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[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
Double 'n' please:D:)

No but i'm planning to open a section like this in my instructions thread:);)

see back there in a couple of days;)
[Gen8 Android Development] SamSan:
browser makes my archos freeze

Overall latest build looks cool and fast... suspend works also...

But the problem with the browser is same.. it made my archos freeze.. only way is too restart... any solutions to this problem...
[Gen8 Android Development] SamSan:
please provide market.apk

Please give me market apk which works on gingerbread.

One update, my archos hanged when I tried to access facebook through facebook apk..
[Gen8 Android Development] Veritas06:
http://goo-inside.me/gapps
[Gen8 Android Development] jackson0829:
Thanks for provide the solution but it is not workable for me?

any new idea can solve the CM home screen

upside down issue

?

by the way ,so far still nobody can help me to solve

could not read Chinese(gb5) file name

in file manager even though I already changed the "SETTNG" Language to Chinese(GB5)?
[Gen8 Android Development] Veritas06:
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[Gen8 Android Development] jackson0829:
Sorry to miss mention that I already changed the "SETTNG" Language to Chinese(GB5)but still could not read he Chinese file name in file manager??

If nobody can help me to solve the CM home screen upside down and Chinese(gb5)Language could not reading issues ,I will give up the CM insall in my ARCHOS 101
[Gen8 Android Development] SamSan:
browser makes my archos freeze

Overall latest build looks cool and fast... suspend works also...

But the problem with the browser is same.. it made my archos freeze.. only way is too restart... any solutions to this problem...

One update, my archos hanged when I tried to access facebook through facebook apk..
[Gen8 Android Development] Veritas06:
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[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
The kernel panics, I have a stupid workaround which works on my 101 until we find the issue why it panics.

1) Disable wifi

2) Start the browser and click ok when it prompts with the no connection info.

3) Then go back to settings and enable wifi after that go back to the browser which shouldn't freeze up your archos now.

Edit: Do this before you use any apps that uses wifi that will cause your archos to freeze. BTW no promisses it will work. CM is still alpha stage and we need more developers who want to put time in this to make it more usefull. Join us at #openpma on irc.freenode.net.

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
here's a short video i made tonight using openaos and cyanogenmod gingerbread...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FOeW8LbGTPM

also, i downloaded the gapps from goo-inside.me and... i feel like an idiot for saying this... but i dont know how to install them
[Gen8 Android Development] gbohm:
copy rootexplorer apk and a gapps zip to your device boot to cm

install rootexplorer unzip gapps to /system

sent from my droid (not the one you are looking for)
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
after putting everything in its respective folder... time consuming... i rebooted, and there were no new apps in my drawer. so i used root explorer:

/system/app/vending.apk => execute : There was a problem parsing the package

does the META-INF folder need to be anywhere? and why am i getting the parsing problem?
[Gen8 Android Development] gbohm:
why didn't u just unzip it to the folder i told you?

sent from my droid (not the one you are looking for)
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
while i was waiting for a reply, before you posted the above quote, I did. when I rebooted, all the files i had copied over had disappeared.

anyhow, after unzipping to /system the files go to an extracted folder called /system/gapps-gb-20110613-signed-1/
[Gen8 Android Development] gbohm:
oh copy the whole content insind e this gapps-gb-.... to system

sent from my droid (not the one you are looking for)
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
ok look, i'm going everything you're telling me to do and nothing is working. if you have a spare 5 mins, watch me try to install these apps. I'm not upset with you, i just think that I'm doing something wrong, and you can't see my errors.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=17EdB3ue3eI
[Gen8 Android Development] Veritas06:
You might have to what I did: unzip the gapps, go into each folder (all the way down if necessary -- I think /etc/permissions or /lib/permissions) select all contents, & then govto the corresponding directory is /system/ & paste

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[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
ya know, i tried that before i made the video. i'll try it again. I think i'm going to delete my image and just start all over again.

update: that didn't work
[Gen8 Android Development] dtr145r:
Mm it's really not hard at all to install gapps guys...

Extract them on your pc.

Copy just the apps folder to your archos root.

Use file manager and navigate to the apps folder

Open the folder and press menu, multi select then copy

Now click parent folder a few times

You want to navigate to /system/app

Open system/app and paste the .apks there.

Now reboot

Once your device reboots it should take you to the start up wizard

I really don't think it could get any easier than that...
[Gen8 Android Development] Veritas06:
Did it copy anything? And are you using Root Explorer? See if it added a folder instead of the actual files. I'll be home in a few hours & if you can't get it by then I'll just post a script or something to copying it automatically

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[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
so i just picked up my archos and was gonna play with gingerbread a little more, and lo and behold... the startup wizard. have we come up with a suspend or camera fix yet?

how do i theme it?
[Gen8 Android Development] FrEcP:
Use the Theme manager (in app drawer) - get some themes using google or xda search.
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
i just hate the themes it comes with... i wish it was just the defualt gingerbread look. i mean... i guess that is to say i dont like the "cyan" part of cyanogen... i just want it to look like i have regular gingerbread
[Gen8 Android Development] Veritas06:
I don't remember what it's called, but it comes with the stock theme.

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[Gen8 Android Development] AlaskaPardus:
open the Theme Chooser and take the theme you want - or try http://uot.dakra.lt/kitchen

nothing easier to do than this!
[Gen8 Android Development] dsimages:
having an issue here. while trying to add an account (initial google account), when I press the " add account" button it takes me straight to the exchange email account.

I cant add my google account anywhere. am i missing something? It also didnt run through the setup on the first boot. went straight to the home screen
[Gen8 Android Development] AlaskaPardus:
you have to install google apps first...search this thread to find how to do this...
[Gen8 Android Development] dsimages:
thats what i thought.. thanks..
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
nay, good sir. It does not.

Sent from my MB860
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
i know how to use the theme chooser... look my archos looks like this with androidian theme.

but i just want the vanilla gingerbread

...possible?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
The right part is not a theme, it is the launcher.

So you have to find a launcher that has that theme.

Tried Go Launcher Ex?
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
you can propably take adw launcher EX (adw launcher that comes with rom crashes for me when changing themes) and search for a gingerbread theme in the market.

edit: fzelle was faster ;-)
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
i use vtl launcher. i know its not an launcher, its actually the app drawer. let me take a screenshot of my 101 and my atrix so you can see the distinct differences i'm talking about.
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
Every launcher comes with its own appdrawer.

If your vtl doesn't have the app drawer you want, you have to contact the developer.
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
try the nexus s gingerbread theme from adw launcher

adw launcher themes should be compatible with vlt.launcher themes
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
apparently i'm really bad at communication. it's not the "themes" that are messed up. it's entire color palette. the pictures i have on the archos are all funky colored and weird... i mean.. I'm blue, in my photos. i cant find the "screenshots" folder when i take a screen shot of my gingerbread, so i'm going to buy screenshot it and upload this afternoon.
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
Actually I figured out that I don't want inverted colors. how do I disable it?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
did you install Chainfire 3D?
[Gen8 Android Development] marcusmarcus:
From first post on this thread

Should be "install sde", sdk is different than sde.
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
And there is no "open aos recovery", only the Multiboot.
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
does somebody know if actually there is anyone who works on getting accelerated video, camera, usb host ... working with gingerbread? or is this allready the end of development for archos gen8 alltogether? urukdroid development is dead since a few month too.
[Gen8 Android Development] marcusmarcus:
This thread started the end of last month, with the latest release on July 8th and $Aaron that develops Uruk mentioned trying to merge the latest stock firmware changes into uruk seeing as the previous firmware was not playing nice with uruk 1.1 betas. What makes you think that these are dead. Don't expect something new every day or even every week. These devs are working on this in their own free time and not getting paid for it. Patients is a virtue.

Edit: Uruk 1.1 RC1 was release on June 29, less than a month ago, definitely not dead for a few months.
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Contribute to Gingerbread.

The problem just is that most of the people like bubu has a very busy job and a family life.

It is not ended, but we need more people to participate in accomplishing these things. There is an easy wiki guide to build your own image here

The kernel used for booting gingerbread is also available on git. Using the following commands on a linux distro builds your kernel.

There is an IRC channel #openaos at irc.freenode.net or you can use the webchat.

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
thanks, i have the mentioned git sources allready but i was not sure if i can compile the kernel and take the initramfs from now, or if the kernel was altered compared to the git. i'll give it a try.

apart from that, i guess its not just getting more people compiling their own image, someone will have to find out why the kernel and the video-en/decoding involved libs don't work together. i don't have the knowledge for that.
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
He means patience
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Git is up to date with latest changes. Also the initramfs is in the gen8 git. You can however use the latest released initramfs.

My post was indeed intended to get more devs involved.

But if people want to learn how to build there own images, this is a very easy way to start and learn more about linux and crosscompiling.

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
yes, it works, sure. but it doesn't accomplish what i want. besides cm7 has render effects built in
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
You missinterpretet my question.

With chainfire you can do some funny stuff, and if installed before you might have switched someting to cause this behavior.

I personaly have no color problem in cm7, so it can't be a general thing.
[Gen8 Android Development] leijae:
ah, i see now. i installed chainfire post-cm7 installation
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
a minimalistic success today ;-)

i got the openaos bootlogo turning 180 degree on my A101 (in the shell script "etc/scripts/openaos_lib.sh" in initramfs). multiboot menu and android bootanimation still turnaround.
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
You can turn it around when using vrfb rotation. I wrote a short wiki entry on howto here http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/Gen8Resources#Enablevrfbrotation

You can add the commands to init in the initramfs. However the openaos logo will not display. I didn't have time to investigate that yet. Probably it needs another format for the bitmap.

There is no other way of doing it right now and I don't think there will be any other way.

BTW I have some progress in fixing the kernel panic when starting the browser in Gingerbread.

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
manually mounted an extern usb stick with 4GB vfat

/dev/block/sda1 on /mnt type vfat

it works by replacing the actuall musb_hdrc.ko with one from urukdroid
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
You could try editing /etc/vold.fstab and uncomment the following line to see if it auto mounts.

#dev_mount external /mnt/storage/usb_host auto /class/block/sda

My usb host port is broken on my A101 so I can't test anything regarding to that. Still have to RMA mine.

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
i had that allready before i replaced module. does not help.

atm i load the module in init.d with a script containing

#!/system/bin/sh
/system/xbin/usbsh storage start

and mount it manually.

(i found usbsh in /system/xbin)

ext3 works too. ext4 i'll try tomorrow after making a stick without ext4 "huge_files" option, with this it doesn't work (not on other devices, too)
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
i can't reproduce these panics neither in dolphin hd nor in the gingerbread browser.

is it with some specials (flash etc) on the sites?
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
No, it just happens when having wifi enabled and starting the browser. I now found out that it is the javascript engine in CM source specificly the snapshot feature for v8 on armv7a. More devices have problems with it. There is a fix on the way. http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#change,6930

Do you have a A101IT ?

The issue occured to me 9 out of 10 times.

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
yes i have
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Strange, could you try with a fresh image from http://www.openaos.org/wp-upload/gen8/2011-07-05/

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
that's the one i use anyway - only thing i changed for now in initramfs.cpio.gz was

set lcd backlight to 93 instead of 255

and removed --do-reversed-copy when writing the openaos logo

both in openaos_lib.sh

and i copied the http://www.openaos.org/wp-upload/gen8/2011-07-05/modules-2.6.29-omap1.tar.bz2 and the same from urukdroid to internal to test different versions from selected modules with symlinking. but i don't think that would make a difference on that issue.
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
mount ext4 on extern is possibile (manually)

mkfs.ext3 /dev/block/sda1

tune2fs -O extents,uninit_bg,dir_index /dev/block/sda1

umount /dev/block/sda1

mount -t ext4 /dev/block/sda1 /mnt/storage/usb_host

and also with usb hub a mac hfsplus formated harddisk

/dev/block/sda1 on /mnt/storage/hfsplus/iTunes type hfsplus (rw,umask=0,uid=0,gid=0,nls=utf8)

;-)

changing usb adb and usb host does only work with manually tries.

adb usb and usb host don 't have any notification.

so mount is possible at least for:

vfat, ext2,ext3,ext4, hfsplus (mac os x default format)

for writing on mac hfsplus you have to turn journal (default on on mac) off on the disk connected to a mac first.

i don't use the fs utils (mkfs, tune2fs, fsck ...) and the busybox command "mount" from the gingerbread rom but the binaries from my htc desire
[Gen8 Android Development] SWFlyerUK:
Back on my wifi issue. I've install Wifi Manager on Gingerbread and even that's not picking up wifi.

I've tried to enter my SSID manually and still not working?

Amy further ideas please.
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
If gb doesnt work, you have a channel above 10.

It is a known broblem of GB
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
reporting bugs for gingerbread.

I made a new thread with a little howto for creating a ticket for the gingerbread release on openaos wiki http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1182731

Please only report bugs or issues on openaos or in the thread that can be easily reproduced, if you have issues that maybe are related to user errors or you are unsure discuss them in this thread first.

Thanks,

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
@divx118

the vold contains a string (in binary and in sources):

/sys/devices/virtual/switch/usb_configuration/state

but the sysfs contains in /sys/devices/virtual/switch/

USB_SWITCH

headphone_switch

suspend_switch

usb_mass_storage

could that be an issue that VolumeManager and notification doesn't work?
[Gen8 Android Development] SWFlyerUK:
With regards to my wifi issue - I have rolled back to the previous Gingerbread.img and it's working, it appears its the latest that isn't working.
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
Could be, I am working now on the headphone_switch detection. It is almost done, the icon works and the headphone is detected correctly by apps. However it still needs some work. Internal speakers aren't turning off.

As soon as I have that done, I try a build with the changed sysfs in vold.

Thanks for your info.

@SWFlyerUK: I will ask bubu if he changed the wlan module between those two builds. I personally have no problems with wifi.

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
btw which toolchain did you take for compiling kernel.

i tried with the one from android-ndk-r6 but its strange:

kernel works, tablet, boots and works, as long as i take the old original modules from the gingerbread image. as soon as i'm gonna replace them (tiwlan i did not replace), a lot of them won't load with exec error or module not found messages in dmesg.

the cyanogen src has a lot of different compiler versions, which one to take?

ther kernel from multiboot is gcc 4.4.1 but this toolchain does not come together with the cyanogen src
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
i digged a little further and here is another info in

/usr/src/cyan/device/archos/gen8/BoardConfig.mk

# use pre-kernel.35 vold usb mounting (can't be used yet)

# BOARD_USE_USB_MASS_STORAGE_SWITCH := true

this define determines the way vold is compiled.

i also read that with 2.6.32 the change was introduced in kernel how usb_mass_storage state will be determined.

unfortunatly i don't speak C or C++ ;-)
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
We don't build the kernel in gingerbread sources only the rootfs. The kernel is separate.

To build a new kernel, you just have to do the following.

git clone git://gitorious.org/archos-buildroots/gen8.git
cd ./gen8
git clone git://gitorious.org/archos-buildroots/gen8-kernel.git linux
cd buildroot
make

It comes with a crosscompiler, the first time you type make it will need some time to set that up.

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
well i have allready taken gcc 4.4.3 toolchain in the /usr/src/cyan directories

i use linux.config from the git clone as .config initially and

make oldconfig menuconfig to make changes

and then

make -j 4 arch=ARM CROSS_COMPILE=$CCOMPILER CFLAGS=" ... your options from www.openaos.org here"

i'allready successfully replaced the modules except the dsp/isp/bridge related, only thing i think new unionfs.ko breaks root access on the original archos froyo install which i don't want to boot into anyway. probably needs to be replaced in initramfs.cpio.gz.
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
sucessfully running gingerbread 2.3.5 from cynanogenmod git sources

haven't installed anything else until now, but browser is very fast
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
With unionfs?

Link?
[Gen8 Android Development] woti23:
made the openaos-gingerbread.img with the excellent howto here:

http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidBuildEnvironment

and used multiboot to start the image as before with 2.3.4 from bubu.
[Gen8 Android Development] gbohm:
i think this should be on topic but to say smth about lennb he posted in a thread i opened for cm7 that he doen't want cm7 and he likes honeycomb better and we shouldn't have cm and just concentrate on urukdroid.....than he opened a thread that he wanted to develop cm...

@lennb i am sorry that i reacted so harsh on his comment this is usually not me......

ot i had nothing todo with developing cm for the gen8 i just tried to figure out an installation procedure i had great help with this from the openaos guys at the chat....
[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
Its okay..

:)

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I installed the Boot Menu and Cyanogen, wow!:):D

For the initial release its extremly good:)

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I want to boot the Honeycomb "port" from luisivan, i know it reboot force, but i want to test and see it:):D so..

He provided just a +.zip file, could anyone tell me what this is?

should i extract the files out there and create a *.img with these files?:)

(http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=952741)
[Gen8 Android Development] gbohm:
jep should be doable create a img (how to at the openaos wiki i think) copy it to root name it smth like openaos-honeycomb and just modify the menue.lst

perhaps i will do exactly that tomorrow if i have the time
[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
Okey, i`ll do it now and report you back so you can do it easier:D;)

I´m nervous, Honeycomb on my A101!:)
[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
Hey gbohm,

I didnt do it... it dont worked...:D do you have an idea?:)

I did a video of booting Cyan, this might be interest for new users:);)

atm i render the video, after that i upload it on youtube, do you want to embedd in your post?:);)
[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
Okey, the video is on youtube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kfE-P9rGawY

:)
[Gen8 Android Development] Unmensch:
Updated new Version by Bubu, minly with sound enhancments. Modifications to make it work on gen7 devices are in the works btw.

http://www.openaos.org/archives/751
[Gen8 Android Development] gbohm:
allready updated the link thank you.

i think updating is just exchanging the img what do you think?
[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
I would say yes:D:)i have problem with the bootmenu..:(

When i have the standart menu.lst with Archos and Angstrom and i add the line for Cyan and hen restart it works.

But when i restart once again into the boot menu, here are two entries of Gingerbread (i think the auto-created one by the menu) and these two dont work!

When i select one of them, the openaos boot logo shows up for a second but then normal Archos Android boots up...:(

what i'm doing wrong?
[Gen8 Android Development] gbohm:
yep updating worked for me this way

i have uploaded an menue.lst that has a workaround for this.....

just add your entry at the end and a empty line ....
[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
I did this..:(

Whatever, i'll try your menu.lst now:) i report back;)

What do you think about the video i did?:):D
[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
Thank you for the tip, gbohm!:)

Now the Gingebread port works:) (@Bubu: the new release is much better than the old;):))

But the honeycomb port dont work, i think i make the img not corrrect...

can you help?:):D

I extract two folders out the original zip from luisivan.

These two folders i packed into a *.img file with winrar (no compression)

these *.img file i packed into *.gz (gzip) file with 7zip (no compression)

and then just put it on the root of archos, edited menu.lst and... when i try to boot up honeycomb, the openaos logo shows for a second (or less:D) and then the archos boot normal android...:(

did i have packed the files wrong?
[Gen8 Android Development] gbohm:
don't compress it please post your menue.lst i will have a look

please post the name of the img too

sent from my droid (not the one you are looking for)
[Gen8 Android Development] LifTeD_JK:
Lenn I watched your YouTube vid. Pretty cool. Why is it upside down? I've left my Archos completely stock since I got it so I'm not familiar with the SDE (yet).
[Gen8 Android Development] gbohm:
it has no working orientation sensor and because the open aos menue is upside down this is too