Cube T9 64bit octacore A53 4G beast.

[prague77]

No,hold on.
It seems like I'll have to do another 'How To' about flashing ROM's with SP Flash Tool, step-by-step.
What you quoted was procedure to flash TWRP recovery/reflash stock recovery.
After 9 hours starting from now you'll find that here.
I'm really tired and need some sleep.

ok. thanks. have a good night.
Plus should I try system recovery before flash( you mentioned that problems are expected) or go straight to flash...

[BamaPanda]

I just upwith ed to 1.07. Hopefully I stop getting the restart issues that I've had since 1.06.

My update went smoothly as well. Re-rooted with vRoot!

Now, Cube ...bring on the Lollipop!

Added info...
Deleted 3D CPU, with which I was trying to control the cpu a bit ..seeing 1.06 was having reboot issues.

Now 1.07 is on it's own. Lets see how stable she be!

So far, NO reboots!
:-)

[kravmama1]

My advice is to wait a little bit more.
Price is going up for T9 maybe due to Chinese holidays and high demand.
My T9 was ~250 $ six weeks ago.
T9 is a big step forward when I look back to my ex 9X in a lot of areas.
...
If I'll have oportunity to choose again...T9 will be my choice.

Thank you. You helped me decide. I think I will wait then. (I hate waiting). A number of sellers on Aliexpress are selling for $250, but I prefer to use a site that uses PayPal.

[kravmama1]

Geekbuying has a return option for the states that costs very little extra. If there an issue with a tab bought there, it is an easy return to an address stateside, not all the way back to China.

Hope this helps.

Added this.
Thank a for taking GeekBuying Customer Satisfaction survey. Here is the 5% off coupon: JGFDEDPQ It is a one-time code and valid to Mar. 28th, 2014 ( GMT + 8). Please note that the coupon could not be used with on-sale items.

Thanks for the info. Right now GeekBuying is selling it for 279.99, which is higher than most other sites. I will wait and hope the price comes down. If you chose DHL shipping, did you have to pay any additional taxes or fees on delivery?

[BamaPanda]

Thanks for the info. Right now GeekBuying is selling it for 279.99, which is higher than most other sites. I will wait and hope the price comes down. If you chose DHL shipping, did you have to pay any additional taxes or fees on delivery?

Lots of good sites to buy from, but GB is one that has easy return if there is an issue. Slight cost, but worth it. That is the main reason I mentioned them.

The 5% discount would bring it down to 265 ...still a bit high. One thing you might try is to look for a price match icon / reference on the website of your choice. If 250 is good, I can see a site like GB matching it with the needed info.

I totally agree about using Paypal! Only way to fly.

I wish you well!

[giouncino]

... It is also a bit heavier and thicker because of a bigger battery....

Just a little clarification: T9 and 9x have exaclty the same battery

[Edius]

.....
Plus should I try system recovery before flash( you mentioned that problems are expected) or go straight to flash...

You'll find here all you need http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...l=1#post287901
Regarding that error... I think you have some damaged files on System partition.
Just flash FW V1.04 with SP Flash Tool with all these steps mandatory.
Update OTA to 1.05>1.06>1.07
Flash TWRP as you see here (all steps are mandatory)
Backup all partitions using TWRP onto your external SD card (save later to your PC as a safety measure). Use that clean system state for backup (no root, no apps installed)

If you need to root, root using TWRP with SuperSu and you'll don't see anymore mesages about damaged system files.
Install app's and use as you wish.
I guess we will see in the future a few OTA updates..to use OTA just reflash only original factory recovery through SP Flash Tool and you'll have succesfully update.

Enjoy.

[prague77]

You'll find here all you need http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.p...l=1#post287901
Regarding that error... I think you have some damaged files on System partition.
Just flash FW V1.04 with SP Flash Tool with all these steps mandatory.
Update OTA to 1.05>1.06>1.07
Flash TWRP as you see here (all steps are mandatory)
Backup all partitions using TWRP onto your external SD card (save later to your PC as a safety measure). Use that clean system state for backup (no root, no apps installed)

If you need to root, root using TWRP with SuperSu and you'll don't see anymore mesages about damaged system files.
Install app's and use as you wish.
I guess we will see in the future a few OTA updates..to use OTA just reflash only original factory recovery through SP Flash Tool and you'll have succesfully update.
Enjoy.

Thanks for all.
I think i wont root anymore
So, is it necessary, after re flashing FW, to flash TWRP?

[Edius]

Thanks for all.
I think i wont root anymore
So, is it necessary, after re flashing FW, to flash TWRP?

I say YES, that's only way for us to save all partition including NVRAM
If you lose your IMEI restoring NVRAM is only way to get that back (there is some alternative methods like using some Mediatek apps used in factory environment to rewrite IMEI, but you need some skills for that.)

[BamaPanda]

Just a little clarification: T9 and 9x have exaclty the same battery

I would have sworn that the 9X had an 8500 mAh battery, but everything so far I see today says it has a 10000 mAh battery ...just like the T9!

What gives? Was I just imaging this?

I apologize then, as I must have been reporting it wrong all this time.

Well...since they have the same battery ...the extra weight for the T9 is due only to the inner roll cage / plate, making Cube's decision to change the build from the 9X ...a decision to make the T9 more robust, more able to survive a drop.

If that is true, it really changes the equation.

Interesting!

[blocker]

Have mine t9 since last week, it came with 1.6

I have rooted with iroot pc version (formerly known as vroot)

Today updated to 1.7 - all run flawlessly, then re-rooted again - no problem at all

But with 1.6 I have struggled a bad bug.

I had issue with the hardware keyboard (have tried 3 different bluetooth keyboards). Resolution was to manually remap the keyboard (edit the text file which contains the mapping - needs root). After update to 1.7 it still works, but I suppose its not fixed with that update.... probably someone can confirm...

Can someone try to set-up a mozilla sync account and try to sync, I am interested if it will crash the browser, it always crashes on mine...

Regards

[AGBOHOU]

Have mine t9 since last week, it came with 1.6

I have rooted with iroot pc version (formerly known as vroot)

Today updated to 1.7 - all run flawlessly, then re-rooted again - no problem at all

But with 1.6 I have struggled a bad bug.

I had issue with the hardware keyboard (have tried 3 different bluetooth keyboards). Resolution was to manually remap the keyboard (edit the text file which contains the mapping - needs root). After update to 1.7 it still works, but I suppose its not fixed with that update.... probably someone can confirm...

Can someone try to set-up a mozilla sync account and try to sync, I am interested if it will crash the browser, it always crashes on mine...

Regards

Thank you for the report. Can you explain in detail the procedure for manually remap the keyboard, I have this same problem; thank you in advance.

[BamaPanda]

Thank you for the report. Can you explain in detail the procedure for manually remap the keyboard, I have this same problem; thank you in advance.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en-US&ie=UTF-8&source=android-browser&q=remap+android+keyboard

[blocker]

Thank you for the report. Can you explain in detail the procedure for manually remap the keyboard, I have this same problem; thank you in advance.

Hi, the procedure I have used is dirty, but it works. It can be expanded, and can be made "the right way", but I did not had the time for it, becuase I needed the hardware keyboard to work ASAP! You do it on your OWN RISK!!! Note that this way some of the guestures might become broke (personally I did not experienced any problems with guestures, at least the guestures I use are not broken)

Make sure you backup the file you edit (filename and path are bellow)!!!

1. you need to root the t9 first

2. ssh to the t9 (I use sshdroid)

3. remount /system rw with the wollowing command: mount -o remount,rw /system

4. go to the specific folder: cd /system/usr/keylayout

5. backup Generic.kl: cp Generic.kl Generic.kl_bcp
(this makes a copy of the original file in /system/usr/keylayout/Generic.kl_bcp, you can of course copy it to another location, or multiple locations)

6. use editor (I use vi) to edit Generic.kl: vi Generic.kl

7. Find out which keys are not working and remap them, for example Z and BACKSPACE were not working for me (and a couple of others)

Here is the content of my file, you can fine tune yours, as you like, after you are ready with editing, save, exit, and reboot your device in order to load the new file and mount the /system folder ro again...

key 1 ESCAPE
key 2 1
key 3 2
key 4 3
key 5 4
key 6 5
key 7 6
key 8 7
key 9 8
key 10 9
key 11 0
key 12 MINUS
key 13 EQUALS
key 14 DEL
key 15 TAB
key 16 Q
key 17 W
key 18 E
key 19 R
key 20 T
key 21 Y
key 22 U
key 23 I
key 24 O
key 25 P
key 26 LEFT_BRACKET
key 27 RIGHT_BRACKET
key 28 ENTER
key 29 CTRL_LEFT
key 30 A
key 31 S
key 32 D
key 33 F
key 34 G
key 35 H
key 36 J
key 37 K
key 38 L
key 39 SEMICOLON
key 40 APOSTROPHE
key 41 GRAVE
key 42 SHIFT_LEFT
key 43 BACKSLASH
key 44 Z
key 45 X
key 46 C
key 47 V
key 48 B
key 49 N
key 50 M
key 51 COMMA
key 52 PERIOD
key 53 SLASH
key 54 SHIFT_RIGHT
key 55 NUMPAD_MULTIPLY
key 56 ALT_LEFT
key 57 SPACE
key 58 CAPS_LOCK
key 59 F1
key 60 F2
key 61 F3
key 62 F4
key 63 F5
key 64 F6
key 65 F7
key 66 F8
key 67 F9
key 68 F10
key 69 NUM_LOCK
key 70 SCROLL_LOCK
key 71 NUMPAD_7
key 72 NUMPAD_8
key 73 NUMPAD_9
key 74 NUMPAD_SUBTRACT
key 75 NUMPAD_4
key 76 NUMPAD_5
key 77 NUMPAD_6
key 78 NUMPAD_ADD
key 79 NUMPAD_1
key 80 NUMPAD_2
key 81 NUMPAD_3
key 82 NUMPAD_0
key 83 NUMPAD_DOT
# key 84 (undefined)
key 85 ZENKAKU_HANKAKU
key 86 BACKSLASH
key 87 F11
key 88 F12
key 89 RO
# key 90 "KEY_KATAKANA"
# key 91 "KEY_HIRAGANA"
key 92 HENKAN
key 93 KATAKANA_HIRAGANA
key 94 MUHENKAN
key 95 NUMPAD_COMMA
key 96 NUMPAD_ENTER
key 97 CTRL_RIGHT
key 98 NUMPAD_DIVIDE
key 99 SYSRQ
key 100 ALT_RIGHT
# key 101 "KEY_LINEFEED"
key 102 MOVE_HOME
key 103 DPAD_UP
key 104 PAGE_UP
key 105 DPAD_LEFT
key 106 DPAD_RIGHT
key 107 MOVE_END
key 108 DPAD_DOWN
key 109 PAGE_DOWN
key 110 INSERT
key 111 FORWARD_DEL
# key 112 "KEY_MACRO"
key 113 VOLUME_MUTE
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN
key 115 VOLUME_UP
key 116 BLACK_GESUTURE_0
key 117 NUMPAD_EQUALS
# key 118 "KEY_KPPLUSMINUS"
key 119 BREAK
# key 120 (undefined)
key 121 NUMPAD_COMMA
key 122 KANA
key 123 EISU
key 124 YEN
key 125 META_LEFT
key 126 META_RIGHT
key 127 MENU WAKE_DROPPED
key 128 MEDIA_STOP
# key 129 "KEY_AGAIN"
# key 130 "KEY_PROPS"
# key 131 "KEY_UNDO"
# key 132 "KEY_FRONT"
# key 133 "KEY_COPY"
# key 134 "KEY_OPEN"
# key 135 "KEY_PASTE"
# key 136 "KEY_FIND"
# key 137 "KEY_CUT"
# key 138 "KEY_HELP"
key 139 MENU WAKE_DROPPED
key 140 CALCULATOR
# key 141 "KEY_SETUP"
key 142 POWER WAKE
key 143 POWER WAKE
# key 144 "KEY_FILE"
# key 145 "KEY_SENDFILE"
# key 146 "KEY_DELETEFILE"
# key 147 "KEY_XFER"
# key 148 "KEY_PROG1"
# key 149 "KEY_PROG2"
key 150 EXPLORER
# key 151 "KEY_MSDOS"
key 152 POWER WAKE
# key 153 "KEY_DIRECTION"
# key 154 "KEY_CYCLEWINDOWS"
key 155 ENVELOPE
key 156 BOOKMARK
# key 157 "KEY_COMPUTER"
key 158 BACK WAKE_DROPPED
key 159 FORWARD
key 160 MEDIA_CLOSE
key 161 MEDIA_EJECT
key 162 MEDIA_EJECT
key 163 MEDIA_NEXT
key 164 MEDIA_PLAY_PAUSE
key 165 MEDIA_PREVIOUS
key 166 MEDIA_STOP
key 167 MEDIA_RECORD
key 168 MEDIA_REWIND
key 169 CALL
# key 170 "KEY_ISO"
key 171 MUSIC
key 172 HOME
# key 173 "KEY_REFRESH"
# key 174 "KEY_EXIT"
# key 175 "KEY_MOVE"
# key 176 "KEY_EDIT"
key 177 PAGE_UP
key 178 PAGE_DOWN
key 179 NUMPAD_LEFT_PAREN
key 180 NUMPAD_RIGHT_PAREN
# key 181 "KEY_NEW"
# key 182 "KEY_REDO"
# key 183 F13
# key 184 F14
# key 185 F15
# key 186 F16
# key 187 F17
# key 188 F18
# key 189 F19
# key 190 F20
# key 191 F21
# key 192 F22
# key 193 F23
# key 194 F24
# key 195 (undefined)
# key 196 (undefined)
# key 197 (undefined)
# key 198 (undefined)
# key 199 (undefined)
key 200 MEDIA_PLAY
key 201 MEDIA_PAUSE
# key 202 "KEY_PROG3"
# key 203 "KEY_PROG4"
# key 204 (undefined)
# key 205 "KEY_SUSPEND"
# key 206 "KEY_CLOSE"
key 207 MEDIA_PLAY
key 208 MEDIA_FAST_FORWARD
# key 209 "KEY_BASSBOOST"
# key 210 "KEY_PRINT"
# key 211 "KEY_HP"
key 212 CAMERA
key 213 MUSIC
# key 214 "KEY_QUESTION"
key 215 ENVELOPE
# key 216 "KEY_CHAT"
key 217 SEARCH
# key 218 "KEY_CONNECT"
# key 219 "KEY_FINANCE"
# key 220 "KEY_SPORT"
# key 221 "KEY_SHOP"
# key 222 "KEY_ALTERASE"
# key 223 "KEY_CANCEL"
key 224 BRIGHTNESS_DOWN
key 225 BRIGHTNESS_UP
key 226 HEADSETHOOK

key 256 BUTTON_1
key 257 BUTTON_2
key 258 BUTTON_3
key 259 BUTTON_4
key 260 BUTTON_5
key 261 BUTTON_6
key 262 BUTTON_7
key 263 BUTTON_8
key 264 BUTTON_9
key 265 BUTTON_10
key 266 BUTTON_11
key 267 BUTTON_12
key 268 BUTTON_13
key 269 BUTTON_14
key 270 BUTTON_15
key 271 BUTTON_16

key 288 BUTTON_1
key 289 BUTTON_2
key 290 BUTTON_3
key 291 BUTTON_4
key 292 BUTTON_5
key 293 BUTTON_6
key 294 BUTTON_7
key 295 BUTTON_8
key 296 BUTTON_9
key 297 BUTTON_10
key 298 BUTTON_11
key 299 BUTTON_12
key 300 BUTTON_13
key 301 BUTTON_14
key 302 BUTTON_15
key 303 BUTTON_16


key 304 BUTTON_A
key 305 BUTTON_B
key 306 BUTTON_C
key 307 BUTTON_X
key 308 BUTTON_Y
key 309 BUTTON_Z
key 310 BUTTON_L1
key 311 BUTTON_R1
key 312 BUTTON_L2
key 313 BUTTON_R2
key 314 BUTTON_SELECT
key 315 BUTTON_START
key 316 BUTTON_MODE
key 317 BUTTON_THUMBL
key 318 BUTTON_THUMBR


# key 352 "KEY_OK"
key 353 DPAD_CENTER
# key 354 "KEY_GOTO"
# key 355 "KEY_CLEAR"
# key 356 "KEY_POWER2"
# key 357 "KEY_OPTION"
# key 358 "KEY_INFO"
# key 359 "KEY_TIME"
# key 360 "KEY_VENDOR"
# key 361 "KEY_ARCHIVE"
key 362 GUIDE
# key 363 "KEY_CHANNEL"
# key 364 "KEY_FAVORITES"
# key 365 "KEY_EPG"
key 366 DVR
# key 367 "KEY_MHP"
# key 368 "KEY_LANGUAGE"
# key 369 "KEY_TITLE"
# key 370 "KEY_SUBTITLE"
# key 371 "KEY_ANGLE"
# key 372 "KEY_ZOOM"
# key 373 "KEY_MODE"
# key 374 "KEY_KEYBOARD"
# key 375 "KEY_SCREEN"
# key 376 "KEY_PC"
key 377 TV
# key 378 "KEY_TV2"
# key 379 "KEY_VCR"
# key 380 "KEY_VCR2"
# key 381 "KEY_SAT"
# key 382 "KEY_SAT2"
# key 383 "KEY_CD"
# key 384 "KEY_TAPE"
# key 385 "KEY_RADIO"
# key 386 "KEY_TUNER"
# key 387 "KEY_PLAYER"
# key 388 "KEY_TEXT"
# key 389 "KEY_DVD"
# key 390 "KEY_AUX"
# key 391 "KEY_MP3"
# key 392 "KEY_AUDIO"
# key 393 "KEY_VIDEO"
# key 394 "KEY_DIRECTORY"
# key 395 "KEY_LIST"
# key 396 "KEY_MEMO"
key 397 CALENDAR
# key 398 "KEY_RED"
# key 399 "KEY_GREEN"
# key 400 "KEY_YELLOW"
# key 401 "KEY_BLUE"
key 402 CHANNEL_UP
key 403 CHANNEL_DOWN
# key 404 "KEY_FIRST"
# key 405 "KEY_LAST"
# key 406 "KEY_AB"
# key 407 "KEY_NEXT"
# key 408 "KEY_RESTART"
# key 409 "KEY_SLOW"
# key 410 "KEY_SHUFFLE"
# key 411 "KEY_BREAK"
# key 412 "KEY_PREVIOUS"
# key 413 "KEY_DIGITS"
# key 414 "KEY_TEEN"
# key 415 "KEY_TWEN"

key 429 CONTACTS

# key 448 "KEY_DEL_EOL"
# key 449 "KEY_DEL_EOS"
# key 450 "KEY_INS_LINE"
# key 451 "KEY_DEL_LINE"


key 464 FUNCTION
key 465 ESCAPE FUNCTION
key 466 F1 FUNCTION
key 467 F2 FUNCTION
key 468 F3 FUNCTION
key 469 F4 FUNCTION
key 470 F5 FUNCTION
key 471 F6 FUNCTION
key 472 F7 FUNCTION
key 473 F8 FUNCTION
key 474 F9 FUNCTION
key 475 F10 FUNCTION
key 476 F11 FUNCTION
key 477 F12 FUNCTION
key 478 1 FUNCTION
key 479 2 FUNCTION
key 480 D FUNCTION
key 481 E FUNCTION
key 482 F FUNCTION
key 483 S FUNCTION
key 484 B FUNCTION


# key 497 KEY_BRL_DOT1
# key 498 KEY_BRL_DOT2
# key 499 KEY_BRL_DOT3
# key 500 KEY_BRL_DOT4
# key 501 KEY_BRL_DOT5
# key 502 KEY_BRL_DOT6
# key 503 KEY_BRL_DOT7
# key 504 KEY_BRL_DOT8

# Keys defined by HID usages
key usage 0x0c006F BRIGHTNESS_UP
key usage 0x0c0070 BRIGHTNESS_DOWN

# Joystick and game controller axes.
# Axes that are not mapped will be assigned generic axis numbers by the input subsystem.
axis 0x00 X
axis 0x01 Y
axis 0x02 Z
axis 0x03 RX
axis 0x04 RY
axis 0x05 RZ
axis 0x06 THROTTLE
axis 0x07 RUDDER
axis 0x08 WHEEL
axis 0x09 GAS
axis 0x0a BRAKE
axis 0x10 HAT_X
axis 0x11 HAT_Y

[AGBOHOU]

Thank you BamaPanda and blocker.