Which Rom for 7" Panimage Novel Tablet

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Hello, I have a 7" Panimage Multimedia novel tablet which I purchased about 2 weeks ago which is running Android 1.6.

I am looking into rooting the device and upgrading to a better version of android so that the device will run faster.

The following is the information I got from the settings area "About device"

Model Number: PD_Novel
Firmware Version: SH20_20110302_K_PD_INX7E_ENG_6410POP
Kernel Version: 2.6.29
Build Number: PD_Novel 2011.03.02

Could someone tell me what version of the ROM I should use to update
my tablet.

Also, is there a way to get a version of su so that I can su directly to root
allowing me to change the permissions of all the directories and files on the
system without having to upgrade the android operating system by reinstalling
with a new version of ROM. Is there any application which can change all the
file permissions of all files & directories so that the files can then be updated and viewed by the app_37 user which is what I am when I power up the tablet?

Thanks for your help.

 

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Hello:

I was able finally to get the SU command to work from my panimage tablet,
by recompiling it using an cross-compiler for android under linux with the following command: arm-none-linux-gnueabi-gcc -o su -static su.c

Please note the website for tips for using the android crosscompiler is at:
http://android-tricks.blogspot.com/2009/02/hello-world-in-c-on-android.html

The modifed SU source is below, and I modifed the original su command source so that it does not look at the userid, but simply changes the uid and gid of the user to root before issuing an call to the sh shell. (Highlighted in Red)

#define LOG_TAG "su"
#include <stdio.h>
#include <unistd.h>

int main(int argc, char **argv)
{ struct passwd *pw;
int uid, gid, myuid;

uid = gid = 0;

if(setgid(gid) || setuid(uid)) {
fprintf(stderr,"su: permission denied\n");
return 1; }

/* Default exec shell. */
execlp("/system/bin/sh", "sh", NULL);

fprintf(stderr, "su: exec failed\n");
return 1;
}

Please note the original web site which I was looking at to modify the SU command :http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic_Root_Access

The problem was with the terminal emulator I was using which for some reason
hung when I executed the new compiled SU command.

Once I installed the Better_Terminal_Emulator_Pro_v3.40.apk , the new su command worked fine, and gave me root access using the recomiled version of SU below.

I thought everyone should know about the terminal emulator problem, in case someone else has similar problems.

This saves me from having to update the android system!!

Cheers!

Tom

 

[andrii]

If it is Pandigital Novel check SlateDroid forum corresponding section. There is A LOT of useful info there including ROMs..

Sent from my V9 using Android Tablet Forum

 

[jasandalb]

Hey...I am a noob here... I have the Pandigital Multimedia Novel 7"... can I hack this to run like a full android tablet?
Can anyone help. I am kinda computer literate...but need help. thanks