yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] hokapoka:
Battery reading

Hey.

Anyone not using the cellular features, which is most of us should do as someone in this thread suggested and rename the phone.apk it stops the device searching for a network the whole time.

I did this about a week ago and have about 40%longer battery life.

Still doesn't show as charging.

Additionally, it taken about 3 weeks of being charged over night and through most of the day to get it to reach 100% charge. FYI. I've made sure to then use the device until the battery is almost fully depeleated.

This morning is the firstime is shown that it's taking an accuracy reading from the 100% point of the battery.

I'm getting about 9 hours of soild usage out of it. Connected to wifi (Static IP) skype, gmail, browser and audio/video podcasts all running.

Which I'm very impressed with.

Oh one this I don't use the backlight, unless I'm in very bright sunlight the power control widget is great for switching it between 3 states - full, 50% and off.

Anyway thought peeps might like to know.

On average
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rvdveer:
Papazer, can you let me know if your units are working again after you try the firmware?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rvdveer:
I was really exited to finnally reset my units but..

I get this when i try to download:

Download not available

The following download is not available:

http://rapidshare.com/files/452186325/9.7.rar71068 KB

The file of the above link no longer exists. This could be for several reasons:

* The uploader deleted the file

* The file contained illegal contents and was deleted from our servers by our abuse-team.

* The file is incorrect

* The server is busy and can not process the request.

Unassigned file limit of 10 downloads reached.

So it seems the file limit is reached?

Can anybody repost?

Thanks,

Rock.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] knolle24:
http://www.4shared.com/file/bkxpiPtk/Files_for_MG106C.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] salva1391:
Can someone tell me how to enter recovery mode?

This is the model Gpad 9.7 Capacitive 1 speaker.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darkstar2000:
Yesterday I managed to flash the pandawill firmware for the new gpad gforce to the tablet mentioned above. So far it works very good and also the home button is working as ecpected. It wasn't a hardware problem in the first place as the tablet woke up on key press but neither the hardware button nor the home symbol in the upper left corner did work.

I still have a problem with the touchscreen: there is a small section on the screen where I can not type about where the "O" character in landscape mode is. Is there a chance to fix this somehow?

Thanks Darkstar.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Gigabyte0:
If new pandawill firmware not flashing on your Gpad Gforce (second batch), you may use this fdiskcmd.txt file. I recalculate all partition sizes. User space 5.6 Gb and Program space 980 Mb.

View attachment !!!fdiskcmd_8G_NEW.txt

Replace original file in path \Profiles\MX51 Android Update\OS Firmware.

Only with this file flashing process ending successfully...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darkstar2000:
Thanks for the file I will try to reflash the firmware tomorrow. I will check how much free space I have in the various partitions.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rvdveer:
Knolle24, is this the original firmware for the Gpag Gforce? Or something else?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] palexr:
another version?

I seem to have another variant on this tablet?

This is the info from the 2about handset" page in Settings:

Mono/Alu/No Logo

Model Number : imx51_bbg

android version : 2.2

Kernel version : 2.6.31-506-g30df573 gb2b14e ye@ye-desktop # 1

Build number: imx51_bbg-eng 2.2 FRB85B eng.pengfaxin.20110112.134311 test-keys

Anyone else with this? Are there any ROMs out which can be used on it? I have apparently got permanent root on it by using the z4root application. At least titanium Backup reports receiving root rights and Superuser access.

What can I do next to tinker with this tablet a bit?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rvdveer:
Anybody repost the download yet? I would really like to ressurect my devices!

Thanks!

Rock.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] epasrule:
Does anybody know if the new firmware is released yet for the Gpad Gforce?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] marke77:
Merimobiles Herotab M10

HI, I also have one of these tablets, mine was purchased from merimobiles as a Herotab M10. It was purchased on 3 March 2011.

My Kernel version is : 2.6.31-506-g30df573-gb2b143e ye@ye-desktop # 2

Google calender does not appear to work on this version, even after trying the fix listed in this forum.

Merimobiles has advised that this will be fixed in a manufacturers firmware update (if and or when this occurs)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bqq100:
I ordered mine from pandawill last week and it should be arriving in the next day or 2. Has anyone created an image for the latest firmware (from 3/14) with things like root, busybox, apps2sd etc?

Also what is the best way to do a backup? In the near future I would like to start messing with making an AOSP build, but I'm pretty sure I'll screw something up along the way and I want to make sure I have a good backup.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] nimp0:
Is anyone have solved the slow wifi connexion on the old gforce version ?

(The one with no logo on background)

Thx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] palexr:
I can't get Google Calendar or Contacts to work either. I saw a thread on another forum that suggested that "both googlecalendarsyncadapter.apk and googlecontactssyncadapter.apk are missing from /system/app/". I copied those two into the folder but it still doesn't work?

i wonder what the differnece between

Kernel version is : 2.6.31-506-g30df573-gb2b143e ye@ye-desktop # 2

and

Kernel version is : 2.6.31-506-g30df573-gb2b143e ye@ye-desktop # 1

is?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darkstar2000:
Unfortunately some things are gone: I can't install Adobe Flash Player via the market.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Nikomos:
SPAD -S907

Hi all, I bought SPAD-S907 here szsuff.com - 280usd
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] palexr:
Calendar and Contact Sync Issues - Resolution (for me anyway)

I thought I would share this as I am not sure how many people are affected or if they have a workaround.

As mentioned above, when I initially signed in to my google account only picasa and gmail were synching, contacts and calendar weren't even in the list under Google. Copying the missing files didn't work, nor did trying to "instal" them via Astro file manager. I found those files on the net so I thought maybe there might an issue with them.

I then went to my HTC Desire HD, navigated to the files on the phone and sent them to my Dropbox, opened it on my pad and installed the two file directly from Dropbox. This has worked and I now have Google Calendar and Contacts on my pad. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darkstar2000:
Ok, I updated to the latest gpad gforce upgrade version from Pandawill forum but still no Adobe Flash Player in the market. But it seems that the wifi has a better reception or at least a higher indication right now. Kernel version is now 2.6.31 (and nothing else) and build is from 2011.02.21. I think I have to download the app from somewhere and install it manually.

Darkstar.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] boe.Ami:
Here is another mirror of this firmware:

hxxp://rapidshare com/files/453895931/9.7.rar (hm, i can not add an URL? ... need more postings:D)

Had the same problem with my Tablet, System crashed, recover with the Firmware from page 1, no touch.

But this one worked like a charm. I think it is better, than my original fw, more stable.

byby

Ami
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pardsbane:
Tun Driver for VPN?

Has anyone built a tun.ko driver for this device? I'd like to get a VPN working on it.

I've managed to extract the kernel config from /proc/config.gz, but I'm on a Mac and building a Linux kernel would take a bit of effort. :)

I seem to have a variant similar to the ColovoPad, my screen matches the one here:

http://www.ahappydeal.com/products/product_25141.htm

but I have an aluminum back and I doubt the battery is 7200 mAh.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bqq100:
I just received my gpad from pandawill and I've had problems with some apps not showing up on the market. Later I'll double check that the build/kernel is the same (I'm pretty sure it is). Adobe Flash 10.2 showed up as an update in the market for me and installed without issue.

For app I can't see in the market I've been installing them on my phone and using dropbox to transfer/install them. All of the apps I've tried have worked except Contacts.apk, but I think that's because it's a system app.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jefflyonfr:
ROOT problem

Hello, thank you everybody for your great job on this forum.

Sorry for my english, so frenchy...

I have a gpad gforce lat generation (8Go build in memory).

I seemed to be rooted when i received it, but every apps wich needed to have root access failed to receive this permission.

- I flashed the rom with the last one from pandawill (for upgraded gpad gforce), everything is ok, but root access are still denied...

- I tried to unroot with Z4Root 1.3 and root again, and again, nothing... So i tried with with old Z4root versions 1.1.. 1.2.. but nothing anymore...

- I tried to use "adb remount", but access is still denied - the tablet is in the devices list, so i think there is no trouble usb connexion.

Any idea ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JohnLaShot:
Hi bqq100,

does flash work for you in opera mobile 11 or firefox? I tried flashplayer10.1.apk and flashplayer10.2.apk but both did not work, e.g. can not play youtube videos.

Regards,

John

BTW, opera mobile 11 is by far the best browser for our Gpad Gforce. It is unbelievable fast compared with the standard froyo browser, dolphin or firefox.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jefflyonfr:
Hello,

Finally, after another try, i fixed my Root Problem on my GPAD GFORCE.

- installed Z4Root 1.3 - after install complete, i didn't open app, just clicked OK

RESET

- Unrooted tablet - Reboot

- Permanently Root - Reboot

- installed RootExplorer - after install complete, i didn't open app, just clicked OK

RESET

Now everytime i launch app wich need root access, superuser ask me "remember...etc..." So everything is ok and RootExplorer granted root permission. Now i can rename 'phone.apk + phoneprovider.apk + sms.apk..etc...' and i will save my battery and my cpu usage :-)

Best regards
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darkstar2000:
Hi Jeff,

followed your procedure and now flash 10.2 is also working! After renaming the apk-files the tablet feels much more "snappy"!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JohnLaShot:
Hi darkstar2000,

how could you managed it? It tried all the things, but I can not get flash working with opera mobile 11 or firefox. Does flash work for you in opera mobile 11 or firefox?

Flash in standard Froyo browser works due to the Freescale flash library included in the firmware, but flash in opera or firefox does not work on my Gpad Gforce.

Regards,

John
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darkstar2000:
Hi,

I did not test Opera browsers or firefox. Only the Android browser and Miren, which is also very fast and comfortable. I tested Fennec (Firefox for Android) but it feels to slow.

But before the rooting I could not install Flash as I could not find it in the market and it did not work in the browser. Now everything including the SWF showcase works fine!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steafler:
2.5mm hadphone

Hi guys, I am planning to buy one of the gpad gforce tablets from pandawill. My question is do you think that it will be possible to unsolder the 2.5mm jack and replace it with a 3.5mm jack for the headphones? or are they not compatible?

Thanks,

Keep the good work guys
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] meagain:
Just buy a small 2.5 mm to 3.5mm converter from a local computer store. That's what I did and it works well.

herouxapps.com ( home of freeware )
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
I assume this to be the GPad "Clone". It got the stereo speaker thing too. Or maybe just another another another another version. Description says "800 Mhz Dual Core". But it is a fake. The Seller says it "only" got 800 Mhz at all.

http://www.fastcardtech.com/goods-5...+screen+WIFI+G-sensor+Build+in+3G+slot++.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
First thread updated with some useful informations.

TO ALL: Can someone please provide me some Infos from Apps like this:

Android System Info

Quadrant

Screenshots or plain text of the hardware components found. And has someone got internal pictures of the device?

Thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zaxxio:
Hi again, I can't post URLs yet (only after 8 posts) but it is easy to tell: I bought myHerotab M10 at

pricedinchina.com

. The tablet is called '10" Herotab M10 Multi-Touch Apad - Android 2.2 Capacitive Tablet PC w/ Cortex A8'. All specs are 100% equivalent to the official Herotab M10.

I've just realized that pricedinchina.com is the same shop as chinagrabber.com but with a different name. Product and prices seem identical.

Where can I find the original Herotab M10 firmware or how can I backup the one coming with the tablet?

Many thanks!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
Well and thats the point my friend. Since there is no official Herotab M10 Firmware (well I don't know if there isn't one, but I just haven't found one yet) I have to assume that the GeForce and the M10 are the same devices, just another rererebranding thing like we know it from many other devices just like the ZT-180, the Flytouch 2 and so on.

You have to have patience for sure. Don't try to get anything working on your tablet within 2 days or so. You have to keep in mind that you are in a gray area. The tablet you've ordered is one (among many others) that copies a design, brakes the GNU rules for Android, bla bla bla, this means even if you pay 300$ or more and get a device that isn't fully functional you mustn't expect the developer to be there for you, cause all this chinese market is really a grey area, they throw out new devices every week.

I don't want to scare you though ;) What I wanna say is, if there is no official way to improve the firmware, there will be developers who will take their hands on this, believe me. We just have to make one important step, which we already done with this thread. We have to make the tab popular to all the devs out there. It got an hugh amount of potential for sure. We just need to show them.

You can be a pioneer for example and try to flash the GeForce Firmware on the M10, to proof if or that is not the same device. And even if you brick your tab and can't use it for now, believe me there will solutions in the future.

YOU JUST HAVE TO BELIEVE :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
First thread updated with some useful hardware information. As usual all without any guaranty :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zaxxio:
Hello,

Objectively, the Gpad Gforce seems better than the Herotab M10:

* 8GB vs 2GB NAND Flash

* Front camera

* Android Market support (with the new version)

* ...

The reason why I chose the Herotab M10 instead of the Gpad Gforce is because I saw dozens of opinions on the web speaking about the extremely poor performance of the Gpad (just take a look at pandawillforum). On the other side, the couple of reviews and videos I found about the Herotab M10 were quite good...

If both are the same tablet, I would be quite disappointed! Maybe this is the reason why I would like both tablets to be different!!!

In any case, I will believe -as you say- but I will also be patient -as you also say- and wait until more feedback is available about the Herotab M10.

We need to spread the word about this tablet!

Kind regards.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
Absolutely right. Had 100% the same experience on the PandaWIll forum. But the questions is if this counts for both the old and the new gpad versions. It may only count of the old one, why should there be a new one than? :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zaxxio:
Hi! I found a Gpad Gforce (new version with Android Market) for U$314,99 + free shipping at pandawill.us (a mirror of pandawill.com, since this one is down because of a DDoS attack).

I'm tempted of buying it and keeping either the Herotab M10 or the Gforce depending on which one runs better! I would sell the other one in ebay... I will check it with my pillow! ;)

This would also allow me compare both devices in detail...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zaxxio:
Gpad Gforce at pandawill.us (mirror of pandawill.com)

This is a small list of the differences between the specs of the Gpad Gforce (pandawill.us) and the Herotab M10 (chinagrabber.com/pricedinchina.com):

* 8GB FlashNAND (Gforce) vs 2GB (M10)

* 2MP camera (Gforce) vs no camera (M10)

* 7200 MAh battery (Gforce) vs 5000 MAh (M10)

* Official Android Market (Gforce) vs no Android Market (M10)

Additionally, I found it curious that the Gpad Gforce is now also available in different shell colours: silver, black, white, coffee and pink! I like it being somehow different from the iPad!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JohnLaShot:
Hi.

The new Gpad Geforce (that one with the logo at the back) seems to have only 4 GB Flash NAND although 8GB is mentioned in its specs. Have a look at the pandawill forum. There is a thread about firmware for the new model. Somebody said that his one has only a capacity of 4GB.

Regards,

John
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
First thread updated.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] zaxxio:
Hi John, thanks for the punctualization. Yes, I also read that thread on pandawillforum but in the Q&As of the item at pandawill's shop the staff insist on the device having 8GB. Who should we believe!?

In any case, the Gforce seems objectively more powerful than the M10.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kikou2008:
Hello,

I attached the result from dmesg command on the latest Gpad Gforce (gpad logo on the back).

View attachment dmesg.zip

We can get some of the missing informations about the touchscreen (PIXCIR) and the wireless card (Atheros AR6000)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] JohnLaShot:
Hello kikou2008,

thx for your information.

This is from your dmesg.txt:

".....

<6>mmc0: new high speed SDHC card at address e624

<7>PM: Adding info for mmc:mmc0:e624

<6>mmcblk0: mmc0:e624 SU08G 7.40 GiB

.....

<6>mmc1: new high speed SDHC card at address 1234

<7>PM: Adding info for mmc:mmc1:1234

<6>mmcblk1: mmc1:1234 SA16G 14.9 GiB

....."

Does this confirm that your Gpad has 8 GB internal NANDFlash built in as a SDHC card and additionaly 16 GB as an external SDHC card inserted?

And what about the display? Is the resolution really 1366*768 (16:9) or is it 1024*768 (4:3)? Is it an IPS or an TN panel?

Regards,

John
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kikou2008:
Hi John,

I confirm that the internal memory is 8GB microSD and I have inserted a 16GB microSD

fdisk information from internal memory:

Disk /dev/block/mmcblk0: 7948 MB, 7948206080 bytes

The display resolution is 1024 x 768 (4:3 aspect ratio HannStar HSD100IXN1-A). I don't know if it IPS but quality/view angle is similar to my ipad.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
Yes I can confirm that the screen is a HannStar HSD100IXN1-A, I've also added this to the first thread a couple of days ago.

Thanks for the dmesg. I will add it to the first thread :) Can you confirm that the Touchscreen is a PIXCIR and the wifi card to be a Atheros AR6000 ? If you can, I will also add it to the first thread.

Hey JohnLaShot, you may take a look at the first thread from time to time. I will keep it up to date. For example your screen question has already been answered there :)

Anyway, first thread updated :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
Guys, honestly.

I can get an used iPad for about 430€. But I'd really like to get a GPad, I kinda like the underdog thing :P The GPad would cost me about 300€ so a bit difference.

But what really keeps me from buying a GPad is Android. I mean, there are so many cool Apps out there for iOS/iPad. Like Solar Walk, Star Walk and Monster Anatomy/ Human Atlas HD... I really like such apps.. do you guys they will also come to Android?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] florisl:
He there,

First of all; thanks Iloveei for the start of this thread and the neat overview. helped me orient a lot.

Concerning your previous post about your worries for android and the lack of nice Apps; I wouldn't worry at all. Comparable to Solar Walk and Star Walk for iOs is google's equivalent SkyMap ( google. com/ mobile/ skymap) and since Google owns the new Bodybrowser (bodybrowser. googlelabs .com), I'm expecting someting similar for android on short notice.

Next to this is the fact that Android is the platform with a faster growth rate in apps then iOs. The latter is just around a little longer (app-wise). So with a little time android will have the more cooler apps. besides it's much more tweakable that iOs is obviously.

But I'm wondering... Isn't the archos 101 a better buy then the herotab and Gpad? It's definitely more popular amongst developers right?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kikou2008:
Hello,

It is just to let you know that the Release 10 of the freescale IMX51 SDK for Android Gingerbread is available since yesterday under the name "IMX51_R10_ANDROID_SOURCE_CODE" at freescale.com
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] iloveei:
Cool. Should this be added to the first thread?

Well ok, but there is another thing that bothers me a little bit. Android 2.2 is good. No question. But to be honest I want this device to run Honeycomb. As we all know 2.2 is made for mobile phones. Honeycomb is their first tablet based OS. But is this device capable of runing Honeycomb ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darkstar2000:
I don't think that there is enough space for a 3.5mm headphone jack. The pad is already very thin at this point and the socket is soldered to a pcb which also holds the reset button. I don't think that you can find a pin-compatible 3.5mm part that would fit.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Darkstar2000:
Internal Bluetooth?

Hi,

did anybody find out what type of bluetooth module could be installed into the tablet? There is a 8-pin connector on the PCB with "BLUE TOOTH" written next to it. I have no idea how other internal bluetooth modules are connected. Could it be some kind of USB connector or is it something else?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steafler:
thank you for you replies guys. I was wondering which version is the best? (as I said before, I am planing to buy one from pandawill so a gpad gforce) also do you think that these babies will be able to run android 2.3 or even 3.0? In addition to these I must say that I am not in a hurry to buy one until june, so do you think that it will be better to wait for tablets with better cpu, memory or stuff?

thanks in advance,

Steafler
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] brumm:
I bought at pandawill, fast delivery to germany, until now no problems ...

wait? there will always something better....