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Root Latest Flytouch 3 Custom and Modded Roms-updated

I have a ordered flytouch 3 from China, the seller said it's the lastest private model, instead of 5Volt charger, they use 9 volt main charger, the update file isn't firmware2 and firmware-discovery. it's folder callled android and file u-boot-nand.bin, in the folder android , there are couple of files, logo.bin ramdisk.imag system.img uImage and updater, is this flytouch 3? can anyone give me some advice

This *could* be the supposed *latest* model.... a 'P041', or it could just be the SAWEE 'clone's clone'...either way, you are NOT going to be able to upgrade the firmware the tf card way. The latest P041 build is scantily reported as being internet upgradeable in order to maintain control overs users updating habits but it is un-confirmed at this time...... best to hang on for a week or so until the situation becomes less muddy!! It does sound like a SAWEE though....see here Technical Help for SP III (Fake FT3-SP2-Clone)Is it still a Flytouch III??? It is if it says so on the tablet, (not that that means much!), but which build is it?
What is the sellers name?
 
This *could* be the supposed *latest* model.... a 'P041', or it could just be the SAWEE 'clone's clone'...either way, you are NOT going to be able to upgrade the firmware the tf card way. The latest P041 build is scantily reported as being internet upgradeable in order to maintain control overs users updating habits but it is un-confirmed at this time...... best to hang on for a week or so until the situation becomes less muddy!! It does sound like a SAWEE though....see here Technical Help for SP III (Fake FT3-SP2-Clone)Is it still a Flytouch III??? It is if it says so on the tablet, (not that that means much!), but which build is it?
What is the sellers name?

It's the seller from aliexpress called Eternal Team, I am not sure whether i am allowed to give the link here. but I have been told I can refresh the firmware by press power and volume + key, is that correct ?
 
Cool!... so it works in a blackberry but not in a cheap'n'cheerful tab huh! outstanding..... or did SDFormatter.exe beat the card back into life?

I ran the SDFormatter on both, the 1GB from my old phone wouldn't format correctly. I would try to open the drive and my windows would tell me it was not formatted. I did the exact same process with the 2GB TF Card and boom.. worked first time. Very random. So i threw the files that were originally on the 1GB and popped it back in the BBerry and all is fine with the world again.

With regards my FT3. I am now starting to get to grips with it. Using Tims 5a rom I have it sort of how i want it. I have used the preferences to hide a lot of the applications I don't use. I have turned off auto rotate but still for the life of me I cannot get my wallpaper to fully fit the frame.
 
hi,
i have ordered a myefox 8gb flytouch 3, and afterwards realised that the battery is only 3800mah, so think its a clone. if the model is disco or disco10, can i just update to tims rom 4e? and how long is this battery likely to last?

cheers

baxter
 
just updated to Tim 5.

all seems to be working okay, however GPS will not turn off. anyone any clues?

great 3G support, my Huawei (sp) 1752 works great now.

thanks all, Ben
 
hi,
i have ordered a myefox 8gb flytouch 3, and afterwards realised that the battery is only 3800mah, so think its a clone. if the model is disco or disco10, can i just update to tims rom 4e? and how long is this battery likely to last?

cheers

baxter
Depends on what you leave on so the answer is it will last until its flat!....

My tablet draws around 1 amp so expect 2.5 - 4 hours
 
just updated to Tim 5.

all seems to be working okay, however GPS will not turn off. anyone any clues?

great 3G support, my Huawei (sp) 1752 works great now.

thanks all, Ben

Great!...most people just re-flash different firmware to get the gps to turn off..I don't think there is a definitive cure....unless you can come up with one.
 
I ran the SDFormatter on both, the 1GB from my old phone wouldn't format correctly. I would try to open the drive and my windows would tell me it was not formatted. I did the exact same process with the 2GB TF Card and boom.. worked first time. Very random. So i threw the files that were originally on the 1GB and popped it back in the BBerry and all is fine with the world again.
So the 1GB tf card you had is toast?......it happens!
 
So the 1GB tf card you had is toast?......it happens!

I don't know what to make of it, works fine in the blackberry, very strange.. I love the term "toast", haven't heard it in ages

The biggest thing pissing me off at the moment is the wallpaper. All I want is a wallpaper that fits, Tims ROM 5a comes with 3 windows on the homepage. I have knocked this down to the single screen..yet i still cannot get the wallpaper to fit the frame. I use Quickpic Wallpaper, resize the image as per the program and then it acts to restart the LauncherPro.. I do this and the image still doesn't fit.

The other thing I would love is for is to have shortcuts on the homepage to a video folder in the UDISK partition, yet i still cannot do this.. I have searched and searched...
 
Depends on what you leave on so the answer is it will last until its flat!....

My tablet draws around 1 amp so expect 2.5 - 4 hours

ok cheers :)

after many other reviews i have seen, battery life is one of the main downsides of the device, but i will mainly be using the device inside the house. I will turn off the wifi, and set the screen to dim soon to preserve battery.

thanks,

baxter61
 
ok cheers :)

after many other reviews i have seen, battery life is one of the main downsides of the device, but i will mainly be using the device inside the house. I will turn off the wifi, and set the screen to dim soon to preserve battery.

thanks,

baxter61
Hi.

Might I suggest you install Quick Settings and use it to set your screen brightness to something lower than maximum if you're mainly indoors.

I set mine to 13 and it is perfectly readable. Just remember to crank up the brightness before you go out with it otherwise it can be a little bit 'hit and miss' trying to turn it back up in the daylight!
 
It's the seller from aliexpress called Eternal Team, I am not sure whether i am allowed to give the link here. but I have been told I can refresh the firmware by press power and volume + key, is that correct ?
hi got some of these new superpads my self there not sawee there the new po41 model superpad who's saying you can-not flash with sd card i have the latest firmware for this model 8gb/16gb and flashed direct from sd/card the flashing is hush hush,they put out information usb to usb only for firmware updates only you can-not do a system recovery from menu-start only from sd-card volume-key and turn on,they is a sytem recovery in setting but if you can not get to setting then a silly place to recover from?they would not release firmware till i told them i was sending all my tablets back,they explained they have had many thousands returned over wrong flashs etc and they wanted to keep control over there firmware and wanted did not want the same problem as with the disco model i have bought over 1,700 tablets the very 1st flytouch 1 from my distributor,i sell on a very respected website with 1,300 positive f/backs and the rest aresold elsewhere so as i am a very big buyer from them they released the firmware for the sd-card
no usb to usb unless thats what you want to do windows to android,there's also a shortcut to on-line help and those that just want the manufacture firmware download it direct to your taablet just like windows best thing to do is get 1 to tim for the tweeks, i can tell you this they are very very good tablets,high speakers without the tweeks,touch screen is very very responsive,wifi sit in the garden not next to the router,to do a firmware update if crashed etc, its not menu and start, its minus volume and start,used 1 hitting wifi etc 4 hours of life,fast charge because there 9v and also while using with wifi and charger is in they actually charge up instead of getting no where like the old 5v charging system,and where the charger goes into the tablet they fit firm instead of wiggling about?so imagine tim tim doing is stuff on these they will be very serious competion for the ipad
they have a couple of minor problems dont know if its china dont have youtube so they can't test it but believe it or not it turns the wifi router off, only on youtube everything else plays fine
needs tweeks for more 3g dongles,if tim tweeks speakers wow they will be loud,got gps working in 5 mins on uk maps from co-pilot with-in 10 mins, but for some unkown reason 30 tablets i have tried them all they would not find the navigation sats again don't know if someone shot them out of space or what, opened 1 up battery pack 7,000mhz,a completely different motherboard from the disco model
theres no more vibrate on start-up or turn-off just instant start and believe it or not the g.sensor works correctly,just done a flash sd update with 128mb of firmware, i had loaded the tablet with my own games etc to see if i would lose anything after flashing like Disco and other tablets guess what they were still there everything i had downloaded
 
It's the seller from aliexpress called Eternal Team, I am not sure whether i am allowed to give the link here. but I have been told I can refresh the firmware by press power and volume + key, is that correct ?
hi got some of these new superpads my self there not sawee there the new po41 model superpad who's saying you can-not flash with sd-card i have the latest firmware for this model 8gb/16gb and flashed direct from sd/card
no usb to usb unless thats what you want todo windows to android,there's also a shortcut to on-line help and those that just want the manufacture firmware download it direct to your taablet just like windows best thing to do is get 1 to tim for the tweeks, i can tell you this they are very very good tablets,high speakers without the tweeks,touch screen is very very responsive,wifi sit in the garden not next to the router,to do a firmware update if crashed etc, its not menu and start, its minus volume and start,used 1 hitting wifi etc 4 hours of life,fast charge because there 9v and also while using with wifi and charger is in they actually charge up instead of getting no where like the old 5v charging system,and where the charger goes into the tablet they fit firm instead of wiggling about?so imagine tim tim doing is stuff on these they will be very serious competion for the ipad
they have a couple of minor problems dont know if its china dont have youtube so they can't test it but believe it or not it turns the wifi router off, only on youtube everything else plays fine
needs tweeks for more 3g dongles,if tim tweeks speakers wow they will be loud,got gps working in 5 mins on uk maps from co-pilot with-in 10 mins, but for some unkown reason 30 tablets i have tried them all they would not find the navigation sats again don't know if someone shot them out of space or what, opened 1 up battery pack 7,000mhz,a completely different motherboard from the disco model
theres no more vibrate on start-up or turn-off just instant start and believe it or not the g.sensor works correctly,just done a flash sd update with 128mb of firmware, i had loaded it with my own games etc to see if i would lose anything after flashing like Disco and other tablets guess what they were still there everything i had downloaded
 
The other thing I would love is for is to have shortcuts on the homepage to a video folder in the UDISK partition, yet i still cannot do this.. I have searched and searched...

This set me thinking.. I remember seeing the 'Folder' entry under 'Add' to the home page, so I made a new folder on my home page, I can open it, and i can rename it, but how in h*ll do you put anything in it?:confused:
 
I update my flytouch 3 with the 5a ROM, just to solve a problem with the app "settings" that doesn't allow me to access in because the app ends unexpectly.

and the 5a still do like that?! i don't believe..:( please tell me a solution, I cannot set the 3G connection if I don't solve this problem...:(
 
so...

3800mah battery... clone? and if i turn off the wifi, and use quicksettings like TBOD suggested ( cheers) how long am i roughly looking at? 1 hour? 3 hours?

cheers again.
 
so...

3800mah battery... clone? and if i turn off the wifi, and use quicksettings like TBOD suggested ( cheers) how long am i roughly looking at? 1 hour? 3 hours?

cheers again.

Hi,

It's hard to say a lot is down to battery conditioning and I get a much, much longer life out of my deb tablets than most people have reported; but I am very strict and look after my batteries.

Read through my blog, time how long the batteries last then try a few full discharge / long charge cycles and compare the battery life. I'm sure you'll see a difference...
 
I just got a supper pad III and I want to upgrade the memory but dont know how, can someone gide me? please...
:o

Model DISCO10,

Please read all information accompanying the roms such as ChangeLogs, Tips, etc. There just might be an answer to problems you may encounter.
When reporting problems, Please submit your stats so others can know what flavor of flytouch 3 you may have.
Also please post whatever fixes that worked for you so others may benefit.
Thank you.
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Hybrid ROM (rooted)

5a Rooted
More information can be found on the dedicated page: SuperPad2 Flytouch3 Hybrid Tim Rom

Version 5 is based on the 20110530 firmware (Android 2.2) with a bunch of other stuff & tweaks added in, and s0l's Huawei 3G sticks support lib added.

This rom should work with most flavors of Superpad 2 - Flytouch 3, but keep in mind that there are many different models out there, so something could go wrong with your model.
Flash this rom at your own risk.

Main changes that you should get with that rom:
- Root access
- Speed increase
- Increased sound volume
- Fix for newer models 2Mp camera (see tip) - 16GB tablet compatibility
- NTFS usb drives support (the rom autoloader will see them as a damaged disk, simply use the dedicated mount usb drivesGScript to mount them)
- PPTP VPN (with or without encryption reported to work) - tun.ko kernel module for VPN (not tested, please report if it works) - Windows Network shares support (CIFS, use the app CifsManager for easy mounting)
- Huawei 3G sticks support (Off by default, see tip)
- Additionnal Realtek wifi usb sticks drivers (use GScript to load the extra modules, Edimax EW-7711UAN 11n USB reported to work ok)
- fix for the wrong colors in browser & most apps
- Media scanning off by default (see tip)
- ad-hoc wifi networks (see tip)
- ads blocking
- No need to remove your SD for installing apps
- internal SD card "local" free space is now at /mnt/sdcard and /local while external SD1 is at /mnt/sdcard/sdcard1 and /sdcard
- Fix for 576 screen offset (see tip)
- Full screen color flash for most video types and sites
(still eating a lot of cpu, so certain video types can be unstable, make sure you are not using other cpu eating apps at the same time to improve stability)
- isofs.ko + loop mounting of iso images (use busybox mount)
- Launcher pro home screen
- updated framework & libs
- busybox 1.16.0
- Youtube 2.1.6 working great, fullscreen HQ (use opera mini or Maxthon web browsers for auto switching to the app in youtube)
- working GPS with google maps & co (see tip)
- HDMI output (see tip)
- ssh daemon (Droidsshd)
- Quickpic (fast gallery)
- Better Keyboard 8 (set as default, see tip below to deactivate or switch back to the old keyboard)
- bash & a few other commands
- New unlocked Settings by UncleRus (bluetooth menu, development...) - GScripts helpers: o Clear Dalvik-cache & reboot o Media scanning On-Off (Off by default, see tip below) o SD speed patch On-Off (Off by default) o Sysctl battery saving patch On-Off (Off by default, may slow down performance on certain tablets) o Calendar & Contact sync On-Off (On by default) o Dial contact, Dial number scripts o cpu usage stats file save o reboot, shutdown o switch between wifi drivers(adhoc, stock rom..) o ads blocking On-Off ...

Flashing is as usual:
To install the firmware, download the .zip on a PC from the link below. Extract the contents of the zip on a PC and copy the two files to the root directory of a formatted TF- Flash Card. Note* the root directory of the TF-card is the highest main directory location on the card, such as c:/ on a PC.

The two extracted files must be placed in the root directory of the TF-card. Insert the card in to the Superpad2 FlyTouch3 and power on the tablet. The installation will be automatic.
*To improve stability and avoid corruption on tablets with unstable battery, make sure to flash and boot at least the first time while plugged in power*

User Reported issues
- Opera mobile 11 still shows incorrect colors (opera mobile 10.1, opera mini and the original browser & other apps now have correct colors though)

How to report issues

Things to test before reporting:
- make sure you have read all the Tips and searched on the forum before reporting an issue.
- make sure you are flashing and booting up while on power supply and not on battery, and when you are doing the testing
- try to reproduce your issue right after flashing and before restoring anything
- do not put your SD back inside or restore anything on your tablet when you do the testing.
- do the dalvik-cache clearing by clicking on the corresponding GScript and see if it helps your issue (next reboot will take a couple more minutes , this is normal)
- wait that the cpu usage is down to close to 0% for a few seconds before proceeding with testing.

How to report:
- List all the necessary steps to reproduce your issue
- If you can, record a video of the full process from flashing to the issue.
- If your issue is a slowdown, define in details what you define as a "slowdown" and what you are comparing it to to determine that something is "slow", as it's very subjective.
- Reboot and reproduce your issue right away,
- then Launch the GScript light application and click on the "Generate report" script, wait that it finishes, and send me the report.txt file that has been generated into your SD card.

- Indicate when and where you bought the tablet, and describe it (red led, green led ? ..)
Maybe that will help to find out a pattern in common for tablets that have issues. ;)

That shall be the procedure to follow for all problems I can not reproduce, thanks to follow that procedure. :)

Send that info by PM to me as the forum has strict rules about posting info about stores.

Last edited by tim; Today at 11:42 AM. Reason: Version 4e
ChangeLog | Tips | Click here for Donation
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Latest updates on Top

Release date: 12-July-2011
http://public.timduru.org/Android/Flytouch3/TimV5/20110712_Tim5a.zip *Latest Updated Version 5a*

Release Date: 31-May-2011
Index of /Android/Flytouch3/Tim-V4

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16GB Upgrade:

Release Date: 02-May-2011
Use this one for the moment if you have a 16GB: http://public.timduru.org/Android/Flytouch3/old/Tim-V3/20110416-Tim3a_16GBFix.zip

Release Date: 12-May-2011
For 576 screens: http://public.timduru.org/Android/Flytouch3/old/Tim-V3/20110416-Tim3a_16GBFix_576.zip
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Useful Utilities:

SD Formatter 3.0 for SD/SDHC/SDXC
http://androidforums.com/gome-flytouch-tablets/340520-sd-formatter-3-0-sd-sdhc-sdxc.html

H2testw 1.4 for detecting counterfeit Flash drives
http://androidforums.com/gome-flyto...w-1-4-detecting-counterfeit-flash-drives.html

Mutari Flytouch 3 stats:
Version 5a
Model number
Disco10
Android version
2.2-20110529
Kernel version
2.6.32.9
zjd@dtlinuxserver #29
Build number
FRF85B
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Other Flytouch 3 ROMs:
http://androidforums.com/gome-flyto...rmware-update-ver-2-2-20110316-flytouch3.html
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Official Releases can be found here:
http://androidforums.com/gome-flyto...ouch-3-firmware-update-official-releases.html
 
How can I upgrade the memory on a ft3 model disco10? I am pretty new at this so any help will be appreciatted.
:o



Yes, sadly you are, an easily upgradable tablet. Tim's firmware only works with 'disco' / 'disco10' tablets, and you have a 'sawee10'.

The 'sawee' / 'sawee10' tablets have a very different and far more complicated upgrade procedure.
 
Hi guys!

I've uptade my firmware to 5A...before that i was using the third firmware, and it was going good as well.

Everything so much better, including louder speakers.

My flying touch 2 has 4gb, its the first version, and has no 3g...

It was a little bit low, but deleted some apps and it got better.

That's my experience...
 
Hi!

I really need the old firmware 2.2-20110529 (2.6.32.9) disco10 for a china tablet pc (superpad 2 flytouch3). Tried to changed firmware to Tims rooted 5a, but now I got more other problems than I had before. Yes, youtube works fine and the market as well, but the GPS is gone and the signal seams to have
 
hi jjjjjj i thinck i got the same tablet as urs. i updatesd it to tim's 4d and after a week i got tim's 5a but i got back back to the 4d i liked it more
 
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