yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[8525, TyTN, MDA Vario II, JasJam ROM Development] mwcostello:
Meander through the forum, there are many clean, light, ultralight ROMs out there that you could easily use.

Also, I recommend looking into cooking your own... it's time consuming...frustrating...addicting....and very rewarding... you can also then have exactly what you want cooked in so come hard reset time... the only thing you need to worry about is the data

Good Luck and have fun

:):)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] mwanderas@hotmail.com:
Hello!

I got the Sense UI running on my Polaris!

Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSWUChiOEVs

I downloaded the port that worked for Kaiser her: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=547264 (If this build doesn't work, try the Vogue build: http://code.google.com/p/vogue-hero/downloads/list. Download the Zen-Hero zip file.)

And replaced the default.txt with an old one for Polaris which i made a few changes to. Here is the default.txt i use:

set RAMSIZE 0x08000000

set MTYPE 1723

set KERNEL zImage

set initrd initrd.gz

set cmdline "board-htcpolaris.panel_type=1 ppp.nostart=0 pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=320 mddi.height=480 lcd.density=160 no_console_suspend board-htcpolaris-battery.battery_capacity=1350 mddi_client_vogue.vsync=0"

boot

08.16.2009: Edited the panel type line, heard some had some problems with it.

PS: First boot takes very long time! (Up to 10 minutes.) Do not abort it!

I only modified the default.txt so I'm not shure everything works. I'm only fourteen years old, and i barely have a clue about what I'm doing, so don't ask me questions about anything related to the other files, I did not touch them. I hope someone with more knowledge than me can provide a package with all the files and optimize it for the HTC Polaris.

Cheers! :D
[Touch Cruise Android Development] xudsa II USERT:
Thanks for the link!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] BelgicanoFL:
wifi doesn't work right?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] mwanderas@hotmail.com:
Correct, Wifi does not work at the moment.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] BelgicanoFL:
But all the rest works? Damn I'd love to try it but i need wifi all the time hehe
[Touch Cruise Android Development] mwanderas@hotmail.com:
Pretty much everything...

Remember all you have to do after booting Android is to reboot your phone and you'll be back in Windows Mobile. :D
[Touch Cruise Android Development] gigi-muschi:
The android working on for over a year and still not resolved with wlan and camera.se sees a major problem.can not solve?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] bedelaitre:
:confused: doesn't work for me ... I can't unlock SIM card ... Always telling bad code 3 tries left ...

Buh :mad:

Sorry. Normal. This is a problem with current version that doesn't support pin code
[Touch Cruise Android Development] sjonniesw:
hi, when i am booting its stops in the black screen can you help me?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] DMAND:
I get stuck in a contious loop between the Hero and HTC splash screen, anyone else get this or have any idea on how to fix this?

I've deleted all previous andriod files (which used to work fine)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] radem205:
Look at the default.txt posted in the first post. You have to set the resolution to 480x320 and lcd.density=160 . This is posted several times!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Kiiv:
Very funnny!

But major problem for me : I can't get my contacts from SIM card.

EDIT : and after a reboot under win mobile, if I want to launch it again it seems to boot correctly but I have a squizzy screen during load and when it come back from sleeping mode I only see the console. The graphic mode seemed to be in the background...
[Touch Cruise Android Development] DMAND:
Sorry but thats what I've set it to

EDIT: Just check and I had the no_console_suspend line twice, now working :D
[Touch Cruise Android Development] hubie:
Excellent! If you don't mind, I posted this new on my site: http://www.htceros.com/today-y-uis/61-htc-sense-ui-hero-en-cruise-y-tytn-ii.html#post130

Thanks a lot!!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] rparslow:
Well just to be sure I downloaded this bundle http://kaiser-hero.googlecode.com/files/kaiser-hero-130809-1.zip

I must say it works well for me, also managed to download a gps soft from Market but does not pickup a signal :(

maybe life02 can patch this kernel to have like what is mentioned in the wiki

quote "15/07 new zImage Post #1611 by life02

* GPS working" end quote

link to post http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=4127459&postcount=1611

If only we could get the wifi, lighter on the data bill.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] imfloflo:
hey can someone make a video to show me how fast is the interface please.

Cause on the G1 the SENSE UI is slow without trick
[Touch Cruise Android Development] freddycs:
the latest build have improvement in speed, but sometimes still laggy especially when the sense ui is running. i do face a couple of problems too with this hero build. in my opinion, it is still not good for daily use yet.

video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uSWUChiOEVs
[Touch Cruise Android Development] nicandris:
http://code.google.com/p/kaiser-hero/wiki/Known_Issues
[Touch Cruise Android Development] imfloflo:
Thank you very much for the video, it looks good :) I will try that later :)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] freddycs:
Problem in Hero build

here are some of the problems i'm facing in the zen hero build:

1. sometimes it become laggy but sometimes become very fast,especially running sense ui.

2. i have contacts sync with google. but when someone calls in, only caller's number is appearing, but not the name, although the caller is in my contact list.

3. when send out sms, it returned with status saying that sms failed to send out, but the receipient actually received the sms.

4. it is very hard to wake up from speep mode..... need to press a couple of buttons to wake it up.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] KeRmiT80:
tried both with ext2 partition method...hero still the funniest, but the second donut is really impressive, even faster than winmobo (28014 pcarvalho heavy weight full modded :D )

and all the hardware works fine (did not try bt...but i don't use)

definitively the first candidate to be flashed when possible.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Kiiv:
Change panel type in default.txt. Try 1 for POLA100.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] ikke008:
Hi,

I use the donut too.

It's indeed very fast but wifi is not working?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Alex-V:
i read a tip in this thread post 91

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=625200&page=10

also a good tip for boot with nand on site 11

:)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] ikke008:
Thank you!

I'm gonna try it now :D

Edit: It doesn't work.

How do i use the androidupdate.tar?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Alex-V:
the androidupdate.tar is only for the nand boot ( rom flash boot) and i don´t have try yet.....and the other haret method with the older rootfs...?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Alex-V:
or use this....it´s on the same site (Myn’s Warm Donut--scroll a bit down and you find this (wifi enabled for kaiser/polaris)

http://www.mediafire.com/?jwuxmlmixjj

from site

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=619980

:)

but it were so cool to have the htc sense run so fast as the donut....can anyone say...why the htc sense is slow...?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] DmK75:
There Sense working not very fast, but normal.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5555213

Usual bug: Wifi cannot start.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] ikke008:
It works :-D With the myn's wifi enabled donut.

Android is a really good alternative to windows mobile for the polaris now!

Can we flash it already?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] adrenalynik:
Hi to all, I have tried in every way to no avail, someone please tell me exactly what to do and what files to use? thanks
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Alex-V:
check post 193..........+a for you working default.txt

this is mine:

set RAMSIZE 0x08000000

set MTYPE 1723

set KERNEL zImage

set initrd initrd.gz

set cmdline "board-htcvogue.panel_type=3 ppp.nostart=0 pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=240 mddi.height=320 lcd.density=120 no_console_suspend board-htcpolaris-battery.battery_capacity=1350 mddi_client_vogue.vsync=0"

boot

it can be you must set line: set cmdline "board-htcvogue.panel_type=3......to 1 instead of 3

unpack the downloaded files to the root of your sdcard....(not sdcard/android)

edit the default.txt

and run haret.....and wait a long..long time....not give up...the first (only the first) start take very long

that´s it

:)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] tivatavi:
I downloaded the files from post 193 "Wifi Kaiser" and done all the changes in default.txt, but got errors "Unknow keywork: 'et'" and "undifined MTYPE" right after I pressed "Run" in HARET.

PS.Sorry for my English.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Alex-V:
then you must search a working default.txt for you....this is only the one that work on mine....

MTYPE can edited on default.txt
[Touch Cruise Android Development] tivatavi:
Thank you for the solution, now my TC ruuning android with "Myn's Donut" with default.txt from "Wifi Kaiser" but things seems pretty strange. The UI shows up like when you running hi-resolution Windows with smaller screen monitor. For example, dialpad is too big for the screen to display (I can see only some part of the dialpad) and some part of the menu overlap each other. How do I fix this issue.

PS.I check the resolution value in "default.txt" and it's already 240*320.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] scotty89:
izzit now the android systems is stable for Polaris now??

all the function in android can be use??
[Touch Cruise Android Development] tivatavi:
In my understanding, right now all functions work except GPS and camera. (BT not sure.)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] scotty89:
gps not functioning??
[Touch Cruise Android Development] bojan1974:
I have a XDA Orbit 2, but I do not know if it has to do, when I download the file within the folder andboot has 3 files in the extension txt.default, default kaizer, default polaris., what to edit? And that all the values to copy? If not problem, let someone who does this work, copied and placed here txt.Moj English is bad, and difficult to cope with. Thanks and regards
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Kiiv:
@tivatavi : check if lcd.density value is set to 120

@scotty89 : GPS works with haret boot method, not with NAND.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] ikke008:
Everything (Gps, wifi, camera) works with the haret methode except bleutooth.

This default.txt is for the POLA100.

set RAMSIZE 0x08000000

set MTYPE 1723

set KERNEL zImage

set initrd initrd.gz

set cmdline "board-htcpolaris.panel_type=1 ppp.nostart=0 pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=320 mddi.height=480 lcd.density=160 no_console_suspend board-htcpolaris-battery.battery_capacity=1350 mddi_client_vogue.vsync=0"

boot

Works wonderful with the Myn's Wifi enabled donut.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] tivatavi:
Just curious, why 320*480 instead of 240*320? :confused:
[Touch Cruise Android Development] bojan1974:
only blink white screen
[Touch Cruise Android Development] KeRmiT80:
honestly i like more the 320*480 i also used 320*428 to me the letters seem more "cleartype" than in qvga, many apps in market do not support qvga...and the "space" in the today screen is better and more funcional, also saw that some themes in qvga mess up dialer, widgets etc.

240*320 for me is good only for tattoo builds.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] KeRmiT80:
donut builds are fully compatible with wifi and camera, bt dunno... never used neither in wm :D
[Touch Cruise Android Development] bojan1974:
Place the entire text of which goes to .... default.txt for Polaris, I'm totally confused, many people set different entries
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Alex-V:
yeah...i know...many default.txt versions floating around....and there are 2 main things why...

1. Polaris 100 or 200

polaris 100 = board-htcvogue (or polaris) .panel_type=1

polaris 200...eg the german O2 Orbit 2 like mine=board-htcvogue.panel_type=3

Don´t know why...i think the original polaris is the same than the German o2 orbit 2 (even the edit of O2)

this values come from xdawiki :)

2. is the resolution....eg. mddi.width=240 mddi.height=320 lcd.density=120

or mddi.width=XXX mddi.height=XXX lcd.density=XXX

....so you must find the best for you :):p:p;)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] adrenalynik:
Thanks very much!!! all work fine !!!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] bojan1974:
I finally installed, the tattoo on my Polaris ROM, all works great for now, there are still some that this is included in your HTC?

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=619718
[Touch Cruise Android Development] o2-lover:
SOLUTION FOR INSTALLING ANDROID ON POLARIS / O2 XDA ORBIT 2 (only for these)

Hello all.

i am giving below my experience for HTC Polaris / O2 XDA Orbit 2 only. i myself have O2 XDA ORBIT 2.

i have tried android roms of Myn, who has actually designed ROMs for HTC Vogue and Kaiser, but some are supposed to work for Polaris also.

while doing experiments, and learning the ropes, i managed to totally screw up the ROM in my phone and finally had to boot and install through the SD card only. WELL, AM GLAD THIS HAPPENED AND I GOT TO LEARN.

my suggestions for Polaris / Orbit 2 users:

before switching to android, there is a thread for installing dual boot option. that way you to keep both wm and android on your phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=623792

after that, using wm file explorer, run haret on your sd card and install the android rom you want to use.

this way, your usb connection with PC also will stay.

i have still not checked all functions, but so far most seem to be working.

Regards

o2-lover
[Touch Cruise Android Development] o2-lover:
to install NAND ANDROID OR DIRECTLY VIA SD CARD on POLARIS / ORBIT 2

hi guys.

sorry for these late posts, but the thing is that i have been going through a lot of other threads before i got to this one.

some of the posts written here in December are valid now.

you can install Android using NAND also. just follow the instructions, word for word on this link:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=625200

if you face any problems, you will have to go through this whole thread for the answers.

If you Polaris gets total screw up and you are unable to boot windows or android again, then you have to insert your SD card directly into the PC, copy certain to the card using this link and follow this link word-to-word:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=384084

i hope you guys know what a hard-SPL is.

If you people find my information useful, please let me know so i know i am not giving wrong ideas here. these are my first contributions and so i hope they are worth it.

best regards

o2-lover
[Touch Cruise Android Development] o2-lover:
a good link for installing android with wifi on polaris / orbit 2

hi guys. hope this works for you also:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=637942

regards

o2-lover
[Touch Cruise Android Development] sanji1310:
Partitions

Hi guys.

I've made 2 partitions ext2 on my memory card. How can I install the first post package inside them?

Thanks.:)

P.S. Wifi works but I have inserted ip adress manually.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] jesuismito:
thanks all the same!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] askımsema:
I unfortunately did not succeed
[Touch Cruise Android Development] tarekam:
Thanks for the try mwanderas , i'm happy we have a new generation for development of the Polaris..

You should be proud of the try anyway.

Good Luck
[Touch Cruise Android Development] imfloflo:
Hey guys i make a little vidz to show you the differences between G1 and polaris.

It's pretty amazing, the two device run as fast each other.

On the G1 i have the JacxHero 1.2 installed and on the polaris the lastest bundle and the lastest system.img avalaible in the link of the first post.

http://www.zshare.net/video/642044239ffc017a/
[Touch Cruise Android Development] elmot:
ive tried seweral diffrent hero "bundles" but somehow i always gets to the second "spalsh" (after the somehow cute android start screen) and after a few minutes it restars it self.

and thats how it goes round and round, annyone knows how to get rid of this?

this is the defult im using, ive been looking at these to much latley so i might got a bit blind...

#alloctest 0x2000

set RAMSIZE 0x08000000

set MTYPE 1723

set KERNEL zImage

set initrd initrd.gz

#

# The following kernel parameters are useful

# ppp.3 Sverige - The username used to connect to the network when dialing

# ppp.none - The password used to connect to the network when dialing

# ppp.data.tre.se	- Set apn of your provider

# ppp.nostart	- Set ppp.nostart=1 to disable starting the ppp connection on boot

# msm_sdcc.msmsdcc_fmax - The maximum frequency (in Hz) used by the SD controller

# pm.sleep_mode - The mode used when the phone is off

# 0=Power Collapse Suspend, 1=Power Collapse, 2=Apps Sleep,

# 3=Slow Clock and Wait for Interrupt 4=Wait for Interrupt

# Default is 1, use 1 for best power savings

# board-htcpolaris.panel_type - Panel type used to power the panel off and on

# 0=Don't power off the panel (Default)

# 1=Sony 2=Topoly 3=Topoly (probably just the same as 2)

# lcd.density - Defaults to 160, 128 shows more on screen

#

set cmdline "board-htcpolaris.panel_type=0 ppp.apn=data.tre.se ppp.username=none ppp.password=none pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=320 mddi.height=480 no_console_suspend board-htcpolaris-battery.battery_capacity=1350 mddi_client_vogue.vsync=0"

boot
[Touch Cruise Android Development] imfloflo:
Download lastest package .zip, change the system.img by the last one avalaible, change the default.txt by the one which is in the first post of this thread and launch haret that's all. Just wait HTC Hero is always a little bit slow the first boot. initialisation oblige.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Kiiv:
Yes! I took the latest build too and it's much better than the previous!

I change "board-htcpolaris.panel_type=0" to "board-htcpolaris.panel_type=1" in default.txt and it boot each time without problem.

I've synchronized my contact with google to get it in the phone.

Market works fine too.

But still a boring issue : sometime when I come back on principal screen from a widget, I get a full load of the UI. Principaly when I quit the weather configuration for exemple.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] elmot:
Ive downloaded the pack thats in the first post.

where can i get the latest system.img file, i know a few places but i dont know witch is right for the pack ive got?

and with the default.txt file i manage to get other bundles to work so i just kept it.

thanx for the fast reply by the way :D
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Kiiv:
Here is the link to the latest build. I use it with the pack in the first post of this thread.

I've took the "system-081509.img". I didn't try latest with wifi.

Which modification have you done in the default.txt and which "other bundles" work with them?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] imfloflo:
The laoding bug is a know issue on the G1, each time you presse the home button Sense UI is reloaded so i only use back button to go back to the home and all is good.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Kiiv:
I use only back button too, hum... I suppose ^^ I use the GPS button. It's this one, isn't it?

Other question : if we want to try an other build we just have to replace the system.img or we must delete all files and so lost all the configuration? :/
[Touch Cruise Android Development] elmot:
this pissed me off a bit, im trying from scratch, formating memstick right now.

dowloaded "Bundle SuperHero081609.zip" from "http://code.google.com/p/vogue-android/downloads/list?can=2&q=&sort=-uploaded&colspec=Type+Filename+Summary+Uploaded+Size+DownloadCount"

and replacing the *.img* file from the link you gave me.

and rewriting a new default.txt with info from post 1 here :)

i used the *.*txt file from a android 1.5 that worked for me
[Touch Cruise Android Development] li370:
You got to install the "PointUI Home 2" first, right?

I remembered it is the applet of that.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] imfloflo:
@li370 we are speaking of HTC hero under android not pointui 2 !

@elmot have you rename the system.img correctly before launching it ? open a new notepad copy/paste the default.txt in the first post save it and that's all
[Touch Cruise Android Development] elmot:
now its waay off, lol :)

the screen gets all wrong...

im using the first po txt.

set RAMSIZE 0x08000000

set MTYPE 1723

set KERNEL zImage

set initrd initrd.gz

set cmdline "board-htcpolaris.panel_type=0 ppp.apn=internet.netcom.no ppp.username=none ppp.password=none pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=320 mddi.height=480 lcd.density=160 no_console_suspend board-htcpolaris-battery.battery_capacity=1350 mddi_client_vogue.vsync=0"

boot

SuperHero081609.zip

system-081509.img

im soo confused by the moment... :confused:
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Kiiv:
Did you try this bundle from Kaiser? I use this one.

EDIT : ho, and you can try with 1 instead of 0 for parameter "board-htcpolaris.panel_type" in default.txt if you have a crash screen when you launch "Run". It works for me.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] elmot:
wohoo!

changing a 0 to a 1 did it for me... :)

still a bit confused since my memstick is a mess :D

but thanx for all the help now i think i got it :)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] gigi-muschi:
I've posted before about android.

Not understand me wrong, but,in my opinion, not worth put Android on a PPC as long as no work WiFi, Bluetoot and camera.Without all this, does my Polaris is a simple phone call,and a simple phone (called for and received) can buy very cheap .I think??

Thanks

P.S.

Internet via GPRS is very expensive in Romania.

Times of crisis :(
[Touch Cruise Android Development] radem205:
This isn't the right reaction you know! Every dev is working very hard (in their spare time) to let android works properly on the polaris. Every element of Android takes time to develop, so this reaction is totally unnecessary!!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] gigi-muschi:
I agree with you, but develop over a year.

There was emphasis on what's important (I mean what I was talking about earlier) only the interface.

Don't be angry for my opinion.:D
[Touch Cruise Android Development] radem205:
Yes, one year, so what? This is all based on spare time of the developers and we have to be happy there are devs for us to let android work!!!!!

If you can do it by yourself, do it!

There is nothing wrong with your opinion, but sometimes it's better to keep it for yourself!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] gigi-muschi:
I like Android. No i wanted to offend anybody, but i wanted to get in evidence a significant problem.

what do you think?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Gnewstyl:
how to install it

hello, i need help, i want to know how to install this on my polaris?

and did i lose my data. thanx

htc cruise sfr

rom:1.52.751.2.FRE

radio:1.58.21.23
[Touch Cruise Android Development] BelgicanoFL:
So if im understanding well it's both WM and android on the Polaris? Can someone explain it easily how to put the sense UI on it? (step by step, none technical :)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] bally3:
Whilst I understand the jubilation of the OP for getting Sense UI working, it should be mentioned in the first thread that this is STILL a WORK-IN-PROGRESS and should be treated as such before non-technical users start installing and running Android.

ggi, I'm sure your comments were not intended to offend, but please give credit to the feelings of the countless developers on this project who have put their spare time and effort for very little or no financial gain to enable us to enjoy this new platform on our devices, who should not have to read these type of posts.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Gnewstyl:
thanx, i try to install it,i reply soon ;)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] Kiiv:
I've tried SuperHero build and it's slower than the build from Kaiser, I think.