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Ainol NOVO8 Advanced/SD card flashing

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Introduction

This is a description of how to install a downloaded ROM image, also known as firmware, on the tablet Ainol NOVO8 Advanced.

Warning

    • First thing before you start:: BACKUP-BACKUP-BACKUP - everything will be erased when you flash a ROM. Titanium Backup is good.
    • Second thing before you start: Check that your downloaded files is not broken (open zip, check file size, MD5checksum etc) and is made for your hardware, otherwise it may brick your tablet.
    • Third thing before you start: Be careful and think about what you are doing and read and understand all instructions before you start. If you use a custom made firmware/ROM there is no support from any makers/vendors, you must agree all risks by installing non-supported files, it may brick your tablet, and you may lose official support/warranty.
    • Fourth thing before you start: Check that your battery is fully loaded. A too low powered battery in the flashing process may brick your tablet.

Ainol Stock Recovery Firmware Upgrade Guide

This is how you do a firmware upgrade with Ainol's official ROMs on the Ainol NOVO8 Advanced:

  1. Download and extract the rom zip archive file to a FAT32 formatted microSD card. The files varies depending on ROM versions, but the files can be: aml_autoscript, factory_update_param.aml, u-boot-512M-UartB.bin, uImage, uImage_recovery and update.zip and is in the downloaded archive. The files must be in the root of the SD card, not in a sub directory. Some users report problems with larger SD cards so it's recommended to use a small one, 2GB or less. Then place it in the NOVO 8 while it's off.
  2. Press and hold both the POWER and VOL+ buttons (the top two) at the same time until the "safe mode" screen appears (it's the screen with text on it). Then release the buttons.
  3. Press VOL+ or VOL- (Volume buttons, the second and third ones) to move up and down to the "wipe data / factory reset" option, press the BACK (located on the bottom) button to confirm, the prompt "Confirm wipe of all user data?", then press the volume keys to select the option "Yes-delete all user data" and press the BACK key to confirm it.
  4. Press the Volume buttons to select the option "wipe cache partition", press the BACK button to confirm it.
  5. Press the volume key to select the option "wipe media partition", press the BACK button to confirm it, then the prompt "Confirm wipe of all media data?", Press the Volume buttons to select the "Yes-delete all media data" option, and press the BACK button to confirm it.
  6. Press the Volume buttons to select the "apply sdcard: update.zip" option, press the BACK button to confirm the upgrade, the upgrade prompt "Install from sdcard complete", and returns to the main list.
  7. Press the Volume buttons to select the "reboot system now" option, press the BACK button to confirm the shutdown of the tablet. It wont restart on is own, you have to power on yourself.
  8. Start up your NOVO8 and enjoy your new rom!


ClockWorkMod 5 (CyanogenMod) Recovery Firmware Upgrade Guide

This is the unofficial and community way you do a firmware upgrade to CM7 for NOVO8 and CM9 for NOVO8 with CWM on the Ainol NOVO8 Advanced:

  1. Copy the downloaded file update-cmXXX-NOVO8-X.XX-signed.zip (where X is version number) and the right "recovery cmX" file uImage_recovery (where X is the CM version number) to the root of your sdcard (not in a sub directory) and insert it in the tablet while turned off. Some users report problems with large microSD cards so it's recommended to use a small one, 2GB or less. Also put smaller extra update zip files on the card, if there are any, like gapps (GoogleApps).
  2. Hold down VOL+ and press POWER (Two top buttons) and hold until CWM text options appears on screen with a black top hat logo in the middle of the screen.
  3. Navigate with VOL+ and VOL- buttons and select with the top POWER button: "wipe data/factory reset" --> "Yes -- delete all user data" --> Go Back and "wipe cache partition" (You can also use track ball to navigate).
  4. Navigate back to the main menu and choose: "install zip form sdcard" --> "choose a zip from sdcard" --> select rom and "yes". This can take a minute or so depending on the size of the ROM file.
  5. Repeat previous step for gapps or other extra update ROMs.
  6. Navigate and choose the reboot option and the tablet will shut down. Remove your upgrade card and put in your ordinary one.
  7. Start up your NOVO8 and enjoy your new rom!

References

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