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[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
7. Questions and Answers

With the stock Market still being funky, what options do i have?

The system can still side load apps, so any APKs you can grab can be installed with adb. Additionally, because of this,you can install other 3rd party Markets such as Slide and Amazon, which will let you install more apps.

Can i use the HC overclocked kernel?

At this time no. I have tried using the last released HS OC kernel, and something about it causes the system to hang at the boot animation. I want to look into it further though, and see if i can discover the source of the issue.

As of RC1, the kernel shipping in this package, is the same one that is found in the "HC-v4-emmc-2nd-edition" released for the preview SDK.

What is different about this release, compared to the other SDK port

The previous port was based off of the preview SDK, which Google labeled as SDK 10. The actual release of Honeycomb however, was bumped to SDK 11. This port uses that code, which means that it should be compatible with all the new new Honeycomb apps (Google body, etc). Certain things, like the Gmail for tablets, do work, and show what Honeycomb is all about.

How much more can be done on this release?

From here, the big fixes would be:

- Getting the stock Honeycomb Market to work

- Getting audio working

- Getting newer OC kernels workin

- Smothing out the UI experience as much as possible.

How can i help?

All the source that i had available is in the .zip package. Because there is no freely available source, all the work involves modifying the released binaries and framework .jars. There is additional tweaking that can be done to the ramdisk and kernel. If you feel adventurous, all of these are in the update package, and can be tweaked at your leisure. If you think you have something, don't be shy - zip it up and let us test it!
[Nook Color Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
Oh, make sure you are signed in your Google account. Reboot, check for market.
[Nook Color Android Development] MДЯCЦSДИT:
If not, adb push zeam and try flashing cm7 gapps.
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
Gave it a try - no go. Lots of force closes going on...
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
I am soooo looking forward to this. No matter how great the other roms are. I just love the Honeycomb UI. Downloading now and will play around with it and hopefully will be able to contribute in someway.

Thanks,

Racks
[Nook Color Android Development] RobertsDF:
Thanks for working on this! Hopefully the issues can be fixed soon enough.
[Nook Color Android Development] 360Razir:
I will poke around with it also. I ran EMMC v2 for a long time and the HC UI was just so smooth.

Thanks Madcat for taking this on.
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
I know this was meant for EMMC. But I just prepped and installed this to my SDcard rom and boy do I loves me some honeycomb. I assume you are aware of the red border issue? Or might it be because i'm running it off an SDcard. Don't mean to throw things off with the SD install.

Thanks,

Racks
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
Aye - i am aware of the boarder, and didn't remember if there was a way to turn it off.. It was way too long since i messed with HC...
[Nook Color Android Development] insaneturbo13:
thanks dm for getting hc back into life, im sure there will be many people come out of the woodwork to help with this, it seems like youve got it mostly there. once it gets market i will be all over this :)
[Nook Color Android Development] h8rift:
Hey insaneturbo13 ;). Did realize you were a NC owner too :).

@Divine_MadcatI'm hoping to come into some free time soon, and should be able to test and contribute where i can.

Thanks,

-h8
[Nook Color Android Development] insaneturbo13:
hey yea, im now a regular here, good to see a familiar face haha

owned one of these puppies for about a month now
[Nook Color Android Development] racks11479:
OK, just flashed CM7 latest Gapps. Market shows up. Signed in. Can browse. Search. But unable to install any apps.

Error I'm receiving is Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps) has stopped unexpectedly.

I can install backed up apps by pushing via ADB and through a File Manager
[Nook Color Android Development] poofyhairguy:
Awesome ROM! Many people will be happy to see HC development move forward.

I was able to flash this using the SD card I use to flash CM7. I had a few keyboard FCs that was stopped when I specially picked US english. Glad to see wireless working, and the SD card slot works. Nook encoded videos play poorly, but I can't tell if its the DSP or the lack of audio. Interesting to see the differences between the final SDK and the one we had previously.

Thanks again!!!
[Nook Color Android Development] RobertsDF:
well im currently giving it a try. Like you said, market doesn't show up but i saw that in my notification bar it said that i had updates. I clicked on it and it took me to "my apps" and installed all my paid for apps just fine . I'm not able to get to the rest of the market though.
[Nook Color Android Development] saiyth:
Thank you

Many thanks Divine , Have been waiting for this for a long time. love the widgets.
[Nook Color Android Development] RobertsDF:
The amazon app market works fine.
[Nook Color Android Development] Nburnes:
Just a random Q, but has anyone tried these?

http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=941445
[Nook Color Android Development] mazook98:
By the way here's a launcher pro backup file That I've blatantly stolen from the nookiecomb (or something like that) thread. it looks just like stock honeycomb but runs about 10 * faster...thanks Mike Gonz!!!http://db.tt/t1U1vhU EDIT: This is just the settings for launcher pro not the app..

It's free though.
[Nook Color Android Development] wshing:
http://www.multiupload.com/DHNAVI0CZ7

I have uploaded the file to some other servers so for people who can't use rapidshare.
[Nook Color Android Development] Rockwig:
Calendar App

I pulled the Calendar.apk and CalendarProvider.apk from the Ti-X Transformer ROM and it seems to work. Native Honeycomb App and Widget. Trying Youtubetablet and Gallery now...
[Nook Color Android Development] wshing:
http://www.multiupload.com/DHNAVI0CZ7

I have uploaded the file to some other servers so for people who can't use rapidshare can enjoy it too.
[Nook Color Android Development] xboxexpert:
Post apk's for us lazy people?
[Nook Color Android Development] chaval:
Youtubetablet works if you start a clip from the widget, or through m.youtube.com and choosing to play with "Youtube" instead of browser

Only in SD. But I found some HD clips that worked, with soundlag....
[Nook Color Android Development] xboxexpert:
Attached is a build.prop with native US language 160 lcd density and the setup wizard disabled so when you package the rom you don't have to go through the setup crap. Also market thinks your a Xoom Tablet.

160 makes the market look like crap :(
[Nook Color Android Development] mazook98:
This is all SO amazing how quickly it's coming together... it is becoming quite the "Frankenstein" of roms, I must say...( That gives me an idea for a boot animation )..

"IT'S ALIVE! !!!" Lol.
[Nook Color Android Development] iDidItAll4theNookie:
Can it hit deep sleep, or is it too early to hope while there are bigger fish to fry?
[Nook Color Android Development] anurbanlegend:
Thanks! These work perfectly. If we can get google voice and videos playing smoothly this rom is already ready to be a daily driver! The new gmail and email apps are awesome.
[Nook Color Android Development] SCWells72:
Install to SD card?

Is there an easy way to install this to an SD card? I currently have 100% stock 1.2 on emmc and CM7 7.0.2 on an SD card with the latter as my daily driver. I'd like to keep both of those untouched, but I do have an extra 4GB SD card that I'd like to use to check this out.
[Nook Color Android Development] bigwilly90210:
Well this sucks... just got it all set up with my apps and accounts and then I decided to reboot. Turns out I hit the magic 8 failed boots and now I'm back to stock 1.1 software. :( Can I just reflash this over it with a CWR sd card? There's nothing else I need to do, right? :S I'm gonna go ahead and try it. I think I may have formatted boot before installing which may explain why it took like 4 minutes and 2 reboots each time I turned it on. Ha. On the flip side, I got almost 9 hours of pretty intense wifi 50% brightness use. Definitely my new daily driver, even with the lockup annoyances. (if that's even an issue...)
[Nook Color Android Development] declain:
Should be able to just reflash with CWR sd. That's what I've done many times. As for the loackups, it seems those are related to the stock launcher and goes away if you use Launcher2 or Zeam, etc.
[Nook Color Android Development] philburkhardt:
Yup, SD bootable version is here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1045018
[Nook Color Android Development] anurbanlegend:
Screen lockup issues, someone posted this i think but if your screen is 'frozen' try to rotate it into portrait until it redraws then you can go back to landscape.
[Nook Color Android Development] bigwilly90210:
Awesome. I'm in the process of flashing it right now. No one else uses ADW? I liked it so much I bought the EX version. It adds the transitions that look like the stock ones, but you can change the dock too. I love that cause I've made some custom docks just for my NC. Never liked Zeam or LauncherPro. It runs with ADW just great, I wouldn't say "flying", but better than the stock one. I missed my dock anyway. lol. Does it have a boot animation? We need to get the stock Honeycomb one in there somehow, I had it on my Droid 2 even. Idk what size the images should be if I make one though... :S maybe there's another thread... just an idea for this ROM though. Thanks again everybody! :)
[Nook Color Android Development] Anon87:
how do we install those? thanks

edit: figured it out, I renamed the calendar.apk in /system/app to calendar.apk.bak

.....copied both of Calendar.apk and CalendarProvider.apk there, set permissions, then did a reboot :)

thanks
[Nook Color Android Development] anurbanlegend:
For those using LauncherPro/ADW, what are you using for soft buttons(menu/back/home)?
[Nook Color Android Development] bigwilly90210:
It doesn't replace the softkey/navigation/notification bar at the bottom. That remains intact no matter what. It just sits on top of that, like your screen doesn't have that little bar at the bottom. Works pretty well. I'm making some custom docks for ADW EX that look better. The included ones are ok, but the icons are so small on the dock it looks weird. ADW runs fine in my experience, still had a couple lockups though. Apparently LauncherPro doesn't? Maybe I'll give it a shot.
[Nook Color Android Development] ieAnd:
A little unclear in the OP, I see it's been updated recently to note a lot more working features; however, "OC Kernel" is neither in the Working nor the Not Working list. Which would it be?

Also just out of curiousity until I get home and have the chance to flash this; how smooth is the UI/Performance compared to the SDK10 based version?
[Nook Color Android Development] SCWells72:
Thanks. Looks like there was something wrong with the HC portion of that and it's been pulled until it's fixed. Do you know offhand if there's a way to do away with the dual-boot with Phiremod? I already have my stable CM7 SD card and just want to play with this HC build. I can ask on that thread if it's more appropriate.
[Nook Color Android Development] bdcrim:


SetCPU shows the maximum speed to be 1100 mhz. Performance is much similar to the sdk10 build. I am having lockscreen issues and some force closes. The tablet market is really nice. Pretty descent build with some work to still be done
[Nook Color Android Development] declain:
That would do it. Tomorrow morning I will add both to my zip and re-up it. I'll try to figure out any other tweaks and changes that have happened since earlier today and add those as well.
[Nook Color Android Development] declain:
If you check the first couple pages of this thread, I believe a couple of people have modified this to run on SD. No build posted, but maybe some details? If someone can provide details of what they changed, I wouldn't mind putting together and uploading a SD build.
[Nook Color Android Development] philburkhardt:
Not sure, I don't run anything off the SD card.

The links for SD version this ROM are definitely in that thread. I just checked. It's the very last link at the bottom of the 1st post.

Under:

Update 5/5 : Divine Madcat's Honeycomb RC1v2 SDcard:
[Nook Color Android Development] Anon87:
when i set mine to 180 i lost the bottom status bar and got the phone version at the top.
[Nook Color Android Development] arrjaytea:
Anyone else having issues with the clock/accompanying setup widgets?

Completely useless to me right now, probably a deal-breaker if it doesn't work. :(

Though I do really appreciate the effort on this, guys. Will be watching closely as it develops, just happy to have some action in this realm again.
[Nook Color Android Development] arrjaytea:
Alright, I've gotta say - this is nice in the sense that it's good to see HC development going again, but moving from Phiremod 6.2 to this is painful.

Constant lockups for me. More unusable than the DB build, for sure.

Again, appreciate the work fellas - but I'm definitely left wondering how any of you are using this in terms of a "Daily Driver."

Edit: I should note that I'm using the build supplied by xboxexpert.
[Nook Color Android Development] demonofsteel:
Wow, this is progessing so fast and it's only been one day! It's almost ready for everyday use.

The touch issue on the home screen still needs to be fixed. I tried a few things to fix it, but I never found any solution. At least there is the possibility to switch between portait and landscape.

Another thing I found... In the RC2 build (don't remember about RC1), there are 2 Music apps. One of them is the same as the music app present on Android 2.x, the other one seems to be the HC app, but it FC as soon as it opens. I tried to replace it by 2 HC music apps (the one from the Transformer system dump and another one that leaked earlier), but both of them still FC. I even tried to replace them in the .zip then reflash the .zip again, but it still didn't work. I have not tried yet the one that was in deeper-blue's rom (I don't even remember if there was a music app since I don't even use it, I just wanted to try it now and see if I could fix it).

Anyone else having issues with the music app? Do you have one that does work on it that I could test?

By the way, love the new tablet gapps and market.
[Nook Color Android Development] bigwilly90210:
It's not quite daily driver, but I'm using it as such right now. The 3.0 Market is worth it alone. Sure Deeper Blue's original is more stable, but is it more usable? Having the updated API's is huge and I'm sticking with you guys.

In other news, I have the same issues with the music apps, especially disappointing as I was really looking forward to that sweet Honeycomb music player. :( the one that is the headphones is the HC one and it FC, but the speaker driver is the regular 2.2 stock music app = epic fail. looks sooo ugly on tablet. ha. I use playerpro and the album view is pretty impressive on the 7" IPS display considering my 10gb of music. Love having honeycomb!!! Can't wait for more stability. At this rate it'll probably be done tomorrow! lol.

jk, but seriously...
[Nook Color Android Development] flipper2006:
This is very cool but 3 big problems making me want to go back to CY72

In marketplace, when i click the search, it doesnt do anything, for example if i want to search for Pulse or Tablet apps, etc.. ((((I figured this one Out - you dont click in search but below it in the market ads and it worked.))))

It doesnt see my SD card and when i try to download astro or anything like a file manager, it wants to put in card, but it's not seeing it. Same issue I had with yesterdays build.

How do you change the lcddensity, i can't install anything because it doesnt see the sdcard. :) ((( This is now resolved, since i can search in marketplace for it and install..)

---- Update - Everything xcept how to get it to "see" my sdcard... is working.
[Nook Color Android Development] demonofsteel:
I had trouble to find out where to click in the market to input what I wanted to search. I figured out later that I needed to click in the text box.

I once had a similar problem with one of my SD cards when running Honeycomb eMMC v4 2nd edition. All I needed to do was to completely format it on my PC using SD Formatter (of course I did a backup of the content before formatting it).

You can get SD Formatter from sdcard.org (I can't make a link, I have enough posts yet)...

When in the application, make sure that you change the option "Format size adjustment" to "ON" and then format.

After that, I put my card on my nook and it did recognize it. I don't know if that is the issue with your card, you can always give it a try.

What kind of SD Card are you using?

For the LCD Density, you can change it by editing the file "/system/build.prop". By default, it's set to 120 in this ROM. For reference, it's set to 140 in Honeycomb eMMC v4 2nd edition and it's set to 161 in CM7. You need to reboot after making the change.
[Nook Color Android Development] bigwilly90210:
I'm not sure how to on this HC build, but if you have Droid Overclock from jrummy16 he has an option in his app to do so. I haven't tried it, usually it doesn't work on anything but Droid X/2 ROMs.

In other news, has anyone gotten SU to work with SetCPU? I've seen and confirmed that it says scaling conservative between 300mhz and 1100mhz. Which is awesome, but I really can't confirm too much real world advantage of my own since I've been running it for the last couple hours. I'm getting everything set up and will probably give it a break here in a bit and see how it runs after just charging for a while. Hows it running for everyone else? Better or worse than Deeper Blue's original on eMMC?
[Nook Color Android Development] flipper2006:
I have a bunch of SDcards, but if i knew that was all i need, i would have done, i will try and report back.

I got LCDdenisty so that wasnt an issue once I figured out where to click for search, for me, ihad to click under the search, it didnt work any other place.. weird...
[Nook Color Android Development] EverythingNook:
can anyone make a video? i dont really want to flash and be disappointed, no disrespect.
[Nook Color Android Development] skgtheblij:
If anyone is curious, this (I used RC2) can be dual booted with 1.2. Just followed this thread, and finally got it to work. You do need to use internal CWM though.
[Nook Color Android Development] Xephik:
Theres a flashable SU somewhere in this thread. I used that. I'm using V2.

Thats how I got LCD Density and SetCPU working.

A sidenote: What is everyone setting the density at? I saw someone say 160, but MAN thats huge! I set it at 140, will there be any problems?
[Nook Color Android Development] bigwilly90210:
I know there is a flashable SU, but I thought it was supposed to be bundled/packaged in RC2 which is why I waited for RC2. Oh well, I'll figure it out. SuperUser app is in the launcher, so idk. I'm gonna try Root Explorer to remove Launcher2.apk and see if SU works there.

For LCD Density, which way is bigger? I've never really understood it... lol. I'm sure someone else is wondering too. Does 160 make it smaller or larger than 140 or 120? I did notice things look smaller, e.g. I have more room on my homescreen, with this ROM versus DeeperBlue's HC v4. Idk, it's not something I think I'll change, just curious. I'll test if Droid Overclock works to change it or not. I have a Droid 2 so all my paid apps carried over with sync. lol. :P
[Nook Color Android Development] :
Look a few pages back. Youtube link on there. Looks fast!
[Nook Color Android Development] flipper2006:
another small minor issue.. Open browser, if you click on any NEW tab, it doesnt do anything. When you click "+" normaly it would open a new tab where you see another page. Is this working for anyone ?

Youtube... someone said they got it to play video, it's not set for HD videos, but it still just stops for any video, or is there a trick for this?

One more thing, click the clock on the bottom, it opens up to wireless/battery, but it should open to settings, but it seems to flash quickly and go away. I can't beleive this only is 2 days old and how good it's working!

Battery life seemed very good so far in 2 days..

... I have some down time as I'm charging the unit back up..

I HAD a Xoom Wifi for 2 weeks before I brought it back, but i can say this isnt that much slower, it is, but it's not that big a difference. The screen size makes the Xoom nicer, but the small unit in your hand is better too.
[Nook Color Android Development] EverythingNook:
ill wait a week or 2 before trying this, very nice though! great work
[Nook Color Android Development] declain:
To change density, download lcd density from the market
[Nook Color Android Development] declain:
I've been using 140 with no issues.
[Nook Color Android Development] joe91584:
I am waiting too, but wow it's really becoming something.

Nice job everyone.
[Nook Color Android Development] amtrakcn:
Touch sensitivity at border is painful... I have to hit the X icon on browser tab numerous times to close it...
[Nook Color Android Development] joenathane:
Thanks for letting everyone know that, we were all in suspense about when you were going to flash...
[Nook Color Android Development] mazook98:
Don't know if anyone noticed it, but Ill go ahead and put it out there, just so everyone's at least aware now of Xboxexperts history and his continued douchiness------ quotes from his youtube vid....."Click the link to buy ME a beer (support/donate):" with a link to his PAYPAL account....And then when asked about the build and which one it was, he replies, and I quote, "It's my own build that I modified. I"ll release the RC1 tomorrow for you guys to download." Just research a little on this guys posts and youtube stuff.

This may not surprise some, as his history is one of using other's good hard work,and then packaging it for sale on youtube/eBay...I hate to put this in the middle of such an EPIC project, but people need to be aware of his general sliminess. I had originally just stopped in to say Thanks everyone for such a phenomenal job so far in an amazingly short time. Personally, even I was surprised by this when I just happened to look at the comments on his vid....I wonder how much he'll be charging for HIS RC1? Maybe we should just ask? Peace, and I'm out.
[Nook Color Android Development] altimax98:
Im loving this build, but i cant access my SD card!

Anyone else with this issue?
[Nook Color Android Development] Divine_Madcat:
What a crazy thread this turned out to be today. I am not even sure where to start on organizing everything.

First off, i love seeing how the community here has run with this project, it is really awesome. I hope the community continues to run with this, and i hope i can keep up with this fever pitch.

As for youtube video and him claiming that it is his build, i am a bit disturbed by that. Yes, i know that he did some work, but it is built on the communities work built on my work (that was built on blues work). Claiming it is his own build is.. upsetting, but i will live. I made this for THIS community, and have to accept that some people may do things i don't want them to.