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[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
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This thread has been created to assist everyone with our Evo View and for those with the mindset, skills, mod experience to assist us. Please lets keep it clean and let's get some development going that is highly needed.

Thanks Globatron for the S-Off on View ~>HoneyComb

EVO View OTA.zip (Link2DL) **DO NOT FLASH-For Development**

Thanks to NewKidd Here is Evo View OTA Deodexed.zip (Not Flashable)
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Spec changes in HoneyComb

◦Physical Hard keys replaced with on screen Soft keys

◦New Google search, available on every page

◦System Bar: Quick access to notifications, status, and soft navigation buttons available at the bottom of the screen

◦Notifications menu moved to the bottom right corner of the screen, on the System Bar.

◦The Action Bar–which can be accessed by touching the Plus Sign icon at the top right of the screen–is the key to contextual, changing menus that are controlled by each application.

◦Enhanced security including Sprint Data Link and 3LM

Fixes include:

◦Google video chat

◦Bluetooth capable in Airplane mode

Assistance with:

Verify CIQ is not in update-12/26 No CIQ verified

Modding back to Hard keys ~>Link here to info Thx Themanii-12/26 LeeDroid HK Mod 100%

Thank you all, if you have other ideas please post and lets make it happen
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
View HoneyComb Development

Thanks to LoveThyEvo for his assistance :) with the Splash setup

** Your device must be s-off (nand unlocked) in order to flash/install this image **

Installation instructions:

1. Download nameofsplash.img

Download Godzson.Zip for our devices (View & Flyer) the other are for "other" devices

2. Reboot your device to bootloader.

3. In a command/terminal prompt enter

fastboot flash splash1 nameofsplash.img

4. Reboot your device and enjoy your new splash screen.

Click on Picture to view image bigger :)

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Thanks to Indirect for creating a flashable.zip for the BeatzAni & HCani

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15069134/HoneycombBoot.zip

^ honeycomb animation as per request for flashable zip (Note, I do not have a view to test on and without the proper mount command, I had to use the busybox mount command however, it should still work fine. ^_^

edit:

Beatz animation as per request: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15069134/Beatz_bootanimation.zip
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
View HoneyComb Development

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[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Deleted member 2173701:
im uploading one i deodexed and rooted, etc. from the ota. only issue i had period was getting the voicesearch deodexed...so i just removed it completely and replaced it with the market version. just for anyone who wants a template to use for theming, etc.

will post the link after multiupload stops taking forever.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] dmunseyautotech:
will it be flasheable thru cwm.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Deleted member 2173701:
yes it will...when we get an s-off hboot :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] dmunseyautotech:
My view is S-off wanted to check it out. Don't want to go thru the hassle of going back to S-on just to try it. Will be checking in. I'm sure it won't take long for revolutionary to get it cracked.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] focbuster78:
Will this rom be compatible with s-off Hboot 1.09.0000 or 1.13.0000?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Deleted member 2173701:
negative. you gotta have the new hboot before it will boot. tried several times with a few different configurations to make it work but to no avail. when globatron has it ready to go thats when the fun begins.

for a little clarification, i took the otaupdate and modified it so it doesnt flash any of the firmware info's (such as radio, hboot, wimax, etc) and applied the update. then i made a nandroid backup, then used a program to take the .img's from the backup and decompress it so i could mess with the files inside. kind of a bassakward way of doing it...but seemingly the only way until we get an RUU for it. which if i heard right, wont be publically released until Q1 2012, unless football gets a leaked ruu beforehand :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] dmunseyautotech:
I understand what your saying. All I meant was I will wait till they get the new update S=off so I can revert back if I don't like it. From what I understand revolutionary doesn't work for it. It's just to much trouble to revert back to stock with there being minimal benefits of upgrading.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] IP IHI II IL:
I'm really hoping someone can port this to the Best Buy Flyer. It's pretty obvious that HTC puts more dev focus on its carrier branded devices as we won't be getting an official HC build until late Jan., early Feb. :(

\\Carved into this thread by my RAZR//

http://android-gz.com
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] focbuster78:
Thank you for all the clarification, of course I want HC now. I don't mind waiting a while, after all Q1 of 2012 starts in less then two weeks :p

It seems like its been hard to get the best of both worlds lately in regards to newest software and keeping root access. First no root for Evo3d Hboot 1.50 and now no HC and root for the view. But I can't complain too much. This is still a great slab of hardware, and I am very thankful that development is underway!!

Thanks guys! :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Deleted member 2173701:
no what i am saying is that HC on the tab (weather you have the view or flyer) wont boot at all unless you use the new hboot. my guess would be since its a completely different build of software designed for a tablet, a gingerbread hboot is configured completely differently (as gingerbread is designated as a "phone" software) where as honeycomb is configured to be tablet...hopefully this clarifies it a little bit better....
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] mcord11758:
Why not use globatrons flyer hc. Change locale using morelocal2 apk after flash to us
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Deleted member 2173701:
http://www.multiupload.com/6LXUNN3YK9

after 4 failed uploads later, here you go :)

didnt add the voicesearch.apk so download it from the market if you care to have it. ill fix and reupload later.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Nice... appreciates the work, posting up :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] dmunseyautotech:
I do get it trust me. I think your confused with what I am trying to say, but no matter. You have clarified it well. Thanks for the quick replies.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] graffixnyc:
If you need a hand let me know :) Just got my view a few minutes ago :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] dmunseyautotech:
Unless you are telling me that the factory over the air update that I denied today because I heard it will soft brick if your S-off will not work on a stock view with gingerbread. Which I wouldn't understand because I thought that was the whole point.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Teamwork

Please feel free to assist we need as many creative devs on this as we can.. great that your on the View welcome :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] huntman21014:
It will but you wont be able to go back to gingerbread and you lose root if you flash it now, if you wait until we get an S-Off hBoot you can then flash HC and get root and go back to gingerbread if you want to. If you accept the update now you are pretty much stuck with no root on HoneyComb from the way the hboot process is looking.

So no you won't brick just by updating but you will be stuck without root and no way of getting gingerbread back if you accept the update now on a stock view.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] wolfpack612:
not working for me :( getting an unexpected end of archive with winrar.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] graffixnyc:
How far along is everyone with it? I dled the OTA zip and I was going to try to create a flashable zip. What's the business with the bootloader? Do we need it to run HC?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] graffixnyc:
ditto for me
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] ElAguila:
Yes the bootloader is needed. The bootloader tells the tablet where android is and to go and load android and boot up the tablet. This update has its own bootloader and will not work with the old bootloader. The new bootloader is locked(known as S-On). This means no changes can be made to the bootloader or to Honeycomb. In order to get root you have to be able to make changes to the bootloader. If you try to run this with the old bootloader it will not work. If you install the ota update and replace your old bootloader with the new one that comes with this update, you will no longer have root. This means that you will not be able to install cwm or custom roms and worse, you will NOT be able to go back to the old bootloader. We are waiting for globatron or somebody else to give us a way to unlock the new bootloader first.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] graffixnyc:
There was no need to explain s-on and s-off :) I'm very much aware of it and how it works. But this is the first time I actually heard that to get an update the bootloader had to be updated as well. usually you can do an update without a bootloader update so that's where I'm a bit confused. Maybe because it's a GB to HC update? When I had the evo 3d I had it s-offed with revolutionary and then they pushed that OTA with the new hboot. I was able to keep my s-off bootloader but install the ota and it kept s-off intact and then flash the new hboot which also kept s-off intact. So it's just a bit different than what I'm use to.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] oldpueblo:
So I guess I'm kind of confused. The second link from Newkid is already rooted per his post, but don't use it because you'll lock your hboot and never be able to get root again? I'm not very smrt and am probably missing somethingobvious, so you'll have to excuse me.

EDIT: Nevermind went back and saw the very obvious NOT FLASHABLE. :p
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] ElAguila:
Gotcha. I can see where that would be confusing. I wasn't sure so I went ahead with the long winded explanation.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] graffixnyc:
:) yes, one of the first things I remember when i started working that my manager told me.. "always assume your users dont know anything" hehe

hey ElAguila,

off topic. you were able to flash the OC kernel in cwm? I cant get it to flash. I've downloaded it about 10 times now so I know it's not a bad dl. I keep getting that same eror the other guy in the OC thread was having. Also I'm getting an error when I try to flash the zimage like he said to do.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] ElAguila:
I will restore a backup tomorrow and flash the kernel again and see what happens.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] contradude:
on second thought, no reason to spoil the fun
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] rkb6581:
This might be a dumb question, but I'm trying to put this whole thing together. Once the hc zip is ready, and thank you to all the amazing devs working on it, we will have to flash the new boot loader, and then root it? So basically we will run the update and then run a boot loader unlock to get s-off, am I understanding this properly? Or will the new boot loader simply install, but be unlocked already when it flashes? Also, if one boot loader is for hc and on is for gb, wouldn't it be necessary to go back to gb one if we want to flash back to gb in order for it to boot properly? Because if this is the case, I thought you said once we update to the new boot loader there is no going back. Where am I getting the disconnect?

Thank in advance.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kaijura:
I'm not a dev on this, but my understanding is that if it's possible, we don't have to get a new bootloader but realistically it's probably going to happen.

If it comes to it, then we may have to switch between bootloaders to "downgrade" to the GB ver, same as how the flyer instructions are given.

However if it is ever possible a ported ver of a HC rom is made for the view we wouldn't have to update the bootloader in order to run it.

I've got a ported version of ICS on my other HTC device and never had to upgrade the bootloader. I'm free to switch between gingerbread and ICS via CWM on nandroid backups. At least, that's how it works for me so far.

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, I'd always like to know the correct info.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] DigitalMD:
You will need a new boot for a fully functional HC ROM. The partition sizes are different and the boot loader must match that among other changes. The some demo versions of HC or ICS don't have a new boot is they are hacked up demo version that don't fully function and that's part of the reason they don't fully function to put it simply.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] matthewallen72:
I finally got the oc kernal to flash, but only after I had flashed a customer rom. I could not get it to flash with the stock rom. Once I flashed the custom rom, it was all set. Thats how i fixed the problem
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
HC and Hardkeys Info

Reviewing the thread for hardkeys fix a member posted info of an update from Dell Streak HC that gave the device back its hardkeys ability.Maybe there's something in the effect of the update files that we can look into once Bootloader if up to get ours working.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] LeeDroid:
Do you have a link to a mod thread or a ROM where said hack has been implemented, should not be too much of a challenge ;)

Sent from my LeeDrOiD loaded s-off HTC EVO 3D
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Will look into it and edit this reply with info :)

My 1st find: Zip made to disable & enable captive buttons (review differ) Link

We're on the right track, Props to The Manii for the development.

Here you go Lee, we can begin here :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] graffixnyc:
I know The Manii and also the main dev for the Dell streak 5/7. I will reach out to them. The Manii is always on irc
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] graffixnyc:
Thanks! I also figured it out not long after you posted this. haha It doesnt seem to flash on the stock rom/kernel. ok sorry to get off topic :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] LeeDroid:
Excellent, thanks mate.. The fact that there is a patch to bothe enable & disable should make this rather straight forward!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] :
All in all... What we are trying to say is that if you don't have the honeycomb hboot... You can't boot honeycomb. It has nothing. Get to do with s—on or s—off. Don't have honeycomb bootloader.... Can't boot honeycomb. No matter what the rom you try to use. I have tried everything possible to get it to boot with the gingerbread hboot (son and soff) and it won't work. The hboot is looking for the boot.img to be at (0x0000) where as honeycomb bootloader expects for it to boot at 0x2a2, (pulled that from memory so don't quote me on that). Even with offsetting the boot.img to match what it's looking for, the honeycomb bootloader is slightly larger and has something in it that's extra. Long and Short, flash the ota and replace the bootloader is the only way to make it boot, however flash the ota and you could lose the ability to root and s-off completely. Has nothing to do with downgrading. It simply will not boot without the upgraded bootloader.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] TheManii:
The buttons are controlled by whatever keylayout is used on the flyer/view

on the s7 the keyfile is ATA2538_capkey.kl

and

key 102 HOME
key 158 BACK
key 139 MENU

With key 102/158/139 being their respective buttons on the s7, you need to find whatever kl is used on the flyer/view and edit their 3 lines.

You can likely grab the right key numbers off <whatever was before HC>, I wouldnt imagine they changed the codes during the update

At least on the S7 there are multiple kl's that arnt used as dell didnt bother removing the redundant ones, I havnt used any other devices to compare.

You either need root or a custom rec to install it though, and it sounds like this is the biggest hurdle ATM for the flyer. 3.0+ to my knowledge contains no known exploits at all and if you cant get S-OFF i'm guessing that's the issue at hand. (I havnt ever used a HTC device so I'm just guessing)

Edit: I've downloaded the zip in the OP and it seems that the right kl is express-keypad.kl.

I need the previous 2.3.4 rom's express-keypad.kl to continue though, when someone can provide that to me I can likely figure out the rest
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Immix:
Attached is the express-keypad.kl file from GB HTC Evo View 4G. Thanks for your help TheManii.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] TheManii:
Yea it's exactly as I thought

2.3.4's express-keypad.kl

[COLOR="Red"][B]key 102 HOME WAKE_DROPPED
key 139 MENU WAKE_DROPPED
key 158 BACK WAKE_DROPPED[/B][/COLOR]
key 217 SEARCH WAKE_DROPPED
key 97	FUNC_1	WAKE_DROPPED

key 116 POWER WAKE_DROPPED
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE
key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE

3.2.1's express-keypad.kl

key 217 SEARCH WAKE_DROPPED
key 97	FUNC_1	WAKE_DROPPED

key 116 POWER WAKE_DROPPED
key 114 VOLUME_DOWN WAKE
key 115 VOLUME_UP WAKE

Using the old kl file should work fine to reenable the buttons (incindentally it's also the same buttons as on the s7.

I cant say how you'd actually install it though, as you need either root or the ability to flash zips.

I dont know how mounting works for the flyer/view so I dont believe it would be a wise choice for me to attempt to blindly make a flashable zip for it.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Hardkey Mod- The Manii

Thx Immix for the file upload and Thx The Manii for looking into the files for us and giving us the recipe.. This is why XDA is the place to be :p people having fellowship to create new innovative ventures.

Well LeeDroid the talent behind the mod has given us his blueprints for the foundation of the mod, now to test on Flyer HC and then View HC once Bootloader is done with.

So next step is to get Bootloader and the works, once done, well the fun continues of course :)

Really wished we had the ability for calls as The Flyer.. at the airport about to board, hope I didn't miss props or any other items that need reviewing atm.. I will talk to TrevE for verification on CIQ deletion. Thanks to everyone assisting in the thread.. Thx graffixnyc for the connect.

Happy Holidays :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] smakkk:
HELP!

I am a android noob! I tried updating my Evo view to Honeycomb with settings>system update and I downloaded the file and tried to install it and now I'm stuck in the white screen with the words "HTC" for more than an hour now ): is there anything I can do? AND I did not root it, its stock! I thought that since the update is from HTC i should be fine! ): HELP ME PLEASE!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] graffixnyc:
I'm glad I was able to grab themanii on irc and fill him in on everything. :) Themanii is a great dude he has done so much for the dell streak 7 community(I use to own one) and he doesnt even own the device. lol

Thanks TheManii!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] focbuster78:
Alright there are a few steps that you need to do:

1) look here

2) watch this video

3) and never install that update again!
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Thx graffixnyc for the connect :) Thx Focbuster..

~Enjoy your Festivities Everyone~
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] medkid:
I download this OTA update to my pc, what can I do with it now ? boot my View to fastboot mode and from where I can flash it ?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] spiicytuna:
Doesnt seem to be that simple. Copied the old file onto my rooted HC, rebooted and still no hard keys. :mad: I'll play around and see what I can come up with.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
HoneyComb S-Off

Looking for S-Off with HoneyComb for View? See here, thanks to Globatron for the goodies :)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1409306
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] wolfpack612:
got that upload yet? i'm in need of HC /system flashable via cwm.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] TheManii:
Did you make sure permissions were set properly? You usually have to manually reset them unless you used a update zip to flash it
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Thx again TheManii, Spiicytuna I shall also see if LeeDroid has any updates to this :)

Edit: LeeDroid looking into framework hacks to get the "Hardkeys Mods" up for our View..
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] spiicytuna:
Yup. Still no go.... do you have yours working?

As a side note the LED can be lit up with a:

echo 20 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-pm8058/leds/button-backlight-portrait/brightness

and back off

echo 0 > /sys/devices/platform/leds-pm8058/leds/button-backlight-portrait/brightness

from adb
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Dev- Thread Update

Hello all,

Just FYI we will continue making this the Dev section for our Views. Let's keep it clean and share creativity, thanks to everyone for the fellowship..
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] TheManii:
I dont own a flyer/view so I'm just going off generic information that should be common to most devices.

If I had one (or someone that do stuff on it realtime) that was rooted I might be able to get it working.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
HardKeys Mod 100%

Thx to TheManii for his work from Dell Streak, Graffixnyc for the contact and LeeDroid for bringing it to the Flyer/View.. and myself for previous knowledge :p
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] spiicytuna:
Wait, roms are not cross platform compatible but the kernels work for either?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
If built as it then yes kernals can be cross compatible :)

My comment was to inform his success in the hardkeys mod from TheManii, now we just wait for LeeDroid to release it for our Views..

Great accomplishments over the weekend.. Thanks to everyone

Next project: Phone functions

I began looking into our "phone calls" ability, and dtack had made a post of calls on our View.. So what I found is that our calls may not be disabled by Sprint but by software.

Here is info on where we can begin looking :http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=20484174&postcount=1 we will need to look at the software that creates calls, not just phone.apk or htcdialer.apk

In doing some research I came upon another device with same phone calls modification and we where able to get Hardkeys function.. Dell Streak.

In reading it as I informed it would be some modification to several apk files that care over calls.. Well ladies and gents here is the link: Dell Streak and just FYI they used same method as Flyer, another link with Flyer phone/sms from Dell
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] beezy420:
Am I the only one getting erros when trying to extract the OTA deodex zip from the first post. When i open it all I see is a bunch of .db files
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] wyldkard:
So is this method something that can be easily implemented on HC roms so that we dont lose our screen space? For example, can this be added to contridude' HC ROM and work properly?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] globatron:
Not until we have kernel source. Part of the solution is missing in the kernel.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Exactly, LeeDroid has it working 100% on his side and will be developing a Kernel and a Rom with it for Flyer and View with mod :)
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] wyldkard:
Sounds good. I don't mind having both working at the same time.
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] martinlu78:
i have been upgrade to HC with rooted how can I downgrade to 2.3.4 ?

could someone help me on this ?

I have been sucessfully upgrade to HC from 2.3.4, but I do not like the HC, I want back to 2.3.4, but as I know the HBOOT totally different, Can I found some guidance to how to downgrade to 2.3.4 ?
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] kevinrocksman:
one question and one observation.

The download for the OTA HC rom, can that be flashed if you already have s off?

also

Apparently my tablet hates anything and everything HC..
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] GODZSON:
Hello all, I appreciate the help of informing others with guidance, but please refrain from foul language and let someone else answer if it will be a negative reply.. There are many new members coming onboard and don't know the process, we also have all ages here so please recall that as well.. Thank you in advance..

godZson

XDA-MOD

@Kevin, the OTA files as informed next to link in post 1 are not flashable, to get HC go to link for HoneyComb from globatron right above the OTA.zip
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] Whiskey103:
Okey guys, thread cleaned.

keep in mind:

like GODZSON said ;)

Thanks

Whiskey103

Forum Moderator
[HTC Flyer, EVO View 4G] :
You can update my upload... It is flashable. Just did it twice. It's solid and quick. I'm gonna post it as a rom sometime tonight. Thanks :-)