yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Dell Streak 7] Nocturnal_50:
its possible to create a swap partition on the SD card that will function similarly to that of a windows page file
[Dell Streak 7] Geramy:
swap file

Well basicly you create yourself a swap file then you add it to the fstab and your done :) you could call it anything lol

but if you unmount the sdcard it could cause a crash so you would might have to unmount the swap first safely that would mean adding a event handler or may not I am new at android os development :) it could just be fine when the sdcard gets removed lol.

but swap files should not be larger then 2x the amount of ram the device has or it starts causing performance issue's.

EDIT: in linux typically people think because they have 10MB free thats all thats free but it's sort of wrong the os free's up ram when needed not when there is ram.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
thanks Geramy for your help in audio for the past couple days.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
Does that mean you've gotten closer? Thanks to anybody giving help to sound issue
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
We eliminated two sound errors, but we are stuck with the same major error of mediaserver crashing.

So thoughts: do you guys want me to release a new build with the past 2 months of CM10 patches? Sound is still not working, gps is still broken (need to update that on the OP), and sensors are still not working, and internal storage still only shows 2GB.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
A new build would have some newer things for sure. CM has been cranking out a lot of stuff this past month. The update to 4.1.2 proprietary with the newer binaries can only make what you've got as an incomplete product be as polished as possible. Could definitely help out in squashing out any other bugs you haven't found yet.

But basically it is your ROM and its up to you. I guess if you're building that frequently, I'd definitely like a copy. But if a release slows ya down in any way, sh!!!!t. Us beggers can't be chosey
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
A release wouldn't slow me down at all, just throw it in a zip file, and come to my work and upload it. (40mb down/10mb up).

All my test builds work just fine, except for the already listed problems. I would have to test to make sure that zips for gapps can flash just fine first.
[Dell Streak 7] Geramy:
audio

of course its all new to me and fun :)
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2012/10/ubuntu-installer-for-nexus-7-tablet-made-available-for-devs

Sounds like my side project for the weekend, lol.

Anyways, I guess Monday evening I'll release an updated build after I test gapps.
[Dell Streak 7] Deivi_Z:
Thanks Geramy...
[Dell Streak 7] Geramy:
thx

no problem i think giveen gets the thanks for putting up with me hehe :) i am a noob android os dev, but a software engineer for 5 years.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Heh you know a lot more than I do, I am just nudging you in the directions I want.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
I'm def. down to test an updated build with or without fixes to the bugs listed. I've been sitting on 3.2 so I had proper partitions for the next time you release something. As I've mentioned, I'm quite familiar with 4.1.2 on my Gnex. I'm sure your builds for the Streak are pretty snappy compared to anything built on CM 4.1

Google as well as CM did a good overhaul to the under the hood stuff on 4.1.2

There are some interesting 4.1.2 Gapps packages I'd like to give a shot(Team Baked BlackBean and JusTunBean... both are inverted)

Willing to test em out for compatibility and bugs... let me know
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Sorry no release yesterday liked planned. I was busy studying.

BTW I switched us to a mount_all startup, just trying to narrow down issues with internal storage. For some reason the fuse daeomon isn't working right.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
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I am very eager for this Image to show "Android Version: 4.1.2"
[Dell Streak 7] Nocturnal_50:
I am sure that there are features from 4.2 you would want more than the 4.1.2 label... I really need to continue work on mistreak7
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I'm sorry guys. I've been trying so hard to get some more bugs figured out.

I have a finals this week on Security+ so I've been busy with studying and trying to get a few minutes in to research audio.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
No worries bro
[Dell Streak 7] Nocturnal_50:
I know how that is, I did network+ a few years back
[Dell Streak 7] joefanelli:
How do I Flash this rom coming from T-Mobile Streak7 on Froyo 2.2???

Salutations!

I was hoping someone could explain in detail how to flash this rom coming from Froyo on a T-Mobile Streak7. I realize the partition table is different but to my understanding the only way to make it compatible is to flash Honeycomb but if I do that I lose both recovery and fastboot which are vital. I currently have it rooted with CWM3 and have a working Nandroid backup and I really only intend on using it as a wifi tablet and not any kind of 3g/4g.

Any help would be greatly appreciated!

- Joe
[Dell Streak 7] Nocturnal_50:
flash a newer stock recovery (one for HC) then push the HC pkg to the sdcard, reboot into recovery, install update.pkg (do not rename the pkg) once done you will be on the correct firmware, then push twrp to recovery and the boot.img and system.img, pushing of recovery, system and boot is all done with fastboot flash <recovery/system/boot> <corresponding.img file>
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
New build up in OP.

Lots of CM patches, nothing new works, just internal stuff that they have patched for the past few months.

I haven't tested the build this morning before posting it. Just last nights worked fine, so I'm sure this one does as well.
[Dell Streak 7] joefanelli:
Thank you so much for the quick reply sir! My only question is if I flash HC package won't I lose fastboot ability? It says in the HC thread that T-Mobile streaks lose recovery and fastboot if flashed. Please correct me if I'm wrong ad I am quite anxious to try this Rom; I run cyanogen on every android device I own!
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
You won't lose fastboot.
[Dell Streak 7] joefanelli:
Sweet, I'm gonna give it a whirl when I get off work. Thanks for all the help!
[Dell Streak 7] treefrog20012003:
This would be amazing to have if it could run alongside the Android system, a lot to ask I know, but to even have this as an optional operating system would rock!:D

Sent from this thing......
[Dell Streak 7] Nocturnal_50:
chrooting does that
[Dell Streak 7] Dreamer...:
Giveen

Internal Storage (only shows 2GB app space)

i think you forget edit strings in sreak7.init in boot.img
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Its not a matter of init. It's a matter of fuse giving me issues. I am not even sure I am going to be able to solve it any time soon.

It keeps giving errors in fsck about it not being a proper NTFS volume or msdos partition. Again android changed things. Everyone is solving it by having a 2.6.39+ kernel.
[Dell Streak 7] treefrog20012003:
Yea but it is not quite as smooth, I like the option of setting the tablet in a dock and having it switch to Ubuntu. Conical had this running on android and it is amazing. I have not had any luck with chrooting do I can't really judge I've seen videos of it running though.

Sent from this thing......
[Dell Streak 7] Nocturnal_50:
nexus 7 has NFC, add the NFC chip to the dock to open the VPN app running on the local device and tada good as done, other than that you would need to configure some kind of "set down point" with a geographical marker deciding when to open the app however with dodgy GPS I doubt that would be a good idea with lack of GPS accurracy
[Dell Streak 7] angruss:
Even better, the Streak 7 runs on Tegra 2, just like the Photon, which has Webtop- a limited version of Ubuntu. Devs over there have expanded that to a more robust version of Ubuntu. If the Streak could be adapted to run webtop when put into it's HD Dock, we could have Streak 7 Ubuntu desktops hooked up to HDMI monitors and USB monitors.
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
I'm going to suggest we move Ubuntu talk to a new thread... has no place in the development of CM10
[Dell Streak 7] iboware:
I know this thread is irrelevant about talking this kind of things but there is a possibility to run Windows 8 RT on Dell Streak because of Tegra 2 processor. Nvidia released Tegra 2/3 binaries for Windows 8 devices. There is a thread about it but its still a theory. ( http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1831095 )
[Dell Streak 7] evandash:
terrific! thx for ur effort :P
[Dell Streak 7] Zeyckler:
Maybe this is a dumb question but, why is "unofficial" and not "official" CM10? How do you can include in the official tree version of CM10?
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
"Official" in this context means that it's directly supported by the CM team.

"Unofficial" means that someone downloaded the CM code and is building it on their own.

It takes a good deal of work to get a device onto "official" status, with the main thing of having to have someone constantly maintain it.

(ie you cant just make it fully work and then abandon it, someone's gotta at the very least make sure future builds dont break anything)

Being unofficial means that there's no requirements/commitments, all we really lose at this stage are automatic builds.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
snarg, can you send me

bin/wifid

bin/lfinit

bin/sdcard_oem
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
I'll get you the first two. I actually removed the need for sdcard_oem in my latest build :)
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Cool, I rebased on your current build, and changed to CM10 info, hopefully Wifi will come up.
[Dell Streak 7] snargledorf:
Uploading to google drive now. Will send you a link in a bit. Also did you get my txt?
[Dell Streak 7] Nocturnal_50:
have we found out who makes the 3g/4g drivers or is it a lost cause looking into getting 3g/4g working?
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
What do you mean "who makes"?

The Modem is a Huawei EM820U/W and the drivers might(?) be straight from Huawei, the ril on the other hand.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Its just a matter of configuring Android
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
K, it looks like my light sensor isn't what is allowing the device to boot. I rebased on snargledorf's new build of CM9, fixed the stuff for CM10, and now it won't boot. Turns out that sensor.p3.so and lights.p3.so from ICS-B4 is what getting this to boot. I had this in Alpha v0.1 and Alphav0.2, so now I added them back in, plus some missing wifi stuff and its compiling.

My goal here this morning is to have wifi working, then I can test gapps. Got an hour before I need to head to math class at my college.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
And I am back to the vibrator error. Need to do a diff and remember what I had changed
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
back to my build18 and I see what I did.

Also confirmed I can install apps, by pushing them via adb, so that lets me know that internal storage is at least working.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
For the fun of it....who wants to see Jelly Bean on their device, Wifi and and sound are not working, but its fun to see

Copy these two files into your ICS-B4 NVFlash files (BACKUP YOUR SYSTEM.IMG AND BOOT.IMG TO SOMEWHERE ELSE ON YOUR DESKTOP)

http://173.242.117.138/giveen/cm10/boot18.img

http://173.242.117.138/giveen/cm10/system18.img

Rename them to boot.img and system.img, and then run the batch file to flash "ICS-B4"
[Dell Streak 7] TheManii:
Are those on the ICS partitioning?

Mind if I release a modded one to load on stock roms? (I havnt had the chance to pull apart the ramdisk yet, so I dont know which it is)
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Yes, ICS partition

Go ahead. and change if want.

I got a new build cooking that should address sound and wifi.....hopefully
[Dell Streak 7] iboware:
That's exciting. I'm waiting as a tester. I'll do anything that I can but my current knowledge about android is not enough for development of a custom ROM. :D
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I was hoping to have wifi and sound fixed to night, but my last build didn't load things right. had to go back in and fix things and recompile.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Bluetooth fixed, might have sound fix coming, wifi is being borky, plus now I have random crashes and random reboot plus "sleep of death"

Sound fix.

https://github.com/Borkata/adamICS/commit/b98cd8e8cc9d8f0b09751d5eadaf180ff2c1bf10
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Talked to Snarg, should have sdcard fixed.

SD card fix should be going into place now, after compile. Still working on Wifi.

Sound patch worked I see audio stuff loading, but mediaserver is still crashing.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Need to redo partition tables. And TheManii you will be happy to know I have successfully mounted them as ext4
[Dell Streak 7] joefanelli:
Moving from Streakdroid HD7-2.0 to CM10??

Salutations!!

After doing a bit of searching on this forum I've heard of two ways to recover back to froyo in step for moving to CM10 and was wondering if anyone endorses one method over the other. I've seen one method that appears to be using fastboot and the other by using NVflash like I did when flashing Streakdroid. Which would you all say is the most reliable?

Thanks for any help as always!!

-Joe
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
To go back to froyo use the nvflash pack
[Dell Streak 7] joefanelli:
Hey thanks for the super fast reply!

One other question if I may; where can I find a good link for the NV pack? The links I've come across are dead.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Look here http://d-h.st/iXc
[Dell Streak 7] joefanelli:
Thank you for that link but it too appears to be dead.
[Dell Streak 7] Nocturnal_50:
here it is
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
Giveen,

Have you considered building with Linaro tool chain?

I understand cm has incorporated several patches while others remain waiting approval.

I have a friend who demonstrated the difference on a nexus7. 1 ROM+kernel compiled with google tool chain, same ROM+kernel with linaro. I read some about it possibly being a placebo affect and know all the debates regarding benchmarks being accurate in measuring improvement for user end experience.

Two nexus7's side by side with same exact settings and setup. Difference during system heavy use was noticeably improved. Benchmarks were substantially higher and both devices in my hands there was a definite performance boost with the Linaro build.

Don't know if there would be limitations to any possible advantages due to our kernel issues(Fu*k you Dell) but seems like something to look into, thoughts?
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Hmm that worked then but now try: http://d-h.st/iXc, the same address works now! :confused:

I see, there was a ":" at the end that shouldn't be there.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I've taken a look at linaro when it was first announced, but I think there was a reason why I rejected it. Can't remember at this moment, so maybe I'll go back and take a look at it again.

I've been gone to a digital forensics conference for the past several days and other things in life have kept me busy. I should start building again tomorrow morning, though I don't have any new ideas for sound. I've come to conclusion that it is NOT my drivers at Android level, but possibly kernel or Android's mediaserver (which is what keeps crashing). As I am not a deep level programmer the logcats for mediaserver crashing make little sense to me. Geremy has been a great help to me as he is an app developer and a sound engineer and so a lot of this stuff makes more sense to him than to me.

I need to go back to storage once again, un-screw any recent changed I've made, and get back a working app-space and release 1.0.1b.

A lot of this is boiling down to our poor kernel version, and lack of true programming work on it. DerArtem has a 3.1 kernel for the Thoshiba Thrive which is also on the Ventana board, and I might have to start my work from there if it comes down to it. If I do have to go to kernel level, you guys will probably not see a release for a long long long time.

Doing what I can, when I can.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Can't expect any more than that.
[Dell Streak 7] Geramy:
a title.

We have reviewed the logs and I think giveen is right about the kernel, however I am sure it can be rectified quickly, even if we have to write some code at the kernel level. :) Culprit regarding the sound issue found, I will be happy to write the code required to correct it.
[Dell Streak 7] joefanelli:
Sweeeeeeeet!!!!!
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
LOL, no he is saying that WHEN we find it, he'll write the code to fix it.
[Dell Streak 7] joefanelli:
Darn. Oh well lol. I'll keep my fingers crossed!
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Ah, just do a Google search. :laugh:
[Dell Streak 7] ElfinJNoty:
Care to share the log of media server crashing?
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
https://github.com/giveen/android_device_dell_streak7/issues/1
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
we might be closing in on sound, and in the mean time I got rotation sensors to work.

So I'll put the update out tonight.
[Dell Streak 7] amccue:
sweetness
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
OP updated with new build.
[Dell Streak 7] Dreamer...:
Changelog?

Or added only rotation sensor work?
[Dell Streak 7] calico12:
Yes, i think minor bugfixes.

Not Working:

Sound

camera (what do you think I am...a miracle worker?)

GPS (turns on but doesn't lock on)
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
CM bug fixes and rotation sensor and thats all for now.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Have the same problem as I had with v1.1a or after installing Gapps package, endless downloads from the Play Store. I was going to adb>install Titainium but adb doesn't work, shows no device and drivers are installed.

Funny thing today, I reflashed both files with a wipe, originally used the wipe only on the system.img. The only thing lost was the Gapps package, everything else was intact! The entire setup info like time/date, etc. and even last browser session.

Something you asked before when this happened about: Storage, Total Space is 15.49MB, Apps is 31.74MB and Available is 5.58MB.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
It is probably has to do with recovery.fstab

I'll have to take a look at it again.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Good news....but not GREAT news.

Mediaserver is no longer crashing. Sound settings are no longer crashing. You can adjust volumes. You can pick notifications.

BUT you can't hear anything.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
You guys have no idea how close we are....

I can hear stuff out of the headphones..but its very quiet.
[Dell Streak 7] Geramy:
Wooo :) I'm excited my fiance will be able to watch netflix lol :P and it wont crash hahahahha :)

Plus this means we can work on the camera and sdcard then :)
[Dell Streak 7] amccue:
Yes, you are the man.

So excited for this
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Sound would be great. Am I the only one that's having big problems with this ROM? If you can't download apps from anywhere, can't install from adb plus it reboots like crazy, you'll never get a chance to enjoy sound. Maybe it just me or my DS7?

Somebody suggested they had the same problem that had something to do with time zones. I did have a problem with the time zone in TWRP. I had this weird thing where the DS7 wouldn't power up on CM9, buttons lite up dim. Did a pin hole reset and it booted up to the full setup mode. After setting it all up, the time zone in TWRP worked or setup correctly.

Maybe I'll give CM10 another shot tomorrow if somebody responds to this post stating the CM10 works without issues that I mentioned.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I haven't flashed from SD yet but adb install works perfectly with mine.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
After my system event before restoring a CM9 TWRP backup I restored a CM10 backup. ADB devices showed Offline. How are you getting to CM10 or from what ROM? I'm coming from CM9 on every try.

ADB install worked perfectly from CM9.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
I am coming from cm10 going to cm10.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Must be in the route I took.
[Dell Streak 7] amccue:
As far as the very low volume goes, couldn't we just use one of those volume boost apps or replicate what that app does to our devices? I know that I used one for the streak and it definitely increased the volume.

Though, I'm sure it's much more complicated than that. I'm just too anxious to finally use this build. Giveen you shouldn't tease us like this. I think I'd prefer a surprise update in the OP
[Dell Streak 7] Geramy:
No problem it was pretty challenging :) more than i've had for the past 4 years writing code its been getting a little bit repetitive and boring hehe :)

I think android os development is gonna be my new area its new hard and fun :) Thanks for letting me help with the development.

---------- Post added at 01:17 PM ---------- Previous post was at 01:11 PM ----------

I would say that it won't do anything, the issue could be a power management service issue with the audio as we are still working out why the speakers won't play audio it may be related to that as well.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Okay, restored 2.2, installed HC and JB v1.1b again. I was getting a device from ADB but offline, my mistake, can't have ADB over network selected also. :D

Tried to ADB install Titanium but get a Container Error. Tried to ADB install ES Explorer and that worked. Tried Titanium again and it said No Space Left on Device.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Yeah, its probably still the storage issue, that I am working on when I am not working on sound.

Storage will most likely be the next bug to be squashed after we fix sound.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
If the storage issue stops one from downloading/installing apps, why would you think that it has less priority than sound?

It won't play MP4s either.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
The reason being is that storage is working, just not perfectly. Storage is actually a bit easier to solve, or at least I think so.

Sound is something that takes programming and messing with values, etc etc etc.

On the other hand there is a possibility storage may become a tough case to crack as well.

I don't think its necessarily a lesser priority, I am just trying to restore as much functionality as possible. I can install apps, granted side-loading them, and bugs will be squashed as soon as I have more time. Plus in order to test a lot of apps for the functionality, I needed sound to be working.

MP4 playback may be an issue of sound as well.

In the next build I plan on releasing, I've updated a lot of the proprietary binaries so that may be squashing some issues with had with sound and may result in a more stable and capable device.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
I guess that I can install apps also if they are small as I could install ES File Explorer but not Titanium. I guess one could delete some system apps to make a bit of room, depends on the app size to install. You may be forced to fix the storage issue first but that's your call.

This time I side loaded ESFE but before I couldn't install it from the Play Store.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Yeah, its a hard choice. I have limited amount of time with lots of responsibilities and I have to pick and chose what I fix. Storage is DEFIANTLY the next thing on my list after sound.
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Not a whole lot of progress today. Fixed a external sdcard permissions bug.
[Dell Streak 7] treefrog20012003:
Hey, you do what you can and we appreciate that.

Sent from.......
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
Thank you Addulah for the donation :) Whoever you are :)
[Dell Streak 7] Geramy:
sound

as Giveen said MP4's won't play unless the sound works because it has to access the audio server and decode the audio for every second of the video but in a much more detailed manor, does it crash when you play a mp4 or just not play? or does the media player not load?

I will confirm for giveen that it's a audio issue lol, probably something to do with the codec of the file since we had codec problems it would be my guess.
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
It states that it can't play the MP4 after the player screen opens up.
[Dell Streak 7] Geramy:
can you share a screen shot possibly?
[Dell Streak 7] wptski:
Sorry, you guys wait too long to ask questions as I'm went back on CM9 ICS(vb5.01) two days later. The reboots alone drove me crazy. Don't think that the screen capture worked anyway, besides, was there a way to get it from the DS7?
[Dell Streak 7] giveen:
The way I do, copy it to the SD card, pull the SD card out, put it in the computer.:confused: