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[Xperia Tablet Z General] pulser_g2:
Apache14 - Open Source Infrared Receiver & Transmitter Library

I have been working on the open source library for allowing the use of the IR transmitter and receiver on the Tablet Z, At the beginning of this project I believe there was no other project looking into IR functionality in community driven roms (so this project was started from scratch).

As this project was started from almost no information about the IR device / protocol ect. there have been many stages of the development, this was split into 3 very distinct stages, please see below a lost of these stages and the progress made.

Stage 1 (Analysing communications)

This stage was mainly finding how the information was sent to the IR device and in what form. It was found that the IR device was connected to a tty serial port on the qcom main processor (ttyHSL2 in user space), from this I was able to "sniff" out the data sent and received by the application on the sony stock rom. This data was analysed and all possible commands where extracted (Get raw data, Send raw data, send specific key, get version).

Stage 2 (Create native library)

After the commands where known a library was created (in C) to enable the use of the IR blaster chip, this was a lot of trial and error as it was very timing specific (sleeps / poll ftw :P). This part was surprisingly easy and i was able to get a working library that enabled learn and send command within a few days

Stage 3 (Create a application for everyone to use)

Once the library was completed to a point where it was usable, an application was created making use of the library as a JNI library. As I have little android java experience this is probably the weakest aspect of the project to date. This app went through a number of revisions and started off as 2/3 buttons for testing (this is illustrated below in the picture / video section. The xda member isimobile took one of the revisions and made improvements to the UI as well as using an SQL database to store the keys.

One aspect of the original plan that has not been explored is the robotics aspect, however this is mainly due to the amount of work required being much more than i first planned on.

Please find the links to source code (for library and app) as well as some videos and pictures to illustrate the projects timeline.

Library Src

APP Src

Early Application

Current Application

Initial Test Video (day 1)

[YOUTUBE]sEHSLf3XZ9g[/YOUTUBE]

Initial App Test

[YOUTUBE]j2GON1YO0-w[/YOUTUBE]

I would like to finish by extending thanks to all at XDA and Sony who have made this competition happen and giving me this opportunity to develop a fun project.

Click here for the project thread
[Xperia Tablet Z General] pulser_g2:
zacthespack - LinuxOnAndroid Project (Standard/ROM/Native)

As it stands below is the current placement with the three parts of the project:

Standard LoA - I have completed testing of all current images and everything works as it should, when running stock you must make the system partition r/w but this has all be added to my thread. In fact, this is the best device so far in terms of smoothness and actually usability over VNC.

However I have also made good progress with getting rid of VNC and using the Android frame buffer for graphics out put, so it takes more to switch between Android and Linux BUT you get a much better linux experience. I hope to release this in the coming few days once a few graphics glitch with Unity have been fixed.

LoA ROM - I have also started work on the ROM, getting my read around the ROM git structure has been the first port of call and actually getting my mods integrated into a repo so others could build is what I am working on at the moment. As it stands I have pretty much finished integrating the required code to launch and boot the images within the ROM so no need for a stand along app, just pull down the status bar and hit boot linux. Also added the settings for it all into the ROMs settings menu to make it all feel nice and one. I have plans then to integrate Linux and Android more, with the final result being a free version of everything Ubuntu edge can do but on hardware that you can actually buy ;)

Native Linux - Only just started on this now as personal I prefer the other two parts of the project as I like to still have android at my finger tips when needed

So in all while I may have not completed as much as other projects I do think my project has a lot more to do and is certainly not something I will be stopping any time soon. Users already have access the standard LoA and I have started to see more Tablet Z popping up as installing the app, we also hope to push a 'alpha' of the ROM to the tablet Z very soon once the git is all sorted so people could integrate LoA into other base ROMs if they so please.

Click here for the project thread
[Xperia Tablet Z General] pulser_g2:
sailnw - App for Sailors and Cruisers Using Waterproof Tablet

As I mentioned in the contest entry, the app I am working on is for active sailors and cruisers which would utilize Xperia Z's waterproof features and excellent form factor for use in salt water environments under way. At this stage I am collecting input from active sailors and cruisers regarding features and design of the app. Planning to have app flow and some screen designs in September. Also actively looking for project participants on the development side.

No forum thread is available for this entry.
[Xperia Tablet Z General] pulser_g2:
rayman - Tablet Multiboot Manager

Goal: Create a multiboot solution for the Tablet Z.

The goal consists of two parts:

1) Ability to dynamically boot images without flashing them

2) A solution for picking the boot image to run.

Step 1 was completed within the first week after receiving the tablet,

and sources are available on my github.

Step 2 was much more complex. I first evaluated the solutions

currently available, primarily kexecboot(.org), MultiRom (TWRP-based

for N7) and petitboot. Common to all those solutions is that they are

overcomplicated. Some automatically scan for things that looks like

roms and some requires special made update.zip's. On top of that most

solutions are less than good looking.

With that in mind, I set out to create something extremely simplistic - the result is Hydra.

There are some minor features missing before it's ready for release, but the GUI and boot setup works.

Features:

* Auto-aligning grid of large, good looking icons for selecting image - currently a maximum of 10 images.

* Flashy buttons automatically created based on a target-specific image

* Optimized graphics display to ensure smooth rendering

* Automatically append required commandline arguments

* Read boot configuration from a simple boot.ini format - supports boot.img's and raw kernel + ramdisk + cmdline setup.

* Auto-boot a default image after a configurable timeout

Planned Features:

* Per-boot.img runtime settings - planned but that's for version 2.0

* Scrollable grid - allowing for more than 10 images.

* Automatically locate boot.ini's in a boot subdir on all storage units that are mountable. This means autodetecting available images on microsd or usb harddisk.

Some Images:

Click here for the project thread
[Xperia Tablet Z General] pulser_g2:
anthonycr - Lightning Browser (Open Source Web browser)

I've kept the source code updated on github (https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightning-Browser). A direct download to the latest beta is here (https://github.com/anthonycr/Lightni...s.apk?raw=true), and a description can be found on the main project page.

What I've accomplished:

- added a History page

- added better bookmark layout (fixed bug in full-screen mode)

- better full screen URL handling

- added some more animations

- incognito mode (does not record URLs visited or searched, and runs without cookies for extra protection)

- notify user of SSL certificate errors

- popup tabs now work

- fixed bug where certain sites wouldn't display until touched

- better full-screen video (flash is still partially broken… it’s Adobe's problem)

- memory management

- HTTP authentication

- multiple search engines

- ability to change download location

- text re-flow

- ability to import bookmarks from either the stock browser or Chrome if you are signed in

- text size

Current Screenshots

I haven't had much feedback in the Tablet Z forum, so I've mostly been working off the feedback I've been receiving in my main thread in the application forum. It's a lot more lively there.

Thanks! I've had wonderful time developing with the Xperia Tablet Z.

Click here for the project thread
[Xperia Tablet Z General] pulser_g2:
bluefa1con - PAC All-In-One ROM

Information about this project is available in this PDF document: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/20579840/PAC/PACmanTabletZ.pdf

Click here for the project thread
[Xperia Tablet Z General] pulser_g2:
mamenyaka - Ubuntu Touch Porting

I am mamenyaka from XDA. My project is about porting Ubuntu Touch to the Tablet Z.

My thread is located here, and you can also check out the Ubuntu wiki page of the device.

Ubuntu Touch is running in a separated container on top of an Android kernel, so it is made out of two images: the device image and the ubuntu image.

The ubuntu image is provided by ubuntu in the form of a .zip file.

The device image is built by me, and it is based on CM.

To install Ubuntu Touch, you just need to flash the two .zips in recovery.

The journey

The first step was to build the device image and remove unnecessary Android components. Some hacks were needed, because some components relied on external parts of CM that were excluded from Ubuntu Touch and some proprietary blobs were missing too. And there were some modifications needed by Ubuntu Touch, documented in their porting guide.

After successfully building the image, it turned out that WiFi and the Camera didn't work.

The WiFi needed some extra binaries and the kernel module itself needed to be loaded manually at init (insmod). But the WiFi is now working, and that is the most important part. Without it no development can be done with the Ubuntu SDK, because it downloads and installs a lot of packages on the device that are necessary to deploy your QT/QML apps.

The camera was fixed partially by acquiring the right blobs, but the Camera app itself is buggy, I think. Maybe it will be fixed in future releases.

All my work can be found and reproduced by using my github repos (the ones for Sony) and by following the porting guide.

The future

As Ubuntu Touch is making the switch from being "just another Android shell":

Instead of booting into android and firing up the Ubuntu system after

android has booted, the new images now boot into Ubuntu and initialize

android inside an LXC container during boot.

the development will continue. Sadly, from 07-12 until now there has been no new porting guide, so the ports do not work with the new image (yet) and the development of the old format has stopped. Until then I am releasing updated images and experimenting with dual boot. In the xda thread I wrote a little tutorial on how to do dual booting with Ubuntu Touch and CM based Android ROMs, but it's not the real thing, but it works without the need of a PC (no need to flash boot.img via fastboot).

Click here for the project thread

Click here to make your vote in the contest - the password is 'xdasonycontest852'
[One (M7) Accessories] shapiro1234567890:
I am looking for a really long charging cable. I know about mediabridge, however I am looking for something longer. It needs to be minimum of 8ft. It needs to be a high speed charging cable. Data is nice but not necessary. HTC's OEM cable is amazing, but I need a cable which is at least 8ft. I have looked at previous forums for this and have not found anything, that is why I am posting. PRICE IS NOT A CONCERN, I'll pay $20 for such a cable, it just needs to be good and high quality and have rapid charging. Thanks.
[One (M7) Accessories] IINexusII:
like this? http://www.tigerdirect.com/applicat...kwCjCV1-CjCE&gclid=CIH06pT_2bgCFc2_3god-lsALg
[One (M7) Accessories] ilal2ielli:
Plenty on Amazon. Lengths usually go 3, 6, then 10 feet.

I see a few for 5-8 dollars with prime.

Could also go go monoprice.com

Seems like you didn't search very hard.
[One (M7) Accessories] misfit0313:
Monoprice.com has many lengths of cables at very cheap prices.
[One (M7) Accessories] Kraize:
You really gotta search some more. Amazon has GREAT cables, but mediabridge is probably the best. I have a few of these myself. How are you saying that you need longer cables? Mediabridge has a 10ft cable and you said you only need a 8ft one? Also, rapid charging is mostly a concern of the charger itself and not the cable (unless the cable quality is absolute crap).
[One (M7) Accessories] ChrisDang:
Yeah it may be easy to find long cables, but it's not so easy to find ones that charge as well/fast as the short, authentic HTC ones. I'd also be interested in this - did anyone already buy and experience a quickly charging, long cable?
[One (M7) Accessories] Kraize:
Placebo. Wires don't charge faster or slower. You might have a better connection or so with a gold plated connector, but it's no different if the wire is from china or if it's an authentic HTC one. There is LITERALLY no difference between the original HTC wire, the mediabridge 10ft wire, 6ft wire, or the coiled 2ft wire all of which I own at least when we're talking about charging time.
[One (M7) Accessories] ChrisDang:
There is a difference. My eBay 6ft wire charges about 3-4x slower than the authentic HTC one. 8-9hrs vs 2-3hrs is no placebo.
[One (M7) Accessories] Kraize:
My bad, I should clarify. There is no difference between real, quality usb wires. Like I said, you brought a crappy cable from eBay. You can google this if you're so inclined. There's no difference between two real usb cables. Also, "real" usb cables often have the usb certification logo on them.

Tldr; buy from a reputable seller that has good reviews. Should be little to no difference in charging.

Protip: Don't buy usb cables longer than 16ft
[One (M7) Accessories] ChrisDang:
That's better - I didn't know there was such thing as USB certification. Basically don't trust eBay unless the product is genuine/expensive. Better off going to some big-name company like best buy.

Years ago people were wholly convinced that every and all cables are the same, which is just not true. Somehow some knock-off cables have some slow charging wires or whatever. Don't know how or why, but just a warning that if you buy some random cheap cable off eBay, it might not work nearly as well as a genuine product.
[One (M7) Accessories] Kraize:
Technically speaking, it all depends on the materials they used and how the wires are enclosed. I would say most of the cables you see are indeed pretty much the same, but I generally do buy things from eBay. It could've just been a fluke. I haven't had to change or buy new usb cables in a while, but in no way would I recommend getting a big-name wire like monster or whatever from your local electronics shop. Amazon should be fine if you read the reviews.
[One (M7) Accessories] raichur0xx0rz:
I also recommend Monoprice.com's cables. Variety of cable lengths and great customer service. No point to risk and sift through random eBay or Amazon offerings.
[One (M7) Accessories] cee43ja1:
Monoprice 10ft 28/28AWG cable. Using the stock HTC charger. No difference in charging time.

http://www.monoprice.com/products/p...=10303&cs_id=1030307&p_id=5139&seq=1&format=2
[One (M7) Accessories] Cowcain:
Never cheap out on chargers, been hearing shocking stories lol. Use the USB with the HTC adapter provided. I got a 10ft tangle-free micro USB and works great. :)

Sent from my HTC One
[One (M7) Accessories] tito2013:
Sorry but I think you're wrong....

Some USB Cables, while charging (on the same Adapter) generates an note on the screen... that the charge is very slow...

in addition I tested a few USB cables that do charge...but do not transmit data properly...

the Original HTC that came with the phone is some how unique....
[One (M7) Accessories] Rirere:
The original cable is not unique. It's just a normal microUSB cable. There are charging-only microUSB cables (often included in external battery chargers) and there are also badly-made cables, but the One's cable is nothing special.
[One (M7) Accessories] Kraize:
Like I said, placebo. All certified wires that charge + usb transfer should have very minimal differences. You either get crappy cables, or you don't. The only problem I've ever had is the connectors falling apart. Never had a usb cable that charged my phone slower using the same adapter and I've had quite a few different cables from eBay, Amazon, etc.
[One (M7) Accessories] Rirere:
You'd think people would realize why this is important. Imagine how many devices you would eventually kill with wires of varying draw.
[One (M7) Accessories] Kraize:
People just like to see things that aren't there. Some people just want to convince themselves that the shiny gold plated, carbon fiber monster cables are worth the 5000% or whatever ridiculous markup.
[One (M7) Accessories] fongz27:
Better check a 5pin USB cable vs a 4pin USB cable... that's probably your problem. I got that all the time with my crappy rosewill cable once that I bought from newegg.

4pin vs 5pin makes a huge difference... especially when an OEM charger is at 2mA rating

_•°`Sent by the HTC|One`°•_
[One (M7) Accessories] Backslash10:
OK well here is a ten foot cable that has multiple quick connect heads so you change out the cords. Here is a link (http://www.amazon.com/TECH-Goldx-10ft-Cable-GXQU-10/dp/B0000TQ4RO/ref=cm_cmu_pg_t)
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sarge101st:
This is a question that may have been answered elsewhere but I can't find it specifically discussed here for the Verizon Galaxy S4.

I'm currently running the most recent Hyperdrive ROM. About a week ago I downloaded the AOKP milestone 2 release for the S4 and installed it on my device. Unfortunately there were some bugs that kept showing up and I eventually wiped the install and reverted back to Hyperdrive. I'm not satisfied with my current storage capacities on the device itself. Hyperdrive, though a great ROM, is still Touchwiz based and therefore there is very little available storage once installed on the phone.

I'm considering trying AOKP again. May wiping a few more times and ensuring that the install is bug free before I revert this time. My question is this. I recall there still being very little storage on the device after I installed AOKP which is unusual since it's only a 180MB file versus the 1.5GB file size of Hyperdrive. Would formating the internal storage be an option during install? Would it free up whatever recovery partitions or bloat that is eating up that 16GB? According to what I've read there should be about 14 to 14.5GB of available storage on a bone dry Verizon Galaxy S4 with not OS installed. Wouldn't AOKP with it's small file size equate to 13GB? I'm guessing I'm missing something. Thank you to whoever advises.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JamesPumaEnjoi:
in recovery do a factory reset (if using team win recovery aka twrp) go to wipe then slide the slider all the way to the right....then go back once more to wipe and hit advanced wipe...select cache and dalvik and system....then flash aokp and the GApps package then fix permissions.....once you boot up go to settings>>storage and see what is eating up the space if any at all.... not sure if youre new to flashing or not but backups take up A LOT A LOT A LOT of space anywhere from 1-2GB or more per backup....go to settings>>storage and everything you need to know is there about what is taking up space....if you dont find your answer there come back here and let me know what you see or just PM me and ill gladly help you out...are you restoring data or using titanium backup?
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] Sarge101st:
Thanks for the advice. I went ahead and did the factory reset and usual wipes. I also formatted the system, data, and device storage using CWM. Sure enough after installing AOKP I'm down to 8gb of available space instead of 2. It was probably backups taking up the space as you mentioned. Thank you again for the advice.
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] JamesPumaEnjoi:
no worries dude yeah absolutely backups take a tremendous amount of space
[Verizon Samsung Galaxy S 4] radpp16:
I'm on MDK bootleader with GPE 4.4.4 Danvdh. Trying to free up mystery missing GBs.

On OUDhs CWM Touch Recovery v 1.0.3.5.

Whats the difference between "Wipe" and "Format". Dont want to brick the phone.
[HTC EVO 3D] MrJyrks:
Hi! I thought I'd ask this. Now, I know this has been asked many, many times before, but I'm not confident enough My digitizer is dying and I'm sending my phone to RMA as soon as possible. Should I revert to stock or not? I'd better not, since i don't like to lose s-off but what are your experiences. What should I do? Also, my micro usb port is a bit bended, will they replace it under warranty or not?

Thanks!
[HTC EVO 3D] johnnyboi1994:
you should definitely go back, my phone is flagged as rooted because I took it back without being able to relock and s on my device. my usb port charges but won't data sync with any pc. my upgrade is in like 3 months so it doesn't matter
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rawwr:
After flashing miui rom

My imei number disappeared

Please help :(
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] hotdog125:
A reboot should fix that.
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyrusct82:
If not

Flash a custom sbf without system
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rawwr:
Where can i find it ?

Please can u give me the links ?

Thanks
[Defy Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyrusct82:
You must do by your self taking the sbf you use depacking it, deleting the system(cg39), rocking it back again and you are good too go. Use app MotoAndroidDepacker http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=11588065 .
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireez:
I recently unlocked and Rooted my AT&T HTC One. I decided to install the Google Play Edition ROM and after doing so I lost the capability to capture a screenshot. Is this normal? Did I install it incorrectly or Do i need to install an aftermarket screen capture app?

Thanks in advance!
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] keytsang:
isn't it the same as Sense 5 Edition?

I was running stock GE or ARHD GE w/o problem

It should be Vol- & Power together also
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireez:
Thanks for the reply keystang. Volume power is not bworking for me.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] redbull123:
Either do

Hold Power slightly before pressing Vol-

or

Hold power slightly before pressing home

both work for me on 4.2.2
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireez:
Redbull123 thanks... Still not working. Was I supposed to install something else? Or should I re install the ROM?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonstiDee:
Reflashing the Rom is the best posibilty for now, you won't use any data any way when choosing not to wipe. :)

Tell us if problem still exists after that. :D
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireez:
Konstidee, thank you for replying. I'm new to the rootng / ROM world and I don't mean to sound ignorant but how would I flash the ROM? Is reflashing the same as reinstalling?
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] KonstiDee:
Just do it like u did when u installed the rom for the first time. :)
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spark plugs.:
I had the same issue. Apparently, it's much easier to do it on sense than Google play. You have to press lock and volume down at the exact same time and hold for like 2 seconds. Once you get it the first time, it won't be so hard.
[One (M7) Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] haireez:
Spark plugs. Thank you!!! I feel like an idiot! This was purely operator error.