I have since returned this tablet. The go edition was just too much, or way too little for me to deal with.
The 7" variant shouldn't be considered a variant as it is only similar in shape and color. It is however still rootable. I am assuming you have adb and fastboot set up and know how to use them. Also if on windoze you know how to adjust if needed and to connect device with usb and the other little details I've overlooked. If not then I am also assuming you don't need to try this yet.
The root process is not difficult but tricky in that it is different. Before doing this you need to go to Magisk release thread and check out link for running Recovery Mode and read it all. You must have unlocked bootloader. The process goes something like this:
Edit: You will need the latest platform tools for fastboot to work properly. This link https://www.xda-developers.com/what-is-adb/ provides instructions for windows and Linux. Yes, you may need to update the tools in some Linux installations as not all repositories are kept up to date with regards to android-sdk.
1) Download mtk-su by @diplomatic to your pc.
2) Open a terminal in window where you have mtk-su. You can cd to it but this seems easier. Type the following "adb push mtk-su /data/local/tmp/"
3)Type "adb shell chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/mtk-su
4)Type "adb shell" you will enter a shell with no need to cd to anywhere. If you cd /data/local/tmp then you need to cd back out of it when root shell is achieved. If you run it this way your ready to go without changing directories
5) Type "./data/local/tmp/mtk-su -v" you now have a root shell. If for some reason you do not have root access, run mtk-su again, it will work.
6)Now the confusing part. You need to copy your recovery to patch with Magisk. You use "dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p10 of=/sdcard/recovery.img your recovery should be in internal storage when you open your file manager.
7)Install Magisk Manager and open it to select install. Before install you tick advanced settings and tick Recovery Mode. You then select install. A toast will pop up and you select the bottom one which is to patch your boot.img file. Wherever you see boot you use your recovery instead.
8)Magisk will put your patched recovery labeled magisk_patched.img in your download folder. Transfer it to your PC.
9)In terminal on PC open window where you have your magisk_patched.img. Then use adb reboot bootloader.
10) Flash your patched img with "fastboot flash recovery magisk_patched.img" and you're done flashing.
11) Now the fun part, you hold power and volume+ until you first get a glimpse of the boot selection screen. AS SOON AS IT LIGHTS UP LET GO for a second,just a second, then scroll to recovery and hit volume- . If its already on recovery just use volume down, do not scroll around to it. Your tablet will boot into a Magisk rooted system and not recovery.
It can be tricky but however you boot your tablet determines if you're rooted or not. When Magisk Manager reboots after installing a module it know what it's doing and you don't have to do anything but wait on it. Whenever booting your system you need to make your first priority going to magisk to check if it's installed before trying anthing. You need to do this every time you boot until you have your timing right and confidence way up. Then you should probably still check.
From what I can see when not booted to Magisk rooted system, installed modules and changes made are obviously not working. It should stand to reason if Magisk is not installed that magisk modules won't work. Like I said, its not hard it's just odd to me. Don't know how porting recovery is going to go. Wondering if we will need to patch the ported img or port the patched img. It's is treble compatible, I've read a-only but don't know about gsi's yet. Keeping expectations low though.
When I had Magisk installed I was left with no recovery or I didn't keep it long enough to figure it out. When booting with hardware buttons and holding for recovery/unrooted system the tablet booted to an unrooted system bypassing recovery all together. Don't know if it was procedural error on my part or if that is the compromise that has to be made to have perm root for the time being. Flashing stock recovery via fastboot proposed no issues.
Good information, thanks!
What prevented the usual patched boot image method from working?
NFSP G35 said:
Good information, thanks!
What prevented the usual patched boot image method from working?
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No ramdisk in boot.img. It works but just feels weird. Also from what I've gathered it can't be installed/upgraded via custom recovery. Not that there is one but down the road that's a bummer.
My apologies I withdraw my question.... I see that the 7 is different from the 8 & 10 where the recovery.img is being patched instead of the boot.img I will make note of that when I start my video tutorial series for the onn line of tablets.
The 7" definitely does not belong to the same family as the x003 and x002. The items partition (items.ini) only has hardware configuration for 10" and 8" tablets. I don't own the x007 keyboard variant, but I would not doubt the the 10" x003 dump would probably run on it. (speculation; not conclusive)
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The 7" definitely does not belong to the same family as the x003 and x002. The items partition (items.ini) only has hardware configuration for 10" and 8" tablets. I don't own the x007 keyboard variant, but I would not doubt the the 10" x003 dump would probably run on it. (speculation; not conclusive)
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It's Android (go edition) and it appeared as if everything were different. Even its google apps are different. I don't think they show up in play store unless you are on a go edition device. I have an account but only have google services on one device so don't use playstore enough to be sure. But the names all have go on them as in maps go, youtube go and chrome go. Go is slow, no ? I don't believe I seen a /vbmeta partition either. I was going to install a gsi to get rid of go but it was a no go. Not aware of any documentation for installing gsi's on go edition devices although it is supposed to be compatible, what's the point? Modified should mean some type of performance gain, somewhere at least. Coming in with just over 900MiB of RAM (not 1G) it's only close but still roughly 10% down from advertised. I had referred to it as the runt at one point, and it is that in every sense of the word. Smaller, weaker and slower was more than I cared to deal with. You can polish a pile of crap all day long, and at the end of the day, the best you can hope for is just a shiny turd. Too many other options and way better things to waste 50 bucks on. I returned it after a couple of days. The 8" and 10" tablets could stand a little better build quality. But over all I believe they knocked it out of the park with them. The 7", well... foul ball!
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It's Android (go edition) and it appeared as if everything were different. Even its google apps are different. I don't think they show up in play store unless you are on a go edition device. I have an account but only have google services on one device so don't use playstore enough to be sure. But the names all have go on them as in maps go, youtube go and chrome go. Go is slow, no ? I don't believe I seen a /vbmeta partition either. I was going to install a gsi to get rid of go but it was a no go. Not aware of any documentation for installing gsi's on go edition devices although it is supposed to be compatible, what's the point? Modified should mean some type of performance gain, somewhere at least. Coming in with just over 900MiB of RAM (not 1G) it's only close but still roughly 10% down from advertised. I had referred to it as the runt at one point, and it is that in every sense of the word. Smaller, weaker and slower was more than I cared to deal with. You can polish a pile of crap all day long, and at the end of the day, the best you can hope for is just a shiny turd. Too many other options and way better things to waste 50 bucks on. I returned it after a couple of days. The 8" and 10" tablets could stand a little better build quality. But over all I believe they knocked it out of the park with them. The 7", well... foul ball!
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It's probably 1GB or 953MiB of RAM. Powers of ten rather than powers of two.
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It's probably 1GB or 953MiB of RAM. Powers of ten rather than powers of two.
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May have been 953 can't remember now thankfully can't check either. But less than a G which is more like 1024 i believe. That would still be in the ballpark with what I called roughly 10 percent. I only put that because 10 percent could be huge considering a lot of times we tweak and modify for gains much smaller. It wasn't meant to be a technical review. When you get one, get as technical as you want with it. It will still be a piece of sh*t.
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May have been 953 can't remember now thankfully can't check either. But less than a G which is more like 1024 i believe. That would still be in the ballpark with what I called roughly 10 percent. I only put that because 10 percent could be huge considering a lot of times we tweak and modify for gains much smaller. It wasn't meant to be a technical review. When you get one, get as technical as you want with it. It will still be a piece of sh*t.
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I do not plan on supporting the 7" tablet. Probably just burst some bubbles.
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No ramdisk in boot.img. It works but just feels weird. Also from what I've gathered it can't be installed/upgraded via custom recovery. Not that there is one but down the road that's a bummer.
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What about modifying the boot.img to create the ram disk?
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What about modifying the boot.img to create the ram disk?
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Not sure I follow. The ramdisk it uses is in the recovery.img not sure what you would be trying to create or use it for. You lost me.
I've managed to unlock the bootloader, but the system boots up normally... Stock recovery if I choose recovery. Where did I go wrong?
i think your crazy also, I patched the recovery, and it doesn't work, it goes to a blank screen, if you had screen shots it might be more convincing, what does majick do taking over recovery, means using root from a p.c ???
https://gist.github.com/varhub/7b9555cdd1e5ad785ffde2300fcfd0bd
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if goes to majick recovery see if it's rooted with adb
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when you say building, found an interesting article where you might build or free ramdisk, even boot to majick root recovery, I'm just researching the idea
https://source.android.com/devices/bootloader/partitions/ramdisk-partitions
have you tried flashing with a gsi ROM, this sounds great
https://forum.xda-developers.com/pr...hVM2htbVVRNGhnUzU5ZktDUUNSZjlzdGE2bkk4TjhZY3M.
flashing gsi rom on surf 7, changed vbmeta to dtbo.img, got a black screen with no way to fix, no recovery ? does anyone know the proper way to flash one
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So here is an odd question and the answer may not present itself for a few days until we fully know what is going on with 6.3 but figured I would throw it out there for the pros.
So 6.3 is out and over the air updates are slowly rolling out.
I figured I would get brave seeing as jcase using pokey9000's initial work already has a root for us and decided to do a manual update using the link from the 6.3 thread.
I fired up the kindle, connected it to the computer, put the update.bin in the kindleupdates folder, went to device and clicked on update kindle in the settings.
Kindle powers off and....
Here's where it gets weird... It reboots into TWRP recovery and stays flagged as 5000 (recovery mode). Using adb I fiddled with it and found that this command
Code:
adb shell idme bootmode 4000
reboots perfectly fine.. I am using kinfauns 1.3 FFF.
*Edit* When it reboots from clicking "update kindle" checking TWRP's "cmd prompt" it says finding update package then unknown volume for "the path to where I saved the update.bin" can't mount aborting...
Ideas?
*Edit 2* Ok after scouring XDA I found the answer that for some reason the manual method only works if you rename the update.bin to update.zip and run it through twrp. This gave me the idea that once I learn more you could possibly recreate the official updates with twrp and fff built in. Just a thought and I could be wrong.
I don't too much with the stock software, but I noticed a few things.
I think the file needs to be renamed update.zip and not update.bin
If you are using one of the later versions of FFF, you can drop the "-i 0x1949" part of the fastboot command. That part is only necessary for the stock bootloader and can be omitted. I think it might even choke some of the earlier FFF versions if you give it that VID.
Setting the bootmode does not reboot it. You'll have to issue a 'fastboot reboot' to get it to reboot.
The bootmode for recovery is 5001, not 5000. I'm not sure what 5000 would do... although it might still work.
FFF 1.3 is no different than FFF 1.2 in functionality. The only difference is the bootlogo and the fastboot countdown has been reduced by 1/2. Everything else will be the same in 1.2 or 1.3.
Updating the KF software (I think) drops it into recovery and it might have just choked on the incorrect filename. The rest of the bootmodes behaved as expected and getting back to normal would just bring up 6.2.2 since nothing was updated... that's just my guess.
kinfauns said:
I don't too much with the stock software, but I noticed a few things.
I think the file needs to be renamed update.zip and not update.bin
If you are using one of the later versions of FFF, you can drop the "-i 0x1949" part of the fastboot command. That part is only necessary for the stock bootloader and can be omitted. I think it might even choke some of the earlier FFF versions if you give it that VID.
Setting the bootmode does not reboot it. You'll have to issue a 'fastboot reboot' to get it to reboot.
The bootmode for recovery is 5001, not 5000. I'm not sure what 5000 would do... although it might still work.
FFF 1.3 is no different than FFF 1.2 in functionality. The only difference is the bootlogo and the fastboot countdown has been reduced by 1/2. Everything else will be the same in 1.2 or 1.3.
Updating the KF software (I think) drops it into recovery and it might have just choked on the incorrect filename. The rest of the bootmodes behaved as expected and getting back to normal would just bring up 6.2.2 since nothing was updated... that's just my guess.
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After reading a good amount you are indeed correct on ALL points. I typed 5000 too quickly it is indeed 5001. You are correct on all fronts though and that is what happened it choked twrp. It did however teach me a great deal on how recovery works and how updates work. As my edit upstairs states if I am reading all this right and going through all the files it would not be that difficult to re-create the stock update but add in FFF and TWRP so those of us that prefer to stay that route could have an easy means of updating.
Thank you for taking the time to answer though. I am just now learning the droid system (I know late to the party but never had a device that was mine I could "get my hands dirty" with.) but I learn pretty fast.
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After reading a good amount you are indeed correct on ALL points. I typed 5000 too quickly it is indeed 5001. You are correct on all fronts though and that is what happened it choked twrp. It did however teach me a great deal on how recovery works and how updates work. As my edit upstairs states if I am reading all this right and going through all the files it would not be that difficult to re-create the stock update but add in FFF and TWRP so those of us that prefer to stay that route could have an easy means of updating.
Thank you for taking the time to answer though. I am just now learning the droid system (I know late to the party but never had a device that was mine I could "get my hands dirty" with.) but I learn pretty fast.
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Glad to hear you got it working. I think it's a good plan to keep FFF and TWRP installed with the stock software, especially if you plan on rooting it. There are plenty of users to have tried tinkering with a rooted filesystem and pooched it in the process. If you only have the stock bootloader/recovery installed when that happens, you'll need a factory cable to fix it. With FFF and the temporary fastboot mode, you always have a way to get into fastboot mode and a way to get yourself into recovery.
that is what the prerooted images do
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1451747
or the nfx updates:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452082
allready asked to redo for 6.3 ...
b63 said:
that is what the prerooted images do
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1451747
or the nfx updates:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1452082
allready asked to redo for 6.3 ...
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Check the dev section in an hour or two. I've got one in the works.
eldarerathis said:
Check the dev section in an hour or two. I've got one in the works.
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great !!! - much thanks again !
Okay, well I have pre-rooted versions packaged, but my upload speed seems to be really atrocious today. So it's getting there, just...very slowly.
Edit: Yeah, SpeeedTest.net is claiming I'm getting 0.4 Mbps up. MediaFire says about an hour for each archive
Excellent work. Good to know we already have dedicated devs working on pre-rooted images. Just to be sure though the 6.3 pre-rooted will have the "check for root" turned off/backed up? I know it seems silly, but with the new check it might get overlooked. Again Excellent work.
it has - as written on the op:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1569298
This method here seemed pretty straightforward to upgrade to Nougat: https://forum.xda-developers.com/axon-7/development/edl-emergency-dl-mode-twrp-unlock-t3553514
I was already unlocked so I figured I just need to flash the "Full" package then the "TWRP" package. TWRP is working, the bootloader still shows as unlocked in fastboot mode, but trying to boot just shows a Linux penguin and nothing else!
I just cleared everything in TWRP to see if that was somehow the issue then reboot, and TWRP says no OS installed! HOW?!
All this happened because I'm unclear on everything, and instead of a yes/no answer I get mocked. Someone please help.
Can you Boot in Fastboot?
When yes . load a Original Firmware update.zip and extract recovery.img from this . Do the recovery.img in Minimal adb and fastboot , open a command windows .
Type: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ,before this boot the phone in fastboot mode.
After the flash recovery ,boot the phone in the recovery with Volume down (tick them 1 or two times ) reboot ist with power.
Put a SD Card in the Phone with the update zip in root folder of the SD Card.
In recovery tick with Volume down to the Point update via SD Card and wait the Process ist finished.
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Can you Boot in Fastboot?
When yes . load a Original Firmware update.zip and extract recovery.img from this . Do the recovery.img in Minimal adb and fastboot , open a command windows .
Type: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img ,before this boot the phone in fastboot mode.
After the flash recovery ,boot the phone in the recovery with Volume down (tick them 1 or two times ) reboot ist with power.
Put a SD Card in the Phone with the update zip in root folder of the SD Card.
In recovery tick with Volume down to the Point update via SD Card and wait the Process ist finished.
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I have access to fastboot mode. However I'm still confused as to what is going on.
At least I've figured out where it goes wrong, at the TWRP step. The "no OS detected" made no sense so I tried flashing using the same method but just the "Full" package first. It eventually does boot and it appears Android 7 is working.
The bootloader shows as unlocked. However when I install the TWRP package after, TWRP is restored but then the phone is bricked and TWRP says no OS detected. I'm not sure if this is because I clicked "allow modifications" and if so why that causes it to go wrong and what I missed. I tried flashing TWRP manually using fastboot mode in case something was wrong with that EDL package, and the result is the same, after installing TWRP and clicking allow modifications the OS is no longer detected.
What am I missing? I must have missed a step.
ok. go to twrp and format data to ext 4 then flash new and restart.
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ok. go to twrp and format data to ext 4 then flash new and restart.
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When go to "Format Data", enter yes to allow it, it fails and says:
"mkfs.f2fs -t 0 /dev/block/sda9 process ended with
ERROR: 255
Unable to wipe Data.
Unable to format to remove encryption
Upadting partition details...
Failed to mount '/data' (device or resource busy)
... done"
Even if that went through I'm unsure what you mean flash new? Flash a new what?
When I enter repair/change it says the file system is ext4 anyway.
Well I tried starting at that point again since I didn't allow modifications in TWRP this time, and it actually booted Android but then asks for a password... what?
So something about allowing modifications in TWRP seems to be the culprit, but then I'm unsure why it would ask for a password to start the device when it boots after, it's obviously encrypted.
Flashing back to the "Full" package yet again to restore it working.
Edit: I thought double posts would be auto-merged...
Edit 2: "Format Data" left my device encrypted and the only way around it was a factory reset!
Edit 3: I read over the instructions in the TWRP thread again and I think I've found what I missed. If I don't update this thread again by tomorrow that means I've figured it out and everything should be fine.
Thank you everyone who tried to help.
Can you please give me instructions of what you did to upgrade to Nougat, I'm like you when started the upgrade on B29 Unlocked and rooted. I like the way of EDL process but It is a little vague and I don't want to brick my phone. Thanks in advance.
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Well I tried starting at that point again since I didn't allow modifications in TWRP this time, and it actually booted Android but then asks for a password... what?
So something about allowing modifications in TWRP seems to be the culprit, but then I'm unsure why it would ask for a password to start the device when it boots after, it's obviously encrypted.
Flashing back to the "Full" package yet again to restore it working.
Edit: I thought double posts would be auto-merged...
Edit 2: "Format Data" left my device encrypted and the only way around it was a factory reset!
Edit 3: I read over the instructions in the TWRP thread again and I think I've found what I missed. If I don't update this thread again by tomorrow that means I've figured it out and everything should be fine.
Thank you everyone who tried to help.
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romeoh said:
Can you please give me instructions of what you did to upgrade to Nougat, I'm like you when started the upgrade on B29 Unlocked and rooted. I like the way of EDL process but It is a little vague and I don't want to brick my phone. Thanks in advance.
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Hi...I ran into your original issue and I believe it's related to dm-verify. For anyone that runs into this again, try flashing a dm-verify disabling zip and see if it'll boot again. This was the only way I could get the phone to boot after upgrading to nougat...not sure why this is an issue though as (I think) I had the stock bootstack in place along with stock System files.
Here is a link to the dm-verify disabling tool I used:
https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/
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Hi...I ran into your original issue and I believe it's related to dm-verify. For anyone that runs into this again, try flashing a dm-verify disabling zip and see if it'll boot again. This was the only way I could get the phone to boot after upgrading to nougat...not sure why this is an issue though as (I think) I had the stock bootstack in place along with stock System files.
Here is a link to the dm-verify disabling tool I used:
https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/
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This is clearly posted in the TWRP thread.
flyer_andy said:
Hi...I ran into your original issue and I believe it's related to dm-verify. For anyone that runs into this again, try flashing a dm-verify disabling zip and see if it'll boot again. This was the only way I could get the phone to boot after upgrading to nougat...not sure why this is an issue though as (I think) I had the stock bootstack in place along with stock System files.
Here is a link to the dm-verify disabling tool I used:
https://build.nethunter.com/android-tools/no-verity-opt-encrypt/
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Thanks, already read the TWRP thread and found what I was missing.
romeoh said:
Can you please give me instructions of what you did to upgrade to Nougat, I'm like you when started the upgrade on B29 Unlocked and rooted. I like the way of EDL process but It is a little vague and I don't want to brick my phone. Thanks in advance.
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I used the EDL method in the end. Part of the reason I set that up to begin with was just in case in the future I brick something, I'll have the ability to recover from anything prepared.
The step I missed which resulted in a brick was installing SuperSU (since I wanted root anyway, or you can disable dm-verity as the other fellow posted here) after allowing TWRP to be able to do modifications. Then I ended up with more bricks because I used SuperSU 2.79-SR2 and SR3, I thought it was fine since SR2 is what I was using with Marshmallow, apparently not, you have to use a non-SR version of 2.79 with Nougat.
So in summary, from EDL mode I:
1 - Installed the "Full" EDL package.
2 - Installed the "TWRP" EDL package, or you can flash it from Fastboot mode which might be more convenient since you'll have to restart EDL mode after flashing the first package to get it working/ready to flash in EDL mode again.
3 - Gave TWRP permission to do modifications and immediately (without rebooting/starting which would result in a brick) installed SuperSU 2.79 (non-SR), then rebooted (this could take a few mins as it says and can bootloop a few times).
If you said no to permissions for SuperSU and it's not giving you the option again you can reflash SuperSU then reboot to bootloader then reboot to recovery, that should make it show the option again. And in case you're not aware, to make changes to system files and such permanent when you have root, you have to enter a command in TWRP's terminal emulator or ADB shell. I think it was "reboot disemmcwp", it may need "SU" in front if you're doing it through an ADB shell in Windows, I'm not sure. Not quotes of course. Search the forums to find out for sure, it had to be in a guide somewhere.
Edit: Just to be clear, for step 2, when I said "or you can flash it from Fastboot" I meant TWRP in general, not the TWRP EDL package.
Cyrus D. said:
Thanks, already read the TWRP thread and found what I was missing.
I used the EDL method in the end. Part of the reason I set that up to begin with was just in case in the future I brick something, I'll have the ability to recover from anything prepared.
The step I missed which resulted in a brick was installing SuperSU (since I wanted root anyway, or you can disable dm-verity as the other fellow posted here) after allowing TWRP to be able to do modifications. Then I ended up with more bricks because I used SuperSU 2.79-SR2 and SR3, I thought it was fine since SR2 is what I was using with Marshmallow, apparently not, you have to use a non-SR version of 2.79 with Nougat.
So in summary, from EDL mode I:
1 - Installed the "Full" EDL package.
2 - Installed the "TWRP" EDL package, or you can flash it from Fastboot mode which might be more convenient since you'll have to restart EDL mode after flashing the first package to get it working/ready to flash in EDL mode again.
3 - Gave TWRP permission to do modifications and immediately (without rebooting/starting which would result in a brick) installed SuperSU 2.79 (non-SR), then rebooted (this could take a few mins as it says and can bootloop a few times).
If you said no to permissions for SuperSU and it's not giving you the option again you can reflash SuperSU then reboot to bootloader then reboot to recovery, that should make it show the option again. And in case you're not aware, to make changes to system files and such permanent when you have root, you have to enter a command in TWRP's terminal emulator or ADB shell. I think it was "reboot disemmcwp", it may need "SU" in front if you're doing it through an ADB shell in Windows, I'm not sure. Not quotes of course. Search the forums to find out for sure, it had to be in a guide somewhere.
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Many thanks body, As you said using EDL mode is great to unbrake your phone from any state plus it reminds me with Odin that's why I like this way it's very simple, but as you know this is not Samsung phone and it has so many complications. ???
romeoh said:
Many thanks body, As you said using EDL mode is great to unbrake your phone from any state plus it reminds me with Odin that's why I like this way it's very simple, but as you know this is not Samsung phone and it has so many complications.
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No problem. I threw in an edit to my last post to clarify point 2 in case you thought I meant you can flash the EDL package from Fastboot mode, I meant TWRP in general. In case you forgot the command to use in the ADB shell it's "fastboot flash recovery FileName.img" (twrp-3.0.4-1-ailsa_ii.img in my case).
If you already had the "reboot disemmcwp"/"SU reboot disemmcwp" step done you don't need to do it again.
And just some general information for you regarding my experience with Nougat so far:
1 - When I started it I selected Canadian English as my language. This apparently disables ZTE voice functions, or Nougat is missing it in general. It's missing from the menus and when I hold the back key it said "Only English and Spanish supported". Piss poorly done as usual, ZTE, since the pronunciation of Canadian and American English is nearly identical with very few exceptions, might as well have left American English enabled for voice commands. So I went into the menu and selected just "English" as my system language, and now the option to set Canadian English is missing entirely, and voice functions are still missing. Holding the back key just results in nothing now instead of the "Only English and Spanish supported" message. So I'm saying I don't know if ZTE voice functions are still there, someone else can answer this, or I guess you'll find out.
2 - Google's Timely alarm app (and possibly other alarms) still don't work properly and will be off by several minutes, so I'm stuck using the default sucky clock app until I find something else that works.
3 - The default apps are all still the exact same trash. If you really want to use the AKM "32 bit" (truncated to 16 bit output) Hi-Fi DAC and amp you're still stuck with the garbage laggy default music app, which now has some sort of bonus lag/stutter. People claiming that you can use the DAC with something like PowerAmp are sadly mistaken, that sounds so different and lower quality than when using the stock music app and even says it's using the SD 820's 24 bit DAC when set to Hi-Fi output. There's even a ridiculous rumour going around that the Axon 7 doesn't have the SD 820's DAC which is retarded, ZTE can't pick and choose components of SoCs supplied by Qualcomm, they just buy some of their stock of what's already made. It's definitely in there, whether or not it's enabled is another story.
4 - Battery life is worse, this is at least partly because there is no Xposed support for Nougat yet so I can't enable the Greenify module to allow really aggressive dozing and dozing on the go (which I thought Nougat was supposed to support?). It could also be partly due to my battery being rapidly degraded from Daydream mode being a firey hell inferno. It heated my battery up to 48C and over 42C in other cases even with my best efforts to keep it cool by enabling Ultra Power Saving Mode (which Daydream may be overriding) and shoving in aluminium foil to act as a heatsink. All phones from reports so far overheat horribly when using Daydream, especially the Pixel XL. It's not surprising that the Axon 7 rapidly overheats as well considering it literally uses the battery as a heatsink; a heatpipe carries heat from the SoC to the battery. I would have not bought the A7 if I knew this.
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5 - ZTE locker no longer allows browsing all of their past content, only what they allow per day, which so far for me has only been the same crap and never anything new. Too bad, I liked some of their old content, though it was all 1080p and not 1440p. Oh well.
Cyrus D. said:
No problem. I threw in an edit to my last post to clarify point 2 in case you thought I meant you can flash the EDL package from Fastboot mode, I meant TWRP in general. In case you forgot the command to use in the ADB shell it's "fastboot flash recovery FileName.img" (twrp-3.0.4-1-ailsa_ii.img in my case).
If you already had the "reboot disemmcwp"/"SU reboot disemmcwp" step done you don't need to do it again.
And just some general information for you regarding my experience with Nougat so far:
1 - When I started it I selected Canadian English as my language. This apparently disables ZTE voice functions, or Nougat is missing it in general. It's missing from the menus and when I hold the back key it said "Only English and Spanish supported". Piss poorly done as usual, ZTE, since the pronunciation of Canadian and American English is nearly identical with very few exceptions, might as well have left American English enabled for voice commands. So I went into the menu and selected just "English" as my system language, and now the option to set Canadian English is missing entirely, and voice functions are still missing. Holding the back key just results in nothing now instead of the "Only English and Spanish supported" message. So I'm saying I don't know if ZTE voice functions are still there, someone else can answer this, or I guess you'll find out.
2 - Google's Timely alarm app (and possibly other alarms) still don't work properly and will be off by several minutes, so I'm stuck using the default sucky clock app until I find something else that works.
3 - The default apps are all still the exact same trash. If you really want to use the AKM "32 bit" (truncated to 16 bit output) Hi-Fi DAC and amp you're still stuck with the garbage laggy default music app, which now has some sort of bonus lag/stutter. People claiming that you can use the DAC with something like PowerAmp are sadly mistaken, that sounds so different and lower quality than when using the stock music app and even says it's using the SD 820's 24 bit DAC when set to Hi-Fi output. There's even a ridiculous rumour going around that the Axon 7 doesn't have the SD 820's DAC which is retarded, ZTE can't pick and choose components of SoCs supplied by Qualcomm, they just buy some of their stock of what's already made. It's definitely in there, whether or not it's enabled is another story.
4 - Battery life is worse, this is at least partly because there is no Xposed support for Nougat yet so I can't enable the Greenify module to allow really aggressive dozing and dozing on the go (which I thought Nougat was supposed to support?). It could also be partly due to my battery being rapidly degraded from Daydream mode being a firey hell inferno. It heated my battery up to 48C and over 42C in other cases even with my best efforts to keep it cool by enabling Ultra Power Saving Mode (which Daydream may be overriding) and shoving in aluminium foil to act as a heatsink. All phones from reports so far overheat horribly when using Daydream, especially the Pixel XL. It's not surprising that the Axon 7 rapidly overheats as well considering it literally uses the battery as a heatsink; a heatpipe carries heat from the SoC to the battery. I would have not bought the A7 if I knew this.
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5 - ZTE locker no longer allows browsing all of their past content, only what they allow per day, which so far for me has only been the same crap and never anything new. Too bad, I liked some of their old content, though it was all 1080p and not 1440p. Oh well.
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Omg bro, To be honest I hate the software experience on that phone. It is the only thing that turning me off from it. I played a little with my brother's S7 edge the other day, and believe me the software experience is extraordinary. However I noticed that the S7 edge overheats a lot too without even using the daydream. In my opinion I think Axon 7 lacks in hardware wise a bigger battery and the support of the new RCS messaging feature, and in software wise a whole new developed system.
Since the majority of the hardware between the devices is gonna be almost exactly the same, I'mma give a shot at rooting it. Picking up tomorrow, so hopefully it goes well
I just got this phone. Let me know how what happens please.
tge101 said:
I just got this phone. Let me know how what happens please.
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Yeah, I'll keep a heads up. I'm sitting in metro now tryna see what's going on, small argument. Their commercials in Philly don't mention that you need to switch carriers for the rebates.
I'll probably be getting one next week. Says it has 7.1.2 an it weighs less? Cool
attempt
Ok so I tried to root this and everything went well up ubtil I flashed Team win. When i try to open it, the program starts HOWEVER something is up with the touch screen. Im unable to click anything the only power button works. I tried flashing versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3. No luck! Is the problem they are old versions? Should i use 3.1.1 which was designed for Nougat supposedly?
Any advice this is my first attempt in to rooting android devices. Forgive me if any of my lingo is incorrect.
tribal1209 said:
Ok so I tried to root this and everything went well up ubtil I flashed Team win. When i try to open it, the program starts HOWEVER something is up with the touch screen. Im unable to click anything the only power button works. I tried flashing versions 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3. No luck! Is the problem they are old versions? Should i use 3.1.1 which was designed for Nougat supposedly?
Any advice this is my first attempt in to rooting android devices. Forgive me if any of my lingo is incorrect.
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Are you trying to root the aristo or aristo 2?
Aristo 2. Sorry, kind of diving in head first with this whole process. If im doing something obviously wrong go easy on me lol.
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Aristo 2
Hmm and you flashed the twrp that was for the aristo right?
Well the TWRP files i used were on *How To* forums posts and youtube videos for the original LG Aristo. Everything was going fine but the touch screen while in TWRP does not work. Maybe there os a different version I can try? Do any of you guys have any ideas, my understanding though is that TWRP has to be created for a specific device once released. Is thats whats going wrong?
you unlocked the bootloader and flashed the aristo 1 recovery thats what you did so far right?
The aristo 1 recovery will not work at all.
The screens are of the same build, but different composition.
That's why I wanted to test this myself before posting further on the subject.
I can risk my phone, most of you cant.
I figured as much. Thanks for the info! Just got mine today. Glad the aristo's battery works in the aristo2 as i bought a couple batteries for it. I still do like the aristo though it feels a bit better in my hand.
Well luckily It seems i have not screwed up my phone. Have reset and wiped it multiple times which was annoying, but seems to be ok. It sucks because it looks like the touch screen alone is whats screwing me over. If only i had a way around it. Then again im sure you guys have a better idea of whats going on. Guess ill just be patient until more is posted on subject.
We need a new recovery for this anyway. Since the aristo 2 isn't gonna have multiple versions (besides the Korean base model the 2 is built after), we should be able to build just one recovery using the model number as it's target, we can make it borderline universal if a new version were to pop up.
I decided against going the metro route, buying mine in bulk. So I'll have one to smash when this is all over.
The TWRP method works the same as the Aristo, and the TWRP recovery IS compatible. However the touch screen does not function.. Is there a way to get it to work?
@ninjasinabag @teknoweanie @tribal1209 Hey guys, spent a few hours figuring out how to root. Pretty Simple
1) Enable Developer Options, USB Debugging & OEM Unlock
2) Reboot to Fastboot Mode (Using ADB via PC type: adb reboot bootloader)
3) Add root_boot.img into your adb folder
4) In ADB type: fastboot flash boot root_boot.img
5) After flash successful, type: fastboot reboot
6) Install Magisk Manager App
brad2192 said:
@[email protected]@tribal1209 Hey guys, spent a few hours figuring out how to root. Pretty Simple
1) Enable Developer Options, USB Debugging & OEM Unlock
2) Reboot to Fastboot Mode (Using ADB via PC type: adb reboot bootloader)
3) Add root_boot.img into your adb folder
4) In ADB type: fastboot flash boot root_boot.img
5) After flash successful, type: fastboot reboot
6) Install Magisk Manager App
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Not to sound sceptical but is this the real deal?
spirithandler said:
Not to sound sceptical but is this the real deal?
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Please someone let me know! I want this phone rooted (Its an awesome phone) but want some verification before I start flashing and downloading random files.
spirithandler said:
Not to sound sceptical but is this the real deal?
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Yes, it is. What I did was use LG firmware extractor and extracted the boot image, then I proceeded to patch the boot image with magisk manager. Enabling OEM unlock allows me to flash the boot image with the newly-created custom one. Remember though, you should create a backup of your device because enabling OEM unlock will completely erase everything.
brad2192 said:
@ninjasinabag @teknoweanie @tribal1209 Hey guys, spent a few hours figuring out how to root. Pretty Simple
1) Enable Developer Options, USB Debugging & OEM Unlock
2) Reboot to Fastboot Mode (Using ADB via PC type: adb reboot bootloader)
3) Add root_boot.img into your adb folder
4) In ADB type: fastboot flash boot root_boot.img
5) After flash successful, type: fastboot reboot
6) Install Magisk Manager App
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Supposedly the img you posted is simply a modified version of Magisk you posted. Someone please explain to me (Who is new to this whole process) why this supposed explanation does not involve any recovery program or requiring of wiping/clearing any cache or what have you?
I know I’m a newb here but I wanted to make a thread dedicated to theses devices in which I I have detailed instructions for rooting as well as CFW’s and unbricking!
I appreciate any donations sent via PayPal email for PayPal is on my profile.
Onn 100003562 Root instructions:
****UPDATE*****
With the newly uploaded rom all you have to do is download use sp flash to install .
May still have to run " fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img " command in fastboot mode.
Step 1: Downloads
Download Magisk manager and update.
Download ADB & FASTBOOT.
Below I'll have a link for windows. for linux run command "sudo apt install adb".
Dwnload boot.img and vbmeta.img.
Download SP Flash Tools and wwrMTK <---Will make this much faster XD.
I have all of these available
here--> https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1lREGI_nd7kghuR6vCDjhiOZvbWrpJfBo?usp=sharing <--here.
Step 2:
Install magisk manager and update.
You can either download on the tablet or sideload with adb.
For sideload in windows shift + right click in the platform tools directory and click open power shell here.
Make sure you have MagiskManager-v8.0.0[1].apk saved within this directory.
Then run command "adb install MagiskManager-v8.0.0[1].apk"
For linux Right click the directory in which you have MagiskManager-v8.0.0[1].apk stored and click open terminal here.
Then run command "adb install MagiskManager-v8.0.0[1].apk"
Step 3:
Either make a backup with SP Flash tools or use the boot.img i have provided and copy it to your tablet.
Open magisk on the tablet and click the install then click select image to patch. Locate the boot.img and select it by clicking on it. Watch it finish make sure it fully completes the patch and creates the magisk-patched.img file. Also it may or may not be necessary to patch the recovery.img depending on your system. most likely not.
Step 4:
Flashing the .img files.
Now that you have adb and the images necessary to flash your device power it down and back up holding the volume up key. Once It boots it should load into the bootloader screen click the up key until you have fastboot selected and then click the down key.
Now that you are in fast boot mode you are going to navigate to adb fastboot directory and right click and select open powershell here. again make sure you have all necessary .img files stored in the adb fastboot directory. you should have the patched .img and the vbmeta.img stored in the directory for windows.
Run these commands:
fastboot flashing unlock
fastboot --disable-verity --disable-verification flash vbmeta vbmeta.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash boot magisk_patched.img
fastboot reboot
Wait for it to reboot and then you will be rooted with magisk. enjoy.
I'm always grateful for donations paypal email for donations is on my profile.
Thanks for everyone's work for these tablets. I have both the new 7" and 10.1". Does anyone know how to edit the lk.bin file to remove that ugly Orange State warning after unlocking the bootloader?
This is a post that works great for the 7".
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader So, stopped at walmart this morning for stuff and saw the Onn Surf is now on Gen 2. 2.0 GHz quad core, 16gb storage and 2 gb ram. Seemed pretty decent for...
forum.xda-developers.com
I just want to see if the same thing can be done with the 10.1"? If the files are identical great, but I don't want to risk needing to restore my tablet by just trying it blind. Not yet anyway.
PleaseBeNicetoMe said:
Thanks for everyone's work for these tablets. I have both the new 7" and 10.1". Does anyone know how to edit the lk.bin file to remove that ugly Orange State warning after unlocking the bootloader?
This is a post that works great for the 7".
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader So, stopped at walmart this morning for stuff and saw the Onn Surf is now on Gen 2. 2.0 GHz quad core, 16gb storage and 2 gb ram. Seemed pretty decent for...
forum.xda-developers.com
I just want to see if the same thing can be done with the 10.1"? If the files are identical great, but I don't want to risk needing to restore my tablet by just trying it blind. Not yet anyway.
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That thread has a modified lk.bin file to remove the orange state warning. It has worked great on both of my Gen 2 7 inch tablets
Okiera29 said:
That thread has a modified lk.bin file to remove the orange state warning. It has worked great on both of my Gen 2 7 inch tablets
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I'm looking to do the same on my 10", do you think they're interchangeable?
Yes onm
Abelbody said:
Yes onm
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Something must be lost in translation. I'm looking for a patched lk.bin for the 10.1", not the 7".
If anyone is interested, the 7" version is not compatible with the 10.1" version. Luckily SP Flash restored it.
PleaseBeNicetoMe said:
Something must be lost in translation. I'm looking for a patched lk.bin for the 10.1", not the 7".
If anyone is interested, the 7" version is not compatible with the 10.1" version. Luckily SP Flash restored it.
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Sorry about that. It appears that Fred patched your lk.bin file for you on the other thread today
Okiera29 said:
Sorry about that. It appears that Fred patched your lk.bin file for you on the other thread today
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Yes it worked too if anyone has the same question
Help! I followed the instructions in the OP, and everything worked fine. I then used ADB to uninstall some of the preinstalled apps, but I think I uninstalled something I shouldn't have. i'm getting crashes from mutltiple apps (Bluetooth, Contacts, etc).
I've downloaded the stock firmware/full in the linked GDrive share; how can I restore back to this stock firmware? I'm pretty new/noob with this, but I am familiar with Linux commands. (familiar enough to be dangerous...)
hightowerc said:
I've downloaded the stock firmware/full in the linked GDrive share; how can I restore back to this stock firmware? I'm pretty new/noob with this, but I am familiar with Linux commands. (familiar enough to be dangerous...)
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I believe that you need to download SP Flash tools if you haven't already. You can then, using the provided scatter file and the downloaded firmware, just reflash the stock firmware to the tablet. You will of course, have to re-root the tablet after it finishes
PleaseBeNicetoMe said:
Thanks for everyone's work for these tablets. I have both the new 7" and 10.1". Does anyone know how to edit the lk.bin file to remove that ugly Orange State warning after unlocking the bootloader?
This is a post that works great for the 7".
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader So, stopped at walmart this morning for stuff and saw the Onn Surf is now on Gen 2. 2.0 GHz quad core, 16gb storage and 2 gb ram. Seemed pretty decent for...
forum.xda-developers.com
I just want to see if the same thing can be done with the 10.1"? If the files are identical great, but I don't want to risk needing to restore my tablet by just trying it blind. Not yet anyway.
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I’ll look into it sorry I’ve been having some issues lately and haven’t gotten much done on this thread. I was hoping to make an all in one spot for the newer android 10 models. I’ll get the 7 model info and stocks here soon. Is there already a working orange state mod already? If so can you link it and I’ll get into messing with it.
also these Mtk devicesseem to be difficult to get the source for. I’ve contacted mtk multiple times now and still have not gotten a response. I have however been digging through the hidden settings of thesedevices and it seems if they were to release their source they and Walmart may get into a huge amount of trouble as well as lawsuits filed against them. I’m finding these tablets have a sim installed somewhere and are uploading and downloading data via hidden software I’ve disabled the Verizon network locks and the data services in my device I just haven’t been able to really get into it to see what data is being transfer but I have also found some kinda remote camera and sound recorder software also hidden on the device.
KaosKreationz said:
I’ll look into it sorry I’ve been having some issues lately and haven’t gotten much done on this thread. I was hoping to make an all in one spot for the newer android 10 models. I’ll get the 7 model info and stocks here soon. Is there already a working orange state mod already? If so can you link it and I’ll get into messing with it.
also these Mtk devicesseem to be difficult to get the source for. I’ve contacted mtk multiple times now and still have not gotten a response. I have however been digging through the hidden settings of thesedevices and it seems if they were to release their source they and Walmart may get into a huge amount of trouble as well as lawsuits filed against them. I’m finding these tablets have a sim installed somewhere and are uploading and downloading data via hidden software I’ve disabled the Verizon network locks and the data services in my device I just haven’t been able to really get into it to see what data is being transfer but I have also found some kinda remote camera and sound recorder software also hidden on the device.
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Don't know about your data transfer theory but there's the post with the 10.1" Pro lk.img edit to remove the Orange State warning.
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader So, stopped at walmart this morning for stuff and saw the Onn Surf is now on Gen 2. 2.0 GHz quad core, 16gb storage and 2 gb ram. Seemed pretty decent for...
forum.xda-developers.com
PleaseBeNicetoMe said:
Don't know about your data transfer theory but there's the post with the 10.1" Pro lk.img edit to remove the Orange State warning.
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader
Onn Surf 7" gen 2 on sale for 28$ today. Bought one... Was able to unlock bootloader So, stopped at walmart this morning for stuff and saw the Onn Surf is now on Gen 2. 2.0 GHz quad core, 16gb storage and 2 gb ram. Seemed pretty decent for...
forum.xda-developers.com
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thnx ill check this out very soon. im working on a Wiko Ride rn. frp bypass was a total pain took 2 days of trial and error but i was able to bypass.XD
hightowerc said:
Help! I followed the instructions in the OP, and everything worked fine. I then used ADB to uninstall some of the preinstalled apps, but I think I uninstalled something I shouldn't have. i'm getting crashes from mutltiple apps (Bluetooth, Contacts, etc).
I've downloaded the stock firmware/full in the linked GDrive share; how can I restore back to this stock firmware? I'm pretty new/noob with this, but I am familiar with Linux commands. (familiar enough to be dangerous...)
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What’s your system? Did you get it fixed? I know I screwed up my first go round with the 10.1 Bluetooth and such kept crashing after I removed one of the un used features well supposed to be unused. It was the telephony and the contacts and autodialer that caused my issues. But like I stated before there seems to be some kind of wireless data traffic that’s not supposed to be there hidden software wise and it seems to utilize the cellphone apps that are supposed to be unused. Like the original bloatware remover from one of these threads on the original android 9 versions cannot be used bc there is something utilizing the cellphone data apps.
Anyway if there is anything you need firmware wise let me know I’ll upload whatever I have available.
This is just BS. I agree about the hidden sim. I went through the different log files. This entire system is corrupt. My Google play store was installed by.... You guessed it Google Play. Click on it and I get a retry
My new Samsung phone is also screwed up and the 102.00 for Norton VPN and security was shredded in seconds.
There is NO original boot, no original system. What an I supposed to do? This is the 2nd one. Can't hard reset damn phone, Cricket because I've lost so many. I was able to hard set the Samsung without the SIM card, and it was perfect. Put the SIM card in, and all that freaking bloat comes in.
So I'm no IT person, with compromised systems that's supposed to download ANYTHING and just hope I'm not redirected?? I'm just so suck and Tues off this. I just need to search, make phone calls. I don't even do any social media any longer! Please, tell me what I can trust anymore??? And I'm just out another round it up to 500.00 and I'm in disability. I'm so disheartened and hopeless
I used this method to root the new tablet I just picked up, and now whenever I launch any app it freezes my tablet and forces a fast reboot of the tablet, I believe I am on android 10, but I can't confirm as I can't even open settings
okay, so I tried to completely flash the stock images you provided in the other thread, got everything working again, without root, then flashed the patched images you had and got stuck in a screen that just said onn with nothing else happening
edit: I have adb access to the device when it's plugged in so I'm not sure what is happening
Alright, I found out my issue, I was flashing the wrong patched boot img on an older firmware instead of updating to latest, I have gotten a working magisk root on the 10.1 tablet.
So as promised I have attached the lk.bin with the no orange state modification it does still seem to hang for 5 seconds but the ugly message is no longer visible.
this is for the 100003562 10.1 inch model but should work with the newer 10.1 inch models with the MT8768WA chipset that come with android 10.
Installation Instructions:
1. Download lknoorange.bin attached to post.
2. Open either powershell (Windows) or Terminal (linux) where you have the file saved.
3. Put device in fastboot mode by powering on and holding the volume up button and selecting fastboot with volume down button.
4. Use command:
"fastboot flash lk lknoorange.bin"
5. Use command:
"fastboot reboot"
Now you should no longer see the ugly message on boot.
Always love getting donations thanks again all and I wish you the happiest of holidays.
Trixi Needs a Rabbit said:
This is just BS. I agree about the hidden sim. I went through the different log files. This entire system is corrupt. My Google play store was installed by.... You guessed it Google Play. Click on it and I get a retry
My new Samsung phone is also screwed up and the 102.00 for Norton VPN and security was shredded in seconds.
There is NO original boot, no original system. What an I supposed to do? This is the 2nd one. Can't hard reset damn phone, Cricket because I've lost so many. I was able to hard set the Samsung without the SIM card, and it was perfect. Put the SIM card in, and all that freaking bloat comes in.
So I'm no IT person, with compromised systems that's supposed to download ANYTHING and just hope I'm not redirected?? I'm just so suck and Tues off this. I just need to search, make phone calls. I don't even do any social media any longer! Please, tell me what I can trust anymore??? And I'm just out another round it up to 500.00 and I'm in disability. I'm so disheartened and hopeless
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I guess i'm kinda lost here at what you may be stating and or asking? what device are you needing help with? I do not have a samsung so i honestly can not be of much help other then to point you in the right direction.
If you need help with a stock image for the 100003562 i have one here.
Alrighty... So I'm in the weeds here after going through three variants of the Samsung JPop (Which have bootloaders locked up like Fort Knox) and decided today to break down and dish out $59 for this bargain device. First thing I did upon getting it home was fastbooting it, and was able to unlock the bootloader with no issue. (So easy, a caveman could do it)
I've read just about every thread in here and though there seems to be TWRP support for quite a few models of the Onn tablets, I didn't see this one in here. Right now I have a throwaway laptop which is installing ubuntu for building TWRP for this device. Now, I have NEVER built TWRP. But I have plenty of free time, ambition, and am willing to learn. I have the basic guide to building TWRP open elsewhere. I will take whatever help I can get on doing this, big or small. Building a basic TWRP image should be easy enough, but the guides don't really go into device specific details (as expected), so this is where I could use some veteran help.
Device Specs:
Model: 100026191
Out-of-the-box Android Version: 11
Display: 7" 1024 x 600 Resolution
Processor: 2.0 GHz Quad-core CPU
RAM: 2GB
Cameras: 2MP front & back
USB: Type-C
Ubuntu just finished, and I am getting the build environment ready as we speak. Will keep this thread updated with progress and hickups that may occur along the way. Wish this noob some luck!!!!
Alrighty, so here's what I've been able to come up with as far as more detailed system information. Sorry for the late post, had trouble getting wifi working on ubuntu but got it going.
I suspected a MediaTek CPU and was eager to do a readback with SP Flash Tool, but as you can tell from the provided screenshots, it's actually a Cortex-A53 CPU. my goal here is to some how pull my stock recovery out of here. I thought about dd'ing it but someone in another thread advised against it. Does Onn have stock firmwares hidden away in the internet somewhere? Or is there another tool I can use to pull recovery?
Good evening guys and gals. New day, new opportunity. So i'm still stuck at pulling off boot and recovery from this tablet. I used
Code:
/adb shell cat /proc/mtd
to no avail. Permission denied just like with dd.
Today, I got the MTK droid tool and hooked the tablet to it and got these results. Still no scatter file, still no progress on pulling these partitions. (I apologize for my dumbness yesterday, this device is in fact MediaTek)
Alright. Eighty of you have clicked in this thread, zero of you show any motivation to do anything to contribute. You guys must hate this tablet because I went through this entire board, and each thread that even mentioned this model were left with no response. I just want the boot and recovery partitions off of the stock tablet. I am willing to do the rest. I said before, I'd take any help I could get but since this device is "so" insignificant, I'm not trying anything else on it.
I don't know if you guys dodge this device because it's Android 11, or what. But the least you veterans could do is either tell us it's not going to happen (given that you tried), or give us some other ideas we could try. Hell I'll paypal you enough for you to have the device in your hands in order to help. But that's where I stand. Moderator can lock this thread if he wishes. There's nothing else I can do for this device at the moment.
guess i'll return it to walmart
was hoping to root it easily with twrp
just gonna go grab the 8' if this is how it ended for the 7'
thanks for the help though!
I need a firmware for the 100026191
TWRPN00b said:
Alright. Eighty of you have clicked in this thread, zero of you show any motivation to do anything to contribute. You guys must hate this tablet because I went through this entire board, and each thread that even mentioned this model were left with no response. I just want the boot and recovery partitions off of the stock tablet. I am willing to do the rest. I said before, I'd take any help I could get but since this device is "so" insignificant, I'm not trying anything else on it.
I don't know if you guys dodge this device because it's Android 11, or what. But the least you veterans could do is either tell us it's not going to happen (given that you tried), or give us some other ideas we could try. Hell I'll paypal you enough for you to have the device in your hands in order to help. But that's where I stand. Moderator can lock this thread if he wishes. There's nothing else I can do for this device at the moment.
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I have the boot and recovery images if you want them.
I unfortunately accidentally deleted the original boot image, but I have a magisk patched image still present.
I can walk you through the process of extracting the original if you would prefer that, it's quite simple, I just don't feel like buying a second Onn tablet at the moment.
Just note that if you want to extract the original boot image, do NOT flash the Magisk image, it will permanently erase the original boot image. There is another way, I can walk you through it.
PseudoDistant said:
I have the boot and recovery images if you want them.
I unfortunately accidentally deleted the original boot image, but I have a magisk patched image still present.
I can walk you through the process of extracting the original if you would prefer that, it's quite simple, I just don't feel like buying a second Onn tablet at the moment.
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I oicked up one of the gen3 tablets. Do you think your way of pulling the boot image would work on it?
alarmdude9 said:
I oicked up one of the gen3 tablets. Do you think your way of pulling the boot image would work on it?
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My way of pulling the images should work on any Android device that ships Android 8.0+, however if you got it brand new, don't update it.
Factory reset it if it downloaded an update, then disable OTA updates before enabling Wi-Fi.
You can run `adb logcat` while the update is downloading to find out where to download the OTA, and dump the boot partition from that.
From there, if you install Magisk, you can dump the recovery partition with `adb shell`.
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Factory reset it if it downloaded an update, then disable OTA updates before enabling Wi-Fi.
You can run `adb logcat` while the update is downloading to find out where to download the OTA, and dump the boot partition from that.
From there, if you install Magisk, you can dump the recovery partition with `adb shell`.
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Ok I will have to reset it then go from there. Do you have a guide on how to pull the image?
alarmdude9 said:
Ok I will have to reset it then go from there. Do you have a guide on how to pull the image?
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When doing first time setup, don't connect to Wi-Fi.
Enable Developer Settings
Disable OTA Updates
Enable USB Debugging
Connect to Wi-Fi
Connect the device to your computer
Run `adb logcat > ota.txt`
Reenable OTA Updates
Go to Software Updates and start downloading the Android 12 update (If it's not the Android 12 update, disable OTA updates again after this one finishes installing, then try logcat again after rebooting)
Search for a link that looks like `https://android.googleapis.com/packages/ota-api/package/827ee737174e0e8f761bcaeb12738221a924c810.zip` in the logcat.
Put the update link in your browser, and download the zip file.
Extract the zip file
There's your boot.img, very conveniently.
The update link I have provided is for the 100074181, the 3rd gen Onn 7, if you happen to have that one then go ahead and just use my link.
Though update to Android 12 before actually using that boot.img with Magisk, it won't work with Android 11.
After you're done with that, and you're rooted.
`adb shell`
`su`
`dd if=/dev/block/by-name/recovery of=/storage/emulated/0/recovery.img`
Then connect your tablet to your PC and enable file transfer in USB settings, then just pull recovery.img out of your tablet and you have the recovery image.
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When doing first time setup, don't connect to Wi-Fi.
Enable Developer Settings
Disable OTA Updates
Enable USB Debugging
Connect to Wi-Fi
Connect the device to your computer
Run `adb logcat > ota.txt`
Reenable OTA Updates
Go to Software Updates and start downloading the Android 12 update (If it's not the Android 12 update, disable OTA updates again after this one finishes installing, then try logcat again after rebooting)
Search for a link that looks like `https://android.googleapis.com/packages/ota-api/package/827ee737174e0e8f761bcaeb12738221a924c810.zip` in the logcat.
Put the update link in your browser, and download the zip file.
Extract the zip file
There's your boot.img, very conveniently.
The update link I have provided is for the 100074181, the 3rd gen Onn 7, if you happen to have that one then go ahead and just use my link.
Though update to Android 12 before actually using that boot.img with Magisk, it won't work with Android 11.
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Awesome. Thank you so much I do appreciate it. Going to download the zip file because I have a 100071481. You sir are awesome!
alarmdude9 said:
Awesome. Thank you so much I do appreciate it. Going to download the zip file because I have a 100071481. You sir are awesome!
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Update to Android 12 before using Magisk, just in case.
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Awesome. Thank you so much I do appreciate it. Going to download the zip file because I have a 100071481. You sir are awesome!
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Could you share the ota? This is the same model I'm using but its bricked rn
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Could you share the ota? This is the same model I'm using but its bricked rn
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I will look for it. Saved it to a USB drive and of course it decided to be stupid and it is repairing now. Slow going but as soon as it gets done I will look to see if it survived and if so I will get it uploaded.
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Could you share the ota? This is the same model I'm using but its bricked rn
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Sorry just noticed that the file that PseudoDistant posted is still good. I used this one....
https://forum.xda-developers.com/attachments/magisk_patched-25200_fvdeh-img.5794395/