Devs - Please replace your atmel_maxtouch.c with this one - Transformer TF300T Android Development

Hello all,
First I want to express my appreciation for those who take the time to make ROMs for our TF201/300T tablets. Doing just this little task took 3 days of experimenting, I couldn't imagine debugging an entire ROM!
As some of you may know, people with broken touchscreens are getting replacements on eBay that are the wrong version, and are having reverse x-axis issues. The only way this was solved previously was to install Hairybean 2.31 which had the corrected driver and init script to activate it on the install. Unfortunately that meant that we with the wrong screens were stuck on Android 4.2, and what fun is that?
I have figured out and created a new driver for the atmel_maxtouch which will allow you to turn on the reverse axis by echoing 1 to /sys/module/atmel_maxtouch/parameters/reverse_axis. For those without the reverse axis issue, you should be fine, as the reverse axis is only called by the command above.
There's a lot of great ROMs out there, and now those with the different screens can enjoy them too, and all you need is this driver and an init.d script.
Please let me know if you have any questions or need something debugged (though I am not a programmer, so how much I may be able to help will be limited ). The new atmel_maxtouch.c is attached in the zip.

I've added it to KatKernel #19 that will be in the next KatKiss V18

Hi. I have an Asus TF300T with touchscreen issue. It doesn't working even if I replaced it. Maybe the replaced part was the wrong one... Can I do anything? I have JB 4.2.1 with the latest bootloader, root, bootloader unlocked. I flash via fastboot the TWRP recovery but I can't flash or use it because it is only touch usable...so I can't flash Katkiss rom... What can I do?
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[Q] A1CS Fusion5 Economy - bricked

Hi all
I have one of these cheap ICS tablets.It won't let me post the link because I'm new but if you search amazon for A1CS Fusion5 Economy you can see the specs.
It's a bit slow and unresponsive (what do you expect for the price), so I thought flashing it with CM might help.
I got a CWM working on it and following a thread on these forums about allwinner tablets in general I flashed it with (in this order).
cm10_a10_20120913.zip
gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip
protab2xxlv2_compatibility_1.2.0.zip
Clearly these were not the correct roms (in hindsight I can see that I have used an allwinner A10 rom when my tablet is an Allwinner A13).
After I shut down from CWM the tablet will not switch back on. It also won't boot into either recovery or download mode. Nothing happens when I plug it into its wall charger, nor will the laptop recognise it when plugged into the usb.
I think I have no way to fix this since it is unresponsive to everything that I might do to get it into a state to fixit, but I am very new to this so posting to see if anyone can help?
Did you ever unbrick your tablet and find a solution?
The same happened to me and I could find no way to recover the tablet and yes mine turned out to be an A13 as well
spoondoom said:
Hi all
I have one of these cheap ICS tablets.It won't let me post the link because I'm new but if you search amazon for A1CS Fusion5 Economy you can see the specs.
It's a bit slow and unresponsive (what do you expect for the price), so I thought flashing it with CM might help.
I got a CWM working on it and following a thread on these forums about allwinner tablets in general I flashed it with (in this order).
cm10_a10_20120913.zip
gapps-jb-20120726-signed.zip
protab2xxlv2_compatibility_1.2.0.zip
Clearly these were not the correct roms (in hindsight I can see that I have used an allwinner A10 rom when my tablet is an Allwinner A13).
After I shut down from CWM the tablet will not switch back on. It also won't boot into either recovery or download mode. Nothing happens when I plug it into its wall charger, nor will the laptop recognise it when plugged into the usb.
I think I have no way to fix this since it is unresponsive to everything that I might do to get it into a state to fixit, but I am very new to this so posting to see if anyone can help?
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I'm afraid I've joined the club....
Does anyone know how to fix this?!!!!
Update!
I have since discovered that the bricking is almost certainly due to loading an incorrect ROM.
I am trying to find a ROM which will work and to upload it using livesuit (google and download it!). I will update further if I have any success, in the meantime I hope this helps someone!
Oh and if the tablet is not recognised by your PC, press and hold the power button for a little while (until your PC beeps like you connected a usb device)
Good luck and update me if you have any luck !
Update 2
Search for:
A7S_A13_86VEB_M707EBC_130511_V1.2
This rom will, once flashed using livesuite, at least allow you to boot to recovery again.
When that screen fired up again I had a big geeky smile on my face!
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And this cyanogen rom
cm_a13_20130628
will bring you almost back to where we want to be.....
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/80689-rom-cyanogenmod-10-for-allwinner-a13/
No touchscreen yet......:silly::silly::silly:
Update 3
Still not quite there with the touchscreen but there are a bundle of driver details here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189569
Nonetheless, all that is left to do (in theory!) is to identify the correct driver, enable usb debugging (using a usb mouse since the touchscreen doesn't currently work) and then use basic adb commands (if I can do it, you can too!) to push the driver to the device.
I will update in due course. I guess it's too late for you guys but maybe this will help someone one day.
Little help here?!
Well I've narrowed down the drivers to 1 of 3.
I'm trying to work out how to run these - maybe via adb or terminal emulator? to work out which one works.
Then I believe I need to amend the boot file or the script.bin to run the driver automatically?
Any advice gratefully received!
More!
Getting bored of these updates yet?
Sometimes you have to take a step backwards to take two steps forwards...
Installed a new firmware and ROM (FaaastJB V2) flashed with livesuit. Easy.
Still no TS - when you search for FaaastJB though, you will see a bunch of driver files with adb included in the file so you can just hit run and sit back. I had to reflash a couple of times but very quickly the touchscreen was back.
Still working on the camera but I'm pretty much done.
I hope this helps someone!
PS - I should probably give some props / respect / good karma / shout out to Toxicro, the guy who I believe made faaastJB v2. good work fella!
Final post
Quick last one and that's it from me (at last I hear you cry!)
The new faaastJB - v2.5 includes camera drivers. The same TS drivers work.
Rooted, Rom-ed, working, done!
Godneps out!

[GUIDE][ROOT][CWM] ARCHOS 97b Platinum HD

I came upon this device on Christmas (a gift from my girlfriend to her father) and wanted to root it and also install clockworkmod recovery, so I could mess with it a bit without bricking it. Since I found a lack of tailored guides for it, I decided to write this one, although I really did no actual development whatsoever. Normally I would be posting this on general, but given the spirit of this forum, I guess I'll just leave it here. Also, keep in mind I don't have the device anymore and am writing this from memory. If I missed anything or you have any doubts, please let me know (for example, I can't recall specifically the drivers I installed to make it work properly).
Please, please read the whole guide before trying anything, and if you are a novice user, just leave this be, I don't want you to turn your tablet into a paperweight because of my shoddy instructions written from memory and you probably don't need any of this anyway as there are no custom roms yet.
!!!DISCLAIMER!!!: As stated above, anything you do is at your own risk. I provided the procedures that worked for me on a Qilive 97r tablet, which is an Auchan branded ARCHOS 97b Platinum HD, so my step by step should work for all of you. There are probably easier ways to do this, and I hint at them in the guide, but beware I have not tried them and cannot vouch for them. In fact, I cannot and will not take any responsability if you brick your device following these instructions, correctly or otherwise. You do this at YOUR OWN RISK. You have been warned!
Rooting:
I followed this guide on Windows 7 x64 and it worked perfectly.
So thanks to dhigby for that. I would just like to make a couple of remarks:
When you get to step 7 (Installing Superuser by ChainDD), don't. Install SuperSU by Chainfire instead, Use it to update the superuser binary (I think a prompt shows up) and when asked, let it delete the "other" superuser applications, that is, the chinese one. Clean and easy, you don't need to follow any more steps.
Congratulations, you now have (english language) root!
Clockworkmod Recovery:
There is no specific recovery for this device. Fortunately, thanks to AndroTab.info, there's a generic version for 3188 devices that you'll see should work quite nicely, albeight with some caveats.
What works:
Nandroid backup to/from external SDCard (won't recognize internal)
Installing zip files should also work, although I didn't try it at the time, as the device wasn't mine and I can't since I don't have it anymore, but since it mounts system partitions perfectly well I wouldn't think there would be a problem. Try it at your own risk though.
Other things probably work, give it a try.
What doesn't work:
Internal SDCard access
Probably other things
Installation:
Now that you have a rooted tablet, installing clockworkmod recovery is easy-peasy. Go to developer options and enable USB Debugging, then make sure you have a working adb daemon (look it up) that recognizes your tablet.
NOTE: I'm not sure if I had to install any specific drivers for this to work, I think if so they were installed while rooting by the chinese app. Anyhow, here's the Rockchip drivers, you might want to try to install them if you can't get a connection: http://www.rockchip.nl/downloads/
Download the file RK30GENERIC_CWM.zip from here - that's the recovery.
Now extract flash_image and recovery.img from the downloaded file above to the folder where you have your adb and follow the following commands.
Push the files to /dev partition on the device:
Code:
adb push flash_image /dev/
adb push recovery.img /dev/
Then enter root shell, like so:
Code:
adb shell
su
Now flash recovery.img into recovery partition with flash_image:
Code:
chmod 755 /dev/flash_image
/dev/flash_image recovery /dev/recovery.img
Now power off your device. To enter recovery press volume down then the power button and keep them pressed until CWM boots. Voilá!
NOTE: The instructions above were adapted from here and all credit goes to AndroTab.info ; I posted these particular instructions because they are the ones I used and worked for me; there are other methods listed on that page which might or might not work, TRY THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Backing up your original recovery (for warranty, if anything goes wrong, etc.)
To obtain a backup image of your recovery \ restore it back afterwards, follow this guide here. All credit goes to Originalas.
Don't follow it to the letter though: first and foremost, you need a working linux installation. If you don't have one, I recommend Wubi.
Then:
Follow step 1;
Ignore step 2 (it's outdated);
Follow 3;
Follow 4 - but don't expect the screen to turn on, it won't, just hold the volume down button for 10 seconds or so after plugging it in, don't press the power button!
Ignore 5, 6 and 7
Follow 8, but don't use the last command to flash the CWM recovery onto the device. This is because since it is a generic version, it relies on the original recovery kernel. Flashing the image like stated in step 8 would probably overwrite the kernel and result in no recovery at all (I might be wrong about this).
Do follow the last command to restore your own backup if you ever need to.
I am unsure if recovery dumps obtained in this way are device specific; I don't see a reason why they should be, so I'll provide you with my own backup:
ORIGINAL RECOVERY
Flash through any method of your choice, but keep in mind I haven't tried this on other devices, so, as you know by now DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Closing remarks:
There you have it. Sorry for not holding your hand through every step, but this is meant for people who know a bit of what they're doing, making it faster than having to look up and figure out all these things and quirks on their own. If you have any doubts don't hesitate to ask, but keep in mind I don't have the device anymore and don't know much more than what I have written here. I do appreciate feedback and corrections, and will gladly change the guide giving you full credit - if it's really urgent just PM me, I might not check this thread often.
Cheers!
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
Jammed_Death said:
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
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I wouldn't keep my hopes up on custom roms. The software is really bad and what it does with the hardware is terrible. It's like a bunch of chipmunks put the code together by randomly typing into a keyboard.
That said, the likelihood of a new kernel to fix that is next to nil. However, since the ROM is as far as I can tell pretty near stock, you can get a pretty good experience from the device by installing gravity box xposed module. I also recommend trickstermod and changing the governor to performance, as well as some kernel tweaking if you know what you are doing.
Also, very important, limit the amount of processes running in the background to 3 in dev settings or change the used memory limit to something like 1.2 gb. It has 2 gb of RAM, but, as I said, the ROM sucks, the system eats away a full gigabyte, and it doesn't effectively kill background apps, leaving you with a sluggish device if you multitask.
Anyway, those are just some ideas, if you have some more or would like to code for this device, feel free to share Also, as I always say, give it time. You never know who is gonna get they're hands on the device and do something amazing with it.
Newbleeto said:
I wouldn't keep my hopes up on custom roms. The software is really bad and what it does with the hardware is terrible. It's like a bunch of chipmunks put the code together by randomly typing into a keyboard.
That said, the likelihood of a new kernel to fix that is next to nil. However, since the ROM is as far as I can tell pretty near stock, you can get a pretty good experience from the device by installing gravity box xposed module. I also recommend trickstermod and changing the governor to performance, as well as some kernel tweaking if you know what you are doing.
Also, very important, limit the amount of processes running in the background to 3 in dev settings or change the used memory limit to something like 1.2 gb. It has 2 gb of RAM, but, as I said, the ROM sucks, the system eats away a full gigabyte, and it doesn't effectively kill background apps, leaving you with a sluggish device if you multitask.
Anyway, those are just some ideas, if you have some more or would like to code for this device, feel free to share Also, as I always say, give it time. You never know who is gonna get they're hands on the device and do something amazing with it.
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hi and thanx for the answer
yes i saw that it's almost stock but crappy optimized...in the very first start of the tablet i had 1.8gb occupied by nothing and clean master always notifies me that 90% of the ram is busy...meh
maybe just a kernel will fix like you say but you know, android 4.4 will be a must (rockchip already released sdk for 3188). I am not a coder (totally zero) but i will try your suggestion...just a question about the performance governor, does it drain more battery?
i am trying to backup my rom but cwm is so buggy...first was impossible, now i'm stuck on backing up boot image
there is a twrp available for this tablet?
solved
ehy can someone provide a stock rom for the qilive 97r? I'm using a omni 4.4.4 but i want to rever back
thank you
Dump stock ROM QiLive 97R
Jammed_Death said:
ehy can someone provide a stock rom for the qilive 97r? I'm using a omni 4.4.4 but i want to rever back
thank you
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Yes, i have one. How could i send to you?
Could we change your Omni stock ROM by mine?
I have tried ROM Archos 97b Platinum but touch screen is not working. The only possibiliti to work is by a USB Mouse.
Many thanks.
Redinpais said:
Yes, i have one. How could i send to you?
Could we change your Omni stock ROM by mine?
I have tried ROM Archos 97b Platinum but touch screen is not working. The only possibiliti to work is by a USB Mouse.
Many thanks.
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you can upload it on mega or gdrive or something like that
for the omni come here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310818
author thread with links and guides I think you can even try the fixes with your current rom but better ask oma
about the cwm, there is a way to mount sdcard?
Dump stock ROM QiLive 97R
Jammed_Death said:
you can upload it on mega or gdrive or something like that
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Here he are...
https://www.wetransfer.com/download...556a9cf8fdbc6ddd7ab35ab820141126224717/09298e
Is only available until Decenber, 3 ,so Download it now.
Jammed_Death said:
for the omni come here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310818
author thread with links and guides I think you can even try the fixes with your current rom but better ask oma
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I've been watching but I can not understand. Is confused. There are many files and do not know what to do to "fix".
If you are Portuguese, I would like to talk to you on Skype.
Can be?
Jammed_Death said:
about the cwm, there is a way to mount sdcard?
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I don´t know how I can answer that. I'm new in android, so I sorry.
Jammed_Death said:
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
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Try this. Sooooooooo beautiful.:good:
(Because this - "To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!" i can not put link now. So ask me by Skype) SORRY
:victory:
Follow the instrutions ther and enjoy KK 4.4.2 Oma ROM Iron KK v1.2 - 24-05-2013 (My QiLive say now - Nexus 7 :angel:
Regards
Qilive 97r
Hi guys , if any body can help me with my tablet Qilive 97r, when I tryed to install new rom via RK development tool there was an error, and my tablet do not booting any more, just black display, do not know what to do, maybe somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.
Denysorlyk said:
Hi guys , if any body can help me with my tablet Qilive 97r, when I tryed to install new rom via RK development tool there was an error, and my tablet do not booting any more, just black display, do not know what to do, maybe somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.
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I'm interested
please ROM stock
Hello, i need help , if somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.

Root + twrp + bootloader unlock + twrp flashable stock rom - marhsmallow

If you are on Lollipop, this guide is NOT for you!
Almost none of this is my work, I just collect it and put it together in one place and I'm writing a small how-to get things done.
PLEASE ONLY PROCEED AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!!!!!!
ONLY FOR ZX551ML
Bootloader unlock:
Currently the only way I was able to get ROOT on the phone was by installing it from TWRP which required an unlocked bootloader, so the first step is to get the bootloader unlocked, to do this please follow this steps:
1) Enable USB debugging - If you do not know what is that and how to do it, you should probably STOP right here.
2) Download and extract: Unlock 6_ZX551ML.ZIP
3) From the extracted folder run unlock.bat (This will restart your phone into fastboot mode, downgrade the bootloader and unlock it)
4) When step 3 is completed, you need to run restore.bat
If everything went on correctly your boot screen should be inverted (white background, black Asus text). This was the most risky part. I only have my phone and it worked, but if something goes wrong here you might end up bricking your phone, so please take extreme care, always read the messages on the screen!!!!!
Custom Recovery:
1) Now to get a custom recovery, please download TWRP-3.0.2-M1-Z00A.img.
2) Put your phone into bootloader mode, if your phone is currently in use, just use the following commands:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Alternatively you can power off the phone, remove the USB cable. Power it back on while holding the volume up button.
3) once your phone if in bootloader mode please use the following command:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery TWRP-3.0.2-M1-Z00A.img
4) Use the vol up & down to select "RECOVERY"
5) Use the power button (short press) to reboot to TWRP
ROOTING
1) Download BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-20160519174328-patch-by-shakalaca-for-zenfone2-6.0_(1).zip
2) In recovery select Advanced -> Sideload
3) From your computer use the following commands:
Code:
adb sideload "BETA-SuperSU-v2.74-2-20160519174328-patch-by-shakalaca-for-zenfone2-6.0_(1).zip"
4) Once it's completed installing, restart the phone to system
FLASHABLE STOCK ROM
If you have TWRP installed and you want to flash the latest stock ROM, you will need to, make sure you un-root your phone from the supersu app, reboot to recovery and sideload the zip. You can also copy the zip to your phone and install it from twrp. When installing the stock rom, your bootloader will be locked again, so you will need to unlock it (if you wish), also you will need to root again, because the root is lost. However the modified stock rom will NOT remove the custom recovery giving you freedom to flash whatever you like in the future...
XPOSED
Xposed on our device won't work if we have SuperSu installed. If you want to use Xposed modules you will need to use PHH's SuperUser instead. All files required for Xposed/Magisk/Phh's SuperUser are available in the Xposed folder.
Available modified stock rom versions:
UL-Z00A-WW-4.21.40.141-user-TWRP.zip - Updated: 2016-Oct-07
UL-Z00A-WW-4.21.40.197-user-TWRP.zip - Updated: 2016-Dec-16
Files can be downloaded from: here
Again, please proceed on your own risk.
Special tanks and credits to all the guys who made this possible, namely:
@sorg @social-design-concepts @shakalaca - For bootloader unlock
@jrior001 for the TWRP
@shakalaca - For the modified SuperSU package.
Magisk / systemless should also work?
any way to get back the noninverted Bootscreen?
Tr4sHCr4fT said:
Magisk / systemless should also work?
any way to get back the noninverted Bootscreen?
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Yes I'm using Magisk, but even with it I wasn't able to use Google Pay. To get back to non inverted, you will need to flash the locked bootloader.
Emil Borconi said:
Yes I'm using Magisk, but even with it I wasn't able to use Google Pay. To get back to non inverted, you will need to flash the locked bootloader.
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While essentially true the user can always use a different boot animation by flashing one via twrp. There might even be one somewhere of the unmodified asus screen.
Can anyone confirm the flashable Rom mentioned in Post #1 is MM 6.0.1? I ask because my phone upgraded itself right after I booted it up and I wondered if it was on a newer version than the downloadable one. Pretty sure the update was only security updates given it was only around 80mb.
The actuall boot screen is only a couple of seconds long while the boot animation shown
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Well as usual the linux users drew the short straw. The shell script is for mac users. I decided to see about running the lines manually but never even reached the "danger zone". As soon as I did an "adb reboot bootloader" I followed up with "sudo fastboot devices" (some linux distro's need sudo..some don't)....and nothing shows up although I can clearly see the device is hooked up and in fastboot mode as well as the fact the adb reboot bootloader worked. I swap out one of my other devices and check things...they show up fine in fastboot....ok...so what's missing from this picture?
*update* solved by updating the ubuntu adb and fastboot binaries from here: https://github.com/simmac/minimal_adb_fastboot/tree/master/linux
*update2* bootloader unlocked, supersu flashed and verified. Much appreciated.
I ran the bootloader unlock and it appeared to work. Now it keeps booting back into the bootloader. I can't seem to get it to boot normal. Suggestions?
Nevermind, I didn't realize that I needed to run restore.bat while still in the bootloader. It is booting now! I was able to follow your guide and it is now rooted.
Regarding the marshmallow zip you include. I have a couple questions.
- For the modified stock version that will keep the recovery do I just need to flash it from recovery?
- Do I need to unroot before flashing this modified stock marshmallow?
Thanks!
slgooding said:
I ran the bootloader unlock and it appeared to work. Now it keeps booting back into the bootloader. I can't seem to get it to boot normal. Suggestions?
Nevermind, I didn't realize that I needed to run restore.bat while still in the bootloader. It is booting now! I was able to follow your guide and it is now rooted.
Regarding the marshmallow zip you include. I have a couple questions.
- For the modified stock version that will keep the recovery do I just need to flash it from recovery?
- Do I need to unroot before flashing this modified stock marshmallow?
Thanks!
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Happy to read you got it booting, by the time I got to answer you seemed to git it figured out.
Regarding the zip, yes flash from recovery and you don't need to unroot before, but you will need to root after flashing.
However I do suggest you make a backup before flashing jsut in case....
Emil Borconi said:
Happy to read you got it booting, by the time I got to answer you seemed to git it figured out.
Regarding the zip, yes flash from recovery and you don't need to unroot before, but you will need to root after flashing.
However I do suggest you make a backup before flashing jsut in case....
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I'm assuming the file is just for folks who are on lollipop who want to upgrade? Didn't see any need to flash it since already on 6.0.1 and have it rooted...unless I'm missing something again.
I read this after I went to 6.0.1 from Asus's manual download and update process. I can't get ADB to connect in the OS (developer mode never displays, even though it tells me I'm a developer after doing kernel ver. button process). I tried to get adb devices -l in fastboot and recovery, and it wont discover it. I've tried multiple windows drivers (including the one that worked when I flashed the firmware the first time) to no avail. Any ideas?
Irishman2020 said:
I read this after I went to 6.0.1 from Asus's manual download and update process. I can't get ADB to connect in the OS (developer mode never displays, even though it tells me I'm a developer after doing kernel ver. button process). I tried to get adb devices -l in fastboot and recovery, and it wont discover it. I've tried multiple windows drivers (including the one that worked when I flashed the firmware the first time) to no avail. Any ideas?
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If windows doesn't see the phone when in recovery there is something wrong, this can be:
1) Wrong driver
2) Damaged USB cable
3) Damaged USB port.
When you are in recovery you should see the phone with adbm if you are in fastboot you should see the phone with:
Code:
fastboot devices
If nothing works you have the nuclear option.
Manually download the original firmware from Asus website: https://www.asus.com/support/Download/39/1/0/26/BXbNqJplzZiLmk6G/32/
copy the zip to an Sd card.
1) Now Turn Off your phone and boot into recovery mode by pressing Power+Volume UP.
2) Now in recovery mode choose to apply update from sdcard.
3) Now select the zip file.
4) Now wait until the process complete and then Reboot the phone.
5) Done!
famewolf said:
I'm assuming the file is just for folks who are on lollipop who want to upgrade? Didn't see any need to flash it since already on 6.0.1 and have it rooted...unless I'm missing something again.
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More or less true, but somehow I was on a 6.0.1 version which is now gone from the firmware list of Zenfone, meaning I have updated from 6.0.1 to 6.0.1
Again now I see there is a new firmware released yesterday if I have the time I will patch that system image as well so it can be upgraded with TWRP.
famewolf said:
I'm assuming the file is just for folks who are on lollipop who want to upgrade? Didn't see any need to flash it since already on 6.0.1 and have it rooted...unless I'm missing something again.
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Just for you I've just uploaded the 4.21.40.197 release as well... so now there is a point of the TWRP rom's
Emil Borconi said:
Just for you I've just uploaded the 4.21.40.197 release as well... so now there is a point of the TWRP rom's
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Typical....now you've given me work I need to do on the phone. ;P
Appreciate your work!
Out of curiosity have you tried xposed?
famewolf said:
Typical....now you've given me work I need to do on the phone. ;P
Appreciate your work!
Out of curiosity have you tried xposed?
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Yes and it works. I tried a few modules, but generally speaking I'm not a big xposed user myself. Nify doesn't work to well because of all the asus software on it and I wasn't able to get google assistant either. Android audo mod worked perfectly, so yeah generally speaking xposed work's
Emil Borconi said:
Yes and it works. I tried a few modules, but generally speaking I'm not a big xposed user myself. Nify doesn't work to well because of all the asus software on it and I wasn't able to get google assistant either. Android audo mod worked perfectly, so yeah generally speaking xposed work's
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Thanks...that answers all my questions except for figuring out what's safe to disable. I put a post in q&a but no replies..the zoom appears to have a very small group on xda. I'll figure it out eventually.
famewolf said:
Thanks...that answers all my questions except for figuring out what's safe to disable. I put a post in q&a but no replies..the zoom appears to have a very small group on xda. I'll figure it out eventually.
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Actually most if them can be. Here is a print screen of the ones I have disabled on my phone hover I have a zenpad z380c which I use as my car dashboard and on that one o have disabled almost of all of the apps, except zenhome, audio manager and the file manager.
Yes I was surprised to find out that there is almost no zoom community.
Emil Borconi said:
Actually most if them can be. Here is a print screen of the ones I have disabled on my phone hover I have a zenpad z380c which I use as my car dashboard and on that one o have disabled almost of all of the apps, except zenhome, audio manager and the file manager.
Yes I was surprised to find out that there is almost no zoom community.
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I'm actually enjoying mobile managers auto startup managing...it's done a good job of keeping 10000 things from running at startup that don't need to although "Startup Manager" would do a similar job for free. I'm liking the zenui launcher and calling screen so don't want to break anything related to that...the phone's been performing exceptionally well for days on end with no required reboots. Been very impressed. Previously been fighting with a T-mobile V10 and an Alcatel Idol 3...the v10 had spontaneous reboots...the idol had a stock rom with a bunch of lag in it....tiny to nothing development on both of those.
What about Zentalk, ZenChoice, PhotoCollage, MyAsus Service center, Clean Master, Audiowizard and Bug Reporter?
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I'm actually enjoying mobile managers auto startup managing...it's done a good job of keeping 10000 things from running at startup that don't need to although "Startup Manager" would do a similar job for free. I'm liking the zenui launcher and calling screen so don't want to break anything related to that...the phone's been performing exceptionally well for days on end with no required reboots. Been very impressed. Previously been fighting with a T-mobile V10 and an Alcatel Idol 3...the v10 had spontaneous reboots...the idol had a stock rom with a bunch of lag in it....tiny to nothing development on both of those.
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I use tasker for that, but yes I agree as a whole is not bad, this is my 4rd Asus product (Zenfone 4, Zenfone 2, Zoom and Zenpad) and overall I'm quite impressed with how they perform, just the support from Asus isn't really the top of the cream... they released MM when other were releasing N... so yeah a bit of sour taste, otherwise happy. And the camera, I think it's brilliant, not the best on the market, but the optical zoom is cool, as well as the camera app which allows you to do some nice manual shooting.
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I use tasker for that, but yes I agree as a whole is not bad, this is my 4rd Asus product (Zenfone 4, Zenfone 2, Zoom and Zenpad) and overall I'm quite impressed with how they perform, just the support from Asus isn't really the top of the cream... they released MM when other were releasing N... so yeah a bit of sour taste, otherwise happy. And the camera, I think it's brilliant, not the best on the market, but the optical zoom is cool, as well as the camera app which allows you to do some nice manual shooting.
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I listed a few apps in my previous post I wondered if you had looked at..it was a last minute addition so you may have missed it. I own tasker...I'm unaware of using it to stop tasks from running at bootup although I have used it to MAKE some apps run after "Boot Completed".
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I listed a few apps in my previous post I wondered if you had looked at..it was a last minute addition so you may have missed it. I own tasker...I'm unaware of using it to stop tasks from running at bootup although I have used it to MAKE some apps run after "Boot Completed".
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Generally tasker can be used for almost anything.... but I'm doing most of the thing with root+shell scripts, but yes nothing wrong with the app provided by Asus. I think everybody uses the setup/software he/she is most comfortable using... and there is no right or wrong.... that's until you are NOT and iCrap user, because that is the ultimate WRONG! )
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Generally tasker can be used for almost anything.... but I'm doing most of the thing with root+shell scripts, but yes nothing wrong with the app provided by Asus. I think everybody uses the setup/software he/she is most comfortable using... and there is no right or wrong.... that's until you are NOT and iCrap user, because that is the ultimate WRONG! )
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Well from the lack of posts it appears you and I ARE the zenfone zoom community. Any idea where the system updates get stored after downloading? I thought in /cache based on regular zenfone posts but was unable to see it. I've got one available but it has to be modified for twrp compatibility as well as unrooting temporarily.

Need help with custom rom about root

Hey guys,
sorry if my english isn't right but I am so tired so now and so frustrated that I don't know what I could do.
The story is simple: I have a android head unit, running allwinner t3 (aka R40) with stock rom and stock recovery.
So far, there isn't any custom recovery available (I would like to create/compile CWM but CWM-Builder have some 502 Bad Gateways...) and the only way to root on 4.4.2 is with 360Root (On 6.0.1 for the newer Models only with Kingroot).
So far not bad but it takes a lot of patience sometimes and sometimes you can try over 1 week every day many hours and it still don't work!
So where do I need help? I want to add Root/SuperSU/... manually but I have many limitation.
First one is that I can only modify the system.img without any chmod and else (Maybe because I am using windows? Maybe because the Firmware has to be flashed while the Head Unit is powered off aka "Dead flash")
Secondly, ADB is not working, to be honest, the head unit act only as a receiver! It accepts any devices like Keyboard, UMTS/WCDMA Stick, USB Stick, ... but MTP fom HeadUnit or ADB, ... don't work. The only way for ADB is ADB over Wifi but I don't know whether it's good or bad. I saw that the USB is plugged into a slot which seems to be bend out, maybe they plugged it in wrong? I don't know how I can test that but I heard that connecting two devices with wrong polarity will break at least one of them!
Thirdly is, that I can't notice a difference between a rooted stock rom and a unrooted stock rom.
According to WinMerge, the rooted ROM have two new files (/etc/install-recovery.sh and /bin/su) but that's it!
If I transfer those files to my custom ROM with the same rooting app, it wont recognize them! I can try and try until I die.
And last, maybe worst, I can't just update something over. Every change outside the Android OS is mainly done by flashing the whole firmware! They changed that policy a little bit after Android 6.0.1 but this Android have the worst stability, worst GPS Modules and completely bricked Bluetooth! Also the stock recovery on 4.4.2 is useless, touch isn't working and the touch-buttons are also not working. I also tried to use a usb keyboard but also useless. Only the 6.0.1 stock recovery recognizes the touch screen and the touch-buttons but as I said, the Android 6 is terribly made...
I know what it sound like a noob and I didn't provided much information but I want to know whether someone can help me or want to help me... maybe someone say that I have to provide information xyz so yeah, feel free to ask
Best regards
Pascal
At what point did you install the ADB device drivers (kinda important) for your device, so that when you plugged it into anything, the thing could register you were plugging in the HeadUnit......

KINDLE FIREHD 8.9. TWRP unable to read/load rom error Help Please

Hi guys n Gals How you all doing? Staying safe i hope!! Im posting this incase it is of any use to anyone who happens to stumble upon an old tablet as i did, But is absolutely bamboozled with what to do next.
Well then i had been looking for help on this issue with regard to Kindle Jem and done my fair share of reading before signing up here.
I am right out of the wrapper and wet behind the ears with Kindles and the like(1st time rooting anything at all) however i managed to install TWRP 2.8.6.0 on su rooted kindle using the bin4ry method.
I followed step by step a tutorial on Youtube named " KindleFireHD89 to pure android"
1. At first i was getting read/load errors:
when attempting to flash cm10.1 cm11/12 through adb sideload i was getting the error message "unable to read cm 11/12" or "unable to load cm11/12" each time i try to flash the rom.
So I done some research on XDA and found a thread to do with the \LARGEADDRESS issue , so downloaded the program to use more than 2GB ram for the flash process, all to no avail. (THIS WAS ABSOLUTELY NO USE AT ALL)
I soon figured i was copying and pasting the commands for flash/fastboot wrong ( i was forgetting to add .img to the name of the image files i was pasting into the command prompt to flash lol)
2. I done a bit of reading around and saw that most , if not all the files were severely obsolete (like the Jem) so i searched around and first upgraded to TWRP 3.0.0.2 from 2.8.6.0 which i feel made a big difference if not just for a smoother gui alone.
3. As my determination and curiosity got the better of me i began replacing the roms also , flashing newer ones each time in this order:
cm 10.1 (success)
cm 11(success)
cm 12.1 (success)
And finally onto Lineage OS 14.1 along with GApps 7.1 Pico where i remain , however i am unable to fix the bluetooth issue as i dont know the commands/ paths or method to alter the LTE file replacement. (any help with this would be great guys or girls (i know Ladye made a fix i think) i just dont know how to go about editing these files.
I got into the menu brand new , though weirdly it wasnt by the volume up button, it was by turning on/off about 5 times and then holding the POWER button in and finally the TWRP Recovery screen would popup.
### edited### i know this is an old kiindle hence why there is no replies .....
####23rd May 2020 EDITED YET AGAIN ##### So i wondered whether there was a recent newish kinda Rom for the JEM after managing to flash (with great difficulty and beginners syndrome) custom rom in TWRP 3.0.0.2.
As i said earlier this was a kindle that was found and when i got it in out the rain and dried off with the hairdrier treatment , was amazed it still worked. So i figured it was a tough mofo and deserved to live outwith the bin since he made it this far.
Anyway when i checked it out the firehd 8.9 was blacklisted ((((Which i am assuming will mean i at least dont need to worry about disabling OTA updates??????))))
So bottom line and after all the fuss above trying to root etc i got 14.1 lineage os without the bluetooth but ill figure that out soon.
For anyone out there this post may help if you can be bothered to read through it haha.
###Last but not least I would like to thank all the guys n gals who make these mods possible and xda themselves for not binning these old posts for noobs like myself . Respect people . thanks again man ###

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