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[General Topics] robotbrain:
root and market

Has anyone tried the Gingerbreak exploit? I heard it might work on older devices. Also, if you don't trust file sharing sites and want stuff from the market. You could try running an emulator and installing the Market on that, then sideloading the APKs. I haven't tried it myself yet, but it seems there are a lot of people doing this. Here's one HOWTO which is specific to Mac but I think it's prety much the same or at least you should be able to use the same system image. http://stackoverflow.com/questions/1387830/how-to-install-android-market-app-on-the-emulator there are lots of other links if you google "android market emulator" I don't have the Leo yet because they're sold out in Taiwan, but I've got mine on order. I'm most interested whether the google apps work at all if they're sideloaded. I've just sort of bricked my older Cyanogen device. Any feedback would be appreciated.
[General Topics] robotbrain:
Oh, here's a Windows specific link - http://www.tech-recipes.com/rx/10004/accessing-android-market-from-android-sdk/

and be careful with Gingerbreak!
[General Topics] robotbrain:
There's also UniversalAndRoot to try http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=747598

and SuperOneClick http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=803682
[General Topics] jackflap:
Poor battery-life

@rocky7st

It depends on usage. Light usage is ok. Any sort of medium/heavy usage won't get you through the day.

I bought it from an ebay seller which sent me 2 batteries which was helpful:

cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=230614421067

It's is useful since it allows me to occasionally geek out with the camera, playing with apps or using the GPS (i.e. 2 hours straight) and and it'll completely run out of juice by late afternoon.

I usually wait till I get home to recharge it on those occasions, but it's been very useful to be able to switch to the backup battery if I'm out and about and I really need to use the phone.

@everyone_else

On the topic of side-loading apps, my gf has an Android phone with a market on it, so I use the "Astro" file manager which allows you to "Backup" the apks, and then I transfer them to my phone via email.
[General Topics] daktak:
I've been unable to get my device to show up with adb, so not far enough to try SuperOneClick.

UniversalAndRoot says something like "unable to root"

Z4Root says "running root exploit" and does not progress..
[General Topics] robotbrain:
That's bad news but good to know at the same time. Hopefully there will be a method soon. Still waiting on mine but I unbricked my older one. Seems to be an almost total lack of hands-on reviews (outside of a trade show) so I thought someone might be interested in this one. Also, I emailed the author to see whether and how he installed the Market app.

http://120x160.com/old-entries/216-hardware-review-altek-leo-a14-camera-phone
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Cheers for the reply jackflap. Do you guys know anything about the Android 2.2 upgrade, I've heard Altek is meant to be releasing it next month.
[General Topics] daktak:
Okay, I got SuperOneClick working so I have root. ADB worked in windows after installing the Altek software.

ADB in linux still cannot find the phone..

So I tried installing various vending.apk files but keep getting MISSING SHARED LIBRARY or out of date SDK.
[General Topics] batlow:
@daktak I've been trying to develop for the Leo but have not been able to get ADB to work in windows. Where did you obtain the Altek software?
[General Topics] phmate:
Hi All,

I am a complete noob here and non technical.

Recently bought an altek leo with the sole purpose of loading an app called Passport Photo Plus and using the device to create passport photopgraphs and to send by Bluetooth to a compatible printer.

We have been doing this on other android smartphones but wanted to use the altek due to its camera features.

It appears that our desired app is ony avaiable on Market.

Being non -technical we have tried and failed to find a way to install this app on our leo.

I'm sure there may be other apps available but we specifically want this one due to it's features.

Does anybody know if this can be done, and if so how? Can anybody point me in the right direction (in easy to understand non tech terms please!)

Would happily pay a small fee for succesful step by step instructions (not sure if I can post that here, if not please ignore / mods pls delete).

Many thanks in advance.
[General Topics] daktak:
@batlow in /etc/AltekCD.iso there is PC Sync software that contains drivers for windows (I'm running XP), copy and mount that in windows and run the exe

I managed to get com.android.vending.apk to install by copying the following files onto the phone

/system/framework/com.google.android.gtalkservice.jar

/system/framework/com.google.android.maps.jar

/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.gtalkservice.xml

/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.datamessaging.xml

/system/etc/permissions/com.google.android.maps.xml

However now it crashes while loading. (unable to load TOS and location GPS errors) I think I don't have the correct versions of the above files.

Also I've found my GPS doesn't lock on a signal at all so I install a manual location setter..
[General Topics] daktak:
@phmate, on the phone navigate to slideme.org and install SAM market app

Use it to install a file browser like ASTRO

Google PassportPhoto plus apk and you should find the file to install to your phone, copy it to the micro SD (put your phone in disk drive mode when you connect it to your pc)

Copy the apk to sdcard, and use the file browser to locate and load the file.
[General Topics] phmate:
@daktak, many thanks. We'll give it a try.
[General Topics] daktak:
http://www.sciphonereviews.com/·tip...r-apadepadgpadchinese-android-tablet-or-phone

This one gives me a certificate error.

I've just installed the Chinese one, I'll see how that pans out ;-)
[General Topics] daktak:
http://translate.google.com.au/tran...a:en-US:unofficial&biw=1364&bih=653&prmd=ivns

How to enable SD app storage..
[General Topics] daktak:
Ok, Market via the following method

1 . SuperUserOneClick to gain root

2. Grab GoogleBits-sdk7-v1.7-signed.zip from http://android.modaco.com/index.php?showtopic=300028&mode=linear

3. Using http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=591910 I copied the required files to sdcard because I couldn't adb push them into /system/app

4. "su" in terminal

5. "cat filename > newlocation/filename" - to copy all the files from the sdcard to the appropriate places as per instructions in link 3

6. Reboot, and skip welcome to android

PS: I found the market would not sign in unless I used the default mail app to add my gmail account first. Or try adding via settings/accounts and sync/gmail first.
[General Topics] robotbrain:
That's awesome, daktak! Now if I could just get my hands on one...

Also, does the GPS work any better now?
[General Topics] daktak:
I have not been able to get a lock on my GPS at all, ever. Perhaps I should look into it .... ;-)
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Any luck with getting a lock on the GPS? I'm having the same problem as well, this is with the default firmware.
[General Topics] kajikaji0428:
To add Japanese font, I rooted my Altek Leo by SuperOneClick v1.7.

But after rooted, some application such as titanium backup didn't work.
[General Topics] kajikaji0428:
Some apk files, for example tweetdeck, foursquare, picplz and etc, can't install from Astro & Altek PC Sync.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
How did you guys get SuperOneClick to work? Whenever I do it, I get

Getting mount path...

rootfs / rootfs ro 0 0

FAILED
[General Topics] kajikaji0428:
Please try SOC v1.7.0.

V1.9.5 doesn't work.
[General Topics] daktak:
I'm running the version Leo_V1.23710_C2188600_BT-release.7z and titianium works for me (i installed busybox manually, maybe thats it?g

GPS still not functioning

I'm also running google bits sdk7 ver 1.9 which just adds google voice search which doesn't work, i guess because it's for android 2.2 not 2.1....

Has anyone tried updating to Leo_V1.23760_C2188600_BT-release.7z with the Altek pc sync software?
[General Topics] kajikaji0428:
I updated it but OS is still Android2.1...
[General Topics] robotbrain:
How to manually root almost any device

May be interested in this - http://www.pocketables.net/2011/06/how-to-manually-root-almost-any-android-device.html
[General Topics] rocky7st:
I emailed Altek and they mentioned there might not be a Android 2.2 "due to internal APU, Samsung 6410's performance limited".
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Did you push everything onto the sdcard or the system? And what is step 5 doing?

Also anyone know how to get the phone into recovery mode, did a stupid thing by deleting all the system apps and now it won't boot.
[General Topics] daktak:
@rocky7st

I put all the apps in /system/app

Step 5 is just the copy command if you don't have busybox installed.

If you're are lucky enough that adb can see the device while it's booting try

"adb reboot recovery"
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Cheers for the clarification, got Android Markets installed at last. I have GPS access so it must be your location. According to Altek in the GPS Test app you need above 30 to get a lock.

@kajikaji0428, I too couldn't install foursquare even using Markets, I got some missing library error.
[General Topics] daktak:
I got GPS working! I followed "Tweak Six" on http://cyclopscomputers.com/gs4g

After downloading and installing LbsTestMode.apk from 4shared
[General Topics] gark33:
usb problem

Hey,

So I also have this device and I also have problems, but haven't seen it mentioned in previous posts.

Very often the camera just simply doesn't open, this issue is very intermittent, it works, then half an hour later it doesn't, then it works again.

Support recommended a software update, but I can't even do that, because when I connect the phone to USB, it's not detected(XP), it's only charging. According to the manual a dialog should popup on the phone screen, but nothing happens.

Installed the Altek driver, and the pc sync, but all the options are greyed out in pc sync as the phone is not detected.

Anyone had this issue?
[General Topics] daktak:
@gark33 try settings-> about phone, and unclick "install pc sync to pc"

Then when plugged into the PC click on the "charging" notification and you should be able to change it to "pc sync".

Also try settings - applications - development - usb debugging - on
[General Topics] gark33:
Thanks, I changed both settings, but no difference, when I plug it the battery icon gets animated if that's what you mean by charging notification, but when I tap on it nothing happens, I can scroll down all the notifications, but only the task manager app I installed will be in the notifications list.

I should get a 'Connect to PC' dialog box, but nothing happens.

The USB on the computer is 2.0 as required by the phone and works fine with other devices.
[General Topics] gark33:
"usb not detected but phone is charging"

Searched for this and first result containts

the exact same problemI have.

Tried all the usb ports.

Will try it with another computer later.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Are you on Windows Vista/7? You need to get the driver provided on their site.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Have you guys found a good camera app that takes advantage of the 14MP?
[General Topics] gark33:
Windows XP and the driver is installed.

Searched for it and this seems to be an existing problem, searched for:

"phone charging but not detected"

thanks.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Try this https://docs.google.com/leaf?id=1YN...gS8eMYJiU1mCtewrdZOJcBqvWAqsjd4eeZ4N&hl=en_US

I got that from Altek. From my experience the problem is the .android folder was not created. If you don't have that then install Android SDK and that will create that folder for you because you can't create a folder with a . in it well I couldn't.
[General Topics] franton33:
Hi,

I am about to buy an Altek Leo and I have looked through this thread which has solved nearly all problems related to the phone. As all of it seems very complicated I was wondering if anyone that has done it all ready could give me a step by step guide including all the download links to fix the major problems and enhance the user experience.

I was thinking of Google Apps (including Google Market) and the navigation in particular. Also anything which could smoothen the buggy interface.

I hope you can help me and future Altek users with this guide,

thanks in advance

franton33
[General Topics] rocky7st:
This is a pretty good guide. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=14498766&postcount=26

You can probably skip step 4 and 5.

What did you hear was wrong with the interface?
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Is there an app which can save the ROM for Altek. I tried Rom Manager but the clockwork thing doesn't have Altek Leo.
[General Topics] daktak:
Yeah I can't live without launcher pro, seems a lot more responsive.

I too would be interested in rom backup.
[General Topics] riahc3:
Man, such great hardware and poor software.....

This is one of the great things about Android over Symbian/iOS/WP7.....

Being open source, users can FIX their own problems. If this was any other OS, we would have to wait till god knows when until they release a update.

Still, no forum?
[General Topics] Enzissimo:
Hi, i've read that there was an upgrade for the hardware of Altek Leo with the cpu Tegra 2 by Nvidia..do you know anything about this? Which cpu mont your Altek Leo?
[General Topics] Emix26:
Hi,

Thanks for this tutorial, I got my phone rooted. I got the googlebits zip. But now I don't quite understand what step 3 does and how I have to do it. Do I really have to install Lox_Dev's Eclair ROM first ? Being a total noob, I don't understand what is a Nandroid backup, to wipe all and what the required files are. Could you please make these few points get clearer to me ?

Thanks
[General Topics] roamingandy:
camera lens stuck!

ok, i need help. the camera lens went out and will not go back in, i've tried everything i can think of but nothing, when i press the open camera button it opens for 3secs and then goes back to the home page and the lens wont move at all.. and i doubt i have warranty as i bought it from south korea via ebay.

only had it a month and i really want to like this phone but its making it soo difficult :mad:
[General Topics] rocky7st:
1. First off you will need to get the Android SDK to get the android platform tool which gives you a file called adb.exe. This is required to do any ADB command such as adb remount.

2. Go to where adb.exe is located, most likely C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools and create a new folder called 'googlebits'.

3. Go to Super One click and click Shell Root.

4. Go to Command prompt and type the following

CD C:\Program Files\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools

Note that is assuming this is where you installed Android SDK.

5. Now type the following into command prompt.

adb remount

adb push googlebits\GoogleCheckin.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleSubscribedFeedsProvider.apk /system/app/

adb push googlebits\com.google.android.gtalkservice.jar /system/framework/
adb push googlebits\com.google.android.gtalkservice.xml /system/etc/permissions/
adb push googlebits\com.google.android.datamessaging.xml /system/etc/permissions/

adb push googlebits\SetupWizard.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleApps.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\Vending.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleSettingsProvider.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\gtalkservice.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\talk.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\TalkProvider.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleSettingsProvider.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GooglePartnerSetup.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GoogleContactsSyncAdapter.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\GmailProvider.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\Gmail.apk /system/app/
adb push googlebits\MarketUpdater.apk /system/app/
[General Topics] Emix26:
Cool, thanks for these precisions. These are helping a lot. I hope they'll work. I just wanted to know if I can do these adb push directly on my phone, or only on the Lox_Dev's Eclair ROM that I have to install first ?

Edit: I tried to install android sdk and to do these steps directly on my phone but when I write in the Windows command prompt adb remount, it says :

*daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *

* daemon started successfully *

remount failed: Operation not permitted

What am I missing ? My phone is connected to my PC in the PC Sync mode, is that correct ?
[General Topics] roamingandy:
stuck lens still

hey, sorry to post again so soon but this stuck open lens/zoom is a real problem for me, i'm hitch-hiking around europe atm and if i'm worried if i cant get the lens back in it going to really do some damage to the mechanism as i have alot of bags and stopping things from hitting it now its perminantly open will be very difficult.. also i cant take any photos now.

i havent tried a factory reset as i dont want to lose everything but i suppose i could as a last resort unless someone could suggest a way to get the lens to close again.

thanx for any following advice, Andy
[General Topics] daktak:
@emix do you have usb debug mode on?
[General Topics] Emix26:
Yes, I do ! Is that correct, or not ?

@daktak : And this means, that I don't have to install Lox_Dev's Eclair ROM, right ? This wasn't quite clear in your tutorial.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
I forgot to add a step. You need to go into SuperOneClick and click 'Shell Root'. Then do ADB remount.
[General Topics] Emix26:
Hey, I got the market app working !!!!! And synchronising as well !! Thanks a lot for your great help ! Now I love the altek leo, it has everything I want !
[General Topics] ezrarey:
hi sir.... i have this altek leo phone... but i have problem how to install the apk direct to the sd card..its installing to phone memory which is not good..... and how to make gps work... tryed to root my phone before but it messedup that i had to send it back to taiwan where i order it ...... i hope u can help me pls... thanks alottttttttt....
[General Topics] rocky7st:
There is no way to install apk to sd card although there is a new firmware which will allow you to app to SD. Going to download it now, I hear there i still no Android 2.2 but app2SD sounds promising.
[General Topics] ezrarey:
ty sir

can you help me how to backup my phone? thankss appreciate
[General Topics] rocky7st:
What are you trying to backup?

Just installed the new update, comes with Battery doctor and FAQs. Apparently you just install the apk and it should go onto the SD card but that hasn't been the case for me. However I found this site http://pulipuli.blogspot.com/2011/03/htc-herolink2sd.html which lets you move your files to the SD card. I don't know if that was possible before the update but it definitely is now.
[General Topics] Emix26:
Hi rocky7st, I've just installed the new firmware but I lost the android market... lol, what a mess. What about you ? Did you have to do the manipulation again ? Or did the market app stay ? I to do exactly what i did last time but now, it doesn't work anymore... I tried to shell root my phone but it doesn't work anymore and I tried to adb remount and it doesn't work either... lol, what do you think ?
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Yea I lost android markets too. Only thing I can think of is you didn't root your phone. You need to do that again because the latest update gets rid of that.
[General Topics] daktak:
Altek Update Checker App released to market

Yeah I believe the update is a full flash so you have to re-root and install the market.

Speaking of the market, I've just released an app to check for Altek software updates as I don't use the PC client often.

https://market.android.com/details?id=com.daktak.altekchecker
[General Topics] ezrarey:
hi

hi, was wondering why the camcorder settings has no night mode and other settings......... can anyone help me? if theres any apk or something u can share to me.... ty so muchh........
[General Topics] Emix26:
EDIT : LOL. I forgot to unmount my sd card when rooting... So stupid... Ok, now it should work.

Edit II: Yep, it works fine for me. Except that your app on the android market, daktak, is said to be not compatible with my phone. As it is specifically made for the Altek Leo, it is strange. Do you have this problem too ? Or is it ok for you ?
[General Topics] rocky7st:
I had no problems finding it, managed to push the install button from that link above.
[General Topics] daktak:
Just some observations

I had to re-format my ext2 partition of the sdcard after the upgrade to the new firmware

To save memory, use Titianium app, long click on app "move data to sd card". (this requires an ext partition on your sd card)

You can find out which apps have a lot of data with " du -sk /data/data/* | sort -rn | head " or https://market.android.com/details?id=com.daktak.memcheck

You can enable the pattern match unlock by using http://www.appbrain.com/app/quick-settings/com.bwx.bequick, go into settings and make that option visible.
[General Topics] Emix26:
I'm encountering a new problem now. When I said it was working fine, I talked too fast... I managed to install the android, gtalk and gmail app. That's fine. But now when I try to add a google account I have the well-known error " Can't establish a reliable data connection to the server"... I tried many many solutions suggested over the internet, but nothing worked for me. Do you have an idea ? And do you know if it would be possible to install the new firmware once more time so that the phone flashes again ? It would maybe solve the problem.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
I haven't pinpointed the exact way to do this but I setup the default email account to my gmail then restart. Then I login to markets and usually it works. I have noticed it works better if you use 3G instead of wifi to login.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
Can you guys get the disk drive option to work? I click on it when I connect to my computer but it can't find my SD card.
[General Topics] daktak:
@Emix26 yeah I have to set up my gmail account first also

@rocky7st yeah my drive option works fine (with usb debug on). Have you tried toggling that or trying turning on/off install altek software under about/phone?

I have had problems connecting to adb :-(
[General Topics] Emix26:
Hi, thanks for your advice, I don't really know what I did, but now it works. And yes, the disk drive option works fine for me. I used it yesterday.
[General Topics] rocky7st:
It was my USB port, works fine on the other ports. Good to know that as I was taking out the SD card to access the files.
[General Topics] Emix26:
Hi, I'm trying to follow this tweak but I have a problem to install LbsTestmode.apk. It says install failed when i try to install it with the altek software. Do you have to adb push it somewhere ? Or is it just the update of the firmware which makes it uncompatible now ?
[General Topics] daktak:
I had the apk on my sdcard and astro was able to re-install it after the update.
[General Topics] m.er:
daktak, could you be so nice and upload your working LbsTestMode.apk on Megaupload or something similiar and then paste link here? I've the same problem like Emix26 - I couldn't install it on my Altek (I tried with LbsTestMode.apk files downloaded from different places beside 4shared also, but always without any result...).

THX in advance!