MT6580 Tablet – Help Needed Please!

[Linux User]

hi Guys,

I have a MT6580 tablet which I bought from China; tldr its fake ware os on it and I need a clean os to make this usable.

It is 1280×800 resolution and everything else seems standard.

Would in theory any MT6580 ROM work with this device ?

Is it easy to modify ROMs(I am a pro programmer), if I cant just use one ?

Or is there a ROM already I can use which is tailored to this/maybe someone else has had same kind of device they want flashed?

Thanks for your time guys, I am new to Android ecosystem any help would be appreciated.

Gavin

[Siba]

Hi @gavin_burns

Can you give more information of the tablet such as the following details:
– Chipset
– RAM
– Internal storage
– Camera (Front and back)
– 3G or LTE or Wifi only
etc.

Lets see if there are some ROMs available for this device!

[Linux User]

One problem is that the OS has been hacked to give a fake report about the RAM/screen res etc so its difficult to be 100% sure on this, but my experiments show:

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MT6580 SOC: I dont know where to find more info on the chipset or what other info is needed; im running CPU info

1280×800 Screen Resolution

1GB RAM – Just by experimenting – system reports differently(hacked os)

16GB storage is my best guess.  The storage is reported wrongly by hacked OS.  I have access to about 10GB before device stops accepting data.

Camera Front:3120×4160
Camera Rear:1920×2560
This is based upon images I captured.
Camera I never use and dont care about unless it is important for build to work.

Wifi, 3G and Bluetooth.  I doubt it has anything more sophisticated.

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One of my biggest concerns is in case something more nasty than just faked numbers is lurking in this OS.  For me to use this tablet a lot of mission critical info needs to be on it and if it gets stolen that will be a disaster.

Any help getting a ROM for this would be great; I dont necessarily need everything working, just screen+sound+wifi on a clean os would be a big step up.

*I already have root on the device, just need the ROM

Thanks for all your help guys, @siba especially

Gavin

[Linux User]

IF I installed a generic MT6580 ROM for another device would it work? Would the OS be smart enough to work out screen size etc?

I would guess device drivers would be similar if its the same chipset also?

Is there a real difference between these builds for MT6580 phones and this tablet ?

How would one go about creating a new build if these differences are critical?

Gavin

[Siba]

You can try some ROM made for MT6580 on your device.

But make sure you keep a backup of all of the partitions on your device. THIS IS IMPORTANT.
Even if something does not work, you can flash the backup and get back to the original state.

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