Killed my Icarus Illumia E653 Pearl

timeslip1974 · 08-01-2016, 03:17 AM

Hi everyone, like many others i seemed to have killed my Icarus by flashing it needlessly. Used the update file in the android developers corner which killed all touchscreen controls. Got an offical update.zip from Icarus but cant press the screen to enable the update. Tried Various Boyue firmwares flashing through RC batch tool but still no touchscreen.....

After reading the forums for hours I see someone was able to flash the boot.img from the update.zip which fixed it, but i cant seem to do that thro the RC batch tool so.....

please please please could anyone either provide the original system image or advise how to flash the boot.img ?

Great thanks in advance!

timeslip1974 · 08-01-2016, 04:27 AM

an update, ive managed to get the touchscreen working by flashing firmware for T61C however when trying to then flash the icarus illumina firmware i end up with the android with a ! and rebooting into a bootloop - Anyone have any ideas?

iterati · 08-01-2016, 05:14 AM

First, it's not possible to brick those devices by flashing a firmware.

You can find firmware for all Boyue devices, https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=265289 Latest is the 160620 one. There is firmware for T61C if that is your model.

You have to flash through a computer obviously, see http://radxa.com/Rock/flash_the_image

I use both upgrade_tool and rkflashtool on Linux (I don't use Windows at all), both work fine.

timeslip1974 · 08-01-2016, 05:41 AM

thanks for that, its now kinda working, just running with Boyue t61 firmware as opposed to the correct iccarus firmware. Everytime i try to update using that it dies in the update process

timeslip1974 · 08-02-2016, 10:05 AM

Got Icarus to send me Firmware which ive updated and killed the system dead again! back to the Boyue t61 firmware again for me then - to be fair aside from a few chinese characters here and there is exactly the same anyways

nhedgehog · 08-02-2016, 10:42 AM

Use FOV's C67 adaptation for T61C pearl.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=129

FOV · 08-02-2016, 11:19 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by nhedgehog

Use FOV's C67 adaptation for T61C pearl.
https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=129

Gonyx under T61C I did not spread, but gather it can, but later.

nhedgehog · 08-02-2016, 01:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by FOV

Gonyx under T61C I did not spread, but gather it can, but later.

I know but You still have v.1.7.4 online which should be sufficient for a first test.

FOV · 08-02-2016, 03:08 PM

I agree, let him try version 1.7.4 and then I forgot what I was doing for this device ...

timeslip1974 · 08-03-2016, 10:04 AM

Ideal! whats the difference between that and the original firmware ?

nhedgehog · 08-03-2016, 10:07 AM

https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=265289

timeslip1974 · 08-03-2016, 10:42 AM

thats great, im concerned flashing that will end up bringing back to the initial problem of the touchscreen not working after the flash however!

nhedgehog · 08-03-2016, 10:57 AM

This problem was related to a wrong firmware.
I know of two different Icarus Illumia E653 devices, one with carta screen and one with pearl screen. Flashing the carta ROM on the pearl device and vice versa is creating touchscreen problems. The ROM from FOV I saw is for the pearl device.
But flashing the wrong FOV ROM shouldn't be a problem, since ADB and Root are activated in the ROM. So booting into bootloader( adb reboot-bootloader ) should work in case something goes wrong and you don't know the key combination on the device to boot in bootloader mode.

timeslip1974 · 08-04-2016, 12:30 PM

Updated to that Rom, works like a charm and markedly different to the rest! thanks!

08-01-2016, 03:17 AM	#1
timeslip1974 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 475456 Join Date: May 2013 Device: android	Killed my Icarus Illumia E653 Pearl Hi everyone, like many others i seemed to have killed my Icarus by flashing it needlessly. Used the update file in the android developers corner which killed all touchscreen controls. Got an offical update.zip from Icarus but cant press the screen to enable the update. Tried Various Boyue firmwares flashing through RC batch tool but still no touchscreen..... After reading the forums for hours I see someone was able to flash the boot.img from the update.zip which fixed it, but i cant seem to do that thro the RC batch tool so..... please please please could anyone either provide the original system image or advise how to flash the boot.img ? Great thanks in advance!

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08-01-2016, 04:27 AM	#2
timeslip1974 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 475456 Join Date: May 2013 Device: android	an update, ive managed to get the touchscreen working by flashing firmware for T61C however when trying to then flash the icarus illumina firmware i end up with the android with a ! and rebooting into a bootloop - Anyone have any ideas?

08-01-2016, 05:14 AM	#3
iterati Zealot Posts: 100 Karma: 170 Join Date: May 2008 Location: Greece Device: Hanlin V3, RCA REB1100, iPaq 214	First, it's not possible to brick those devices by flashing a firmware. You can find firmware for all Boyue devices, https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=265289 Latest is the 160620 one. There is firmware for T61C if that is your model. You have to flash through a computer obviously, see http://radxa.com/Rock/flash_the_image I use both upgrade_tool and rkflashtool on Linux (I don't use Windows at all), both work fine.

08-01-2016, 05:41 AM	#4
timeslip1974 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 475456 Join Date: May 2013 Device: android	thanks for that, its now kinda working, just running with Boyue t61 firmware as opposed to the correct iccarus firmware. Everytime i try to update using that it dies in the update process

08-02-2016, 10:05 AM	#5
timeslip1974 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 475456 Join Date: May 2013 Device: android	Got Icarus to send me Firmware which ive updated and killed the system dead again! back to the Boyue t61 firmware again for me then - to be fair aside from a few chinese characters here and there is exactly the same anyways

08-02-2016, 10:42 AM	#6
nhedgehog Guru Posts: 813 Karma: 628976 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: EnergySistemEreaderPro, Nook STG, Pocketbook 622, Bookeen Cybooks ...	Use FOV's C67 adaptation for T61C pearl. https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...&postcount=129

08-02-2016, 03:08 PM	#9
FOV Connoisseur Posts: 79 Karma: 480874 Join Date: Jan 2015 Device: MagicBook A6LHD	I agree, let him try version 1.7.4 and then I forgot what I was doing for this device ...

08-03-2016, 10:04 AM	#10
timeslip1974 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 475456 Join Date: May 2013 Device: android	Ideal! whats the difference between that and the original firmware ?

08-03-2016, 10:07 AM	#11
nhedgehog Guru Posts: 813 Karma: 628976 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: EnergySistemEreaderPro, Nook STG, Pocketbook 622, Bookeen Cybooks ...	https://www.mobileread.com/forums/sho...d.php?t=265289

08-03-2016, 10:42 AM	#12
timeslip1974 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 475456 Join Date: May 2013 Device: android	thats great, im concerned flashing that will end up bringing back to the initial problem of the touchscreen not working after the flash however!

08-03-2016, 10:57 AM	#13
nhedgehog Guru Posts: 813 Karma: 628976 Join Date: Sep 2013 Device: EnergySistemEreaderPro, Nook STG, Pocketbook 622, Bookeen Cybooks ...	This problem was related to a wrong firmware. I know of two different Icarus Illumia E653 devices, one with carta screen and one with pearl screen. Flashing the carta ROM on the pearl device and vice versa is creating touchscreen problems. The ROM from FOV I saw is for the pearl device. But flashing the wrong FOV ROM shouldn't be a problem, since ADB and Root are activated in the ROM. So booting into bootloader( adb reboot-bootloader ) should work in case something goes wrong and you don't know the key combination on the device to boot in bootloader mode.

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08-04-2016, 12:30 PM	#14
timeslip1974 Member Posts: 14 Karma: 475456 Join Date: May 2013 Device: android	Updated to that Rom, works like a charm and markedly different to the rest! thanks!