being ablet to understand what language you are speaking but I believe that you are asking if the ZT 180 is Android 2.2.

No it is not. It is Android 2.1.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
I have written the developer and asked him about usb support for bluetooth dongles and gps receivers. hopefully he will come back at me about something, i would love to be able to tape a gps inside my 180 and plug it in.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
omarahum already has a USB GPS working you might want to search back or check with him to find out the model as his works...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Supposedly they were working on it, then stopped working on it, but you can probably find it here http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/and...t180-m16-android-2-2-beta-firmware-t1909.html when it does come out.

I could be wrong, but I think rdnckreaper wants Bluetooth gps working, I think the engineer just needs the right files/drivers for BT, then he can include it for us, but he can't find them right now....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
omarahum

how did you get a gps working on your 180? and i was also wanting to know about bluetooth. I have several generic csr bt 2.0 dongles that I would love to be able to attach one to my device to have bluetooth.

what files would the developer need in order to provide us with this option and might there be a way he can intergrate it into the system ssettings to where if we have the dongles, we just just plug them in and toggle them on and off.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
USB GPS - With the 1126 beta, the engineer has openned up the ttyUSB9 port (which he says most usb GPS dongles work on) and I just followed his instructions - http://www.zenithink.com.nu/forum.php?mod=redirect&goto=findpost&ptid=1270&pid=5723&fromuid=7211 just used the ftdi kernel instead. I believe I have already sent you this link, (most of the info is posted here on XDA, just spread out), but my findings of the 1126 beta - http://www.flatcomputing.com/forum/showthread.php?14-Firmware-Discussion&p=225&viewfull=1#post225

BT - I believe he needs the Android kernel specific BT driver http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/post8702.html#p8702
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
so i will be getting rid of my mass usb only option in order to have gps?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
No, he said it's part of the system.img, so it should work with all the kernels, you just need 1126 beta installed, and I believe you can open the port yourself in older firmware versions, if you know how to, he said "when ttyUSB* is out, just modify the android for open this node to support usb device." I, however, don't know how to open nodes (I'm a 4.5 month old noob).....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
so i will need to open up the nodes to use a usb gps or will it just work upon plugging in as long as it is compatible?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
You have the 1126 beta on your tablet, so if you follow the directions he gave, and you see ttyUSB9 displayed, your usb gps device does use ttyusb9 and should work. If you don't see ttyUSB9 after the ls /dev/ttyUSB* command, it probably means your gps uses another node, and then you would need to open the correct node or your device, but again, I don't know how to do that....

Things like this post in a thread about trying to compile Android 2.2 for the ZT-180 http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/post8964.html#p8964 is just over my head.....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
what exactly are the nodes? i am looking at a usb gps online. the CVGI-B07 GPS dongle. i asked the seller about the nodes and he wants me to clarify. how should i explain that to him. i mean is it a compatibilty with linux or what?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Sorry, I don't know, over my head, if I had to phrase it, I would ask what ttyusb setting does the dongle use when connected to a device, but that's probably wrong, hopefully someone else can answer you.....

I'm really not into all this Android stuff (or else I probably would have read everything I could on the subject), I am really only trying to get the tablet to work like how I expected/thought it would when I bought it back in July. You should have seen it trying to run the first 0714 android 2.1 ROM, didn't do anything but pop up force close errors when you tried to do anything, and wifi didn't work at all till someone figured out the TxPower fix. It took a lot of work, mainy from the people in this forum and the Slatedroid forum to get this tablet useable, and then Zenithink just included all the forum members fixes in their updated ROMs. I'm just trying to help link people to the information I have previously read, but I don't really have any knowledge of the Android OS or the tablet's hardware....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
i can understand that, i am trying to get on the up and up when it comes to android and I am trying to teach myself practically everything. you have helped me out alot in regards to the 180 and i thank you for that.

one thing i wouldn't mind knowing is what gps dongle did you use? the one that I stated, i have ask the seller and the manufacturer and i am being given the run around so i am thinking about just getting the same one that you got. i am really wanting to use my device as a nav.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
I posted a link in post #2549 on this forum that links you to the JT Forum, where I posted that info http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/post8863.html#p8863. If you have the time, you should read through the whole 1126 beta thread on the JT Forum.....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
how effective is that device. i mean does it work really well and really fast or what?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
I haven't had a chance to really test it, just did the favor for the zenithink engineer to make sure USB GPS was able to work, sorry....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
and you were able to get it to work with the 1126, it is just you hadn't really had the time to fully test it like on a trip or anything, right?

And will the developer actually send you things to test or is it that you tell him what you have and send him drivers and he sees what he can come up with and has you test it? Basically does he work with you to get things available for your device?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Yeah, I just walked down the block and checked if My Location worked with wifi off, haven't tried it in a moving vehicle or anything.

He posted his email address in this forum http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=9171134&postcount=2382 and I sent him an email asking about trying to get a generic usb gamepad driver on the ZT-180 to use with emulators and such since the tablet is not multitouch, and I sent him some links to posts/threads of what other people were looking for / trying to improve / trying to make work on the ZT-180, (and also my youtube video of my tablet booting with the 1030 ROM), and we started to just email back and forth, but most of the things he wanted me to try for him was above my head, like getting the source code for the galactic core live wallpaper and installing ubuntu to make a userdata.img of my tablet, the last email asked me to try the 1126 beta and check the usb gps and adb over usb. You can try and email him yourself if you have a particular question that noone else has been able to answer, but you should probably read all the posts in all the forums first, so you don't waste his time, I really hope an official version comes out soon.......
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
I could probably do the ubuntu thing bc I have that on my computer quad booting win7 and 3 linux distros
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Actually I had asked him to create a userdata.img file with a bunch of my apps preinstalled that would be compatible with the 1126 beta ROM onwards, so it would be easier for me to setup the tablet with after a flash, and he recommended installing Ubuntu and doing it myself, but that's a little too much for me to learn at the moment.....

Update: Android Commander is really cool! And works with the ZT-180 now that adb over usb works with the 1126 beta! Thank God for XDA! http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=597098

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlzY6ePsiM

[YOUTUBE]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PJlzY6ePsiM[/YOUTUBE]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
i am going to try and work with him to get some things installed and tested. i am currently situating android sdk and eclipse on my ubuntu system. hopefully i can make a contribution considering all the help xda has given me over the past year.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] game #1:
want to say, that zte mf 626 usb modem works fine with zt-180 and 1030 FW.

can't do calls if it really can. i don't know.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] game #1:
and what about fennec?

installed 2.01a, 4.0b1,b2,b3. none of it works.

but it has sources and maybe wise guys could build optimized distro for zt-180...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bignikescar:
alpha version of fennec is working in zt180. but its very slow. consider not to use it.

hxxp://zt180apps.tk/2010/10/20/fennec-firefox-mobile/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tsukaza:
Use the new nightly build and turn off java, use it only if you need to go out via proxy.

hxxp://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla.org/mobile/nightly/latest-places-android-r7-nothumb/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wasserkapf:
You want to use the version developed for ARMv6 processors:

https://wiki.mozilla.org/Mobile/Platforms/Android#ARMv6_.28experimental.29

There is a note saying that these builds have been broken for several weeks.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mysticav:
Does anybody know about this screen problem in ZT-180 ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GRughUR-kj0
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Looks like an inductor (or maybe a ribbon being loose) problem....

http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/zenithink-zt/fix-epad-zt180-with-inductor-problem-t1765.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
So the notion ink adam has it's own XDA forum now? Thought the forums was for phones only. Maybe someone could start one for the ZT-180 start different threads for different topics? Maybe after the next ROM release from Zenithink we could close this thread if a ZT-180 forum is started? Just an idea.....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mysticav:
\Good idea, because to many topics in just one thread.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wasserkapf:
The ViewSonic g-tablet and Samsung Galaxy also have their own forum section. I think because the ZT-180 was one of the first, it was overlooked.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rdnckreaper:
Om:

Hey do you have to be running the adb kernel to get the gps to work? I bought the same one that you had and got it in today and couldn't figure out how to get it working. I am running the massonlyusb kernel and was curious if I could do everything that I needed to get it working using the terminal emulator instead of having to reflash it and lose everything before I create a new userdata image.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hal_9000:
GPS should work on any of the 1126 kernels.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
yeah, like hal_9000 said, should work with any kernel with the 1126...

http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/post9289.html#p9289
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
Battery Status Broken on 1126?

Has anyone else noticed that the Battery Indicator/status is broken in the 1126 version Mass-storage kernel at least...

The /sys/devices/platform/battery/power_supply/battery/current_avg file shows the the current charge in the battery when unplugged in millivolts... one of mine (running 1030 firmware) shows 7970 at 99%, my other is running the 1126 test firmware with 1103 kernel and battery status is broken stuck at 100% with current_avg showing 0 ...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
Yeah, I noticed that too, but my tablet always showed at 100% before the flash to 1126 beta, and the icon never changed, now it does change to show charging, but still always shows 100% when unplugged. Before the 1126 beta, the Zenithink Engineer said it had to be a hardware problem, his suggestion was to look at "battery: if show charing, it's r237 left, if not is u7.7"
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] PrimoItch:
Hi all again!

Here I am with my saga to connect my zt-180 via adb!!

Whell, my last issue was the path, yeah I solved it! Thanks to omarahum (thank you again)!!

Well, now I was following the commands at: http://www.slatedroid.com/wiki/index.php?title=Wiki:ZT-180_FAQ/Android_Basics#ADB_Basics

But when I try:

adb -d tcpip 5555

I got this:

* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
error: device not found

What am I doing wrong???

Thanks for the help!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hal_9000:
Your computer is not detecting your device. Is your device plugged with the USB cable?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] PrimoItch:
Hi hal_9000,

Yes it is!

And I can see the name "Android Device" on the Device Manager!

Some other idea?

Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hal_9000:
Ok, then your computer is detecting the device, but your ADB is not doing it. Have you the correct USB driver installed?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
First try this, dettach the USB from the OTG port of the tablet and then attach it again, then try the command line again, usually that works for me.

Also, go to your devices and printers control panel and make sure your driver doesn't have a question mark or exclamation mark on it (like hal_9000 said, do you have the correct drivers installed), if it does try to right click and troubleshoot/or update the driver. And also the -d in the command line tells the computer to send the command to the only attached usb device, do you have other usb devices attached and on?