Help with Mediatek 8563 device (Coship N9085i)

[niabi]

I have a device that runs a Mediatek MT8563 it seems to be running android, but it has a locked launcher and I cannot seem to get another launcher or any other app to install,

I have connected the UART and I was able to get to the boot loader, but I can't seem to be able to access anything else.

anyone have more experience with any of these devices?

If I can at least install another launcher it would be amazing!

The device says "Coship N9085i" but I can't find any info other that a few photos.

I also email Coship support to ask for a generic firmware, and they said "No"

The boot-loader help shows this

mt8658_base # help                                                                                                                                                  
?       - alias for 'help'                                                                                                                                          
base    - print or set address offset                                                                                                                                
bdinfo  - print Board Info structure                                                                                                                                
bootm   - boot application image from memory                                                                                                                        
bootm_zImg- bootm_zImg - boot with zImage in memory                                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                                                    
bootp   - boot image via network using BOOTP/TFTP protocol                                                                                                          
chpart  - change active partition                                                                                                                                    
cmp     - memory compare                                                                                                                                            
cp      - memory copy                                                                                                                                                
crc32   - checksum calculation                                                                                                                                      
dis_log - log_enable                                                                                                                                                
                                                                                                                                                                    
ext2load- load binary file from a Ext2 filesystem                                                                                                                    
ext2ls  - list files in a directory (default /)                                                                                                                      
ext4load- load binary file from a Ext2 filesystem                                                                                                                    
ext4ls  - list files in a directory (default /)                                                                                                                      
fatinfo - print information about filesystem                                                                                                                        
fatload - load binary file from a dos filesystem                                                                                                                    
fatloadex- load binary file from a dos filesystem                                                                                                                    
fatls   - list files in a directory (default /)                                                                                                                      
go      - start application at address 'addr'                                                                                                                        
help    - print online help                                                                                                                                          
loop    - infinite loop on address range                                                                                                                            
matchfile- match a file  in a directory                                                                                                                              
md      - memory display                                                                                                                                            
mm      - memory modify (auto-incrementing address)                                                                                                                  
mmc     - MMC sub system                                                                                                                                            
mmcinfo - mmcinfo <dev num>-- display MMC info                                                                                                                      
                                                                                                                                                                    
msdc    - msdc              -msdc performance testing                                                                                                                
mt85xx_boot- mt85xx_boot   - boot command for mt85xx platform                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                    
mtdparts- define flash/nand partitions                                                                                                                              
mtest   - simple RAM read/write test                                                                                                                                
mw      - memory write (fill)                                                                                                                                        
nm      - memory modify (constant address)                                                                                                                          
ota     - Reboot and enter recovery mode                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                    
ping    - send ICMP ECHO_REQUEST to network host                                                                                                                    
printenv- print environment variables                                                                                                                                
rarpboot- boot image via network using RARP/TFTP protocol                                                                                                            
reset   - Perform RESET of the CPU                                                                                                                                  
setenv  - set environment variables                                                                                                                                  
tftpboot- boot image via network using TFTP protocol                                                                                                                
ubi     - ubi commands                                                                                                                                              
ubifsload- load file from an UBIFS filesystem                                                                                                                        
ubifsls - list files in a directory                                                                                                                                  
ubifsmount- mount UBIFS volume                                                                                                                                      
upg     - upg     - Upgrade image sub-system                                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                                                    
usb     - usb     - BDP USB sub-system                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                    
usbboot - usbboot - boot from USB device                                                                                                                            
                                                                                                                                                                    
version - print monitor version

[jvfilter-1]

Hi Niabi,
Can you let me know how you got to the bootloader? Could you provide some instructions. I'm a newbie and trying to do the same thing. Someone gave me an image to root this device and want to try if it works but I'm unable on how to boot from USB MicroSD card from this box.

Many thanks.

[niabi]

well that is the problem, I am connected through UART, you need to open it and connect a RS232 adapter to the header. but the problem is I have no idea what to do next.

can you post the image they gave you? see if I can do something with it?

[niabi]

Solved going to close this topic