diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c
index ae6634156e76..fd7a8a5fba66 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-cards.c
@@ -402,6 +402,11 @@ static struct em28xx_hash_table em28xx_hash [] = {
 	{ 0x6ce05a8f, EM2820_BOARD_PROLINK_PLAYTV_USB2, TUNER_YMEC_TVF_5533MF },
 };
 
+static struct em28xx_hash_table em28xx_i2c_hash[] = {
+	{ 0xb06a32c3, EM2800_BOARD_TERRATEC_CINERGY_200, TUNER_LG_PAL_NEW_TAPC },
+	{ 0xf51200e3, EM2800_BOARD_VGEAR_POCKETTV, TUNER_LG_PAL_NEW_TAPC },
+};
+
 /* Since em28xx_pre_card_setup() requires a proper dev->model,
  * this won't work for boards with generic PCI IDs
  */
@@ -498,6 +503,30 @@ static int em28xx_hint_board(struct em28xx *dev)
 			return 0;
 		}
 	}
+
+	/* user did not request i2c scanning => do it now */
+	if (!dev->i2c_hash)
+		em28xx_do_i2c_scan(dev);
+
+	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(em28xx_i2c_hash); i++) {
+		if (dev->i2c_hash == em28xx_i2c_hash[i].hash) {
+			dev->model = em28xx_i2c_hash[i].model;
+			dev->tuner_type = em28xx_i2c_hash[i].tuner;
+			em28xx_errdev("Your board has no unique USB ID.\n");
+			em28xx_errdev("A hint were successfully done, "
+				      "based on i2c devicelist hash.\n");
+			em28xx_errdev("This method is not 100%% failproof.\n");
+			em28xx_errdev("If the board were missdetected, "
+				      "please email this log to:\n");
+			em28xx_errdev("\tV4L Mailing List "
+				      " <video4linux-list@redhat.com>\n");
+			em28xx_errdev("Board detected as %s\n",
+				      em28xx_boards[dev->model].name);
+
+			return 0;
+		}
+	}
+
 	em28xx_errdev("Your board has no unique USB ID and thus need a "
 		      "hint to be detected.\n");
 	em28xx_errdev("You may try to use card=<n> insmod option to "
@@ -505,6 +534,7 @@ static int em28xx_hint_board(struct em28xx *dev)
 	em28xx_errdev("Please send an email with this log to:\n");
 	em28xx_errdev("\tV4L Mailing List <video4linux-list@redhat.com>\n");
 	em28xx_errdev("Board eeprom hash is 0x%08lx\n", dev->hash);
+	em28xx_errdev("Board i2c devicelist hash is 0x%08lx\n", dev->i2c_hash);
 
 	em28xx_errdev("Here is a list of valid choices for the card=<n>"
 		      " insmod option:\n");
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-i2c.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-i2c.c
index e2003455f2b2..acd853d217ea 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-i2c.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-i2c.c
@@ -533,19 +533,26 @@ static char *i2c_devs[128] = {
  * do_i2c_scan()
  * check i2c address range for devices
  */
-static void do_i2c_scan(char *name, struct i2c_client *c)
+void em28xx_do_i2c_scan(struct em28xx *dev)
 {
+	u8 i2c_devicelist[128];
 	unsigned char buf;
 	int i, rc;
 
+	memset(i2c_devicelist, 0, ARRAY_SIZE(i2c_devicelist));
+
 	for (i = 0; i < ARRAY_SIZE(i2c_devs); i++) {
-		c->addr = i;
-		rc = i2c_master_recv(c, &buf, 0);
+		dev->i2c_client.addr = i;
+		rc = i2c_master_recv(&dev->i2c_client, &buf, 0);
 		if (rc < 0)
 			continue;
-		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: found i2c device @ 0x%x [%s]\n", name,
-		       i << 1, i2c_devs[i] ? i2c_devs[i] : "???");
+		i2c_devicelist[i] = i;
+		printk(KERN_INFO "%s: found i2c device @ 0x%x [%s]\n",
+		       dev->name, i << 1, i2c_devs[i] ? i2c_devs[i] : "???");
 	}
+
+	dev->i2c_hash = em28xx_hash_mem(i2c_devicelist,
+					ARRAY_SIZE(i2c_devicelist), 32);
 }
 
 /*
@@ -578,7 +585,7 @@ int em28xx_i2c_register(struct em28xx *dev)
 	em28xx_i2c_eeprom(dev, dev->eedata, sizeof(dev->eedata));
 
 	if (i2c_scan)
-		do_i2c_scan(dev->name, &dev->i2c_client);
+		em28xx_do_i2c_scan(dev);
 	return 0;
 }
 
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
index bc495a11dc2d..b43edc3fa23e 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx-video.c
@@ -1510,6 +1510,7 @@ static int em28xx_init_dev(struct em28xx **devhandle, struct usb_device *udev,
 	dev->em28xx_read_reg_req_len = em28xx_read_reg_req_len;
 	dev->em28xx_write_regs_req = em28xx_write_regs_req;
 	dev->em28xx_read_reg_req = em28xx_read_reg_req;
+	dev->is_em2800 = em28xx_boards[dev->model].is_em2800;
 
 	/* setup video picture settings for saa7113h */
 	memset(&dev->vpic, 0, sizeof(dev->vpic));
diff --git a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx.h b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx.h
index 70fddd45d1f7..c2531da2e618 100644
--- a/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx.h
+++ b/drivers/media/video/em28xx/em28xx.h
@@ -260,6 +260,7 @@ struct em28xx {
 	int type;
 
 	unsigned long hash;	/* eeprom hash - for boards with generic ID */
+	unsigned long i2c_hash;	/* i2c devicelist hash - for boards with generic ID */
 
 	/* states */
 	enum em28xx_dev_state state;
@@ -296,6 +297,7 @@ struct em28xx {
 /* Provided by em28xx-i2c.c */
 
 void em28xx_i2c_call_clients(struct em28xx *dev, unsigned int cmd, void *arg);
+void em28xx_do_i2c_scan(struct em28xx *dev);
 int em28xx_i2c_register(struct em28xx *dev);
 int em28xx_i2c_unregister(struct em28xx *dev);