yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] roytoch:
Drazix, have you received your device yet? We ordered from the same seller so fat chance you will have the same resolution problem. A mate of mine who also ordered it had it too.

Battery is better than expected: It was 80% when pulling it of the charger, I spent 3,5 hours installing stuff, while it was on wifi, and i was connected to it via ftp*, screen 50% brightness which is kinda high, and it had around 25% left. Reading with lower brightness and wifi off, should be a lot less battery intensive.

I have a shtload of epub books, which I load onto the device and import with the Alkido program. This is an ebook reader with excellent bookshelve-mode, and margins can be edited. So, even though I lost 24 pixels on the left I still have it readable cause it has 30pixels margin n the left. Really nice :)

*I use 'on air' to share the SDcard via ftp. Because the device has no slave mode like with a phone it is a bit hard to find a way to put music etcetera on the SD without taking it out. This way the tablet makes itself FTP server, and makes it possible to connect and edit/delete/move/add files on the SD card wirelessly :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Drazix:
We both ordered from Aliexpress.com, but there are thousands of sellers on that site, so I doubt we also had the same seller :) I missed two delivery attempts, so coming Monday there will be a third attempt, and hopefully I'm at home :D

That's good news! My only worries are how well the screen responds to my fingers, but I will find out in a couple of days.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] roytoch:
I used the link you posted on Tweakers.net :P so might be the same still.

I am still trying to figure out how to remove wowhome as the standard android launcher is quite a lot faster and can go without 3d animations that slurp processor speed.

By the way did anybody get working GPS? I feel like a turd who doesn't know how to use it :) - I'm located in Baarn now which is 200 KM off. Well, this morning I was in Nigeria according to the tablet so we are making progress!

I have attached a picture of ze big problem!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Drazix:
Can you tell a little more about the problem? You said you were missing pixels from the bottom? But in the screenshot it looks like the top-bar is missing (on the top)?

Try to do a search for 'pixels' in the ZT-180 topic, there were a lot of people having the same problem with the Zenithink and I believe it was solved by a ROM update.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] roytoch:
Yes okay, well the tablet misses 24 pixels on the bottom. This is when the tablet is held in such a way that the webcam is on the top side, the backbutton (round button) on the right. Then, the bottom bar misses 24 pixels.

When turning the tablet upside down, the topbar misses 24 pixels. It's always on the same physical side but the location (top/bottom) differs depending on what way it is held ;) I just turned it around for the picture, because pixels missing from the topbar are better visible. In normal usage the missing pixels are either on bottom or on the left (portrait).

Small update (which i DM'ed to you too): I have contacted the seller, maybe she knows a fix.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Drazix:
Ah that makes sense :D

I investigated this a little and for every Zenithink ROM update, they release two versions: one for 1024x576 and one for 1024x600. Because the first batch of the ZT-180 had wrong screens, and those unlucky people need a different ROM.

Since the Flytouch2 is newer than the ZT-180 it's hard to believe that they made the same mistake again :confused:, but it really seems like it. The other possibility is that the screen is really 600 pixels, but the ROM is 1024x624, but that seems even more unlikely. If the tablet I receive monday has the same problem as yours, I'm gonna ask for a discount, because they advertise with 600 pixels.

Are there more people with this problem? Because in all photo's of the Flytouch I never saw this issues? And no one is reporting this issue on other forums? So please people, post a message to this thread if you have the same problem!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] roytoch:
Saw that Zt180 had it too but I'd rather have a good rom with smaller resolution than a discount :P 624 is a bit of an odd size for a screen btw, while 576/600 both make sense.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Drazix:
I know, that's why i said it's very unlikely, BUT it will cause exactly the same symptoms as you are experiencing now, that's why I dont want to rule it out as a possibility (wishfull thinking ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] roytoch:
Some real-life pictures of the device (my own :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [duno]:
Hi everybody,

I have 4 questions:

Everybody here got a 1.3 mega cam?

Tablet-PC is with vibration?

HDMI output works fine?

GPS only works well with external power supply?

Thanks for your answers.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] roytoch:
- GPS works with external device, which is connected via a wire. It finds +- 8 sattelites in 2-3 minutes, first time I used it, power connected. However wifi does loose signal after plugging in GPS. Wifi off-on with the switch on top connects it again. When GPS is connected already and the device is then turned on wifi just starts no problem (at boot). When power is unplugged it works too, takes 2-3 minutes too, so that seems to work :) which would make it a bad-ass navigation device, I really like the idea of having a 10 inch tomtom haha.

- Yes vibration works.

- 1.3 megapixels cam? I have attached sample pictures :) seems like 0,0001 to me haha! Chinese devices and megapixels are not to be trusted. And: everything is mirrored :P my laptop is on the right of my screen, not the other way around. Don't mind my ugly face btw, for the sake of demonstration I had to photograph myself o0. Protip: it will not replace your Dslr ;)

- HDMI don't know yet, it is MINI hdmi and i haven't got the right cable. Two USB do work (attached wireless keyboard/mouse and it worked :P media keys, cursor and all), both TFcard (MicroSD) work, wifi switch, sound, all buttons. Sound is a bit low however. Haven't tested UTP yet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Sweep29:
Hi KPN. Is your sound high enough to listen to music? or will you have to use external speakers. The sound from mine is rubbish.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] roytoch:
No it's not nearly high enough, in a quiet room maybe but when there is some background noise, I can forget about listening to music ;)

Just for the record by the way, KPN is my carrier ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] [duno]:
The external device is called antenna ;)

(It's a 5 bucks GPS antenna)

Same full signal as seen on this video?

youtube Da5jA6hu71A (can't post url ... new user)

Maybe GPS is working better with a better antenna ...

Sounds like a short circuit?

So it is not the board from Careeror

Yes, 1.3 or 2.1 - I have to wait for mine, in the specs it is 2.1 Mega*.

*Flying Touch II from Shenzhen Yilutong Trading Company Ltd.

Thanks for report :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ilikenwf:
I haven't gotten mine in the mail yet, I ordered the Orphan M16 before I saw that the Infotmic was cheaper from that link at the beginning of this thread.

One of you who has it rooted and a terminal on it, to see what the imagetypes are, just open a terminal and type in mount. It'll give you the mountpoints for the images. Most likely the data images are ext2 or ext3...that's how it is on my droid2.

I want to try to get debian running on this little guy...and not in a chroot, just native debian...should work well...

I'm also unsure whether or not it would be possible to hot air solder a higher capacity ram chip onto this thing. The worst case scenario in this situation is that it would only utilize 256mb of it, and not the full 1gb or 2gb...

Nah...Linux will run on anything. There's even some digital watch that a guy got the kernel to boot on...it's only got like 32k of memory or something though.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
The data images are yaffs2 and can be extracted with the patched yaffs2tools found in the zenithink section of this forum.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] slim19198:
Did you do this already? will this help us? (I am clueless with linux, just a DOS man ;-) )
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] urphonesux:
we will get 2.2

there is already a sd bootable image for a lesser device on slatedroid

google this

"slatedroid.com froyo on eken m001"

i know you guys can do it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ilikenwf:
Froyo is nice, I have it on my phone...that said...

Debian sounds cool too... Real xorg would be nice...and real openoffice apps...slap XFCE on there, add a mouse and keyboard, and you'd have an almost replacement for a netbook.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
I decompressed some of them. The ramdisk is done as described on the earlier page. and the system is yaffs2.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] chaezchang:
Thanks. But, how to open? I didn't see any screw around.

If open, will it void the warranty?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
it will probably void the warrenty and the screws are under the 4 capps on the top and bottom
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drachensun:
Mine didn't have screws, I had to open it by sliding an old credit card around the outer edge and 'unsnapping' all the little hold downs. Also I managed to create a lot of cracks in the screen while doing it so hopefully someone has a better method. Someone earlier in this thread posted a site in German describing how to do it. At least that was a the claim ;-) I dont speak German and I couldn't get the page to translate.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] drachensun:
I have built up a custom embedded linux system for an Atmel 9G20, so I am interested in this project of getting 2.2 on here. However before I had a lot of info from Atmel on how to get started with that. I'm curious how people generally are adding things to these tablets. I think I found the ZT post you mentioned. It sounds like they are basically putting the utilities on the device which allows them to dump the current rom. So if I understand it.

1) You build or find whatever new files you want to add to your customized rom.

2) Install the image dumper and dump your current image in use.

3) If it flashes back and works, viola

So that doesn't sound too bad, only quirk is the dumper might have to be built a little differently for this particular processor, but I see they have arm in there. Thing is with the market working and all I can't think of much I want to add. Pulling backups would be nice as it has crashed twice on me.

About 2.2 I tried building it but it kept complaining my system isn't 64 bit and I started thinking with my Atmel project there were a LOT of man hours in little tweaks to the kernel and root file system to account for quirks of the nandflash, what pins the peripherals were on and what kind of interface they needed. In this case it is a chinese product where none of that hardware information is going to be readily available and I haven't heard of anyone getting a copy of their 2.1 build settings or anything.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ilikenwf:
Being that the ipad uses ARM too, we could conceivably (though probably illegally) get IOS to run on it too...I've erm...found the beta of 4.2 which isn't hardware locked, and looking through it appears it's really mostly just the kernel and some dmg files (which are likely the partitions for each).

Whatever the case, I'd love to have custom boot on this pad eventually, but I think IOS MAY be able to run in a chroot environment, with only some mods for removing hardware and such we don't have, and reducing the resolution from 1024x768 to 1024x600...

PM me if you want to know where to find the IOS image.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] frakk2000:
Sound - Have anyone tried running a USB card on this, and did it help? (No noise?)

GPS - I tried my GPS yesterday, got a good signal, but it is totally off, when I stop my car, the tracking just keeps going in a random direction? Perhaps test a USB gps .. ? Anyone else got this problem?

3G - Is working flawlessly :D

I might have to open mine, since the AC plug is really loose.. :(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] strazicic:
What do you need from manufacturer to have enough info for building rom. My contact in china where i bought tablets is willing to give all info she can.

I can ask and see if she can get it, ;)

That would be a awsome step.

Sent from SperPad via xda app ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] yoda.1:
Can u pls. guide me step by step to hack the registration.

yoda.wowpad@gmail.com
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ilikenwf:
We would basically need their kernel source code or patches, at the least (for hardware drivers), as well as any other source they're willing to give up...perhaps for the apk applications, though that isn't a definite necessity...

Bootloader information would be wonderful too - and it's source code...and perhaps how to flash it.

Also, it'd be nice to get any of the software they used to flash the firmware onto the device...

Other linux guys, feel free to chime in, I haven't made my own droid rom before...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] helopigs:
flashing

the instructions provided by l33tlinuxh4x0r to modify ramdisk.img work great... have modified the startup image, and will spend today trying to make bigger changes.

unlike some other android devices, this one doesn't have the kernel's config on /proc. i tried to extract it from the kernel itself, but it isn't there either.

we should still be able to make a lot of changes without having to recompile the kernel, just using the kernel provided and the modules present, and messing with user space.

i wonder what incentives they have to make kernel source changes... with the exception of device drivers (which we can see as modules), aren't they more likely to just be using the same kernel config as most other android systems?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flap:
Hi all,

I should receive my first FT2 in some days and before that I would like to try to access .img files. Can you explain us how you did for modify the image file, please?

thanx a lot...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
Question about the wowUpdate app

Hi,

I got my FT2 today, its on Firmware 1001, I got a reg code and he registration went successful. The update App shows me the 1170 Firmware, but there is a problem. I tried to update, the app downloaded the firmware and told me that it needs to reboot, I said ok. Then the device rebooted and was stucked at the Infotmic logo for about 15-20 mins. I restetted it manually cause I thought it hanged itself. After reboot nothing changed, still 1001... so do I have to wait so long?

I'm afraid to update through BUrntool because I think my registration will be screwed after. wont it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flap:
Before flashing a new rom, it could be nice to get your android id if you could register your device.

http://uk.androlib.com/android.application.com-androme-myandroidid-qCjjn.aspx

Can you try that app and tell us if you got the Id ? (but if so, don't tell us the Id because it's your device one...)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tache14:
Don't Worry, be happy.....

Same experience here, mine was fine.

I have a Wowpad. I could NOT get it to auto-update. I had to use burn tool to update it. My registration is fine, Market works perfectly.

But, WIFI is on and off about every ten minutes, otherwise seems to work well.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] helopigs:
modifying ramdisk

Here's where I got the .img files:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=855890

To modify the ramdisk.img, follow l33t's post on page 56 of this thread
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flap:
Ok, thanx helopigs, it worked very well ;-)

In system.img, we can see pieces of code coming from

http://www.netmite.com/android/mydroid/external/neven/

I don't know if that can be usefull because I'm newbee on android :o
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ilikenwf:
http://www.netmite.com/android/

http://www.netmite.com/html/products.html

Hrm...seems that they're running java apps as android apps...

Not necessarily useful, but interesting.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mattparra:
Two sd card problem

Hi,

I'm new to android and xda-developers.

I have two 16gb sd cards in my FT2 (C: and D:) and they both work fine. The problem is sometimes /sdcard will use C: and other times it will use D: (after I turn it off and on). This causes problems with programs that use info from /sdcard such as Aldiko eBook reader. I need to copy all my books on both sd cards otherwise sometimes it will see them and other times it won't. Having two sd cards is pointless for me as everything needs to be on both.

Am I missing something simple as I haven’t seen this problem anywhere?

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] djwalley:
Do you know if or how you might be able to replace the battery.... I am not able to get much more than 2.5 to 3 hours out of my unit's battery.....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Mr.Krulez:
Man i have a problem with the audio search of google, is this a common problem?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
Hi, can you tell me how yo extracted the sys.img? l33t howto doesnt work for me... im on a mac..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] udK:
Use the search, are there many post about that in this thread.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] frakk2000:
Sounds normal, the iPad is a 9,7" screen and it has a 6500mah (?) battery, with a runtime of 5-6 hours.

And this pad has a 3800mah, and a runtime of about 3 hours. Not to shabby for a Chinapad.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] flap:
I didn't extract it, I just looked for ascii strings in system.img...

I've just received my Flytouch2 :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] djwalley:
Thanks for the feedback! It is interesting to see the stats on iPad.... I did not know the runtime capacity.... I will try different configurations of running apps and such.... Maybe with a little conditioning, I might see a little longer uptime....;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ilikenwf:
It's yours, and it's moddable...you just need to find a battery with proper output for the device that is small enough to fit in the case, with a higher rating...

New speakers are a good idea too..

Also hot air solder replacing the RAM with larger ones may work too...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] l33tlinuxh4x0r:
You need to download yaffs2tools-patched.zip then use the tools inside to extract the system image. I don't know if it will work on mac though as they are precompiled and work on linux. It is worth a try though.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mtjnkee:
Ok, so I wonder if one of you grand gurus would be able to do this. I know there was an update zip previously made yo upgrade some of these tablets. For those of us who have a perfectly fine table but no home due to wiping it with a renamed wowhome could we get and update that only contains adw launcher or any other launcher. Similar to the gapps update zip. This would fix a lot os so-called bricked tablets. Adb connect doesn't seem to work and the burning tool isn't working on my end due to drivers.

Question: when you plug in a jump drive does it allow you to browse it from the notification bar? If so I can just place the apk on a jump drive and wipe cache so the registration loads.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] slim19198:
You could try this:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6396156/slim-update(ZEAM).zip

Rename to update.zip and place on your sd card and folow the update procedures!

It has wowhome removed from the update and ZEAM replacing it (I think :s )

The registration could also be added to the zip, but without wowhome it makes no difference!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] EQUANCY:
May be you mean T-mobile G1 :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mtjnkee:
clockwork!!

verification for your update failed, but i put my other card in first and it contained clockworkmodrecovery v2.5.0.1 from the first slide 3g root. it actually loaded clockwork, problem is that there is no way to select anything from the menu. I attached this exact update hoping someone with recovery skills can change the select function and then we may have a working recovery with many more options. with this i can kang a nandroid and start editing that for custom ish roms.

Thanks ClockworkMod, hope you dont mind this but your newest .zip doesn't take.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mtjnkee:
E: Failed to verify whole-file signature

It loaded about half way before i received this error.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] slim19198:
Ok, resigned the file!

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6396156/slim-update(ZEAM) - Signed.zip
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mtjnkee:
Hmm.. Thanks for that but it completely failed this time.

finding

opening

verifying

E:signature verification failed

i do have 1170 already on this tablet, don't know if that means anything or not.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] piens:
S-Pad

Have just been playing with mine a few days. Not to bad for the money but like other people I have some problems:

- Not able to get GPS working:

- gps test plus: gps=on but no satellites found​

- igo: no satellites found​

- navigon: no satellites found​

is there a program to show my hardware under android 2.1, start wondering whether I have GPS at all

- Skype opens up but does not work, cannot even dial the sound test. When dialling a number, it breaks of when the other side answers the call with a connection error

- Cannot come into recovery mode, used alle key-combinations mentioned starting up with

Vol- / menu, Vol- / home, menu / home, no luck, system hangs in first Infotmic screen. Using quickboot and reboot in recovery: same result.

Been reading 62 pages of forum:D but still not clear to me:confused:

Any help on these topics?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] KG PackRat:
First, let me say thanks for all the great info. I read every page of this thread today. I recieved my tablet yesterday from here...

www . bigboxstore. com/android-2-1-tablet-pc-10-2-touch-screen-mid-e-book-reader-with-gps-wi-fi-webcam . html

I'm almost 100% sure it's the same one y'all are talking about in this post as it's a Wowpad (although it says J PAD on the box). They sent me the wrong power adapter as I live in the US and it came with a european plug. But that was a quick fix with a trip to the local BestBuy. This morning, i noticed the GPS plug on the top of the tablet had been pushed in. Being who I am, I proceeded to open up the case for further examination...

img638 . imageshack . us/i/img00085201012151616 . jpg

img502 . imageshack . us/i/img00086201012151617 . jpg

img813 . imageshack . us/i/img00080201012151608 . jpg

img263 . imageshack . us/i/img00081201012151609 . jpg

img35 . imageshack . us/i/img00082201012151609 . jpg

img510 . imageshack . us/i/img00084201012151610 . jpg

(Sorry about the links... 8 posts :( )

There is no GPS!!! Just a glued in plug that goes to nothing! haha. This is rediculous! I took other pictures as well to verify that this is the same board...