Coby Kyros MID7015 Android Tablet – Ultimate beginners guide on how to – Root your tablet, install, Clockworkmod Recovery to do a complete systems backup , and then install Google Market.

This guide is written for new users who have NO experience with the Android OS or this device. I do not take credit for the patches/fixes. I am just documenting the process to make it easier for new Kyros tablet users.



Intro Steps

1. Put your device in USB Debugging mode.
From the main menu, press Settings, Applications, make sure Unknown sources is checked.
Press Development,and make sure that USB Debugging is enabled.



2. Turn on your WIFI by going to Settings, Wireless & Networks, check WIFI,and then Wi-Fi settings.


Select your Wi-Fi access point.


3. Open AppsLib,press the search hour glass icon,and type File Manager and press Search. I like the File Manager by mmaapp. Install it. Close AppsLib




Rooting your Tablet

By rooting, what they mean is that you will have full control over all of the files and folders on your tablet. This is a good and a bad thing. It is good because we can add programs. It is also bad because you can delete files that you shouldn’t…meaning you could kill your tablet if you mess around.
1.

From your PC, download z4Root and copy it to your micro SD card. Z4Root can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953


2. Put the sd card in your Kyros, and open File Manager.


3. In File Manager, Press SD card, then press z4root.x.x.x.apk (x indicates the version number), and press install.


4. Press Open

5. Z4Root will open. Press Permanent Root. Once it is done rooting, it will reboot your Kyros.



Installing the Windows software and ADB drivers

1. Download and install The Java Development Kit 6here (you will need to register on their site first):

https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=jdk-6u22-oth-JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer

2. Download and unzip the android-sdk-r07-windows.zip file to the C: drive on your computer.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

3. Go to the android-sdk-windows folder that you unzipped


4. Launch SDKManager.exe


5. Under choose which package to install, click accept all. As a part of what it is downloading, it will download the Android USB drivers. This part will probably take like 30 minutes or more to complete.


6. Once the download is done, close the SDK Manager.


7. You should now see a folder called usb_driver. Open that folder.


8. You will see a file called android_winusb.inf. Open that file in notepad.

--- Alternatively you can just download an android_winusb.inf file with all of the modifications already done here:

rapidshare.com rapidshare.comandroid_winusb.inf

--- You would then just copy over the original android_winusb.inf file in your \android-sdk-windows\usb_driver folder.
--- Once the file is over written, skip to step 12

9. Right underneath the section labeled [Google.NTx86] paste in the following:

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED&MI_01
; Android Eclair
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C01
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C02&MI_01
%SingleBootLoaderInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0FFF



10. Right underneath the section labeled [Google.NTamd64] paste in the following:

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED&MI_01

---- Note --- Thanks goes to phygman at XDA-Developers and lschroeder at tipster.the-talk.net for the code here to get the ADB driver working in XP

11. Save the changes in the android_winusb.inf file

12. Plug in your Kyros device. Windows will still not find the driver for the device, but go into the Device manager, and select AndroidEclair, and update driver, browse my computer, let me pick from a list of device drivers on my computer.


13. Click "Have Disk" and browse to the c:\android-sdk-windows\usb_driver folder. Double click on android_winusb.inf.


14. Select Android ADB Interface.


15. It will then come up with some messages about this is unsigned or something, are you sure you want to do this, click yes or continue.

Then it will install the driver and detect the kyros.







Installing ClockworkMod Recovery to back up your Kyros.

1. On your pc, download recovery.img and place it on the root folder of your sd card (\)


Recovery.img can be found here: sendspace.com sendspace.com/file/vkv6yz


2. Put the sd card back into the tablet and then plug the usb cable into the tablet, and then your pc. Make sure your tablet is powered on.


3. Open the Command Prompt in windows (cmd.exe)


4. Go to the android-sdk-windows\tools folder. Since I placed the android-sdk-windows folder on the root of my c drive, I typed cd\android-sdk-windows\tools and pressed enter.


5. Type adb shell and press enter.


6. Type su and press enter.


7. Type flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img and press enter.


8. Press and hold the CTRL button, then press C.


9. Type adb reboot recovery and press enter.


10. Your Kyros tablet will reboot. Clockwork Mod Recovery will then load.
When Navigating through ClockworkMod Recovery, here are the keys:

Home is down
Menu is select
Back is back

11. Press the Home button until backup and restore is highlighted and press Menu.


12. Backup should already be selected. Press Menu.


13. It will now do a complete system backup. This is ESSENTIAL as it is VERY easy to play around and break your Kyros to the point that it is useless.


14. It will say “Backup complete” once the backup is done.


15. Reboot system now should be highlighted. Press Menu to reboot.


Installing Google Marketplace

1. Remove your sd card and put it back in your pc. Download the file gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip and place it on the root of your sd card (\).


The file can be downloaded here: http://www.mediafire.com/?mjmmfmm0jez


2. Connect the usb cable to the Kyros and the pc.


3. Put the sd card back into the tablet and then plug the usb cable into the tablet, and then your pc. Make sure your tablet is powered on.


4. Open the Command Prompt in windows (cmd.exe)


5. Go to the android-sdk-windows\tools folder. Since I placed the android-sdk-windows folder on the root of my c drive, I typed cd\android-sdk-windows\tools and pressed enter.


6. Type adb reboot recovery and press enter.


7. It will boot into the ClockworkMod Recovery menu.


8. Press Home until install zip from sd card is selected and press menu.


9. Press Home until choose zip from sd card is selected and press menu.


10. Press Home until gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip is selected and press Menu.


11. Press Home until Yes – Install gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip is selected and press Menu.


12. It will then install the Google Market.


13. Once the install is done, it will say Install from sd card complete.


14. Press the back button

15. Reboot system now should be highlighted. Press Menu.


16. It will reboot the Kyros. You will see a Wizard appear. Go through the Wizard


17. You now have the Android Marketplace installed on your Kyros.


I would also recommend installing the AppBrain app from the Google Market. It gives you the ability to install more apps then just the Google Market alone.

Enjoy!

Jason Andreas

Thanks, I'll try that!

Nice thx but i wont try anything like this till the weekend..So i wont go batty and smack a co-worker for no reason...

1. Do steps from above until 2 from Installing ClockworkMod Recovery to back up your Kyros.

From XDA forums: "You must be rooted (I assume z4root or universal android root works)
then either using terminal (grab terminal app from market) or using adb.

Grab the recovery.img and drop it into sdcard via usb or adb push.
Open terminal and type su and then flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
or if using adb, its adb shell and then su and then flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img". This is from creator of recovery.img (i.e.ClockworkMod).

Actual instructions I used from app called Terminal Emulator. I used AppsLib to get it.

Replaces steps 2-9 from Installing ClockworkMod Recovery to back up your Kyros.
2. From Terminal type each followed by return using a usb keyboard attached to your 7015 by the short usb cable it came with.

su

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img

reboot recovery

3. Now follow instructions from above for loading 'gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip'. Start with 11 from Installing ClockworkMod Recovery to back up your Kyros.

You can also use a Mac without loading drivers and using ADB.


First thanks to Jason Andreas for documenting and all the forum users here and at xda-developers for getting the Kyros 7015 improved. All items in double quotes are from Jason.

A special thanks goes to Razor 950 over at xda forum for making ClockworkMod which allows us to install Market and possibly 2.2 and beyond OS's in the future.

You need to install an external microsd card. I used an 8GB card. I preloaded the card from a computer with mp4 movies. Probably not a bad idea to also add music or photos from your computer. I did think of it at the time.

The sd instructions for installing in the Kyros are backwards. The card goes in with the pins face down from the lcd display.

I would advice plugging in usb keyboard with the short cable into the Kyros for most of your work. For using the Terminal Emulator app usb keyboard is required.

You have to get a few basic things done.

I. Setup your Kyros

II. Root your Kyros

III. Download ClockworkMod Recovery and gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip

IV. Use a Terminal app from Kyros. (Windows - uses Command Prompt although at this point you could also install the Terminal app to the Kyros and follow the instructions from my earlier post)

IV. Installing Google Marketplace.

There are many ways to do some of these things.


I. Setup your Kyros

"1. Put your device in USB Debugging mode.
From the main menu, press Settings, Applications, make sure Unknown sources is checked.
Press Development,and make sure that USB Debugging is enabled.

2. Turn on your WIFI by going to Settings, Wireless & Networks, check WIFI,and then Wi-Fi settings.

Select your Wi-Fi access point.

3. Open AppsLib,press the search hour glass icon,and type"

appInstaller and press Search. Install it. Close AppsLib.


II. Root your Kyros
"By rooting, what they mean is that you will have full control over all of the files and folders on your tablet. This is a good and a bad thing. It is good because we can add programs. It is also bad because you can delete files that you shouldn’t…meaning you could kill your tablet if you mess around."

a. From the Mac, download z4Root. I would make a specific folder on my Mac for Android items.

Z4Root can be found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833953

b. Plug you long Kyros usb cable into your Mac. I am using an old eMac usb 1. Since Android files are small no problem with usb 1 speed of old Mac.

c. Touch and drag the second (right) usb icon, a notification shows and continue the drag to get more actions.

d. Touch from the list, USB connected(internal). A USB connected(internal) dialog appears. Touch the Mount button.

e. Drag the z4root.1.3.0.apk onto the mounted drive image for the Kyros. Dismount the Disk Image from the Mac. Unplug the usb cable from the Mac. Note: we installed the image of z4Root on the internal drive. Our appInstaller program looks for it internally rather then on the sd card.

f. Press the right Tab to select the application screen. Run the appInstaller and install z4Root. (This procedure is called side loading an app. You can use this for any .apk file that you find on the Web. Use with caution for unknown apps. I would recommend that you research an app before attempting to side load it on your Kyros).

g. Now from the same right Tab screen select z4root.
"5. Z4Root will open. Press Permanent Root. Once it is done rooting, it will reboot your Kyros."


III. Download ClockworkMod Recovery and gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip

a. "On your pc, download recovery.img

Recovery.img can be found here: sendspace.com sendspace.com/file/vkv6yz
". Note: The pc would be our Mac.

b. On your Mac, download gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip.

The file can be downloaded here: mediafire.com mjmmfmm0jez
http://androidtabletzone.the-talk.net/go/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5tZGZyLz9tam1tZm1tMGpleg==

c. We now reconnect our Kyros to our mac. Do same mounting procedure as described above, except touch from the list, USB connected(external). A USB connected(external) dialog appears. Touch the Mount button. The mounted disk on the Mac will allow us to drag the recovery.img and download gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip files to the SD card this time.

IV. Use a Terminal app from Kyros.

a. connect up your usb keyboard to your Kyros.

b. Open AppsLib, press the search hour glass icon, and type Terminal Emulator and press Search. Use the arrows key on keyboard to scroll down until you find Terminal Emulator by Jack Palevich. Install it. Close AppsLib.

c. Run Terminal Emulator. From the usb keyboard:

type su followed by a return
type flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img followed by a return
type reboot recovery followed by a return

IV. Installing Google Marketplace.

"It will boot into the ClockworkMod Recovery menu.


8. Press Home until install zip from sd card is selected and press menu.


9. Press Home until choose zip from sd card is selected and press menu.


10. Press Home until gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip is selected and press Menu.


11. Press Home until Yes – Install gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip is selected and press Menu.


12. It will then install the Google Market.


13. Once the install is done, it will say Install from sd card complete.


14. Press the back button

15. Reboot system now should be highlighted. Press Menu.


16. It will reboot the Kyros. You will see a Wizard appear. Go through the Wizard


17. You now have the Android Marketplace installed on your Kyros.


I would also recommend installing the AppBrain app from the Google Market. It gives you the ability to install more apps then just the Google Market alone.
"

; Android Eclair
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C01
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C02&MI_01
%SingleBootLoaderInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0FFF

The above would not work for me for mounting my Kyros on XP.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9561773&postcount=7

under the [Google.NTx86] section add :
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED&MI_01

under the [Google.NTamd64] section add :
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED&MI_01

The above were from xda-developers

under the [Google.NTx86] section add :
; Android Eclair
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_DEED&MI_01

I put parts together and it worked where the 1st one would not work for me.

apr2499 wrote: Also the drivers needed to do some of the ADB commands do not work in XP. It is assumed that you are running Windows 7

Is there a work around for XP or Vista? Don't have Windows 7 yet.

Oh, just saw the post above my head. Duh! Stupid me. I will try that. Thanks.

Finally, just got this working! I got stuck for a long time on the command "adb shell" It kept saying "error: device not found." So I Googled for a while and saw that this was a very common problem. I finally found the answer on Androidforums.com. It was simple. Type "adb kill-server" and try again. I did this and bingo! It worked! So I figured I would share that in case any others run into the same problem.

Anyway, I am so happy to have Android Market on my Coby! Many thanks to Jason Andreas and lschroeder for their help. I also had to do the XP workaround that lschroeder posted. It simply would not work without it.

Thanks again guys!




By the way, you also get the following apps included: Car Home, Facebook, Gmail, Goggles, Google Maps, Amazon MP3 Store, Google News and Weather, Google Talk, Google Voice, Voice Search & YouTube, collectively known as the "Google Experience."

WoW that's great will and yes thx to all that's why we are all here to make it fun...

Thanks so much for documenting this, can't wait to try it when I open my Christmas present!

I updated to the latest Coby firmware, and just did this tutorial. google installed fine and is working, but the clockworkmod recovery does not stay it installs, and works but i have to install it every time i want to backup up or anything.

I don't think you have to install it every time, but you do have to start it from within Windows. I think it kinda bypasses the built in recovery without overwriting it. Hence the need to start it from Windows with the Kyros connected.

Ok i thought it replace built in recovery. then every thing worked fine. I am downloading the LONPAD rom I might give it a try, i think it will be in Chinese tho

exmortius wrote:I am downloading the LONPAD rom I might give it a try, i think it will be in Chinese tho

Yeah, please tell us how that works out. You can post it in the following thread:

LONPAD ROM REPLACEMENTS FOR MID7015-4G WITH MARKET

Thanks in advance!

Use this link

megaupload.com megaupload.comZLZ8095X

to get a modified Update.zip made by the guys over at xda-developers forums. The Coby Update.zip file will not work on our tablet since it was previously modified to get Market by the instructions in this thread.

If you used Jason Andreas' guide or my alternate terminal approach for getting Market before updating by Coby website these or equivalent approach will be necessary.

Upload the modified Update.zip from your computer to your SD card (use your long usb cable and external Mount procedure).

Using Terminal Emulator app I added earlier type from Coby's external keyboard (use a usb keyboard attached by the short usb cable):

su
(Accept Super User status if Dialog appears)
reboot recovery

Since we previously loaded ClockworkMod into recovery.img it will boot. Use the ClockworkMod screens to run the Update.zip. Use option install update.zip from sdcard.

The video over at Coby would not be correct for us since we are using ClockworkMod for recovery and they are using default recovery that 7015 comes with.

The modified Update.zip will fix the left/right issues and whatever else the Coby update does. It will also put the Terminal Emulator instruction reboot recovery to Coby default mode rather then ClockworkMod.

To reset reboot recovery to our ClockworkMod we need to rerun z4root to permanently reroot. This is necessary since we will need to reintall some of our earlier work to get Market to work again.

Run Terminal Emulator and type (this resets recovery to ClockworkMod:

su
(Accept Super User status if Dialog appears)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery

Follow eariler instructions from Jason to reload gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip from the ClockworkMod that it booted into. Note: it does not require us to run the Google wizard again. It also fixed the missing icons and broken short cuts that the Update.zip caused.

If you do not reload recovery with ClockworkMod the reboot recovery will lock up with Coby recovery screen. I did this first. Use a paperclip to reset. Follow the procedure above. After more reading over at xda-developers we have to reload ClockworkMod each time we want to use it. The Coby update changed the behavior of booting from recovery.

Edit: To make ClockworkMod stick do this fix from terminal emulator. I did this fix several days after the initial reload of gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip. I would launch into normal Home screen and power-off and resart my 7015 to be on the safe side.

su
(Accept Super User status if Dialog appears)
mv /system/etc/install-recovery.sh /system/etc/install-recovery.sh.bak
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery

From ClockworkMod Recovery (use the default option and press menu button)
- reboot system now

I know that the Hardware Button combination could be used in some of my steps above.

Since I had to reload recovery.img, It is better to use reboot recovery from Terminal Emulator in all of the steps. Since we are typing all the commands we know actually what will happen.

Jason use of adb from windows to load recovery.img would also work to restore ClockWorkMod.

What is important is getting the steps done, not how you do it. Do what is easiest for you.

Edit: See this thread if you want to use adb. Thanks to fun_ and Lawful123 over at xda-developers for creating, verifying and translate it to terminal for me.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9667127&postcount=311

Ok, first things first: you guys who took time out of your life to make this understandable for me (first timer), YOU ROCK, THANK YOU!

I followed the steps, used the instructions to modify the driver for XP (which worked like a dream on my Vista laptop) and installed the Gapps zip. I'd never seen the official Marketplace before and what a difference. Thank you all for sharing your brains.

2 questions if you'll indulge a newbie. (background info: I didn't wipe the device to before rooting and following the steps)

1. Is there a way to get rid of or at least disable the default Mail app that cam with the device, its useless to me now?
2. I see a bit of a performance hit on booting and other times. I have a huge inbox (20,000+ items). Could this be the cause, or could it be the fact that both Mail and Gmail are syncing at once (I know it could be many thing, but these seem to make the most sense to me)?

Hi,

Thanks for the Great info. I have a question. I got as far as installing the SDK and editing the android_winusb.inf file. In the device manager I dont see AndroidEclair, only see "Android Phone" listed, with android ADB interface underneath that. I can update the ADB drivers, but no other option under Android Phone. I did see the popup a while ago, when I first plugged it in, and ignored it(I chose not to ask again) as I currently plug it in, use the UBS drivers that pop up in the Kyros and mount the Internal/Externals to get to Windows Explorer. I have Vista, so I tried the XP USB Drivers with the android_winusb.inf, but no change. Is there something else I need to do.Can I just use the ADB instead?

Also, should I install the modified Update.zip now, before Iload the Recovery? I only ran the z4root, should I remove that, do the update, then reinstall?

Sorry for all the questions but I am just learning android and really need the advice!

Thanks

Questions are fine im working on the same thing but only on weekends oo ill go batty.Check .lschroeder thread's i think he said something to that effect hope this helps...

DPRaptor wrote: Also, should I install the modified Update.zip now, before Iload the Recovery? I only ran the z4root, should I remove that, do the update, then reinstall?

I did the update from Coby's web site first, then recovery, root, Android Market. I did have to do the XP workaround that lschroeder explained on the first page. Haven't tried it with Vista though. I would try it the unmodified file the way Jason explains it for Windows 7, then if that doesn't work try the XP workaround.

I am new to the android os, but i have rooted and installed cyanogenMod to my HTC Desire CDMA, Rooted and updated my Coby. So in my limited experience i would root and then do the recovery first then add the update and google app. i did the update first and am haveing a problem with the recovery not sticking. i can lode it via terminal and reboot into it, but on the next reboot it is gone. as for your vista drivers i would use PdaNetA242x64.exe (search google for it) I have win7 x64 and that worked for me. also uninstall any phone sync programs if you have any installed. I had HTC sync installed and could not get the drivers to work
Hope this helps.

exmortius wrote: i did the update first and am haveing a problem with the recovery not sticking. i can lode it via terminal and reboot into it, but on the next reboot it is gone.

I don't think it's meant to stick so as not to overwrite your existing recovery app. I could be wrong, but I believe the only way to use it is to boot from terminal.

DPRaptor, you also may want to check out this thread: Android ADB 32-bit USB Drivers for XP, Vista, 7

from reading other post I thought it did. It Does on my Phone. Can I get verification on this. I don't want to try to fix something that ant broke.

lschroeder:
"Since we previously loaded ClockworkMod into recovery.img it will boot. Use the ClockworkMod screens to run the Update.zip. Use option install update.zip from sdcard." Link to original post

Yeah, I don't know what to tell you buddy. You'll have to ask lschroeder or Jason Andreas if you can catch them.

Not sure what the question is?

Once we flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img then reboot recovery from terminal or using the hardware button combination will cause the recovery procedure to run ClockworkMod one time only (recovery.img is ClockworkMod). However once we install Coby's update.zip or modified update.zip, the install does the updates plus replaces ClockworkMod with the factory recovery program. Since it is one time only, it is necessary to rerun flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img every time we want to use it.

I installed Market before the update.zip from the Coby website was out. Therefore it was necessary for me to use the modified update.zip to work on my 7015 and fix the left/right issue plus whatever else it did. Once this was done, the modified update.zip broke Market and other things. To fix I had to reload Market.

If you did the original update.zip from Coby's webstite first to fix left/right and whatever else it did, then added Market by Jason or my original instructions you would be done.

The only thing different about the modified update.zip is that it eliminated some instructions that prevent the original update.zip from working on a 7015 that had the Market installed by Jason or my original instructions. The modification was to make update.zip work on our Market 7015 not to add any additional features. The instructions for using the modified updated.zip with a Market 7015 where given by me a few replies earlier.

Larry

ps

here are the changes to update.zip from the xda-developer forum (modified update.zip has these changes already incorporated in it):

"The changes are this simple.
\META-INF\com\google\android\update-script
Remove line #3 which is
assert getprop("ro.product.device") == "tcc8900" || getprop("ro.build.product") == "tcc8900"

\META-INF\com\google\android\updater-script
Remove line #2
assert(getprop("ro.product.device") == "tcc8900" ||
getprop("ro.build.product") == "tcc8900");"

I kind of figured that the updates from Coby would blow away some of the patches that we listed in on this forum. I have not ran the firmware updates from Coby's Website. Can you think of ANY reason why someone would want to do that??

Are you seeing any performance improvements by doing the firmware update??? I'm always leery doing factory firmware updates as they usually blow away a lot of the customizations that are done.

Yes there are changes with the firmware but you don't haft to do it just up to you.If you can find the thread with willarnold we discussed this quite abit there..

Does anyone know of a way to either modify the market place gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip install procedure or remove some of the bloat that comes with it ? I installed according to all the instructions and it worked great, but some of the apps don't work for me like voice search and Goggles is useless without the cam so I'd like to get rid of that too along with the amazon mp3 app and others.

Any help or hints appreciated greatly - it would be nice to get just market place and custom install only the wanted apps

Hello try to catch willyarnold he got a knack for this !!

I have been reading through both forums (XDA and here) and I can't find an answer to my issue. I have the same thing going on that Draptor has. I get the "Android Phone" listed, with android ADB instead of AndroidEclair. I have done the firmware update and I have rooted using z4root. I don't know what my next step would be since I don't see AndroidEclair in device manager.I want to see if someone can point me in the right direction. I'm not new to rooting. I was able to root my Htc hero and had no problem, but this is getting me a little confused. I think i must be missing something.

rockness77 wrote:I have been reading through both forums (XDA and here) and I can't find an answer to my issue. I have the same thing going on that Draptor has. I get the "Android Phone" listed, with android ADB instead of AndroidEclair. I have done the firmware update and I have rooted using z4root. I don't know what my next step would be since I don't see AndroidEclair in device manager.I want to see if someone can point me in the right direction. I'm not new to rooting. I was able to root my Htc hero and had no problem, but this is getting me a little confused. I think i must be missing something.

Take a look at IV by lschroeder. I didn't use a PC but instead used terminal. Here is a bit from his post on the first page ... instead of using a usb keyboard I just clicked on menu while in terminal, and then selected soft keyboard and typed it in that way. So you can issue the same commands directly through terminal instead of adb shell.

IV. Use a Terminal app from Kyros.

a. connect up your usb keyboard to your Kyros.

b. Open AppsLib, press the search hour glass icon, and type Terminal Emulator and press Search. Use the arrows key on keyboard to scroll down until you find Terminal Emulator by Jack Palevich. Install it. Close AppsLib.

c. Run Terminal Emulator. From the usb keyboard:

type su followed by a return
type flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img followed by a return
type reboot recovery followed by a return

So before I update the driver I should flash the recovery image? Then I will see Android Eclair in the device manager. Just checking.

Yes this should work.

Received new Coby today - fron HSN - first time using appslib so I'm not sure how this ought to behave...I try to download file manager from appslib, select file, error message displays "Sorry! The application Appslib (process.com.appslib.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." Opetion to "force close" Appslib returns me back to my file manager search... What's up with this? Is there a setting that's causing the problem? Thanks.

SOLORIDER wrote:Received new Coby today - fron HSN - first time using appslib so I'm not sure how this ought to behave...I try to download file manager from appslib, select file, error message displays "Sorry! The application Appslib (process.com.appslib.vending) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again." Opetion to "force close" Appslib returns me back to my file manager search... What's up with this? Is there a setting that's causing the problem? Thanks.

Might be in the wifi setup i thing i had the same prob then it starting working!Hope that helps

thanks, I have connection to my wifi - doesn't seem to be other settings. I disconnected, reconnected, launched appslib, located file manager, attempted to install same error message.

I followed the instructions and I am able to get into clockwork and do a back up. I can then restart and everything is fine until I go to try and Install the Android market. Once it reboots I only get the triangle with the exclamation point with the little android standing next to it. I'm not sure why I cant boot into clockwork now. Any suggestions?

rockness77 wrote:I followed the instructions and I am able to get into clockwork and do a back up. I can then restart and everything is fine until I go to try and Install the Android market. Once it reboots I only get the triangle with the exclamation point with the little android standing next to it. I'm not sure why I cant boot into clockwork now. Any suggestions?

Two methods to solve your problem:

1. See the Edit: at the end of this

post

2. If you want to use adb to unstick and reason why clockworkmod does no stick after installing update.zip read the post immediately below the above link and click the link to the xda-developers forum found there. By the way users over at xda do say that this adb technique works.

Is it better to have clockwork stick or issue it from the terminal each time ? Not sure why I wouldn't want it to stick but just checking...

does anyone know if this method will work on the mid 7005, or will the differences is chip sets/build parts cause problems...also other than price are case stylings are there other noticeable differences that would make a person choose one over the other (mid7015 vs. mid7005) i like the looks of the 7005 and its full size sd card slot better but i haven't been able to handle eitherof them and the 7005 is about $20 more here than the 7015 is...Which is built better....which can be rooted easiest

So, this might be a dumb question but....is there a new Rom for the Kyros 7015? Or is ADW launcher the only real change from the existing rom? The reason I ask is I am struggling with the decision to buy the Kyros or the color Nook which now has root and potentially many devs focusing on it. Kyros is resistive but I have it on backorder for $149. Color nook is capacitive but (OUCH) $249. Any input would be appreciated.. Thanks

Thanks everyone for the help. I got clockwork to stick and I was able to install the market. :-)

Hey that's great! We're happy for ya!

Hi everyone, first time poster here, I apologize in advance for any goof-ups. Anyway, I am very new to rooting and I have tried my darndest to follow the steps in this thread, but I have run into a problem. I downloaded all of this:

2. Download and unzip the android-sdk-r07-windows.zip file to the C: drive on your computer.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html

3. Go to the android-sdk-windows folder that you unzipped


Except I could only find r08 instead of r07 and when I was done with everything there was no usb folder anywhere? Anyone know where this folder is located? Thanks in advance for any help you can provide

Whoops, I failed already, here is the part that I am having trouble with:

4. Launch SDKManager.exe


5. Under choose which package to install, click accept all. As a part of what it is downloading, it will download the Android USB drivers. This part will probably take like 30 minutes or more to complete.


6. Once the download is done, close the SDK Manager.


7. You should now see a folder called usb_driver. Open that folder.


8. You will see a file called android_winusb.inf. Open that file in notepad.


I simply cannot find the folder for step 7.

Hello everyone, I am new to this forum and to android, i just received my coby tablet and I really like it. I wanted to add the app market to add kindle to this tablet. I followed all the instructions at the beginning and had no problems, that is until i was trying to add the market place. I think I made a mistake of doing the Coby firmware update first. Now, when I try to reboot recovery to run gapps-passion-EPE54B-signed.zip the tablet goes straight to a screen with a triangle and exclamation in it with a android robot next to it, it will not go into clockwork recovery. How can I work around this to get market on this tablet?? I apologize if it was mentioned already, I read through everything here so far and maybe I missed it but if one of you could help me I would really appreciate it..All I want is to add Kindle to this device...

***edit***

I see Ischroeder comments on page two to rockness77 about similar sounding issue however I want to be clear before I try to follow those instructions... Do I download the megaupload file and add that to the root of the sd card? If so, do I remove/replace the previous "update" file from the sd card and then flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img? Last thing I want to do is damage this tablet, so again, I apologize for not being more familiar with android but this is all new to me.

primeauto1 wrote:Whoops, I failed already, here is the part that I am having trouble with:

4. Launch SDKManager.exe


5. Under choose which package to install, click accept all. As a part of what it is downloading, it will download the Android USB drivers. This part will probably take like 30 minutes or more to complete.


6. Once the download is done, close the SDK Manager.


7. You should now see a folder called usb_driver. Open that folder.


8. You will see a file called android_winusb.inf. Open that file in notepad.


I simply cannot find the folder for step 7.

I ran into this also, It may be listed as "google-usb_driver" the folder in #7 did not install for me when i selected all, i had to go back into sdk manager and look under "available packages" and select all there to install before the folder i mentioned popped up. I was able to do all the instructions up to trying to add the app market...I hope I can get some help with that.

Thanks for the help jport1975, I did get a little further, but not I am stuck here:

3. Open the Command Prompt in windows (cmd.exe)


4. Go to the android-sdk-windows\tools folder. Since I placed the android-sdk-windows folder on the root of my c drive, I typed cd\android-sdk-windows\tools and pressed enter.


5. Type adb shell and press enter.


It seems that I do not have the adb shell in my tools folder?!