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[GUIDE] Rooting and Unbricking p930/p935/p936

EDIT: I no longer support this guide, as I've not owned a nitro for at least 2 years now. It is all still accurate however, just make sure to follow the steps.
The package is hosted on my google drive, and I have no plans to remove it, so if this thread is still up, so are the files.
Good luck!
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This guide will work for P930, P935, and P936 users.
I have merely put all the pieces together to have a concise all-in-one solution for rooting/unbricking the LGE-IPROJ. Credit is given to original contributors at the bottom of the guide.
As always, I am not responsible for any damage done to your phone by following this guide. Follow at your own risk.
I strongly suggest removing your SDCARD from the phone until step 18 since it causes the phone to boot slower and makes this process take longer.
Ensure that you have the LG USB drivers installed on your computer. If you don't they can be downloaded Here.
Foreword - This guide allows the phone to keep its correct build ID, so it hasn't got leftover data from the SU640 kdz which is flashed using the other method. We flash the experimental ICS build, root it, run keeproot, flash the p936 kdz, then run keeproot to restore root access. We then install CWM, and then we can flash ROMs to our heart's desire.
The reason we have to flash the p936 KDZ is that it overwrites the v18f secure bootloader, allowing us to flash CWM and not brick the phone.
1 - Download this package
2 - Backup your phone if you want.
3 - Extract the Unbrick Package
4 - Place phone in Download Mode (Turn off phone, then hold volume up while plugging in USB cable)
5 - Run the file - P930_UDT_v18f_04112012
6 - Set your phone to allow installation from unknown sources, and enable USB debugging.
7 - Run TPSparkyRoot.bat, following the instructions in the window.
8 - Perform a factory reset of the phone. This is done by shutting off the phone, then holding VOL DOWN + Power until the phone says FACTORY HARD RESET, then following the prompt (pressing power twice)
9 - Allow USB Debugging on the phone.
10 - Run Before.bat contained in the KeepRoot folder.
11 - In the KDZ tools folder, install msxml and run B2CAppSetup (Close the application after it has installed)
12 - Run Windows Enabler as Administrator, and press the icon in the system tray to activate it. (Windows enabler allows you to click on grayed out options to unlock them in programs. You can then set the option as you normally would.)
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13 - Place the phone in Download Mode (Turn off phone, then hold volume up while plugging in USB cable)
14 - Run KDZ_FW_UPD.exe. You need to set Type to 3GQCT, PhoneMode to CS_EMERGENCY, and point the KDZ file field to V10F_00.kdz
(SOME PEOPLE HAVE REPORTED HAVING TO PRESS "Read Phone Info" FOR THIS STEP TO WORK!)
Once these settings are enabled, hit the "Launch Software Update" button.
15 - After the update has run, the phone should bootloop on the second logo screen. While it does this, run AfterROOT.bat from the KeepRoot folder.
16 - Perform factory reset. This is done by pulling the battery, then holding VOL DOWN + Power until the phone says FACTORY HARD RESET, then following the prompt (pressing power twice)
17 - Set phone's language to english, then enable usb debugging.
NOTE: The following steps are optional. Downloading Rom Manager from the Play Store and installing CWM from there will do the same thing.
18 - Place the recovery.img file in the root directory of your phone's SD card
19 - Open cmd in KeepRoot\adb
20 - Run the following commands, while the phone is plugged in and has USB Debugging enabled
adb shell
su
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13
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21 - Accessing CWM - This is done by shutting off the phone, then holding VOL DOWN + Power until the phone says FACTORY HARD RESET, then following the prompt (pressing power twice)
Congratulations. Your phone now has CWM 6.0.1.5 installed, and you can flash any of the CWM flashable zips available for the P930 on XDA.
Edited: Added images, included more information, took corrections from posters.

Credit
- TPSparky for his root method
- alexw88 for This Post
- usercim for This Post
- Drumist, for helping me figure out how to use this method

It work for SU640? I want to downgrade ICS to GB.

I would use mazchalets or drumists, stickied guide for su640. If you replace the KDZ file in this method with a SU640 kdz, I see no reason why it wouldn't work. Even with the files included it will work, but you will have a P930 build ID.
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I tried that guide but not success. However, thank for your advise.
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Work for anyone yet.....? and whats wrong with the one that exists that covers it all cuz all this does is diminish other guides that others have used, just trying to understand WHY sooooo many guides and no wonder many are confused??

I'm missing something. What benefit is there to keeping the build id?
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X0dus said:
I'm missing something. What benefit is there to keeping the build id?
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Unsure. However, that is not the only difference. Another one I have noticed is that when turning on your phone, it will vibrate to indicate you've held the button long enough. This is something that never works after using the standard unbricking method. A Korean KDZ also means you will have a Korean baseband installed which doesn't work on the P93x devices, and you'll have to flash a new baseband at some point.
All in all, these are minor things though. I don't know if there is any major difference. This method does not require modifying your hosts file OR configuring the https.exe program, which makes it a little bit easier in my opinion.

drumist said:
Unsure. However, that is not the only difference. Another one I have noticed is that when turning on your phone, it will vibrate to indicate you've held the button long enough. This is something that never works after using the standard unbricking method. A Korean KDZ also means you will have a Korean baseband installed which doesn't work on the P93x devices, and you'll have to flash a new baseband at some point.
All in all, these are minor things though. I don't know if there is any major difference. This method does not require modifying your hosts file OR configuring the https.exe program, which makes it a little bit easier in my opinion.
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Thanks. Clears up things a bit for people that haven't used a guide yet.

Thank you for this! Can any of the people who used this confirm whether or not this has an impact on the camera reboot bug in CM10?
Also wondering if it would be OK to follow this and then restore a full nandroid backup.
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Also wondering if it would be OK to follow this and then restore a full nandroid backup.
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Yes, that's safe to do.

Not sure if it's due to aokp or having used this guide, but I haven't had a random reboot or bsod since. I also don't have the camera reboot issue.
EDIT: Screen not waking from sleep has happened once now, and I have started getting random reboots again. The camera reboot issue is still eliminated though. Probably going to switch to HO!NO!'s Full Throttle 9 and see if that improves my reboot situation.
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hereric said:
Not sure if it's due to aokp or having used this guide, but I haven't had a random reboot or bsod since. I also don't have the camera reboot issue.
Sent from my LG-P930 using XDA Premium HD app
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I will probably give this a try later on today. Thanks for making this write-up!

Was on Liquid Nitro, made a CWM full backup and did the new unbrick process this afternoon.
its easier than the su640 one.
Two little problems:
1. on step 12, after running windows enabler, have to left-click the icon on system tray to active it.
2. all prompts in bat files are in Chinese...need to change to English.
After that, I restored my backup over the GB ROM and it seemed to work fine. But I later learned that CWM didn't backup baseband, so I reflashed Liquid Nitro again then did another restore over the Liquid Nitro just to be safe.

If I have the P930, and I've successfully flashed and rooted the ICS build, is there really any need for me to continue further with the guide? What's preventing me from just flashing recovery right now and being on my way?

LiquidSolstice said:
If I have the P930, and I've successfully flashed and rooted the ICS build, is there really any need for me to continue further with the guide? What's preventing me from just flashing recovery right now and being on my way?
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ICS bootloader doesn't work with CWM so we need to do the unbrick to back to GB bootloader.

Every time I open the KDZ fw update, all the options are greyed out. I'm stuck there. Ideas?

arda99 said:
ICS bootloader doesn't work with CWM so we need to do the unbrick to back to GB bootloader.
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Thanks. Indeed, I was dumb and flashed recovery and got the secure boot issue. Now that I have that, should I redo the whole process?

I've done the whole thing over twice now, I simply cannot get the KDZ firmware updater to do anything. If I try "Read Device Information" it always freezes and exits.
EDIT: No matter what I do, even going so far as to try this on a computer with freshly installed Windows 7 on it (and of course, installing the provided LG driver), I keep getting stuck at this infernal screen:
http://db.tt/Ro57bvLc
MSXML is installed, the Window Enabler is started as Admin, but the damn thing just won't let me use any of its options .

LiquidSolstice said:
I've done the whole thing over twice now, I simply cannot get the KDZ firmware updater to do anything. If I try "Read Device Information" it always freezes and exits.
EDIT: No matter what I do, even going so far as to try this on a computer with freshly installed Windows 7 on it (and of course, installing the provided LG driver), I keep getting stuck at this infernal screen:
http://db.tt/Ro57bvLc
MSXML is installed, the Window Enabler is started as Admin, but the damn thing just won't let me use any of its options .
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After running windows enabler, left click the icon on the system tray, you'll see an "ON" shown on the icon. Then the grayed area will be enabled.

[Q] How To Root Samsung Galaxy SPH-D700 Epic 4G Using A Macbook Pro OS 10.8.4

Hey everybody,
I've researched this topic for days and I'm not coming up with any good solutions here.
Essentially, I am trying to figure out what the best firmware as of current date that runs really well on the Samsung Galaxy SPH-D700 Epic 4G.
I'm on 2.3.6 currently and from what I know the latest firmware for Android is 4.3 Jellybean. Is Jellybean available for the SPH-D700? If so, does it run well? If not, what's the next best alternative?
How do I root this phone using a Macbook Pro? I've read about "Wine", "Wine Bottler", "Heimleter" ( I don't think that's how it's spelled but I'm sure some of you know what I am talking about )
From what I have read, Wine doesn't seem like it's going to be very effective. Heim is more of a manual root which I could do but there isn't really a straight forward set of directions. The directions I've found have been written by many different sources and neither of them are the same.
If anybody has suggestions, I would greatly appreciate some. This will be the officially the 2nd phone I've ever rooted, the first being an HTC Hero and my 2nd droid phone ever owned.

DarkXShadowX21 said:
Hey everybody,
I've researched this topic for days and I'm not coming up with any good solutions here.
Essentially, I am trying to figure out what the best firmware as of current date that runs really well on the Samsung Galaxy SPH-D700 Epic 4G.
I'm on 2.3.6 currently and from what I know the latest firmware for Android is 4.3 Jellybean. Is Jellybean available for the SPH-D700? If so, does it run well? If not, what's the next best alternative?
How do I root this phone using a Macbook Pro? I've read about "Wine", "Wine Bottler", "Heimleter" ( I don't think that's how it's spelled but I'm sure some of you know what I am talking about )
From what I have read, Wine doesn't seem like it's going to be very effective. Heim is more of a manual root which I could do but there isn't really a straight forward set of directions. The directions I've found have been written by many different sources and neither of them are the same.
If anybody has suggestions, I would greatly appreciate some. This will be the officially the 2nd phone I've ever rooted, the first being an HTC Hero and my 2nd droid phone ever owned.
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v4.3 isn't released yet, that I'm aware of, but v4.2.2 is released and stable (mostly).
For most yes it does run well, but for me JB roms and my list of apps installed leaves ~3-9MB of RAM remaining. So that causes crazy lag and is incredibly annoying. You basically have to try it out yourself with your apps and decide if it'll work for your needs.
You can use Odin (in Windows via bootcamp), or Heimdall (in Linux and possible OSX).

nikon120 said:
v4.3 isn't released yet, that I'm aware of, but v4.2.2 is released and stable (mostly).
For most yes it does run well, but for me JB roms and my list of apps installed leaves ~3-9MB of RAM remaining. So that causes crazy lag and is incredibly annoying. You basically have to try it out yourself with your apps and decide if it'll work for your needs.
You can use Odin (in Windows via bootcamp), or Heimdall (in Linux and possible OSX).
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I don't have a Windows via bootcamp. I deleted that from my Mac last year. Is 4.2.2 available for the Epic 4G?
Do you have any good sources for how to root the Epic 4G from 2.3.6 to 4.2.2? It's been quite a long time since I've rooted. Thanks.
I would like to get my phone to be all set up with this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2131117

Well rooting or flashing a custom rooted rom is easy, if you can use Odin in Windows. I'm not familiar with Heimdall enough to give you a tutorial.
I posted this in a thread halfway down page 1 of Q/A:
nikon120 said:
TWRP: Flashes through CWM; OR you can pull the recovery.bin file from the zip file and flash that in Odin.
Root:
Power down device
Open keyboard, press and hold both the 1 key and power button. This places the phone into download mode.
Plug the device into your computer, and most likely drivers will install. Allow that to finish before proceeding.
Within Odin, wait until you see COM and a port number appear. That means your phone is recognized.
Next, uncheck all boxes on the left side, including auto-reboot.
Place the victory_8G_100528.pit file in the PIT box. Place CWM v5.0.2.7 .bin/.tar/.md5 file in the PDA box.
Click start and will complete relatively quickly.
Disconnect the phone from USB and pull the battery out.
Replace battery.
Press and hold Vol down, Camera and Power buttons until the capacitative lights light up, then release. This will place you in recovery mode.
From there you will boot into CWM, where you can flash whatever you want (custom rom or a compatible kernel for FC09 & SuperSU) off the SD card. So place those files prior to doing all the above.
Keep in mind, that if you want to remain on stock FC09, but rooted, you will need to flash a custom kernel. The stock kernel will replace CWM with stock recovery every time. That is why in the list above you must disable auto-reboot and battery pull.
All files are in my devhost, in my signature. If not, then they expired and I can reupload them if notified.
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Just flash Avatar rom from your SD card when booted into CWM v5.0.2.7. Typically when coming from stock, you will be rebooted into a newer version of CWM that is MTD compatible and have to go through the same flashing steps as you just performed to flash Avatar. If you are still on the same CWM version (5.0.2.7), then you need to manually flash either TWRP (2.6.0.0 is current) or CWM (6.0.3.2 is current) before attempting to flash Avatar again.

Unfortuantely, Odin doesn't work for mac. Wine/Wine Bottler is extremely unpredictable. All I need is a way to root my Sph-D700 using the latest version of Mac OS without Windows via dualboot.
Heimdall seems to be the best solution but to be honest, I don't quite understand the procedure. I tried to do it earlier and I didn't have any luck. Since I'm posting this from my phone currently, I'll post the sources I tried in a bit when I jump back on the computer.
Here are the sources I have been trying to use:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_epicmtd
http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/
http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=1ILk3Dlo9Gg
Here are the steps I've tried taking.
1st Step: I download DRockStar's ClockworkMod Recovery
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I download Heimdall Suite 1.4RC1 Command-line Binary:
Place the libusb-1.0.0.dylib library from the zip inside /opt/local/lib on the machine.
I don't know where this folder is on my Mac. I've searched for it and it doesn't exist and it also doesn't specify where I should create it if necessary.
Building From Source: The source code for the Heimdall Suite is available on Github. For more details about how to compile the Heimdall Suite, please refer to the README provided on Github or refer to the instructions to Install and compile Heimdall.
I don't quite understand how to do this earlier. I'm pretty familiar with xCode since I am being taught how to use it from my University. Even with that being said, I'm still not understanding exactly how to build it from the source. I read through the read me and it seems a bit more advanced than what I know how to do. Even with following instructions, it's very confusing to follow.
Booting the phone into download mode is a given to me.
This doesn't relate to me since I am using a Mac.
Number 4: Place DRockStar's ClockworkMod Recovery file into the Heimdall directory.
I'm not sure exactly what this is asking to be honest.
Putting phone into download mode....
Here's what I type into Terminal. I've tried with and without Sudo and I always get the same error.
Also, Heimdall version 1.40 doesn't even recognize my device.
I also tried selecting the Avatar zip from the sd card from going into "Apply update from sdcard" and I got the following error.
This is where I am basically stuck at. I'm not sure what else to do honestly.

DarkXShadowX21 said:
This is the tar file I downloaded:
Zedomax Epic Touch Kernal v3.
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Don't use that file. It's for the D710, aka Epic Touch.
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nikon120 said:
Don't use that file. It's for the D710, aka Epic Touch.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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Which file should I be using? I updated my last post with a bunch on information by the way.

To anyone else following this, I have responded on the Github issue:
https://github.com/Benjamin-Dobell/Heimdall/issues/149

DarkXShadowX21 said:
Hey everybody,
I've researched this topic for days and I'm not coming up with any good solutions here.
Essentially, I am trying to figure out what the best firmware as of current date that runs really well on the Samsung Galaxy SPH-D700 Epic 4G.
I'm on 2.3.6 currently and from what I know the latest firmware for Android is 4.3 Jellybean. Is Jellybean available for the SPH-D700? If so, does it run well? If not, what's the next best alternative?
How do I root this phone using a Macbook Pro? I've read about "Wine", "Wine Bottler", "Heimleter" ( I don't think that's how it's spelled but I'm sure some of you know what I am talking about )
From what I have read, Wine doesn't seem like it's going to be very effective. Heim is more of a manual root which I could do but there isn't really a straight forward set of directions. The directions I've found have been written by many different sources and neither of them are the same.
If anybody has suggestions, I would greatly appreciate some. This will be the officially the 2nd phone I've ever rooted, the first being an HTC Hero and my 2nd droid phone ever owned.
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Have you tried using heimdall and the instructions found here?

[GUIDE][ROOT][CWM] ARCHOS 97b Platinum HD

I came upon this device on Christmas (a gift from my girlfriend to her father) and wanted to root it and also install clockworkmod recovery, so I could mess with it a bit without bricking it. Since I found a lack of tailored guides for it, I decided to write this one, although I really did no actual development whatsoever. Normally I would be posting this on general, but given the spirit of this forum, I guess I'll just leave it here. Also, keep in mind I don't have the device anymore and am writing this from memory. If I missed anything or you have any doubts, please let me know (for example, I can't recall specifically the drivers I installed to make it work properly).
Please, please read the whole guide before trying anything, and if you are a novice user, just leave this be, I don't want you to turn your tablet into a paperweight because of my shoddy instructions written from memory and you probably don't need any of this anyway as there are no custom roms yet.
!!!DISCLAIMER!!!: As stated above, anything you do is at your own risk. I provided the procedures that worked for me on a Qilive 97r tablet, which is an Auchan branded ARCHOS 97b Platinum HD, so my step by step should work for all of you. There are probably easier ways to do this, and I hint at them in the guide, but beware I have not tried them and cannot vouch for them. In fact, I cannot and will not take any responsability if you brick your device following these instructions, correctly or otherwise. You do this at YOUR OWN RISK. You have been warned!
Rooting:
I followed this guide on Windows 7 x64 and it worked perfectly.
So thanks to dhigby for that. I would just like to make a couple of remarks:
When you get to step 7 (Installing Superuser by ChainDD), don't. Install SuperSU by Chainfire instead, Use it to update the superuser binary (I think a prompt shows up) and when asked, let it delete the "other" superuser applications, that is, the chinese one. Clean and easy, you don't need to follow any more steps.
Congratulations, you now have (english language) root!
Clockworkmod Recovery:
There is no specific recovery for this device. Fortunately, thanks to AndroTab.info, there's a generic version for 3188 devices that you'll see should work quite nicely, albeight with some caveats.
What works:
Nandroid backup to/from external SDCard (won't recognize internal)
Installing zip files should also work, although I didn't try it at the time, as the device wasn't mine and I can't since I don't have it anymore, but since it mounts system partitions perfectly well I wouldn't think there would be a problem. Try it at your own risk though.
Other things probably work, give it a try.
What doesn't work:
Internal SDCard access
Probably other things
Installation:
Now that you have a rooted tablet, installing clockworkmod recovery is easy-peasy. Go to developer options and enable USB Debugging, then make sure you have a working adb daemon (look it up) that recognizes your tablet.
NOTE: I'm not sure if I had to install any specific drivers for this to work, I think if so they were installed while rooting by the chinese app. Anyhow, here's the Rockchip drivers, you might want to try to install them if you can't get a connection: http://www.rockchip.nl/downloads/
Download the file RK30GENERIC_CWM.zip from here - that's the recovery.
Now extract flash_image and recovery.img from the downloaded file above to the folder where you have your adb and follow the following commands.
Push the files to /dev partition on the device:
Code:
adb push flash_image /dev/
adb push recovery.img /dev/
Then enter root shell, like so:
Code:
adb shell
su
Now flash recovery.img into recovery partition with flash_image:
Code:
chmod 755 /dev/flash_image
/dev/flash_image recovery /dev/recovery.img
Now power off your device. To enter recovery press volume down then the power button and keep them pressed until CWM boots. Voilá!
NOTE: The instructions above were adapted from here and all credit goes to AndroTab.info ; I posted these particular instructions because they are the ones I used and worked for me; there are other methods listed on that page which might or might not work, TRY THEM AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Backing up your original recovery (for warranty, if anything goes wrong, etc.)
To obtain a backup image of your recovery \ restore it back afterwards, follow this guide here. All credit goes to Originalas.
Don't follow it to the letter though: first and foremost, you need a working linux installation. If you don't have one, I recommend Wubi.
Then:
Follow step 1;
Ignore step 2 (it's outdated);
Follow 3;
Follow 4 - but don't expect the screen to turn on, it won't, just hold the volume down button for 10 seconds or so after plugging it in, don't press the power button!
Ignore 5, 6 and 7
Follow 8, but don't use the last command to flash the CWM recovery onto the device. This is because since it is a generic version, it relies on the original recovery kernel. Flashing the image like stated in step 8 would probably overwrite the kernel and result in no recovery at all (I might be wrong about this).
Do follow the last command to restore your own backup if you ever need to.
I am unsure if recovery dumps obtained in this way are device specific; I don't see a reason why they should be, so I'll provide you with my own backup:
ORIGINAL RECOVERY
Flash through any method of your choice, but keep in mind I haven't tried this on other devices, so, as you know by now DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK.
Closing remarks:
There you have it. Sorry for not holding your hand through every step, but this is meant for people who know a bit of what they're doing, making it faster than having to look up and figure out all these things and quirks on their own. If you have any doubts don't hesitate to ask, but keep in mind I don't have the device anymore and don't know much more than what I have written here. I do appreciate feedback and corrections, and will gladly change the guide giving you full credit - if it's really urgent just PM me, I might not check this thread often.
Cheers!

thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site

Jammed_Death said:
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
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I wouldn't keep my hopes up on custom roms. The software is really bad and what it does with the hardware is terrible. It's like a bunch of chipmunks put the code together by randomly typing into a keyboard.
That said, the likelihood of a new kernel to fix that is next to nil. However, since the ROM is as far as I can tell pretty near stock, you can get a pretty good experience from the device by installing gravity box xposed module. I also recommend trickstermod and changing the governor to performance, as well as some kernel tweaking if you know what you are doing.
Also, very important, limit the amount of processes running in the background to 3 in dev settings or change the used memory limit to something like 1.2 gb. It has 2 gb of RAM, but, as I said, the ROM sucks, the system eats away a full gigabyte, and it doesn't effectively kill background apps, leaving you with a sluggish device if you multitask.
Anyway, those are just some ideas, if you have some more or would like to code for this device, feel free to share Also, as I always say, give it time. You never know who is gonna get they're hands on the device and do something amazing with it.

Newbleeto said:
I wouldn't keep my hopes up on custom roms. The software is really bad and what it does with the hardware is terrible. It's like a bunch of chipmunks put the code together by randomly typing into a keyboard.
That said, the likelihood of a new kernel to fix that is next to nil. However, since the ROM is as far as I can tell pretty near stock, you can get a pretty good experience from the device by installing gravity box xposed module. I also recommend trickstermod and changing the governor to performance, as well as some kernel tweaking if you know what you are doing.
Also, very important, limit the amount of processes running in the background to 3 in dev settings or change the used memory limit to something like 1.2 gb. It has 2 gb of RAM, but, as I said, the ROM sucks, the system eats away a full gigabyte, and it doesn't effectively kill background apps, leaving you with a sluggish device if you multitask.
Anyway, those are just some ideas, if you have some more or would like to code for this device, feel free to share Also, as I always say, give it time. You never know who is gonna get they're hands on the device and do something amazing with it.
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hi and thanx for the answer
yes i saw that it's almost stock but crappy optimized...in the very first start of the tablet i had 1.8gb occupied by nothing and clean master always notifies me that 90% of the ram is busy...meh
maybe just a kernel will fix like you say but you know, android 4.4 will be a must (rockchip already released sdk for 3188). I am not a coder (totally zero) but i will try your suggestion...just a question about the performance governor, does it drain more battery?

i am trying to backup my rom but cwm is so buggy...first was impossible, now i'm stuck on backing up boot image
there is a twrp available for this tablet?
solved

ehy can someone provide a stock rom for the qilive 97r? I'm using a omni 4.4.4 but i want to rever back
thank you

Dump stock ROM QiLive 97R
Jammed_Death said:
ehy can someone provide a stock rom for the qilive 97r? I'm using a omni 4.4.4 but i want to rever back
thank you
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Yes, i have one. How could i send to you?
Could we change your Omni stock ROM by mine?
I have tried ROM Archos 97b Platinum but touch screen is not working. The only possibiliti to work is by a USB Mouse.
Many thanks.

Redinpais said:
Yes, i have one. How could i send to you?
Could we change your Omni stock ROM by mine?
I have tried ROM Archos 97b Platinum but touch screen is not working. The only possibiliti to work is by a USB Mouse.
Many thanks.
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you can upload it on mega or gdrive or something like that
for the omni come here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310818
author thread with links and guides I think you can even try the fixes with your current rom but better ask oma
about the cwm, there is a way to mount sdcard?

Dump stock ROM QiLive 97R
Jammed_Death said:
you can upload it on mega or gdrive or something like that
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Here he are...
https://www.wetransfer.com/download...556a9cf8fdbc6ddd7ab35ab820141126224717/09298e
Is only available until Decenber, 3 ,so Download it now.
Jammed_Death said:
for the omni come here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2310818
author thread with links and guides I think you can even try the fixes with your current rom but better ask oma
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I've been watching but I can not understand. Is confused. There are many files and do not know what to do to "fix".
If you are Portuguese, I would like to talk to you on Skype.
Can be?
Jammed_Death said:
about the cwm, there is a way to mount sdcard?
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I don´t know how I can answer that. I'm new in android, so I sorry.

Jammed_Death said:
thanks, works like a charm...do you have any news about updates\custom roms? I can't find anything even in the archos main site
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Try this. Sooooooooo beautiful.:good:
(Because this - "To prevent spam on the XDA forums, ALL new users prevented from posting outside links in their messages. After approximately 10 posts, you will be able to post outside links. Thank you for understanding!" i can not put link now. So ask me by Skype) SORRY
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Follow the instrutions ther and enjoy KK 4.4.2 Oma ROM Iron KK v1.2 - 24-05-2013 (My QiLive say now - Nexus 7 :angel:
Regards

Qilive 97r
Hi guys , if any body can help me with my tablet Qilive 97r, when I tryed to install new rom via RK development tool there was an error, and my tablet do not booting any more, just black display, do not know what to do, maybe somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.

Denysorlyk said:
Hi guys , if any body can help me with my tablet Qilive 97r, when I tryed to install new rom via RK development tool there was an error, and my tablet do not booting any more, just black display, do not know what to do, maybe somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.
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I'm interested

please ROM stock
Hello, i need help , if somebody know where I can download original rom , and original installer, I will be thankful for that's.

Digital2 Platinum Pad 8 - D2-861G-BK

So I created this topic because there is hardly anything on the internet regarding this tablet. I just recently purchased it from Best Buy and it took me quite some time to find something that would help me root it. Finally, I tried vroot ( a rooting application) and I succeeded in rooting my tablet. I don't have the exact link I used to get vroot but a simple Google search should suffice. Anyway, I figured I'd start this topic for anyone and everyone who uses this tablet or knows of this tablet to discuss any other developments. For now, if anyone needs help rooting their tablet and getting superuser running, I'm here to help.~
For now, I hope you all can figure out how to use vroot (yes, I know it's in Chinese. I can not read Chinese but it was pretty simple to get through the process of rooting.) Anyway, I don't remember the specifics but if anyone else gets through it, I ask that you please post some details on how you did it for everyone else to get through it as well. Hopefully, with time, we can get some good stuff going with this tablet. Could anyone figure out how to get CWM Recovery running on it? I'm a bit new to this and I don't want to screw anything up.

Thanks for the heads up! I also bought this tablet about a month ago. I was impressed with how thin and light it was, and how nice and bright the (IPS) screen was, especially for a cheaper "no-name" tablet. I've since found virtually no online support for this. D2 didn't even seem to list it on their own website. Although, finally today, I found this thread, and this site: http://www.d2pad.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=585. Seem the model is exclusive to Best Buy.
The only problem I've had with this tablet is that on rare occasions, if the screen is left on too long, the touch controls go a bit haywire, detecting random touches all over the place, and not really responding. Simply turning the screen off and back on fixes the problem. (Also, the camera is kind of ****ty, but I don't really care about that)
Anyhow, I'll definitely be trying to root this tomorrow. I take it you didn't need any special drivers? I came across this (http://scottyzone.com/2014/03/17/connect-the-d2-961g-to-adb-using-google-usb-drivers/), which I'll try if I can't get the tablet connected to my computer properly to run Vroot.
Thanks!

arpitp said:
Thanks for the heads up! I also bought this tablet about a month ago. I was impressed with how thin and light it was, and how nice and bright the (IPS) screen was, especially for a cheaper "no-name" tablet. I've since found virtually no online support for this. D2 didn't even seem to list it on their own website. Although, finally today, I found this thread, and this site: http://www.d2pad.info/index.php?option=com_content&view=frontpage&Itemid=585. Seem the model is exclusive to Best Buy.
The only problem I've had with this tablet is that on rare occasions, if the screen is left on too long, the touch controls go a bit haywire, detecting random touches all over the place, and not really responding. Simply turning the screen off and back on fixes the problem. (Also, the camera is kind of ****ty, but I don't really care about that)
Anyhow, I'll definitely be trying to root this tomorrow. I take it you didn't need any special drivers? I came across this (http://scottyzone.com/2014/03/17/connect-the-d2-961g-to-adb-using-google-usb-drivers/), which I'll try if I can't get the tablet connected to my computer properly to run Vroot.
Thanks!
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Thank you for bringing some needed attention to this topic! I actually used the Vroot application, rather than the software. It took a few tries but I got it to work. If you want to try the software, however, I've connected it to my computer numerous times without the need for any special drivers. Only thing I can suggest is the generic google drivers. By the way, I reverse searched the tablet's hardware and kernel and came across a duplicate device from China. It is exactly identical right down to the appearance, hardware and software to our tablet. It is called the Chuwi VX8 and the only difference is that it comes in white rather than black.
After making this discovery I came across a nice little development topic for the clone device (http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?16025-Chuwi-VX8-RileyROM-1-1) and it seems they've founded good amount of research into the tablet. They've come up with a rom (I've yet to test), CWM Recovery (Unable to flash. If anyone else can try, that'd be dandy.), root methods (with links), among other things. It seems that anything that would work with the Chuwi tablet SHOULD work with the Digital2 Platinum Pad 8. The same rooting method was required and everything about the two tablets is perfectly identical so I'm led to believe they're going to be able to use identical roms or recoveries. I'll look more into flashing CWM Recovery tonight and get back to you on my results.

Josh8550 said:
Thank you for bringing some needed attention to this topic! I actually used the Vroot application, rather than the software. It took a few tries but I got it to work.
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Which app exactly are you referring to. I thought it was something in the Play Store, but no luck finding what you're referring to.

arpitp said:
Which app exactly are you referring to. I thought it was something in the Play Store, but no luck finding what you're referring to.
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Found this link (http://products.mgyun.com/api/downjump?id=846) just for you. It should work but let me now whether or not it does. It's the exe for computers but if it doesn't work Google "vroot apk" for the app.

Josh8550 said:
Found this link (http://products.mgyun.com/api/downjump?id=846) just for you. It should work but let me now whether or not it does. It's the exe for computers but if it doesn't work Google "vroot apk" for the app.
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As you mentioned, the link was for the (Windows) software. It requires ADB connection to a computer (usually requires special drivers).
When you said you used the application instead of the software, I assumed you used an APK. However, there is no apk of (the official) Vroot (it was designed to work through Windows). That makes me think the root app you used was something else. So I have to ask... what did you use to root this device?

vRoot is now iRoot
First off, I'd like to thank you for starting this topic. I've searched all over since I bought this tablet a couple of months ago but couldn't find any information. When I did a google search for vroot, i found http://www.mgyun.com/en/getvroot and the software is now called iRoot, and is in english. The main link on the page is for the windows ADB version, and there's a link further down the page for "iRoot for Mobile", which will give you the APK. Now that I've got root, I'll keep trying to get CWM recovery to work, and maybe we can start seeing some ROMs come out for this great device!
UPDATE: (IMPORTANT, please read): The APK does not work. or at least, I couldn't get it to work on my device. It tells you that you've got root, but doesn't really give it to you. Download the computer based exe from the link that Josh8550 posted earlier.
You will need developer permissions (Settings -> About Tablet -> tap Build Number until it tells you you're a developer).
Install ADB and Drivers on windows PC (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588979)
Connect tablet to PC with USB cable.
Run vRoot (iRoot) on PC. Program will connect to tablet and check for root.
Click the "Get Root" button.
Wait...
Tablet will reboot.
Wait...
Program will connect to tablet and check for root.
Program should verify that you have root.
Download and Install SuperSU from the Play Store.
Open SuperSU and Update SU Binary. You will have to give SuperSU root permissions from the chinese interface (choose the box on the right, don't mark the check box).
Reboot.
Congratulations! You now have root access. Enjoy!
More info to come later...

nahrwoldinternet said:
First off, I'd like to thank you for starting this topic. I've searched all over since I bought this tablet a couple of months ago but couldn't find any information. When I did a google search for vroot, i found http://www.mgyun.com/en/getvroot and the software is now called iRoot, and is in english. The main link on the page is for the windows ADB version, and there's a link further down the page for "iRoot for Mobile", which will give you the APK. Now that I've got root, I'll keep trying to get CWM recovery to work, and maybe we can start seeing some ROMs come out for this great device!
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Thanks man. I couldn't find the link to the apk again so that's a huge help for everyone here. I'll try to get CWM recovery working soon then I'll see about getting Cyanogenmod 11 ported over.

Rooting Digital 2 tablets
Hey everyone.
I successfully rooted with Kingo ROOT using my PC, however now Im stuck. Cant seem to find ROMs or Mods compatible with this tablet.
Any info out there would be great. Im running a 4.1.1 Jelly Bean.

Rooted now what?
Did you ever try the cwmr or cyanogen ROM you had mentioned above?

[email protected] said:
Did you ever try the cwmr or cyanogen ROM you had mentioned above?
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I did, and ended up hard bricking it for months until I finally got it back out, fixed it and gave up.

I also have the D2-861G and ended up bricking it but have been unable to fix it, would you mind telling me how you got it back up and running.

Blu Advance 4.0 L A010U ROMs

Hey guys,
I really need to find at least the stock ROM for the new-ish Blu Advance 4.0L (model A010U), because the most recent OTA update unforgivingly bricked mine. Now I want to try to re-flash the stock ROM, but I am also open to custom ROMs, if there are any available. Please help me out! Thanks in advance

I am really surprised no one has replied yet, but again I am facing the same problem and I've been searching the Internet for one month now and I found absolutely nothing for this phone (specifically for version A010U).
So I am going to post a different question in the hopes that someone will read it and help us out:
I have two Blu Advance 4.0 L A010U phones, which are identical except for the color (white and green). They were manufactured a month apart one in 10/2015 and one in 9/2015.
Unfortunately after only a couple of months of light use and for no apparent reason (did not drop it, or wet it, etc) it started going through a boot loop. It will start, show the "bold like us" logo then restart again without making it to the operating system at all. Like I said I've been looking for over a month to find a ROM (stock or modded) to reflash but with no luck. Then I had an idea. Since I have the other identical phone that's working fine, is there a trick I can do using the working phone to create a ROM that I can use in my broken one. By the way, the non working phone will allow me to get into the recovery menu, but unfortunately nothing happens if I wipe the cache or even if I reset to factory defaults.
Anyone knows what's causing that "boot loop", how to fix it and where to find a ROM or even "extract" or "create" one using a working Advance 4.0 L ???
Thank you very much!

Man I wish I knew. I'm kinda a novice. I have the same phone with a similar problem... I downloaded the recent ota update and the first time it said it couldn't unzip it. I tried again and it seemed to work but when it rebooted into recovery it said there was an error... So it won't boot up, it just goes to the screen that says "no command". I'm pretty sure the there's a way to make a copy of the working ROM but since I don't use a PC for anything I've never taken the time to learn the method.

Deuler93 said:
Hey guys,
I really need to find at least the stock ROM for the new-ish Blu Advance 4.0L (model A010U), because the most recent OTA update unforgivingly bricked mine. Now I want to try to re-flash the stock ROM, but I am also open to custom ROMs, if there are any available. Please help me out! Thanks in advance
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I just got ahold of a couple of these devices myself and am in the process of going through all the in's and out's of them....I'm a Samsung nerd so I haven't messed with something like these in a while but I got one (that was supposedly dead bricked per the lady friend of mine I got them from) at least able to boot into factory mode and recovery via ADB and just as I'm posting this I'm in adb shell going through the device's internal memory.....so we'll see what all I find and can pull out of this one and possibly know enough to post an intelligible reply with solutions next time
The boot looping sounds like a common problem with these and when I get to that point I'm going to get rid of the stock bootanimation.zip ASAP and try something else. I get the idea that these things aren't exactly power houses built for much so the littlest thing or small bug in their coding could lead to this kind of crap happening.
Hopefully you figure yours out before I toss these out the window! lol
Cheers y salud!
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good.m. said:
Man I wish I knew. I'm kinda a novice. I have the same phone with a similar problem... I downloaded the recent ota update and the first time it said it couldn't unzip it. I tried again and it seemed to work but when it rebooted into recovery it said there was an error... So it won't boot up, it just goes to the screen that says "no command". I'm pretty sure the there's a way to make a copy of the working ROM but since I don't use a PC for anything I've never taken the time to learn the method.
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Forgot to add a couple things about your post, sorry! I beleive (and I just started digging into this phone) that the no command part is the locked bootloader these phones appear to have. I think it was a combo of holding both volume buttons down from a powered off state then pressing power button on that came up with the option for factory mode or recovery (which led to the sad 'no command' droid), i went into factory mode and theres an option for Tp Upgrade which Im assuming is F/W or something similar but I just hooked up to the PC and in that mode it's reading the internal and external memory of the phone and that's about where I'm at so far.

Wow! I'm surprised this thread is still going.
Anywho, I found a repository that is storing the default ROM for the 4.0L. The files were just added recently. I would have liked to have seen a custom Lollipop ROM made by now, but this device is far too irrelevant to get any attention, unfortunately. Just root and forget, I guess.

I can't wait to try it, thank you! And btw, were you able to get root successfully and if so, how?

Deuler93 said:
Wow! I'm surprised this thread is still going.
Anywho, I found a repository that is storing the default ROM for the 4.0L. The files were just added recently. I would have liked to have seen a custom Lollipop ROM made by now, but this device is far too irrelevant to get any attention, unfortunately. Just root and forget, I guess.
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Hey Deuler93 -
You have my respect for digging out that BLU ROMs link and sharing with the rest of us. I downloaded the one for my Advance and used SP flash tool to flash the phone that was stuck on a boot-loop. Of course first I had to download and install the MediaTeK drivers for USB connectivity with my PC. Everything worked flawlessly, no glitches what so ever. All these links are easily found and widely available online if anyone is interested I can share here too. I just hope that this boot-loop was due to some software glitch and not hardware failure. Everything seems to work fine for now, keepint my fingers crossed it will NOT happen again.
Well, one less headache to worry about. By the way we're not that far, if you're ever in the Chicago area, I owe you a beer or something. Thank you!

Hi guys !
Thank you very much for the Advance 4.0L Roms.
I have successfuly recovered my phone, but the IMEI got lost.
So, I need to root it in order to recover the IMEI, but I just can´t get success on any method :
Kingroot
Framaroot
Towelroot
is there another way to root it ?
Thank you very much.

I got temporary root using the kingroot apk. But it messed things up and I don't trust it anymore. None of the other mentioned methods worked for me either, maybe try the PC kingroot method

well this helps one thing
good.m. said:
Man I wish I knew. I'm kinda a novice. I have the same phone with a similar problem... I downloaded the recent ota update and the first time it said it couldn't unzip it. I tried again and it seemed to work but when it rebooted into recovery it said there was an error... So it won't boot up, it just goes to the screen that says "no command". I'm pretty sure the there's a way to make a copy of the working ROM but since I don't use a PC for anything I've never taken the time to learn the method.
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umm. . . when the no command option comes up just press the power button and the rest of options will appear. doesnt exactly solve your problem however unless you have the ZIP file to install, which is what I'm looking for.

What might happen if a ROM is used for another blu phone. ??
A similar phone as well.
Plz advise.

Damn! This thread just keeps going!
I haven't even looked here in a while, so I will bunch my commentary here. I'm also salaried now, so I bought into a OnePlus X (onyx), a more expensive cheapo device, so I do not use the 4.0L anymore.
As for rooting tools, I used the Kingroot APK successfully in the stock environment. I never tried flashing something SuperSU myself, but it could work. Is flashing a SU app possible from the fastboot interface?
And to Steve's question - it is technically possible to flash a ROM for a different device onto your own device, but is considered a bad idea due to the possibility of introducing incompatibilities and missing proprietary requirements. I feel like this would hold especially true to stock ROMs because the manufacturer probably has no interest in supporting anything more than the device that they are manufacturing for. Doing so removes many possible "compatibility" issues from even having to be considered, but I digress. In short, try to find a ROM made for your device and your device only.

Did you find the zip file for the recovery
Marya Wynter said:
umm. . . when the no command option comes up just press the power button and the rest of options will appear. doesnt exactly solve your problem however unless you have the ZIP file to install, which is what I'm looking for.
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i root my blu advance 4.0l a010u with the kingoroot PC apk, but i got some issues with the lock screen and some apps, so, i need some advice..
i was looking for a zip to use it via recovery but i can't find any..

Recover IMEI
srspinho said:
Hi guys !
Thank you very much for the Advance 4.0L Roms.
I have successfuly recovered my phone, but the IMEI got lost.
So, I need to root it in order to recover the IMEI, but I just can´t get success on any method :
Kingroot
Framaroot
Towelroot
is there another way to root it ?
Thank you very much.
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You dont need root to recover imei all you have to do is type *#*#84666364#*#* in your dialer and you will be entered in EngineerMode then go into connectivity ,CDS information and radio information phone 1 or 2 then you will see AT+ type something eg.A then backspace and select the first thing you see. Put a space after AT+ and then put you imei code here "IMEI" between these "" You can find your imei by removing your battery it willl be there. After sending command reboot and imei is back.

links are down....check this instead
Hey guys, links here seems to be down .
Maybe this link would be useful for you all... stock firmware can be downloaded and useful help on videos is available too... Enjoy