tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-86258946705160541642024-03-08T04:33:08.708-07:00Tablet ModsAndroid Hacking & ModsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625894670516054164.post-18284554691042825792014-12-18T23:56:00.001-08:002014-12-18T23:56:23.781-08:00Rooting Android 5.0 Lollipop via ChainFire Auto-Root Tool<span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: GibsonRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">You can easily root all Google Nexus devices </span><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: GibsonRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">running Android 5.0 Lollipop with the ChainFire Auto-Root Tool. You can find the download repository for each device </span><a href="http://autoroot.chainfire.eu/" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; font-family: GibsonRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank"><span style="color: blue;">HERE</span></a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: GibsonRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;">. A total of </span><a href="https://plus.google.com/u/0/+Chainfire/posts/EC5MhqFFqMK" rel="nofollow" style="-webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; background: rgb(255, 255, 255); border: 0px none; box-sizing: border-box; color: #3d4351; font-family: GibsonRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; font-stretch: normal; line-height: 26px; list-style: none outside none; margin: 0px; outline: none 0px; padding: 0px;" target="_blank">six Nexus devices</a><span style="background-color: white; color: #333333; font-family: GibsonRegular, sans-serif; font-size: 16px; line-height: 26px;"> can now be rooted using ChainFire’s one click auto-root tool. Android 5.0 compatible CFARs are now available for the Nexus 5, Nexus 7 2012, Nexus 7 2013, Nexus 9, and Nexus 10, amongst others. The only model not compatible is the Nexus 6, but we expect that it will come soon as will all Google Play Edition devices. </span><br />
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<b><a href="http://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.yattamove.monstersescape">MONSTERS ESCAPE</a></b></div>
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<b> I developed this game in my free time. I use this to benchmark Android hardware. I test for fluidity and smoothness. Most of the time, I use it to test devices after I made tweaks or repairs. I also use this to see the capability of a new Android device.</b></div>
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<b> The game actually is fun to play. It's quite hard at first but once you get the hang of it, you're on your way. People at the office only get 2 points!!!</b></div>
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<b>There's a leaderboard to compare your score with players around the world. Take time to login to Gamecircle, it's all worth it. It's fast and pain-free. After that, you don't have to do it again. Even for your other games in your device.</b></div>
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<b> Come on, try for yourself. After all...it's FREE!!!</b></div>
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Opening up one of my portable usb chargers (power bank as is fondly called in my place), I soldered the battery to the corresponding polarity input in the circuit.<br />
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I admit it! I am a certified "battery junkie". I own dozens of rechargeable AA/AAA batteries from NiCads/Ni-MH to <u>non-rechargeable</u> Alkaline ones that I force to charge. I recondition and maintain at least 5 used car batteries I refuse to let go. Not to mention 4 used 12-volt sealed lead acid and 2 6-volt Hawker from the office. A dozen USB power banks with or without its own battery, some lithium ions here and there, a couple of laptop/polaroid batteries... I even created a rechargeable lead-lead oxide cell from pipes myself which won a "science fair project" for my relative. And still it doesn't stop me from doing this. I guess I can never have enough stored energy. Especially for power-hungy tablets.</div>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Coby Kyros 7015 and 7016 have same hardware, main difference is Android version.</span></div>
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A friend of mine has consulted me regarding one of his children's two Coby Kyros 7016 MID which don't detect previously installled games. I have installed ClockworkMod Recovery and upgraded these tablet's rom to CyanogenMod 7 before in the past. Upon further investigation, I found out that the internal memory and sd card has not been mounted. Playing around with /system files including volds.fstab and some other various mounting methods using terminal emulator (in the device) and adb (using PC and Mac), I was out of luck. I finally decided that the problem most probably is hardware-related.</div>
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Opening up the tablet required moderate effort. No screws were used and the back cover was only held tightly by clips all around. Using my trusty old credit card, I pried it open, starting from the edge where the ports are located. Inching my way until all edges are free from the clips.</div>
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Once the back cover is free, I carefully removed 4 screws holding the logic board to the front case below (red circles). Unhook the digitizer from the clip (yellow rectangle) and resistive lcd screen flex cable (blue rectangle).</div>
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Carefully free the ports from the case then gently fold the logic board over the battery.</div>
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Cheap devices came from cheap manufacturing process obviously. Wave soldering done properly should not have resulted in this. Because of mechanical stresses, the sd card slot module has come off the solder points in the logic board! </div>
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Using my smd rework station, I tried to solder back the pins to the logic board using ample amount of flux. Reassembled. Unfortunately, it still does not work! So I had to repeat the process but this time soldering using a fine tip iron, thin solder, magnifying glass and lots of light. Pin by pin, I soldered manually including the 4 tabs at the edges of the sd card slot module for better support from mechanical stresses in the future. </div>
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Reassemble by reversing the process. Finish!<br />
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<b>EXTRAS</b><br />
Since I have accessed the internals of the Coby Kyros 7016, I indulged myself of taking pictures while I'm at it.<br />
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<b>The Battery</b><br />
2450mAh 3.7v<br />
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<b>Multi Core Module</b><br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">The Processor: </span><span style="background-color: white;">Telechips TCC8902 (500-800Mhz) RISC type 32-bit 65nm</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">GPU: ARM Mali200 </span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">RAM: Hynix 256MB</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Memory: 2x Samsung 2Gb</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Atheros Wifi Chip</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">free USB port (1)</span><span style="background-color: white;"> </span></li>
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<b>Wifi Antenna </b>(gold plate) attached to logic board by gray wire<br />
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Running scripts should provide the easiest way to root. Unfortunately, most of the time it only offers temporary root. Rebooting the device reverts back to unrooted state. Sometimes, elbow grease is needed to get the job done properly.<br />
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<b>MANUAL ROOTING</b><br />
1. Install Superuser from Market. Go to its Prefs and update su binaries. Reboot.<br />
2. Install Busybox by Jrummy from Market. Run it, then allow and remember as superuser (su).<br />
3. Install busybox ver. 1.19.3 to /system/xbin first.<br />
4. Then install busybox ver. 1.19.3 to /system/bin. Reboot.<br />
5. Try installing the latest Titanium Backup from Market to test.<br />
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<br />Unknownnoreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625894670516054164.post-83874560862648079912012-06-23T21:49:00.001-07:002014-06-06T05:58:16.061-07:00Flash Firmware via Livesuit<script type="text/javascript">
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Here is the instruction from Futeko.com that I used. (Download link at the bottom)<br />
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<li><span style="background-color: white;">Please note that the update wipes the tablet's internal storage and starts from scratch. So you will lose all downloaded Apps and data. If neccesary back up your data first!</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Firmware must be flashed using a Windows application called Livesuit. Download it from the link to the left.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Once downloaded, and before attaching your tablet to your PC, run the file 'LiveSuitPack_v1.07.exe' from within the Livesuit folder. This should install a new device on your system (VID_1f3a_PID_efe8). This device may show with an exclamation mark in Windows Device Manager, this doesn't matter and can be ignored.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Now download the firmware image you want to install. Firmwares are linked to in the downloads section to the left. After decompressing the archive you will end up with a .img file (e.g. 'sun4i_crane_t01a_0.8.1_20120224.img'). This is the firmware/ROM image that you are going to flash (or copy) to the tablet.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Without attaching your tablet to your PC run 'LiveSuit.exe' from within the Livesuit folder. You should get an application with 6 icons.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">You will be asked if you want to be guided through the process, select no.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Click on the leftmost icon (a cube), browse to your downloaded firmware image, and select it.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Turn the tablet completely off. The tablet should be off throughout the update process.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Now attach your tablet to your PC by USB cable whilst holding down the volume+ button on the top. Straight after attaching the cable, and whilst still holding down the volume+ button, start pressing the tablet power button repeatedly (approx 1 press per second for 10 seconds is enough). This procedure puts the tablet into update mode.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">After a few seconds a window will pop up on your PC asking if you want to perform a forced firmware update. You can release volume+ at this point. Select yes. You will be asked if you're sure. Select yes.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">The update will start and will take take approx 3 minutes to complete. You will see a % complete progress bar during the process and will get a dialog saying OK when it's done.</span></li>
<li><span style="background-color: white;">Turn your tablet on and you will have the new firmware.</span></li>
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<span style="font-size: x-small;"><b>DOWNLOAD LINKS </b>(I uploaded the file in Mediafire for easier and faster download)</span><br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?x4541qwu4j1d34p" target="_blank">Livesuit 1.07</a><br />
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Here's the link of Eken T01a latest (June 2012) firmware I uploaded.<br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vwb8u3kri4gug7u" target="_blank">Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9nc6ad5oc5hmmjm" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1sfro7rn40h44dp" target="_blank">Part 3</a><br />
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Ice Cream Sandwich Firmware update is up on Eken's site. This fixes some bugs, added battery stats in settings and more importantly, the gyro for some games like Temple Run. Here's the <a href="http://www.eken.com/support/" target="_blank">link</a>.<br />
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How to upgrade firmware on your Eken Tablet PC:<br />
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1. Download the firmware files above.<br />
2. Unzip the rar file to a folder.<br />
3. Open the zipped folder and copy all its contents to an empty micro sd card.<br />
4. Turn off device and insert micro sd card.<br />
5. The upgrade process will start automatically when you turn on your device.<br />
6. Upgrade finished! Remove micro sd card.<br />
7. The device should reboot automatically again. If not, manually reboot it.<br />
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Here's the link of Eken T01a latest (June 2012) firmware I uploaded for faster download.<br />
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<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?vwb8u3kri4gug7u" target="_blank">Part 1</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?9nc6ad5oc5hmmjm" target="_blank">Part 2</a><br />
<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?1sfro7rn40h44dp" target="_blank">Part 3</a>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625894670516054164.post-26379062433553491112012-06-15T21:13:00.001-07:002012-06-30T01:57:45.701-07:00Modifying Build.prop in PC<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Modifying <a href="http://tabletmods.blogspot.com/2012/06/buildprop-editor.html" target="_blank">build.prop using your device</a> is handy as it won't need connection to a computer and typing complicated shell scripts. Unfortunately, bad luck happens and some things just do get wrong sometimes. You will need to use the pc to revert back to your build.prop backup.<br />
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<b>TO MODIFY BUILD.PROP VIA ADB (Android Debug Bridge)</b><br />
1. On your device, go to Settings-Applications-Development, turn USB debugging on.<br />
2. Connect d<span style="font-family: Times, 'Times New Roman', serif;">evice to pc. Do not mount s</span>torage card.<br />
3. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?39g6dl8tyrd9bqt" target="_blank">Download</a> the ADB files if you haven't already got them.<br />
4. Extract the 3 files to the root of your Windows drive (C:\).<br />
5. Go to "Run" or "Command Prompt" and type cmd, Enter key.<br />
6. Type CD.. repeatedly until you just see "C:\"<br />
7. Type "ADB" and Enter key.<br />
8. To copy build.prop to root directory of Windows, type<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e565e; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif, Georgia, Courier, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">ADB pull /system/build.prop c:\</span><br />
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9. Now open build.prop saved in C:\ with Notepad. Edit as you wish. Save.<br />
10. To put modified file back to device, type<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e565e; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif, Georgia, Courier, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;"> ADB push c:\build.prop /system/</span><br />
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11. Unhook usb cable. Done!<br />
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<b>TO REVERT BACK BUILD.PROP BACKUP</b><br />
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1. On your device, go to Settings-Applications-Development, turn USB debugging on.<br />
2. Connect device to pc. Do not mount storage card.<br />
3. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?39g6dl8tyrd9bqt" target="_blank">Download</a> the ADB files if you haven't already got them.<br />
4. Extract the 3 files to the root of your Windows drive (C:\).<br />
5. Go to "Run" or "Command Prompt" and type cmd, Enter key.<br />
6. Type CD.. repeatedly until you just see "C:\"<br />
7. Type "ADB" and Enter key.<br />
8. To copy build.prop.bak to root directory of Windows, type<br />
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #4e565e; font-family: Verdana, Tahoma, Arial, 'Trebuchet MS', sans-serif, Georgia, Courier, 'Times New Roman', serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 19px;">ADB pull /system/build.prop c:\</span><br />
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9. Delete build.prop. Rename build.prop.bak to build.prop.<br />
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11. Unhook usb cable. Done!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625894670516054164.post-12030451479380387632012-06-14T22:25:00.000-07:002012-06-30T01:58:35.305-07:00Internal Memory and External SD Card SwapAfter installing a couple of games and apps, Android tells you that you are out of storage space. So you head on to ebay and buy the largest sd card your credit card can buy. You slap in your brand new sd card and head on to install more apps, only to find out you still have no storage space left despite moving apps to sd card.<br />
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<b>WHAT HAPPENED?</b><br />
Android tablets in general, has a different directory structure compared to Android phones. Mine has 504MB for apps (in<i style="font-weight: bold;"> system</i>), 2.67Gb internal storage (<b><i>sdcard</i></b>), and mounts external sd cards as (<i><b>extsd</b></i>). By default, external sd cards (<b><i>extsd</i></b>) are only used for media storage. Unfortunately, apps only recognizes <b><i>sdcard</i></b>, so your media files will still need to be transferred to internal storage for it to be played. What's the point?<br />
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<b>THIS HACK</b><br />
This hack will swap the position of the internal sd card to the external one you bought earlier. <br />
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1. Using any file manager (<a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?c4b734y3t5q2ify" target="_blank">Root Explorer</a>), navigate to /etc. <br />
2. Copy vold.fstab to root of your extsd and transfer to pc.<br />
3. Using a text editor (Notepad), edit the following lines:<br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">dev_mount <span style="color: red;">sdcard</span> /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/virtual/block/nand1</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> dev_mount <span style="color: red;">extsd</span> /mnt/extsd auto /devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.1/mm_host /devices/platform/sw_hcd_host0 /devices/platform/sw-ohci.1 /devices/plaform/sw-ohci.2</span></b><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;">dev_mount <span style="color: red;">extsd</span> /mnt/sdcard auto /devices/virtual/block/nand1</span></b><br />
<b><span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> dev_mount <span style="color: red;">sdcard</span> /mnt/extsd auto /devices/platform/sunxi-mmc.1/mm_host /devices/platform/sw_hcd_host0 /devices/platform/sw-ohci.1 /devices/plaform/sw-ohci.2</span></b><br />
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4. Save.<br />
5. Copy edited vold.fstab file back to /etc.<br />
6. Reboot. Done!<br />
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<b>MAKING LIFE EASIER</b><br />
Sergey_F1 has made the process easier for novice users by creating a script for Allwinner Tablets in this <a href="http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/31607-script-change-sdcard-and-tf-card/" target="_blank">link</a>.<br />
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1. <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?rk14t1oe6ll4hy2" target="_blank">Download</a> the script (updated for all Allwinner devices)<br />
2. Unpack .zip file<br />
3. Connect tablet to pc in usb debugging mode, do not mount sd card!<br />
4. If Windows asks for drivers, install this in <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?c041z8h54v3pd15" target="_blank">32-bit</a> or <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?4x51yc5bpge3qd9" target="_blank">64-bit</a><br />
5. Run SDvue.exe, Enter.<br />
6. Tablet will reboot. Remove cable.<br />
7. Done!Unknownnoreply@blogger.com133tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625894670516054164.post-63059374595034662252012-06-14T02:01:00.002-07:002012-06-30T02:11:40.415-07:00Increase Wifi TxPowerTxpower is a property key in <a href="http://tabletmods.blogspot.com/2012/06/buildprop-editor.html" target="_blank">build.prop</a> that controls the transmit power of the wifi module via its own driver. You can manually modify its key from 0-100. Reboot.<br />
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Set it too low, wifi signal suffers. Set it too high, and the battery life decreases or the wifi module may overheat and decrease in performance instead. Personally I set mine between 70-80. Other forums recommend 15. Alternatively, you can use <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=rubberbibpepper.WiFiTxPower" target="_blank">Wifi TXpower</a> from the Google Playstore for ease of use.<br />
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Natively, some devices do not support "iwconfig". You can download it <a href="http://www.mediafire.com/?r1uu73tr5q8fsoj">here</a> and copy it to /system/bin. Please leave a comment below if you need help with this tweak.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625894670516054164.post-37883339552752882002012-06-14T01:24:00.001-07:002012-06-14T03:18:55.631-07:00Build.Prop TweaksIn the past, we have showed you <a href="http://tabletmods.blogspot.com/2012/06/buildprop-editor.html" target="_blank">how to modify the build.prop file</a> for your personal customizations. Below is a list of build.prop tweaks and a description what it does. You can add a property name and its key<br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Faster scrolling: </span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">ro.max.fling_velocity=12000 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ro.min.fling_velocity=8000</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Power Saving<span style="font-size: x-small;">: </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana, geneva, lucida, 'lucida grande', arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-small;"> </span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">pm.sleep_mode=1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> ro.ril.disable.power.collapse=1 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60 </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=180</span> <span style="font-family: inherit;">(less than 90 if you want faster reconnect to wifi </span><span style="font-family: inherit;">after turning on, but may consume more battery life)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Increase media streaming performance:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">media.stagefright.enable-player=true </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> media.stagefright.enable-meta=true </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> media.stagefright.enable-scan=false</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> media.stagefright.enable-http=true</span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> net.tcp.buffersize.default=4096,87380,256960,4096, 16384,256960</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> net.tcp.buffersize.wifi=4096,87380,256960,4096,163 84,256960</span>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Faster boot time: </span> <span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">debug.sf.nobootanimation=1 </span> (disables boot animation) </div>
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<span style="font-family: inherit;">Spoof you device to show more apps/games in the Google Playstore by editing your build.prop! What better way to do this than by installing <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=hu.sztupy.android.allwinnermod" target="_blank">Allwinner Mod</a> from the Google Playstore?</span></div>
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Almost everyone who has tweaked an Android device probably knows what build.prop is and what it does. To everyone else who don't, build.prop is a file located in the directory /system. This file is the device's "ID card". It tells an application (including the Android operating system) what your device specification is, and in turn, will provide specific function or interface. It is loaded on boot. <br />
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Since this is a system file that we will be revising, the device will need to be rooted. Most china tablets come pre-rooted from factory so it should not be a problem. Sometimes you just need to install "Superuser" and "Busybox" from the Google Playstore so it becomes easier to use without adb and scripting in the computer. <br />
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Make sure /system directory is mounted as R/W (read/write). Using any file explorer in your device, navigate to /system and look for the file build.prop. Tap and hold on the build.prop file, edit in text editor, and type in and change the values. <br />
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Let's have one example for the Eken T01a:<br />
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Change the property name <b>ro.sf.lcd_density </b>to property key <b>112</b>. Reboot.<br />
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This is the lcd density I find best for me. It displays 8 x 5 icons in the app drawer. And shows me more content during web browsing or ebook/document reading.<br />
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<b>MAKING THINGS EASIER</b><br />
To automate the process, after all we are in the new tech age, you can use a build.prop editor app. There are a couple of these on the Google Playstore and the best of it all...it comes for free. I use <a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=org.nathan.jf.build.prop.editor" target="_blank">build.prop Editor</a> myself.<br />
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Cheap chinese tablets come with cheap components obviously to keep production costs down. The wifi module used is no exception. Signal range is moderate to low that just moving to the next room, connection is dropped. Hence this mod.</div>
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I have <a href="http://tabletmods.blogspot.com/2012/06/hardware-teardown-part-2.html" target="_blank">opened the tablet</a> in the past to reveal its components to address several issues. I tried soldering magnet wires as antenna to the module in full, half, and 1/4 of the wifi wavelength. While it increased the signal to around -10dBm (highest I got), the connection is still not reliable as I still encounter browser and download timeouts. In the future, I will solder-in a laptop antenna in hope that the wifi connection will be more robust. Or transplant a new wifi module with built-in bluetooth to get things going!</div>
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I have also played around with txpower in the build.prop as the wifi module gets hot after a while of internet activity. I assumed connection timeouts were caused by the module overheating. I have set it at 80 presently and gives me a good compromise on heat, signal strength and battery life. Iwconfig is not installed stock so I will show you that in another day.</div>
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Turn off the wifi switch in Settings-Wifi. Then insert the usb wifi adapter in the usb host port. Then turn on. Voila! It works! Don't you just love the usb host (USBOTG) functionality of this tablet? </div>
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On stock Eken firmware, Realtek "drivers" are already incorporated so it should work out-of-the-box. No need for insmod-ing linux drivers. I have tried a Ralink based usb wifi adapter but unfortunately it shows no activity. </div>
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The built-in wifi module is behind the metal backplate of the lcd screen, effectively blocking and interfering with the signal. The proximity of the wifi module to the processor, ram, etc. chips and with no shielding exposes it to more electronic noise/interference.</div>Unknownnoreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625894670516054164.post-56281085637175489152012-06-11T02:57:00.002-07:002012-06-14T08:32:41.083-07:00Hardware Teardown - Part 3<br />
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Starting at the edge, use the credit card as a wedge and pry open. Apply steady pressure until you hear a pop. Inch your way until every side is cracked open. Gently lay it side by side not too far from each other because the speaker wires are attached to the cover side.<br />
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I ordered an 8000mAH 3.7v due to arrive in two weeks for transplant.Unknownnoreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8625894670516054164.post-59715958647749614832012-06-10T21:20:00.003-07:002012-06-14T02:14:53.581-07:00Hardware Teardown - Part 1<br />
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The patient at hand is a cheap, generic, 7" Android china tablet with a lot of cheap(!) complaints. Before even buying the thing, I instantly knew it needed hackery of sorts. Now on to the reconstructive surgery after the jump..</div>
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