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[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
A lot of people support the open source XDA developed camera app called Focal (Camera).

I use it and am very happy with it!! You can see a movie of the usage here.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
HDR, panorama ?! How can you do that with this app?!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Yep

Check the screnshot attached
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Adge40:
I've just installed the focal camera from hackwerks link(thanks hackwerk) and would recomend it,its feature packed and takes good pictures under various settings,took a lot of pictures today without any issue,I've replaced my stock camera and using focal instead
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Strange, it seems we don't have the same app or version:confused:

What is your version N° ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Indeed, this app looks great, I'm trying it also.

But if the acer app can do what I want, I'm gonna use this one only
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
On the acer camera app, you have to scroll on the top menu, and you will have many other options !
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Great, I did not even think to do that.

Thx a lot.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
I'm the only one having this issue with the "save mode"
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Adge40:
Ha ha,I didn't think of that either,now I am spoilt for cameras :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dakloos88:
Finally I can post on this forum. I already had some contact with hackwerk on various topics regarding this nice phone.

I have a question to you all: has anyone used the official Acer Flip Cover yet? I see that the software has a special option for this Flip Cover. I ordered one myself, but it was not in stock at the time, so I am still waiting for it to arrive.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Yes, I'm using the official Flip Cover from Acer

It's a good one, the switch between normal and "flip" mode is not working well (sometimes 1 or 2 secondes of lag before the switch), but very handy

Being able to stop the alarm or answer a call without opening the cover is really a plus.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] paugustin:
Same here, using the official cover. Despite the small software bug reported by Shreps it's a nice product that does its job well.

Envoyé de mon S520 en utilisant Tapatalk
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dakloos88:
Thanks for sharing your experiences. I can't wait to start using it myself.

About the coming update to Android 4.4: I myself have no experience with using 4.4, but I did some research and it seems more Apps are compatible and that it is lighter on the resources. Do you think that it will result in a faster phone for us?

---------- Post added at 10:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:28 AM ----------

I was not able to find a screen of which I thought that it would most certainly fit on the E380.

But have you had a look at this: http://store.acer.com/store/aceremea/nl_NL/pd/ThemeID.26339800/productID.304476900

It says the cost of LCD replacement is €30 excluding tax. But I do not know if you are within the 90 day period.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Nice tip!

But I am not within 90 days anymore.

Besides, (in NL) it costs 25 euro, but you also need to pay an accident fee (eigen risico) of 36 euro. Ex shipping and handling this is a total of 61 euro already, while repair without insurance is 80 to 100 euro (and a new E380 is 170 euro!).

We just have to found a place to order a (cheap) same LCD, IF it's possible to do this kind of repair ourselves!?

I was waiting for the covers to be available but dropped my phone before that! Damn Im still pissed :(

USE A COVER ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shurensly95:
Hey guys i started to read this thread but i am so confused. Problem is we got a e380 at home stock rom and such and it has the camera focus issue. Other than that its a perfect phone. Does anyone have a way to fix it? i saw at 1st post something saying it was fixed. So maybe someone can tell me what to do so i dont end with a broken phone.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dakloos88:
For me the problem was solved in the latest Acer update. Have you installed that? Otherwise, you can use the app called Focal as your camera app, as recommended by other in this thread.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shurensly95:
Morning, the acer update is just through phone updates? if so i am not getting any update on it no notification or so. Since device ain't mine i can not test it till dinner time.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dakloos88:
Yes. Go to about phone=> manual check for system updates. If it does not solve your issue, try the app Focal as suggested.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Follow Dakloos his post.

Otherwise check your current version (Settings / About phone etc) and check if the version corresponds with mine (FP/TS or Signature). Especially the kernel and build (1.016 and st3) and the P51 are important numbers.

Should be fixed, else use Focal etc.

And like always: Read before you ask!! :p
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Adge40:
So I've just installed exposed then installed xblast and gravity box,exblast instantly removes my battery icon(which I'd like to keep) and gravity box won't open because it says it cannot open system framework,I've tried earlier versions and its still the same,just wondered if any of you great people had any ideas??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
No clue, no experience whatsoever with the 3 you mention.

Let's have a wait with software related issues etc till KitKat 4.4 is launched. Only (+-) 4 more weeks of waiting :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shurensly95:
Heey i checked as u guys said and no updates are available no more. I updated it and tested it over past 2 days but still i get that error. Even focal (beta) does not work for me it stays blurry. Here i got a screenie with more phone info.

Maybe any other thing i am missing?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
You are! As I said, your version is NOT the newest (see my sig)!

Seems you skipped the first update (1.010.00 > 1.016.00)(kernel St2@st2 > St3@st3)?! You need that.

Strange because you DO have the P51 (newest version change).

Download the first (and second?) update as a zip and apply it yourself via CWM or Carliv Recovery?

It can be found at the French forum (see my FP/TS) I think (or ask someone to make it for you).

See Shreps' post (Thanks) under this one. Unfortunately they update the DUO more than your Single phone :/
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
You're a little wrong.

He is on the latest version for his phone : he has a single SIM E3 !

The 1.010.00 is the latest OTA for Single SIM for now, and in fact, it's possible Acer doesn't include the Camera fixes.

Maybe he can upgrade to the 1.016 Duo Firmware
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shurensly95:
This would require me to root it first right?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
No need to be root to try to flash an official Acer ROM but root might be require to make a backup !

Because for now we don't have a full flashable ROM for the E3 Single Sim (AFAIK), the first thing to do is to backup your all your phone using SPF/MTK Droid

Then, you can put the full 1.016 ROM for E3 Duo on your sdcard and flash it via the Stock recovery.

By experience on the Acer Liquid S1 (S510) (with a MT6589 variant SoC too), flashing the Dual SIM ROM on the Single SIM phone is OK and everything is working fine (there is just an anoying notification saying "no SIM in place 2")
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shurensly95:
I will tell the owner of the phone since that would ofcourse remove the warranty and she has it for a month or less. Maybe she can just return it.

[MENTION=4493088]Shreps[/MENTION] i downloaded the OTA 1016 from ur thread since i could not find it in this thread. That one should i try and install through stock recovery?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Yes, but flashing directly an OTA will not work, you will have to flash the previous FULL version (012),

and if it's ok, flash the OTA 016 update
[Miscellaneous Android Development] shurensly95:
Hey shreps i been busy with this phone since aorund 3pm and i aint no step closer. Do you provide help through skype or something? or a way to chat? like raidcal...

I am so used to samsung devices and sony and this is sooooo much different.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Adge40:
Alright people,here maybe,just maybe a little mission to rack you're brains while we wait for KitKat,I installed minmin lock from exposed because it said it would make my apps faster(having dreadful lag on Facebook),I checked all the apps I wanted improving,my phone then froze,so I rebooted and now I have bricked phone stuck on three logo,if I press volume up and power I get option of how to reboot which is recovery,fastboot and normal,recovery and normal just ends up with an android on his back with a red triangle in his belly,I click on fastboot and another line appears saying 'fastboot=>',now bare in mind I'm not that good with a PC and don't have a backup or custom recovery,I also feel time is running out as it doesn't appear to be charging either,any advice would be much appreciated thank you in advance
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bartjeh1991:
it is not possible to get into cwm?

you could try reflashing cwm

after that you could do a factory reset in cwm and reboot
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
If it's a Xposed bug, a factory reset will not fix it.

You have to flash CWM via SP Flash Tool, reboot in recovery and flash the xposed-disabler.zip (available on your sdcard)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Adge40:
So I solved my bricked phone problem(how I did it I do not know),I hooked up my phone to PC too see if the PC could 'see' the phone and it couldn't recognise the phone so was at a point of giving up so I took the SD card out to use in my spare e380,at that point the led lit up on the bricked phone then the battery charging logo appeared,I left it half an hour to charge then was able to perform factory reset,I can only assume the exposed bug was on the SD card so I formatted the SD card and repartitioned it and now have the phone fully functioning again!,phew!,squeeky bum moment over :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Hi there,

FYI, I ported CWM 6.0.3.0 for our Acer Liquid E3/E380 (French tutorial updated with it : http://acer-club.fr/viewtopic.php?f=245&t=9646&p=43035#p43035)

It's better than 5.5 !

I also started https://github.com/Shr3ps/android_kernel_acer_E380_MT6589 & https://github.com/Shr3ps/android_device_acer_e380

Not working/exploitable for now, but any help is welcome.

Enjoy :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Nice man!

Flashed good old CWM (6.0.3.0) and its great. Auto option to fix the problem of Acer resetting the Stock Recovery on reboot is also NICE.

Thanks! Ill update the TS/FP soon with yours, if I may?

+- 2 more weeks and KitKat 4.4 will arrive for us! :)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Yes, Sure you can update FP ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Another usefull post I think : http://www.google.com/translate?hl=...ttp://acer-club.fr/viewtopic.php?f=245&t=9692

;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Did a lot of updates in the TS/FP today, check them out.

First thing is I added Shreps' CWM Recovery 6.0.3.0 (confirmed working great), and removed it from the wish list. Thanks Shreps!

Secondly a load of version updates of all tools etc.

Last I added some new (closed source, so beware!) root tools, which are supposedly working on all MTK phones. Can someone unroot his phone and check them out? (MROOT, Root Genius and UnlockRoot Pro)

Also TowelRoot had a major update to v3. Maybe already working, but its made fot KitKat 4.4, so it may only work for us after the big update.

News about MediaTek (MTK) becoming more and more open to our user community / developers etc, although STILL refuse to disclose and share source codes etc!

Lets keep hope that one day a huge custom movement will be born for our MTK devices!

+- 2 more weeks till KitKat 4.4 on our phones!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dakloos88:
Good news! I am really looking forward to the Android 4.4 update for our phones.

One more thing though: has anyone looked into the options of overclocking our E380 devices? Since it uses the mtk6589, there must be the opportunity of overclocking it into a mtk6589t, right? The difference is 1.5Ghz clock speed versus 1,2GHz that it currently runs on.

I've googled around and there are many results of it succeeding, but CWM seems to be mandatory.

Like in this link: http://www.freaktab.com/showthread.php?9382-MTKTweak-App-(Mediatek-devices)

Can anyone try it out? I myself have not flashed the CWM yet, unfortunately.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Hi everybody,

Does anyone know how can we distinguish easier when we receive a call from one SIM card than the other one?

Because I've installed my personal and professional SIM inside the phone, and I receive a call it's difficult to know for which one is the call.

Note: I've already 2 different songs, but I'm also looking for something visual.

Thx for your help :)

Nicolas
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Dakloos88:
You can set different colours for the different SIM cards, right. So if you differ them by let's say red and yellow, it should be clear which SIM the call is coming from?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Thx for your reply,

In fact the colors do not appear clearly when I receive a call.

The only difference I found it's the provider name in small font on the right side of the screen. Fortunately for me I've 2 different providers.

With an example should be easier to understand....See attached files.

Thx

Nicolas
[Miscellaneous Android Development] emogibran:
So if MTK release their source, developer can build a rom for mtk soc?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] tiliarou:
[MENTION=4142115]nicollivier[/MENTION] : When calling, I get the carrier displayed with it's associated color on the caller screen. Basically, it's exactly like your picture but with color around the carrier name... Do you have any mods ? Do you have the latest OTA update ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] emogibran:
Can we use the source code from another manufacture?

Link

It say Sony Xperia C has already release their kernel code....and their chipset is the same with us right?

Can we use it and build some custom rom or we do have wait until mediatek release their kernel code?:confused::confused:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Thanks :)

Indeed I'm using a mod "GarvityBox" and the option "Full Screen caller photo" modify the color around the carrier name.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Adge40:
Well I just had to do full unroot as I was taking phone back to shop so when it came to rooting again I discovered that the vroot link on page one of this thread would only let me install via cwm or twrp only,now,I only have stock recovery as I'm patiently waiting for update so those on stock recovery can gain root using S3LEE's aptiode market on page 8 of this thread because for some reason that vroot is the only one that worked for me on stock
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Bad News

BAD NEWS BREAK:

Acer just informed me that the planned roll out of Android 4.4 KitKat is postponed for unknown period.

Multiple "performance issues" are still not fixed on several Acer Liquid models. No new date/period is set. :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Indeed, bad news.

But personally I rather prefer wait little bit longer and have a ROM w/o bugs.

Does anyone know how can we increase the volume ?

I use to use my phone when I'm home to listen music, but as the volume is not really high I cannot ear everywhere.

With my previous phone (galaxy NoteII) I had not pb.

So maybe thanks to an app I can increase the max threshold.

Thx

Nicolas
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Adge40:
I've increased my volume using engineer mode in Mobileuncle tools from the play store,this is the only app that worked
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
I've experienced a BIG difference between different speakers/headsets. Most of the time it's not the phone's problem, but the impedance/resistance of the connected speaker/headphone. Or are you talking about the internal phone speaker?

Now we're on the issue, I would love to turn off (remove) the pop-up which warns me about turning up the volume too much. I want to turn it to max in my pocket, without buggin pop-ups! Is this possible (without GravityBox/Xposed, which can tweak it)?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Yes internal one
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Tried using the MobileUncle Tools (see TS/FP) > Engineer Mode (MTK) > swipe to Hardware Testing > Audio > LoudSpeaker Mode > change LAST value from 150 to 155 (or so)?

You can change a LOT in MobileUncle!

Ps. I am having a small surprise for all of you KitKat lovers within the next few days (sorry, NOT the release!) :P
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Thanks for the tip, indeed we can do a lot of things with this app.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] superdragonpt:
Hi

Awesome, we need more guys working on MTK's.

So... Do you guys need any help?

Since Acer usually release kernel sources ( and assuming they are for the device in question... )

You can improve the kernel A lot and build an custom one...

MTK source is a bit messed up, but we can build one...

Regards
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
KitKat 4.4.2 RC10

Thanks to user vache, we have access to a KitKat 4.4.2 Release Candidate 10 update (OTA) for our Acer E380 (see Update section in FP/TS)!

It seems not to be the final so usage is at

YOUR OWN RISK

(although Acer is only speaking of "performance issues" to fix):

Update 2014-08

Android: 4.4.2 KitKat (RC10)

Kernel: st3.1407926371

Build: Acer_AV0K0_E380_1.010.00_EMEA_GEN1 (KOT49H)

The OTA update package AV052_RV00RC16_AV0K0_RV01RC10 is up for grabs over here (while it lasts?):

http://global-download.acer.com/GDFiles/Application/OTA/635439223707245731_OTA_Acer_1.0_AV052_A.zip
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vache:
I was able to flash it following these steps :

Flash CWM 6.0.5.0 (needed for KK) : http://share.vache-android.com/public.php?service=files&t=6d6ebab441914e36d13613f143a97596

Open the OTA zip file, extract the file "FixPack-B.zip" to your SD Card

Reboot to recovery then flash FixPack-B.zip

Reboot

Enjoy ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
GG [MENTION=1829889]vache[/MENTION] ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Yeah GG vache! Big ups to our (temporary) new hero :good:;)

AND gave us the RC-link, AND gave us a newer CWM (6.0.5.0), AND pretests the RC for us :P

Can we flash it or is it unstable/slow? Any issues you recon already??

I guess root is gone? Also while using Voodoo?

Can anyone try AFTER this KitKat update, NON-rooted (anymore), if the Towelroot v3 is working on our phones??
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vache:
Didn't notice any issues or FC atm.

Performance is OK too, will have to check batery life.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bartjeh1991:
first of all, thank you for this release!! i was very dissapointed they delayed the update.

But on a first look this 4.4 kitkat update seems great.

I used the app flashify to get the recovery, couldn't get it with flashtools (weird)

however managed to flash the update as stated

for people who are on 4.2 and are using mods like xposed, DISABLE THOSE!

if you flash this over your modded 4.2 you will get system UI fc's and a lot more

happened to me and only a factory reset could solve the problem

so now using a "clean" (lots of boatware provide by acer) kitkat

EDIT:

Small bug found, 2nd simcard icon won't go away (even if you have the 1 simcard version)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] nicollivier:
Great news,

What are the main changes/improvements on this KK version?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vache:
Towelroot doesn't work on this update.

EDIT : Tried several auto-rooting tools without success, the best way is to use CWM to flash SuperSU package.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bartjeh1991:
Any way to disable the rapid button?? Phone keeps waking up in my pants. Disabling rapid button does nothing for unlocking phone. (kk version)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Thanks man! Have you tried the current most important ones? VRoot, Kingo and Root Genius? Ill move them to Not Working.

You have 2 Thanks to go vache, before you can 'rit' :P :D
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vache:
Tried all of them. ;)
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Vache Respected User

I just updated the TS/FP, andddddd gave you your 1000th THANKS! Reason to PARTY!! Congrats, and keep on going vache!! Respect.

:laugh::good::victory:
[Miscellaneous Android Development] vache:
Seems like the option in settings have no effect.

The only way i found is to edit mtk-kpd.kl in /system/usr/keylayout to remove the wake option on this button.

Last line of the file, change

key 539 MAGIC WAKE

to

key 539 MAGIC

I found that you can also wake up the phone with double tap.

You have to mod mtp-tpd-kpd.kl still in same folder.

Change

key 546 GESTURE_DOUBLE_TAP

to

key 546 GESTURE_DOUBLE_TAP WAKE

You can do same thing for GESTURE_RIGHT & GESTURE_LEFT.

Maybe Acer will had more options in settings in further release.
[Miscellaneous Android Development] bartjeh1991:
Oh my you're the best!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] emogibran:
I really want to help but unfortunately I didn't understand any programming at all :(
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
Quick feedback :

- CWM 6.0.5.0 has problems mounting sdcard0 (internal memory), but sdcard1 is ok :), we will have to look at it with [MENTION=1829889]vache[/MENTION]

- but Backup/restore is working great ! I can rollback to JB or restore KK easily :)

- I confirmed the SystemUI crash on this RC KK ROM Leaked, this is not about Xposed but with some data from JB which are not well understood by the new system. That's why a factory reset fix it

Here is a logcat : http://acer.shreps.fr/dls/storage/E380_AcerLiquidE3/boot-kk-fail-systemui.log

- The ext SDCard is locked on KK, so some app may not work properly

- I have trouble restoring apps/data : some errors with Titanium Backup, Go Backup doesn't work

Can someone confirm this ?
[Miscellaneous Android Development] superdragonpt:
How's your internal partition? (emulated storage or real partition?)

If it's data/media/ 0/etc ; it's an mess to properly mount it

Thats normal, it's all about the encription ..

You can "unlock" sdcard on KK, with the xposed module :

http://repo.xposed.info/module/kz.virtex.android.sdcardfix

Regards
[Miscellaneous Android Development] hackwerk:
Thanks guys for testing and helping our community (Shreps, superdrag, vache)!

- CWM problem, is it caused by CWM 6.0.5.0 (fixable with vache?) or because KK causes problems?!

- Factory reset seems a smart thing to do with such a big leap, but will it be required with the final official Acer update too (for ALL users)!?

- SD locked meaning? Cannot use it at all? I use Link2SD etc so I cannot update yet?? Will this locking be in the final/normal update too (standard KK thing)?!
[Miscellaneous Android Development] Shreps:
- CWM > yes, should be fixable, my CWM 6.0.5.0 is ok on the E2

- Factory reset : should not be required with the official update, could be a reason why it's delayed

- About the SD things, you can read this : http://www.androidcentral.com/kitkat-sdcard-changes

[MENTION=5238428]superdragonpt[/MENTION] thx for your reply, I already edited /system/etc/permissions/platform.xml on my phone, but will look at the Xposed module :)