Guest Micronics Posted January 16, 2011 Report Share Posted January 16, 2011 (edited) I've written a small document to help others update their Advent Vega easy and quick It took me all night till 3:00 am to get this working due to some lame USB issues. If you have the same, just follow this complete guide and you will succeed. This will save you valuable time. Tested on: Windows 7 32bit and 64 bit and WindowsXP Pro 32bit Virtual Machine Any remarks to make it better are, off course, very welcome! Enjoy. Attached Document Contains: Advent Vega Updating Firmware and Installing MoDaCo ROM add-on via Windows PC You need the Following items to proceed Hardware: The Advent Vega, with power adapter on power, loading device. The accompanying USBA-USBA cable Machine running Windows XP, Windows 7 32 bit and Windows 7 64 bit tested Software: The Advent Vega USB Recovery Driver http://www.myadventvega.co.uk/SystemUSB.zip The Advent Vega Firmware http://www.myadventvega.co.uk/softwareImag..._Vega_Final.exe MoDaCo Add On from http://android.modaco.com/content/advent-v...online-kitchen/ USBDeview if you have trouble detecting the Device Download: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip More info: http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html Updating to the 1.06_05 Firmware Attach the device to the Windows System with the USBA-USBA cable Make sure you are powering the device, loading it and has more than 20% battery Enter Recovery Mode Powering off the device By holding Power for 6 seconds Hold Back for 2 Seconds Hold Power for 2 Seconds, While holding Back Release Power, While holding Back for Two Seconds Release Back The PC Detects the device in Recovery Mode You hear the detection Sound If quickly followed by detach sound Make sure you are powering the device, loading it and has more than 20% battery Install Recovery Device Driver Use Device Manager to install updated Vega driver for APX Device Left click APX in Device Manager Update Driver Software… Browse to Advent Vega SystemUSB Driver Directory The updated driver will present the device as an Universal Serial Bus Controller-> NVIDIA USB Boot-recovery driver for Mobile devices Update Firmware Run softwareImage_v1.06_05_Vega_Final.exe as Administrator Sit back and let the device update Takes just a couple of minutes Wait until Press Enter appears Power off the device By holding Power for 6 seconds Start up again, Normal Booting… By holding Power for 2 seconds Adding the MoDaCo package Okay, You’ve come this far, now let’s re-install Adobe Flash and add Google’s Android Market to the device. Unzip Firmware Add-On r6-vega-modacocustomromaddon-smallbar-signed.zip or Custom Unzip Additional Firmware Add-On USB-Driver from MoDaCo Package usbdriver\r1-tegrausbdrivers-modaco.zip Attach the device to the Windows System with the USBA-USBA cable Make sure you are powering the device, loading it and has more than 20% battery Turn the device on as you normally do By holding Power for 2 seconds Enable USB Debugging Set Settings->Applications->Development->USB debugging to Checkmark Use Device Manager to install driver for USB Device Normally the device is detected as Unknown or nVidia Harmony Left click this USB Device Update Device Driver Browse to MoDaCo nVidia usb_driver Finish installing the MoDaCo nVidia usb Device drivers It will install an Android Phone->Android Composite ADB Interface If you don’t have the USB Device, go to Troubleshooting USB Device Recognition Browse to the Firmware Add-On package and run install-windows.bat Sit back and let the device update and reboot Takes just a couple of minutes Activate Adobe Flash If Flash still isn’t working you can use iFileManager to re-install it from the device. Just use iFileManager on the device to go to /system/etc/shuttle_priv and click on the Flash****APK file to install Troubleshooting USB Device Recognition If you have troubles with your system detecting the Advent Vega on USB make sure you have the Device on Power, Loading, Powered On and USB Debugging Enabled. If you are still unable to find any APX/nVidia device associated with the Advent Vega use USB Devices View from Nirsoft, also known as USBDeview. It can be found on http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usb_devices_view.html. Download via http://www.nirsoft.net/utils/usbdeview.zip Removing Misconfigured USB Drivers No need to install, just download USBDeview and run it as Administrator Disconnect USBA Vega Sort on VendorID Column, and select all 0955 vendor devices: I had 0955:7100 (3 times) and 0955:7820 (once) Rightclick and select Uninstall Selected Devices Restart USBDeview to check if they are gone Close USBDeview again Reinstall correct Vega Drivers from MoDaCo Attach the device to the Windows System with the USBA-USBA cable Make sure you are powering the device, loading it and has more than 20% battery Goto the Device Manager Press Scan for Hardware Changes Button from the Button Menu Device(s) should Install as an Android Phone->Android Composite ADB Interface Note Use Advent Vega Driver for APX device if Vega is in Recovery Mode. Use MoDaCo Firmware Patch Drivers if Vega is in USB Debugging Mode. If you would like to show your appreciation for the ROM, please consider supporting MoDaCo by signing up for a MoDaCo Ad Free or MoDaCo Plus account, both of which also give you early access to Beta releases and access to the the online kitchens.Advent_Vega_Updating_Firmware_and_Installing_MoDaCo_ROM_add_on.doc Edited January 16, 2011 by Micronics Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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