Something which may be of use to Excel owners

[Charlie]

@Mitre - Well done, so what's it like? ... ICS, that is, not your beautiful wife's 64bit W7 laptop!

At the moment I'm more than a bit confused about the different version of ICS we could use, the methods of flashing them onto the Excel and how to get back to Gingerbread if it all goes horribly wrong... is it just me?

Regards

Excel

Tbh, I am a bit confused on this like you. Not been able to keep up with the fast pace, these guys have progressed.

[Astro]

Hi @suggsy89 and thank you.

Yes I was following (as in 'watching', rather than understanding) the amazing work you and @Mitre were doing with the Tablo stock image... wasn't there something else needed to then return the Excel to its Storage Options factory fresh appearance?

Once installed, are there any differences between the earlier ICS version you were using and the one provided by Fonefixer / Amy?

It's been a pretty emotional last few days for everyone on the Forum but, maybe, when things settle down I wonder if it might be possible to have some 'How to' guides for 'ICS upgrading' and 'What to do if it all goes wrong', for those of us who are a bit reluctant to take the plunge.

Great work 'suggsy89 and @Mitre.

Excel

[Astro]

Should I take the plunge....

May I offer one word of caution to you... 'Castration'!

Regards

Excel

[Mitre]

dont tell the wife but its like a new girlfriend LOL

right got rid of the chinese language now to have a root around get CWM and get some apps on
the UI is very big so have to do the build prop as Sugssy did its quite different to GB looks more flexible
the camera now has a zoom function lol
cant find the keyboard yet so cant log onto wifi

[blueeagle69]

I'm trying to decide what I can do without

Sent from my Scroll Excel/Nexus S using Tapatalk.

[suggsy89]

dont tell the wife but its like a new girlfriend LOL

right got rid of the chinese language now to have a root around get CWM and get some apps on
the UI is very big so have to do the build prop as Sugssy did its quite different to GB looks more flexible
the camera now has a zoom function lol
cant find the keyboard yet so cant log onto wifi

You may need to set up the keyboard language in settings
CWM5, Second post >>> http://scrolltabletforum.co.uk/site/viewtopic.php?f=55&t=2155

[Mitre]

@Mitre - Well done, so what's it like? ... ICS, that is, not your beautiful wife's 64bit W7 laptop!

At the moment I'm more than a bit confused about the different version of ICS we could use, the methods of flashing them onto the Excel and how to get back to Gingerbread if it all goes horribly wrong... is it just me?

Regards

Excel

Tbh, I am a bit confused on this like you. Not been able to keep up with the fast pace, these guys have progressed.

first thing first as long as you have the right drivers you cant brick the allwinner cpu. as it can flash from switched off via usb.
second we can get back to a scroll image if you
1.get clockworkmod for 2,3 do a backup
2.then flash ICS Fonefixers or Momo9 via Livesuite
3.install CWM for ICS do a backup
to get back
4.flash Tablo 2.3 firmware
5.instal CWM for 2.3
6.restore your excel 2.3 clockwokmod image from 1.


Edit found the keyboard for some reason it was set to google voice keyboard(automatic) switched that off and keyboard popped up

[Mitre]

still have root and busybox v 1.8.3 same one as my gb rom
have lost the hard menu button as its on the UI
may have to find a different terminal app as my jackpalovic is not showing a settings button cant email the logs out of terminal??

[Astro]

@Mitre - Thanks... I'll have a think about taking the plunge!

Regards

Excel

[Charlie]

Thanks Mitre for bringing us upto speed. All doable just will take time.

Is flash working and hows the lip-sync? ??