I just received one of these new iFive tablets a few days ago. Thanks to Geekbuying.com for sending me this tablet at a discounted price, so I can make ROMs for it and other similar iFive tablets.
As far as performance goes, the tablet runs smoothly...and works great. This is the first RK tablet I've seen with KK loaded out of the box.
So far, I haven't encountered any problems running apps...playing games and videos. The cameras work well. The screen looks good.
After a day or so, I decided to do a ROM dump of the firmware to have a hand at making a RileyROM. There's some bloatware that needs to go...and I prefer running a rooted device. Plus adding all of the standard RileyROM features.
The problem started there.
The ROM work went without a hitch until I tried to flash it. Normally, when flashing a Rockchip ROM you need to erase idb to format the NAND to accommodate the new partition sizes. Each time I try to erase idb, it fails. I've tried the Finless Flash Tool as well as the new RKFlashTool...neither seem to work.
I attempted to create a single update.img to flash with the RKBatchTool, and still didn't reformat NAND. No matter what I've tried, short of opening the tablet and shorting pins to achieve mask mode...I can't erase idb.
So I tried flashing a ROM from another site. The ROM flashes OK, but the Batch Tool still wouldn't erase idb. But the ROM works just fine. I guess the individual components fit within the stock partitions. That's my next step...to see if I can make my ROM fit the existing stock parameters.
I'm hoping that I can make some adjustments to my ROM so it will work on this tablet...but I really don't want to publish a ROM without solving this NAND problem.
Having to short pins to get into mask mode isn't an option for most people, especially with this particular tablet. The only way to open the case is from the front. This solid little tablet is built like an iPad...with the case molded in one piece. I haven't figured out a way to do it without causing damage to the screen.
Fellow Freaktab developer Leolas has a new X2 tablet with the same issue.
We are working together to solve this one little hitch...and I'm hoping to be able to release a ROM soon.
If anyone has experienced this...I'm open to suggestions. In the meantime stay tuned.
As far as performance goes, the tablet runs smoothly...and works great. This is the first RK tablet I've seen with KK loaded out of the box.
So far, I haven't encountered any problems running apps...playing games and videos. The cameras work well. The screen looks good.
After a day or so, I decided to do a ROM dump of the firmware to have a hand at making a RileyROM. There's some bloatware that needs to go...and I prefer running a rooted device. Plus adding all of the standard RileyROM features.
The problem started there.
The ROM work went without a hitch until I tried to flash it. Normally, when flashing a Rockchip ROM you need to erase idb to format the NAND to accommodate the new partition sizes. Each time I try to erase idb, it fails. I've tried the Finless Flash Tool as well as the new RKFlashTool...neither seem to work.
I attempted to create a single update.img to flash with the RKBatchTool, and still didn't reformat NAND. No matter what I've tried, short of opening the tablet and shorting pins to achieve mask mode...I can't erase idb.
So I tried flashing a ROM from another site. The ROM flashes OK, but the Batch Tool still wouldn't erase idb. But the ROM works just fine. I guess the individual components fit within the stock partitions. That's my next step...to see if I can make my ROM fit the existing stock parameters.
I'm hoping that I can make some adjustments to my ROM so it will work on this tablet...but I really don't want to publish a ROM without solving this NAND problem.
Having to short pins to get into mask mode isn't an option for most people, especially with this particular tablet. The only way to open the case is from the front. This solid little tablet is built like an iPad...with the case molded in one piece. I haven't figured out a way to do it without causing damage to the screen.
Fellow Freaktab developer Leolas has a new X2 tablet with the same issue.
We are working together to solve this one little hitch...and I'm hoping to be able to release a ROM soon.
If anyone has experienced this...I'm open to suggestions. In the meantime stay tuned.
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