Advent Vega system image

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The first batch are on their way, i'll keep an eye on the Modaco forums to see whether anyone extracts a system image. I'm still deciding whether to get the VS or the Vega.
 
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roebeet said:
Awesome! thanks - more fun for me! :)

EDIT: This is actually an nvflash script of some kind. That in itself doesn't bother me, except that it's Windows based.
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Well, I was feeling curious/adventureous tonight... So I figured I'd see what would happen were I to actually run this Vega .exe and Flash one of my Gtabs with it...

I have the Tegra SDK loaded so nvflash works normally, but I was pleased that they seem to have included everything anyone would need in this self extracting/excuting exe... it extracts to $TEMP as;

PowerDesk Pro 7 - C:\_Save\Tegra2-Gtab\Vega-1118-Rom\Files Date: 11/23/2
Name Ext Size Type Date Modified Time Attr

bootloader.bin .bin 937,416 VLC media file (.bin)
clean_steps.mk .mk 8,866 MK File 11/18/2010 3:52 PM a
flash.bct .bct4,080 BCT File 11/18/2010 3:52 PM a
flash.cfg .cfg2,064 Config file 11/18/2010 3:52 PM a
installed-files.txt .txt 29,140 Text Document 11/18/20103:52 PM a
kernel 3,001,816 File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
previous_build_config.mk.mk 187 MK File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
ramdisk.img .img 1,247,868 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
ramdisk-recovery.img .img 1,481,495 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
recovery.img .img 4,487,168 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
system.img .img 115,019,520 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
android-info.txt .txt 14 Text Document11/18/2010 3:52 PM a
boot.img .img 4,253,696 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
libnv3p.dll .dll 51,712 Application Extension
libnvaes_ref.dll .dll 45,056 Application Extension
libnvapputil.dll .dll 80,384 Application Extension
libnvdioconverter.dll .dll 45,056 Application Extension
libnvflash.dll .dll 77,312 Application Extension
lvds.bat .bat 164 Windows Batch File 11/18/20103:16 PM a
nvflash.exe .exe 151,552 Application 11/18/20103:16 PM a
libnvboothost.dll .dll 43,520 Application Extension
libnvos.dll .dll 94,208 Application Extension
libnvusbhost.dll .dll 44,544 Application Extension

So I Plugged in one of my GTabs and Pwr+ Vol+/- to give it a go and...

C:\Temp>nvflash.exe --bct flash.bct --setbct --bl bootloader.bin --configfile fl
ash.cfg --odmdata 0x000c0075 --create --go
Nvflash started
rcm version 0X20001
System Information:
chip name: t20
chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 3
chip sku: 0x8
chip uid: 0x17144009417f4317
macrovision: disabled
hdcp: enabled
sbk burned: false
dk burned: false
boot device: nand
operating mode: 3
device config strap: 0
device config fuse: 0
sdram config strap: 0

sending file: flash.bct
- 4080/4080 bytes sent
flash.bct sent successfully
odm data: 0xc0075
downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000
sending file: bootloader.bin
| 937416/937416 bytes sent
bootloader.bin sent successfully
waiting for bootloader to initialize
bootloader downloaded successfully
setting device: 1 0
creating partition: BCT
creating partition: PT
creating partition: EBT
creating partition: MSC
failed executing command 16 NvError 0x120000
command failure: create failed
Press enter to continue:

Actually pretty anti-climactic... I figured I was going to need to restore this tab to factory default but tried a power cycle to see what happens and it booted Normally to TNT original with Launcherpro which is where I had started...

Just figured I'd pass this along and save some else the disappointment :>)
 
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Nov 24, 2010 at 3:22 AM
Full image means it has a kernel, system image (.apks) so in theory there should bea lot of material that can be extracted from this and potentially incorporated into TNT Lite or even an all new custom rom.

Even the Vega is lightly skinned from what I have read, so still no vanilla tablet.

Thanks for giving it a try!
 
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Nov 24, 2010 at 3:28 AM
mcb00f said:
Full image means it has a kernel, system image (.apks) so in theory there should bea lot of material that can be extracted from this and potentially incorporated into TNT Lite or even an all new custom rom.

Even the Vega is lightly skinned from what I have read, so still no vanilla tablet.

Thanks for giving it a try!
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Yes, thus why I expected to end up with a virgin Vega install... Once it started and actually ran for a while I was actually surprised that wasn't the final outcome... actually ODD that it seems to have failed on creating Partition 5 of 11 in flash.cfg....

I have extracted the saved files from temp so wouldn't be hard to actually pack a clockworks loadable zip I suppose... but as this was so easy to get this far and I'm no pro at packaging something useful for all... I'll leave that to the experts like Roebeet who have a lot of experience here... :)

Edit... This sure seems an Easy way to package a Full System restore for folks who wouldn't already have the Tegra development enviroment tools loaded, as everything here seems it could be re-made into a self-extracting/executing Zip Exe that anyone with a PC could use as long as the USB drivers were also packaged into the mess...
 
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Nov 24, 2010 at 5:03 AM
I tried replacing boot.img and system.img, both failed. Then I actually nvflashed my entire device (it wasn't pretty). :)

There may be tidbits in there we could use, but the devices aren't the same.

Here's one thing interesting -- their settings app has a G-Sensor section. But, it FC's when I try to run it on either TnT Lite or zPad Clean 1.0. :(
 
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roebeet said:
The entire system.img in the the .exe (which is really just an archive file)
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Well, maybe there's something useful... I'm really surprised as thought these tabs were twins with upgrades... Guess I was wrong... again surprised what I tried didn't hose mine as I guess bootloader is close at least... as it flashed successfully and I still came up... I guess they are running different layout based on partitions failing...

THANX for trying... You Da Man!!!
 
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bootloader.bin version?

jtbnet said:
Well, I was feeling curious/adventureous tonight... So I figured I'd see what would happen were I to actually run this Vega .exe and Flash one of my Gtabs with it...

I have the Tegra SDK loaded so nvflash works normally, but I was pleased that they seem to have included everything anyone would need in this self extracting/excuting exe... it extracts to $TEMP as;

PowerDesk Pro 7 - C:\_Save\Tegra2-Gtab\Vega-1118-Rom\Files Date: 11/23/2
Name Ext Size Type Date Modified Time Attr

bootloader.bin .bin 937,416 VLC media file (.bin)
clean_steps.mk .mk 8,866 MK File 11/18/2010 3:52 PM a
flash.bct .bct4,080 BCT File 11/18/2010 3:52 PM a
flash.cfg .cfg2,064 Config file 11/18/2010 3:52 PM a
installed-files.txt .txt 29,140 Text Document 11/18/20103:52 PM a
kernel 3,001,816 File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
previous_build_config.mk.mk 187 MK File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
ramdisk.img .img 1,247,868 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
ramdisk-recovery.img .img 1,481,495 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
recovery.img .img 4,487,168 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
system.img .img 115,019,520 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
android-info.txt .txt 14 Text Document11/18/2010 3:52 PM a
boot.img .img 4,253,696 WinZip File 11/18/20103:52 PM a
libnv3p.dll .dll 51,712 Application Extension
libnvaes_ref.dll .dll 45,056 Application Extension
libnvapputil.dll .dll 80,384 Application Extension
libnvdioconverter.dll .dll 45,056 Application Extension
libnvflash.dll .dll 77,312 Application Extension
lvds.bat .bat 164 Windows Batch File 11/18/20103:16 PM a
nvflash.exe .exe 151,552 Application 11/18/20103:16 PM a
libnvboothost.dll .dll 43,520 Application Extension
libnvos.dll .dll 94,208 Application Extension
libnvusbhost.dll .dll 44,544 Application Extension

So I Plugged in one of my GTabs and Pwr+ Vol+/- to give it a go and...

C:\Temp>nvflash.exe --bct flash.bct --setbct --bl bootloader.bin --configfile fl
ash.cfg --odmdata 0x000c0075 --create --go
Nvflash started
rcm version 0X20001
System Information:
chip name: t20
chip id: 0x20 major: 1 minor: 3
chip sku: 0x8
chip uid: 0x17144009417f4317
macrovision: disabled
hdcp: enabled
sbk burned: false
dk burned: false
boot device: nand
operating mode: 3
device config strap: 0
device config fuse: 0
sdram config strap: 0

sending file: flash.bct
- 4080/4080 bytes sent
flash.bct sent successfully
odm data: 0xc0075
downloading bootloader -- load address: 0x108000 entry point: 0x108000
sending file: bootloader.bin
| 937416/937416 bytes sent
bootloader.bin sent successfully
waiting for bootloader to initialize
bootloader downloaded successfully
setting device: 1 0
creating partition: BCT
creating partition: PT
creating partition: EBT
creating partition: MSC
failed executing command 16 NvError 0x120000
command failure: create failed
Press enter to continue:

Actually pretty anti-climactic... I figured I was going to need to restore this tab to factory default but tried a power cycle to see what happens and it booted Normally to TNT original with Launcherpro which is where I had started...

Just figured I'd pass this along and save some else the disappointment :>)
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Did you use the original bootloader.bin from the TNT Releases? Someone had commented earlier that the standard bootloader.bin wouldn't work on the gtab. Even the bootloader.bin that was included in the NVIDIA release didn't work for some reason.
 
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dkhilo said:
Did you use the original bootloader.bin from the TNT Releases? Someone had commented earlier that the standard bootloader.bin wouldn't work on the gtab. Even the bootloader.bin that was included in the NVIDIA release didn't work for some reason.
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I tried that, and it failed miserably. Boot.img is to blame.

They have the same Tegra2, but I think there are too many other differences to make them compatible. Still, we might be able to rip out some things.
 
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Nov 24, 2010 at 10:37 PM
You could split the boot.img and use the kernel. Don't know how much of a gain you could possibly get from it. But no one has been able to figure out how the software is bogging the tab down. The hardware in the gtab is very powerful. In my opinion no one has been able to come anywhere near completing a build of android that does the chipset justice. It maybe because the hardware is bleeding edge or it could be that android itself is just not ready to take advantage. Seeing that the gtab is open to modding and more and more devices based off of the tegra chipset are coming out I feel that it will just be a matter of time before our little tablet will truly shine. I have no doubt either that we have more than enough power for future builds of android.

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