roberto from spain has made a modified Qi bootloader for the SmartQ 5 MID that can boot from the external SD card, as a convenient way of developping or testing OS, or for system rescue purposes in case of internal flash corruption. This is the bootloader operation:
Bad improvment:
1. remove of cursor
i used to the cursor,without cursor, i don’t know if the touch screen is correct ?
http://www.jiongtang.com/fourm/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=749
2. can’t open file manager with root
there was a option in tool menu ,which allows us to open file manager in root account , it is convenient for us to change configuration and install deb.when i updated to 3.0 , i found it doesn’t work anymore
solution:
1. menu -> evilvte
2. type sudo touch ~/.Xauthority && sudo chown $LOGNAME ~/.Xauthority && chmod 775 ~/.Xauthority
3. reboot
3. i don’t like the new wallpaper, although i like prision break
solution:
1.enter /usr/share/lxde/wallpapers
2. -> tool menu -> open current folder as root
3. copy picture here and cover the original one
4. can’t save the configuration after reboot
5. the keyboard often pops up automaticly
select language chinese/english
improvement of wifi manager
when select connect , it will judge the type of encryption automatic , and then pop up a window to let you enter password
add evilvte shortcut to menu
add feed reader in the menu
new preferences menu
new keyboard
still has problem with excel software
FEED reader
change the wallpaper if you don’t like it
improvment:
* An additional feature of the Bluetooth dial-up wizard to simplify the Bluetooth dial-up steps
* An increase of the Bluetooth dial-up equipment for the network card or USB auto-detection feature
* An increase of CDMA network dial-up options
* An additional finger keyboard and automatic / manual switching functions of the pop-up keyboard
* Increase in online video browser can not find access to tips and video tips
* An increase of off-line RSS reader
* Added interface to support English
* To improve the system start-up speed
* Power management interface to increase the use of the distinction between the different settings of
* WLAN connectivity simplifies the steps to automatically prompted to enter password
* Optimization of the wireless network connection status indicates that an increase of the interface is to start WiFi setup tips
* Amendments to the MPD / Sonata in dealing with non-standard Chinese ID3 Tags when the issue will be garbled
* Fixed when looking at e-books will click into the touch screen but the problem of automatic sleep
* Amendments to the screen after the system hang may occur on the problem of blur
* Close the browser’s address bar, complete function, so as not to affect entry address
* Will be built Sonata as music player, in addition to built-in player audacious
* In addition to the mouse pointer (by modifying the configuration files can be resumed)
1.download SDUpdateToolV1.1
2.decompress the file and install it , then you will see the shortcut on the desktop
3. click
4. select product type: SmartQ5/SmartQ7
5.select drive of SD card
6.select SD card type: SD/SDHC
7. click
8. download newest firmware and copy it to your sd card
9.click “+” and power button to update your device.
now let me show you how to extract ,edit ,and create image for SmartQ5 and SmartQ7
1. download SmartQ5Extractor2.4
2. decompress the file
3. click SmartQ5Extractor
4.extract the image
select the image and directory to save files
5.create or update image
SmartQ5 Package and accessory ,software , tips and guides
The new firmware will add a software named Conola 2 , with the Conola 2 Q5 will become a MP4 .
The Conola 2 UI:
The WINCE image based in WINCE 6.0, it must be installed in SD card . when you turn on the Q5 , you can select the system like windows’ boot menu.
Conola 2 on Q7
[from zhiqi fans]
At the end of this month , zhiqi will publish offical wince 6.0 firmware .
it will be installed in the SD card , so you can have two systems , original one inside the device ,and wince inside the SD card. the wince includes LBE Game Assist(GAPI) special designed for Q5/Q7,which can support most PPC,Dos,game .
here’re videos of LBE for meizu M8:
LBE run on smartq5
