[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] skola28:
Upgrade from Latest Okibi build

For reference: I am running Anryls latest 6.5 ROM (which freezes all the time and drains battery like a mofo). Also, using the 1.65.24.36 Radio b/c I've been too lazy to upgrade to the 1.71.09.XX radio.

In order to upgrade to the latest 1.5, here are the steps I took.

Downloaded

zImage	06/10/2009 05:20:48 AM

system.img 06/10/2009 05:20:28 AM

android-kaiser-1.5-06092009.zip

From http://ratedo.com/android/

Installed a FRESH copy of 1.1 (Dzo's May 20th, 2009)

From the android-kaiser-1.5-06092009.zip, renamed startup.txt to default.txt and changed pm_sleep.mode=1.

Dropped the new default.txt onto my storage card.

I now booted up Android 1.1 (first time Android 1.1 will have been run for this installation) The first time I load any FRESH Android build, it takes SIGNIFICANTLY longer to boot up.

Once Android booted up, I went to settings/mobile networks/apns and deleted all the APN entries in the list. I then added a new one with the information for AT&T found on this website: http://modmygphone.com/wiki/index.php/Carrier_APN_Settings#AT.26T

If you did that correctly, the 3G icon shows up.

I then went and tried to connect TOGGA. No dice. I had heard that restarting the device can sometimes get TOGGA to connect.

I restarted. Loaded back into Android, and then clicked TOGGA to connect. Togga connected.

I then went to SETTINGS>SYNCH APPS (loads you back into the Google Sync program)

Entered my gmail data, but it could not find the server. I should also note that the arrows on the 3G icon stopped flashing.

Restarted the device again and checked my default.txt settings against the ones that I used to use. The only difference was the new default.txt (which was from the 1.5 upgrade package) had the apn.password and username filled in where my old default.txt had the word 'none' filled in. Thinking this wasn't the problem, I booted back into Android without changing it.

Started togga again, connected.

Tried the internet browser, no dice.

Tried maps, no dice

Tried syncing with google again, no dice.

Rebooted the phone, changed the default.txt to have 'none' as the username and password for the apn settings.

Booted back into Android. Connected Togga, Ran Browser, WORKS. Ran MAPS, WORKS. Ran Google Sync, Failed :(. Ran Google Sync again, WORKED. DOH!

So, now I have a synced up version of 1.1 (again). Time to drop the new system files in from 1.5

Rebooted phone into WM. Replaced the settings in the default.txt file with the ones from the original 1.5 package. I'm hoping at this point that the username/password will work better in 1.5

I replace the initrd.gz file on the root of my SD card with the one from the android-kaiser-1.5-06092009.zip

I replace the system.img and the zImage with the latest ones downloaded from http://ratedo.com/android/

I then boot into Android again. This again, takes a minute or two to load as is usual for FRESH installations (this is kinda fresh b/c its a first time 1.5 run for this installation).

Boots up. G icon immediately shows. No flashing arrows though.

I try the browser. No dice. (just to see if the internet works by default) No surprise there.

Run Modem and hit CONNECT. G Icon arrows start flashing, connected.

Run browser again, WORKS.

Now to try the Market. Open Market. Market connects, am able to download and install files perfectly.

Neocore test: Resets phone (as expected). I have never gotten this to work correctly, and I believe it is related to the ROM I'm running. Anryl's 6.5's have never worked for me with NEOCORE in Android.

Flash Shifu's V9 Italian ROM, try and boot back into Android.

Holy crap, don't install an Italian ROM unless you know Italian. Finally figured out how to modify my default.txt to include "Scheda di memoria" instead of "Storage Card" for the initrd.gz.

Boot back into Android, try NEOCORE again. Resets phone.

I get to the 'Unpacking' screen every time. Neocore just won't load.

Update: I had to remove the username and password from the Default.txt file again; even in 1.5 the connection that Modem created wasn't working.