yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] daniel.eriksson:
http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-694037.html

Would that app maybe work! I love the rom, want a fast way to switch it off though. :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
The power issue/feature/bug are hardware design related mostly, even with the 2.2 series roms (and my first semi dead/bricked unit with no rom half the time) You put a power lead near it and it wants on, bit of a pain especially with the 2.3 screen on bug but can't see how we could overcome that.

Removing the power off dialog might be possible by editing whatever controls that part of things I shall add it to my 'Things to look at' list. The oversized dialog is a trade off of the better dpi.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
New release due in the next few days

A very late night update for everyone,

Firstly thanks to everyone for your feedback, this rom has proven quite popular here and on other sites, I was certainly not expecting this level of interest so am very pleased that it has been well received by such a wide audience.

Now onto the important stuff ;)

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Second release coming up, features include.

- Multi Language, this was the main one that I have been asked for. Thanks to gleam20003 for pointing me in the right direction. I did not use your files but you help showed me what I was missing. Seems ok but I'm not a native speaker also not all apps have additional languages so mainly the framework, settings and google stuff will adjust to localised language.

- Google Books & Google+ (includes G+ Messenger) added both seem to work ok.

- New default wallpaper (pending artists approval)

- Trying different Flash versions to see if that cures iPlayer, no easy way to say this but iPlayer is quite appalling on google it's just a custom frontend for the webkit browser. Not quite the same as what those iThingy types get, so it's a case of make do and mend :(

- Thinking of playing around with the statusbar, the mock honeycomb look is ok but maybe something a little different.

- Other things maybe. I will see what people are looking for and maybe add it in but don't want to head into bloatware territory. Google stuff is really a given should I maybe add a poll?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] daniel.eriksson:
all i can say is, you rule. :D

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What about a power off app? Cant make it happend?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Tikras:
Many thanks for your great work creating this ROM!

Just one very important thing missing, Skype. As we know, this android market doesn't allow to install it. I tried to download directly from skype website, but it't not installing by some reason. Is it possible to get skype apk file, copy it into device and manually install it??? :confused:

Really desperate for skype... IM+ messenger is not replacement, it doesn't support voice and video calls.... :(

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Found Skype, yahooo! :D

This is here:

http://www.filecrop.com/skype-.apk.html

all you need, just to download apk, transfer into SD card and launch setup.

First impression it’s faster, though I’m experiencing those glitches as described there, sometimes unable to shut down tablet, have to reset and sometimes shut down dialog window keeps popping up itself. There is another problem which I did not see mentioned on website. I unable to open android calendar, it crashes every time when I’m trying to open it. Rebooted many times. Very sad, because I really need calendar….
[Miscellaneous Android Development] GFZ:
Awesome news of a second release!

Just a quick "bug" update (although not had time to test myself) one of our customers testing the new firmware reported the Calendar app crashes and will not launch, sorry to add more work to your list if unaware about it.

Looking forward to flashing next release! ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] naguz:
I see the big taskbar is already mentioned (would be nice if it was smaller).

Some other bugs/problems:

1:Media volume trough headphones is WAY too loud, While it seems normal through the speaker, even the lowest media volume is enough to cause permanent hearing loss - and that is using the earplugs that came with it, not some super-sensitive in-ears.

2: Hardware video decoding is seriously crippled compared to earlier official ROMs. I have only found one player that allows both hw decoding and in file navgation (seek forward backwards), and that is the in-built Vide PLayer app. Several others used to work, but don't any more.

Problem number one is the biggest one, as it actully makes it impossible to use to watch videos while travelling, Hopefully it is also the easiest one of them to fix.

Nice work on the Market though!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
Calandar fix added to list and odd about HW video

Calendar fix added to my todo list, odd about it not working because it runs enough to make the google account sync correctly.

Some of my test videos lacked the ability to seek forward and back on the original roms and they behaved much the same on this one so did not see any improvement or reduction in ability personally. About the only non stock player that seemed to actually be of use was MX Video Player which will use hardware where it can, a lot of the others can't/won't call the hardware. Also it seems to be the video containers that cause the issue mainly, MKV's will play but not seek while MP4's seem to work fully regardless of the video/audio formats contained inside them, I have a test video in both formats and one copy will seek but the other not.

Shall check out the audio volume as well, there might be a setting that allows you to dial it back a bit. This is the sort of stuff the Cyanogen mods really give greater control over.

There are various quick power apps on the market but by and large they all seem to perform quite a harsh reset/shutdown almost on par with hitting the reset button. In an emergency during testing I have used them but I would not like to rely on them as my main reset/shutdown method. I am open to suggestions if you spot one that seems a bit more gentle and performs proper shutdowns.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] naguz:
No videos seeks with MX player for me, sadly. Avi with divx or .mkv with x-264 makes no difference.

It would be nice if the bundled video player at least showed up when you try to open a video file, so you could use it when you try to open a file from a upnp-client, smb client etc. Probably needs to report itself as a video player in the manifest.

As for the calenda app GZ, you can always tell your customers to use Jorte or similar free software until it is fixed. Jorte is a personal favourite of mine (and free).
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
Calendar fixed and headphone volume sorted

Quick update,

I have fixed the Calendar so that now works fully and managed to find the file that contains all the audio related settings and tweaked it so the headphones don't go from 0 to deafen :)

Just trying to see if I can find any way to make iPlayer less sucky (although the BBC seems to have broken the low grade streams)

Also trying to find a power app/widget that does not simply cut power to the phone but actually turns it off with a proper shutdown sequence.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] naguz:
Great on the audio part! Which file is it? I probably will want to tun down the speaker a bit too (at least the lover volume levels), but I figure that migh be just me, so it might be better i i Just poull, edit and push it myself. Though you could always check with an audio test file if it is a bit loud on the lowest setting for you too.

Though you ouldn't ant to decresae max volume, as that is sometimes needed to hear what is being said in all those youtubemovies made by idiots ith no volume leveling whatsoever....
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
Root Explorer time.

You need to look in /etc/asound.state with Root Explorer, long press and select 'Open in Text Editor' then head down until you see 'LINEOUT1 Volume' for speakers and 'LINEOUT 2 Volume' for headphones. Altering value.0 and value.1 (I'm guessing L&R) on 2 to about 35 seems to do the trick. Hit the menu button, pick 'Save & Exit' and reboot after you're back in the main explorer. All being well your earphone volume should be a lot better. If it's now too quiet try upping those values a touch.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] lanegra:
There are applications on the market to turn off the device by software, such as "shutdown", without using the power button.

You must have root on tablet.

Greetings.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
Shutdown is the type of thing I'm trying to avoid

From the market text of Shutdown

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This app just asks you, if you are sure and then immediately turns off your phone using the 'reboot -p' command.

Note: This should be quite safe, but still, as your filesystems are not unmounted (just a sync call is made), there is the possibility that you may loose data. Therefore I do not take any warranty! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!

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Most of these apps do the same thing and literally just send a kill signal to the phone/tablet, the equivalent to these apps would be hitting the reset button constantly or yanking the battery. The linux filesystems are fairly sturdy but the SD Cards are FAT formatted and FAT hates being interrupted, either way the chance of data loss is too high in my view to warrant slapping one in the rom just to say it's there. I am reviewing them but want to be sure before including one, I prefer people asking for it to be fixed rather than complaining of lost data. :)

While this is the most prominent bug it's also the hardest to fix as I reckon it's buried in the core framework files. Next job after the new release will most likely be taking them apart and picking over them, just hope it's not in the boot.img.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] naguz:
But shutdown works very well doesn't it? The only annoying thing is that the dialog pops up all by itself quite often.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
It's a bit of both.

The Novo's shutdown sequence is fine, most of the feedback is really asking to fix what seems a single issue that but is more like five issues from what I can see. I think it's a case of pulling apart the framework jar's and picking over them but that is going to be a long process. Hopefully Ainol are actively working on this and a newer firmware will appear somewhere.

So in my view five things need to be addressed.

1, An app/widget to put the screen to sleep and save power when the power button is not working. A quick look shows 'Screen Off FX' on the market which is free, just tested and works as required.

2, An app/widget to perform a clean and safe shutdown when you want to turn the unit off and the power button is misbehaving. This is more difficult because as mentioned most of the apps just kill the unit which is not what we want.

3, Find out why the power button plays up in the first place.

4, Find out why the tablet likes to wake up from time to time for what seems no reason, again the most likely culprit is something in the core files that performs some background update like syncing data but instead of keeping the screen off triggers it to fire up. I have been watching mine over the last couple of weeks and I would say it's at fairly regular intervals so it must be something.

5, Find out why the power dialog pops up at odd moments, again it's in the core of it all.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] askaguilr:
Hi, I have found a way to partially fix the power button problem.

I will tell you what I have done (It can be improved)

I have installed button remapper, I have remapped the power button (106 or 66 I dont remember), and it allows you to select which buttons can wake the device. Then I found that there was missing buttons at the app, so I came to system/usr/keylayout/ and there are two files in there, the ButtonRemapper app only edit one of them, you can edit the another one, you need to reboot to see changes.

I have remapped a "power" keycode(there are more than 2) to play/pause, and found out that my device starts playing or stoping music randomly no matter if it`s awake or not, the trackball lights up for a second when this happens.

I tought it was easy to solve this way but I still cannot solve it at all, I have switched the search button with the power button and set up the search key to wake the device, but it just doesn`t it most of the sometime, I need to press the power button (trackball will turn on) then I have to quickly press another "wake key" and the device will wake up. It`s not so bad it, it works as an unintentional unlock method, and my battery is not being drained by those unwanted wakeups.

The behavior of this is really wierd, give it a try...

sorry for my english
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
Am really tempted despite the screen quality, but I would really appreciate some feedback on battery life. Has anyone who has upgraded noticed an improvement on the 2.2 ROM? 3hrs would be a showstopper, 5 or more would seal the deal.

Thanks everyone.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] daniel.eriksson:
no change in battery life. and i assume you cant expect much change at all in any software updates.

Battery life has been hardware related since day one. There are "better" batteries out there, from a nokia phone i believe i read somewhere.. That will give you 4 hours.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] MrRimmer:
Thanks for the info. I had hoped that the move form 2.2 to 2.3 would help matters due to its more efficient power management but it looks like that isn't the case. Shame.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] daniel.eriksson:
Yeah, still having a Ferrari doesn't make you a fantastic driver. I'm only saying that these guys do a great job, maybe there are still things that needs to be looked into. I'm hearing hardware problems with the button for power off. Maybe not getting a longer battery life is also one hardware compatibility issue.

Still a great rom, very much improved from the first one.

D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] buggatti:
USB storage

hi

i connected the tablet via usb to pc. i mounted the usb storage on the tablet but nothing happened in my pc. Internal HD nor the sd card were mounted . am i doing something wrong or is it a bug
[Miscellaneous Android Development] aywchiu:
It's a good rom.

Hi Oberth

Just want to thank you for your work. I have changed from official firmware 0719 (2.2.1) to your modified rom (2.3.4). It is working much better and smoother than before. Although there is still some issues on the power button and the waking up on its own, I think it's overall a very good and usable rom. As a work around for the time being, I use Quick Boot and it seems to be working so far.

Hope to see more updates and bug fix soon. Well done and many thanks for bring the machine back to life!

Cheers

aywchiu :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] educuritiba:
Novo 8 Advance

Does this rom works on Novo 8 Advance? Thank you.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
Yes it's for the Advanced

XDA Thread Titles were a bit short so had to get as much in as I could but this is for the Advanced as that's the unit I'm making it on.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
It does work but you might need to help it.

Just tested and it does work for me but not straight away. I did find that it did not show up until I went into Settings>Applications>Development and turned the USB Debug on or off, see if that does the trick for you.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ravihyd84:
Screen Clarity

Thanks for providing Android 2.3.4 update for Ainol Novo8. I wanted to ask this question from sometime. The screen of Ainol Novo8 is not as clear as a laptop screen even though resolution is good. What I mean by unclear screen is if I open a pdf or any webpage which has white background, the screen looks like having lots tiny dots occupying entire screen. When I look the same pdf on my laptop, the background is very clear and white without any of these tiny dots. I am not having screen guard on my Ainol Novo8 so it's not a screen guard problem.

What's the reason for this? Is everyone experiencing same problem with the screen?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
New release click link below !!!

That's right folks a few days later than I thought where some last minute additions and updates came along but now it's here and ready for action. Lots of things added and fixed including Multi-Language.

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Ainol Novo 8 Adv 2.3.4 Rooted UK Rom Version 2.0 Click Me!![/size]​

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[Miscellaneous Android Development] linkworld:
I have the same problem with my screen - it's all grainy (it's easily noticable with on backgrounds). I'm afraid that it is poor screen quality we're dealing with here. Anyone else noticed unclear screen ?

Cheers
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ravihyd84:
Thanks for mentioning the word "grainy". I searched grainy screen in google and found some other tablet/laptop screens also have this problem. Will this grainy screen affect my eyes (while reading books)?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] daniel.eriksson:
To read books , maybe this unit is not the best.. And you need to notice price..

Price is extremely low. If you want a galaxy tab, then thats the one you have to buy. But imagine you get three ainols for the price of the galaxy tab..

I wouldnt say its a third in quality.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] wall_:
Overclock?

Is it possible to overclock this tablet already? The AML8726-M SoC could be doing 1.0-1.2Ghz or even more.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
The screen is not the best

but it is pretty good for the price, the main reason I bought it was because the resolution allows you to actually see a whole webpage in desktop view in a browser rather than constantly panning around.

Both my units have a bit of backlight bleed and you can notice the overlay pattern for the touch controls but all in all everyone I show it to is impressed by what it can do for the price.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ndhawan62:
NOVO 8 firmware upgrade

I have NOVO 8 advanced with Android 2.2.1. I rooted the same with Z4ROOT and installed google framework, android market (using market enabler). After that, I have been able to connect to Market and have installed many games / apps from market.

I want to know following:

1) If now I upgrade the firmware using this file (2.3.4), can this be done on my rooted device without any problems OR I need to un-root the device first, un-install market / market enabler / google framework and then do the upgrade?

2) In the ZIP file, there are 4 individual files, and one ZIP file (update_signed.ZIP). Do I need to copy these 5 files to SD card and start upgrade, or first unzip the update_signed.ZIP file too first. In fact, even inside this ZIP file, there are several ZIP files. Is it required to unzip those too, before starting upgrade?

Thanks in advance for your help.

Naresh
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ravihyd84:
Device need not be rooted. Just copy all the files to SD Card and power off (no need to unzip any file). Later start the device by holding power and vol+ buttons simultaneously. From then onwards it's straight forward. Note that you will lose all your applications and all the data in the ainol device storage. Files on SD card are safe. Use 2.3 UK version if you want all your device icons in English instead of Chinese.

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How suitable it is for browsing since I read a lot of newspapers and website content. Also does every novo8 has grainy screen or only some unlucky fellows have it? Some more issues I encountered in this device are:

1) There's a lot of static noise if I insert an headphone. So it's not that suitable for music lovers.

2) Some 700MB avi files are not playing smoothly (jerking effect)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ravihyd84:
Media sound Issue

Hi,

There are 15 levels of sound adjustment in Ainol novo8 android 2.3. When I watch a video on youtube even with media sound at level 1, the output sound is very high in my earphones. I am not able to decrease it. Please resolve this issue. Is there any app or fix by which I can finely adjust sound? TIA.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] daniel.eriksson:
Inputs such as "Please resolve the issue" , is not really nice.. Come and be constructive. Noone is getting paid to release these offmarket roms.

If you have issues with ainol, contact their support.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] naguz:
I believe all of them has it. When it was mentioned in a thread on mp4nation, all the units there was posted pictures of had it, it was clearly visible in all of them, yet many responded that they "hadn't noticed". Well, lucky them. So the tablet is completely unsuitable for picture viewing or comic reading. Films and tv-series on the other hand, is not such a big deals, although it is still visible in light seens, moving images makes it a lot less of an eyesore.

@daniel.eriksson: Since this completely renders the tablet unusable for what might very well be itæs primary purpose (watching movies or TV-series, I think it is understandable to write something like that. It's not like he is demanding anything.

ravihyd84: What is in NO WAY OK or understandable is that you haven't been arsed to spend three and a half second searching for the answer in the thread. A way to fix it has already been explained.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ravihyd84:
Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately I searched the forum immediately after posting my query instead of searching before.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ndhawan62:
Thanks for reply. I was successfully able to upgrade to 2.3 now. Just one morer help required - earlier in 2.2, I was able to add microsoft exchange account and was able to connect to my office mail. In this ROM, there is no option to add microsoft exchange account.

Is it possible to add the same and if yes, how can I do that? Thanks again..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Max_eb:
Hi man..

Please check...

http://bbs.imp3.net/thread-10499942-1-1.html

Thanks..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ndhawan62:
Email application in upgraded NOVO 8 (2.3 UK edition)

Thanks for reply. However, the link u referred is in Chinese, and what I can understand from here is that there is a link for the new ROM for NOVO 8 advanced there.

However, I have already upgraded my NOVO 8 using UK ROM provided in this website, and I just want to add the outlook email application. Can I copy the email.apk file from the ROM provided at NOVO 8 site and install this in my newly upgraded ROM (using UK ROM 2.3) and will this work?

Thanks in advance..
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
See my version 2.0 rom

This issue has been bug fixed in my latest 2.0 rom, click Here!!!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Oberth:
I shall see about adding an email.apk

I shall add this to the todo list, currently working on next version using latest beta, lots of bugs seem to be squashed. Keep an eye on the V2.0 thread for more info.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] ndhawan62:
email.apk application

Thanks for reply..

Actually I extracted email.apk file from official 2.3 version ROM of AINOL NOVO 8 and copied the same to my SD card & installed it. It is working fine now. I can access my office (outlook) mails now on my NONO 8 Advanced.

One additional help I would require. I am not able to access my office network via Proxy. I have tried various PROXY apps like Proxydriod, Autoproxy, HTTP PROXY etc., but none of them works on my NOVO 8 with custom UK ROM. Temporarily, I have configured OPERA Mobile browser (using OPERA:CONFIG) to setup my office PROXY and use that for internet connectivity in office WIFI environement, but this works only for browsing. Other apps like GTALK, facebook dont go thru proxy and hence would be thankful if someone can help me in setting up global proxy (thru any of the apps as mentioned above).

Thanks again in advance for help.