Dell Venue 7 - Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking

Hello to everyone.
Not to sound overly rash, but is there anyone out there who might be able to provide instructions for rooting the new tablet Dell just sent out, the Venue 7? I'm planning on buying it for myself by Christmas, but I can't seem to find a single link about rooting the damn thing.
It'll be running 4.2 Jelly Bean
anyone have any ideas, maybe, pretty please?

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monkeybars said:
Hello to everyone.
Not to sound overly rash, but is there anyone out there who might be able to provide instructions for rooting the new tablet Dell just sent out, the Venue 7? I'm planning on buying it for myself by Christmas, but I can't seem to find a single link about rooting the damn thing.
It'll be running 4.2 Jelly Bean
anyone have any ideas, maybe, pretty please?
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Same here, but got the Venue 8. Haven't been able to see any rooting done so far. Would like to consider a ROM as well.

Has anyone gotten flash to work? If so let me know please I have a venue 8
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DelDotB said:
Same here, but got the Venue 8. Haven't been able to see any rooting done so far. Would like to consider a ROM as well.
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parkhill456 said:
Has anyone gotten flash to work? If so let me know please I have a venue 8
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Not much, I've personally tried contacting people from the ASUS MemoPad FHD 10.1 and Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 10.1 forums about a possible root solution since their tablets use the same chip as the Dell Venue 7. However, I haven't heard anything back.
I was able to find that the tablets come with an unlocked bootloader though: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=48052077
Hopefully someone finds a way to root this sucker.
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[Q] Dualboot?

Is it possible to have a Galaxy nexus and dualboot it with windows 7.5?
Thanks
I'm not going to say anything is impossible... but no. Not easily at least.
Even if you could get it on there drivers would probably be a big issue. It would take a lot of development to get things working properly. You'd have a lot of obstacles to overcome as well such as the lack of physical buttons.
Good luck
The Q&A threads are to be posted here.
What the **** is Windows 7.5?
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I think he meant Windows Phone 7
Windows mango 7.5 is the operating system of windows phones
bgurny said:
Is it possible to have a Galaxy nexus and dualboot it with windows 7.5?
Thanks
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Nope.
Even if you somehow got it running it would still be illegal.
And to even try you would need the source code.
It simply won't happen.
bgurny said:
Is it possible to have a Galaxy nexus and dualboot it with windows 7.5?
Thanks
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WP7 is closed source. Not gonna happen.
Buy a Windows Phone
And I am willing to be op wants this just so he can show his friends and the only effort put into it was getting on the internet. Drivers, ram, code, and development would be only the smallest of obstacles if downloading and flashing it were your goals. The windows phone can be had over there.
Sent from my Nexus in Texas.
windows 7.5? not in this life time.
different ICS roms? use bootmanager from market.
Thanks
Thanks everyone for there answer!
Maybe one day I'll buy one but for now I just love my Gnex.
bgurny said:
Thanks everyone for there answer!
Maybe one day I'll buy one but for now I just love my Gnex.
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I'll wait for windows 8. Windows phone 7 is just a temporary solution from microsoft to stop apple and android from dominating the market. No doubt it is decent but it's still in its infancy and doesn't have a lot of apps.
ArmanUV said:
I'll wait for windows 8. Windows phone 7 is just a temporary solution from microsoft to stop google and android from dominating the market. No doubt it is decent but it's still in its infancy and doesn't have a lot of apps.
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Yeah that sure worked out for Microsoft. They sure took away that 1% of market share. They should be proud.
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ArmanUV said:
I'll wait for windows 8. Windows phone 7 is just a temporary solution from microsoft to stop google and android from dominating the market.
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Hahahahaha. Mission Accomplished.
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Depending on how tech savvy your friends are just download a windows phone launcher and claim that you developed a new type of hybrid device, its worked for me before lol
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Rem3Dy said:
Yeah that sure worked out for Microsoft. They sure took away that 1% of market share. They should be proud.
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yeah well they tried and failed. even the director of wp7 developtment admitted defeat a few months ago . Personally I think it is a very decent platform. I really like its elagant user interface but if I just wanted ui I would've stayed with ios.
The reason wp7 didn't take off was because it was too late and there was no demand for it, not because it sucked.
I have dual boot Mango and ICS on my HD2.
Believe me, WP7.5 has a beautiful layout and the best keyboard, but besides that it's way inferior when compared to Android and iOS. Very lame browser and the apps have less options. It's fun to play with for a day, but more than that you'll get really frustrated.
myself11 said:
I have dual boot Mango and ICS on my HD2.
Believe me, WP7.5 has a beautiful layout and the best keyboard, but besides that it's way inferior when compared to Android and iOS. Very lame browser and the apps have less options. It's fun to play with for a day, but more than that you'll get really frustrated.
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Do you mean you have Mango like that browser demo? Or it's only on that phone that can do it?
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kbrian said:
Do you mean you have Mango like that browser demo? Or it's only on that phone that can do it?
Sent from my Galaxy Nexus
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The HD2 is a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone that you can install Mango on and dual boot into Android since other Android phones are very similar to.
EKnofsky said:
The HD2 is a Windows Mobile 6.5 phone that you can install Mango on and dual boot into Android since other Android phones are very similar to.
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Adding to what he said, since the hd2 already had windows on it it allowed It to be easier to port it onto, I think test builds where also made for it too. And since android is open source it was easy to port over( not really but easy for a dev). You'd have better luck buying a windows phone and dual booting that with android
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[Q]2nd-Gen Nexus 7 Question..

Hello Ladies & Gentlemen,
Question: I'm strongly leaning towards picking up this 2nd-Gen Nexus 7 next week.. ( I have never owned the 1st-Gen ) and I know the 2nd-Gen is shipping with Android 4.3.. Since this is still Asus with upgraded internals, Will these 4.2.2 ROMS run on the 2nd-Gen? I know it's only a matter of time before 4.3 is ripped apart and reborn as Custom ROMS but I was curious if anyone thinks 4.2.2 would boot..
Thanks for any answers anyone can provide.. :good:
If these said ROMs were ported then maybe. Although I doubt it because 4.3 is better in pretty much every way so what's the point. 4.2.2 software made for the Tegra Nexus 7 won't boot on the newer architecture in the 2nd gen model (Snapdragon S4 CPU).
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RaiderWill said:
I was curious if anyone thinks 4.2.2 would boot..
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I think not. Wait for custom roms for the 7² to appear, which they will pretty soon I guess.
But you should definitely go for the new N7, it looks so much sweeter than the 1st gen...
direct ROM flashes Wont work, but if someone ported it over, I dont see why not. but that would probably take just as much time as it would to merge the features to 4.3 so no one will do it.
turdbogls said:
direct ROM flashes Wont work, but if someone ported it over, I dont see why not. but that would probably take just as much time as it would to merge the features to 4.3 so no one will do it.
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+1
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Thanks Everyone,
I can wait for the ROMS to arrive.. I just pulled the trigger on a 16 Gb from Walmart today.. It has enough out of the box to keep me going for now..

DSLR Controller and the new Nexus 7

Has anyone had any luck getting this app to connect to their camera?
I downloaded it but haven't had a chance to try it with my camera yet, will report back when I do.
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TADitto said:
I downloaded it but haven't had a chance to try it with my camera yet, will report back when I do.
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I don't have DSLR controller but I have the free app Chainfire has to test compatibility and it does not appear to work. I am stock and un-rooted.
Cameron_S said:
I don't have DSLR controller but I have the free app Chainfire has to test compatibility and it does not appear to work. I am stock and un-rooted.
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Someone in the other OTG thread mentioned that with root and Stickmount, he was able to get a USB drive to work. Seems like something similar would be required to get it working right now.
Rooting now to find out...
Update: Rooted with Stickmount and DSLR Controller works
I can confirm that DSLR Controller works just fine on the new Nexus 7. Played around with it for about a hour and had no issues what so ever. Live view looks awesome!
I forgot to add I'm running my Nexus 7 Stock Unrooted at this time.
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Wireless connection
It works with the wireless module WU-1a too. I have not found any major problems either. :good:
TADitto said:
I can confirm that DSLR Controller works just fine on the new Nexus 7. Played around with it for about a hour and had no issues what so ever. Live view looks awesome!
I forgot to add I'm running my Nexus 7 Stock Unrooted at this time.
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not working on my 7D
hello everyone ! I just bought the new nexus 7 2013 in France . I'm unrooted DSLR Controller doesn't work with my OTG cable and my 7D!
I tried with my SGS3 and it's well working so the problem doesn't come from the cable.
Could you please help me?
which version of build do you use?
Johannbzh said:
hello everyone ! I just bought the new nexus 7 2013 in France . I'm unrooted DSLR Controller doesn't work with my OTG cable and my 7D!
I tried with my SGS3 and it's well working so the problem doesn't come from the cable.
Could you please help me?
which version of build do you use?
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I wasn't able to get it to work unrooted. It does work with the latest build as long as your device has root access.
OJ in Compton said:
I wasn't able to get it to work unrooted. It does work with the latest build as long as your device has root access.
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OK so I have rooted my new nexus 7. So now I can read a USB key but it still not working with my 7D and 500D! What do you use for rooting? i used Nexus Root Toolkit with Chainfire root.
Thanks for your help!
Still under investigation what is going on here. Just received my own Nexus 7 2013 an hour ago, doesn't work for me either. The kernel recognizes the camera, but Android does not. And as long as Android does not detect the camera, DSLR Controller cannot use it. Can't do much more right now, the tablet needs to be charged first.
(Note that the reason root+StickMount does work, as well probably keyboards and mice, is because that is handled at kernel level, and not at app level)
The strange thing is, that it works for some people, and not for others.
Can you guys let me know which exact model you have, and if it does or doesn't work for you ? I have 32gb Wi-Fi model, updated to Android build JSS15Q, and it doesn't work for me.
I've done a lot of fooling around, and the weirdest thing happened - I got it to work (I bet nobody expected that). However, now that I have gotten it to work, I can't get it to to *not* work anymore, so I cannot test myself what the true solution was. There's a bug with the Nexus 7 firmware, *not* with DSLR Controller.
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As such, I need the help of those DSLR Controller users with a 2013 Nexus 7 for whom it does not work. Extra points if you're using cables that you can successfully use on a different Android device together with DSLR Controller.
We're not going to break your device, though you may void warranty. If your device is not oem unlocked (if you don't know what this is, your device isn't oem unlocked), the testing procedure will wipe all your data, so make sure you have backups. Even if you are oem unlocked, backing up your data is not a bad idea, just in case.
If you're available on Google Talk or Hangouts, all the better !
I need guinea pigs, lets figure this out !
Guinea pig citizen reporting for geeking , available device tegra T30s like the tf300 from pegatron , rooted busyboxed but not yet unlocked bootloader, and have quite a few USB stuff to try.contact me if you like. I'll keep an eye here too. Until now, works at 50% of the devices I tested. Oh , and I'm using a 4.0.3 iml74k stock rom, I just did few fs/kernel/VM tweaks.
Chainfire,
I am willing to help you out.
I have a Canon T3, which I've been using with your app on my original Nexus 7. I have not yet tried it on my new one. If you can use my help, PM me and I'll give you my email address.
psydefects22 said:
Guinea pig citizen reporting for geeking , available device tegra T30s like the tf300 from pegatron , rooted busyboxed but not yet unlocked bootloader, and have quite a few USB stuff to try.contact me if you like. I'll keep an eye here too. Until now, works at 50% of the devices I tested. Oh , and I'm using a 4.0.3 iml74k stock rom, I just did few fs/kernel/VM tweaks.
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But do you have the *new* 2013 Nexus 7 - and have you tried DSLR Controller yet with your camera on it ?
DarkShim said:
I have a Canon T3, which I've been using with your app on my original Nexus 7. I have not yet tried it on my new one. If you can use my help, PM me and I'll give you my email address.
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Please first try DSLR Controller on your new Nexus 7 and let me know if you can get it to work. For a bunch of people it "just works" already, have to make sure this isn't the case for you.
Chainfire said:
Please first try DSLR Controller on your new Nexus 7 and let me know if you can get it to work. For a bunch of people it "just works" already, have to make sure this isn't the case for you.
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I just tried it and it does not work. DSLR Controller says "Could not find a compatible camera on WiFi or USB..."
The 2012 Nexus 7 still recognizes it, so I know it's not the camera.
DarkShim said:
I just tried it and it does not work. DSLR Controller says "Could not find a compatible camera on WiFi or USB..."
The 2012 Nexus 7 still recognizes it, so I know it's not the camera.
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PM sent !
Hello Chainfire!
I have the new Nexus 7 i tried to use DSLR Controller with it on my EOS 7D and EOS 500D. Not working with or without root.
Please note my USB-OTG cable is OK because it's working on my Galaxy S3.
I have unrooted, relocked bootloader and wipe the tablet after flashing the stock rom! Still not working.
Got the same Nexus 7 of you 32GB Wifi with JSS15Q
I hope you will find a solution.
Excuse me for my bad english ^^
Hello Chainfire,
I have the new Nexus 7 (2013) 16GB model with CyanogenMOD 10.2 - JSS15Q and it doesn't work with with my EOS 7D and USB-OTG cable?
I have the same problem on my Nexus 4 with CyanogenMOD 10.2 - JSS15Q
Ik works flawless on my ASUS Transformer Prime (TF201) STOCK unrooted and locked.
Groetjes Dennis!
Verstuurd vanaf mijn Nexus 7 met Tapatalk 4
OJ in Compton said:
Has anyone had any luck getting this app to connect to their camera?
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works from the first time nexus 7 lte unroot

[Q] Hows the rom development going for the tab 3?

Is there any update on the progress on any roms for the Gtab 3? I know we are over excited for it.
At this point we only have root...... once my pc is fixed I'll be working on cm 10.1 and 10.2......but that could be a bit yet
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Please work on it, we're patient but do it :'( I got a WiFi only Galaxy Tab 1 and it's absolutely depressing to see how there's not a single worthy custom ROM.... It's capable of much but no.... It was just left to die... Guess no one would like that for our GT3
I synced cm 10.1 last night......now I have to try and port this over.......this is my first port.......we also need a working recovery before roms start popping.
Do you have an 7 inch or an 8?
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I have the wifi only 7 inch... I'm not a dev or even close but I'm SO up to learn or help anyhow
Kewl, that's me, new to building android.......I've built plenty Linux systems from scratch though......... and there are a ton of good help topics out there too...... fingers crossed
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I have the 10.1 inch tab 3 if I can help at all please just let me know
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gjpminingco said:
I have the 10.1 inch tab 3 if I can help at all please just let me know
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Bump.
If i can help Just Let me know. I Just hope good roms Will Come oud for my tab 3 10.1 its weird having stock Sammy without root. Espec since i am used to flash What ever i want on my s2 fone.. Lol..
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Do you know any good tutorial/lesson/whatever or somewhere I could learn something to help? Many of us want good ROMs but sadly not many know or can... I don't want to be with my arms crossed :S
Also crossing fingers for all the coders and others who are spending lots of hours into developing great roms! Hope to see a good one for my 10.1
Good luck guys!
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This is what I used to get the CM10.x repo set up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060017
And this is the port walkthrough I'm studying.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro
Zidkijah said:
This is what I used to get the CM10.x repo set up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060017
And this is the port walkthrough I'm studying.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro
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Thanks man, I'll start studying
Thinking of porting aosp from new nexus 7 to speed this bad boy up the touch wiz is bogging down the tabs resources and I plan to fix it I cantt stand theblackvof dev on this tab so I just do it myself
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Wish i could..... Im no dev..
I have coding knowledge. But never done Android....
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johnfred1987 said:
Thinking of porting aosp from new nexus 7 to speed this bad boy up the touch wiz is bogging down the tabs resources and I plan to fix it I cantt stand theblackvof dev on this tab so I just do it myself
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innomi said:
Wish i could..... Im no dev..
I have coding knowledge. But never done Android....
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I'm no dev but I also wanna help, I don't want this device development to die... So i'll start learning, maybe it will take me a while but i will!
Im using the 8.o t310 so itll be on this device I normally make apps so only time will tell if others will be supported (wifi only) USA so once im done with my current project (an app for s4 [no teasers] I will start
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Well, I now have rooted the factory software for the SM-T211 GSM/WIFI.
And I have a new theory on how I'm going to get recovery working........ I just have to figure out how to build it first.........lol
But once I'n done I should have a Odin flashable stock firmware that has CWM or TWRP......... let see how that pans out.......
Anyone who has built a recovery should PM me so we can talk.
Thanks!!
Here if you need me....
I too am just now learning the finer points of android (or, programing in general, for that matter) but I do have a galaxy tab 3 7.0, am a fairly quick learner who's eager to do so and I can follow instructions... So whatever help I could be- I'd be honored. Just let me know. Regardless, many thanks, much love and all due respect.
Cheers
-cwf
T310 Custom firmware
Zidkijah said:
This is what I used to get the CM10.x repo set up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2060017
And this is the port walkthrough I'm studying.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Doc:_porting_intro
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I have a t310 = Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 8.0.
Which I have sucessfully rooted/Busybox/Terminal working.
Will anyone be working on a custom firmware with UMS (USB Mass storage) working.
As I am sick of transfering MicroSD from PC to Tablet 10 times a day.
I mostly transfer txt/html/js/pl and py files to my tablet. So MTP and PTP aren't much use to me.
I just have bought Tab 3 10.1 and can help with testing etc., I just need better rom than the samshieeeet

Any help with getting cyanogenmod 11 on sm-t217t

I have the tmobile version of the Galaxy Tab 3 , I've been doing some searching and I haven't really found much information on rooting installing CyanogenMod on this tablet.
I've read from some people that you can run the Sprint version of the roms on this tablet. But I haven't found a whole lotta info on that.
Being forced to run the ancient version of Android on this thing is really bugging me. A Lot of the apps I like to use don't work so any help in getting up to a more modern version of Android would be appreciated thank you in advance.
-Wes-
I second this post.
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Really nothing helpful yet?
Apparently no devs out there purchased their tab3 from T-Mobile. Ah well, still a decent tablet.
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It seems that way, it suck's....
Not much attention was given by developers to Galaxy Tab 3 or the current Tab 4 series in my opinion
I'm in this boat too. The only thing I've found useful for t217t was a debloat mod. I was hoping I could upgrade this this to 4.4.2 like my c916
Which debloat mod did you use? I have the t217a and I'm hoping your method will work for me too.
without root android users suffer the adware flavor of malware
I won't use andriod without user root to ensure privacy via my right to AdBlock or prevent analytics harvesting. Back to amazon with it.

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