yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
softkeys disabled.. Honeycomb do not use them anymore :-)

Look at the bottom left, thats your control buttons.. thats pretty much what as example "motorola xoom with honeycomb 3.0" looks like now.. so its no error , i disabled those on purpose..

problem is that you got half the screen size of a "certified" tablet, so not much room for pressing buttons and resolutions very low.. so you're missing alot due to the lack of space.. and thats pretty much why A7 is never getting a proper honeycomb when minimum requirements are 1280x800
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
Soft keys were removed If I had read correctly due to the fact HC has them and dex seen no reason to have two of them. I like the idea of not having them means you don't have to worry about hitting them on accident
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
http://www.slatedroid.com/topic/179...otloader-froyogingerhc-works-for-notion-roms/

adams kernel was this the basis a source you used to make changes to ours?
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
no, i used StreamTVNetwork's released source from their website..

you cannot use other devices unless you once again try to adapt the drivers to the kernel, which is a big one, since no one did, you can imagine how much work it takes..

you modifiy the existing kernel you got for your device, which the git changes where possible into your existing code, and update where it requiress it.

So we could maybe get the 1.5Ghz update, but im not sure if i can extract and diff it so we can implement into the a7 kernel.
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
I wasn't meaning did you use that kernel. I guess I could have been a bit clearer. What I meant was seeing how that kernel is adapted to be used with HC could that be off benefit to a dev for our a7. Using it as a guide to some degree
[A7 Android Development] amwilliams9:
This may be a silly question but...with a dedicated gpu could not the ROM resolution actually be resized to fit the A7? I mean this is not a case of trying to increase resolution (at its native resolution you can't get more than it can reproduce) but down converting it. In other words (This may be a bad example) a standard 720p television that can receive a 1080p signal but down-converts it to 720p.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
with the next update, im uploading in some hours you can use Market, then download the "Density" app, which can change density (not resoluion) but everything becomes smaller and its harder to hit the soft buttons in lower left side, so you know (as i tried it)
[A7 Android Development] ming_a:
Hi Dexter: Thanks for your work. I m new w A7 and try yet this update but bluetooth not turn on...

wait for you new release. Thanks again.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
v0.2 is online

V0.2 is online.

Got Googleapps login fixed, so you can use Market and Gmail (Using apps from latest VegaComb)

i can almost say 100% Bluetooth will never work on this rom!

so don't wait for it, then you can start looking for a new tablet with 3.0 :-)
[A7 Android Development] tumpy:
Notice the 02 image is much smaller than previous image, about to test this one..I think GB will be out best bet for the A7, I am satisfied with froyo, if HG is out of our reach how about Gingerbread..is it possible Dexter?..
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
no, basically a7 is stuck on in 2.2. a 2.3 release still require a formal 2.6.36. kernel which vendors do not adapt drivers for, so if any 2.3 arrive, it will be like this one, using a 2.6.32.9 kernel. maybe with a few patches upto 2.6.32.34 or so, but still using the old drivers vendors delivered..

the guys found out several "libs" of 40MB+ were not needed at all, so i removed them as well..
[A7 Android Development] I<3Android:
Weird, Upon first install i recived " Installation aborted" Due to some E:Can't find entry for META-INF/com/google/android/update-binary. Any ideas? Trying install again from fresh download.

Update: No go 2nd time around..... ?
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
did you unpack the zip and ended up with a "Update.zip" after unpack? or?
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
quick note:

If you download "LCDDensity for Root" from Market, and set density to 100 . you see how it should look on A7, but its gets pretty small.. but it works :-)

this app is free and it works fine on our tablet. (yes, i have included Superuser app in the release)
[A7 Android Development] amwilliams9:
I have been able to successfully install market. But I am unable to install/download any apps even though I am logged into my account. Constant persistent FC's as well as the a7 freezing for short periods of time. It does work but I'm thinking the processor cannot handle this rom. Amazon does allow me to reinstall my apps but I do not think that they run well in this new environment, as I do get quite a few FC's as well. Touch on the screen is horrible, requiring multiple attempts to use apps. Keyboard is not calibrated as missed keystrokes and flat out errors ie. delete key sometimes will register as other characters. I will play around a little bit more but May go back to Dexter's version of 2.2.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
the apps you get an "FC" with, needs to be moved in "applications" to internal storage.. although it works that you can "move2sd", it does not work with running the actual app, and the result is "FC"'s ..

so settings -> manage applications -> "move to tablet" and the programs work..

thats the best to offer for now, until resolved.
[A7 Android Development] tumpy:
Thanks for info on density, set mine @114 as 100 was a bit to small. Also got rockplayer working the default music player don't work. Nor tosiba media player which is the best player Iv'e seen for android...
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
lcddensity I am experiencing great results from going into menu on it and accepting my setting as system default
[A7 Android Development] sdialect31:
facebook issue

During sign up for Facebook the user name and password dialog jumps all over the place. It does stand still briefly during autorotate.
[A7 Android Development] sdialect31:
Performance

Very laggy performance at times, occasionally I've actually set the tablet down and walked away to give it time to unfreeze. Is there any screen calibration app or seitivity adjustments?
[A7 Android Development] sdialect31:
Camera

FC on camera, about to try 3rd party app
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
camera drivers are not included, it will for now, not work..

and remember "3.0" expects 2 cams front/back, so im not even sure software can handle 1 cam based tablets.
[A7 Android Development] tumpy:
Had to go back to 1.42, force close and freeze up is a ***** to deal with. I will stay with froyo until something better is available.
[A7 Android Development] Freeport36:
More Observations...

First of all, A Huge Thanks To Dexter!!!

As requested, I'll try not to duplicate. I had some rare free time last night to do some serious playing with the new OS!!!

It is AWESOME! Of course there are some hick ups...

I experienced some freeze ups as well. It happened during different things. Sorry I can't be more specific...

Dolphin HD loads and runs but the actual page content never fills in... I checked multiple sites...

Vendetta loads but wants to "see" the external sd card through the system...

It worked on your 1.42 mod as best it could since we don't have multi touch...

Youtube widget works but doesn't play when you click a vid from it. If you open it from icon, it works great...

As previously stated, these are just observations by some one who it quite ecstatic to to have this OS on our inexpensive tablets!!!

Another donation is on the way!!!

YOU ARE THE MAN!

Tablet keyboard works great!

Opera works great!

Angry birds works great!

I'm not a social butterfly so some one else can check the chat sites...

Ciao for now...
[A7 Android Development] amwilliams9:
I think the camera drivers should be okay. I have a Vibrant with a FFC mod running Cynogen7. Although there is the option to change cameras (don't) do it if you don't have two cameras it works fine. JMHO
[A7 Android Development] masterfred:
I just wanted to give a big thanks to Dexter !
[A7 Android Development] I<3Android:
Sorry for the delay! I unpacked as was told and everything with install went fine. It's laggy at times but that is to be expected.

The major issue i see it that once you turn off the screen a reboot is needed for the screen to pick up touch. FC on camera but you already got us up to speed on that.

I think it's great! Gives a nice new tablet feel to everything. I really love the on screen Nav buttons. Great for use in the dark! And the widgets are awesome!

Thanks so much for all the hard work!
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
actually i know the problem, on Folio100 too..

Press power button twice and it works fine :-)

(once to turn on, when its on press power again quickly)
[A7 Android Development] I<3Android:
Perfect! Thanks. Enjoying it much more now!
[A7 Android Development] smallba:
Great work again Dexter, got music player to work after downloading the music beta from the market, everything else runs fine beside the already stated problem (Random Freezes)

Looking forward to some updates
[A7 Android Development] I<3Android:
closing apps

How do we go about closing the program blind screens? Are they running at all times in the background? And I noticed my unit was searching for a mobile signal, burning 8% of my battery power i switched airplane mode on but its still eating at the battery...

Any ideas on that?

Very much enjoying the rom!
[A7 Android Development] DANOinSD:
hc mod

Hey Dexter, thanks again for the mod (and to your counterparts too) you all have made this tablet go above and beyond what streamtv gave us. Haven't had much time to stress test this, but loaded fine and worked pretty well for me. Noticed the few minor issues, but for honeycomb on the A7, I can deal with that. Actually had my A7 on the shelf cuz I have a xoom now too, but its back on the desk now getting some love. Thanks, will send another donation over soon.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
as a owner of both, how does the A7 honeycomb compare to the "real" thing?

i was supposed to get a XOOM but never happened, so i wonder personally how close the a7 experience is as to start off with?

for users going for a "real" honeycomb, i think this gives users a good idea of what to get or? or will a7 dissappoint compared to xoom?
[A7 Android Development] zwalley:
Just wanted to say thanks Dexter!!

Thanks Dexter...Donation sent!! Much appreciated.

A7Comb loaded perfect and have had no issues at all thus far.
[A7 Android Development] DroidxRage:
I have an Asus Transformer now too... I'll try the mod out after work if I have time and report back. :-)
[A7 Android Development] DroidxRage:
Installing now, will take it for a test run and let you guys know how it compares to an "off-the-shelf" honeycomb experience. :-)
[A7 Android Development] DANOinSD:
A7 3.0

Hi Dexter,

After spending some quality time with the A7 3.0, its not a bad match to the actual Xoom experience. Granted screen size and type significantly hinder its capabilities, but the actual OS itself wasn't bad at all. Quite honestly, I liked playing a few of the games I have on the 7" vice the 10". I must say, LCD Density is a requirement, and I had mine set at 100 I think.

I did run into a variety of bugs (wifi disconnects, touch response, need volume controls, etc), but many of these items can be fixed in time. The biggest issue I see is the screen size itself, as the Apps menu was overly sensitive, and even with LCD Density some Apps wouldn't show up. Another oddity I ran into was that larger size games (20-40mb) would act as if they installed, but then when clicking on the shortcuts to open they said they were not installed. I tried a few times to confirm.

the bottom line, I think it's a solid port of Honeycomb, but some some things will need to be addressed to make this a fully functional Rom. However, I will be leaving this on my A7 for awhile to see if I can find some tweaks, to make this more useable.

Thanks again, for all your hard work, and I look forward to future projects.

Let me know if you need an A7 guinea pig, as I'm not afraid to test on mine since it's not my primary tablet anymore.

Oh yeah, I noted some folks were complaining about the screen freezes, and I noticed that if you click the power button as if to go into sleep mode the screen comes back to life, not sure why, or how, it just worked.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
@DANOinSD

thanks for your review, im sure other a7 users liked reading it too.

its for sure no Xoom, but if some bugs can be fixed, it might just work a little better.

the "apps not installed" i think relate to apps being installed on your sdcard, and needs to be moved to tablet to work.

Lets see how far the semi-3.0 can be pushed, i am not primariy on this, as it originate with the VegaComb team, but i try to adapt their finding where possible.
[A7 Android Development] JAnthony419:
Errors

everytime i try to do the update, i get:

"E:Can't find entry for META-INF /com/google/android/update-binary"

not to clear on what that means and every time i download i get 112.7MB. is that the entire file or is it 113MB and a better link to get the update, this one loses connection a lot
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
please follow instructions and remember to do as said, which is to "extract contents of zip" and you get a Update.zip to use.. its sounds to me you dont know if the zip is valid, this is exactly why it becomes valid when you extract the content, so its checked that you did download the complete file.
[A7 Android Development] JAnthony419:
let me verify that i am on track, thanks
[A7 Android Development] tumpy:
Dexter, I just read an article on lcd density setting, I did the change to a higher density and was surprise to see the result. If you change from default 120 to any # above the UI will change from HC to gingerbread, mine change at 130, if you can reactivate the soft keys on the A7 we can use the gingerbread UI.
[A7 Android Development] smallba:
I just made a thread on this in the general section
[A7 Android Development] tumpy:
Thanks for the patch Dexter working fine. Got back the little bit of realestate

HC took up for soft keys...

Sent from my Dexter A7Comb 3.0 Tapatalk..
[A7 Android Development] vellyg:
very nice work u guys one quick question I can't change the brightness or auto brightness don't work or is it my a7 or what. Thanks
[A7 Android Development] smallba:
It's not working on this rom

Sent from my Mynized EVo 4G
[A7 Android Development] vellyg:
oh ok thanks i was gitting worried for a sec.
[A7 Android Development] motoelliot:
Ok, so what's the general consensus on the honeycomb rom? My wife stole mine for kindle. Just wondering if stealin it back for honeycomb is worth it. She's got her claws in deep! Lol

Everything work now?

Sent from A.W.E.S.O.M-O
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
it works, but!

a 7" a7 is not meant to be used with hc desktop. i think some persons prefer to switch to old launcher which is possible if density changes, and you keep some of the 3.0 functions and can run some 3.0 specific apps..

but if she is really keen on keeping it, i would maybe suggest the new investment into asus transformer or aconia.. asus simply is too expensive and too many hw probs..

and aconia comes with 2 usb ports (host and device) which is connecting usbsticks + connecting it to a pc as well. asus has only usb2pc i read.
[A7 Android Development] ifitwasnt4u:
Flashing right now to test!

After payday I am definitely donating to Dexter. Dexter Roms for the A7 have been perfect for me every time!
[A7 Android Development] ifitwasnt4u:
Testing now. I really dig the new market and the screens. Can't wait for the bugs to iron out!!
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
i found the reason for brightness not to work, but its the only "fix" i can make so far, so a new rom is not being released..

i think we can use a patch to correct it.. ill look into this..
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
0.2a patch is ready

Added a patch to fix some issues found..

- better 2d/3d performance.

- polaris office crash fix

- brightness control is working again.
[A7 Android Development] Freeport36:
Just did update...

Thanks! You are the man once again... Will let you know if anything is awry....
[A7 Android Development] rgray11:
I have never been able to download this... it just says it D/L but never the 113mb....
[A7 Android Development] tumpy:
I am caught between a rock and a hard place the present and future' or 2.2 and 3.0..

Froyo is stable and give me no challenge on the other hand honeycomb is locking up and freezing at times but I cannot stay away from it, the little patch help less lockup..
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
my A7 has not been on my 1.42 since hc30 got installed, and yes sometimes it does strange stuff, and i have only located a few of the problems.. but it works quite well compared to my folio100, and sensors actually work on a7.. so im actually happy with the a7 until my Acer Iconia arrives next week. but then tides might change the way i use them..

i dont use bt, and surfing / reading mail and angry birds for now.. i do miss regular flash, but as long as i know that fullscreen video does work, its okay for me..
[A7 Android Development] sdialect31:
I'm loving it despite the hang-ups, if the camera worked I might not even look at a new device for a good while. As it stands now though, it's a great toy to tinker with but, not to rely on.
[A7 Android Development] moku160:
Dexter you are the man, and without your work i probably would have dumped my A7 within a month. Thank you!

Anyway sorry if this subject has been brought up before, I did a search and really couldnt find any info.

Does anyone know if this supports windows shares? If not could we get a cifs.ko that works?
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
am pretty sure, i enabled this in the kernel i compiled..
[A7 Android Development] moku160:
Great! Will try as soon as I get home from work. Thanks again Dexter!
[A7 Android Development] sagggas:
better performance with v0.2 than 0.2a

Hey Dexter,

As usual, you've done some brilliant work on this tablet with your HC release.

I finally installed it last week, and immediately installed 0.2a prior to setting up the fresh 0.2HC install. I noticed the interface was clunky (scrolling was rough, and there seemed to be delays with everything).

Yesterday, I wiped everything and started over. After installing 0.2 and setting up my google account and then doing a reboot for wifi, I noticed it was much smoother than my initial install. I then booted into recovery, wiped the cache and installed 0.2a. Much of the clunkiness returned. Has anybody else noticed this?

Thanks and keep up the great work!
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
if you feel 0.2a is lagging. you can stay with 0.2 and in the patch remove the /system/lib/egl & hw folder, and you might just keep your "feel" of the interface.. try it and see how it goes.. you still get sensors and polaris in place this way.
[A7 Android Development] moku160:
Dexter,

Cifs works flawlessly, I can now stream my vids over the network from my htpc. Thanks!

I was wondering how difficult it would be to be able to hide the softkey bar like you can on the nook CM7?
[A7 Android Development] tumpy:
Dexter anything new in the way of bug fix or tweaking for this rom?. Our forum has no action at all.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
just about the same in AdventVega section of 3.0 Vegacomb release and for the folio100..

Pre-3.0 tablets are dying (i think)

I think VegaComb died with the original developer leaving the project. (as i read about it)
[A7 Android Development] tumpy:
I use the quadrant software to look at system info, fingerprint say Eee pad 3.0.1, look like this rom was compile from asus rom. Hope you or some other dev can get more mileage for us...
[A7 Android Development] droidflix:
Has anyone looked at what just got released on vegacomb and Adam?

If not check out tabletroms, looks like there might be some hope yet.
[A7 Android Development] sdialect31:
It's looking really good, maybe this update will make it's way over to A7 forum?
[A7 Android Development] droidflix:
This is a damn shame,I don't know the story but I do know that we lost the only real

person that was helping us.

Thanks for all your work Dexter Ill be looking elsewhere for you and and what you do

thanks again man.
[A7 Android Development] mingkee:
Now I can dump A7 to recycle and buy Toshiba Thrive.
[A7 Android Development] sdialect31:
what gives

Um this tablet is only still in my home because of Dexter, it was on its way back to the store if I had not come across these "tablet life saving" ROMs. Not cool seeing Dexter back away from this tab, this may be a paper weight now.
[A7 Android Development] sdialect31:
Clash of titans post shine a tiny bit of light, still not good news.
[A7 Android Development] DANOinSD:
No Bueno

Really a bummer to see such a good dev leave the community.

However, this seems to be a growing trend.

Thanks for everything Dex, your hard work really kept this device alive and every user of this tablet as well as the producers (streamtv) owe you a great deal of thanks for making this semi-worthless tablet a real piece of hardware.

Thanks again, and I'll still be lurking on your other feeds. Cheers!
[A7 Android Development] 855Elm:
Sorry to see you go...thanks for your effort and advice. We will miss you...

Regards
[A7 Android Development] JayWheelz:
Does anybody know if the Honeycomb files are still available? I'm new to the A7 forum but not to flashing and so forth. If someone know's where I can get the files to update my A7 to honeycomb that would be greatly appreciated. Please PM me if someone can.
[A7 Android Development] smallba:
Dexter is continuing his work over at tabletroms.com

Here is the A7 Link: www.tabletroms.com/forums/elocity-a7-general-discussion/
[A7 Android Development] JayWheelz:
Thanks I appreciate the link.
[GT540 Optimus General] JackG256:
Superuser crashing? Not giving you root access? Here's something that could help.

First you need to have Flashed a custom recovery on your device (eg. Clockwork or AmonRA)

Download the latest superuser app and binary from here

Select your version of Android either:

su-x.x.x.x-cd-signed.zip (1.5 Cupcake or 1.6 Donut)

su-x.x.x.x-ef-signed.zip (2.1 Eclair/2.2 Froyo/2.3 Gingerbread)

su-2.3.6.1-ef-data2sys-signed.zip (Data2System Version by me)

Copy the .zip file you downloaded to the root of your SDCard.

Go into recovery by rebooting the phone and holding the correct key for recovery on your device.

Scroll down to "install zip from sdcard" and select your Superuser zip file. Accept any warnings that may pop up. What this will do is, remove the su binary and Superuser app and re-install/update both the binary and app and rectify any problems you may have with Superuser.

Any questions? Just ask below.

Hope it helps,

Jack
[GT540 Optimus General] JackG256:
Added a Data2System version for people who are having problems with their Data2System ROM's Superuser. Update script is modified to work with the data partition and not the system partition.

Hope it helps,

Jack