[Tzul]

Thanks for these interesting results.
Pity that you used the comparison view in Antutu and PassMark, the details view would be more useful.

I wonder why the Vellamo Metal score is so high compared to the Hero 2. Did you check /proc/cpuinfo to see what CPU part ID it reports?

Batou, on 23 January 2013 - 03:56 PM, said:

I manage to disable the bloatware in System menu but I can't remove them with ES File Explorer and Titanium Backup, what should I do?

I have a touchscreen issue with the AC charger, I would not recommend to use it.

Sounds like the tablet isn't rooted yet.
People have reported before that Ainol's chargers aren't very good and interfere with the touchscreen. It's a good idea to not use them.

[Nickos-V]

Quote

I watched TV Shows in 720p it was alright but it's better to not download at the same time.
Need for Speed Most Wanted runs but not very smoothly.
Rayman Jungle Run seems to have issue with the touch screen.

Thanks for posting your results.

I find your Metal score interesting too. I wonder if they improved DISK IO (in firmware with buffers?) to get such a high score? Venus should have scored similar to Hero II. 250. I wonder what difference there is between the two.

This is why better to look at individual results rather than totals.
For instance, on my N80 (only first two measure CPU performance and account only for 38% of my total)
Metal Score: 526 - Dhrystone: 112, Linpack: 87, Branch-K: 141, Stream: 91, RamJam: 66, Storage: 29

Please click view details & give a breakdown to see where the performance is coming from for your tablet.

Dhrystone - integer, Linpack - floating point, Branch-K - branching ability, Stream - sustained memory bandwidth, RamJam - peak memory bandwidth, Storage - I/O & transfer speeds.

CF-Bench would be a good CPU only test to run.

Nenamark2 & Vellamo HTML5 are still on the low side which point to weak GPU performance. At least the GPU scores will stay pretty much the same between Hero II & Venus.

[Batou]

More details




Vellamo score is awful today, what's wrong?
Metal Score: 250 - Dhrystone: 42, Linpack: 40, Branch-K: 72, Stream: 35, RamJam: 39, Storage: 28

The device is already rooted but the bloatware folder is on read only, I can't delete it.


Games Tested
Angry Birds Good
Angry Words Good
Canabalt Good
Crayon Physics Average, touchscreen latency
Dead Trigger Good
DrawRace 2 Good
Draw Something Free Good
Doodle Jump Good
Grand Theft Auto 3 Not Working
GT Racing: Hyundai Edition Not Working
Fieldrunners Good
Jetpack Joyride Good
My Little Pony Average, touchscreen latency
Need for Speed Most Wanted Average
Rayman Jungle Run Touchscreen problem
Real Football 2013 Average
Riptide GP Good
Snuggle Truck Touchscreen problem
The Sims Good
Temple Run 2 Good
Super Monkey Ball 2 Good
World of Goo Good
ZombieWood Good

This post has been edited by Batou: 25 January 2013 - 07:40 AM

[Vinnie]

I recieved my one three days ago and can't fault it.

The copy of NFS I have seems to run fine for me (NFSMW.1.0.28.MOD_Nexus7).

Can't fault the Venus at the moment, all looking good and working well. Only bug is the top right hand of the bezzle has a bit of play in it. If you hold it there, it will compress a little.

Whats a good high cpu/graphics game to try out on it?

Looking forward to a custom rom for this one day, has anyone tried CWM on it?

Ordered last Thursday night from ainol-novo and recieved it in the UK on Monday.

This post has been edited by Vinnie: 24 January 2013 - 07:47 AM

[Batou]

Possessing a Note 2 I'm a quite demanding but for a low cost slate the result is honorable.

[Nickos-V]

N80
Metal Score: 526 - Dhrystone: 112, Linpack: 87, Branch-K: 141, Stream: 91, RamJam: 66, Storage: 29
Venus
Metal Score: 250 - Dhrystone: 42, Linpack: 40, Branch-K: 72, Stream: 35, RamJam: 39, Storage: 28

When I run Metal I get 526, 527, 528 & sometimes 500. Score stays pretty much the same for me. Not sure why you ended up with 4xx that one day. Maybe something in memory that is slowing it down which you had killed off??? Or maybe Metal screwed up somehow??? No idea what happened. The Hero II also gets 250 for Metal score.

I can see ATM7029 is very weak on Dhrystone (integer tests) and pretty weak on the rest too except for Storage.

Vinnie, on 24 January 2013 - 07:46 AM, said:

Whats a good high cpu/graphics game to try out on it?

Gameloft games. Some of them are free. Only a few of them are very graphic intense and will not run that well on it.

[Batou]

Update

Games Tested
Angry Birds Good
Angry Words Good
Canabalt Good
Crayon Physics Average, touchscreen latency
Dead Trigger Good
DrawRace 2 Good
Draw Something Free Good
Doodle Jump Good
Grand Theft Auto 3 Not Working
GT Racing: Hyundai Edition Not Working
Fieldrunners Good
Jetpack Joyride Good
My Little Pony Average, touchscreen latency
Need for Speed Most Wanted Average
Rayman Jungle Run Touchscreen problem
Real Football 2013 Average
Riptide GP Good
Snuggle Truck Touchscreen problem
The Sims Good
Temple Run 2 Good
Super Monkey Ball 2 Good
World of Goo Good
ZombieWood Good

Gameloft games are not running very well.

[DaG-Styla]

Batou, on 25 January 2013 - 07:41 AM, said:

Update

Games Tested
Angry Birds Good
Angry Words Good
Canabalt Good
Crayon Physics Average, touchscreen latency
Dead Trigger Good
DrawRace 2 Good
Draw Something Free Good
Doodle Jump Good
Grand Theft Auto 3 Not Working
GT Racing: Hyundai Edition Not Working
Fieldrunners Good
Jetpack Joyride Good
My Little Pony Average, touchscreen latency
Need for Speed Most Wanted Average
Rayman Jungle Run Touchscreen problem
Real Football 2013 Average
Riptide GP Good
Snuggle Truck Touchscreen problem
The Sims Good
Temple Run 2 Good
Super Monkey Ball 2 Good
World of Goo Good
ZombieWood Good

Gameloft games are not running very well.

thanks for sharing the information ! I also owe one since two days, but i made a mistake and deinstalled playstore. I tried to install the new version ones again, but the market is not working...

Could you please make a backup of your playstore app and upload it ? That would be really amazing !

[Vinnie]

DaG-Styla, on 25 January 2013 - 09:03 PM, said:

thanks for sharing the information ! I also owe one since two days, but i made a mistake and deinstalled playstore. I tried to install the new version ones again, but the market is not working...

Could you please make a backup of your playstore app and upload it ? That would be really amazing !

Hiya, been trying to upload it here and it won't work.

Pm your email address and I'll send it to you.

This post has been edited by Vinnie: 26 January 2013 - 03:13 PM

[RobMtl007]

Greetings:

For those of you who have the Ainol Novo 7 Venus Tablet can you check to see if:

1) Skype Works: can you make a Skype Video Call whereby both you and the other person's video works without any lag, sound OK too.

2) HDMI port works with an LCD TV, is there any lag.

3) Can you confirm if the Venus has GPS or Assisted GPS yes or no.

4) What is the Battery life like when you stream video movies non stop, how many hours before the battery dies.

If the Novo 7 Venus Tablet Passes all these above tests I'll buy one.

Regards Robert

[saytou]

Hello,

I need a serious help with my semi-bricked Ainol 7 Venus quad core.
When I received it two weeks ago I had some weired behaviors with the date.
And to make it short after struggling I became crazy and deleted build.prop and default prop.

I asked Ainol and they send me a link for the firmware which I noticed is aimed to the Hero quad core. I believe it's ok, but after installing the driver provided with the Action tablet production software, the tablet is not detected by that software, so the flashing can not be started.

Then I thought about an update.zip, since I can still reboot in the stock recovery mode.
So I made my way to extract the sistem.img with linux, and take a new fresh build.prop file.
Then I used an empty update.zip found on xda to place my file and launch it through the stock recovery mode.
But I obtain the message "aborted" when processed.

I have to say that when it was still running, I unchecked the superuser setting in my tablet.
I am wondering :
- if I still have to sign the update.zip , and how.
-if with superuser unchecked, the tablet rooted state is not working anymore and hence not providing the possibility to place build.prop in /system.
-if the driver provided is not compatible with the venus quad core.

I pressed the V+ 5 seconds, while plugging the tablet in the computer USB. Windows7 seven prompt me to install the driver. Which I do manually. But the Action tablet production wont recognize it and start flashing.

Please help me to flash it with the firmware or to create the update.zip, to at least copy build.prop in /system.

Thank you.

[jvas]

i want some help with my new ainol novo 7 venus. i am new at this forum and i couldnt start a new topic so i comment here. if anyone can help reply or message please thanks a lot.

[Tzul]

RobMtl007, on 27 January 2013 - 12:39 PM, said:

3) Can you confirm if the Venus has GPS or Assisted GPS yes or no.

The Venus has neither GPS nor Bluetooth.

[sarbaso]

I was also so stupid to overwrite the build.prop from the Novo Hero to the Venus.

Now the Device is not booting completly,

it hangs up after the first Logo. I can go Recovery Menu to install a update.zip that will replace the build.prop on /System.

Via ADB i cannot Access the Venus anymore, also the Firmware Flashing Tool doesnt recognize the Venus anymore.

i already used some update.zips from xda forum and over here but nothing really helps out. it stated out that installation is aborded.


Right now my Script looking like this.

something like that :
ui_print(" Mounting system...");
assert(mount("ext4", "EMMC", "/dev/block/mmcblk0p14", "/system"));
set_progress(0.100000);
ui_print(" Deleting old build.prop...");
delete("/system/build.prop");
set_progress(0.400000);
ui_print(" Injecting build.prop....");
set_progress(0.410000);
assert(package_extract_dir("system","/system"));
set_progress(0.800000);
ui_print(" build.prop successfully injected!");
ui_print(" unmounting /system...");
assert(unmount("/system"));
set_progress(1.000000);
ui_print(" Done! Yay!");

please help me out if you can.

[Vinnie]

Hiya,

This is my build.prop

# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=JRO03C
ro.build.display.id=2013.01.10 V1
ro.build.version.incremental=eng.albertliu.20130110.215436
ro.build.version.sdk=16
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.1.1
ro.build.date=Thu Jan 10 21:55:06 CST 2013
ro.build.date.utc=1357826106
ro.build.type=userdebug
ro.build.user=albertliu
ro.build.host=pad--e6430-02
ro.build.tags=test-keys
ro.product.model=Novo7 Venus
ro.product.brand=Android
ro.product.name=full_gs702a
ro.product.device=gs702a
ro.product.board=full_gs702a
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=ainol
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=ATM702X
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=gs702a
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=full_gs702a-userdebug 4.1.1 JRO03C eng.albertliu.20130110.215436 test-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=Android/full_gs702a/gs702a:4.1.1/JRO03C/eng.albertliu.20130110.215436:userdebug/test-keys
ro.build.characteristics=tablet
# end build properties
# Actions gs702a config
#wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=120
#wifi.interface=wlan0

ro.sf.lcd_density=160
ro.opengles.version = 131072
ro.config.softopengles = 0
ro.config.used_hw_vsync = 0
#force to tabletui: navigatbar move to statubar
#ro.config.forcetabletui =1

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y
dalvik.vm.checkjni=false

ro.launcher.swipe=enable
ro.settings.config.hdmi=off
ro.systemui.volumekey=disable
ro.systemui.capture=enable
ro.launcher.config.cling=enable
ro.launcher.hideAPP=disable
ro.launcher.allapp.landX=10
ro.launcher.allapp.landY=6
ro.launcher.allapp.portX=5
ro.launcher.allapp.portY=8
ro.launcher.workspace.landX=8
ro.launcher.workspace.landY=7
ro.launcher.workspace.portX=8
ro.launcher.workspace.portY=7
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true

ro.product.usbdevice.VID=10d6
ro.product.usbdevice.PID=fffe
ro.product.mtpdevice.PID=4e41
ro.product.ptpdevice.PID=4e43

ro.shutmenu.recovery=disable
ro.shutmenu.planemode=disable
ro.shutmenu.restart=enable

#8 + 16 + 4模式，即vendor(8个字符) + product(16个字符) + version(4个字符)
ro.usb.descriptor=ainol,Novo7 Venus,3.00

ro.usbdevice.volumelabel=Novo7 Venus
ro.serialno=4512482adf0feeee

ro.config.quickboot = 0
ro.im.keysounddefenable=true
ro.support.gpswithwifi=1

#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
ro.camerahal.configorientation=0
ro.camerahal.prevres0=SVGA,HD
ro.camerahal.imageres0=SVGA,2M
ro.camerahal.prevresdft0=SVGA
ro.camerahal.imageresdft0=2M
ro.camerahal.fpsdft0=30
ro.camerahal.prevres1=QVGA,VGA
ro.camerahal.imageres1=QVGA,VGA
ro.camerahal.prevresdft1=VGA
ro.camerahal.imageresdft1=VGA
ro.camerahal.fpsdft1=30
ro.sf.triplebuffer=0
ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy
ro.config.ringtone=Ring_Synth_04.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound=pixiedust.ogg
ro.carrier=unknown
ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm_Classic.ogg
hwui.render_dirty_regions=false
ro.product.locale.language=zh
ro.product.locale.region=CN
dalvik.vm.heapstartsize=8m
dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=64m
dalvik.vm.heapsize=384m
dalvik.vm.lockprof.threshold=500z
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y
net.bt.name=Android
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

[sarbaso]

Hi,

i have extracted the build.prop from the firmware, that is not the issue.

My problem is how to copy it to the Tablet\System folder with the update.zip and recovery menu.

Vinnie, on 31 January 2013 - 08:59 AM, said:

Hiya,

This is my build.prop

# begin build properties
# autogenerated by buildinfo.sh
ro.build.id=JRO03C
ro.build.display.id=2013.01.10 V1
ro.build.version.incremental=eng.albertliu.20130110.215436
ro.build.version.sdk=16
ro.build.version.codename=REL
ro.build.version.release=4.1.1
ro.build.date=Thu Jan 10 21:55:06 CST 2013
ro.build.date.utc=1357826106
ro.build.type=userdebug
ro.build.user=albertliu
ro.build.host=pad--e6430-02
ro.build.tags=test-keys
ro.product.model=Novo7 Venus
ro.product.brand=Android
ro.product.name=full_gs702a
ro.product.device=gs702a
ro.product.board=full_gs702a
ro.product.cpu.abi=armeabi-v7a
ro.product.cpu.abi2=armeabi
ro.product.manufacturer=ainol
ro.wifi.channels=
ro.board.platform=ATM702X
# ro.build.product is obsolete; use ro.product.device
ro.build.product=gs702a
# Do not try to parse ro.build.description or .fingerprint
ro.build.description=full_gs702a-userdebug 4.1.1 JRO03C eng.albertliu.20130110.215436 test-keys
ro.build.fingerprint=Android/full_gs702a/gs702a:4.1.1/JRO03C/eng.albertliu.20130110.215436:userdebug/test-keys
ro.build.characteristics=tablet
# end build properties
# Actions gs702a config
#wifi.supplicant_scan_interval=120
#wifi.interface=wlan0

ro.sf.lcd_density=160
ro.opengles.version = 131072
ro.config.softopengles = 0
ro.config.used_hw_vsync = 0
#force to tabletui: navigatbar move to statubar
#ro.config.forcetabletui =1

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y
dalvik.vm.checkjni=false

ro.launcher.swipe=enable
ro.settings.config.hdmi=off
ro.systemui.volumekey=disable
ro.systemui.capture=enable
ro.launcher.config.cling=enable
ro.launcher.hideAPP=disable
ro.launcher.allapp.landX=10
ro.launcher.allapp.landY=6
ro.launcher.allapp.portX=5
ro.launcher.allapp.portY=8
ro.launcher.workspace.landX=8
ro.launcher.workspace.landY=7
ro.launcher.workspace.portX=8
ro.launcher.workspace.portY=7
launcher.force_enable_rotation=true

ro.product.usbdevice.VID=10d6
ro.product.usbdevice.PID=fffe
ro.product.mtpdevice.PID=4e41
ro.product.ptpdevice.PID=4e43

ro.shutmenu.recovery=disable
ro.shutmenu.planemode=disable
ro.shutmenu.restart=enable

#8 + 16 + 4模式，即vendor(8个字符) + product(16个字符) + version(4个字符)
ro.usb.descriptor=ainol,Novo7 Venus,3.00

ro.usbdevice.volumelabel=Novo7 Venus
ro.serialno=4512482adf0feeee

ro.config.quickboot = 0
ro.im.keysounddefenable=true
ro.support.gpswithwifi=1

#
# ADDITIONAL_BUILD_PROPERTIES
#
ro.camerahal.configorientation=0
ro.camerahal.prevres0=SVGA,HD
ro.camerahal.imageres0=SVGA,2M
ro.camerahal.prevresdft0=SVGA
ro.camerahal.imageresdft0=2M
ro.camerahal.fpsdft0=30
ro.camerahal.prevres1=QVGA,VGA
ro.camerahal.imageres1=QVGA,VGA
ro.camerahal.prevresdft1=VGA
ro.camerahal.imageresdft1=VGA
ro.camerahal.fpsdft1=30
ro.sf.triplebuffer=0
ro.com.android.dateformat=MM-dd-yyyy
ro.config.ringtone=Ring_Synth_04.ogg
ro.config.notification_sound=pixiedust.ogg
ro.carrier=unknown
ro.config.alarm_alert=Alarm_Classic.ogg
hwui.render_dirty_regions=false
ro.product.locale.language=zh
ro.product.locale.region=CN
dalvik.vm.heapstartsize=8m
dalvik.vm.heapgrowthlimit=64m
dalvik.vm.heapsize=384m
dalvik.vm.lockprof.threshold=500z
dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y
net.bt.name=Android
dalvik.vm.stack-trace-file=/data/anr/traces.txt

[saytou]

sarbaso, on 31 January 2013 - 09:25 AM, said:

Hi,

i have extracted the build.prop from the firmware, that is not the issue.

My problem is how to copy it to the Tablet\System folder with the update.zip and recovery menu.

Hello,
We have the same challenges...
No ADB possible, but if we can boot in FASTBOOT mode maybe we can flash through FASTBOOT FLASH... but I don't know the buttons combination to do so. And I don't know if the tablet will be recognized.
I am also frustrated too because the software that Ainol provided with the firmware is not detecting the tablet.
I tried to write a script too, but I am not sure the script is signed correctly. Because on the Venus tablet it only shows the "aborted" message, but on an other tablet I have, it tells me clearly that it is a signature problem.
Maybe someone here can write for us a correctly signed update.zip, with the build.prop or even the whole system.img. It would be great then to know the efficient tools and steps to sign the update.zip files.
That's what I got for now. If you have found your way ( I hope it for you), it would be nice to share.

[Nickos-V]

Vinnie, on 31 January 2013 - 08:59 AM, said:

This is my build.prop

try to use spoiler tag for build.prop posts. Makes them smaller in size.
[ spoiler ]

[ /spoiler ]
*remove spaces to make them work

Spoiler

A spoiler hides the post unless someone wants to read it. =)

[Vinnie]

Nickos-V, on 31 January 2013 - 02:30 PM, said:

try to use spoiler tag for build.prop posts. Makes them smaller in size.
[ spoiler ]

[ /spoiler ]
*remove spaces to make them work

Spoiler

A spoiler hides the post unless someone wants to read it. =)

Dear forum police man, duly noted!

While your at it, why don't you pull up the ungrateful person below the me who quoted it all again?

What about if someone is searching for a particular phrase using Google, will they still be able to return a result if it is embeded in a spoiler tag?

[Nickos-V]

Vinnie, on 31 January 2013 - 03:11 PM, said:

Dear forum police man, duly noted!

Not trying to single you out but you honestly have no idea how many times I have seen people post build.props that took up space & I had no interest looking at them. I had to scroll through them. Then you get people that also like to "fully quote" the original poster which is another no-no and bad too. I always take the time to cut out un-needed stuff which saves space and only takes a few seconds for me to do.

It is called proper posting/forum etiquette!!! Not just you but everyone should follow proper posting rules!!! Other people have a problem with this too.

1 post with build.prop I can handle. But imagine having 10 people "quote" your entire post in this thread. How much fun would it be to be scrolling through your quoted build.prop 10 times???

That other person was also in the wrong by quoting your entire post. He should at very least cut out build.prop.

Sometimes I wonder if people are too lazy or uncaring to edit quoted posts??? I have seen this happen many times & for very long quoted posts gets very annoying to scroll past them over & over.

PS, that is all for my off-topic rant. Anymore talk about this should really be in another thread or through PM.

PPS, you can post "build.prop for Novo7 Venus tablet" as title outside of the spoiler and that will certainly get picked up. Not sure if anything in the spoiler does.

This post has been edited by Nickos-V: 31 January 2013 - 09:56 PM