yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android General] nemuro:
[youtube]BFO90v0WKY8[/youtube]
[Android General] shinkinrui:
Hey nemuro, thanks for you post. Has some great tips in there, and I appreciate you trying for a modified ROM.

Some other people that already have this unit have noticed a problem with the physical buttons- when pressing a shoulder button and a face button at the same time, there is no response from the face button. Mine should arrive in the next few days, and I'll be playing with button mapping to try and work around this. In the meantime, do you have any suggestions for that?
[Android General] nemuro:
@shinkinrui: I held down the right shoulder button and while I did that, I went through every one of the buttons. All worked. I did this test in the android ui. I doubt this will be any different in compatible emulators.

Unplugged at about 10 pm, and used through the whole day. Mostly customising, flashing, installing, rebooting, flashing. With about 30% playing.

Battery dead now at 6:20 pm.
[Android General] k0en:
[ROM] Bitrider for Yinlips G18

Hi all!

Bitrider a Spanish'dev has developed a ROM to Yinlips G18. All information and downloads at: http://www.gp32spain.com/foros/showthread.php?t=88100

It's already a good base for those who would put their two cents;)

Enjoy
[Android General] krakout:
Wow, great news!!! but, is the ROM only in Spanish? I can't tell...
[Android General] cis.snakeman:
No, just the default language ;)
[Android General] krakout:
Cooool! Will flash right away and report back...

[EDIT] Hmmm, I try to flash the update.zip and at the end of the log it says:

But, it boots in Spanish, Market is there so I guess it's successful!
[Android General] Amon_Re:
You can ignore that error. It's harmless. Market is indeed included in the rom and it seems to be faster, added the rest of the google applications without any issue. Got gmail, calendar & contact sync etc etc also running.

Now to get a cleanly compiled Gingerbread ^^
[Android General] k0en:
JXD S601

Hi all!

A new android Handheld Game, the JXD S601 is on test here: http://caanoo.forumactif.org/t2531-test-jxd-s601#19016 . It run with Gingerbread, with smaller screen than G18 but more responsive and the Combo buttons work fine on PSX and N64. It is less expansive than the G18 too.

Enjoy
[Android General] Amon_Re:
Damn my gadget addiction! Just bought one ^^
[Android General] nemuro:
@Yinlips ydp-g18

Damn. I feel like I'm in the Soup Nazi Episode.

No Gingerbread for you!

http://dingoo-scene.blogspot.com/2012/01/no-android-23-gingerbread-for-yinlips.html
[Android General] shinkinrui:
I might want to get one, but the big thing holding me back is the resolution of the screen. Instead of scaling the resolution UP on emulators, on some it will actually be scaling the resolution DOWN and losing detail in the graphics. Still, other than that it looks like a capable little gaming handheld. The button issues on the Yinlips G18(directional pad bugs and problems with the shoulder buttons when used with other buttons) has me pretty pissed off. If the website I bought it from will let me return it for a refund, I might consider it. Then again, maybe patience is a a virtue here ... with these Chinese companies, we'll probably only be waiting a month or 2 for the next wave of consoles.
[Android General] cike:
nice news.... any developments though?
[Android General] neato4u:
Exactly!

Get the Xperia PLAY instead of this Yinlips thing.. all the buttons are there (that support multikey press) I know it's more expensive but heck.. you will only get what you pay for..

Just thinking of resistive touch screen gives me the creeps! :eek:
[Android General] candre23:
Looks like new G18s are shipping with 2.3.4. Just got mine today, and what do you know, a gingerbread surprise.

Edit: And it looks like visionary still works for perm root! Installed root explorer, dropped market3.4.4 in the /system/app folder, and it installed like a champ.
[Android General] shinkinrui:
Congrats on getting one with 2.3, candre :)

Quick question for you: Yinlips advertised that they were going to release a new hardware revision with Android 2.3, a better processor, and a 2-point resistive touchscreen. Does pinch-to-zoom work for you? I'm wondering if you got the new hardware revision.
[Android General] chrisxt:
This actually looks very promising!

Still wondering about the Playstation Vita though. :)
[Android General] nemuro:
Do you have the updated A10 version? I am asking this because someone said he received a reply from a supplier that said no gb for a9 version at all.

later edit: I did a video to show that holding three buttons and pressing the fourth actually works. The combo problem is just an emulator dependant one.

[youtube]x80tg12ux4E[/youtube]
[Android General] candre23:
I'm not sure what I have. My specs don't match the old version or the advertized new version. I suspect I may have received a unit from an intermediary demo batch or some one-off. As you can see here, my CPU is clocked at 1GHz and I only have 314MB of RAM (which is a really odd number). The "SD card size" listed there is actually internal memory that is mapped to /sdcard. The actual SD card is mapped to /mnt/extern_sd. I ordered the 4GB model, but in addition to the ~4GB internal storage, mine also came with a 4GB microSD card with a bunch of stuff on it already - more fuel for the "demo unit" theory.

Here's where it gets really weird.

When I got the unit, the first thing I did was root it using Visionary. This technically shouldn't have worked on a 2.3.4 device, but it did - or so I thought. I definitely had root access and installed root explorer and the market, etc. Then after some guys on the dingoo forum asked me to dump the firmware, I did a factory wipe first to avoid giving out any of my google credentials with the dump. This killed root access, and I have been unable to get it back since. I tried visionary, gingerbreak, and some ADB scripts, none of which worked. I can't even connect with ADB without proper drivers. Now I'm thinking I received a demo unit that was already rooted, and being a dumbass, I killed it with the factory reset. Until I can figure out how to get root back, I can't do a FW dump - not that it would do anybody any good if they have a different hardware revision.

I guess this is the price you pay for sketchy Chinese hardware.
[Android General] nemuro:
The internal memory on mine is also 3 gb.

I also had the 4gb sd card filled with goodies.

The RAM I have is 406mb which isn't even an octet!?

The difference until 512mb must be reserved by the gpu.

I can see I have a different processor than yours. Here's what it says on antutu:

cpu hardware

amlogic meson-m1 8726m sz

cpu model

armv7 processor (vfpv3, NEON)

200-850 ( overclocked by a custom rom by bitrider )

Although at first sight there might be a hardware difference, I recommend you try bitrider's latest custom rom. Things might be better for you http://www.gp32spain.com/foros/showthread.php?t=88100

For the money, I am quite satisfied. I haven't run one android 3d game that runs slow. And even on froyo. I believe as custom kernels and roms appear it will turn into quite a beast.

Cheers.

later edit: New 1075 firmware based custom rom for Yinlips:

- Enables USB On the go

- installed flash 11

- deleted chinese apps, preinstalled emulators and respective libs (to allow you to update them)

- Rooted

- market installed and patched to identify as a phone on market, thus allowing you to access more apps)

- timezone and default language set to spanish

- build.prop tweaks to enable hw acceleration of the ui
[Android General] MOFO-Bro:
Yeah seen that too and was afraid to download the wrong file.

Thanks for this, sorry but I'm new to the handheld seen hope you can help a bit.

So just download and install this on a SD card than then install SD card in The Yinlips? Just reboot from SD?

thanks
[Android General] nemuro:
Sort of. You copy update.zip on sdcard, turn off the device and hold all of the top 3 buttons(power home menu) until it says upgrading.

Wait for install to finish and wipe data cache and media from menu. Reboot and enjoy.

Note that reboot actually results in power off . You just turn it back on.

Enjoy.
[Android General] Jroumen:
This looks pretty cool, and with an emulator lot's of fun:)
[Android General] MOFO-Bro:
Do I have to extract files first? or do I use directly?

Thanks you have beeen a lot of help
[Android General] MavericzeK:
We all know the Android is new console :) I read in the magazine "the most populated console is... smartphones"
[Android General] candre23:
It would appear that my device either does not have a user-accessible recovery mode, or it does not use the standard button combinations. I've tried holding menu, home and back (esc) in all the combinations I can think of when powering up the unit, but the only effect I could get was that once it booted into "safe mode", which I didn't even know android had.

Looks I'm stuck with what I have for now.
[Android General] nemuro:
No. Update.zip must be in main directory of sdcard and not extracted. Aka root.

Turn off then hold down the down directional pad + home top button. While holding those, hold also power button long enough for recovery to start.

Take note that if you don't have a valid update.zip in root of sdcard when you enter recovery mode, nothing happens.
[Android General] candre23:
I tried that, no dice.
[Android General] nemuro:
Okay, let's try it once more.

Turn off the device. Blue led in the right turns off when you do that.

I managed to enter recovery in three ways:

*on the top there are three buttons from left to right:

#1 - Power (power icon), #2 - Home (home icon), #3 - Menu (letter M on it)

Method A. Hold [20] and from the top, the button #2. While holding those two, also start holding power (#1) until you see "upgrading".

Method B. Hold #2 and #3. While holding those two, also start holding power (#1) until you see "upgrading".

Method C. Hold #1 and #2 at the same time until you see "upgrading".
[Android General] candre23:
Methods A and C do nothing (normal boot). Method B boots into safe mode. Still no recovery mode from anything I've done.
[Android General] MOFO-Bro:
@nemuru

Does that rom work with other android devices (JXD S7100/JXD S601) or is for the Yinlips only?

Here's the thing I ordered the upgrade A10 version which they say supposedly has a faster 1.5Ghz CPU/GPU combo and I see the ROM boosts the older Yinlips CPU a bit (850mhz) now will this ROM limit the ugraded CPU to 850mhz?

Will it boost the upgrade Yinlips A10 CPU too or downgrade it to 850mhz?

I have downloaded the files now I'm just waiting to get my unit, hopefully all goes well.

I'm thinking of getting a JXD S601( it's cheap) as well wonder if the Yinlips and JXD share the same ROM? they seem to have identical emulators but I'm new to the scene and probably 100% wrong.
[Android General] nemuro:
@candre Can you show a picture of this safe mode? Never heard of something like that.

@mofo It shouldn't work on any other devices. The updated version has a different cpu. Also, jxd is a different manufacturer than yinlips.

P.s. it will most likely have a 1.1 ghz cpu as the rest of 0.4 is reserved for the gpu.
[Android General] candre23:
In safe mode, there is a small overlay on the lower left hand corner that says "SAFE MODE", much like with windows. Additionally, all non-system applications are disabled. They do not show up in the app tray. However, non-system apps that you have dragged to the home screen are present and will run if you tap them. I assume (though I have not tested) that any programs set to run on boot do not do so in safe mode.
[Android General] nemuro:
Seems this can happen to other devices as well.

Here's what a user managed to do to fix it:

http://androidforums.com/lg-ally/161928-ally-stuck-safe-mode.html

You can only remove the SD card, but see if it works.

You can try a factory reset from the privacy settings. Maybe after that you can get into boot loader.

P.S. Might also want tot try this: https://www.google.com/search?btnG=1&pws=0&q=android+can't+get++recovery+safe+mode

You shouldn't give up. Clearly there must be a button combination similar to those I described. Also make sure the buttons work (test in booted android) and that you are firm when pressing them. Being a new device you gotta press harder on them.
[Android General] candre23:
Holding various combinations of buttons while plugging in a USB cable to a computer does not work either. Yes, all the buttons work and I am sure I am engaging them fully. This is not my first dance :)

The only button that doesn't work on my unit is the recessed reset button on the bottom. Holding this button in for any amount of time does nothing. Should my G18 ever truly lock up, I will not be able to do anything but let the battery run down.
[Android General] nemuro:
I am sorry I couldn't help you out. Have you tried installing (after rooting) some kind of app that can allow you to choose reboot to recovery? It might not work so well because from what I have seen reboot acts as a shut down.

I would ask for my money back if I were you. Try specifying you have something of different specs and if you feel this way as well, I would go for the a10 updated version.
[Android General] MOFO-Bro:
Waiting for my A10 to come in, hopefully it's a worthy upgrade.

Not only with a better screen but a higher clocked CPU/GPU to have things run smoother.
[Android General] Methanoid:
Since the Yinlips looks like a PS Vita, is it sized exactly the same? Wondering about PSV cases on eBay for the Yinlips?

Also, if buying what should I make sure I get.. whats the latest/greatest version/model please?

Thanks
[Android General] stooovie:
Hey Nemuro, you've turned the brightness DOWN? I have a new Yinlips with 2.3.4 and the screen is so dark I can barely see indoors and the screen is literally invisible outdoors.

Of course I have turned Brightness all the way up in Settings but that does barely a thing. Is my unit faulty? Thanks!
[Android General] naguz:
The Amlogic chipset this is built on is virtually unbrickable - given the right button presses, it will load firmware recover files form SD card. Try putting the firmware update files on the device and hold power button for two whole minutes or until it has booted recovery (or fully into Android lockscreen). Then try the same, but press power + Volume up, and hold them the same time.
[Android General] stooovie:
What about the new updated Yinlips G18 with Android 2.3.4 and Allwinners A10 chip? How can we put that into recovery mode?
[Android General] mikedragoon:
I hope very much that someone can answer that question because I got the new updated yinlips g18 today and apparetly I bricked it. All it does now is the screen says yinlips and it sits there, I'm nearly heart broken I should have at least enjoyed the thing before I decided to tamper with it.
[Android General] butch87402:
No recovery or nothing? Can't flash the stock image?
[Android General] mikedragoon:
I do not believe so I sent the company a message asking if there were some sort of recovery mode being that this happened the same day I bought it but I read a few things which lead me to believe they will not respond. Unless there is something in the manual which is in Chinese I'm at a loss.
[Android General] butch87402:
Did you hold on to the reset button?

I looked it up on the Web and I don't see much of a solution

Hope it works if not gotta wait for devs to do some more testing
[Android General] mikedragoon:
When I hold in the reset button and turn on the power the screen stays black no logo or anything even after releasing the button and when I do it after turning it on it has no effect.
[Android General] k0en:
Yinlips G16

The Yinlips G16 is on sale here: http://www.willgoo.com/yinlips-ydpg16-android23-retro-handheld-wifi-preorder-p-196.html It's exactly the same device than the Yinlips G18 but with a smaller screen and a lower price ;)

Enjoy!
[Android General] 2blackbar:
I considered buying it but not being able to press more than 2 buttons is terrible designers mistake.Its like faulty gamepad.

OR is it software problem inside emulator and it works nicely on mario kart 64 when youre holding gas,turning right and shooting shells?

Also i heard about delay of audio, is it through hdmi or what? In all resolutions or only in 1080p or 720p mode when playing n64 for example ?
[Android General] stooovie:
No, there's a NASTY one second audio lag on the newer version of the G18 (with Allwinner/Boxchip A10 CPU). It's present everywhere except video playback,regardless if HDMI is connected or not. No fix ATM.
[Android General] cis.snakeman:
Hi !

Did you see the update for the Yinlips YDPG18 boxchip! (Core A10 Android 2.3.4) :D

http://yinlips-ydpg18-forum.2315615...for-the-Yinlips-YDPG18-boxchip-td4464585.html
[Android General] lurbi:
Does the upgrade improve the sound lag on the A10 version?
[Android General] :
slightly, it is still present but reduced by 1/3 to 1/2
[Android General] stooovie:
Not on my G18. It's still 0.9 seconds. I performed full wipe and reflash.
[Android General] cavemanxd:
I have just tried to update my YDPG18A with the ICS update from the Yinlips website. The update (force format) said it was successful and the machine then powers on, but it seems to be stuck in some sort of boot loop. I get the full-green pic with the flying android for a few seconds, then a blank screen, then a little android man in a square on a black screen, then a blank screen, then it starts again. I've left it running in the loop for a couple of hours but it never progresses. I have rerun the update a couple of times, but always the same result. Anyone have a solution to this one? Perhaps unrelated, I did notice that the manual said don't delete the 3 main folders (.android_secure, Android, and Lost.Dir) but when I backed up the card in my PC there was no .android_secure in the root?
[Android General] phalandriax:
Hmm thats bad man. I have my own Yinlips ydpg18 and I will put my files on a backup. Including those folders. I will update it and will inform you if it worked or not. If it does, I can provide you those files. (hopefully I Can get to them!)

Probably I can go and get it this weekend but I cannot promise that.
[Android General] cavemanxd:
Thanks for that - I have reflashed with the official 2.3 rom from the Yinlips website and it is working again (phew) - I'm guessing there is an issue with the update, has anyone else had any luck updating the ydpg18A to ICS?
[Android General] cavemanxd:
Interestingly - even having done the the 'force format' update, the Android directory with all the APKs was still on the SD card, but no sign of the .android_secure - unless that's on the console's internal memory rather than the sd card?
[Android General] ZenithLM:
I did. ICS works fine, but I still have hope that someday YDPG18A will get a custom ROM.

Got no problems with ICS.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xrishox:
are the batteries all interchangable between the r800i r800x etc? I have an r800x and I'm looking for a 3600 mah battery but I don't want to get one if it's not compatible. I don't want a janky one either.

you guys have any suggestions, and also the question above. thanks!
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Clienterror:
Yea they are all compatible, you can even use a battery from an Arc.
[Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] thatsupnow:
Or an x10
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] twopumpchump:
Here are cwm zips for the radios we have available at this time(that work). These will work for both the AT&T Skyrocket and the Rogers Skyrocket, take your pick :) I will be updating this thread as new radios become available. Please do not ask for the Japanese SC03DDCMKK3 radio, it does not work properly with our device.

Included in these zips:

mdm.bin

amss.bin

RIL

How To Flash:

Install with clockworkmod like you would any other zip.

I have tested these myself, as well as others on IRC and they have worked fine. I am not responsible if something goes wrong for you.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] twopumpchump:
If anyone has flashed the AT&T 2.3.6 update, please pm me and I will walk you through extracting the radio so others can flash it :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] appdroid:
have tried it and it works!!!!!!!!!!!
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] garypix:
awesome! would love to flash kk1 radio and get 2.3.6 and up.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] latinohot:
So you mean that once we flash to the 2.3.6, we can't just go back to .5?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] twopumpchump:
why would you think i meant that lol...I need someone who has already flashed the 2.3.6 update to extract the radio from their device and send it to me so i can make cwm zips for everyone else to try :) Using this method to flash radios there is no verification check for upgrade/downgrade, so you can flash them back and forth all you want.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] InSaiyanone:
Thanks for doing this!!! I ended up going out after work so didn't get to it like I planned. If you don't mind I'll just link to this thread but you'll probably be stick-ied too. TA.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] twopumpchump:
Your welcome, and if it needs to be stickied say the word...I can do that myself hehe.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] bacheezy:
I flashed nandroid to 2.3.6 so I have it available if needed.

Edit: Well after further investigation I read that nandroid back-up does not contain radio...so, oops
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] burr:
Thanks. Finally able to update my radio. :) Much appreciated for the effort.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] RiNo808:
For AT&T, which radio has the best reception in you're opinion...

Sent via rooted SkyRocket
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Da_G:
After much testing, the current selection of radios seem to offer no difference in performance, the major difference is that the Rogers radio is RAT unrestricted vs. RAT restricted AT&T radio, which allows you to type "*#2263#" in the dialer and set the phone to 2g only, 3g only, 4g only, etc. :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Longcat14:
Ok... so I totally managed to **** something.

Picked a band, and I can't get signal anymore. Reflashed TPC v3, nothing. New modem, nothing...

Crap.

---------- Post added at 03:05 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:59 PM ----------

FIXED IT! Apparently taking out my SIM card and putting it back in fixed it.
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] lart2150:
I'm running KK1 and can dd a partition if that's what you need. PM me or message me on irondust(lart).
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] wmason92:
Hey, noob question but whats the point of flashing this radio lol? Does this actually allow you to use the radio that the skyrocket was supposed to come with but doesnt have an app for?
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Da_G:
These are the firmware that control the Cellular Radio, DSP (Digital Signal Processor) and various bootloaders, not the FM radio that may or may not be part of our bluetooth chipset :)

BTW, AT&T 2.3.6 KK1 radio coming up shortly courtesy of lart, I'm just packaging it up now :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] wmason92:
Thanks for the fast apply, I appreciate it =) I wish we could get the radio to work on the phone if it really is built in
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] Da_G:
Did anyone take close up photos of our motherboard yet?

There are various FM radio drivers contained in the kernel, but all of them are disabled @ stock config. No idea if the chip is actually present or not, or if it is, if it's physically wired to the headphone jack (FM radio uses headphone cord as antenna generally speaking)

Close up pics of the motherboard would tell us if it's there or not :)
[AT&T Samsung Galaxy S II Skyrocket SGH-I727] buffalo960:
I just tried out the rogers radio (I am on ATT) and I was getting extremely low data speeds on EDGE, UMTS, and HSPA+ (10kBps) (tried both phone and PTA apns). Making calls worked fine though.