[Q] ZT-180 Driver Issues

[mcleania]

Ok, here's the situation:

I have a ZT-180 10" tablet, the 256MB RAM 2G version, 1024x600.
I have flashed it a few times last year until I was OK with it in sept/oct, but now I'd like to go with Android 2.2

I've always used my Vista laptop to flash before, so I went to do it again but had to reload the drivers (not a huge deal), and then was able to start the flash.
I left it for a while because I read somewhere that it takes up to 10mins to finish the SPL update, but when I came back to it, it ended up booting up into the old firmware.

I figured it must have simply failed, so I tried it again, but again had to reinstall the drivers, but this time, when I tried to update the "Unknown Device" driver, I got this message when trying to choose the new one:
"the specified location does not contain information about your hardware"
I have since tried on three other computers, Vista and WinXP with the same result.

Now unfortunately I saw that there's some kind of issue with Vista SP2, which I have since checked, and yes, my laptop must have updated since the last time I've flashed.

Also, my firmware is not new enough to do the SD flashing, so I must get the USB method to work at least once.
The only fortunate thing about this it seems is that my tablet WILL fully boot and function on the old firmware, I am just not able to upgrade it.

I'd really like to get my tablet flashed, so if anyone has any suggestions, I'd greatly appreciate it. I have access to WinXP Pro&Home 32bit, Win Vista Home 32bit, Win Vista Home 64bit, Win 7 Pro 32bit, and Win 7 Home 64bit, as well as Ubuntu 10.10 32bit.

 

[cfrockit]

InfoTM Update Wrap tools - IUW Version 1.2

I figured it must have simply failed, so I tried it again, but again had to reinstall the drivers, but this time, when I tried to update the "Unknown Device" driver, I got this message when trying to choose the new one:
"the specified location does not contain information about your hardware"
I have since tried on three other computers, Vista and WinXP with the same result.

Now unfortunately I saw that there's some kind of issue with Vista SP2, which I have since checked, and yes, my laptop must have updated since the last time I've flashed.

There is also a new version of the InfoTM Update Wrap tools - IUW Version 1.2. While the drivers may not have been updated you could attempt with this version and the included drivers.

Search for all instances of the two files listed below and remove before attempting to re-install again using the ones included in the archive of the updated utility attached in post #2 infoTMIC Hardware ID's "hwver" and updates (*.ius)

secbulk.inf
secbulk.sys

 

[mcleania]

Eureka! Long way around, but here's what I did.

I removed both those files on my XP SP3 32Bit laptop (old 1GHz Toshiba), and at first I was getting the same result, where I couldn't update the driver.
Then I tried the other USB port, and it actually installed correctly!
From there, I got the green light on BurnTool, however when I tried to flash, it gave me another error where "[0][get otg state 0x0]" was all I was getting, then it would boot (which is I think what happened to me originally).
I searched around to find out what that means, and people suggested another cord/USB port.
Tried a couple different cables I had, still getting the same, then I remembered that one of my gf's laptops was a 32bit Vista, so I verified and it was still SP1.
Download everything to it, configure the burntool, plug'er in and boot to flash mode, reinstalled the driver (worked!), got a green light, and when I initiated the flash, stuff actually came up on the ePad!
Unfortunately the flash apparently failed, so I tried again with only flashing the SPL and Boot, and that seemed to work, then I was able to do the rest via SD (no more USB drivers to deal with... yay).

Now my only issue is that I've tried about 5 different roms, and so far the only one that'll boot is from Jan. After flashing 0603, it was boot cycling, after 0324/0326 it just sat on the Android bootup screen, i think the 05 was the wrong screen resolution because I ended up with a bunch of funky colours.
01 at least boots into a usable UI at least, so I hope my experience may help someone else scratching their head. (it helps having access to like a dozen laptops at home)

 

[mcleania]

More good news.
It seems after 0120 installed correctly, now I'm able to get 0603 flashed properly.
Now the only hitch is that I can't seem to access my device on the Market website to remote install programs, but I can still access the Market on the tablet itself, so it's ok.
VTL Launcher is slick btw. I'm liking it, now I just havta do the battery upgrade.