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[Chromebooks] opieum:
Ok so my first working attempt to get this working will be using a Linaro build. They already have support for arndale boards. I tried the prebuilt with no success so just gonna build from source. I am running a build based on Android 4.2.2 so we will get something based on that initially. Linaro seems like the best starting point. CM ports can come later once we have better support for the hardware and I have some more knowledge in porting. At this point I just want to get a working system even if its alpha/prealpha. All other bugs can get worked out later.

https://android-build.linaro.org/builds/~linaro-android/linux-linaro-arndale/ is what I am following combined with creating a proper bootloader and cert (for boot) that works with with a Samsung chromebook.
[Chromebooks] vampirexhunter:
Hey opieum & musical_chairs,

Check this post by Olof Johansson:

How to boot mainline kernels on the Samsung Chromebook

https://plus.google.com/10999369563...G15G8#109993695638569781190/posts/bQpzEGG15G8

Posted 05/29/2013

Looks like some good info, not sure if this relates to what your doing?

But exciting news either way :)
[Chromebooks] musical_chairs:
I just finished reading that before jumping over here to xda to see what was going on. :) It's certainly exciting and I'll no doubt give 3.10-rc4 a try, though the list of not-working stuff is still a bit daunting. It's good to know that upstream kernel development for the Chromebook is alive and well.
[Chromebooks] disynthetic:
OP, nice work getting the ball rolling. I was initially regarded as a fool for expressing interest in an AndroidBook, but it would seem those people just lacked vision I guess.

I sure am glad that this idea didn't die with me. Awesome post, great work, OP and all.

I Voted 'hell yes' and now this thread is subscribed to. Thanks, again.

... and GOOD LUCK.

addendum;

here's a little pic of how bad I want to see this happen. I've been after this since day one with my XE303. ChromeOS is dumb. It should have been tab UI Android from the beginning. "For everyone" my foot. Not for me. Hehe.
[Chromebooks] vampirexhunter:
Two new Exynos 5250 + Mali T604 Android Tablets coming into the overseas market.

More devices with the same hardware platform could encourage more developers :)

Other than the Nexus 10 and Samsung Chromebook..

http://www.ramos-tablet.com/ramos-x...ina-screen-ram-2gb-dual-camera-wifi-16gb.html

http://liliputing.com/2013/05/voyo-a15-tablet-packs-an-11-6-inch-screen-exynos-5250-processor.html
[Chromebooks] opieum:
Well this is an issue with chromeOS not android seeing as this android runs on this chipset and 3d acceleration works. But the bootloader info is most useful as that's where the problem is. I haven't had success getting a proper android rootfs. But I suspect there is something else at play that I am missing.
[Chromebooks] vampirexhunter:
Kali (Backtrack) is out on the Chromebook!
[Chromebooks] moocow1452:
So long as we can get some distros on there, what about something like Peppermint that's built for low end machines?
[Chromebooks] opieum:
Getting linux distros on there is fairly easy as long as you have the basic prereqs and follow the various howtos. Android on the other hand is another nut to crack. While it shares alot with linux there is apparently something that keeps it from working. I have a couple of rootfs tar.bz2 files one based on AOSP-manta (nexus 10 which shares most of the same hardware with chromebook) and an arndale rootfs. I will post links to the rootfs for testing once they are done uploading. If you are setting this up on a chromebook right now the process is strictly manual. We still need to build the uboot and partitions. Instead of the linux distro rootfs.tar.bz2 you would DD the one attached. I will post up more details once I have a simple repeatable process. I am not even sure this will work yet. This is just a compiled source version for some additional testing. Since i am one guy and this forum is legion I figure it might make more sense to have us all work at this till we get there. I am compiling 4 rootfs.tars this weekend.

I already have an AOSP pure google based on the nexus. I will have a CM version also based on manta (nexus) Linaro for Arndale and The Arndale version (both of which should work on the identical hardware on the chromebook)

I am hoping by getting these up we can get more people working on this. Once the process for building is smoothed out I can make an automated script or installer to install on SD for both windows and linux. After we get a working version working on SD we can look at a risk free way of getting it onto the NAND storage. Check the OP for the download links over the next couple of days. I am still compiling code for the various rootfs builds.
[Chromebooks] icang16:
first post :laugh:
[Chromebooks] opieum:
AOSP rootfs and ramdisk are up. I am working on putting some bulletproof documentation and a readme together for proper installation.

I figure the work we do on this project might be useful in terms of having a method to get pretty much any *NIX distro on here. Initially the scope is for android but in time I think we can expand this once there is a simple method to install an OS and convert various distros with ARM versions to the chromebook. Personally the only linux distro I am interested in porting over to the chromebook is Mint. But that requires a crazy amount of work and recompiling all the packages for ARM that arent on arm now.
[Chromebooks] opieum:
FYI for anyone experimenting to make this work please note that the following MUST be done for any chance of these root files to boot from SD.

SD/MMC boot

vold.fstab

* Change the sdcard0 and sdcard1 lines so that the first line is sdcard1 and the second is sdcard0.

fstab.arndale

* Change all references to mmcblk0px to mmcblk1px.

init.arndale.rc

* Change the 2 references to mmcblk0px to mmcblk1px.

mountd.conf

* Change the reference to mmcblk0 to mmcblk1
[Chromebooks] vampirexhunter:
opieum,

Have you tried to compile/write an Arndale SD/MMC bootable? http://www.arndaleboard.org/wiki/index.php/WiKi

If yes, what happened?
[Chromebooks] opieum:
Actually thats the one issue. The prorprietery binaries dont work when running the script. I have been looking in their forums. Looks like the biggest complaint of the board is the lack of developer support. THe vendor seems to have abandoned it BUT is still putting out products. Not a good sign for the developer community there.

Well I figured that problem out no thanks to Arndale lack of support. (Darth Vader voice)= I find their lack of support...disturbing...

That said the .run file binary drops all the files into the friggin tmp folder. I then have to go back and copy them into the working folder I created. Anyway I think I might have some more progress tonight. More likely I will have some kind of working build tomorrow. Honestly not sure yet. Still going at it.
[Chromebooks] vampirexhunter:
Cool, I wasn't aware that the support is lacking for the Arndale board, since it was heavily promoted at the ARM event shows.
[Chromebooks] opieum:
It is but the company poorly supports it. Just going into their forums demonstrates that. People complain about the newest one being abandonware and all that. Seems like they support it for a few weeks and thats it.
[Chromebooks] yukmuk:
Very Promising!

I must say, I'm very happy that progress is being made on this port. I used to have an old HP Mini 110 that had Android X86 on it, and I've been wanting and android laptop ever since. My only question is, do you think that in the future the process of installing this would be even more complicated? As is Crouton can be a little much for people, and I'd hope that this can become as accessible as possible. Best of luck, guys!
[Chromebooks] jmpz:
Any progress?
[Chromebooks] yukmuk:
Unfortunately, it seems this project is dead. No more Android on Chromebook. :(
[Chromebooks] skim0322:
This is sad... is it just not possible at all or are there no dedicated devs for this project?
[Chromebooks] rambo6:
Android on Chromebook

It is sad indeed. Google should combine the strengths of the Chrome OS with Android. I am going to take a long trip and wanted to take my Chromebook. However, there are just too many things I cannot do with the Chrome OS that I need to do. I could do everything if I had android on the device.

I have Android on an old MSI U100 laptop. It works very well despite the lack of a touch screen. I also have the Nexus 7 but the screen is too small and I have to carry around a keyboard too.

I love the "instant on", battery life, and simplicity of the Samsung Chromebook. I'd buy the Pixel, but it's too big, too heavy, and too expensive to travel. The ideal device has:

Runs Android and Chrome OS, or Windows 8 Pro (or just Android alone would be fine).

7-10 hours of battery life;

11.6" touch screen;

Keyboard like Chromebook; and

Weighs at or under 2 lbs.

Price it under $500

To make it really sweet, add these as options:

Pack it with 3 and 4 G radios; and

Add a rear Camera.

With these options, price it under $750

I have been searching for the perfect laptop for months. It does not exist yet. I have high hopes for the Intel Haswell chips, but it would be great to see some ARM action right now.

Cheers
[Chromebooks] skim0322:
If you guys need some sort of assistance from Google, maybe we can sign a petition to receive some resources. There is high demand for Android on Chromebooks.
[Chromebooks] jmpz:
Let's do it. Can you organize it?
[Chromebooks] skim0322:
I would but I have no idea what's going on here and I have no knowledge in programming. Haha I'm just a hopeful person who wants Android on The ARM Chromebook...
[Chromebooks] moocow1452:
AFAIK, it comes down to a problem with Google not being able or willing to source the board specs of the Chromebook, so we just can't build a version.
[Chromebooks] RedDeadDorito:
just got a chromebook.

it has so much potential :(

and how the hell do i use the xfce ubuntu? the site has no mention of the google chromebook and i have no idea how to install stuff onto it.
[Chromebooks] moocow1452:
Google "Crouton"
[Chromebooks] freechelmi:
HI,

I 'not sure I read exactly what's missing for the project to carry on ? :

- Boards specs ?

- Kernel sources ?

- anything else ?
[Chromebooks] skim0322:
Same... I would understand if exynos was the problem but the projects to have android are inexistent in all chronebooks...
[Chromebooks] musical_chairs:
I think it got hung up at the kernel, specifically, booting the kernel. Kernel source is available for the chromebook, and kernel source is available for android, but somebody would need to combine the two and come up with a chromebook-android kernel that uboot or nv-uboot could actually boot. (Source is available for uboot as well, just in case that would need to be modified.) Even if I thought my meager skills would be sufficient for this task (which I highly doubt), and even if I thought the benefits would be worth the effort (I doubt this as well), there's no way I'd have the time to actually do it right now.
[Chromebooks] opieum:
Fyi I haven't been too active on here but I have been working in this. I'm trying to figure out how to get all the pieces to work. I too have the same challenges. At least if this works for this chromebook then it's work that can apply to future arm based laptops.
[Chromebooks] sk8ordie0:
Bump ! I still have faith that the chrome book will run Android......... Although I've learned to love it for what it does..... I was flashing crouton XFCE Ubuntu but now I rarely switch over......:fingers crossed:

rooted,recovered,and rebooted from the ol' i777.......
[Chromebooks] skim0322:
Is this project completely dead? Or are there any other groups dedicated to making this happen? I would like to follow....
[Chromebooks] futaris:
At the moment, the only way to run Android on Chromebook is in a KVM, without hardware acceleration:

http://www.virtualopensystems.com/media/chromebook/chromebook.pdf
[Chromebooks] skim0322:
So by "at the moment" do you mean there are developers working on it or do they lack resources to continue it?
[Chromebooks] moocow1452:
May be a bit of a cheat, but you guys could probably use Crouton to make a proper linux install, then use QEMU and an Android OSP image to run it the old fashioned way nobody knows.
[Chromebooks] GroundX:
Any progress in this. Android on Chromebook sounds amazing!
[Chromebooks] skim0322:
It's here!!!!!!

But seems very limited in functionality at the moment.

http://community.arm.com/groups/and...g-android-on-the-samsung-xe303c12-chromebook#
[Chromebooks] futaris:
Looks good. They really should be using the 3.8 kernel from:

http://malideveloper.arm.com/develo...nd-compute-development-on-samsung-chromebook/

Should be straightforward enough to add this to cyanogenmod...
[Chromebooks] GroundX:
Something happens, yay! :)

Runt ChrUbuntu for now though, at least gives a bit more freedom. Android would be ideal though.
[Chromebooks] skim0322:
Is this project completely dead now?
[Chromebooks] opieum:
No I have been working on it now with some new info. Until I have something to show I would rather not post anything new. That being said I recently got a PM with this link. http://community.arm.com/groups/and...g-android-on-the-samsung-xe303c12-chromebook#

This is what we need to make this happen.
[Chromebooks] nl0pat:
Just as a fyi, I found this link for the Acer c720p (intel based)

http://www.reddit.com/r/chrubuntu/comments/1wxrgh/native_android_for_c720p/
[Chromebooks] opieum:
I thought I would post this update. As it has already been done, it seems my efforts on this would be redundant. I tried this on the Samsung chromebook with success. The only thing I might do is actually script this into an installer. But as my time is limited this could take a considerable amount of time. At any rate I am glad that others with more knowhow were able to get this to work.

http://community.arm.com/groups/and...ng-android-on-the-samsung-xe303c12-chromebook
[Chromebooks] Asaggynoodle:
I'm an avid XE303 user myself, I've been using Chrubuntu but not having hardware acceleration sucks.. And the built in touch pad driver is crap.

I understand you said you are limited on time... If you'd be willing to make a simple sh script to do all the partitioning and installation i'd be more than willing to offer a substantial donation. (Alot more than a few beers lol) Upon release of a working script. If that would be any kind of incentive. :)

Thank you very much.
[Chromebooks] vma:
Hi,

I was thinking about Android on my otherwise pretty useless Samsung XE303C12 and found this link, which doesn't seem to be mentioned in this thread (or the old one): http://community.arm.com/groups/and...ng-android-on-the-samsung-xe303c12-chromebook

I guess it is still far to early to get a useful Android experience, though.

I do like the Chromium notebook and the Samsung one I bought while visiting NYC is really beautiful. What I do dislike is how little you can do with it, when you happen do be offline! This means that you cannot actually rely on it on trips though Europe, where it is common to NOT have internet access in hotels, trains, restaurants, etc. Hence why I was looking for an alternative OS. I tried Linux, but I didn't really like the experience, either: most packages are precompiled for X86. Android would be great: with keyboard and mouse instead of touch screen, I think one could be pretty productive.

Cheers,

vma
[Chromebooks] mfdom:
That link was literally posted by the OP two posts before yours. It was also quoted in the post right before yours.
[Chromebooks] vma:
OMG! I have no idea how I overlooked that! I am really sorry...

...going to sit in the corner for a while

Regards,

vma
[Chromebooks] mqiasi:
i know, super old thread

I just got hold of some old xe303c12 comps.. thought to play around and install android on them. is it possible for you to upload your links ? :D
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] munirshah77:
I burnt the nand on my explorer some time ago and since then no sence 4a rom with oc kernal boots on my phone while with non-oc kernal every rom works fine. Can anyone tell me why is it so and how to get it fixed?
[HTC Pico (Explorer)] BleedingIris:
Why do you want to overclock after going through all that trouble?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Tutsumi:
Not rooted, not edited in any fashion. Just a straight system dump before I rooted it.

Details are:

Baseband Version: I9500UBUAMDE

Build Number: JDQ39.I9500UBUAMDE

SELinux status: Permissive

Rootable using this method - Tested, proven true

No Bootloader Lock

No Carrier Lock

Bought from: Bahamas; BTC (Bahamas Telecommunications Company)

No CarrierID (lulz)

https://hotfile.com/dl/207840870/7a7c4d9/system.zip.html
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] linkultima:
Thanx!!! needed this.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Tutsumi:
Just confirming: You know this isn't the actual firmware, right? I just want to make sure you know.

Find the one you want here, if that's what you're looking for: http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-I9500
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] linkultima:
I have rooted my phone already, but did no dumped it in its original state, can you flash this using odin or you flash it using CWM? regards.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Tutsumi:
I rooted my own using CWM.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] linkultima:
Yes, I did too with CWM, but to restore my phone to a state before i rooted can I use your dump and flash it via odin or do I flash it via cwm? Or do i need to donwload the official firmware from the link you gave me before?
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Tutsumi:
Get it from the link I said in the earlier post. This is just the dump, not the firmware so you can't load it as it is. I suggest using Odin once you have the firmware.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] linkultima:
Thanx, will do.
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] newalopez:
Can you upload only the SystemUI.apk

offtopic: I have a couple of friends with transparent notification bar, came that way default, even the same operator as mine, but mine is black...
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Tutsumi:
Sorry about the wait, I just checked up on the thread and found your request: https://www.dropbox.com/s/w95a7ckgkpvpyhj/SystemUI.apk
[Galaxy S 4 i9500 Android Development] Xaviertool:
Hello, I'm new here in the forum and would like to know where I find a tutorial explaining how to flash. I saw some Rooms here that interested me, but do not know where to start. My phone is a Samsung Galaxy i9500 brings originally a firmware with the characteristics of your room (I9500UBUAMDE). I would be grateful for a answer.
[HTC One X] Thebommer:
i got a brand new HOX recently. i rooted the phone for many reasons one of them is to down clock the cpu to save battery life and i used Setcpu app for that. But when i opened Setcpu and start to look around i found that i couldnt get the max cpu power that i should have. we all know that HOX have 1.50GHz Processor but when i try to get the max performance by setting the clock to 1500 MHz i only get 1300MHz i tried to reinstall setcpu reboot shutdown the phone but still all i can get is 1300. is this normal or what? any one have any idea how to fix this?
[HTC One X] Gormsen:
This belongs in the Q and A section.

Anyway, it is because you have enabled power saver, this caps the cpu at 1300 Mhz.
[HTC One X] Thebommer:
thanks for the reply
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] gordho:
There is a beta rom on the club i-mate ftp site. It looks like it allows anonymous ftp so go get it if you feel adventurous. I have only looked at it briefly but one thing I did notice is that cleartype is still fooked.

ftp://ftp.clubimate.com/support/RUU120_172126_i-mate_WWE_R11400.exe

ce version 1.72.00

extended rom version 1.72.126

radio version 1.14.00
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Panja:
I wont be installing BETA version anymore... Had fun with the T-Mobile one... ;-)

Could you please check if this rom changes the DEVICE ID to an unknown device like the T-Mobile beta rom did...
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] alkandery75:
What passwords can I use with Rom Editor ?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Panja:
When you use er2003edit you have to use these passwords:

NK.nbf = 0x20040304

ms_.nbf = 0x20040305

radio_.nbf = 0x20040306

Dont forget when you open a rom file you have to unselect AUTO DETECT ROM.

So when you open the nk.nbf file make sure you selected OS ROM.

And for ms_.nbf you selected EXTENDED ROM

And for radio_.nbf you selected RADIO ROM
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] Panja:
Also you can download it on our XDA FTP server.

I downloaded the rom and uploaded to our server.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] skenliv:
Well, my device is working flawlessly now. So il stick to this rom until there is some significant changes. Like a release :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] ilvanni:
Bad Cleartype. argh!

in a few day i will give my impressions.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] jpsanders:
I don't think it's beta anymore as it's listed on the Device Support page.

http://www.clubimate.com/index.asp?PageAction=DEVICE_PPC_UPD
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] arebelspy:
Anyone have a list of changes?

-arebelspy
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] jpsanders:
According to the page I linked:

Fixes

Improved Battery Life

Improved MMS client

Headset Bluetooth bonding imporvements

Bluetooth throughput improvements

Latest Service Pack 2 from Microsoft

Service codes added to Speed Dials

Call Waiting sound

Latest Radio version
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] drj:
well the file that started this thread is different from the one on the official page. Im flashing now.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] wmwamidi:
Can you post the final version. I have just installed the "Beta" one, looks very good, stable with all the features listed as improvements. The extende ROM looks a bit thin compared to T-mobiles Beta. I hope it has bee pumped up in the final release.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] jpsanders:
I'm about to go out having finished the flash(es) sucessfully, I'll try to post later if noone else has.

NOTE: After the original flash my imate was as normal, but after the part 2 flash (even more updated extended rom image my bootup image said "Test Version only" (or similar) at first boot, but after customisations had installed, it seems to be normal. Wierd!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] jpsanders:
Tried to upload, but when I previewed the post it removed the file from the FTP site. I'll try again l8r, sorry.

Phil
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] drj:
As I said before there is the BETA that is on the first of this thread and the offical from the clubimate.com website. I just flashed mine and there is no beta screen anywhere in the official release
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] jpsanders:
There is a "not for resale" message on the boot screen the first time (AND ONLY THE FIRST TIME) after installing RUU172800WWE_CDL_SKU1.exe, which is the english Extended ROM only image, not the RUU172126WWE_imate.exe file which contains all three, but a lower version of the Ext. ROM.

You install the ...SKU1.EXE file over the top of the Ext. ROM in the full image if you read the instructions on clubimate.

Hope this clarifies my meaning.

Phil
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] wmwamidi:
Hallo drj, can you upload your version please, unless you have a non-distribution agreement with i-mate! The BETA version looks very promising, ClearType very presentable on my device. I'd, like many others here, appcreciate it if the final release were made available.
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] adamz:
Looks to be available to everyone now.

http://www.clubimate.com/Support/RUU172126WWE_imate.exe

Separate EXT ROM upgrade here:

http://www.clubimate.com/Support/RUU172800WWE_CDL_SKU1.exe

Is Cleartype still bad?
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 ROM Development] JamesManios:
TMobile 1.72 VS iMate 1.72 and ClearType

Some people, ilvanni, have mentioned that the iMate 1.72 has the bad looking ClearType font... Does anyone know if the TMobile 1.72 has bad ClearType as well??