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[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
updated initrd on google code...

1) should properly reinitialize the radio if you press disconnect twice in modem

2) includes the latest libgps.so which should fix gps for kaiser

3) includes a dummy /dev/akm8976_apt to support apps requiring an accelerometer

4) removes the password requirement for su... may fix task manager apps etc

more stuff to come tomorrow
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
Argh. I hate it when I screw something up because I didn't test it.

The version posted at 11:30pm PST won't connect to modem.

The version I'm posting now (12:30am PST) should be fixed.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] katmandu421:
If you are looking to kill tasks that are runninig, I use Taskiller, pretty good imo.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] katmandu421:
Call reject works good. Google sky seems to still not want to work, so not sure the touch /dev/amk8976_aot or whatever workaround is working. Also, I noticed that I have a flashing amber light when the phone is presumably asleep. I think my PM Sleep mode is 0.

EDIT: Screen wake up and shutdown fading animation is nice and smooth again
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
srwalter changed the notification so that you have slow amber with power collapse suspend (0), so that you know the phone is really using minimal battery; you could go either way, just make sure every other power setting has a LED then you would also know, doesn't really make a huge differenece.

Looks like calibrate screen now included in system.img posted this am. will test later today. Thanks all for the updates.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] life02:
Wireless settings is throwing a force quit for me
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
as many of you figured out I ended up staying up late last night pushing the rest of the updates I was planning to do today.

I grabbed martin's zImage-test and threw that in the bundle. It has steven's led changes and martin's preliminary microphone in stuff. Mic in still needs more work though...

I also included the latest version of the touch screen calibration tool from steven's website. I used it on my phone and the first 2 or 3 times the calibration was much worse when I finished, but then it worked and was almost as good as the old alignment.

I would suggest you calibrate, then open the menu and load up the pointer location tool and test. Just go back and forth until it is well aligned (may take a few tries), then open the menu and hit save. If you don't save anything you'll get a very small warning at startup saying that it couldn't load the save.

Verified the force close when trying to open wireless settings... I'm not exactly sure why that is, but please enter an issue on the google code page.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] aross6:
Updates are Sweet... MUCH APPRECIATED! Can't wait til Android is flashable... performance will be awesome not working from an SD Card then!!!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
the loud end-call beep is back again. have not swapped files to see which change re-introduced this.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] prodigy2m:
Can't get screen to be hiRes

I feel dumb. I am trying to make the screen to do the hiRes like it shows on your Screenshots from Dude's Theme but nothing work. I put 128 and different screen resolutions and nothing seemed to respond. Always the same. I have a Sprint HTC... been using Android on and off a lot... But this never worked for me, can someone help? Can you send the hiRes default.txt file? :confused:
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
make sure your default.txt file has a single line at the bottom with quotes at beginning and end. inside that line place the lcd.density=120 or 128, whatever you like. keep your screen resolution 320x428. You will have a beautiful screen, but you will not be able to use directions or lattitude in google maps with an lcd density anything other than the default of 160.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Shidell:
Forgive me for not staying current with this thread--I bounce in periodically to see what's updated/changed, but this caught my eye.

Is a flashable-ROM in the works to run Android natively on the Vogue?

That would be an incredible--or even, monumental--achievement.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
It only shows Widgets on the home screen for me... anyone else having this issue?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] prodigy2m:
Still doesn't work!

Sorry to be pain in the ass but look I did everything you said--I did that before tho too... this is not the first time , I've been playing around with this for a long time but nothing work. Look this is my line :

set cmdline "ppp.username=mobile@jamamobile ppp.password=telecom mddi.width=320 mddi.height=428 lcd.density=120 msm_sdcc.msmsdcc_fmax=32000000 pm.sleep_mode=0 board-htcvogue.panel_type=1 no_console_suspend"

Seems to be the same quality and resolution, still... huh my phone sucks :(
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
prodigy, can you bring up a terminal window and type "cat /default.prop" ?

let me know what it has at the bottom. Thanks!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
Vilord:

I installed your new bundle and now I don't know how to change the screen orientation as the camera button doesn't do anything anymore as the linux keyboard appears to be gone.

How do we change orientation?

Thanks!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] qwho:
hold camera, press left on the square directional pad.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] katmandu421:
I think that is the new version, I noticed there was one available a few days ago but I have not upgraded as it works fine for me as it is. Can you still open from the app drawer, or is there only the option to add a widget?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] katmandu421:
I thought I remembered seeing an option to keep the screen on while the phone is plugged in. I searched through Dev Setttings (where I thought I saw it previously), Settings and Spare Parts with no luck.

Any idea on where this is or throd party apps that accomplish this?

Getting ready for my road trip with working GPS and Last.FM!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] prodigy2m:
okay, here:

ro.secure=0

ro.allow.mock.locatio=1

ro.debuggable=1

persist.service.adb.enable=1

ro.setupwizard.mode=OPTIONAL

THAT'S IT (HELP ME)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] s0v3r1gn:
GPS Questions

Every time I try to use my GPS it tells me that my position if currently unavailable. I thought that really basic GPS was functional.

Am I supposed to set something up or run something in windows before I can use GPS in Android?

By the way guys, your doing an awesome job with this port work. :D

EDIT: One other question I just thought of. Is support for the USB Style hands-free kit/ headset going to be implemented or will hands-free and media listening need to be accomplished through a bluetooth headset? And related, is bluetooth support going to be implemented?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mnherky:
did you go to settings-> security and Location and check enable GPS?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
Thanks for the response!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
Wow, I'm stupid, I couldn't figure it out either... thanks :D

Android is running very well for me... it is a little slow at times, but I blame my class 2 SD card for this (I've ordered a class 6). The touchscreen is working well, I have a good keyboard (HTC compact keyboard), GPS is working (a reason I wouldn't switch before), and the market is awesome!

It's truly amazing how much better Android is than Windows Mobile...

Now I'm just waiting for a build with apps from the Hero :D (like TheDude build) and the camera working 100%.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mssmison:
:) Sorry I didn't get it out last night. My new builds done and I've been running it for a while, just been busy and haven't uploaded it yet. I'll try and get it done tonight :)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] grktaurus83:
I think the worst thing you can tell people in this forum is that a new version is out "BUT YOU CAN'T HAVE IT!! NEENER NEENER NEENER!! (okay, maybe later you can have it... maybe!)"

HAHA!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] prodigy2m:
LOL that's right ... Now you see what you did, I am compulsively pressing refresh, hoping for that release to show up! MAYBE .... hehe :D
[Touch CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
Patience is a virtue ;)

GIVE US THE BUILD!!!!!!!!!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
At least I know I'm not alone... :)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] james33440:
I have been interested in installing this on my Sprint Touch. However, I don't believe that I have enough memory on my microSD card.

When it loads up linux it eventually tells me that there isn't enough memory on the sd card. So, how much memory do I need? I just have the 64MB it came with.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
You need at least a 512MB... I suggest at least 1GB.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] s0v3r1gn:
Wow, I feel stupid now. Thank you sir for giving me that tid-bit. Now I get a little receiver icon in the notification area. But still get the same msg about being unavailable. Could just be not getting a good lock on the satellites. Ill keep trying and see if it eventually see's my location. =)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
Are you outside? Being indoors can stop it from working well.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] s0v3r1gn:
I think my work may start wondering why I have visited the google code site a few thousand times today. As long as they dont check the site thay may just think the visits are work related... =P

Refresh...Refresh...Refresh...
[Touch CDMA Android Development] s0v3r1gn:
Yea Im inside atm. Stuck at work. I have a nice view outside though and google maps for WM usually gets a lock pretty fast at my desk.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
Hey Vilord, sorry to bug you again,

I didn't notice indicator lights with this new build. I thought you were going to impliment Srwalter's indicator lights work...or was that dzo? Or am I being a dumb dumb and not seeing it?

Thanks.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
Mine are working.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Ideal2545:
srwalter:

Just curious, is it gonna be possible anytime soon to use A-GPS? Regular GPS seems to burn out my battery pretty fast.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] refthemc:
Just wanted to say, i love this thread.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] craig0r:
Basically all we're missing is a functioning bluetooth driver. The software is already there, provided by Google and Linux. Once we have a fully working driver, and thus fully working bluetooth hardware, all the bluetooth functions in the Android OS should work for us.

As for the hands-free USB audio questions, Martin is working on the audio functionality right now... I would assume (presuming he gets the sound system working 100%) that yes, we'll be able to use USB hands-free headsets. Although I would never use that crap headset that HTC provided. :rolleyes:
[Touch CDMA Android Development] oxsolid:
screen on while plugged in

Katmandu-

The program "locale" can do this, it is a little tricky to set up, and it has a whole lot more funtionality, but you can have the screen set to different timeout rules if the phone is plugged in

-Ox
[Touch CDMA Android Development] katmandu421:
Right on, already a Locale user and fan...I'll look for the "plugged in" scenario

EDIT: Yup, it's there, works like I need it to

Cheers!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jaredakelly:
that's fine i'd just like it to work like it did. it's sooo slow, it's almost un-useable......wish you could see it.

i'm not sure if it's updated already, tried the kernal link and it's a dead link
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bangout:
thanks cant wait. if you need somebody to test it out let me know
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bangout:
this is what i did. started with a fresh formated sd card, loaded up that older dzo's build and let gmail sync. after that i erased everything except for the fresh data img. then added everything that was in the ion build folder and used the zimage from thedudes build. i think taking that data img and using it stright with the ion build helps.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bangout:
is adb connection for teathering? or just sending files back and forth thru the usb.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
Okay, I haven't tested it yet...

if you use the zImage-adb from dzo's files, you should be able to use tether-bot with your vogue :)
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bangout:
ive never used linux so do i need to run it thru that to be able to do it or can i just copy the zimage re-boot and i'm on my way? sorry for being a noob
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
Link updated, thanks.

As for the slowness, don't worry, I can see it... my phone was doing it yesterday, I tried to do some debugging to find out what was killing it, but the debugging tools kept dying. I'm pretty sure some process went runaway and filled up RAM and was sucking up the whole CPU.

There's a "performance" mod I saw in the dream forum that might help us here, it sets the kernel to kill off a runaway process when it starts to take down the system.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
The zImage-adb method does not require linux at all.

take the zImage-adb from his site, rename it as zImage on your SD card, and boot back into android, then follow the tether-bot instructions here
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bangout:
thanks after i get this working ill probally never go back to win6.5 atleast untill the market place opens up.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] jaredakelly:
i hope that solves it but my phone starts out slow. i dont know if yours gradually gets to that point but that's how my starts out.

i wish i could figure it out myself i just have zero comprehension when it comes to this stuff.

all i know is that something must of been changed for the worse between now and back when the first gpu kernal came out. i've even tried to use the old gpu kernal and besides the vibration issue it's still slow!!! :confused::confused:

i'm going back to 1.1 until this is figured out. thank you very much for your help.....i really want to be able to use this!

p.s.- oh yeah and my music player wont work.....
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bangout:
The only zimage that seems to wrk Is thedudes zimage. I try dozs and it just freezes up.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] joshboudreau:
hey can someone help me please i dunno how to put a limit to how many applications are allowed to run i wanna have it at 5 i searched all through the phone but could not find anywhere to set it at that
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
bangout: I'll modify my zImage build to add ADB support (the one in thedude's image is from me)

joshboudreau: head over to "dev tools" then "development settings"

You want to set the app process limit, 4 is usually a good number.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] st.jimmy:
Anyone know when/if the camera and GPS are gonna work?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] Spalla:
How come I get a missed call notification whenever I boot up?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
st.jimmy... camera: sooner. GPS: later.

If I had to guess, we won't see GPS at all unless a new device comes out that has the same chipset. I'm hoping the o-phone (cdma) china mobile will be selling next month with HTC is going to use at least some of the same chips.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bangout:
cant thank you enough. you guys are the best

*real quick the only zimage that works for me seems to be the one you did the thedudes build*
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
sorry I didn't have a chance to rebuild it last night, had to pack for a trip leaving today. Is the zImage from thedudes build working okay for you for now?

I will be able to rebuild it with ADB next week once I get back.

If you don't mind checking, can you try using the "zImage-gpu" kernel from dzo's site and see if it will boot up with that? That kernel has the vibrate bug, but I'm already planning to rebuild it with the fixed vibrate issue and with fixed ADB, and it'd be easier to maintain just one fork.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] bangout:
yea I'll try that one and let you know what happens
[Touch CDMA Android Development] aven_soulgazer:
Blank data didn't do any good. Still froze up. The Ion system posted under thedoods worked fine though.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
katmandu: The option you were looking for is in settings->applications->development
[Touch CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
Cool, didn't know it was already built-in :D
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tallnerd1985:
aGPS Working and Running

I have been having issues getting GPS to work on my HTC Vogue with Verizon since I got it last week. I had read thru numerous different articles to get this working and with success, I finally did last night and its fast. With the instructions I am going to post, it enables aGPS in WinMo and it seems to flow over to Android. I was able to get locked in within 5 secs in both WinMo and Android inside the mall parking in the basement.

The first step is directed to people who have the Verizon branded version of the HTC Vogue because Verizon has a nasty habbit of nerfing the GPS function of their older handsets. Follow the steps exactly as told along with the URLs for the files needed to get this up and running.

I know that we have been told not to downgrade our roms to non-GPS roms but the trick is not to let the customizations run

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=533639

The next and final step applies to every Carrier's Phone. This step will unlock the aGPS ability of your phone. Please follow the steps exactly to ensure the least amount of errors. !WARNING! This step could possibly brick your phone because you are tampering with software that cant be easily fixed.

*For Windows 7 users, the Modem drivers dont work, you will have to have Windows search online for the drivers which will install Palm Treo drivers which works as well

**For aGPS to work, you must have a Data plan with your carrier

http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=VerizonAGPSFix

With these steps, I been traveling and getting lockins within 5 secs most times. Let me know if you have any questions.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] oxsolid:
other carriers

To ask the obvious questions:

Is this working for others?

What about other carriers (like sprint)? Since this is just GPS ROM update, couldn't eveyone on every carrier follow these verizon instructions?

EDIT <actually read through post> "The next and final step applies to every Carrier's Phone" --- will be testing...

PS.... EXCELLENT EXCELLENT EXCELLENT FIND TALLNERD!!!

Edit2 -- i could not find instructions for the 6900 following your second link... if it's not too much trouble could you put a summary of the neccesary steps?

Edit 3--- tooo tired to attempt tonight (fear of bricking phone while sleepy) will try tomorrow
[Touch CDMA Android Development] grktaurus83:
I don't think that is aGPS in Android. srwalter was the one who figured out this RPC calls for GPS and even he said that aGPS isn't available yet. I don't think aGPS is something you just inherit from WinMo, but I could be wrong.

Here's how to check:

In Settings > Security & Location:

Enable "Use wireless networks"

Disable "Enable GPS satellites"

This means that it will use aGPS _ONLY_. If aGPS works, you should be able to get a lock using those settings. If not, you won't.

Just because you get a lock within 5 seconds does not mean you are using aGPS. You might just be getting a quick lock.

On the first builds that were posted with buggy GPS support, I still got locks within 5-7 seconds. I always boot into Android with the data and GPS off in Windows Mobile so nothing should be carried over.

Report back what you find.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] craig0r:
Speaking of GPS, I've been running the latest build since this morning, and the GPS is doing the best I've seen in android yet. I'm in my apartment and it's pinpointed my location to I'd say within 5 feet.

This is awesome, thanks so much.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tallnerd1985:
Hey oxsolid,

The instructions for the xv6800 are the same for the xv6900 because they are very similar platforms.

For the other post, I said it might be aGPS carrying over but I am not sure because I know for normal GPS to work, you must be outside to get a lock but with this method, I have not had any issues in any place with getting a lock. I am comparing this to my Touch Pro which only utilizes GPS(Because we haven't been able to get aGPS unlocked yet) and it takes forever to get a lock even with all the tweaks and hacks out there for it. Thats my reasoning behind why I think that some kind of aGPS is carrying over but I may be wrong and my Touch Pro sucks even more than what it is.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
Yeah it appears my notification leds are working too...I guess I didn't realize that green means new message as Srwalter gave different color explanations previously...

Vilord: Best release yet, its looking really great!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] tatnai:
new initrd w/ fix for wireless control panel . .. geez vilrod, do you ever sleep:confused:
[Touch CDMA Android Development] katmandu421:
Ah, thank you...Locale is a little slow to respond sometimes and even though I have my location scenarios turned off it still pops the gps everytime I wake the phone up. Stock is much better.

Now all I have left for mounting in my car is replacing the fuse that blew due to Kia not following the standard for wiring polarity for DC aux (cig lighter) outlets :mad:

The road is calling, I'll probably keep a little blog about road tripping with no other gadgets besides my Android Touch. I personally think that this phone is now the closest competitor to that other popular touch phone by apple, and it's still evolving!
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
I hate to sound like such a freaking noob but I have run that screen calibration program and somehow ONE time i got it to say 'screen calibrated' now its WAYYYY OFF.

I keep trying to re-calibrate but I can't get it to say 'screen calibrated', what do you push after hitting the four corners?

I have tried hitting all four, and just the top left and bottom right, but I can't get it to say 'screen calibrated.

Any ideas?
[Touch CDMA Android Development] derekwilkinson:
You just press the two red dots...
[Touch CDMA Android Development] mfpreach:
And then what? It doesn't say 'screen recalibrated' the screen is still way off.

Unfortunately I can't use my phone until I fix this as rebooting doesn't apply defaults. :(

Damn, somehow its totally broken now, now it just says 319, 0 everywhere I touch :(, to avoide having to recreate my data.img, where does the screen calibration program keep its data? I'd rather remove that than have to reinstall everything.

Thanks.

EDIT: Nevermind, I just deleted my data.img and started from scratch, its no real biggies since all my data is synced.

I feel so embarassed that all you have to do is hit the two red dots , duh. Anyways, what happened is my screen got SO out of alignment I couldn't even hit the red dots and it wouldn't calibrate anymore. I think there should be an option to reset to defaults for dumbasses like me.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] vilord:
I discussed that with srwalter, he was considering it... what I'd like to see is a button to recalibrate. Then it will store the current calibraion, reset completely and throw up the two dots for you to tap.

If you hit back or home before it is done, it'll set the calibration back to what it was...
[Touch CDMA Android Development] grktaurus83:
That is a very nice approach.

There should also be a "Reset Calibration" button to reset the calibration data to the default Android values (as if it was a fresh boot). This is useful if you would rather just go back to defaults if you're having calibration issues or it can be used to make your phone usable if something goes ape s**t.
[Touch CDMA Android Development] grktaurus83:
Is it just me, or does it take ages for this forum to load most of the time? I'm getting wait times on the order of 30 seconds sometimes/usually.

Drives me insane.