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[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Well, what I am trying to do is pull in all the other CM9 stuff, but without updating my build directory because they don't have build for it.

Removed local_manifest and now have this

"error: Cannot remove project "device/dell/streak7": uncommitted changes are present

commit changes, then run sync again

"
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
I would rename the folder with a period in front of it (ie '.dell') then run sync. It should skip the hidden folder and move on
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
Then rename it back obviously :P
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
update done....mostly

but still same error

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "build/tools/roomservice.py", line 16, in <module>
device = product[product.index("_") + 1:]
ValueError: substring not found
[Dell Streak 7] SlickClick:
Forgive me if its been asked; but has text/SMS been tried/tested at all..?
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
Think I found the problem with your build.

Here is the line from roomservice.pl

device = product[product.index("_") + 1:]

It's looking for an underscore in the product name in order to find the device name.

i.e. cm_streak7 or full_streak7

'ventana-eng' has no underscore thus why it is being thrown
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Hm, need to track down the right lines, and add "full_" in front of it and see if that helps.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
snargledorf, thank you for all your hard work recently, you have made more strides than I have. Look forward to having you as part of the team.
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
Hear hear! Do either of you guys have a "buy me a beer button?" Or any other way I can help?
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
In the OP is a donation button to Steve as he is the main developer.

I personally do not take donations as I am not very good at this and need to have others guide me. Snarg....I dont' know. If he has one, I'll add it after he and I put out a new ICS version.
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
Let's wait and see of I create something worth donating to before you start throwing money around lol. But thank you! Its inspiration enough to have your support!
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
Fair enough... Well, I have two S7 devices that I can test on, so let me know if have anything to try out. I'm happy to test and troubleshoot.
[Dell Streak 7] jtalaiver:
So my poor S7 had gone walk about for awhile... on loan to a friend... I finally got it back, revived it and now it is running B4... easy as pie... looks great!

Not worried about the camera as I have my SGS2 for all my photography needs...

Now I have a matching set with my SGS2 running ICS 4.0.4 CM9 and pretty close match with my S7... awesome
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
I'm sick of the limitations I have on Honeycomb... I think I might make the jump to ICS B4. I wonder if when more CM9-based work is done if we can flash the updates like we do for CM nightlies?
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Read this thread: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1629976
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
Thanks WPTSKI!
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
CPU Mgmt

Any of you fine folks using a CPU management util on your Streak 7? I have No Frills and Set CPU already paid for, but I wasn't sure it if was worth it or problematic.
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
I personally don't.

My reasoning is the DS7 already has poor battery life and my usage doesn't require anything more than stock.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Actually the S7 has great battery life with a CPU manager.

I use SetCPU, and tell it to use 216mhz + powersaver when screen is off.
[Dell Streak 7] siobhter:
That's what I use on my phone too. Thanks Giveen.
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
Hmm, I like that. I always thought the CPU apps were for overclock only so I have never used one. I will definitely have to check it out now :D
[Dell Streak 7] SlickClick:
Asking again... Call me a retard; but I would think getting text/sms/data radio systems working wpild make this ROM worth it & not to mention iy will open up for more willing testers like myself...
[Dell Streak 7] cdzo72:
As has been stated MANY times.... The devs working on this have personal lives and of late that has been consuming their time.... They are just as interested in having it all working as any of us so be patient....
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
It's stated in the OP that 3/4g doesnt work, and hence SMS/MMS doesnt work as it requires the modem.

There's no way around it, you cant magically ask for them to work and have them work.

They dont work because they're not very important in respect to getting a working device.

The order of things that are fixed is entirely determined by DJ_Steve.

And the order itself depends on 3 things: how difficult it is, how important it is, and he feels about it.

Fact of the matter is that the radio isnt very important, many of own the wifi model anyway and dont have radios period.

The radio is also no small feat as they're basically computers in-of-themselves (they have their own dedicated cpu, ram and OS).

On a similar note, that's also why the camera doesnt work: the camera interfaces changed signifigantly from HC -> ICS due to goog making major improvements to it.

More importantly: installing ICS is a ONE WAY TRIP, there (currently) is no instructions to return if you decide you cant like it.

If anything it should be MORE difficult to install as you wont be able to go back and you need to seriously consider if it's worth it.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I rely a lot on Steve's guidance, and I'm constantly looking for other dev's to help out. I've got one new dev on board and snarg has been helping a lot recently.

These things take time, especially with no help from the manufacture or core processor manufacture.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
Please exclude me from Slick's comments and sense of entitlement.

As a non dev, and hardly a noob, who owns the DS7 and checks these threads on a regular basis, I think its discouraging for the devs and the noobs alike to read CRAP like Slick's response to a fellow user who chooses to reply to a redundant question and attempt at being helpful.

If you got questions and want to be disrespectful... go call DELL and see how many of your answers return the type of results your looking for!

I for one appreciate the few devs we've got, appreciate their time and efforts, and like any typical forum user should, rely on the input and shared user experience from my fellow members. Don't ask general questions if you aren't going to be able to accept an answer that may not satisfy you're trolling!

K. Done. ;-)
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Well, that's something I never heard of before. You mean if one was on a another custom ROM that was NVflashed, you can't NVflash back to it? I thought that NVflash was a complete wipe. I was under the impression that there always was a path back but it may not be a simple one.

I think this new fact needs a further detailed explaination as this might keep many from even trying it.

Rereading, you say, "no instructions" and not "no way" back.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
The main reason I say one way trip is that there's no nvflash payload to return to stock.

You can flash towards HS or ICS, but not stock.

I dont recall the other stock nvflash dumps being fully complete,

you cant simply flash a partial nvflash payload and expect to be able to return to stock.

Currently your only reliable method of removing ICS is to migrate to HS,

you might be able to manually migrate to stock if you did your homework.

I'll be making instructions to return to stock soon enough.

If I flashed ICS, I could easily return to stock because I have a lot more resources at my disposal due to my previous relationship with steve, but neither of us have formally released a set of instructions to return to the stock layout.

At least on this subject, I cant say with 100% certianty as I have yet to install ICS.

If anyone can personally vouch that they were able to sucessfully return to stock from having installed ICS without having to make any real changes to the nvflash payload they used, feel free to state that fact.

Regardless I hope to have instructions made to return back to stock by the end of may (but no promises)
[Dell Streak 7] scarmon25:
I can say that I have been on the latest ICS beta and have used NV Flash to restore to stock HC on the streak. I didn't really have any issues either. Just remember to remove your SD card before flashing as I have been told it completely clears everything.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Got a link to what you used to go back to HC? I've flashed ICS twice with my SD card installed and at least that NVflash didn't touch it.
[Dell Streak 7] scarmon25:
I believe this is the thread I followed. Honestly I can't say for sure. When I first got the device I saw the thread and downloaded cause I figured it would be useful. Then a few months later iI ended up using it. If that tthread doesn't work then I can zip up the files and upload then for you when I get home tonight. Here's the link

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1252840

Restore dell streak 7 (wifi only) using nvflash
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
That link you provided is approximately what I would have released, but why is it in the general section of xda?

That would allow you to restore back to stock, the previous nvflash payloads i'm aware of otherwise wouldnt.

What's the exact rom included with that payload?

I'm going to prepare something regardless as it's fairly easy to repack nvflash.

NVflash shouldnt touch your external sdcard though, it may not even have access to it at all from what I've seen.

EDIT: THERE IS A SERIOUS ERROR IN THAT SCRIPT: it flashes P23.img, and that contains your device's unique ID data, such as your service tag and IMEI (if valid)

You must remove the line related to P23 if you do decide to use that script.

S7 users should NEVER flash a P23.img that isnt from their device for this very reason.
[Dell Streak 7] scarmon25:
I will zip up and upload the package I have been using. That may not be the one I got. It will be a little later when I do but once I have it I'll post a link and you can look through it if you like.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Not sure what TheManii is refering to, but yes, you can go back to HC anytime with a NVFlash. I do it all the time to test stuff.

And to clear some things up:

I use to work for Dell (technically Perot Systems, they bought us out). I have a lot of contacts within the company not only because of that but because of working along side Steve I got recognized by them. I have REPEATEDLY attempted to get the proprietary drivers away from them, arguing that they no longer need them, but they always come back saying "the lawyers say the licensing companies say 'no'". I have than asked for the licensing companies contact so I can talk to them but have not got a solid answer back from them. In fact my contacts now say some people aren't even responding to them. the lack of drivers and updated kernel is not because of the lack of trying. Seriously I have tried, over and over again, reasoning with a wall of lawyers isn't easy.
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
Did you make your own backup?

The current dumps, bar the one he just linked to, were incomplete dumps that didnt include a partition table. It depends on that and the script that's run, and most of the previous dumps simply used --download and that's the main issue.

On the other thing: when you bugged them about the drivers, did you only specifically mention the S7, or did you ask for all devices?

As the S5, V, S10, and SPro are in the same situtation/will be in the same situtation.

I expect the S10 and SPro to get ICS eventually, but I'm doubting that they'll get JB or whatever is after ICS.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Just to clear this up. Can you provide a link to the NVflash to HC that you use and works? Thanks!
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I actually go back to Stock 2.2, and than upgrade from there.

https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B0ozkQsJWIScSFVkOUdXcFFZWUE
[Dell Streak 7] scarmon25:
I'm uploading the restore package I've been using. Once its up on my FTP I will post a link for it ffor whoever may want it.
[Dell Streak 7] Synman:
I'll take a copy... Please forward me the link once its available... guess I could look for it in the forum ... just not sure if you're going to create a thread for it or not.
[Dell Streak 7] iridaki:
To whom it may concern:

Please do not engage in anything that could be even remotely construed as harassment/flaming other members.

XDA-Developers is not a place to make personal attacks and this kind of behaviour will not be tolerated.

Please refer to the forum rules for further clarification of what is not permitted on XDA.

Thanks for your cooperation. :)
[Dell Streak 7] scarmon25:
Here is the NVFlash package I use to restore mine tto stock. I did not create this and am only redistributing it so others may use it. It is not a flashable zip. Extract to your PC ddesktop and run like any other NVFlash. I am not responsible for what you do to your device. Again I did not create this.

http://115media.net/scarmon25/Dell Streak 7/Restore Files/HC Restore.zip
[Dell Streak 7] rsfinsrq:
Thanks for providing the file! Is this the stock wifi version of 2.2?
[Dell Streak 7] SlickClick:
To whom it may concern,

Be it you feel included or excluded by my comment(s), I recognize "contributors" such as Manii, Givven, DJ etc. but do mind "2 cent-ers"... I want to help make results notjust comment about others efforts or paradie around like they were my own or as if ive made significant contributions; just as many here my feel my reply/comment was worthy of deletion as how I feel about his reply...

On a more on topic note ive spent all night configuring my PC with eclipse 3.7 & the 3.2hc &ics adts to begin ventues into Droid programming...

Its my understanding that ICS is an attept to somewhat unify 2.2fyro thru 3.2hc into one world... Its also my understanding that if ICS is setup correctly an HC driver -such as modem or camera- can be foreward compatable with ICS...

Im grateful for my own rant because now we are finding that there may or may not be a safe reversion back to HC from ICS -apparently previously unknown by many others here too- which for me is great news..!

Im going to tinker with eclipse & pretend to know what im doing with DS7ICS ROM in an emulator...
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Yes
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Modem is an easier fix but camera everyone is having difficulty with because Google changed the way the camera is accessed through Android.

There is a long a difficult route to get back to HC from ICS, you need to first flash back to stock 2.2, than upgrade from there. Also posted above was a link to a stock HC image.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
ICS B4 is the first custom ROM that I've flashed so I'm not sure what happens with other ROMs. If P23.img contains one's service tag, etc. info, what happened to that info with ICS B4 and/or other ROMs as it doesn't show in "About tablet"? The HC info was replaced with ICS B4 info. Is that info still there and would it be shown again if I "somehow" returned to stock HC?
[Dell Streak 7] SlickClick:
I dont intend to flash to ics yet til I figure out playing on it in a simulation first.... Im comfortable with HC as an OS but my interest lays in the programming... Honestly Dell has rarely present a product that I didnt like or for that matter was expandable... The only reason I got tje Dell was because its powerful nvidia chipset & the 3/4g modem & the fact it is so highly expandable... Unfortunatly its my texting device so I cant loose that one feature but im willing to help figure it out...

Am I on the right track with eclipse & the APT sets..?

Do I just load up a fyro, hc, or ics ROM in the emulator & tinker from there..?

Im dying to wipe off kongergate from the hc ROM lol

Edit: Should I get nVidia Tegra Android Developer Pack 1.0r7 or the Tegra Android Toolkit 1.0r5..? Not sure where to start for us DS7 newbie programmers...

This is an obvious download for anyone interested in development: Tegra Android Ice Cream Sandwich (4.0) OS Image for Tegra2 Developer Kit (Ventana)
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
I'm no developer but I believe drivers, ROMs, and such are developed via a Linux install. I have done some tinkering with this sort of thing.

As for removing apps that can be easily done using Titanium Backup. The free version on the market can do this. I removed all Dell Stage apps from mine without causing any problems.
[Dell Streak 7] SlickClick:
I was just looking at the titanium & other backup apps in the market/play store; I want to back up all my SMS/mms/texts first... I was about 2clicks away from loading up the nVidia ics ROM when I realized I wanted some of my texts...

Problem is NONE of the backup apps are downloadable to the streak7 on hc3.2...

Any work arounds or ways to directly grab the info from the phone..? I dont believe ive ever rooted this device but do have the hcus4g ROM installed, am I rooted..?

On a more on topic note: the above mentioned downloads from nVidia include a great slew of apps including a UNIX/LINUX line command editor -which im not familiar w/ at all- and eclipse 3.7.1 & the ADT 18 plugin set; I basically come with every downloadable app you need in 3 downloadpackages... I recommend to sub-folder each exe install of the "nvpack" install folder; if your already running eclipse it wont cross yourinstalls...
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Everything on Nvidia's developer website is mainly for creating apps that are optimized for Tegra devices, not for ROM's.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
posting the same update I put on TR.com

So basically here is what B4.5 is going to be, as long as I get it to boot.

Currently a lot of our lib's are from the HC build we have. Some of the libs have dates with 2008-2010 on them. I grabbed replacement libs out of the Ventana ICS build found here Tegra Resources | NVIDIA Developer Zone (dates Jan 2011-2012 on libs) and replaced them with the ones we have in our B4 build, after matching older ones to the new ones using some of my diff tools. Now I need to go back and reset permissions on everything and reflash it.

What is interesting is that with our boot.img, I am able to flash the Ventana Dev system.img build to our device, it boots, and works! However, touchscreen calibration is off...WAY OFF! But this is great news. IF this works, according to plan, we might see improved performance.
[Dell Streak 7] SlickClick:
Thats what I was going to tinker w/ last night; at the end of the nVidia ICS OS ROM install it asks if I want to load the ROM to my device -fastboot mode ready try @ your own risk- which I was going to do but yeilded until I can backup some of my texts....

My approach to this was going to work with what I got which is the hc32us4gupdated & this icsnVidia rom... Can roms only be modified on a LINUX line command level or is the ics enviroment manageable from a GUI interface..? Im familiar with some c++, html, & some flash... Ive spent over 20hrs over the last 3 days trying to hop into this w/o much guidance or even direction aside from what a google search can return...
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
ROM's can be modified easily.

Grab the system.img and mount it, assign permissions to allow modifaction, change things, reset permissions to the previous settings, unmount system.img

You are more than welcome to try things. Just remember that HC boot.img is different that ICS.
[Dell Streak 7] SlickClick:
I intended to try & work backwards, only in an attept to learn more... Im going to try & start w/ the nvidia ics ROM & figure in only the needed elements as far as hardware drivers are concerned from hc... I know someone mentioned google changed the way driver is interpeted now in ics from hc... some my intent is to figure thebackwards compatibility of the hc driver kernels apks etc in the ics atmosphere/ROM... Remember im new to all this; where do I find ROM editors..?
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
You could try Rom Kitchen but its only good for .zip flashable ROMS.
[Dell Streak 7] Wetzel402:
I have been using dsixda's kitchen which works well and is available here on XDA.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
ooops?

my apologies if my "server" questions led to the mods closing the "server" thread.

giveen.... can you post here the status of the server? is that needed before a potential beta4.5 build?

I would like to formerly request that camera and usb-host be on the list of to do's for a new build. as i understand.... kernel development was the last reported focus for an updated build. ics and usb host seem to offer a very wide variety of possibilities for my plans of ds7 as head unit through a dell dock mounted in the center of my dash.

i'm a eager tester of anything new... hope i haven't put a scarlet letter on my left cheek due to that "server" thread getting closed:confused:
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I'm still waiting to hear from Steve about how much donations he got to cover the server expenses. No its not needed for B4.5

B4.5 will be my replacing libs from the ventana ics dev build with our to see any potential gains. If there isn't any, than there will not be a B4.5

Camera is on the list to be worked on. USB Host is not possible due to device and kernel limitations. Blame Dell for that.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
My beta4 setup never had Google voice search working. I tried to delete quicksearchbox.apk and realized I'm not sure of a different version to attempt, and I currently don't have another version.

Regular Google search worked, the voicesearch service always started and then closed after a few seconds. When attempting to use third party apk's that called on the service, I would get an error that the process was busy. Has anyone else experienced a similar issue and or found a fix?

Also, does anybody have a copy of the orig or can ya point me towards a version that works?

American Airlines lost my luggage last night and I am without my laptop... Else i'd be searching for one myself. Thanks in advance

edit: no one? am i the only one with voice search issues? and i am still requesting the proper apk's. thanks
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Sorry man, I never use voice search, so I dn't know at this moment.

So update:

I'm slowly working my way to a new build. Since Steve is out of the loop, I've kinda taken over. Snargledorf has been really busy as well.

I've gotten a new build going, but it gets stuck on what I think is mounting and permission issues. Also I made some good progress in compiling.

I use to have to go through this huge hassle of making system images that actually even booted for example this is my code:

dd if=/dev/zero of=cm9system.img bs=1MB count=345
mke2fs -t ext4 cm9system.img
mkdir /mnt/cm9system
sudo mount -o loop cm9system.img /mnt/cm9system

cp out/target/product/device_name/system /mnt/cm9system
sudo umount /mnt/cm9system

But with a bit of digging I came up with this to add to our BoardConfig.mk

TARGET_USERIMAGES_SPARSE_EXT_DISABLED := true

And now they compile in EXT4 on their own. Saves me time.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
Quicker compiling is always a positive, how did you come across the "shortcut"??

I'd never ask for an ETA... however I am curious as to what you've configured in the new build(s)
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
Makes life sooooooo much easier! :D

Hoping to get back on the bandwagon again soon. Just gotta figure out how to fit this into my time. Recently had a lot of major lifestyle changes and it really bit into my development time. But the dust is starting to settle and I will soon start working on the streak again :)

Awesome progress giveen!!
[Dell Streak 7] davidnjessicacruz:
Ooh... I feel a Streak resurrection occurring! Exciting times! :D
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Well, I'll be waiting. Going to be updating the github soon. Still not sure about the boot.img.

I'm onto Surfaceflinger errors and not starting. Gralloc is dumping stuff as well.