Kogan Agora Tablet (TCC8803 based)

This is a continuation of the generic TCC8803 thread at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119778

IMPORTANT - THERE IS A SYSTEM APP CALLED FWTOOL. DO NOT USE IT TO FLASH FIRMWARE OR YOU MAY END UP BRICKING YOUR TOUCHSCREEN. ALSO DO NOT FLASH ANY VERSION OF lk.rom OR YOU WILL BRICK YOUR TABLET.

To install clockworkmod

Download EM73-8K-recovery-signed.zip below. Rename it to update.zip and copy it to the root of your SD card.
With your tablet already turned off, press and hold down the Back button and then press the power on button while still holding down the Back button. This will open stock Recovery.
Use the buttons on the top of your tablet to navigate your way through recovery and to select menu items (menu = down, back = returns to previous menu, home = selects option).
Navigate to apply update.zip & follow the instructions. Reboot.
To use clockworkmod just press and hold down the Back button while powering up your tablet. Navigate the menu via the buttons (menu = down, back = returns to previous menu, home = selects option).
To make a Nandroid (clockworkmod) backup boot into clockworkmod recovery & navigate down to Backup then follow the instructions.

To root your tablet ** please see comment at end of post before continuing past this point

+++Make a full Nandroid (clockworkmod) backup before attempting this+++
Download & unzip Superoneclick from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682 - NB you may need to turn off any antivirus program on your PC to allow downloading & use of Superoneclick.
Download & unzip the relevant Drivers folder (32 or 64 bit) from link below then connect your (powered on) tablet to your PC & point Device Manager to your unzipped drivers folder when it is looking for drivers.
Make sure USB debugging is allowed on your tablet (Settings -> Development -> USB debugging)
Right-click on Superoneclick.exe, select Run as administrator then click on the Root button. It will take 2 or 3 minutes for your device to be rooted.
This procedure has worked for my own tablet but I accept no responsibility if you end up bricking your device!

Another way to root your tablet is at http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119778

To stop battery drain & prevent screen from waking every few minutes - **only for original Kogan ROM**

(with thanks to hallokitty for this fix)
This happens because the tablet keeps looking for the 3G signal it cannot ever receive. To fix this, go to System/app using Root Explorer from the Market, delete (or rename) phone.apk and TelephonyProvider.apk. You will immediately start getting errors but just use the reset button at the back of the tablet and when you reboot the problem has been solved. If you ever want to restore these apk's (e.g. if you want to use a 3G modem) just flash the phone+telephony zip file below using clockwork mod.

Clockworkmod rescue backups

I've done a factory reset & wipe of my tablet & made clockworkmod backups which I've linked to below. Make sure you do a full Nandroid backup before applying any of these. Unzip the file & place it in the appropriate Nandroid folder on your SD card (/clockworkmod/backup/), don't try to flash the zip file using CWM! These are a slightly slimmed down versions of the ROMs - for the Kogan ROM I've removed phone.apk, telephony.apk, Email, Facebook, Twitter, FW tool (dangerous to have), ES Explorer, Live Wallpapers and ES task manager. I've upgraded Spare Parts to Spare Parts + and added Astro File Manager as a user app. I had removed most of these things from my ROM before I was ever asked to make this backup so if you want to reinstall them you can get them from the Market or flash the relevant apk's into the system/app folder using CWM. The ROM is still rooted. You will need to do a factory reset & wipe the Data partition & Dalvik cache with CWM prior to doing this. If you want to use a 3G modem you will need to flash the "phone + telephony.zip" file listed below with clockworkmod.


Kogan firmware clockworkmod rescue backup: http://www.mediafire.com/?izfedrz97iowi34

**If you're really lazy you can combine rooting the tablet, removing unnecessary system apps & applying the screen wake fix by installing clockworkmod then restoring the rescue backup (NB make sure you make your own Nandroid backup first!!!).

CM7 runs extremely well on the Kogan except for HDMI out & Camera which don't work yet. You will also need to install Gmail & Youtube apps from the Market if you want them. Make sure you do a full CWM/Nandroid backup before trying this as I had problems with an unresponsive touchscreen after flashing the most recent CM7 ROM. For more info head here.

Tips & Tricks

MoboPlayer is a good video player, particularly for its ability to let you change the volume & screen brightness by swiping up & down directly on the video you are watching. The volume softkeys on the Kogan are not visible if any app is in fullscreen mode.
Titanium Backup may not show all installed apps or any system apps. To fix this go to Titanium Backup's Preferences and tick "Force use system Busybox" and "Force use system SQlite".

Original kogan 7" em73 based

Hi All

i found this site http://www.dxtreme.com.au/forum/viewforum.php?f=15 whilst searching if anyone had been working on a EM73 setup and it looked compatible AND there was a 2012 build of the telechips firmware.

Anyway i dl'd it used the fwdn tool from the site to install and after some tense waiting it rebooted and is working well

im playing with system files via android commander -http://androidcommander.com/ (oh ive attached the win7 64bit moto drivers)

there are some interesting files in here such as system/lib libOMX.TCC.DVBTTuner.so and the gmaps looks like a modded version from hiapk.

I too have renamed the phone and telephony apks to no avail so im hvaing apoke around to see what else can be changed.

Can anyone get into the recovery on there kogan as all i seem to be able to get to is fastboot . From what ive read power and back should be recovery ?

Hi
I installed softlocker:
https://market.android.com/details?id=otis8.softlocker
It needs to be turned off and on anytime the tablet runs out of battery but as long as it is then running it stays off. This is at last what works. I have been out of the country since I last posted when thought it was sorted...
Hope this now sorts out your screen as it did mine.

I got mine today. It's going back as soon as I can get Kogan to respond.
Turns itself on & off at random, poor quality screen, sound, responsiveness.
Touchscreen activates itself without being touched.
What was I thinking? I guess you get what you pay for.
Now if only I could get them to reply to an email.......