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[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Hi everyone!

Sorry I was absent for so long - I was quite busy. Ibra727, I hope you ware able to get it running!

I have some great news: Sound is now (partially) working. That means both the 7040 and 7840 now have speaker and headphone support.

The sound currently is not set to stereo mode, both channels seem to be mixed. This appears to be rather a configuration than a driver problem. Fell free to tinker using the following command:

alsamixer -c0

Technical notes: The Dell Venue 7840's CPU-dai (Intel SST) is connected to a Wolfson WM8958 codec. And this one in turn is connected to a NXP TFA9890 (a high performance codec), whereas the 7040 only features a Wolfson codec. I think this was done to get the most out of the 7840's tiny speakers.

However it is possible to drive the 7840'S speakers in "pass through" mode, so they are driven by the regular IC (Wolfson WM8958). This can be done with a script (see attachments in first post). Of course the performance will not be as great as when using android.

tl;dr: See first post, hope you enjoy.
[Dell Venue] 4everAnoob:
Looks awesome. Hope to get a 7840 soon.
[Dell Venue] 4everAnoob:
Broke my LCD :(((((( Anybody want to sell me a LCD??
[Dell Venue] edthebat:
First of all, thanks for your work on this tablet! I have been waiting for something to do with this thing again.

Does this mean that a ROM meant for the Zenfone 2 might work/could be adapted to the Venue 7840? Or are the differences too big? I might have to get in to ROM development if this has a chance of working.

Best,

Ed
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Yes, you can and in fact I already did. The ROM can *run* without any modifications, but you have to use a modified Asus kernel (the Dell kernel will not run the Asus ROM).

But in order to make the ROM really useful you will still need to enable: sound, sensors, cameras, brightness. Anything else already works "out-of-the-box". You can for example watch a movie with a bluetooth headset.

HOWEVER, I would suggest not so stick to an Asus ROM, but rather use a ROM for the Google Nexus Player (which is also almost the same device), because then you can for example download a Netflix movie as this is official AOSP.

You are in luck as I can supply a modified Asus kernel (https://github.com/fcipaq/android_kernel_dell_bb) for LOS 7.1 as well as a Google Nexus kernel for AOSP 7.1 and a half-working kernel for AOSP 8.0 - so most of the work has already been done. Just let me know in case you are eager to get your hands dirty :)

tl;dr: Yes, you can, but you will have to put quite some work into it.
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Screenshot of Google Nexus AOSP ROM running on a Dell Venue 7840
[Dell Venue] wokawoka:
wow, being able to run a custom rom on our dell 7840 would be a dream for many.

The tablet itself is still a really interesting pieace hardware and nowadays can be bought for cheap.

Thank you for sharing your kernels
[Dell Venue] azndan2:
Very interested in this. How can I try this out? Thank you!

Do we just flash the nexus player ROM and then flash this kernel after?
[Dell Venue] jetty:
Great project! Love my 7840 and to see linux on it even more. Thank you!

Can you give me a hint how to change permanently from portrait to landscape mode please?
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
I am going to post some quick instructions as well as a prebuilt boto image in a new thread soon...
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
I uploaded brief installation instructions for installing a ASUS Zenfone 2 ROM. It's easier than installing a Nexus Player ROM (as this involves renaming partitions). For sure not a beginner's guide, so please be careful. Good news is: the device is almost inbrickable, even if you manage to kill boot, recovery AND bootloader - it still can be recovered without any additional hardware needed. (But only by sophisticated means...)

Getting soft keys to work is tricky. I could just upload the modified ROM, but I think that I am legally not allowed to as it is someone else's work..

see https://xdaforums.com/dell-venue/development/rom-xenon-hd-t3907618 for details...

Enjoy and good luck!
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
In case you mean when using Android: there is an app for that :)

When using linux you can edit

/usr/share/X11/xorg.conf/99-fbdev.conf

just add the following line (or replace it, if there already is an option for rotation):

Option "Rotate" "CCW"
[Dell Venue] azndan2:
Wow very cool! Thanks for posting this. Question: does sound work on the nexus player ROM? Any ideas on how to get sound working?
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Well... the short answer is: unfortunately no. However making sound work over bluetooth is less difficult in the Nexus ROM, but then again using the Nexus ROM introduces other issues.

Making sound work over speakers includes restoring the original ASUS ALSA kernel drivers (i.e. recompile the kernel) and then probably fixing /etc/catalog/???/audiocomms_config inside the ROM...
[Dell Venue] benhbell:
Is it possible to do another OS distribution based on ubuntu on these devices?
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Yes, you can run most distros that still work with kernel 3.10
[Dell Venue] xchen_08:
unlucky，my Venue 10 7040 is bricked. can you give me a stock rom？
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Unfortunately, I cannot. I am sorry.

But I do encourage you to stay tuned as I made some advances in running Linux on the tablet, which is already running pretty well. I am looking forward to publish soon!
[Dell Venue] Andyvec:
Hi Peter,

Your backup files are no longer available.

¿Could you upload the again please?

Also ¿Are you working in an update to this Ubuntu installation?

That would be great.

Many thanks!
[Dell Venue] venkss:
I am also waiting to download your files... seems the links are broken. Appreciate your work on this
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
@Andyvec and @venkss sorry for my delayed response, haven't been here for quite a while. The files you are looking for are now depricated. I switched to Debian as Ubuntu no longer supports i386 (and we are bound to i386 because of the Android graphics drivers). I am currently preparing to publish a installer script that lets you create a root file system. Hope to be ready soon...

What devices are you using (7040 or 7840)?
[Dell Venue] duonglv:
7040 please!
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Ok, 7040 is really tricky because of the keyboard. Do you own two of these units? (Because the easiest way to pair the bluetooth keyboard is with a secondary unit running Anroid).
[Dell Venue] Andyvec:
Yeah, I also have a 7040.

It would be great for me if there is any way to install an updated Linux on it.

Thanks you for you work on this device!!!

👏
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Ok, well I meant if you happen to own two units of the 7040. Because currently the kernel driver does not support putting the keyboard into pairing mode. So I basically used a second 7040 with the keyboard attached but then paired the keyboard to the other device running linux. It's a bit of a hassle... but it has to be done only once.

What you could do is that you could use a PC with debian to pair the keyboard to the PC and the copy over the bluetooth keys. Until then you can connect a keyboard via USB-OTG or bluetooth.

I will try to upload the new rootfs creator this weekend.
[Dell Venue] jhelbig21:
Hi fcipaq, do you have a custom linux rom for 8740 to. i am thanksfully to got em :- ))
[Dell Venue] ShotSkydiver:
Hey, any updates on this?
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Hey, thank you for your patience. I am really short of spare time lately (and it is not going to change soon)...

I updated the guide and (hopefully) uploaded all necessary files. You will likely run into troubles so I turned on the text console support in the kernel so you can see debug messages when trying to boot the tablet. Best of luck.
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Sorry, no can do. That is a totally different device...
[Dell Venue] Andyvec:
Thanks a lot fcipaq!!! 👏

What's your recommended way of unlocking the tablet's bootloader?
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
Easiest way is to check "OEM unlock" in Android developer's menu. Then issue "fastboot oem unlock" to the bootloader.

If you want to circumvent the annoying warning at boot time and also want to flash your own splash screens, then you need to flash the Dell "open source" bootloader (which can be found at opensource.dell.com) instead.
[Dell Venue] ShotSkydiver:
Thank you so much!!!! seriously thanks, especially for being basically the sole dev on these devices that are now 6 years old and were abandoned by dell loooong ago

you've been giving me actual reasons to use my 7840 again and also renewed hope that I'll one day be able to fully fix my 7040's screwed up partitions (thanks dell really cool of you to provide full restore files for the 7840 but just nothing at all for the 10" version awesome)
[Dell Venue] Andyvec:
Hi,

I'm sorry for reviving this old post.

I have finally got a Window PC in order to unlock 7040 bootloader and try this Debian install.

It works fantastically! Actually is very fluent and usable.

The only issue I have is that my battery is almost dead and I have only 1 port to connect a keyboard and charge at the same time... And my USB hub, even if it has a microusb input for charging, doesn't charge and provide USB at the same time I don't know why.

I need to be able to boot again on Android in order to capture the Bluetooth info from another PC and be able to config the original keyboard it as was described here.

But I don't know how to boot Android again. Could somebody explain to me which img I should boot and where to find it?

Thanks in advance!
[Dell Venue] fcipaq:
If you did not tinker with the internal paritions, going back to Android is as simple as reverting to the original boot image:

sudo fastboot flash boot stock_boot_img.img

Did you save your original boot image before flashing the linux boot image?
[Android Apps and Games] abhicrysis:
Impulse Music Player

No free Music player on android give you so much fine control. It even lets you control the crossfade duration.

Features:

- Gapless playback

- CrossFade

- 5-band Equalizer with separate Bass Boos and Virtualizer

- Blur Lockscreen Art

- Set Custom background or choose from more than 10 inbuilt background skins

- Edit Song Tags

- Seamless music library navigation

- Control app with intuitive gestures

- Auto download Album Art

- Option to blur background

- Create custom Playlist and Save them

- Personalise shake gesture to match your needs

- Multi gesture support for easy navigation

- Play, delete or add to playlist multiple songs at once

- More than 10 themes to choose from

- Sync with your old playlists

- Lock Screen Album Art

- Share multi songs or complete playlist at once

- Song Cutter

- Hand Wave Gestures - Working on something and want to skip track or pause playback without picking your phone, just wave your hand above your phone and Impulse Music Player will take care of the rest.
[Android Apps and Games] sawdoctor:
I've closed the thread as there is no download link, if you use the rp button or drop me a line as soon as you have one I'll reopen the thread for you

Regards

Sawdoctor
[Samsung Galaxy S7 Edge Questions and Answers] KingFoltest:
Hello everyone,

I just want to let you know that we have created a unique Samsung Galaxy telegram group chat in order to exchange infos and discuss all the things currently involving Samsung Galaxy devices. Feel free to join and share your views, opinions with us and learn a thing or two from other members, or, if you like, share a picture or a theme you've made.

We would be happy for everyone who joins us and say a big welcome to our group chat.

The link for the Telegram app is https://t.me/joinchat/CoLbAUAEXAvI6ogj90BlvA

Thanks and welcome everyone!

King Foltest.
[Samsung Galaxy S8 Questions and Answers] KingFoltest:
Hello everyone,

I just want to let you know that we have created a unique Samsung Galaxy telegram group chat in order to exchange infos and discuss all the things currently involving Samsung Galaxy devices. Feel free to join and share your views, opinions with us and learn a thing or two from other members, or, if you like, share a picture or a theme you've made.

We would be happy for everyone who joins us and say a big welcome to our group chat.

The link for the Telegram app is https://t.me/joinchat/CoLbAUAEXAvI6ogj90BlvA

Thanks and welcome everyone!

King Foltest.
[HTC Vox] matrix77:
Is there any way to fix copy/paste in xBar because it is not working with WM6?

I've tried VITO CopyPaste with VITO TaskSwitcher but it is not so functional and easy to use as xBar.

I've also tried SmartToolKit but I don't find very useful that XP look-like interface.

I can't imagine using WM without xBar :o
[HTC Vox] Alexx_B:
some times ago, in WM2003 era :) i'm use Xbar on my Typhoon with speical programms for copy-cut-paste (it can copy not only text, but it can copy files too)

i'll try to search that on my harddisk and check its work on my vox

later i'll tell about experiment :)
[HTC Vox] matrix77:
That would be great!
[HTC Vox] Alexx_B:
good news - it works fine!

CopyPaste is a small utilty for XBar to use copy/paste in wm2003 / wm5 smartphones with Paragon russian T9 installed

and it works with out Vox too!

readme.txt in russian, so i translate it

you must copy files from archive to program files\xbar\start (or xbar3\start or something else)

CopyAll - copy all text from edit window to clipboard

CopyLine - copy only current line to clipboard

Paste - insert from clipboard

Shift - select your text (with left-right buttons) and copy (left softkey) or cut (right softkey) it in clipboard. This is doesnt work in ProfiMail

Shift1 - same as Shift, but you can only copy text (up button). This is work in ProfiMail

You can copy to your smart all of those applications or select only applications that your need
[HTC Vox] matrix77:
It is not working with my vox with ARA rom. :(

I've tried it to copy text form SMS messege.
[HTC Vox] Alexx_B:
hmm.... i have same problem in sms

but in other application it is work...

strange...
[HTC Vox] Dr. Martin Gonzo:
the message has to be editable to be able to be copied. Which is not the case when reading an incoming sms.

Here is a workaround, you can forward the msg and then copy its content while it is edited. Pretty dumb solution I know but I think it is a windows mobile limitation and these copy/paste programs can do nothing about it.

I'd personally like being able to copy/paste text while browsing the net on the phone.
[HTC Vox] Alexx_B:
Dr. Martin Gonzo

hmm

when i tell about i mean that i can't copy text in edit window. I can change it, even select it. But i can't paste it anywhere
[HTC Vox] Dr. Martin Gonzo:
evenb selecting the "cut" option doesn't do nothing ?
[HTC Vox] Alexx_B:
yes

text doesn't disappear
[HTC Vox] Dr. Martin Gonzo:
now this is strange. You don't have any other copy/paste program installed that could interfer ?

Maybe it has troubles with cyrillic alphabet ?

If we can't find the reason of your problem you should contact the program's author..
[HTC Vox] matrix77:
Dr. Martin Gonzo

What are you useing for task manager and copy/paste?

xBars "select" (shift) is working but copy paste it is not working, the author promise on their forum to make a new version of xBar in wich will be fixed copy/paste in wm6 but it seems that author it is not working any more.

VITO copy/paste is working in wm6 but the problem is that it is mapped on the same center button as xBar.

How to remap that button?
[HTC Vox] Dr. Martin Gonzo:
I don't really know I use neither.

I use smarttoolkit for both. I've assigned a key to its task function (center button too) and a key for its clipboard function. I love it. I've also disabled the animations on smarttoolkit menus. It's better when constantly switching app.
[HTC Vox] matrix77:
What version of smarttoolkit you are useing?

I've installed "RC09-CORE1 Released" but it is VERY buggy, very often got my phone stucked and the only solution is to get the baterry out.
[HTC Vox] Dr. Martin Gonzo:
The same, but I seem to be one of those lucky people that don't have so much bugs using smarttoolkit. Strangely it seems to be not even rom dependent because many user of my rom report the same problems whereas I only get a smarttoolkit lockup every two days or so. I can live with it.
[HTC Vox] matrix77:
Finally I've got the clue, just install the SmartToolkit 1.0.0.RC08 version (not the RC08D) and all the stability problems are gone, no more bugs like with the last RC09 version!
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] SBC_games:
We have rewritten our game Shards - the brickbreaker into Unity and it is finally available in Windows Store (our first Windows Store game).

It is classic arakanoid / brickbreaker clone with 80 levels (each with unique background) and is free (supported with ads).

https://www.microsoft.com/store/apps/9nmrnnrc33ps

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[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] sensboston:
Game crashes immediately after tapping on the first level. Tested on Lumia 950 with the latest updates.
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] SBC_games:
[MENTION=2159229]sensboston[/MENTION] - thanks for reporting. I tested it on my Lumia 532 (reinstalled from store), which is pretty low device and it works. Your device is much more powerfull with hires screen (1440 x 2560). I tried to simulate this resolution in Unity and game scales well with no errors thrown. But unfortunately, I cannot test it on real device. If it is some Unity bug, it will be hard to track.

I hope some crash report in WS console will give me a clue what happend - however, so far all reports just reported "Unknown" error :(
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] sensboston:
[MENTION=4902828]SBC_games[/MENTION], save detailed log file and stack trace to the app's storage, I'm able to copy & send that file to you.

Also, have you checked your game on the latest emulators (Creators Update) release?

https://mspoweruser.com/near-final-...update-emulator-image-now-available-download/

P.S. You may also send me a non-store package for testing purposes (and for easy log file extraction), I'll be glad to help you.
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] SBC_games:
[MENTION=2159229]sensboston[/MENTION] - thank you, I appreciate your help very much! You can send me logs to email "sbcgameshelp", which is at gmail.com.

Tomorrow I will prepare several package versions with stripped features, so we can see what is causing crash. Game scene is the only one with two cameras for example.
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] sensboston:
[MENTION=4902828]SBC_games[/MENTION], sorry but I don't understand - what logs, what is the file name supposed to be? OK, take your time and send me a link (via PM) to special version, and I'll help you.
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] tire_007:
I just received an update for this game and now it doesn't crash anymore on my 950
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] SBC_games:
thanks for info. In the end we had to remove screen deformation effect. It looks there is some bug in Unity when rendering into RenderTexture.
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] EP1CNESSHD:
I had issues before but it works fine now! Thanks so much! By the way, have you considered adding xbox live features to your game like leaderboards, game hub, stats etc. It's pretty easy to get into the XBOX Live creators program. You could also try ID@XBOX too for the all the XBOX Live APIs that the AAA developers use. I would have sent you a link to register but I don't have enough posts so you're going to have to search for "XBOX Live Creators Program" .
[Windows 10 Mobile Apps. and Games] SBC_games:
Thanks for tip! It is currently out of my capabilities. Some time ago I had to limit scope of my activities - it is now Unity and HTML5 game programming. There is so many other araes I would like to explore, but, you know, it is not possible to do everything.
[Windows RT General] mijke:
This will keep people who need these files from having to download an eval of Windows Server 2008 R2, the Hardware Certification Kit for Windows 8.1 and Virtualbox or VMWare; creating the VM and installing Server 2008, then locating the required files. I mean, as much as I appreciate the work that was put into porting software to the Surface RT, I really do, but having spent nearly 3 hours to do all this work to copy a 1.7MB file was an awful lot of time and work that I'll never get back.
[Galaxy S 5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abdelrahmannagi:
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[OnePlus 5 Questions & Answers] yubimusubi:
For some reason when I cast screen, the audio comes out of the phone speaker instead of the TV. Has anyone had this problem?

Casting through the YouTube app works fine.

If it matters, I am rooted, stock rom, and I have Viper4ARISE installed.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rab450:
Deleted account to change to new one and all was good until I tried using Google apps now I just get a continuous checking info loop

I can use phone just can't use any Google apps or play store .

Any ideas I'm using 5.1 rooted device .

Tried clearing caches

Because device is unsupported by backups I can't use a backup

Like twrp etc

New account is active old account was deleted .

Any ideas ?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Rab450:
Found a fix that worked for me so in case anyone has similar issue here's how .

Go to apk mirror site using browser and

Download Google services checker and Install apk .

( You may have GS installed as I did but it was way it of date )

If it's it of date follow link in app back to ask mirror site ( Sooey guys didn't know I couldn't post links yet )

And download the correct version free your device .

Install and that's it hopefully you will be able to log in or create new account .
[Huawei P9 Lite Questions & Answers] _n0153_:
Hi everyone,

I currently have a P9 Lite with firmare version VNS-L31 C432B371 (single sim). The phone is rooted (I flashed an older version Elite Kernel) and the bootloader is unlocked.

I received the B381 OTA, but I cannot complete the update. At first the cause was the custom recovery (TWRP) I had installed, but then I flashed the original recovery and I still could not update my phone.

So I decided to download the full VNS-L31 C432B381 rom, put its update.app inside the dload folder and try to update the device using the 3-buttons method. In this case, the update starts but then fails at 5% stating that the package is not compatible with the current version. My SD card is formatted as follows: 50% as internal storage, 50% as external memory (I used the following command from adb shell "sm partition disk:xxx,yy mixed 50").

I put the dload folder in both partitions.

Do I need to revert to stock in order to update by phone? If so, how do I do that?

Thank you in advance for your time.
[Lenovo A7000 Questions & Answers] AxelBlaz3:
Hello all! I'm in urgent need of the sensors file.

It's found in /system/lib/hw/sensors.mt6572.so. I need it urgently! Hope someone sends me that file. Thanks a lot :)

Good luck ;)

I need it coz proximity sensor isn't working. So I'll replace my ROM's proximity sensor with that file :)
[Lenovo A7000 Questions & Answers] tanish2k09:
Are you trying to get the file for a compiled rom?

Or a ported one?

Because you need to specify the Rom for which you want the file since we have both mm and LP based ROMs.

I don't see any mentions about mm or LP...

In case it is mm, you can take it from stock mm yourself.

And of course I can't give any file until I know what base of the ROM is...:confused:
[Lenovo A7000 Questions & Answers] wyz_ershins:
You wrote mt6572, since lenovo a7000 got chipset mt6752. What kind a device you have
[Lenovo A7000 Questions & Answers] tanish2k09:
Lol it must be a typo
[MDA III, XDA III, PDA2k, 9090 ROM Development] KRZTF:
hello everyone!

i am going to buy a gps mouse today, the hollux 236, and now i am wondering, what you think are the best apps to use with a gps mouse!?

most of all i am interessted in navigation software, like TomTom for example. but what are the alternatives to TomTom? what's your recommended nav software?

i would also like to know, what other usefull apps there are to use with a gps mouse...?

any info is appreciated!

thx in advance,

krz :confused: