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[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jttraverse:
I'd really like to have the type of reader app in the new 1.4 update of the stock B&N ROM put on other ROM's. The new reader finally lets you read in landscape mode as well as double-tap on images inside an ePub and pop them out to pinch-zoom, etc. But I'm no expert on how 'portable' packages are if they do work in the stock setup.

In the apps on the v1.4 update are two packages that look like they are reader apps, though I don't know if both are required or if one is the old app and the long one is the newer one:

The first is, I think, just 'Reader.apk'..but the other is "RDGEReaderEncore.apk".

Could someone who knows about this kind of thing tell me if it's possible to take these and install them just like any other .apk file...yes, I'll try it at some point if I have to :/ I'd really love to run some other ROM and be able to use the 1.4 reader app with it's functionality. It beats most others I've seen.

-JTT
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] refreblast:
I would check but I am running ICS. Ill still see if I can install them. But is there any way you can extract them and upload them for me, I dont want to wipe my ICS install just to get them
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jttraverse:
Here you go..

I tried to disable these as active links...just not sure if it's okay to leave them active at whatever user level I am...

h**p://www.mediafire.com/?f6pl56s6jx6qxsv

h**p://www.mediafire.com/?bynycafj93iu00s
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Benzoman:
I tried to install both and neither one installed. I just renamed the zips to .apk and tried to install so I don't know if this would even be the correct procedure, but like I said both failed. Probably could get them to work with some modifications to the files, but that's WAY over my head.
[Nook Color Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] catgod119:
I also tried to install both, using adb, and neither one installed. Here's what I got:

C:\dl>adb install Reader.apk

550 KB/s (1706376 bytes in 3.029s)

pkg: /data/local/tmp/Reader.apk

Failure [INSTALL_FAILED_MISSING_SHARED_LIBRARY]

I got the same response for both files. So it looks like you need to copy something else over, but I have no idea what. I've never had an adb install fail before.

I am running CyanogenMod-7.0.3-encore booted from an SD card.

---------- Post added at 09:22 PM ---------- Previous post was at 08:41 PM ----------

I was curious about the missing libraries, so I downloaded a tool called "apktool" and used it to extract the AndroidManifest file from Reader.apk. The following lines are in the AndroidManifest file and seem to indicate what is missing:

<uses-library android:name="bncloudapi" />

<uses-library android:name="com.bn.cloud" />

<uses-library android:name="com.bn.authentication" />

<uses-library android:name="com.bn.app.crypto" />

<uses-library android:name="com.bn.provider.utils" />

<uses-library android:name="com.bn.app.displayinfo" />

I applied apktool to RDGEReaderEncore.apk and got the following list (a subset of the one above):

<uses-library android:name="bncloudapi" />

<uses-library android:name="com.bn.cloud" />

<uses-library android:name="com.bn.authentication" />

<uses-library android:name="com.bn.app.crypto" />

<uses-library android:name="com.bn.provider.utils" />

So it looks like you need six shared libraries. I don't know if that's all you need to get it to work, but it's a start. Good luck.

---------- Post added at 10:02 PM ---------- Previous post was at 09:22 PM ----------

I found another XDA thread where someone tried this and posted results. It's a long thread, but it looks like he didn't get it to work. Apparently it's not as simple as copying over the shared libraries. Here's a link:

http://xdaforums.com/archive/index.php/t-976270.html

From this thread, it sounds like B&N released a version of their old reader for android devices, but I don't know how well it works. They are trying to sell books to the generic android community. Maybe they will release the newer reader too. You might want to look into this. Good Luck and Hack Forever. :-)

---------- Post added at 10:25 PM ---------- Previous post was at 10:02 PM ----------

By the way, my stock Nook is running 1.3.0. I noticed that the five libraries used by RDGEReaderEncore.apk are on my Nook, but the sixth one, "com.bn.app.displayinfo", used by Reader.apk, is not. So you idea that RDGEReaderEncore.apk is the old reader and Reader.apk is the new one might be correct.
[Gen9 Android Development] letama:
Hello Guys,

Here is a plasma active build:

Don't expect much support on this, for me it seems unusable as it is, too slow and not finished. I just wanted to take a look at the way they boot from sdcard.

Installation:

1) You need SDE activated.

2) Unzip files to a directory

3) Copy plasma_rootfs.img to root of storage

4) Flash kernel+initramfs.gz in recovery (details with pictures there).

5) Boot sde

6) Wait, wait, wait! First boot is very slow, I didn't even try a second boot :)

Download is there (big file, 447 MB)

Thanks to cajl for pointing this and pushing me working on it.
[Gen9 Android Development] surdu_petru:
Looks great !

Thank you for your excellent work ! I will try your ROM later....;)
[Gen9 Android Development] gen_scheisskopf:
Yet Another Stupid Question ;)

Does this work also on hdd models?

tapatalked from Desire
[Gen9 Android Development] iourine:
BTW, someone promised a KDE-based buid as the usual SDE 'firmware' for gen9. Probably on behalf of Archos itself... Two months ago. Still there are no more signs of progress...

Not allowed to post links here yet, look at dot.kde.org
[Gen9 Android Development] faenil:
PLEASE READ:

I talked to a developer working for Archos, the Plasma Active based firmware is going to be the official SDE firmware!

But they're not working on it at the moment, they're trying to get ICS firmware out asap!

ALSO NOTE THAT:

the current plasma active image has no wifi (this is what I was told, haven't tried it yet) and that XORG is not HW Accelerated! The developer who made the Plasma Active based image is waiting for the kernel v3 to be released together with ICS firmware, hoping that a new kernel will fix the issues with WiFi and Hw acceleration.
[Gen9 Android Development] iourine:
Thank you, faenil - any piece of information is useful... but why so many capital letters?

Quite reasonable approach for a vendor. No more questions. At least, it is a very good sign that the vendor does not go blindly within the entire Google-driven mainstream but has a broader insight and does try the alternatives. A bad thing IMHO is that the heaviest desktop environment is selected, the least appropriate for XDAs. Yet some people really like it...

well, without wifi it it a pretty useless toy... hw acceleration is less critical for me (but not for others, I think).

On the other hand, once Archos is officially involved into this project, why couldn't they use the existing 2.6.x kernel? It does work within the Android, hence, there are all necessary modules and kernel options being known, written and placed properly. Excuse my ignorance, what is the problem in building the kernel with all the hw features for a particular device yet without Android-specific sw components? Or what is the problem in running a generic Linux userspace on top of it?
[Gen9 Android Development] letama:
Hi gen_scheisskopf,

No, still the same issue, I didn't make any progress on this. Sorry :-(
[Gen9 Android Development] cajl:
See this information from Basyscom

« Hi Jean-Luc ,

unfortunately we’ll have to wait a bit as the developer edition is required to install plasma edition. Archos wants to publish the developer edition after icecream sandwich being released.

Regards,

Eva »

But letama is faster .....
[Gen9 Android Development] faenil:
The problem is the guy who's currently building PlasmaActive images is not from Archos :) the guy from Basyscom http://basyskom.com/news/78-plasma-active-on-archos.html

I don't know if there's any agreement, but I think they'll probably use his work and add the missing features at Archos
[Gen9 Android Development] a1Pha:
Hello letama, nice work here! :)

Do you have WiFi working in this image?
[Gen9 Android Development] letama:
Thanks, but didn't do much... No, I don't think this build has wifi support yet. They are working on it though.
[Gen9 Android Development] Echse27:
News?

Hello @ all...

i will test the rom from the first post later today on my Archos G9 101!

The last post was on 8th february, what´s up... is there a developing or not? Because i´m very interessted in this rom for my Archos!

Do anybody knows something about a ubuntu-rom for our Archos G9???

Thank you!

Echse27
[Gen9 Android Development] letama:
Well, I didn't check their progress on it. I'm not really following it, I just did it more as a proof of concept and to get a taste of it. I saw that few builds have been compiled after this one, but I'm out of time to repackage it.
[Gen9 Android Development] faenil:
as I said earlier, this firmware is actively developed by Basyskom and should become the official firmware for SDE, but they're waiting for Archos to release ICS (with the new v3 linux kernel) hoping that the new kernel will fix the problems with WiFi and hw acceleration
[Gen9 Android Development] Echse27:
o.k. thank you both!

I hope the offical ICS Build will be released soon.

I think the Archos G9 tab will be more potential with an full useable unix-system.

I´m looking forward to that! ;-)
[Gen9 Android Development] iourine:
Well, quite logical and reasonable roadmap. But I do not expect much from KDE-based software. Out of all existing desktop environments, they selected the heaviest one, the least suitable for portables. Surely this is just to have fun and see if it can reallу fly (better to say, crawl) on a tablet. It is very unikely to be a viable product for everyday use.

Ubuntu version looks more promising, at least from performance viewpoint... if only it were not its destructive "innovations" like Unity and Ubuntu One...

Anyways, both have the same problems with hardware support, and both are waiting for the new kernel, first... Second, both will prove their inconsistence in the real life... Third, both will serve only as generic Linux booting platform, waiting for someone to compile a more realistic version. Probably it might be a Gentoo-based compilation with LXDE or XFCE - am I the only person in the world to whom this idea comes? 8-(( Sabayon team is now doing some moves in this direction, but their product is very heavy even for desktops...
[Gen9 Android Development] gen_scheisskopf:
Personally I'd love to see Xubuntu (or Lubuntu) running :)
[Gen9 Android Development] faenil:
I have used Plasma Active on my Nokia N950 (developer phone, which has a 1ghz single core CortexA8 cpu + SGX530!!) and it was really fluid, I mean 60fps...

don't see your point about performance, given what I've seen on my n950 :)
[Gen9 Android Development] Echse27:
I tested this ROM yesterday evening...

I think you are right, when you say that there ist a lot of development need before it runs smooth on our devices!

It was very very slow but it looks very goog, i think.

No WLAN or 3G

some funktions are without any funktion! ;-)

realy slow... Booting tooks 15 min.

At this time, this rom isn´t allday useable.

Do anybody know something about a ubuntu-release for tabs like our.... like the old netbook-remix?
[Gen9 Android Development] iourine:
Any news about new Plasma-based firmware from Archos? A lot of time has passed since release of kernel v3.x...
[Gen9 Android Development] karenax:
certainly when ICS will be fixed, official SDE incoming with plasma-active
[Gen9 Android Development] cajl:
Archos wait the "Go" for this !
[Gen9 Android Development] jessee49:
PLASMA

Hello everyone ..

I decided to install the PLASMA.

lais I have a little problem.

when I want to flash the "zimage" and "initramfs".

it does not work.

he said "initramfs.cpio.lzo not found".

it seems that this format is not recognized by my SDE. (cpio.gz)

I need it renames:

"cpio.gz" to "cpio.lzo"

waiting for you replay..JESSEE
[Gen9 Android Development] :
Can anyone mirror the file?

I cannot download it from the site and I would like to see what it looks like, even thought it seems discontinued.. Thanks!

EDIT: Nevermind, found one on Google!
[Gen9 Android Development] cajl:
@jessee49 : have you dl those 2 files?

@wgspoelstra : the DL works !
[Gen9 Android Development] :
Yeah but it doesn't work for me, the validation box doesn't show what to type.

But the ROM doesn't work with multiboot :(
[Gen9 Android Development] jessee49:
PLASMA

Bonjour cajl.

tu entends quoi par "dl".

apparement le truc qui coince le flashage c'est la terminaison du fichier "inintramfs" qui n'est pas reconnu.

il est en "cpio.gz" qui ne passe pas alors que toutes les autres sont en "cpio.lzo" et là pas de soucis.

A moins que j'ai oublier un truc.

Bon pour le MULTIBOOT moi c'est OK.

et donc je voudrais tripatouiller un peu le PLASMA c'est pas mal du moins cela en a l'air.

Mais avec ce soucis cela ne passe pas
[Gen9 Android Development] blogmaw:
Are you sure it doesn't work by just renaming initramfs.cpio.gz > initramfs.cpio.lzo ?

I remeber some people managed to get 3.2.80 on ICS recovery by just renaming the file. :)
[Gen9 Android Development] jessee49:
PLASMA

I just want to take this step.

but I expect validation.

by people more qualified than me.

rename this file....:)
[Gen9 Android Development] blogmaw:
Ah! found it : http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=23580895&postcount=3

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=24731094&postcount=84
[Gen9 Android Development] jessee49:
PLASMA

A big thank you to you.

I will test on.

But as I not master the language of Shakespeare well.

it is difficult to search tutorials.

bah me yes it is the language of Moliere.

but hey I can get by.

GO will work.....JESSEE :)
[Gen9 Android Development] cajl:
D'accord jessee49
[Gen9 Android Development] blogmaw:
Ca dépend de ce que tu veux faire mais tu peux poster en français, beaucoup de gens comprennent ici :) Demande quand tu as besoin d'aide.
[Gen9 Android Development] jessee49:
PLASMA

Bonjour..

je ne savais pas que l’on pouvais employer la langue de MOLIÈRE ici..

Car certains sites vous bannissent pour moins que ça, bref.

Bon j'ai installer le PLASMA mais il me semble pas stable.

De plus je voulais savoir si il faut également le renomer en " lzo" pour pouvoir le lancer à partir du MULTIBOOT.

Une dernière question on vois que ce fichier et un fichier " ISO".

Quel différence ne fait avec ces congénères.
[Gen9 Android Development] cajl:
le plasma de Letama est un peu lent

Archos devrait fournir un SDE avec un Plasma archosien
[Gen9 Android Development] jessee49:
alors comment on fait pour le relancer.

je t'avoue que je l'ai installer hier regarder rapidement.

par contre j'ai fouiller pas mal cette pares midi sur YOUTUBE.

histoire de ma faire une idée..

Tenter de mettre UNBUNTU..mais un truc me gène là du coup.

car pou être bien ensuite il faut un clavier(bon j'en ai un ) et une souris.

Mais du coup je penses que l'on sort du mode TABLETTE à proprement dit parlé.

du coup je me pose la question car ne fait à renter dans ce jeu là autant avoir un tit eeboock.

moi pas trop envie car une tablette avant tout et un prolongement de mon PC et celui de mon téléphone.

vous en pensez quoi vous ? Messieurs...:)
[Gen9 Android Development] Kenomann:
Wie bitte?

Means: What???
[Gen9 Android Development] stealthdave:
Curse my lack of language skill retention! 20 years is too long to remember high school French class!
[Gen9 Android Development] jessee49:
Sorry my friend..:

" then how do you restart it.

I confess that I look quickly install yesterday.

by cons I dig this a lot pares noon on YOUTUBE.

story of my an idea ..

Try to Unbuntu .. but something bothers me here at once.

because to be good then you need a keyboard (I have one good) and a mouse.

But suddenly I think it exits the PAD in itself spoke.

of the sudden I ask because in renter does in this game as having a small eeboock.

me not too keen as a tablet and foremost an extension of my PC and my phone.

what do you think you? Gentlemen ..."
[Gen9 Android Development] Number0ne99:
New builds are available

Hi @ll,

long time no news but now time for good news.

basyskom create 2 images with Plasma Active for our devices.

I test the last 2 days and im very happy with the last build (basyskom-plasma-active-archos-gen9-tablet-mer-testing-120531-1816 )

It's a good experience to work with a full unix on my tablet (101G9)

If you will test it too have a look at h**p://share.basyskom.com/plasma-active/archos_gen9.html to install, download and enjoy.

No need of android on my Archos :o

bye
[Gen9 Android Development] blogmaw:
It looks okay...

It would be nice if someone could simplify and make a multiboot zImage+Initramfs out of it. :)
[Gen9 Android Development] gen_scheisskopf:
Do I get this right that you are using HW accelerated build?

If yes I have couple of questions:

-how much heat does cpu generate? (power management is off)

-what is approximate battery life? I assume wifi always on, backlight under 50%

-how "usable" is the system? I mean- are there any important things not mentioned that do not work?
[Gen9 Android Development] Number0ne99:
Hi,

Yes i use the hw accelerated build.

I didn't feel any problem with overheating (tablet is as cool as running android)

Last test yesterday evening i start with 50% charge and run over 3 hours without shutdown. But the battery stats seems to be wrong.

The system is fully usable, currently i didn't discover to activate bluetooth.

Marble shows me my location, mail works with my google account and dolphin is a perfect full configurable filemanager.

Sometimes the system may be unusable and laggy but this is not the system, its the user when he/she use wrong gestures/touches or anything like that.

Active Plasma is totally different to Android.

Use it and you didn't miss Android.

Bye
[Gen9 Android Development] DragosP2010:
GPS software?

It works on an 80 G9 hdd version?
[Gen9 Android Development] Number0ne99:
Hi,

Yes Marble ist integrated into the distribution.

Yes announced to work on all G9 devices.

Bye
[Gen9 Android Development] gen_scheisskopf:
I'm not surprised that battery stats are wrong- power managemenet is off.

But which version of Gen9 do you have?

I have the "first batch"- 1GHz omap4430, 512MB ram and it has some problems with ICS/3.x kernel (I still use Honeycomb)

I don't need bluetooth ;)

And what about app availability/software center/apt?

I know, I've tested x86 build on my netbook some time ago. I'm used to ubuntu family but why not give it a shot :)
[Gen9 Android Development] cajl:
Yes it is a good idea

many people wants to keep Archos
[Gen9 Android Development] Number0ne99:
Hi,

i plan to test the old meego repository (i read that's usable)

because this distribution based on mer (follower of meego) not on balsam (formelly known as Suse 12.01)

Active Plasma can installed on both core products.

Also Mer seems to be a brother in law of tizen.

So i'm not afraid that there is no software now or in future.

bye
[Gen9 Android Development] gen_scheisskopf:
I understand it. To be exact my question is- which CPU is used in your Gen9?

My omap4430 has problems with 3.x kernel (and ICS)- a lot of system hangs, gets hot very fast
[Gen9 Android Development] Number0ne99:
Hi,

my CPU is a Omap4460 ES1.1

The Kernel is 3.08 #1 SMP armv7l GNU/Linux

I don't know that there is such a big difference between 4430 and 4460

Good to know.:good:

Bye
[Gen9 Android Development] gen_scheisskopf:
Main difference is power regulator used, sholbert described difference HERE
[Gen9 Android Development] cajl:
Have you a simply process for the install
[Gen9 Android Development] Number0ne99:
Hi,

go here: http://share.basyskom.com/plasma-active/archos_gen9.html.

There you can download the images(use basyskom-plasma-active-archos-gen9-tablet-mer-testing-120531-1816 ) and you will also find instructions to install.

Bye
[Gen9 Android Development] cajl:
yes i see that

it is not easy for some people

I am looking for a simpler process (copy and flash by eg...)
[Gen9 Android Development] gen_scheisskopf:
I guess it's:

-in Recovery- Remove Android Kernel (if option is present)

-in Recovery- "Export Data Partition"-> mount it on a linux machine, it is assumed that mountpoint is /mnt/tablet

-get a copy of wl1271-nvs.bin

cp /mnt/tablet/misc/wifi/ti-connectivity/wl1271-nvs.bin .

but this should be possible also from Android (adb pull)

-make a tar backup- some Android recoveries do this- of all data

tar czf tablet-backup.tgz /mnt/tablet

because /data partition will be erased later

-format /data @ext4

mkfs.ext4 -Ldata /dev/

(isn't -Ldata a typo?)- it is equivalent to Reformat Device in Recovery

-mount /data partition to PC again

-unpack Plasma image to /data

cd /mnt/tablet
tar xvf <PATH_AND_FILE_OF_IMAGE> --numeric-owner --strip-components=1
chmod 000 etc/*shadow
cp [path to the file]/wl1271-nvs.bin lib/firmware/ti-connectivity

-copy zImage from unpacked Plasma (to temp folder)

cp boot/zImage /tmp

-unmount tablet from PC, in Recovery choose Developer Edition->Flash Kernel

-mount ramdrive to PC, copy zImage and create a dummy initramfs so flashing is succesfull, unmount tablet

cp /tmp/zImage /mnt/tablet
touch /mnt/tablet/initramfs.cpio.lzo
umount /mnt/tablet

-click OK to flash new kernel, then reboot
[Gen9 Android Development] cajl:
Thanks....

But if i have not a linux machine....

(it is not for m, just anothers readers)

i search the same process on the first post by letama
[Gen9 Android Development] DragosP2010:
Sorry, but in this case you have to wait.
[Gen9 Android Development] oakes:
A simple way to have debian or ubuntu is with the android app "Complete Linux Installer" and the overclocked "[ROM] NEW CUSTOM ROM ICS - Update 04/06/2012 - only for enabled SDE !" With it you will have all apps repo of ubuntu.

Best.
[Gen9 Android Development] gen_scheisskopf:
It's not the point. Complete Linux Installer (IIRC) runs Linux from inside of Android while Plasma Active is a "standalone" system
[Gen9 Android Development] MDMonster:
Are all of these Ubuntu/plasma, etc, distros for the archos dead? Seems like it, but was wondering. Also if not, how's performance on the 512mb 'classic' models?
[General Questions and Answers] Yadnesh@3797:
HEllo Guys,

I am Using Lg P500 (Optimus One)

And I updated it to 2.3.3 and then installed a cyanogenMod.

After Installing it i saw there is Sim Lock .

I tried to Uncheck it by going into

Settings>>Location And Security>>Sim Card Lock>> Lock SImcard

But its Asking for Some Pin..

Guys.. help me ASAP.. :(

a Big Blunder....... plsss
[Acer Iconia A500] jvillejoe:
Ok, well we all know our beloved I.C.S./CM9 is out and the first dev/dev's to post a fully working rom that's stable will get the bounty. Must be gpl compliant. Must be fully working and up to xda standards. This is to make devs more willing to dev the A500....incentive works best. :p This is for ICS/CM9

Pledge: 20 dollars :D

Total=$290

1. Jvillejoe 20$

2. Icedcube 10$-For a501 with working 3g

3. skatin707 125$

4. toastthemost $10 - With a guide.

5. shohratshankar $10

6. Tapek-AU $50-For a501

7. chasmanian $20

8. hardslog $30

9. tosomax $10 - a501 with working 3g

10. carpenterethan $5

And boob pic's and 1000 doll hairs lol:D
[Acer Iconia A500] IcedCube:
Count me in. I'll donate beer money for one beer - make it $10 USD.
[Acer Iconia A500] WereCatf:
AFAIK the biggest problem with ICS on A500 is the drivers, I do not know if you could e.g. take Transformer drivers and apply them. In theory it should work as the H/W is mostly the same.

As for pledges.. I do not have money. I can pledge a boobshot, though? :D NB. I do not promise it'll be my boobs in it, though... ;)
[Acer Iconia A500] drkalo:
You mean ICS for a500 is out? Where did you get that information from?

... Or you pledge for a a200 port?

:confused: