when I update the latest batch of links, which may be 2.0 firmware to slatedroid mercury RC, I now get an annoying overlay "demo version has expired" a bit of google shows this is happening to others, I'll try to figure out what's going on.
Try to log the tablets on the network for few minutes, and reboot after.
If that's not working, check this thread:
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Just squeeze the top bezel into the case a little more where the sdcard is and you should be able to remove it.
As I understand reading slatedroid forums, the tablet tried to "phone
home" a company in china to validate if the hardware is legit (by
sending the mac address of the wifi adapter)
If it is, the banner should disappear.
Try to log the tablets on the network for few minutes, and reboot after.
If that's not working, check this thread:
http://www.slatedroid.com/eken-m001-modding/1725-explanation-demo-purpose-only-also-eken-phones-home-4.html
I do remember reading that it can be blocked and IIRC it was on
Projectgus's blog - need to check that part.
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Do you have this problem with Mercury only or with other firmwares as
well?
Not sure about the rest of you, but I'm not wild about having an
"open" tablet that is phoning home to china or anywhere else.
Not only that, what happens when one day the server in China is
unplugged, and the tablet tries to "phone home" but the server is not
there, and thus users are left with "bricked" devices displaying a nag
screen continuously on screen?.
> Dusting off the tinfoil hat, what keeps someone nefarious from
> uploading an awesome android firmware with a few extra bells and
> whistles and bug fixes, but with a keylogger and other unexpected
> additions? :(
A totally valid concern.
FC
Here's the article from projectgus.com about the "Phone Home" stuff. http://projectgus.com/2010/07/eken-m001-phone-home/It seems the actual phone home is occuring via libui which according to the thread over at slatedroid people have had luck replacing with earlier versions from wondermedia firmwares to fix the problem. With that being the case if we can compile it from AOSP we should be able to just drop in the replacement to resolve the issue.
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