[project]Port android to meizu M8

nicojoy69

TKS To ALL GUYS !!! Go ON !!!!

evow04

nicojoy69, no problem

raangu,
do you recall what firmware it was?
Cause as for as i found since 0.9.0.5 fw there is not eboot/bootloader part in the update, so i was thinking that bootloader did not get overwritten.
If you can recall it, it could save me lots of time cause i do not need to dump all the bin´s anymore

about the custom ce rom, last week i could not sleep so tried in the middle of the night to build one, i selected all packages but after 1.5 hour compilling it gave a failure so i ignored it and went back to sleep Should try again with minimal packages selected to find the raison why it failed, so if you try take my advice and start with the ones mentionned in the docu pdf files

For the windows ce 6 , it is available on the microsoft download site, same with visual studio that is needed. an other topic somewhere in M& d has download links : i will look in to it.

ps if you manage to compile one i would like to try, cause ce core can be reverted, but i post this info in the ce topic

EDIT see here for download links and how to revert the ce core to deafult :
[project] Windows CE 6

nixander

evow04, great that you are doing this...this whole stuff sound like chinese for me but thank you and the other guys for doing this!

raangu

sorry, i don't remeber which firmware it was... but i'm pretty sure that i've seen a eboot file in one of the releases... maybe this evening i got some time...

MaikelRunia

http://www.m8fans.com/M8_Soft/thread-52605-1-1.html

raangu

i don't know, but does this also dump the bootloader?

??? - ??M8?????? - ????dumprom_r1_090605

evow04

So i tested my wiring, all seems to work fine it gives other voltages if is end data.
But it made me thinking, my usb connector has 5 pins but changes internal to 4 pins.
maybe i made a mistake with the Rx pin on the m8, cause those is not allways clear so there is a small chance that i connected my pin to a wrong one and my soldering iron is too big to solder directly on the usb cable connector

My question :
is there any one that has good skills in soldering,
and who has a ttl convertor
and is willing to help me with this/ or could double check this issue?

nixander, thanks to say thanks

raangu, ok thanks, i will try to dump the fw ´s then.
Does anyone know where i could find a list of older firmwares ?

The link you provided to the dumper is only to dump the xip.bin files you download from meizu

MaikelRunia, thanks again to bring it under the attention at m8fans!

zoorider

You can download old firmware released here,
??M8??????? ??????? ??M8???M8?????M8????????MV?????

evow04

Thanks zoorider!!

So the oldest firmware available to download is the original version 0905 ?
cause the link mentions :

treepid

I have 09.04 if you need it.

MaikelRunia

i got xip_0.8.0.3 if you need

evow04

waw guys, i thank you both for the response.
You may upload if you want ,
or if you want i can explain how it can be dumped, so that you can verify
if it has eboot in it before uploading.

Let me know what you guys prefer

MaikelRunia

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im still uploading, takes 7 min from now

evow04

great!
but take your time cause i will not have time this evening.
i will give feedback if i have news

treepid

Here it is :

09.04

evow04

thank you very much, if i got time this weekend i will dump and check them.

edit:
downloading them now!

edit:
Firmware 0803 does only contains a boot.hv file , no trace on eboot.
I will try later on the 0904 fw !

edit:
the 0904 did not contain it either,
if anyone recalls please share.

treepid

Please explain.....

acidrain

Would the dual operating systems work with the dual sim technique in M8? so that each operating system uses a single SIM?

Tecnui

You can download Firmwares from 0.9.2.6 - 0.3.0.0 + the M8 Bios on this page ??? - ??M8?????? - ???? ... its in chinese and there's 3 pages.. hope that helps!

evow04

Hi treepid,

For extracting files from the firmware you will need to download this first;
firmware_to_files.exe

It contains the needed tools to proceed and a small how-to document.
how it works :
extract the package to a folder, copy the firmware you want to extract in it.
run the dump_xip.bin.bat file, make the option you want,
and wait until the proces gets done.
That´s it!


acidrain,
i do not think so, because the hardware is made for using only one sim.
To run 2 sim´s at the same time you would need 2 gsm modules inside.

Tecnui,
thank you!
I am going to have a look onto it!


edit:
Tecnui, you are right there is a so called m8 download package, but
could you give me some background info?
Is this an original meizu package or...?
Cause translation seems to provide a bad to understand text.

Next to this, the screenshots provided in the download package do not
look like my upgrade screen, i have no selection box :s

So can some provide me information about it?

If this package is usable i think i should manage to rewrite a part of the firmware to provide an other boot option like uboot so it can launch android orso.