yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] juanjo1024:
hey jefflyonfr, no need to apologize.. its just frustrating to not understand what the heck is going on with the market.. i wonder what is android market taking into account to "filter" some applications...

anyways, i hope somebody fixes this... gpad company should take a look at this

:D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mir2006:
Do you recommend this Gpad Gforce on Pandawill?

http://www.pandawill.com/new-gpad-g...-bluetooth-ips-8gb-aluminum-shell-silver.html

It's a real IPS panel? It has 7200mAh battery?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] juanjo1024:
hey mir2006

the main problem of this tablet is the firmware. i mean, its stable and runs smooth, but there are some glitches still. the screen is real IPS, and the battery is massive... though it makes it weight a lot: 760gr. i have used it for like 8 hours straight after disabling the phone app.

for the price, im satisfied...

JJ
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] YesIamNoob:
3g dongle

hi dcoelho,

it's still not working....

i tried with both HT_PAD1051_V1.6.2-eng 2.2 FRF85B eng.tianfeng.20110425.222822 and HT_PAD1051_v1.6.7-eng 2.2 FRF85B eng.tianfeng.20110429.235959 firmwares....but doesnt work....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dcoelho:
Its difcult to understand why doesn't work. I think I was using the 26/04 firmware and was working preety good.

I am waiting a new cable from pandawill and will let you know if it works or not.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rh8810:
Hi All, i downloaded the last fireware which is 509. but can anyone tell me how to flash the rom? i can get into the recovery mode. and update from sdcard section, but it show me "can't find update files,Exit!'

anyhelp?

thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kwikky:
Did you put the update folder in the root of /sdcard or /sd-ext?

I had to put it on the external SD card.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rh8810:
yes i put in in EXT-SD card (ext-sd card\update), and boot on recovery mode ,then chose the update from SDcard , but showing me " can't find update files.Exit"

...:(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] riogrande75:
Had the same problem. You need to add a zero byte file named "update.txt" in that update folder. That worked perfect for me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] riogrande75:
BTW: I run the singularity V5 fw from rogercalver right now, so far the best FW i've tried. Cam & market work fine, so far i did not find any fault. Somehow it even feels faster.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rh8810:
hi u let me know where i can downlad V5?

thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] riogrande75:
Check here:

//173.255.228.138/~rogercalver/Slatedroid%20Singularity%20M10v2%20FINAL%20%20Firmware
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] juanjo1024:
is that fw even for herotab M10 or gpad ? it says via chipset there :s

JJ
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] riogrande75:
I run it on a Herotab M10v2, so i guess it will work on a gpad as well:

"Built on tianfeng HT_PAD1051-V1.6U2GUCG_Final factory build"

Check at slatedroid for more info on that build.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dcoelho:
Did you test the firmware with a 3G dongle?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] riogrande75:
So far not. I have a Huawei 169 laying around - will give it a try in the next days.

Do i have to install a special app or driver to get it working?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mindphaser2k9:
Singularity v5 works bad with a battery on my Gpad Gforce. Seems it doesn't sleep at all, just switches off a screen. I have to charge my tab several times per day and every morning I have an empty battery.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] riogrande75:
You are right! I am suffering the same problem on my HeroTabM10v2. Did not recognize it earlier, was always shutting down my device after my sessions.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ryshah:
I have updated my M10 with the latest firmware from Merimobiles site with the help of their video.

I had to keep the home button pressed for a few seconds and then power on the tablet with the memory card in the slot loaded with the rom.

Worked like a charm.

Just need the market fix now.

Also, It's still 2.2 firmware though. Anything better I can try ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] epasrule:
Singularity v5 firmware

Hi,

I am also using this firmware, I agree that it is the best firmware i have tried. The battery problems I have not seen yet, but I try today to see if I also suffer from this problem. Tomorrow i also try my E1750 and see if this works as well.

The firmware does seem to feel faster!

The one problem I still have with my Gpad Gforce is that the G-sensor is as good as non-existent, at least i have found no g-sensor games that work without a hitch.

I have seen on this tread that a lot of people suffer form this problem, it would be nice of one of you great developers try to see if this can be fixed? I think the Gpad Gforce with the lastest firmware is very good, if g-sensor would work.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ryshah:
Do we have a stable 2.3 firmware build for the M10 ?

Or does anybody have a good battery experience with the Singularity V5 ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] m_carleone82:
Upgrade V1

Hi Everyone

I recived a new pad with a config:

HT_PAAD 1051 @ANDROID 2.2

HT_PAD1051 Kernel: 2.6.31-00011-ge4e866b-dirty

HT_PAD1051_V1.4-eng 2.2 FRF85B eng.tianfeng.20110303.213231

But unfortunetly it only have 2gb Internal Sd. And I think I have Version1 of this pad.

As an extenal I bought 8gb n put it to external slot.

Now I wanted to update Slatedroid Singularity and I know that image is for 8gb internal sd..

Since I cannot flash it to 2gb internal may I open up device and put my 8gb sd. And then fdisk it and flash it mfg tools?

If this would work I only dont know how to fdisk that formatted 8gb sd.

Or is there anyway for Vesion 1 to upgrade any Version 2 OS without removing this 2gb SD. ??

Could you please help in this case..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] finisterror:
HT-PAD-1051-8GB-TO-16GB-0311-Flash and NO WIFI

Hello,

I have a Gpad Gforce NO logo on the back.

I have updated to de last Roger Calver’s Slatedroid Singularity v5 firmware"HT-PAD-1051-8GB-TO-16GB-0311-Flash"

The update process was OK and the new firmware runs smoothly. I have a new startup screen, a "G" in rainbow colours.

The only problem is that the WIFI is not working. When I try to activate de WIFI from setup menu and search for WIFI networks availiable, it start searching and then after a while says that it's not possible to find WIFI networks.

If I go to "About" menu this is what I find:

- State:

- WIFI MAC Address: No availiable

- Bluetooth address: No availiable

- Model number: HT_PAD 1051

- Android version: 2.2

- Baseline model: Unknown

- Kernel version: 2.6.31

- Compilation number: HT_PAD1051-eng 2.2 FRF85B eng .tianfeng-20110221.183344

Any ideas about how to recover the WIFI on my tablet?

Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fastguy:
I use Herotab M10v2 and I also have the battery issue with Singularity V5. Otherwise, I think it's a very good firmware. I made a factory reset today, so let's see if the battery problem will continue.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] navster:
Looks like you have upgraded with the wrong files, which I posted for a user who was having difficutly with an 8GB>16GB card upgrade but have now removed them to prevent any further confusion. Please can you reflash by following my upgrade guide on Slatedroid once again

:)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] navster:
Yes, looks like you have a format problem which is probably because you previously flashed it with a 16GB firmware kit, then flashed with a 8GB firmware kit and have since flashed with several different fdisk files.

You should only be flashing with firmware packs that match your internal storage, can you confirm what size this is?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GernBlanston:
If you haven't already, do a search on posts by user bbq100 in this thread. That will give you a good read on the development of gingerbread on this tablet by modders. Apparently, he's trying, but has difficulty using the kernel version from the latest factory firmware as a base. The factory has updated the firmware several times over the last 6 months or so, but the last few updates have stopped on kernel version 2.6.31, and he wants 2.6.35 iirc.

I'm interested in developments concerning gingerbread, as it seems key to getting the Netflix app working (the vast majority of the working installs of Netflix on other than the original 3 or so devices they supported are running 2.3 or better) as well as video chat via Skype or any other. These are the two functions I'd really like to see out of my Tianfeng Herotab clone, and I have a feeling I'm not going to see them unless and until we're up on 2.3.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kikoseis:
There is very little difference between froyo 2.2 and gingerbread 2.3.

Not worth the effort to develop a new rom.

Efforts should be directed to improve froyo.

Manufacturers probably are preparing to selling our gpad with honeycomb 3.0 . Therefore we can take advantage of this update and install honeycomb.

It would be desirable, as honeycomb is designed for tablets. Froyo was sloppy moment on a tablet.

Many tablets are also coming out with new honeycomb, gpad manufacturers probably sold less devices if no updated to 3.0

Hopefully, the manufacturers make a decision soon.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GernBlanston:
I just think there's limits to what can be improved on this tablet without going to 2.3 or better, and the odds of getting a slightly newer kernel and a custom gingerbread rom are better than the odds of manufacturers updating to Honeycomb on these particular models.

I kinda see netflix and video chat as major players when it comes to increasing the usefulness of our M10's/Gpad's, and I'm not reading a whole lot that would suggest either are going to happen on our tablets with the current kernel....and for myself, I'd rather future models debut with features such as working GPS/bluetooth and compatibility with killer apps such as netflix than see an upgrade to Honeycomb without that functionality. With features such as working GPS, bluetooth and compatibility with netflix out of the box, I could see a future small upgrade to this tablet competing just fine as an alternative to more expensive Honeycomb tablets hosting tegra 2 and the like.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] finisterror:
ERROR 256

I don't know the size of the internal storage. It's a Gpad Gforce aluminium back with no logo.

I tried to flash one previous fimware that use to work on my Gpad but I got this:

Panel A: Updater Error 0xffff0000 (-65536) -

3 - Panel A Finished processing SD <LIST/> : FAIL code=-65536.

Any ideas about how to fix it?

Thanks,

Luis
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] navster:
There has been a working Gingerbread build for the IMX515 chipset available for download at the freescale.com website for quite while now, along with a whole bunch of software tools that should allow a dev team to carry out the port but I don't know of anyone actively working on this project, would be happy to contribute if there are enough interested\skilled members involved
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] navster:
Someone on slatedroid.com has had the exact same issue as you, to whom I suggested opening up the tablet, taking out the internal SD card, removing all partitions and re-flashing, which fixed his tab

If you are considering doing this, I would suggest upgrading the internal SD card to 16GB at the same time for which I have written a detailed guide over at slatedroid.com
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ryshah:
Thanks for your reply.

So which rom should I stick to, at this moment ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fastguy:
Check out my post

Hi, check out my posts around 50th pages. I had the same issue and gone through to debug it, I think I succeeded and posted a special fdisk.cmd. My pad is 8gb, if yours is the same, give it a try.

Fastguy
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] finisterror:
Error 256 solved

Thanks Navster, thanks fastguy, with your fdiskcmd. It has been able to format i: partition and to send the new firmware. Then happened a new error copied below, but anyway the firmware was updated and the Gpad start with new singularity firmware.

1 - Panel A Finished <CMD/> type="push" body="$ dd if=$FILE of=/dev/mmcblk0p4 " file="" timeout="10" onError="" text=" write android image to sd card" FAIL code=256.

Panel A: Updater Error 0x100 (256) -

2 - Panel A Finished processing SD <LIST/> : FAIL code=256.

Panel A: Operation stopped by user.

Now I'm trying the new firmware. I'll give you further information.

Thanks again!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] navster:
I would be very surprised if you manage to recover your tab without opening it up and removing all of your SD card partitions, as all the information you have posted suggests a corrupted SD card partition table, for which there is currently no known method of recovering from external I\O ports.

If you manage to disprove my comment then I shall be humbled!

:)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Muxa52:
Now we can to do sd card in any format on your own and not dependent on its geometry. its made possible by modifying the ssh script, which carried out vladigor, from the forum 4pda.ru.

Here you can see his post: 4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=213335&st=2200#entry8217140

all description writed on the russian. please, use google translate, or meessage to my how much space is required for the area BOOT_ROM in the early of sdcard.

BOOT_ROM area includes the u-boot-no-padding.bin, uImage and uramdisk.img.

Please write to me on what positions you want to place each of the files and I can prepare the necessary scripts.

sorry for my googlish ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] m_carleone82:
I had m10 tab, and was messed up with this fdiskcmd because of different size sd card. never able to flash it again.

In my case, 8gb internal sd was flashed with 16gb gpad 4 firmware.

Then I was never able to flash that 8gb sd even with correct fidsk. always ended up with error code. I am assuming the problem as messing up partitions which needs external OS to fix it up.

now, I have upgraded internal to 16gb and that time I used correct fdiskcmd..
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GernBlanston:
Honestly, with the several models of this thing available, along with several firmware I haven't tried, I'd hesitate to make any recommendation over factory or factory updated firmwares. I know there's singularity v5, but that seems to cause some charging/sleep issues, as well as possibly borking the camera, and doesn't, so far as I know, introduce any major new functionality that can't be had by adding various apps on stock firmware. Feel free to check it out, tho. I'm currently running one of the ones posted/talked about/referenced by bbq100 a ways back in this thread, not one of the 2.3 attempts, but the one with the different boot animation that iirc came from a Russian site. I don't recall if it's his, but it's pretty cool.

Yeah, that's the jist of the several posts by bbq100 on the matter that I referenced previously.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Muxa52:
m_carleone82,

a new freescale mfg tool version 1.6.2.032-gdd64126 no longer uses fdiskcmd.txt. it ask real current size from sdcard controller and automatically calculates the size of all partitions from a ssh script. all the rest of the space automatically distributed to internal sdcard partition. theoretically you can use any sd capacity from 4 to 32GB.

see link on my post above. in this post, all results of valadigor at the moment..

We are now testing the new script by vladigor and will soon give access to the finished package firmware 1.6.2 with all the necessary scripts and drivers. You can use the package with any other version of firmware, replacing just one file: system.img

I am testing the script on Gpad Gforce 4.1 (logo).

Wait 2-3 days, and I hope we never see the error 256 and forget the horror fdiskcmd.txt

GernBlanston, yes, we also noticed that the singularity v5 not completely off the pad during sleep t `

I see that Google's translator works very poorly, very sorry, but I do not know English well. not sure that you are understand me : (
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bqq100:
Hey guys sorry I haven't posted in a while, been traveling a lot and haven't had time to develop much on the tablet since I use it quite a bit when I travel and need it functional!

For those people having issues with the fdisk or error 256, and muxa52s new mfgtool doesn't help, try commenting out all of the mmcblk0p4 references in the ucl.xml file. That will mean you wont have a data partition but should let you boot and then use adb to fix the mmcblk0p4 partition.

Muxa52, I will take a look at your link but how would a script change the positions of the kernel and ramdisk? Does it hex edit the uboot.bin file? Right now the ramdisk is 3MB from the start of the kernel, I think the new kernel needs a 4MB offset.

I've recently built a 2.2.1 build and have been trying to use that as a learning experience to find and fix boot issues. I've started to make progress again so hopefully I can keep myself motivated and keep the ball rolling! :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bqq100:
Also I have a ucl.xml that will back up the first 1mb (ie the mbr) of you're internal sdcard to the external sdcard. You can then copy it to your pc and use mfgtool to restorr you're mbr from a binary file instead of using the unreliable fdisk commands. Its saved me a load of work a couple of times

I'll try and get it posted n Monday if people are interested in it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] navster:
This script would be very useful, I have created 4GB, 8GB, 16GB SD card based firmware upgrade guides\packs for the Tianfeng tabs over at slatedroid.com and have had a few people damage their internal SD card partitioning, presumably from using the wrong firmware packs but naturally not all of them are admitting this!

In order to recover their tabs, they have had to open them up, remove the internal SD card and erase all partitions in Windows\Linux, do you know how to manipulate ucl.xml to erase all of the SD partitions which could then perhaps be used as a recovery script?

BTW, keep up the great work with your custom firmware and let me know if I can assist in any way :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zdravke:
Dear Navster, maybe it's you who should admit that you crafted the script that "presumably" messed up many internal SDs, rather than shifting the blame to users who most likely simply followed your instructions and used correct firmware pack, like I did.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] navster:
Sorry you feel like you have been somehow stitched up zdravke but the firmware guides\packs I put together on slatedroid have a completely unchanged ucl.xml script file, your comment is therefore quite unworthy and also quite ungrateful considering all of the free time I have invested in helping users of this tab simplify the firmware upgrade process and provide on going advice for problems incurred (as i did for you)

Last time I checked, the slatedroid guides I put together had received about 2000 reads and the firmware packs had been downloaded around 200 times, two other users reported problems with the upgrade process but they had the humility to admit where they may have gone wrong, I don't think we need a forensic scientist to work out where things went wrong for you ....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GernBlanston:
Man, do not worry about the translation...it's guys like you, bbq, navster, and others that are pushing the power of our tablets forward, giving us more value for free. We can at least do the work to understand when Google translate fails us.

I had problems with the fdskcmd.txt causing errors when I flashed one or two new roms to my device...no doubt in my mind it was something I did originally (I did follow navster's instructions to the letter, tho...and i ended up settling on a different firmware), but now, thanks to the above, I know how to fix it, either by removing and de-partitioning the card or possibly by using the script being developed that dynamically allocates the partitions. I'll be watching for further developments, and always thankful that there are people like you in the world.:)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dcoelho:
I want to declare here, How much I am gratefull to our friend Navster and all the others that are dedicating their time and their knowledg to our tablet.

Please, continue your great work. Thank you all.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Muxa52:
I do not want to argue, but 100% failure occurs 256 before formatting the partition mmcblk0p7. and we found out why...

Please google: "Panel A: Updater Error 0x100 (256)"

if you want to move the uramdisk.img for 1M left, it is sufficient to replace the line:

<CMD Type="push" body="$ dd if=$FILE of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=4M seek=1"> write ramdisk to sd card </ CMD>

to:

<CMD Type="push" body="$ dd if=$FILE of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=5M seek=1"> write ramdisk to sd card </ CMD>

because the file uramdisk.img are shorter than 5MB, file mksdcard-android.sh fix are not required.

navster

these lines in the file ucl.xml are removed all partitions on sdcard

<CMD Type="push" body="mknod block,mmcblk0,/dev/mmcblk0,block"/>

<CMD Type="push" body="$ mknod /dev/zero c 1 5"> Create zero device node </ CMD>

<CMD Type="push" body="$ dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/mmcblk0 bs=1M count=10"> clean up </ CMD>

This line in the file mksdcard-android.sh asks controller card for its volume:

total_size = `sfdisk-s $ {node}`

Further, the computation of all the partitions on the basis of this particular total_size sdcard

people, we have very little time to finally test scripts. Now we address the question of whether the SWOP partition is needed and what size it should be.

likely to be a list of 3 options:

- With swop partition

- Without swop

- Recovery only (fill system.img)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] navster:
Thanks Muxa52, awesome stuff, by the way this is how we used to implement the swap file on the ZT-180 tabs but it is widely debated as to whether this is really necessary for the Android OS:

1. open terminal

2. su

3. dd if=/dev/zero of=/mnt/sdcard/swapfile.swp bs=1024 count=65536

(use 1024 x size ( 1024 x 64 = 65536 ). this will initialize the file)

4. busybox mkswap /mnt/sdcard/swapfile.swp

(turn the file into a swapfile)

5. busybox swapon /mnt/sdcard/swapfile.swp

(turn on the swap space )

6. busybox free

(will show you the system memory status)

7. Now you need a package named "autostart.apk" not "autostarts.apk"

8. Create a file /data/opt/autostart.sh containing this -->

#!/system/bin/sh

/system/bin/busybox swapon /mnt/sdcard/swapfile.swp

exit

9. chmod 777 /data/opt/autostart.sh

(set correct permissions for script to run)

10. reboot

11. open terminal

12. su

13. busybox free

(look for system memory difference)