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Weneakhborz

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Jun 1, 2011
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Hello every one.

My name is Mohammad and I come with a ton of quistions,so please bare with me.

i will do some full on reading as much as i can before asking.

I am using android for the first time,so i don't even know the ABCs of it.:)

any ways,looks like a nice place around here.

looking forward to make the best of this.

thanks in advance.

Mohammad
 
Hey, Welcome to Android Forums Weneakhborz. You will be amazed at the amount of information and friendly people here. If you haven't already, you can follow this link to a page listing all the different android devices. By clicking on your device, you will find all sorts of things about your device. http://androidforums.com/

Have fun and again.. welcome aboard
 
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Hey, Welcome to Android Forums Weneakhborz. You will be amazed at the amount of information and friendly people here. If you haven't already, you can follow this link to a page listing all the different android devices. By clicking on your device, you will find all sorts of things about your device. http://androidforums.com/

Have fun and again.. welcome aboard


thanks ,man.

yeah i can see the friendly atmosphere.very cool.

I will,thank a lot.!
 
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Hello

thanks alot.

well it is a tablet i got from "China". but no make or brand on it so i actually don't know. :(

is there any kind of way to locate the serial number and google it and see if you can get some info on it?

lunatic,thanks,mate.

Glad to find a nice Forum such as this one.

thumbs up for you Guys.


Thanks!!!
 
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does it mean i am running Android 1 ,not 2.2 as i was told?

Go to menu>settings>about device and see what it says there. I have a Chinese made tablet, too and under Firmware it says v.1.01 but under Build Number it says Android 2.1 I think because to the Google Licensing they label things a little differently
 
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Go to menu>settings>about device and see what it says there. I have a Chinese made tablet, too and under Firmware it says v.1.01 but under Build Number it says Android 2.1 I think because to the Google Licensing they label things a little differently


it says 2.2 20110325

kernel version: 2.632.9

the main thing i want is the Support of Arabic language.or mainly RTL languages.


and if it is android 1 i want it to update to a newer version.

is there a version that already supports arabic that i can upgrade to and get done with it??
 
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any help about the RTL?

Sorry, I did look this up and was going to reply but got called away.

It appears that officially it's in the works. You can read about it here.

Unofficially, you can get Arabic support, but it will require flashing a custom rom. This is what I found out.

I can not vouch for either of these in terms of accuracy or effectiveness since I haven't tried either. It's pretty much at your own risk.
 
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Sorry, I did look this up and was going to reply but got called away.

It appears that officially it's in the works. You can read about it here.

Unofficially, you can get Arabic support, but it will require flashing a custom rom. This is what I found out.

I can not vouch for either of these in terms of accuracy or effectiveness since I haven't tried either. It's pretty much at your own risk.

sorry to annoy ,mate.
but i really need this help.so,thank you very much.

yeah i have seen those,but didn't understand what to do.

now as you said 'flashing a custom ROM"

i have searched for flashing , ROM and root as they seem to be the Key words for my case,but....

can some one make a little clarification for me?if it is not much to ask for!
 
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sorry to annoy ,mate.
but i really need this help.so,thank you very much.

yeah i have seen those,but didn't understand what to do.

now as you said 'flashing a custom ROM"

i have searched for flashing , ROM and root as they seem to be the Key words for my case,but....

can some one make a little clarification for me?if it is not much to ask for!

Not a problem.

When you get an Android device the operating system is installed and configured for that device. It is designed to allow you to do many things but restricts access tot he system files to keep inexperienced users from rendering it inoperable and for malicious software to be able to alter the system. (There are more reasons, but those are the basics.)

When you gain root access, it is gaining administrative privileges over the entire file system. At that point you can do anything you want.

Flashing a custom rom is replacing the device's operating system with another that has been packaged into a "read only memory" (rom) file. Flashing refers to overwriting the device's system memory, usually with a utility like ClockWork Recovery.

Every device has a procedure to put it into a mode where files can be written to it while the OS is not running, thus being able to replace one OS for another.

The procedure usually goes something like this:

1. Download some files to a computer and copy them to a SD card. You may be required to create a special bootable SD card using a utility that put a complete partition image on removable storage like WinImage

2. Put the SD card in the device and boot the device into recovery mode by holding down a special key combination while pressing the power button.

3. Apply the downloaded files to the device using the menu of the recovery program.

That is usually enough to get a device updated.

As to what the procedure is for your specific device and which custom packaged OS will work with it, you'll have to check with those who have already done it (as provided in the links)
 
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in case of Bricking,what can be done?

There are some devices that present a "bricked" appearance, but can usually be flashed back to stock. There are also situations where it is impossible to do anything with it making it as useful as a brick. There's no telling which one you have.

If it is truly bricked, the options are to send it back to the manufacturer who *may* be able to fix it, or sit there and wonder what you can do with a $100 brick.
 
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