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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] riotburn:
Me and my friend were talking about phones yesterday, esp my friends droid. Hes a programming genius. So i asked casually would u be able to port android to the tp2 and he said yea. I think if there was a decent bounty, he would do it. and I mean do it within a few days.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
Does he have a rhodium or access to one? Honestly, this is what is slowing the project down. cr2 doesn't have one or access to one. As a result, he has had to rely on others that do have one to do the testing for him.

I was just going to say this. People, if you don't want or see the need for this project, please quit posting in this thread.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] childofGod778:
"People, if you don't want or see the need for this project, please quit posting in this thread."

I agree. I bought the TP2 knowing that it had WM on it. My last phone was the Cingular 8125; and I owned that phone for 4 years. I upgraded to the TP2 because it seemed better to me to purchase a WM device and easily move all of my old business files/personal files/etc to the new phone rather than getting a whole new OS. Especially in regards to the fact that Android had just started become a familiar term when I bought the TP2. However... When I got the TP2, all seemed great except a few issues, but as time goes on, issues increase, and some of those issues are major. For one, my phone runs at 70% when I turn it on. 70%! And that's with no programs running save TouchFlo 3D. That seems like a total waste of RAM! Besides that, my old phone/PDA was WM 5.0. I thought, surely WM has fixed the freezing/glitching problem. NOPE! So for me, 'cuz I can only speak for myself, I bought the TP2 because the benefits of having a WM device would easily outweigh the stress of switching over all of my business/personal files into a new OS. That statement honestly teeter-totters right now in my mind. Truth is, either way, no matter how this turns out, I'm holding out for WM7. BUT, if WM7 isn't a major improvement, I'd be glad to know I have a back up plan (Android on the TP2), rather than realizing that I bought a $600 brick. Apps help me make the most of things, and Android seems to offer a lot that WM doesn't, but as stated earlier, there are always pros/cons of each OS. If my phone didn't freeze all the time, didn't use up all the RAM on the UI, and the App store would take some more initiative from iPhone/Android developers, then I would be perfectly content with Windows Mobile. It just seems like Android and iPhone come out with amazing apps (augmented reality anyone?), and WM apps are just more improvements on Pong and Tetris. I WANT to have a WM device that works great. I'm just disapointed in how it's not competing with how much the rest of the OS's have grown. Until then... my .02
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
Unfortunately, until Microsoft redoes their whole mobile OS, we won't see any changes really. So until next year when Windows Phone 7 (formerly Windows Mobile) is released, we have no way fo knowing.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] EGOvoruhk:
What's a decent bounty?

Have him look at the phone and make sure he can actually do it (so we don't get our hopes up), and then find out how much he would think a decent bounty would be. I'm betting if you (or he) opened up a bounty thread, there would be plenty of offers. I'd certainly be willing to cough up something, even more over time if he kept on developing
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
The kernel has already been started on a bunch. It just needs further advancement. I don't know the status at the moment since cr2 hasn't been on irc when I have been this weekend.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] civic2scooby:
I would pay good money if one day I could get 2.0/2.1 on my TP2.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
Again, it isn't the money, it is the lack of a device in hand.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mediadealer:
I will send in & let the head developer of this project borrow my tmo touch pro 2.

it would be nice to get it back once the port is complete.

who ever is in charge feel free to PM me with details.

--Corey
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
cr2 is in Germany....So...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mediadealer:
I'll send the phone to germany...

i can get the phone unlocked too before mailing it if neccessary.

I want to see android on this phone!

--Corey
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
PM him then. Also, who is your provider? AT&T or TMO?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] mediadealer:
Ok, i just sent cr2 a PM, and the phone is a Tmobile US Touch Pro 2.

it'll be sweet to have android running on it.

--Corey
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
Sweet, mine too.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] riotburn:
In response to all the responses to my post:

If he said he would do it, I would let him use my phone to work on.

If a bounty is just set up in general it would entice more people to work on it, regardless if he did it. But since he doesn't have an Rhodium, I can see that being his only incentive. I am not speaking on his behalf. Im just assuming, I had asked what he long it would take but he said he would need to know more before giving an estimate which is directly related to how much a bounty would be needed...but i guess if cr2 is gonna get a phone this is probably moot.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] EGOvoruhk:
I opened up a bounty thread. Get your friend interested :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] N1M1TZ:
I have been watching this thread for a while and I'm very excited if it does come to it's fruition.

I have touch pro 2 from T-mo.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] biscuits1978:
Hey here's an idea -- why won't your friend work on your phone, and when cr2 gets his/her phone work can start there, and your friend and cr2 can work together and split the bounty? Everyone benefits! Surely cr2 or your friend cannot be THAT selfish, can they? And yes, I'm sure a huge amount of thought and dedicated time would have to go into the development, but it certainly sounds like lots of people would be willing to compensate developers for this project as long as it is making progress.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] riotburn:
ill ask him
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Poke_N_PDA:
I've only read through the last few pages of this convo, but if the main limitation right now is a phone I think we can just raise some money to that cause. You get 60 people to donate 10 bucks and you are there. I'd do it if we could set up a fund we KNEW was going to be used for that purpose.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] BoostedSR20:
+1

Having trust that the $$ will be used for a phone, and we were going to get results, thats the hard part.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] I Brick Phones:
This morning Google announced that they are indeed going to release an android powered phone, and from what google employees are saying, it is an htc phone that is very similar to the TP2. Think that when this is released we would be able to put that version of Android on our Touch Pro 2's? i sure hope so...

link to article: http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/12/12/tech/main5972591.shtml
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] BASSMANBOB:
"a camera on the rear face that resembles the HTC Touch Pro 2"

this was the only reference to the TP2......sooooo yeah......
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] montymofya:
Does anyone know if corey sent his phone yet
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] EGOvoruhk:
Doubtful. cr2 hasn't logged into XDA since the 4th
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ccube:
Where in IRC can I get you? Wanna help porting android to TP2!! :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] 5kordez5:
when will be android ready to flash to touch pro2 ??
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Mrheineken08:
if the diamond 2 android rom works then all that needs to be done is some key mapping. which sounds easy if theres a hardware button dump of the tp2.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] biscuits1978:
If it's truly that easy, then that ROM should boot up on the TP2 just with incorrect key mapping. I'm not thinking its that easy, but I could be wrong.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gehzumteufel:
You are correct that it isn't that easy. When I was able to be actively on IRC, cr2 would have me download builds that were finally branched from the Topaz, as a result of the differences.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] crazy talk:
i do not really know much of anything about software development, but i would imagine the announcement of a NDK for android is good news.

http://android-developers.blogspot.com/2009/06/introducing-android-15-ndk-release-1.html
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] deekjx:
Has anyone tried running one of the haret ports on this device? You can try one of the ones from the kaiser of vogue section. I would suggest modifying the startup script with your display settings as the resolutionis much better on this device. The files are just loaded on an SD card so no harm no foul. If it doesn work, just reboot the phone. This method does not use flashing to install android rather it just allows you to boot from windows to the android OS using the Haret bootloader.

Please report back what you find out. I suspect it would not be hard to get this method to work in the short term.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] LinoX:
I'll give it a try (I'm waiting for a new SDHC, mine is full :()

I'll let you know :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] deekjx:
This is very good news for developers. The NDK will allow coding and interacting with libraries that don't have to run through a JAVA interpreter. This could enhance the speed at which a developers code runs on this platform.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] deekjx:
Actually, you may want to start with the version for the touch pro.

I have my fingers crossed. This is the phone I want, but I'd truly prefer to run Android on it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] dodsin:
Nope!

I've tried a couple of times loading the image from the above link but TP2 just stalls and nothing happens after a few command lines on black screen.... better luck next time I guess!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] crazy talk:
i'm talking about more specifically if that will facilitate the development of Android for devices never meant for android (such as the TP2)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jutley:
HTC Hero is due to be released anyday now and this is what we are waiting for most the hardware internals are identical to rhodium so the android rom has a good chance to work.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] wildliquid:
do you think the hero rom will work with the keyboard of the touch pro 2? thats my biggest concern, with landscape view
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] deekjx:
Oh well. I'm sure there will be a pretty descent port before I can even get my hands on one of these. They are working on it in the topaz forum and the expectation is that it will be close enough to run on the rhodium.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] d3sm0nd:
lol.. first we should get it to boot, keyboard will be the last problem we have to solve...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] diogoperas:
yess plzz, do that :)))
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] wildliquid:
fair enough. im just excited by the prospect of sense UI on the touch pro 2
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] xavalon:
HTC Hero screen has only a 320x480 resolution compared to the 480x800 resolution of the TP2. Using the hero android rom might give problems with the UI.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ivanmmj2:
Maybe, although, Android itself is nice when it comes to changing DPI. You don't need a whole new source. You just set the DPI. Although, I'm not sure about Hero, since the SenseUI was made by HTC, not by google...

*Owner of a G1 and a phone that has a wip android port.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] jutley:
HTC hero is just around the corner now avalable to preorder wont be to long now guys once we get a rom dump we can work somehing ou here i wounder if it has cupcake or donut installed? hope to see someprogress soon i am suprised just how many hits this topic has has when i started it glad to see so many android suporters good luck and may the force be with you. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ivanmmj:
The Hero build was already leaked a few days ago. The G1 already has began porting it. (It's a little more complicated than the android source, since it's not open source and you can't modify many of the files.)

It's cupcake with some heavy HTC modifications. There isn't any real donut stuff at the moment.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] dazkeirle:
yes Hero runs Android 1.5 aka Cupcake with the HTC "Sense UI" over the top of it.

Sense UI is basically the new touchflo and HTC have stated they'll be releasing versions of it for all platforms so android is not a prerequisite to get that look and feel (although i imagine patience is.)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] ivanmmj2:
Might as well wait for the WM one, as even on a native android phone it's having some issues being ported properly.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] deekjx:
I personally prefer the Android OS over WM. I am learning how to code for this platform and also like the Market. The only reason I don't want to buy the Android phones currently out is because I want a keyboard, and a display of greater than 3.2". :(

This looks like the best bet for my needs if we can get it ported. The only downsides are that it is missing a track ball and does not have the touch capacitive feature integrated into the display like that of the G1 (multitouch).

I'm curious about the zoom feature. It appears to be of a touch capacitive nature. I believe the windows software is only using the X movement but I suspect that with the correct software, it can track all directions and maybe it can be used as a track ball. Does any one know if its like the original touch's surface in this video?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] theniusofg:
sorry to inform but it looks like the NexusOne is not anywhere similar to the specs for Rhodium..... see here

That certainly sucks for us, I hope we can see some positive results in the near future. I like Linux, I like my TP2 i wanna see them meet on some common ground.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] I Brick Phones:
well crap...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] simple1i:
Android on TP2

Hi All,

Is this the main place for Android on TP2 info?

How to i get to this page from the homepage?

Many ThanX :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] palosjr:
yes and no

and probably the same way you got here the first time... just an idea
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] gsmtmofan:
lol, such a good answer

BUT, in case you used a search to get here, just look at the footprints at the top left of the page

forum>rhodium>rom develpment> android port tp2
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] トロワ:
dont know if you guys know this... but if you can dev there is a bounty on this... somthing like 1k for just getting it working on the rhodium cdma version... and 2.5k if you can make it run good and function like its nativly for that device.

use the search to find the thread.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] shadowline:
Hey guys, try this package in the topaz thread, and post your results here, see if it works for you too.

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5185122&postcount=490
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] biscuits1978:
Trying it now. How long is HaRET supposed to hang on the initial boot up screen? Mine hasn't moved in about 2-3 minutes.

UPDATE: NM, formatted a spare 2GB microSD card and repeated the steps, now I'm getting the Linux bootup screen!

UPDATE #2: Now I have a shimmering Android logo! And now I see a picture of an Android wanting me to touch it! WHOO HOO!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] chasy:
wow those a great news .. :D

looks like another baby step :)

I'm excited when it's gonna be possible to run android the first time on tp2 :D

EDIT:

read in the thread of the link posted above!

seems as if android is running .. but after 2-3 min. it's stuck .. and the buttons are mirrored!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] dbwun:
biscuits1978 whst the latest update?

do any functions work? whats the speed like?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] biscuits1978:
Haven't really tried any of the buttons or anything, but I was able to get it through the initial setup wizard by skipping everything. Touch response is mirrored (meaning if you tap on a button positioned on the left side, it actually shows it pushing the button on the right side)

If you guys have a spare microSD card, you should give it a try! I'm sure the development people for the Topaz wouldn't mind hearing about our findings as well! Talk about a big jump in progress!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] crackeyes:
Help

I have a CDMA TP2 and when i start Haret i get an error saying "Please set start of ram (RAMDDR)"

Here is what my default.txt looks like

set RAMSIZE 0x08000000

set MTYPE 2293

set KERNEL zImage

set FBDURINGBOOT 0

set initrd initrd.gz

pwf dm.txt 0x8e0000 0x20000

pwf smem.txt 0x01f00000 0x100000

set cmdline

"msmts_calib=0x395.0x3c9.0x79.0x77

msmvkeyb_toggle=off lcd.density=220"

boot

Any help would be great
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] dbwun:
The Android Donut file is taking an age to download.

Im going to download the file and test it out, Ill post my results here.

Edit I cannot get this to load past the HaRET: Booting Linux screen
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] nwo122383:
Me neither i have tried a few different things and still just hanging at the booting linux screen the bar fills up and my phone vibrates twice or three times and does nothing more.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] biscuits1978:
Make sure you guys:

1) Format the microSD card to FAT32

2) Unzip the files provided HERE directly to the ROOT of your microSD card

3) Unzip the rootfs.img file from THIS FILE directly to the ROOT of your microSD card

4) Then unzip the ZIP file provided in shadowline's post HERE direct to the ROOT of your microSD card

Start HaRET and it should go to a DOS-like bootup sequence, then to the flashing Android graphic, and then the "Touch the Android to begin" screen.

NOTE: I used IZArc to unzip everything -- it's free
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bonevbs:
any chance of it running without haret, with android booting natively ? if yes I'd like to participate in the bounty..
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] biscuits1978:
That would require a different bootloader. Good luck on that one. Besides, HaRET kicks WinMo out of memory, so it is essentially the same thing. The only difference between an actual Android phone and a work Android image is the fact of it running off a SD card. I'm sure that in itself would make things a bit slower than if it was on the actual phone.

But, who knows -- I would think TP2/TD2 have enough on-phone storage to allow the image files to exist on the phone and work? Bah, I'm sure that's another stepping stone later down the line.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] nwo122383:
Thanks

Nice i got it. But i too have the mirrored screen touch prob but this is really awesome cant wait to see as this comes along.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bonevbs:
well i dont want to boot every time into winmo first.... i know its never that easy....but...cant someone just take GRUB or something and get it working on the TP 2 (sorry if this is a dumb question im not an expert here.)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] rawker:
i know on the vouge they eventually got it to boot android, so it is a possibility...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bonevbs:
hmm im gonna look for it in the forum.... :) i guess the vogue has completely other hardware though i guess...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] Fiber:
Well first we need a decent working version of android before talking about things as native booting, drivers are more important.. we need devs for that.. ;)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] rawker:
ok i had the same issuse, what i did was but this at the top of the default.txt

set ramsize 0x6000000

set ramaddr 0x10000000

worked great, booted all the way up!

touch screen is flipped tho...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] dbwun:
check this out

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=603917
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] djstoffe:
This is really great news! Downloading now =)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] bonevbs:
very true.... well i think ill add some money to the bounty list as well for a native android..... yummy :P
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] rosebud:
Back when I had my Diamond, the early android releases had a calibration option would this be a solution to the mirroring issue?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] rick94:
If you are able to boot it could you please make a video?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] 95-civic:
Got it to work!

After playing around with multiple builds and tweaking the default config file I was able to get this to boot into the android desktop. I'm in the process of uploading a youtube video for proof and I am also uploading a large zip file which will need to be unzipped directly to your storage card.

I'll update this post once the uploads finish.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] EGOvoruhk:
No need: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=603917
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] 95-civic:
Damn. Guess it pays to follow links lol, I wasted a few hours getting the topaz port to run on my phone and when someone had already done the work :).
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] J-Hop2o6:
i can't want for this to be stable
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] amelsen:
Woo WOOO!!! Looks like it might be a good christmas anyways =)

Man I hope this wille eventually work =)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] JackalMan:
Great~~~

I would test it on my unlocked Tmobile TP2
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] phantom92:
ok so... if i run this from my phone it will work right?

of course with the sd card formatted.

and if i want to go back to windows mobile on my touch pro 2

all i have to do is softreset right?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] JackalMan:
No working for phone call and keyboard

I tried with EGO's 2.01 version. It did boot up with fancy X-splash. After that, touch screen is working. I tried to call, but not working. I can not get the keypad working and I can not go back to main menu after I get into calling menu or the internet.

Of course the internet is not working now.

Anything new if you guys want to me to post on, let me know.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] JackalMan:
Yes, it will run but not fully working

The format of SD card has to be fat32. If it is already fat32, no need to format.

So far I tested, you have to soft reset it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile ROM Development] phantom92:
how do you format fat32?