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Updating TrekStor Ventos 10.1 (ST10216-2A) to Android 4.4?

Any way to update this device to a more recent ROM/kernel/Android version?

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2015/02/11 - 19:52

Hello,

I have just run across this forum and am impressed about the tremendous amount of help and custom kernels/ROMs that you are offering for RockChip devices!

I am looking for a kernel/Android upgrade for the following RK3066-based tablet:

Trekstor Ventos 10.1" (ST10216-2A)
Android version 4.1.1 (with Heartbleed patch)
Kernel Version: 3.0.8+ chenwj@tchipserver2 #42 SMP PREEMPT Mon Dec 2 11:50:45 CST 2013
Build Number: ST10216-2A_20131202_INT
CPU: Cortex A9 Dual Core 1.6 GHz
Memory: 1 GB DDR3
16 GB internal SD card
GPU: Mali-400 MP (400MHz, 4 cores)
Display: 1200x800
WLAN chip: MT5931
Bluetooth chip: BCM4325
no 3G chip
Front & back camera: 2 MP

The current 3.0.8 kernel source (including kernel config) for my device is available from here:

http://www.trekstor.de/opensource.html?file=tl_files/userFiles/products/surftab_ventos_101/ST10216-2A_20131202_INT_kernel.tar.gz

Would it be possible for me to update this device to a more recent kernel and Android 4.4 release? Smile

Thanks a million in advance & best regards,

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2015/02/11 - 20:29

Is the stock firmware also available?

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2015/02/11 - 20:48

Hello Oma7144,

thanks a million for your super-fast reply! Much appreciated! Smile

By the "stock firmware" you mean the firmware "img" images (i.e. in compiled form)?

Some user has uploaded the following single big img file (ST10216-2A_V05.img) which should match this exact tablet version (but I don't know for sure whether this is my exact version):

http://uploaded.net/file/e8qpabvo

Also, using RK Tools I have also dumped the stock firmware partitions (for factory reset) out of the tablet myself, so I have a respective set of img files from this exact tablet matching the following parameter file:

FIRMWARE_VER:4.0.4
MACHINE_MODEL:ST10216-2A
MACHINE_ID:007
MANUFACTURER:RK30SDK
MAGIC: 0x5041524B
ATAG: 0x60000800
MACHINE: 3066
CHECK_MASK: 0x80
KERNEL_IMG: 0x60408000
#RECOVER_KEY: 1,1,0,20,0
CMDLINE: console=ttyFIQ0 androidboot.console=ttyFIQ0 init=/init initrd=0x62000000,0x00800000 mtdparts=rk29xxnand:0x00002000@0x00002000(misc),0x00004000@0x00004000(kernel),0x00008000@0x00008000(boot),0x00008000@0x00010000(recovery),0x00100000@0x00018000(backup),
0x0003a000@0x00118000(cache),0x00400000@0x00152000(userdata),0x00002000@0x00552000(kpanic),0x00100000@0x00554000(system),-@0x00654000(user)

If you would like me to provide them, just let me know.

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2015/02/11 - 20:53

Ok, fine. I will take a look into it ... download time 1 hour ... so most likely tomorrow.

In the meantime could you pls provide a dmesg log?

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2015/02/11 - 21:05

No worries, please take your time! This is not at all time critical...

For the dmesg output, please see the attachment.

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2015/02/11 - 22:39

Ok, revision 2 of the Ventos 10.1 is quiet different from revison 1 (kernel wmj #46 preempt 7 Mrz 2013, already in the archive).

It has MT5931 wifi.

Build: http://crewrktablets.arctablet.com/?p=1913

Here is your kernel chenwj #42 preempt 2. Dec 2013.

Temp model fix: http://crewrktablets.arctablet.com/?wpfb_dl=2200

Just change kernel in folder rockdev/Images before flash. In CWM install the temp model fix.

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2015/02/12 - 18:15

Thank you very much, Oma! You are super-fast indeed! Smile

Sorry, but before I start trying the update, I want to confirm some things in order to better understand my options regarding RK3066 and KitKat:

Did I get you right that kernel chenwj #42 is still a 3.0.8+ kernel, and this is the reason that the most recent ROM that I can try "only" is a CM 10.1 build, i.e. Android 4.2?
Is it generally possible to use the kernel config from Trekstor's current 3.0.8+ source tree and try to compile a RK3066 kernel tree based on 3.0.36+ for my device in order to be able to use a recent KitKat/Android 4.4 build?

I have understood that you yourself won't do any more development on RK3066, but could you possibly lend me a helping hand in case I decide to try and compile a RK3066 3.0.36+ kernel on my Linux machine? (I have some experience in compiling Linux kernels, although never cross-compiled an Android kernel so far.) I definitely promise to make a donation if KitKat could be made to run on the Ventos tablet...

Also, in order to (hopefullly) avoid breaking something when I try the CM 10.1 build you provided for me:

When I use the CrewRKTablets_RK30_Genio by Oma_CM10.1_v1.4 build, am I correct that I need to install the Tablet UI zip patch?
What about the "format_NAND_fix", "RK Driver-Assistant", "CWM touch", "mount extSD to NAND" and "mount intSD to NAND" patches? Do I need them?
And what does the "temp model fix" do? Is this about MT5931 WLAN support?

Thanks a million one more time!

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2015/02/12 - 18:22

Would this: "bq Maxwell 2/Lite/Plus kernel 3.0.36 tree" be a valid starting point for a RK3066 3.0.36 kernel?

https://github.com/bq-rk3066/android_kernel_bq_rk3066

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2015/02/12 - 18:40

Right, time for rk30boards is over. We failed to compile a 3.0.36+ kernel for our rk30boards. All sources are corrupted. What's really in your tab is largely undocumented.

Just follow the instructions given in the blog. The model fix is the adaption for your tab. The one linked is for an other tab ... just to see what's going on.

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2015/02/12 - 19:13

OK, so in case I decide to try with the bq source tree for 3.0.36:

What would I need to do to adapt it to my tables besides using the tr102_defconfig build configuration?

The interesting thing with the Ventos 10.1 is that I seem to have precompiled "*.ko" modules for 3.0.36+ in my system.img:

# find . -name "*.ko*36*"
./system/lib/modules/vpu_service.ko.3.0.36+
./system/lib/modules/rk29-ipp.ko.3.0.36+
./system/lib/modules/mali.ko.3.0.36+
./system/lib/modules/8192cu.ko.3.0.36+
./system/lib/modules/wlan.ko.3.0.36+
./system/lib/modules/ump.ko.3.0.36+
./system/lib/modules/8188eu.ko.3.0.36+
./system/lib/modules/rkwifi.ko.3.0.36+
./rk30xxnand_ko.ko.3.0.36+

so I would hope that I have precompiled modules for everything that is not included in the source tree.

More specifically, wlan.ko.3.0.36+ seems to be the MT5931 driver for 3.0.36+, for which I also haven't been able to find any source code.

Do you think that this coulöd be a viable attempt? Will try and do so as my time permits - hopefully over the weekend...

Many thanks one more time!

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2015/02/12 - 19:23

No, the wlan.ko is only a spy to check if the wifi module is inline. Normally the wifi module is in the build. All this precompiled modules are closed source and won't work with later 3.0.36+ kernel. No mt5931.ko no wifi. Aditionally the loader is not longer wext, it is nl80211. Need to build specific libs, a wpa_supplicant and and and ...

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2015/02/12 - 19:39

Ouch - I see...

Thanks, I'll then try to stick with CM 10.1. Will report about my success...

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2015/02/12 - 21:42

Hello again, Oma,

good news: I have successfully flashed and booted into CM 10.1!

But also bad news: With this CM 10.1 build, Bluetooth seems not supported: I cannot switch it "on" from the Settings menu, it simply immediately switches back to "off".

My Bluetooth device is BCM4325 - would it be possible that I am lacking a driver in your kernel (it was compiled into the stock kernel by option CONFIG_BT_HCIBCM4325=y?

I really need Bluetooth, so if we cannot get Bluetooth to work properly, I will have to revert to my stock system...

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2015/02/12 - 22:13

More bad news: As the ROM doesn't properly mount internal SD card, it is unable to store app configuration and loses /data on every reboot... Confused

Would it be possible that I need to flash the Ventos using its own layout (MTD partitions parameter file) rather than the one included in the CM 10.1 install archive?

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2015/02/12 - 22:18

Not bad for a first guess