yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xsacha:
I think it's better to put fat32 first and ext3 second. But either way will work. My method will mean faster games/apps in windows mobile.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] WildMetal:
Ok i'm going to try to partition my card on my linux pc with the first partition ext3 and the second partiton in fat32.

Another question, is my mobile going to recognize without problems the fat32 partition?

And if the fat32 is the second partition on the card isn't this going to mess up the programs that i have installed on the card because in windows this means that the new fat32 partition is going to have a new letter attribution and the path to the programs may be mess up or i'm seeing this wrong?

And is 1 giga enough for the ext3 partition?

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
1.

200 MB are enough for Android ( I use 300MB! )

2.

The Windows Mobile will regonize the fat32, thats for sure, but i think you have to reinstall the applications on the new fat32 partition! Or try to copy the installed applications. Maybe you have luck with this.

Regards,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] WildMetal:
Thanks for the fast reply.

I have a 8 giga card and i still have 6 giga free so i can spend 1 giga for android.

When we use android if we need to save files can we chose booth partitions ( ext3 and fat32 ) or is the android only going to let us save in the ext3 partition?

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[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fr0sty:
error

Had to change mmcblk0p1 to mmcblk0p2 in default.txt, because thats my ext3 partition

Got my first android boot!,

boot warnings

sh: cant acces tty; job control turned of

warning ri1d uses 32-bit capabilities (legacy support in use)

cant test call functionality yet, because the keyboard mapping isnt working right :)

Is there a way to shut down haret when crashed, or is battery removal the only way?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ivm164:
I guess this is file attributes problem. If you look at "init" file extracted from SVN zip archive and compare it to for instance "init" extracted from xsachas' tar archive you will find that the sencond one has "executable" attribute. All this relates also to all other executables from zip archive. I don't know how to fix it as I am not very familiar with how attributes can be taken from SVN repository.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
push the reset button on the left side of the device! ;)

Regards,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ilMessia:
This tread seems to be dead...Btw if you need a tester for porting android to i780 i' m here...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] melgurth:
It's dead because progress is very slow. I'm working alone on this...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ilMessia:
I' m sorry i can' t help because i' m a noob in linux but i' ll test everything you post.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
I looking everyday in this thead for news or something like that!

I am Linux User seams 5 years - and if i can do something i will try but I havend so many knowledge about programing or so but if there is something i can do for this Project i will try!

Free the i780 :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] melgurth:
!!

UPDATE to rev 3
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] garsim:
mmm...it doesn't start on my i780.

it stop to load at line "usb1:register 'cdc_ether' at usb-dummy_hcd-1, CDC Ethernet Device, 'mac addres' "

at the first test console doesn't start in fullscreen, now it's in fullscreen.

waiting for a new release. thank u for your works :)

i love linux :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ilMessia:
Ok, tested. Obivusly it is a little step but you did a really great work. I think the screen issue is an hardware issue, maybe wrong screen's voltage or something like that(??)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
tested and worked on my i780!

You make a great job, awesome!

What your next plans and steps for this Project?

Regards,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] katoda:
Press enter, you'll get the console :)

Great work melgurth!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] benveq:
how will i enter?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] garsim:
thsnk you!:rolleyes:
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] 93matt93:
looks like it messed up the right part of my screen..

The right part is now flickering on my i780..Even in WM..

EDIT: Ahhh, seems to be alright now ( :
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] katoda:
Was alredy reported:

-randomly kernel boots with white area on right - reboot your device, it leave strange mark on screen for few minutes (!!)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
Hey melgurth and the rest of this Forum,

Me, and i think other people, are very intressted what happend with the Linux at i780 Project!

Can you please give an "Update" of information what is the status! I know its an hard work and definetly, you have my respect for what you done, but I dont want to see this project dieing. I look everyday in this Thead because its an awesome Project and I am Linux User but to get the Linux on an i780 my knowlege isnt so great.

Thank You for your work and keep it on!

Kind Regards,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] spidertop:
I agree with him!

Any update on this interesting project ?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] garsim:
look post #9

now there aren't any news :(
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] melgurth:
Unfortunately no one joined me, so project is halted.

I must write my masters thesis, which is far more important to me than every project now.

I'll try to finish it quick, but I can not tell when I'll resume this.

(for guys who like to speculate)

"yes", I want to finish this; and "no", this is not withdraw
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ilMessia:
Good to know;) Thanks and greetings for the master
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] nagash91:
Return to Window Mobile?

Hi all. I'm going to try linux kernel on my i780, and if I'll understand something, I can help you in this project (i'm a programmer and I can use very well C++ OO and a bit of C hardware level.. I don't use linux every day, and I program on Windows.. If someone explain me what to do in this project I can help ).

If I install linux kernel, can I return to windows mobile flashing with mirage ? (or in other ways)?

:)

(sorry for my english.. I'm Italian)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
go to http://wiki.github.com/melgurth/i780-kernel/to-do and see what must finish, i think my Linux knowledge isnt good enough to programing!

You must start Linux out of Windows and to come back to Windows you have to remove the Battery and restart the i780! or you write something that the i780 will restart in an other way like remove the Battery! ;)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fr0sty:
Tnx didnt know there was a reset button there :)

Tried making/receiving calls but no succes.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
Does die SMS working for you?

For me its working!

Regards,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] WildMetal:
Ok, i have manage to get my first sucesseful boot on android in my i780 using the rootfs files from xsacha and the remaning files from Ginger_Fish blog.

My phone version is i780XCHA4 that is the original rom that came with it and i'm using 128 dpi.

I used a spare 1 giga formated with a 500 mega first partion in fat32 and second partition in ext3 with the remaning space.

I tried to make a call to my i780 from another phone but the i780 doesn't show any incoming call but on the phone that i'm making the call i can ear it calling.

I haven't tried sending any sms.

I have tried to use the camera on android but i get a message of no card inserted, maybe because android is running on the card and it can't see another drive that can be used as a memory card.

I hope this information can help you guys to develop the android on the i780.

I can test new alteration to the android so we can get a better compability of the android on more i780 versions.

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P.S. i have tested the sms and i can send and recive sms but a don't ear any sound on my i780 is this supose to be like this wihout any sound for the moment?

I have already search the options for sound and everything seems ok except that i have no ringtone available to select.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] fr0sty:
I successfully sent a sms and the recipient successfully received it, dont know about receiving sms on Android yet
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xsacha:
Ok guys this is the status of GSM:

sending and receiving texts work

sending and receiving calls work (incoming calls won't notify you of a call, you can pick up though)

mms and internet is untested

I mentioned this before but heaps of people sending in the same story so I will clarify it.

sound and camera of course still has no drivers so they will not function
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] boodzz:
Thanks for the great effort and excellent work.

few quick clarifications

Does the touchscreen work?

SVN Link - is it https://dotpt.com/svn/andromnia/trunk/ or https://dotpt.com/svn/andromnia?

What are the exact instructions to download from SVN and move it ti card?

Can SVN be downloaded from windows environment and transferred to SD card's ext3?

Thanks again for your support.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] giejo:
image.zip not available

hi,

great project cant wait to test it on my i780!!

i cant download http://pmaster.no/andromnia/image.zip, the file is not available

can someone post it on another website ?

thanks in advance
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
maybe the update the page and the image file! :rolleyes:

Regards

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xsacha:
1. Touchscreen has always worked (before this project even started). The only changes we needed to make was to invert the coordinates and change the reporting method. We did this a few months ago. Calibration isn't perfect though. If someone wants to calibrate the screen on Android, please do - it requires putting some console linux distro on your device and recording touchscreen input at each of the four corners and the centre. I haven't been bothered switching to a console distro lately though.

2. SVN and forums were recently deleted due to an attack on the website. There wasn't a backup so we've started again from what someone had on their machine. I'm not familiar with the new structure - someone must have accidently uploaded to both of those directories. I would try the 'trunk' dir though.

3. Same as any other SVN project. First you need to checkout the svn to your hard drive. To do this, svn co <the rootfs address> <name of project>. Then you need to copy this to the ext3 partition. To do this, sudo cp -r <local dir> <phone dir>.

Example:

~$ svn co https://dotpt.com/svn/andromnia/trunk/rootfs/ i780-rootfs
~$ sudo cp -r ~/i780-rootfs/* /media/disk/

4. You can transfer files to your Android partition on Windows only if one of the following conditions are met:

a. The Windows environment you are using to transfer files on to the Ext3 partition has an Ext3 driver. See www.fs-driver.org/ , http://www.chrysocome.net/explore2fs or http://www.ext2fsd.com/ .

Unfortunately, most Windows Ext3 drivers only work on Windows XP or earlier. However, the ext2fsd project claims that theirs works on Windows Vista and possibly Windows 7 in their latest August 1st update.

OR

b. You are running Android on a FAT32 partition (windows supports) instead of an Ext3 partition. Though, this will be slower.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hillin:
Hey stop asking those stupid questions, you can find all the answers if you read through this post from the first page.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] boodzz:
If they were stupid, why didnt you answer.

And snobs like you are no required on xda-forums.

This forum is for helping anyone and everyone.

Learn to respect noobs, you dont seem as stupid as you sounded in the last post. So please behave and respect questions.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] boodzz:
Thanks a lot xsacha.

I will try all the steps and post the feedback.

Thanks for your effort and accomodating "noob" questions.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
Agree with him.

Everybody start as a noob. Asking is just normal!

This is not helpful for anybody, so please stop with this! :mad:

Regard,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] JerryJiang:
hi, xsacha

I just get the window mobile driver of wm9713, but i cannot convert it to Linux driver. hope it will help to write the sound driver.

BTW, i also find that wm9713 codec already contained in Linux kernel:

sound/soc/codec/wm9713.c

what's sound hardware?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hillin:
Alright I apologize for saying that, I was just anxious to see the whole Android works.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] boodzz:
It Works

Wow,

It actually worked, after struggling for weeks, I finally managed to get it working on my i780.

Its awesome,

Cant wait to get this full time on my phone.

Thanks all of you for your great efforts.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Shambler2:
I have had some sucess with it running now, the memsize was the issue I was having. I don't appear to have any reception when it's running, and the touchscreen seems very flaky - it's almost impossible to drag your finger (to switch home screens and pull down the menu) Is this something that could be fixed by calibrating the touch screen?

Apart from that, it seems really awesome! I can't wait to see where you get with this xsacha! (Also good to see an Aussie around here!)

Good work! :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dannybezri:
internet sharing?

can you use internet sharing on windows with android? or will you only be able to sync with linux?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] lebrase:
I am wondering what are the winmo dll that implement the drivers (sound, mouse, wifi, etc). I actually tried to copy some files of the windows directory with no luck but "shared violation" since some dll are used by the system. What are your solutions to move them to your winxp computer ? I have installed the evaluation version of IDA pro and would like to try some RE (which is legal here BTW).

thanks,
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hillin:
some files in the rom cannot be copied directly. Maybe you can find these files in a non-compiled rom (sometimes we call it a 'kitchen').
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xsacha:
There is dumps of our ROM available online. I have one now and have gathered all the DLLs from the OEM/drivers directory.

I need IDA Pro to dump them though. Netspider used to dump them for me (he has IDA Pro) but he has been offline for a long time.

Note: The evaluation version won't cut it. You need to be able to save dump to html/txt for readability. Half an hour of browsing won't help.

The free version won't cut it as it doesn't do ARM, only x86.

Edit: Have the $800 version now. Excellent.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] clodp:
Debug Mode

Hi everybody,

I installed android on my i780 and work quite well.

Can you teach me how can I debug under Android?

I tried to connect my phone with usb cable but don't work.

Thanks.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mblesat:
Hi all,

I try download images.zip from http://pmaster.no/andromnia/image.zip, but the file is missing. Can anybody give another download link of this file ?

Thanks
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xsacha:
I'm sorry but there is no usb driver. It is a very confusing one.

You should be able to connect via wifi but there's currently a small glitch in initialising the card. I'm trying to fix that but have to do a lot of stuff at university right now.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
I Uploaded the Image on rapidshare!

Go to the Blog.

Kindly,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] mblesat:
Thanks for the download links...:)

Now ready to try running android on my i780.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dreamtheater39:
guys, how do i format my sd card and create partitions on it???

I'm running windows 7 OS on my lappie, and i cant format it to ext3. I tried searching all over the internet and havent found anything which works. please help!!!

thanks!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] katoda:
The best way is to download any LiveCD Linux (eg. LiveCD GParted Linux; ISO is available at http://sourceforge.net/projects/gpa...ble/0.4.6-1/gparted-live-0.4.6-1.iso/download) and format Your SD card using it. It should be intuitive to You :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] dreamtheater39:
thanks so much m8 :) downloading it now, and will give it a go! need to find me a blank cd though ;)

hows android on the i780? is it usable in some sense at the moment? or are we still far away from that?

cheers, thanks again!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] SamUnknown:
I have a question, is it possible to run ANDROID only on a fat32 partiton? If so, please tell me what should i download and how to do it . I'm asking this only because i use winbl0ws . Thanks :D
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] katoda:
AFAIK it is not possible due to premission problem.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] xsacha:
I don't think there's any permission issues associated with FAT32. The reason I don't recommend using FAT32 is when you pull out your battery (and you probably will have to at some stage), it corrupts the filesystem. The same goes with Ext2. This is why I recommend Ext3, which is resistant to this type of power failure.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mattemoller90:
There is an Italian who help me for "Android on i780"? I have some problem.

Sorry for the bad english.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] ilMessia:
Wich problems?

Che problemi?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mattemoller90:
Ti ho agginto su MSN puoi accettarmi?

Mi faresti un grandissimo piacere GRAZIE..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
Your english is better to understand for the rest of the community than italian. So please post in english and more people can help you. ;)

Kindly,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mattemoller90:
i have created the partition (fat32,ext3) whith gparted on ubuntu 8.4 bat i have not permission to write in the ext3 partition, why?

SOLVEDDD i used this:

sudo chown -R Mantino:Mantino /media/disk

ls -la /media/disk-1

Tomorrow I will test "Android" on my fantastic "i780" and installed Ubuntu on virtual machine becouse today i use a my friend's notebook. Sorry for the post (#415) in italian.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] youttiao:
dear xsacha

i found something @ www.androidoni780.blogspot.com

it says

1.

-> partition your SD Card to:

> 1st Partition: ext3

> 2nd Partition: fat32

2.

-> unpack the haret in a folder on the fat32 partition. Copy the Image file in the same folder.

-> change in the default.txt:

- RAMSIZE to 0X04000000

- mtype to 2265

3.

-> unpack all folders and files for rootFS to the ext3 partition

4.

-> now you can boot ANDROID by starting haret.exe and than "run"

and i have to chage the ramsize and mtype so i can get into android.

but wifi and GSM do not work. anything update fixed it?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] youttiao:
dear all

i creat ext3 partition(by using pq) and copy rootf into it(one tool which can recognize ext3 in winxp) under winxp

is it proper?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ne0n4t3:
Hi!

I think partitions should be like this:

1st Partition: fat32

2nd Partition: ext3

instead of:

1st Partition: ext3

2nd Partition: fat32

pls someone corret me if I am wrong :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Mattemoller90:
It's the same but you change the partition's address on your "default.txt"

For example "mmcblko0p1" "mmcblko0p2 or 3..
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] youttiao:
new android sdk is released, anything working on it?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Genna7:
hi..im new here..and i got a samsung i780..i would like to get android on it..

but i cant get ext3 and fat32 partitions on my sd card...how do you guys do it? can some one help me?

sorry for my english..:p
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
I think the best way to get ext3 and Fat32 on your SD Card is to download Ubuntu Linux ( www.ubuntu.com ), burn it and start the OS from the CD.

In Ubuntu you have a PartitionEditor ( Gparted ). This editor have a excelent interface and is easy to use.

Than download the files from www.androidoni780.blogspot.com and follow the instruction from the page.

thanks for your attention,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Genna7:
Hay,

Thanks for your respond.

I have already downloaded live cd and used the Gparted to create EXT3 and FAT32, but when i but the SD in my cardreader its says that i have to format it, and i see only EXT3 partition not the FAT32, and i cant put the files into the card, it keep saying that i schould formate it, and my mobile says it to..

what did i wrong?

bye

Genna

PS: im using my HP printer as my cardreader and Windows 7 is my OS
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
Forget Windows!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Partition the SD Card with Linux,

copy the files with Linux,

live your life with Linux,

name your child Linux,

… Linux,

… Linux,

thanks for you attention,

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] youttiao:
partition SD under windows is ok

use PQ to cut a partion of ext3 and use some tool to copy files into it
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] edgedemon:
Oh my God!!!

I spent last week green with envy at my mates new hero phone (c**p phone) but android is amazing, and I have just discovered this thread. :-)

I will be ordering a new SD card tomorrow (will 2GB do?), reading through this thread from page 1 and having a go at this.

Please expect lots of questions as I've never done this before, and massive praise to everyone who has made this possible.

Is there a way to print off this entire thread???

I will go through it and try to make a list of the various steps to go through so that everyone can confirm that I have got it right!

Thx

One very excited i780 owner :D

edit - I now have a 2Gb card, will 1 gb for the ext3 and 1gb for the fat 32 partitions be OK??? What partition sizes are people working with please?
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] sh337:
Don't get too excited.

There are some limitation on what you can do on the i780.

Let's hope that someday we will be able to run Android on the i780 in it's full glory. :)
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] edgedemon:
I understand that it doesn't work completely, but on the plus side - any android is better than none and at there is still development work going on for it as far as I can tell...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] kimmoli:
I have succesfully used www.wubi.com windows ubuntu installer !!

Got Android started on my i780, running as good as it might can. hangs after pressing red button... No network capabilities-
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Ginger_Fish:
Its a known problem with the Sleep mode and the awakening.

!!! Dont use the red button !!!

Kind Regards

.:]GF[:.
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] linuxholgi:
Project dead?

It's really sad and I hate to post it, but it seems that the project is dead. The ansomnia guys are still re-organizing the project. No changes since weeks.

Sadly xsascha seems to be busy with other tasks (he has a real life). So no progress since months :-(.

hb
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] edgedemon:
Im not so sure, its the end of summer now, people will stop going out to bbq's and those cold evenings in tend to bring out the programmer in people...
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] Shambler2:
xsascha lives in Australia, just starting summer here woo!
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] hp610:
yeah. its a shame...the SVN seems fozen with rev 9, i just get kernel panics with latest rev 9....

wish i could do something...

anyone had audio or vibration support??

i swear i had one of those in one test... but i only have for sure WiFi and SMS sending support
[Upgrading, Modifying and Unlocking] luismanson:
im on i900 only SMS receiving support, no audio nor call support...

whats the main difference with i780?