Dingoo A320 forum

adamantibus wrote:I hope they implement the theme changing feature in a future official firmware update (i don't feel like messing with custom firmware, too complicated to install for me).

er, custom firmware is installed the same way as official firmware isnt it?

BEFORE DOING ANYTHING:
1. Remove memory card if inserted. ( precaution )
2. Make sure that the battery is fully charged.
3. Backup up all files from the internal storage as these are deleted in the process.



INSTALLING THE USB DRIVER IN WINDOWS VISTA:
1. Put the Dingoo a-320 is USB mode by pressing and holding the B button while inserting a pin or similar into the reset hole
2. Conect the USB cable between your computer and Dingoo
3. Now you need to install the windows USB driver for JZ4740 USB Boot device. Click "Locate and install driver software"
4. Click on "I don't have the disc. Show me other options"
5. Click on "Browse my computer for driver software".
6. Browse to where you extracted the files and choose "Next".
7. Accept the security warning by clicking "Install this driver software anyway"
8. The driver should now install and a final confirmation screen should pop up informing you that the driver was successfully installed as "Chinachip USB loader". Click "Close"



FLASHING PROCESS:
1. Run "flashutil.exe" as administrator by right clicking the file and choose "Run as administrator".
2. Click the "Select" button in the "System DL Config" field and choose "A320_PD27_ILI9325_RLS.dl".
3. Click the "Select" button in the "Firmware file" field and choose "a320-1.03TD-2.hxf".
4. Click the "Burning System" button to start the flashing process.
5. 3 text lines should appear and a "Firmware upgrade" screen should show on your Dingoo. This process could take a couple of minutes.
6. A fourth text line should appear, confirming that the flashing process is complete. Now exit the program.
7. Disconnect the USB cable. The dingoo will now reset and reboot. It will not start up as usual because of the missing system files.



REPLACING THE SYSTEM FILES:
1. Connect the USB cable again.
2. Reset the Dingoo by inserting a pin or similar into the reset hole
3. After a couple of seconds the Dingoo comes up as a physical drive. Open the drive.
4. Copy the system directory into the root directory ( the same location as GAME, PICURE, RECORD etc )
5. Copy the contents of the Emulators directory into the GAME directory
6. Reset the Dingoo again by inserting a pin or similar into the reset hole

You are done. The Dingoo should boot up as normal.
The only difference is the bootup image identifying the firmware.

Change back to English language by doing the following: D-pad right 9 times -> Press A -> D-pad down 5 times -> Press A -> D-pad down 2 times ( English ) -> Press A



CUSTOMIZING THEMES AND FONTS
The directories “a”, “b”, “c” and “d” within the “res” directory contains the images/icons for the main navigation menu. The default contents of each of these directories are practically the same (filenames and number of files) The only obvious difference is that the 2 wallpaper files are different images.
Please remember that no matter what you do you must have the same naming convention, the same number of files in each of the “theme” directories and we are only replacing existing images/icons with our own modified versions!
The font directory within the res directory contains the menu fonts that the Dingoo uses

jasha wrote:Thats what I thought too, but all you have to do is delete the old hxf, copy the new one over (plus the folder included if you are installing the custom firmware), rename the hxf to a320.hxf if necessary. Turn off. Then turn on while holding down on the dpad.

eule wrote:Someone at the chinese forum made a 400 mhz version of this firmware:
http://www.a320home.cn/bbs/read.php?tid-1004.html
direct download:
http://ishare.iask.sina.com.cn/f/5197911.html
gonna test it now.

well, it works great, but i can´t tell if it´s faster or not, have to test some more games.