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Identification

Onda V972
Manufacturer	Onda
Dimensions	242.0mm x 187.5mm x 9.8mm
Release Date	5 December 2012
Website	V972 Product page
Specifications
SoC	A31 @ 1.0Ghz
DRAM	2GiB DDR3 @ xxxMHz
NAND	16GB
Power	DC 5V @ xA, 8000mAh 3.7V Li-Poly battery
Features
LCD	2048x1536 (9.7" 4:3 IPS retina-class 264ppi)
Touchscreen	10-finger capacitive (Manufacturer device)
Video	HDMI (Type C - mini)
Audio	3.5mm headphone plug, HDMI, internal speaker, internal microphone
Network	WiFi 802.11 b/g/n (Manufacturer device)
Storage	µSD
USB	1 µUSB OTG
Camera	2.0MP (?x?) front, 5.0MP (?x?) rear
Other	Accelerometer (Manufacturer device)

This section explains how to most easily identify your device. For a development board, explain the name(s) printed on the board. For an android device, find out the strings as reported under settings.

On the back of the device, the following is printed:

Manufacturer Marketing Name
ModelNumber

The PCB has the following silkscreened on it:

LIA-BB-V6.66
1970-01-01

In android, under Settings->About Tablet, you will find:

Model Number: DEVICE
Build Number: SOC_BOARD_DEVICE_*.*

Sunxi support

Current status

Give a brief overview of the current status of support under sunxi here.

Images

Optional. Add MANUFACTURER DEVICE specific sunxi ROM images here. E.g. a livesuit image or some other linux image which uses linux-sunxi code. Do not put non-sunxi images here, they should live under See also. If no sunxi based images are available, this section can be removed.

HW-Pack

Optional. Add MANUFACTURER DEVICE sunxi HW-pack specifics here. When empty, this section can be removed.

BSP

SDK_build_howto_A31 - SDK build howto (generic)

Manual build

You can build things for yourself by following our Manual build howto and by choosing from the configurations available below.

U-Boot

Sunxi/Legacy U-Boot

Use the MANUFACTURER_DEVICE build target.

Mainline U-Boot

Use the MANUFACTURER_DEVICE build target.

Linux Kernel

Sunxi/Legacy Kernel

Use the MANUFACTURER_DEVICE.fex file.

Mainline kernel

Use the FAMILY-CHIP-DEVICE.dtb device-tree binary.

Tips, Tricks, Caveats

Add MANUFACTURER DEVICE specific tips, tricks, Caveats and nice to have changes here.

FEL mode

The something button triggers FEL mode.

Device specific topic

If there are no further device specific topics to add, remove these sections.

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Adding a serial port (voids warranty)

DEVICE UART pads

This section explains how to attach a serial port to the device. Make sure it refers to our UART howto. For a development board, you can just mention how to find the header with the pins and include a picture, and you can remove the warranty voiding warning.

Device disassembly

To open remove 4 tiny screws on the bezel and lift alu backplate. There are some plastic tabs keeping it in place, Plastic tool howto might come handy.

Locating the UART

Describe how to find the RX,TX,GND signals here, and mention the UART howto.

Pictures

Take some pictures of your device, upload them, and add them here. DO NOT UPLOAD PICTURES WHICH YOU PLUCKED OFF THE INTERNET.

Also known as

List rebadged devices here.

Variants/clones

V972 comes in 3 versions differing with at least touchscreen (have V1/V2/V3 in model number)
Modecom Freetab 9704 IPS2-X4 (pcb ver 1.4 = v1, 1.6 = v2)
Archos 97 Platinum HD
Texet TM-9751HD

Onda V972

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