ET Q8 V2.0

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ET Q8 V2.0
MID756 A33.jpg
Manufacturer Unidentified manufacturer "ET"
Dimensions 182mm x 121mm x 7mm
Release Date 21/11/2015
Website Missing product page.
Specifications
SoC A33 @ ?.?Ghz
DRAM 512Mb DDR3@ 480MHz (2x 512X8DDR3 fake)
NAND 16GB
Power DC 5V @ 3A, 3000mAh 3.7V Li-Ion battery
Features
LCD 1024x600 (7" 16:9)
Touchscreen 5-finger capacitive (Silead GSL1680)
Audio 3.5mm headphone plug, internal speaker, internal microphone
Network WiFi 802.11 b/g/n and Bluetooth (RTL8703AS),
Storage µSD
USB 1 USB2.0 OTG
Camera 0.3 MP (640x480) front, 0.3 MP (640x480) rear

A Q8 style cheap tablet, but with an A33 SoC.

Sell as 1Gb but fake android reporting!! Only 512Mb. Does not esist 1Gb q8 form factor tablet.

Identification

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

The PCB has the following written on it:
ET_Q8_V2.0
151121

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

  • Model Number: Q88
  • Build Number: astar_rtl8703-eng 4.4.2 KVT49L 20151229 test-keys

Sunxi support

Current status

Mainline U-boot OK from SD.

Mainline Kernel OK from SD.

Images

HW-Pack

BSP

Manual build

  • For building u-boot, use the q8_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig target.
  • The .fex file can be found in sunxi-boards as MANUFACTURER_DEVICE.fex

Everything else is the same as the manual build howto.

Mainline U-Boot

Use 2016.11 with default A33 1024x600.

q8_a33_tablet_1024x600_defconfig file

Mainline kernel

Use the sun8i-a33-et-q8.dts device-tree file for the mainline kernel. With USB host mode only work with every type of cables.

Tips, Tricks, Caveats

FEL mode

The Volume+ button triggers FEL mode.

Retrieving script.bin

Unlike, other allwinner devices,Script.bin is not present in the vfat partition(nanda) as file.

Instead, It is located 0x43000000, it's size is 0x00020000. script.bin can be extracted from /dev/mem using mmap() or sunxi-tools firmware_extractor.

Adding a serial port (voids warranty)

There are no UART pads available on this device. Instead, UART0 is multiplexed with the microSD adapter. Please refer to the MicroSD Breakout adapter for more information..

Device disassembly

See the Q8 tablet format disassembly page.

Pictures

See also