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[ ROM ] Cube U23GT quad-core (U23GTC4) Android 4.1.1 custom root firmware version 1.06 (2013/06/05)

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2013/08/23 - 13:40

Well, in my opinion, copying their custom firmware isn't the best thing, it would make more sense to modify ours to implement what's missing, if you have any ideas/comments.

Moreover, some changes mentioned on wanden website aren't very detailed (stuff like "Battery saving enhancements - Now your U30GT2 lasts all day") and may be just simple changes that could offer less than what is advertised...

We have custom firmware for the first 3 tablets from your list, the U9GT5 also, for the old RK3066 model, I need to check and make an update for the RK3188 one.

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2013/08/23 - 14:17

Yes you are right i will upload the other firmware to the tables and check them out to see if i have any ideas to add things.

Does iplayer work with your firmware

some of the most popular apps would make things a lot quicker for set-up a tablet if they where added in the firmware.

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Facebook, Twitter, Dropbox, YouTube, A Free Office Suite, a really cool easy to use launcher.

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2013/08/23 - 19:00

It is very interesting anyway, that as a reseller, they charge for updates, charge for free software, charge for open source.

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2013/08/23 - 21:16

Yes when you put it like that, they are being quite cheeky especially when they where charging £49.99 for it.

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2013/08/24 - 14:13

Right i have been sent the firmware and i am going to upload it to the device if successful i will advise and upload it for you guys.

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2013/08/24 - 14:14

One other this which why is best to perform the firmware install which the upgrade mode or the restore mode.

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2013/08/24 - 14:15

Also i have seen you mentioned in one of your other feeds that you can install default app in the app folder for make the right permissions to get them to work, can anybody tell me how to do this.

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Using Restore in Rockchip Batch Tool is recommended as it does a quick "format" of the device prior to flashing ensure all the data is erased and you start from a fresh formated device.

Just copying an APK file to /system/app should be enough to install it as a system application.

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2013/08/24 - 16:35

is there any easy way of me including them in the Firmware install so i don't have to install the apks on there own so i can streamline the process of installing the firmware with all the base apk in one go.

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2013/08/24 - 18:05

Hi sorry to step in here but i have the same tablet is there going to be some sort of update to android 4.2.2

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The Wright Tech said

is there any easy way of me including them in the Firmware install so i don't have to install the apks on there own so i can streamline the process of installing the firmware with all the base apk in one go.

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The easiest way to modify the system is to mount it in linux, copy the apps that you want, set the permissions, unmount
Update.img is not the same thing as system.img

We wait your upload with big interest, i am very curious what they did differently from we do, or other Devs are doing to charge money.

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2013/09/10 - 08:19

wi-fi dont work. bluetooth dont work.what to do?

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2013/09/23 - 20:09

Hi & thanks for this work. I have a U23GT23C4 fresh from China, and have extracted the firmware using rkflashtool. We have (rkflashtool -p):

FIRMWARE_VER:4.1.1
MACHINE_MODEL:U23GTC4
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@0x0000400
0(kernel),0x00008000@0x00008000(boot),0x00010000@0x00010000(recovery),0x00020000
@0x00020000(backup),0x00040000@0x00040000(cache),0x00200000@0x00080000(userdata)
,0x00002000@0x00280000(kpanic),0x00100000@0x00282000(system),-@0x00382000(user)

As regards driver modules, partition "system" is an ext3 filesystem, and in lib/modules it has:

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 629217 Apr 11 05:22 8188eu.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 620192 Apr 11 05:22 8188eu.ko.3.0.36+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 548824 Apr 11 05:22 8192cu.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 540392 Apr 11 05:22 8192cu.ko.3.0.36+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   41594 May 17 12:39 ft5406.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   43022 Mar 25 2013 gt911.bin
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   32862 Mar 27 11:58 gt911.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   21087 Mar 25 2013 ilitek.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 983563 Apr 11 05:22 m201.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 151862 Apr 11 05:34 mali.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 156428 Apr 11 05:34 mali.ko.3.0.36+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   16862 Apr 11 05:22 rk29-ipp.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   17387 Apr 11 05:22 rk29-ipp.ko.3.0.36+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   18085 Apr 11 05:22 rk30_mirroring.ko.3.0.8+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 537400 Apr 11 05:22 rkwifi.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 566815 Apr 11 05:22 rkwifi.ko.3.0.36+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1107814 Apr 11 05:22 rt5370ap.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1107594 Apr 11 05:22 rt5370ap.ko.3.0.36+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1960676 Apr 11 05:22 rt5370sta.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1908740 Apr 11 05:22 rt5370sta.ko.3.0.36+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   42686 Apr 11 05:34 ump.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   44410 Apr 11 05:34 ump.ko.3.0.36+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   20737 Apr 11 05:22 vpu_service.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   20743 Apr 11 05:22 vpu_service.ko.3.0.36+
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    2683 Apr 11 05:22 wlan.ko
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    2778 Apr 11 05:22 wlan.ko.3.0.36+

Not sure why it needs 2 of each, but there you go.

Which of the following are useful to you?

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   67108864 Sep 23 19:44 backup.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   16777216 Sep 23 19:43 boot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134217728 Sep 23 19:51 cache.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    8388608 Sep 23 19:43 kernel.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    4194304 Sep 23 19:50 kpanic.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    4194304 Sep 23 19:42 misc.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   33554432 Sep 23 19:44 recovery.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 536870912 Sep 23 20:02 system.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073741824 Sep 23 20:01 userdata.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8600027136 Sep 23 20:08 user.img

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2013/09/23 - 20:30

Hi Martin,

Thank you for that do you have, that will help massively, have you got dropbox if so i can share you a folder and if you could upload these files to it that would be great, i can then try and sort my tab out.

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martinwguy said

Which of the following are useful to you?

-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   67108864 Sep 23 19:44 backup.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   16777216 Sep 23 19:43 boot.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 134217728 Sep 23 19:51 cache.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    8388608 Sep 23 19:43 kernel.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    4194304 Sep 23 19:50 kpanic.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root    4194304 Sep 23 19:42 misc.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root   33554432 Sep 23 19:44 recovery.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 536870912 Sep 23 20:02 system.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 1073741824 Sep 23 20:01 userdata.img
-rw-r--r-- 1 root root 8600027136 Sep 23 20:08 user.img

    M

userdata.img may contain personal data and it's not needed, neither is user.img. The rest is fine and I should be able to rebuild a working firmware with that. Let me know if you need access to our upload page.

Cheers.