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[Raspberry Pi General] shimp208:
I am a bit puzzled as well as to why I am encountering build errors when using the official setup they recommend, as far as what needs to be ported I am guessing there are still adjustments that need to be made to merge the Android AOSP sources with the Broadcom video driver sources to get this to compile correctly without any conflicts.
[Raspberry Pi General] vgrade:
Source is for an android stack of a different SoC but the same Videocore, its armv5 I think not v6

vgrade
[Raspberry Pi General] clienthax:
Well for one, its missing a couple kernel modules that are required, 2, its a slightly different soc (one where the arm core is missing), hang around in our irc channel as i said and we can let you know whats up properly, rarther then just idling for 30mins..
[Raspberry Pi General] shimp208:
Thanks for the info, I stupidly overlooked those facts I intend to hop on the IRC channel when I have some time in the latter part of next week once my exams end.
[Raspberry Pi General] KoolKid98189:
Any progress?
[Raspberry Pi General] dorfd1:
I am also curious.
[Raspberry Pi General] Nypan sr:
Why? Since the Pi is powered by an old slow ARMv6 processor (like a couple of years old low- to mid-end phones), I see no benefits from running Android.
[Raspberry Pi General] dorfd1:
Broadcom got it running with full hw acceleration.
[Raspberry Pi General] dorfd1:
Has anyone tried build android with the new video core source?
[Raspberry Pi General] KoolKid98189:
Why do you think Broadcom released the drivers then? And it would be great to run some Android apps and games on it
[Raspberry Pi General] DarkD1988:
The last state is this:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/6299

Broadcom gives the Chip Documentation as a gift to the Community with this

the Community will be able to Programm an Driver that possibly can run Android.

But there's a long Way.
[Raspberry Pi General] Nypan sr:
I've had a couple of phones with arm6 and tried several ROM's with hardware acceleration and they are really slow (close to useless) compared to the Pi running Raspbmc Gotham.
[Raspberry Pi General] KoolKid98189:
Yeah but the GPU on Pi is twice as powerful as the iPhone 4S.
[Raspberry Pi General] DarkD1988:
Lol, after i wrote my text I saw this:

http://www.raspberrypi.org/archives/6561

That means that the Driver is finally written. Quake 3 runs with 133fps

and this is the beginning hope Android will come soon.
[Raspberry Pi General] dorfd1:
I hope android comes soon. Android port would allow Netflix on raspberry pi.
[Raspberry Pi General] 5ft24:
With XBIAN there is now a netflix plugin, not sure if it works, but I run playon on my PC and XBIAN streams from that for netflix, Hulu+, VUDU etc.
[Raspberry Pi General] yajnab:
Any news about android. I have just got a raspberry pi and ready to develop android for it
[Raspberry Pi General] KoolKid98189:
Try giving it a shot, Broadcom have released the drivers. The other person doesn't seem to be responding at the moment.
[Raspberry Pi General] shimp208:
Hello everybody sorry for not getting back sooner I wasn't able to devote the time I wanted to doing more with Android on the Raspberry Pi over-break due to some things that came up during break. That being said I will still be happy to work with people on getting Android onto the Raspberry Pi.
[Raspberry Pi General] Chromium:
I'm in too. Currently I've got too much school work to focus on (until around May), but in the summer I'm definitely going to give compiling android for the Pi a shot. (if it hasn't already been done by then).
[Raspberry Pi General] RedPandaFox:
Just a question for you guys.

What version of Android will it be? Are we looking at 4.4?
[Raspberry Pi General] Chromium:
Well these drivers are from the ICS days, so that's probably what we would get working first. Once that's done, I wouldn't imagine it to be very tough to build jelly bean and/or KitKat.
[Raspberry Pi General] moocow1452:
Quick thing, I know for a fact that guys on freenode #razdroid guys are working on a version of Android. Talk to then before you reinvent the wheel.
[Raspberry Pi General] dorfd1:
Are they working on ICS, of a different version?
[Raspberry Pi General] moocow1452:
ICS, AFAIK.
[Raspberry Pi General] RedPandaFox:
Its a great start at least.

Do we know if there will be any issues having the apps running?

I in now way claim to know much about anything technical about the OS but I know when I tried running Android x86 I couldn't get most apps to run. Will we have the same issue with the Raspberry Pi?
[Raspberry Pi General] dorfd1:
Apps that are compatible with armv6 should work. I am hoping the Netflix app works,
[Raspberry Pi General] martijn5380:
Very nice to see that this project is still running. I can't wait to see if my Raspberry Pi will finally run Spotify on Android in my car :)
[Raspberry Pi General] jlechner:
Very much hoping for the best out of this project. It's a shame Broadcom went all "physc!!" on the video acceleration.
[Raspberry Pi General] moocow1452:
What do you mean?
[Raspberry Pi General] jlechner:
Over a year ago they showed ics running flawlessly on the pi. But they never released the hardware acceleration to make it work for everyone.
[Raspberry Pi General] squeekymouse89:
They didnt but they released the open source driver and someone even compiled it and ran quake. They gave the instructions too.

The link: raspberrypi.org/quake-iii-bounty-we-have-a-winner/

I cant post a actual url because ive not done 10 posts lol.
[Raspberry Pi General] jlechner:
So does that driver mean hardware acceleration (needed for stable android) is available now?

Edit: never mind, read that it is in those pages comments.
[Raspberry Pi General] squeekymouse89:
Yeh unfortunately someone needs to do the leg work but its more possible than it ever has been. Unfortunatly I lack the skill otherwise I would have done it myself.
[Raspberry Pi General] jlechner:
Well from what I can tell from the pi community, this is a much desired os so I'm sure those with the knowledge are on it.
[Raspberry Pi General] dorfd1:
I hope so
[Raspberry Pi General] schybiorz:
has anyone tried to compile android with

http://www.broadcom.com/docs/support/videocore/Brcm_Android_ICS_Graphics_Stack.tar.gz

would be real cool, if we might could get full graphic speed on our berry
[Raspberry Pi General] shimp208:
Tried a couple weeks ago following there exact instructions resulted in numerous compile errors. One of these days when I don't have exams crammed down my throat ever week I'll try and look into it.
[Raspberry Pi General] moocow1452:
Check the razdroid project. I think they got it to compile, but can't get it to boot past console.
[Raspberry Pi General] kaikeraut:
Any updates on android porting for rpi.?

I am able to run android 2.3 gingerbread from razroid but it is laggy and slow.

any one got success to get H/W acceleraiotion with android.??
[Raspberry Pi General] shimp208:
Not yet last I heard but it's coming one of these days.
[Raspberry Pi General] moocow1452:
It's on Valve Time now.
[Raspberry Pi General] KoolKid98189:
Source?
[Raspberry Pi General] shimp208:
My bad if you thought I was indicting a source, it was a generalization stating that hardware acceleration will come eventually whether that's tomorrow, a week, a month, 6 months, it will eventually arrive.
[Raspberry Pi General] chadmasta5:
Anymore news on this? I would love to see android on the pi.
[Raspberry Pi General] KoolKid98189:
Probably not for 5 years due to the laziness of the devs out there! Possibly 0% progress and nobody has even started even when the drivers and the kernel sources were released!
[Raspberry Pi General] Dhickory:
Haha, look who the lazy one is now:cyclops: Hopefully, you were being sarcastic.
[Raspberry Pi General] shimp208:
I would recommend taking a look at this thread and the excellent progress trevd has made on bringing Android to the RPi.
[Raspberry Pi General] KoolKid98189:
ACTUALLY, I looked into it and a guy called trevd is making progress on CM11 KitKat using those drivers that broadcom had provided as mentioned by shimp. It has HW acceleration but when he boots Android, it boots to home screen then after a bit it just messes up with the HW acceleration. I guess he might have to tweak the drivers to make it work with KitKat and/or Raspberry Pi.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] fartnockerman:
Hi, I have a SK4G and it is stuck on a screen with a phone yellow triangle and computer. I can not get into download mode or recovery. Only this comes up.
[T-Mobile Sidekick 4G] graycow9:
Hey there don't worry, this is simply an alternate screen for download mode. From here just plug in your sidekick to your computer, and if you have Heimdall setup correctly then you can flash to stock.

Check the Development section for Heimdall One-Click, there is instructions.

Also just urging you to use the search box a few times and you may find the answers :)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
First i want to say Hi! to all of you out there.

Why is my neo-v so laggy?I tried many roms and kernels,but it still lags and i can't get an app to run properly withoul lagging.At first i thought it was the little amount of RAM,but i have a friend that has an LG Optimus Black and it laggs even more,so it can't be the RAM what else could it be?(I play CSR Racing a lot and with any Rom i tried it laggs,sometimes not so much)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Mufrad:
if you are rooted you can try to overclock your device, also install custom kernels with better governors. try a search on the forum, you will get a lot of custom kernels also find ways to overclock your device.

hope i helped.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
Thank you for your answer:).I am rooted and now i am using fusion 5.5 kernel clocked at 1 .2 with ondemand gov and deadline gov for RAM and ZRAM on Racing Bean ROM.It is better but it still laggs sometimes.The only apps i've installed are:Facebook with messenger,yahoo mail,CSR racing,whatsapp,twitter,es file explorer and titanium backup:)Thanks again!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] leajian:
Delete Facebook or hibernate it with Greenify (search that app om play store).
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
I've just installed Greenify and I will come back with a report.Thank you
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Bertellio:
Anyway our neo is not good for playing strong games. Buy a better phone or you'll burn your phone while overclocking.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Jack Harper:
Try Jelly Bean ROMs with 3.4 kernel,in my experience it gives the best performance.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Ghostfreak NB:
Performance is a subjective term..

It varies from person to person.

Well,games do lag on our phones beyond a point and I've seen every android device lag after sometime of use while doing heavy multitasking,etc

Android OS as such needs to undergo a lot of development .

Well,you do have to pay a price for the seamless customizing option it gives us..:p
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
I never overclocked it to 1.6 Ghz.My maximum was 1.4 Ghz.Anyway greenify is a great app.It works like a charm.It made my phone faster and i think this is the fastest it can do.I am still thinking what I want.If i want to buy a new phone or buy another thing.Oh i remembered,I moved to Xtream Bean.It's a great fast rom,and it is faster with the performance boost from Racing Bean.Thank you guys!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] karanrajkapur:
Would recommend you to switch to Super Jelly Bean v5.o + Fusion v5.5 kernel.

And yes, avoid overclocking. I never do. And if you switch to any SJB or moAOKP v3, you'd get enormous amount of RAM that you need not overclock!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] martirio3000:
Use gingerbread my friend. Use gingerbread...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Mufrad:
Well said. :thumbup:
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Spellbound_91:
Gingerbread is the best ROM for this phone!My phone(MT15i) running with 2.3.4 GB .60 ,with adreno booster v0.6 and OC at 1,2GHZ and I can say,This is the max. of the phone!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
I tried gingerbread.It works like a charm but I don't like it because many apps are not compatible with it.I am now using SJBX v5 and it is the best jb rom ever.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] martirio3000:
Well yes, not all apps are compatible with it. Just think like your phone was a computer/PC.

You install windows xp which is themable and can become like windows 7 (i think transforming it to windows 8 would make it less efficient.)

So you have the lightets and most beautiful version of windows ever on your pc. But still windows xp can only use directx 9 and cant use internet explorer10 (but anyway who's using internet explorer nowadays.). Also a lot of software is not compatible with it.

So you install windows 7. Windows 7 will give you an amazing collection features,apps and such but they will perform slower compared to windows xp. (We are always talking about a computer with about 1,3~1.5Ghz proccesor)

So you must choose between these two: A lot of compatible apps and slow speed OR excellent performance with lower app compability. Well you choose. Gingerbread or ICS/JB. It is up to you and how you are going to use your phone.

Also with the lemon cake (if i rember correctly) version of android there is going to be a huge performance increase because it is going to support phone with ram of about 512MB which is what our phone has. And with a fully working kernel 3 Performance should be increased again!@!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
You're right.Each one of us has to choose what it wants.I think I will wait for the Lemon Cake.Hasn't our phone only 384 MB of RAM?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] martirio3000:
actually it is 335 for gingerbread

340 for ics and

384 for jb *as you said

Well because of the fact that i am afraid of unlocking my bootloader (no money to fix/replace the phone from any damage caused) i cant tell you about custom kernels. But our phone has in general 512mb of ram. Generally some memory is taken by the kernel for some functions for example camera/gpu. Camera 720p has been removed from jelly bean so thats why it has more free ram.

That happens on every phone i guess.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
Thx for explaining me.Now i understood.But why does the gingerbread work smoother than jb if it has less RAM available
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
Oh,and i have another question(about CSR Racing).When I am on stock gb or ics when i press to shift the gears it goes late(doesn't matter if i oc or not).I mean like 3 sec late.But when i am on a custom rom it changes the gear perfectly.Why is that happening?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] martirio3000:
Well it seems to be lighter and probably I guess more optimized. Ram doesnt matter for performance in this case. Gingerbead was made to work on devices with even lower ram thats why no problems excists. Also my guess is tha Jb can work on even less ram smooth enough. Ram in android is mostly occupied by cached processes which are "useless" for the Os to operate correctly.

Anyway about csr racing i know nothing :eek:).
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
Oh ok thx for helping me.I think my phone gives his max with SJBX v5 and fusion 5.5 and greenify.And it is all because of you guys.Thank you very much for all the answers
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
Hey guys I need some help.I want to go to gingerbread but i am not sure what rom should i choose.Can you help me by telling me what gingerbread roms you use and make a short review?I was thinking about Gin2Jellybean: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2252325 or Brightlight: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2300896 but i am not so sure.I picked the up from here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1316394 (scroll down to see the xperia neo v rom list).Thx
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] :
Hmm. well Gin2 is perfect option ;)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] troyholio:
Does this mean, jump to JB wen ports are availble? Itl be fast right? On 1ghz snapdrgon?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
JB ports are available.The best JB rom is SJB v5.0 with Lupus.It has just 1 bug:It random restarts.That's why I choose to get back to GB because it is stable and i felt like i was missing GB:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] neo668:
Frankly, GB is the best for our hardware-limited Xperia 2011 devices. IMHO the best ROM for our Neo V is the FW designed by Sony themselves - 4.0.2.A.0.62. If you like custom ROMs then my favorite is the Xperia S Rom for NeoV . I've tried a lot of JB ROMs and, after a while, all of them fall short one way or another. If you want a fully functional and perfectly working phone with no bugs at all then GB is the only way to go.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] martirio3000:
well i reccomend you to use gin2jellybean. It is the fastest rom i have used. Also if you like jellybean/ics interface and hate gingerbread let me tell you this: the whole interface has nothing to do with gingerbread.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
Oh my god.It is such a hard decision.At first i started the download of the Xperia S Rom and now i just canceled it and started the Gin2JB download:)))(using BrightLight and i am kind of dissapointed)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
What kernel should I use with Gin2JB(just finished downloading)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] deccan451:
lupus kernel is perfect for that rom ..
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] neo668:
If you are going to use Lupus GB I think v1 is a bit more stable than v2. Try both and see which works best for you. I'm using v1 on stock .62 FW.

Then there is Night Elf which is recommended by many developers for the Neo V. Use v10 or 10.1.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] karanrajkapur:
SJB v5.o works best with FUSION v5.4. No bugs, no nothing.

Or for a good ROM, try moAOKP v3.o + FUSION v5.5 !:rolleyes:

say no to Drugs and ICS! :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
I don't like the fusion kernel at all.Maybe is my phone or I don't know but I don't like how fusion ,,acts''
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] neo668:
I don't think it's Fusion but JB. I just tried SJB v5.5 with Fusion 5.4 for a whole day yesterday. It seemed all right at first and everything was fast and snappy. Then towards evening "surprises" started to appear. This morning I woke up to a phone bootlooping. After pulling out the battery and reinserting, everything returned to normal, I had the phone recharging the whole night via my computer's usb. When I went to bed it was 90% charged. After reinserting the battery and booting there was only 54% left. I immediately restored a GB nandroid.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
A link for the Lupus kernel please?And I've searched for a fw for my phone but unsuccesfully(for my SI that is 1254-6072).My phone is imported from eastearn europe.When i first got it i remember that it had some french apps on it:)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] neo668:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2295074
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
Thank you!
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] DesertHawk:
I don't remember the Joker saying Why so laggy. :P
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
I've found a stock ftf but it is for 1254-5966:(
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
I've been thinking and i choose to stick with Brightlight and Nightelf/Lupus(not sure) kernel.Hope it will make me happy:)(brightlight is already making me happy):)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Callliope:
Have SJB 5.5 and Fusion 5.4 , interactive gov , deadline scheduler and works fast , 0% drain in night , with apps like whatsapp closed

Didn't stood too much on GB so i can tell the differences .. but so far , ICS is a mess ( every rom i tried , get slow after 1 days or 2 )

Jb is same after a restart (if your device slow down)

And i dont have neo668 problems ... SJB best JB rom for this phone !! My personal opinion.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] luci.tal:
That is my opinion too but I like how GB is more responsive or faster i don know how to describe it but it feels different.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] neo668:
GB is so stable and functional that it gets boring... LOL
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] martirio3000:
hah... i agree having something without problems is boring. Thats why i am using linux >.>
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] neo668:
I'm not that brave.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Callliope:
Found șsome problems in this 5.5 drain per 8 h in night ~ 3~4

Today was first time when my phone suddenly rebooted...
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] neo668:
I was getting bored with the GB ROM I was using. Nothing to troubleshoot or fix. So I decided to experiment again with JB. I installed FXP225 with the kernel included within (Lupus JB kernel doesn't work too well here).

I've been using FXP225 for a couple of days now and I'm really getting bored with the phone again. But I think I will stay with FXP225. :good:

What I like about FXP225 is the apparent absence of tweaks and mods. Did I mention that everything is fast and snappy still?
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] neo668:
Back To GB

I was on FXP225 JB ROM. When I went to bed last night I had plugged the phone to my computer to recharge. When I checked this morning my phone's screen was turned off. I pressed the Home hardware button but there was nothing, The same with the Power button. So I thought the USB plug might have come loose during the night and the phone's battery was fully drained. So I plugged the phone's USB cable to a wall socket (with a USB adapter). Still no response from the phone and the light which would turn red while charging was not lighting up. I removed the phone's battery and reinserted. This time the phone booted up.

When the phone was fully booted I saw the battery level was at 97%. It should have been closer to a 100% as I had the phone charging all night. I tried to get into Contacts. It opened up and just got stuck at "Updating Contacts...".The phone was like frozen as there was no response no matter which button I pressed on the phone. Then after a while the screen turned off. Pressed the Home button and unlocked the screen. I was back on my Home screen but the battery level had dropped to 83%. And I didn't even do anything.

I pulled down the Notification Area. And got stuck again. I couldn't push the Notification Area back up again and any button I pressed on the phone resulted in no response. The phone was like frozen again. But after a while the screen turned off and I got back in by unlocking the screen. I promptly rebooted the phone and went into recovery. There was no problem here. I deleted Cache and Dalvik Cache. Rebooted. The phone acted normal now.

I never seem to have any luck with JB on my Neo V. So I'm reverting back to a GB nandroid. I rather be bored than have my phone go AWOL whenever it likes.
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] martirio3000:
Isnt jelly bean working fast enough now with kernel v3.* ?

Also may i reccomend (at neo forums) the flyme os rom? it is an awesome ui for android. (i would like to use it but i am on locked bootloader so...)
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] neo668:
Just an update.

This also happened this morning on my current GB ROM. So it wasn't JB's fault. I think the phone is suffering from the Sleep of Death (SOD). Great. Now I have something to do. :D
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] Callliope:
What v3 kernel you recommend for sjb 5.5?? Now i m using fusion 5.4 but battery drains fast
[Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo, Pro] jamaldx:
install Supercharger V6
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gotan:
hey! i was wondering if u guys know any freeware for picture security or file security like a security album files.. so that know 1 can open the folder unless with a password. tnx! :)
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] s1nn0n:
u can use resco explorer then u can encrypt it so u need a password to open it.

s1nn0n
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] gotan:
resco not a freeware

hey i need is a freeware. tnx!
[MDA II, XDA II, 2060 General] elio:
Airscanner mobile encrypter. By far the best freeware for what u r looking for.