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[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nick.Unltd:
Sense UI on windows mobile

HTC has announced that it will port the sense UI to other windows mobile phones that they will make in the future. With this is mind, its not far off to think that once this port has been made, it could be made to work on the xperia.

source: http://pocketnow.com/index.php?a=portal_detail&t=news&id=7659
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dadeadman:
Android got ported to omnia already, hoping for the X1 to get a try
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Why?

Why is this thread rated so highly? I don't see anything that gets me any closer to android on my X1.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaosstorm:
Cant some one here pick up one of the old ports started by xmoo on here? it already had the color fix and such but it was upside down and had a bunch of other bugs
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] junkai21:
probably many people wanna try it out ... :D
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
As i have written in my first Posts i am a long year Linux only User and have advanced knoweledge in compiling and building software in Linux.

For me Android is good to have on X1 but it would be better having a full Linux Distro working on X1.

In the last Weeks i have started working on the Linux Angstrom Port for X1.

100% of the Work was allready done by the other Developers here.

So Credits goes to this Developers.

I have just repackaged, remastered and modyfied it a litlle bit for the X1.

At the Moment the following Works:

- Booting in to the Console Modus

- Login by using the Virtual Touch Screen Keyboard

- Executing Linux Shell Commands like ls, date ....

For the Next release the following is planned to be done:

- Full working Keyboard

- Fixing Screen Output Problem

- Compiling some new stuff from scratch

If you want it to try it just download the following file and extract it to the root of the SD Card. Afterthis click on the Haret File and Linux will boot on the X1.

http://rapidshare.com/files/249863403/linux-htc-kovsky.tar.gz.html

MD5: FE9D411F63785697F3C592EA366E5DC7

Have fun.

Greetings ARAN
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Dr.Sid:
This is good step in right direction. AFAIK those problems with android were on this level. As you solve all driver problems, android should work too. And WebOS too. Except there we have to do without source codes.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] spine6:
@ ARAN

Nice one mate,its the start to used linux and android to the x1 keep it up nad we all hope that in the future we could all used those OS for our phones.. :)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] achmed20:
guys ... you know that there is a somewhat working version of Android 1.0 in the Roms section do you?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Gwystyl:
You mean this one? I've tried most builds that are mentioned there, but I can't get it workable.

- screen stays upsidedown

- can't make phonecalls

- can't install any programs

All I can do is shift the program curtain up and down, and switch to the three desktops.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaosstorm:
Good to see some one with knowledge about linux.

Maybe we should set up some sort of testing team to make the process go faster ;)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Sounds good. I'm about to try the current build, I would be happy to help out with testing and/or the build itself. Can also provide some graphics/GUI skills etc if you would like. I have a bit of free time sitting in the sun on holiday with my laptop :D

EDIT: Is it known that the screen is upside down and the keyboard appears at the wrong side of the screen to where the phone sensesthe touch input?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theredundant:
Yeah then cook HTC Sense into the OS :)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thank you very much for the feedback and the will to help.

For me it is the best if we create 4 Groups.

Group 1 is for Testing and Documentation.

As you are a native English speaker the Leader for this Group is you.

This Group is responsible for

1. keeping the new Linux-HTC-Kovsky wiki Page on xda developers uptodate

with Information about the Group Organisation, Actuall Progress, What Works what dont Works, Downloadlinks and so on....

A example http://wiki.xda-developers.com/inde...oneLinux#Runningx20.Linuxx20.onx20.blackstone

2. keeping the following Wiki Page uptodate http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/SupportedHandheldSummary

3. Every Monday Publishing on the XDA Wiki Page the Progress that every Group has maked and has to report every Sunday at 18.00 Local Time here in this Forum.

4. Searching the Web for specific Information.

Group 2 is for Kernel Development, Driver Development and Mostly Hardware related.

This Group is responsible for

1. Researching the Hardware of the HTC-Kovsky

2. Building the Kernel

3. Developing Drivers

As i am not the Hardwaregeek you can put me in this Group as Member.

A leader like the Cr2 Forum Member or others would be great for this Group

Group 3 is for the Linux Distro Angstrom Development

This Group is Responsible for

1. Providing a full working Linux Distro that can be easy booted on HTC-Kovsky

2. Building and Updating Software Packages

Leader in this Group is me.

Group 4 is for the ANDROID Development

This Group is Responisble for

1. Building a full working and fresh Android based on this HOWTO Documentation here

http://source.android.com/download

for an easy boot with the linux Angstom distro.

Leader for this Group is unknown at the moment

Every can join the Groups.

Every Leader from the Groups has to report the Progress weekly at Sunday 18.00 in this Forum.

Yeah this Upside Down Problem is known and i want it to solve it for the next release. A search on the net has shown that this happen on quiet a lot of phones.

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=screen+upside+down+mobile+phone

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=linux+framebuffer+upside+down
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infazz:
I'm with you guys! :)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriggy:
hey thanx for te upload i have tested but only got as far as the screen calibration. i then try the unsername root etc but nothing. i have tryed dragging the keyboard and agen still nothing well lots of keyboards covering the screen in a blur. Any reason for this i am running EnergyROM Xperia 3.0 by NRGZ28 of which i must say is a supurb ROM :D. do you need to run it on WM 6.1 any suggestions???? :D
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] xperiance:
Rooted Hero ROM: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=531690
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriggy:
looks and sounds very promising will it work with x1 at all. would be soooo cool to have android as a panel. possible??

:rolleyes:
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello chriggy.

Thank you very much for downloading and testing linux on xperia.

You should be able to bootup linux without any problems. Login very easy in the Linux Terminal by using the Virtual Touch Screeen Keyboard.

Executing the Terminal Commands that are build in.

I am able to open a Text Editor for writing Text or starting a System Monitor for watching what for proccesses are running how much CPU an Memory they use and so on ....

You should be able also to do that.

You need knoweledge about the linux computer operating system if you want to try it and work on it. Other wise you will only get a full working MSDOS like environment with a lot of Commands without the Knoweledge how to use it.

Very nice.

Which Group do you want to join for helping.

The Information is needed so you can probably be subscribed for the group.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriggy:
hey thanx for the reply... yer i am not a strong user of linux unfortunatly... i know little bits but i will practice a little when i get free time :D but i will let ya know how i get on.. agen thanx for the upload :D
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Question

Ok, that's fine, if you want me to update the wiki etc let me know the URL. I can also set up a blog/website if we get any real progress, just let me know. Also, give me the names and positions of each person in each group so I can put them up.

Back on the topic of the software itself, I know the upide creen is normal, but is it also normal for the on screen keyboard to be at the top of the screen but to accept key presses on the other side of the screen as if the keyboard was upside down there. I.e. i press at the bottom where there is nothing, i see the keyboard react at top of screen. Problem with this is that it makes it almost impossible for me to run any commands.

Let me know so I can look into making some kernel changes to straighten the screen out, I believe it has been fixed before on the kaiser thread you linked. Maybe I can take something from that.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Double Post
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello alias_neo.

The one Wikipage that has to be keep up to date is

http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/FrontPage

You need first to register there if you want to edit the content

http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/UserPreferences

The other Wikipage at XDA Developers has to be created first.

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/

A good title name for the new wiki page could be Linux + Android on HTC Kovsky.

As the website xda-developers ist getting more and more worse and slow for accessing, it would be great also for having a own website beside xda-developers as a backup.

The Members of the XPERIA-Linux Developers Groups at the Moment are

as i know.

Group 1:

Leader: ﻿alias_neo

Memebers: ﻿ARAN

Group 3:

Leader: ﻿ARAN

Members: ﻿alias_neo

That is very strange.

Did you calibrated the touch screen right ?

Clicked first on the red dot in the upper left corner and then clicked on the lower right corner in the touch screen calibration modus?

I itself dont have such problems. For me it works everything like it should.

It looks like i have to make a video and upload it to youtube.

On Sunday i will publish also here compile and build instructions for Haret so other people can hack the haret sources.

Haret at the moment dont have really a good HTC Kovsky support.

http://handhelds.org/cgi-bin/cvsweb...xt?rev=1.38&content-type=text/x-cvsweb-markup

I have allready a fresh build of haret and i am testing it. The last one is from 2008. The New Version is from yesterday even if the changes arent relly big in the sources it is good to have the possibility to rebuild haret from scratch.

From my perspective we could in about 2 Months have a full working Linux and maybe Android on XPERIA.

The People on htc-linux makes a some very promissing progress at the moment.

http://irclog.netripper.com/?chan=htc-linux&day=1
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaosstorm:
I would like to be in group 1 for testing and such, and will this android port boot automatically or do you have to do it by entering commands in linux?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
I seem to have a new problem. I have made no changes to the system or any files, but after the first time, the Angstrom OS will no longer boot, it simply hangs at setting the system clock. No matter what I have tried I can't seem to get it to boot any more :(

I'll start the Wiki soon as I can, I'm on holiday so internet access is intermittent depending on my other things going on.

Update: finally got it to boot with the keyboard calibrated, but i get a continuous vsync message with a time in ms. Currently making the thing unuseable because the update is pretty fast. Any idea if there are some settings in the default.txt controlling this or some way to prevent it? Then I can atleast start trying to get some binaries running.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infazz:
hmm.. I think Group 1 is for me, testing and so on...

but other think I can is graphic design, if neded some where, I can.

I'm holding own little media company... so we can find some work here for me too, not only testing)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello ﻿Chaosstorm

Thank you very much for your will to help in the Linux Xperia Dev Group.

Android will be booted the same way directly like Angstrom from HaReT.

For booting Android itself Angstrom Linux is not needed.

Hello ﻿﻿infazz

Thank you also for the will to help in the Linux Xperia Dev Group.

As the Linux Xperia Dev Group growth and the peofessionallity of the members riseup i think maybe we can launch also a commercial project

like a apllication store in which the proud Xperia Owners can download and update the Powerfull Linux application for Xperia.

Hello ﻿alias_neo

Today i have spend the most of my free time for creating this video here.

It show Linux Running on Xperia X1.

The Resolution is pure becouse i have recorded it with a Mobile Phone Camera. Its the only Digital Camera that i have.

The Next Video somebody of the Documentation Group has to make

with a better digital camera. I need the time to do other things.

http://www.megavideo.com/?v=F2SE1XD2

P.S. Try to run HaReT from windows mobile without 3G enabled, this maybe could help you. Also remove the Battrey and wait some time before you plugin the battery once again in the phone.

The Actual Linux Xperia Group looks like follow:

﻿ Group 1:

Leader: ﻿alias_neo

Memebers: ﻿ARAN, Chaosstorm, infazz

Group 2:

Leader: ?

Members: ARAN

Group 3:

Leader: ﻿ARAN

Members: ﻿alias_neo
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infazz:
c'mon peaple!
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] flobin:
I don't really know the first thing about actually coding, developing or making the kernel, linux or android, but I would like to help. So if you guys want, I could join group 1, I think I can definitely help with testing and documenting and keeping the wiki updated.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tfmwa:
I second that. I'm very willing to test and help out where I can, and I'd be really interested in learning along the way.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Hello flobin.

Thank You for your will to help out in the Xperia Linux Developer Group.

Hello tfmwa.

Thank You also for joining the Xperia Linux Developer Group.

New Memberlist of the Xperia Linux Developer Group.

Group 1:

Leader: ﻿alias_neo

Memebers: ﻿ARAN, Chaosstorm, infazz, flobin, tfmwa

Group 2:

Leader: ?

Members: ARAN

Group 3:

Leader: ﻿ARAN

Members: ﻿alias_neo

Progress Report Week Number 27/2009:

Group2:

- New Build Version of Haret with better Hardware recognisation support.

The new Version of HaRET can be downloaded from here.

haret-pre-0.5.3-20090705_162703.exe

haretconsole-pre-0.5.3-20090705_162703.tar.gz

What can we expect for the next week.

-A new Kernel Build.

-Fixing the Screen Upside Down Output Problem
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaosstorm:
Well about that recording a video .. i dont have a camera but i can edit the vid and upload it to youtube or some thing..
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] tfmwa:
ARAN, maybe you can join forces with DCORDES? Oooh I'm excited now!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=4081891#post4081891
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infazz:
meybe we all can maka one big group of android developing together, and kick all the asses))
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agaas:
Hey aran,

im thinking about joining the project as a programmer, do you think you could have some use of a C++ programmer? Im not in any way professional or especially good/experienced but if u need some extra help with some more basic tasks Id be glad to help. PM me if there is anyway I could contribute.

Btw, I agree with tfmwa, why dont u guys join forces?
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] informatico:
hi Guys

I was playing around with angstrom build and looks really cool. Does it have a graphical interface or a command to start it?

Could anyone explain me what is the difference of android and angstrom?

Thanks
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cyberdesigner.net:
@all

ok. im with you all guys! pls put me in testing.

i am a linux user/admin/programmer for years now but i have no knowledge of xda's atm! (the x1 is my first!) and my knowledge of programming is in models and some controllers only!

maybe i can do some research or clarify some errors...

simply let me know whats going on ;-)

--

Jan
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Thanks Chaosstorm. I will send you the Videos for rediting then.

I have read it. It is really great news for every body how like to run Linux on X1.

dcordes has a lot of experience in porting linux to the htc devices. It could be very possible that he publish very soon a own selfbuilded linux/angstrom/port.

Dcordes and other people Works hard on the X1 Linux port since days. It is a little hard with sharing the knoweledge becouse everybody

works on a own build with totally differnt setup. If Question exist they will be answered for more progress.

Great News Agaas.

Programmers are allways needed. I would be glad having you in the Linux XPERIA Developer Group. A great possibility and task where you can contribute a lot to this project is porting "GNASH" to Linux Angstrom.

Gnash is a open source Flash Player. We need it for watching youtube videos, surfing on Flash Site or playing Flash Games. You need just to recompile the sources for the arm mach that is all. I am sure the gansh developers could help you a lot also with the porting.

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnash/

http://gnashdev.org/

Another thing is also to proove is how well gnash is integrated in Angstrom also.

At the moment it has only a Command Shell but in the next weeks opie, gpe and QT will be ported as a GUI for the X1.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFW3NH6q9Vs

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CS5par603LE

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C4yalPdrd7w

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUy_mUsGjRU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM9qll_IsAw

Android is a java based OS. Angstrom is a C/C++ based OS

Great one more XPERT :-)

I put you in the Group 2 for Hardware Research.

A Task for you could be testing and setting up the Wifi and reporting the problems and maybe the sollutions.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agaas:
I haven't done anything similar but I will look into it and see if I think I might be able to pull it off. Soon though, Im busy this week due to my birthday on monday haha :)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alias_neo:
Wiki

Hey guys, I have been trying very hard to get the Wiki up but it simply wouldn't let me edit it.

Now I'm using a mobile internet that is charging me by the kilobyte so I can't do much at the moment as some fool cut our hardline and I have to wait a week for them to come fix it.

Because of the lack of internet I have falled dangerously far behind on extremely important work and it will have to take precedence until its deadline.

Please be patient and I will try get a nice wiki page up and make a start on getting us somewhere with this port.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Progress Report Week Number 28/2009:

Group2:

- The Screen Upside Down Problem is Fixed. Now we can use Linux on the Xperia Phone the normal way.

- The new builded Kernel has new feautures inbuild like CPU Overclocking/Scaling and Powersavings enabled.

- The Virtual Keyboard was disabled as it incompatible buggy and a bad hack.

http://rapidshare.com/files/254973516/linux-htc-kovsky-090712.tar.gz

Please extract the new release full in the Phone not on the SD Card.

Connect the usb Cable to the Phone and your Linux Host Pc.

Start Haret to boot Linux.

On the Linux Remote Host PC execute the command

cat /var/log/messages

You should see at the end some usb0 logs.

ifconfig -a

should show you that we have the possibility to establish a network connection to Xperia over usb.

Setup a USB Network Connection between your PC and the Xperia Phone

with the commands that are outputed on the Linux Xperia Phone.

example: ifconfig usb0 up ....

Setup the USB Network Connection to the Xperia Phone with the command

ssh root@192.168....

After the Login you would have a full secure encupted remote connection to your Phone over usb.

What can we expect for the next week.

- Hardware Keyboard and Buttons Support.

- Screen Sliding rotation

- A near full working powerfull MS-DOS a like Environment on the Linux Xperia Phone.

New Memberlist of the Xperia Linux Developer Group.

Group 1:

Leader: ﻿alias_neo

Memebers: ﻿ARAN, Chaosstorm, infazz, flobin, tfmwa

Group 2:

Leader: ?

Members: ARAN, cyberdesigner.net

Group 3:

Leader: ﻿ARAN

Members: ﻿alias_neo, Agaas
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] achmed20:
i must say im impressed. i havnt thought this this project leads anywhere since ive seen so many wannabe developers posts.

FAIL to myself ^^

keep up the work. i'm realy curious

ps: MS-DOS like enviroment sounds funny lol :D (cause im used to "shell")
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Chaosstorm:
Ok i have some hardware issues with my xperia .. when i slide it out the device turns off ..

So im going to send it to repair.

Im not sure if i can test things and i dont know if i will get a new xperia or have to wait for weeks/or longer.

And about the video editing things you could make the video a torrent and send me the link or if its small you could put it on mega-upload :)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] chriggy:
keep up the work guys doing a good job. had a few problems with my x1 so not been able to test but it seems to be working fine now :D. so will give it a shot later :D
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Agaas:
Hey,

So, about compiling GNASH. Im a little bit hesitant that ille be able to pull it off but I will give it a try. I will install a linux distro on my computer and find a cross compiler first.

edit: found this: http://www.mail-archive.com/gnash-dev@gnu.org/msg05285.html , Ille try to contact Udo and see if he might be able to help us a bit by explaining how he did

Agaas
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cdi90:
Hey, nice work guys.

I hope you solve the upside down problem soon...

Is there a chance that you do not load all the files on rapidshare?

A ftp server would be nice. :D

keep it up!

geets
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] achmed20:
fixed allready ;)
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] eviltom:
Thank a lot.

keep it up and be xperia's Hero ^^
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
Happy Birthday Agaas :-)

As for a linux DIstro go for Ubuntu.

It is one of the most user friendly Distro with the best support of Hardware.

A easy install provide the windows Programm "Wubi".

It let you install and deinstall Ubuntu Linux like a Windows Programm.

http://wubi-installer.org/

At all in this Forum.

Thanks for the support.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] informatico:
Can we have the files for test ?

I dont see the android files you guys are working on...
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] :
At the moment i dont have android files to be tested.

It exist only A Linux Angstrom Shell Command Port for testing the hardware with the Linux Kernel.

See my Signature for the Download Link.

The Android Files should be builded in about 6 Weeks if the progress goes like expected.
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SquidgyB:
Nice work guys, glad someone else took up the reins where xmoo left off :D
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NSRocket:
Hi ARAN,

I'm very happy to see a project to port a full Linux Distro for X1 and apparently I'm not the only one :)

I'm a C/C++/ASM coder from many years and maybe I could help the Group 2 or 3. Where can I find your last update sources packages of zImage and initrd-angstrom for htc-kovsky ?

The emergency seems to be "driving the keyboard". I'm going to see what can I do.

Best regards
[XPERIA X1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infazz:
it's so great that this developing group grows :)