Monday, September 03, 2012

Allwinner/Boxchip A10 vs. RK2918

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/31293-allwinnerboxchip-a10-vs-rk2918-what-you-should-buy/


this is the comparison between 2 chipsets

and Allwin A10 seem to win

but then

http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/31887-latest-dual-cortex-a9-chips-coming-out-soon/

confuse me for the time being post by

Nickos-V 


No you don't Vicky!!!!

You have AllWinner A10 chip which is Cortex A8. It is single core & normally comes @ 1GHz though few tablets have 1.2GHz speed. It has somewhat better GPU than my tablet otherwise *all* of the CPU benches are very close to what I get. GPU benches will give different results.

Run Sunspider and you will see somewhere between 3500-5000ms (normal for A8) though with very bad firmware, 7000-10000ms. A dual core Cortex A9 tablet will get about 1700-2200ms. Sunspider is very CPU intense bench.
http://www.webkit.or.../sunspider.html

Trust me. I have known about the AllWinner A10 chip before it was released. A10 = chip name. Just like Rockchip RK2918. RK2918 = chip name. Nvidia Tegra2. Tegra2 = chip name., etc.

AllWinner named it A10 to confuse people into thinking they have Cortex A10 when they are just buying a Cortex A8.

PS, ARM does not have any Cortex A10 chips. From A8 it goes to A9 and then A15.
http://www.arm.com/p...tex-a/index.php

PPS, Sorry if I am tough on you but this gets me worked up because I have seen many other people think the same thing and I hate dealing with Chinese misinformation. 


Thursday, August 30, 2012

OnAndroid Nandroid Backup without re-booting

[v5.9] Online Nandroid Backup / Nandroid Backup without re-booting

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1620255&page=2


I got this from IceStage after app2zip seem to be failed to backup system apk

The documentations and support seem very good

The installation work fine and smooth

I download Android Terminal Emulator
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=jackpal.androidterm&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImphY2twYWwuYW5kcm9pZHRlcm0iXQ..

(this work as last time seem not able to run it using landscape mode in viewpad )

the best way to run is to run adb shell as in


C:\Users\tin.koh>cd C:\THL W1\root and backup\TP root tool

C:\THL W1\root and backup\TP root tool>adb shell
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
root@android:/ # onandroid
onandroid
##########################################
Online Nandroid Backup v5.9
* A tool to perform a nandroid backup
  without booting into recovery.
* It is fully compatible with nandroid.
* Type 'onandroid --help' for usage
  instructions.
* Created by Ameer Dawood
##########################################

09:48:51 Checking for root permissions...
09:48:51 Root permissions acquired!
09:48:51 Analysing power...
09:48:51 Sufficient power available!
09:48:51 Searching for SD card...
09:48:51 SD card found!
09:48:51 Checking for required tools...
09:48:51 All required tools available!
09:48:52 Checking disk space...
09:48:52 SD Card Free Space: 1232 MB
09:48:52 Required Space: 456 MB
09:48:52 Necessary disk space available!
09:48:52 Creating backup directory...
09:48:52 Backing up to /mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2012-08-30.09.48.51
09:48:52 /boot not found! Skipping backup of /boot!
09:48:52 /recovery not found! Skipping backup of /recovery!
09:48:52 /wimax not found! Skipping backup of /wimax!
09:48:52 /appslog not found! Skipping backup of /appslog!
09:48:52 Backing up /system...................
09:49:24 Backing up /data..............
09:49:46 Backing up /cache....
09:49:49 /datadata not found! Skipping backup of /datadata!
09:49:49 /efs not found! Skipping backup of /efs!
09:49:49 Backing up .android_secure....
09:49:51 sd-ext not found! Skipping backup of sd-ext!
09:49:55 Generating md5sum...
09:49:56 Verifying md5sum.......
09:50:05 Online Nandroid Backup Completed in 1 minutes 14 seconds!
root@android:/ #


The End

--------------

As ways to do the Nandroid Backup without re-booting frequently

Other than download Android Terminal (this failed)
but like those command hint inside

as for Sftp and SSH
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=berserker.android.apps.sshdroid&feature=more_from_developer#?t=W251bGwsMSwxLDEwMiwiYmVyc2Vya2VyLmFuZHJvaWQuYXBwcy5zc2hkcm9pZCJd

not able to get winCp to connect to the hp





Friday, August 24, 2012

how to root THL W1

One method is teach by YS

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1439429

I think mobileuncle provide an enhance version
and even push superuser.apk

The other method is using .zip file

and I will find the link later

update to THL官方最新0816线刷包ROM


Last night with help of YS and his netbook (with all MTK USB drivers loaded)

I update W1 to the latest official THL ROM

and again with his help I rooted the hp

Then we bluetooth the AnTuTu.apk over and run

and surprising THL W1 got score of 3649

It is a basic ROM with mininum applications

Tuesday, July 24, 2012

update to Taiwan W1 ROM with google


---------- Forwarded message ----------
From: Tin KOH 
Date: 2012/7/23
Subject: W1 THL-W1-0704官包卡刷ROM自用版 with google restored
To: KOH YS


I think this should be the best

I should have download last night as it is so low to download


Please take note under W1 setting: my handphone: recovery

But it is worth waiting as it is working



Please take note of the instruction wipe cache and factory (before?) and after the updating


I did after recovery进行“双wipe”

After that it is working so far

Cheers !

HL这款W1更棒
 
新手请参照以下的步骤:
1. 下载附件V9_4.0_ROOT.zip,(不要解压)并复制到手机的内部存储卡sdcard,注意不是sdcard2(根目录通俗讲就是进入内存卡后不进入任何一个文件夹,也就是说不要把文件放在文件夹里了)
2.复制好后在手机上进入  设置--->关于手机--->T卡升级  点确定进入RECOVERY模式;
3.出现感叹号后按音量上键进去recovery 菜单;
4.按 音量下键 选择第二项'apply update from sdcard',按电源键进去(千万不要选那两个wipe的)
5.选择刚才复制到卡上的V9_4.0_ROOT.zip,按电源键开始
6.root成功后最后一行显示"Install from sdcard coplete",按开机键重启手机

THL-W1-0704官包卡刷ROM自用版
基于官方0704线刷包制作,修改如下:
1、放回谷歌套件(地图、导航、谷歌纵横、快速搜索、语音搜索)
2、删除过多的铃声文件
3、删除仓吉、百度等输入法,只留系统自带拼音。
4、删除云应用
5、内外卡互换处理
6、电量1%显示 横放图
7、已ROOT(ROOT权限、加RE管理器、软启动)
无其它增删了。




顺便分享一个MTK6575通用写IMEI码工具:



写码过程图文操作说明:  http://products.mobileuncle.com/thread-142531-1-1.html


卡刷步骤:
1、下载本包到你的电脑并解压
2、把里面的【THL_W1_TF_update0612_all.zip】拷贝到你W1手机的内置卡根目录
3、拔掉USB数据线(务必)
4、进入手机的【系统设置】找到【关于手机】点进去,点第一项【T卡升级】,点【确定】(关机状态长安组合键:【音量+】+【开机键盘】)
5、看到躺着的绿色安卓机器人后,按【音量+】键进入菜单,按【音量-】选中【apply update from sdcard】后按【开机键】进行确定
6、按【音量-】选中【THL_W1_TF_update0612_all.zip】后按【开机键】进行确定,开始刷机。
7、进度完成后显示“Installation complete”字样并返回菜单,选中【reboot system now】后按【开机键】进行确重启手机
8、进入手机
9、(可选但推荐)双WIPE,
参考第4第5步的操作,但选中的是【wipe data/factory reset】,按【开机键】进行确定。
完成返回菜单再选【wipe cache partition】按【开机键】进行确定。
完成返回菜单选中【reboot system now】后按【开机键】进行确重启手机

注意:
卡刷前后最好进入recovery进行“双wipe”,
以免手机保留了你卡刷前的旧用户数据,尤其是卡刷前使用的是非官方原版ROM的用户,避免不必要的错误。
这点适用于完全版和精简版的卡刷。

Friday, July 20, 2012

Buy a new THL W1 Handphone

My ChangJiang HD9 went die suddenly last Friday


Was in a rush (did try to save it and looking for replacement)
 as someone is coming from China to Singapore tonight

So at the end, we have brought THL W1

(YS brought a Levono P700 over taobao 
and I brought THL W1 via retail shop)

both hp will be carried over to Singapore tonight


YS Got it from
While Icestage brought zopo ZP100 few months ago


Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Create Your Own Smartphone App With Infinite Monkey and Buzztouch

http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/create-smartphone-app-infinite-monkeys-coding-knowledge-required/



Create Your Own Smartphone App With Infinite Monkeys – No Coding Knowledge Required

It would be great if we all had the time, skills, and patience to learn computer coding, especially since technology pervades so many areas of our life. But thankfully, there are applications and web developers out there who provide ways for the rest of us to produce apps with little or no coding skills.
Back in June, I reviewed one such web application called Buzztouch, which is designed to allow anyone to create their own smartphone application. Now a similar program has just been released calledInfinite Monkeys, a web-based tool geared toward niche communities who want to share content on the iPhone and Android platforms. Infinite Monkeys is not as polished theme wise as Buzztouch, but unlike the latter, Infinite Monkeys, says the developers, “Is completely web-based, and works on any computer or tablet device. You never touch the source code and don’t have to know what it is or how it works.” There are several other differences that also might make Infinite Monkey more accessible to non-programmers than Buzztouch. But you’re free to explore both and see which fits your needs.

Web-based GUI

Infinite Monkeys’ web-based graphic user interface allows users to incorporate existing web content from social networking sites like Twitter, Flickr, YouTube, and blogging sites.
how do you create an app
These web-based apps of course don’t compare to more advanced apps like Angry Birds, but they are great for small niche communities and businesses, such as school associations, sports teams, churches, musicians and restaurants, who want to share content privately or publicly.
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how to create an app

Building An App

Infinite Monkey provides a seriously easy step-by-step process for creating a smartphone app in less than an hour; that is if you have an ample amount of content already posted on the web.
how to create an app
The great thing about using a web-based platform is that you can constantly add content and updates to your app via your blog site, YouTube channel, photo sharing site, etc.
The Infinite Monkey web application uses a familiar drag-and-drop process. You start off by giving your app a title, followed by choosing a privacy setting. You can make the app public, or private for closed community access which will prompt users to enter a password to view content.
how to create an app
You can of course customize the background image and splash screen, as well as the font colors for the title and other text.

Core Content

The core content of your app consists of primarily news and third-party feeds such as your blog site(s) and specific URLs.
create an app
Infinite Monkeys includes additional content models for music and books, food and beverages, events, sports, reference materials, and location services such as a map and directions.
With the click of a button you can easily preview your app at any point in the development process. The online app also includes an embedded short video tutorial for each of the three part steps and multifunction tools.
You have poor control over the content of your app, including links to streaming videos, live chatrooms, shared calendars for upcoming events, shopping links to recommended products, and tap–t0–call phone contact information.

Publishing App

The free version of Infinite Monkeys allows you to instantly post your HTML 5 version immediately to the web so that anyone with a web-enabled smartphone can access it through the assigned URL.
how do you create an app
Since your app is ad-supported, Infinite Monkeys will host it for free on their server. While it is not nearly as polished as professional apps that you will find in say the iTunes App Store, it does provide a way for anyone to get their content into this space.
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Let us know what you think of Infinite Monkeys in the comments below. Does it cater to your needs or does an alternative app do a much better job?

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

import export of Chinese outlook contact

This blog is best under gmail of the same subject


It started when I visit the website and information on

From there I have tried to use
91 手机助手 / MPE MyPhoneExplorer / WDJ 豌豆荚
and using a Android device hp/tablet as a intermediate

to transfer the Outlook contact folder from one software 91 then later MPE
Then I connect to WDJ to sync with it 
(All those software must clear contacts storage or content beforehand)
Then using WDJ to output as a windows mail (CSV)

Inline image 1

Lastly is just to import into google via CSV

Due to 91 手机助手 fails to import email address 
I have to revert to MPE
which take half an hour to import contacts into hp

but MPE can choose which the contacts folder to upload
Inline image 1

When about to load in WDJ, under Android manage application / contact storage
there are always 112b input

Then when close MPE and connect to WDJ
under the contacts list 通讯录, a refresh 刷新 is needed

The Outlook must be close in case of WDJ before it runs

Inline image 2


The only problem now is that there are few empty redundant contacts created out of noways
So under WDJ either there are more than MPE (total contacts)
or less than MPe (Those with hp no only)


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then under Google contact import that CSV

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