ab27uk said
I am trying to do a firmware dump for this tablet still not managing properly yet. New to this so not the best in the world so far

 

Any guidance would be great,  tried to make own INF file but doesnt seem to want it.  Also cant seem to get into a recovery mode

 

Andy

If you've got a Linux machine running, here are the instructions for the firmware dump: http://www.arctablet.com/blog/forum/firmware-development/dumping-firmware-on-arnova-g2-arnova-g3-and-other-rockchip-based-tablets/

You can refer to our Rockchip Flashing tool page to get some pointers on how to put your tablet in flash mode, it may require some trial and error as the 8b G3 is not listed on our pages.

Cheers.

ab27uk said
I have been told that there is no current updated firmware out at the moment.  Arnova has not released a firmware yet Im trying to get a dump done which I am close too doing now

Arnova is very slow to release their own firmwares (and I'm not even talking about updates). Some devices did not even get one published (Arnova 9 G2 for instance). Making a dump would really help to get Google Play on this machine, thanks for your help.

Cheers.

Andy,

As I mentioned the proper way to dump a firmware is to do it using a Linux machine.

Cheers.

ab27uk said
Ok I will have to try and figure that out now then.  Got an old 32bit Linux laptop runing Ubunto and when i tried the perl script it didnt work also cant seem to figure a way to ge it into a firmware recovery mode.  tried all permutations so far

 

I will carry on trying though

 

Any thoughts on why the scripts not working as Linux is a second operating system too me

 

Thanks for your assistance 🙂 its much appreciated

The binary from our package is made for 64 bits systems, it won't work on 32 bits machines. 

I'll see if I can access a 32 bits machine to build a specific version for this architecture or you can build the rkflashtool binary by yourself, after you have installed libusb:

gcc -o rkflashtool rkflashtool.c -lusb-1.0 -O2 -W -Wall -s