yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] jubeh:
Oh, I do have the source and I am running my own donut build on my dream with some of my spice, but the problem I was having was cloning that exact project (mkbootimg) from android.git.kernel.org using git, but when I read what you said, I remembered that when you make the build, it also compiles several tools and i overlooked checking the out folder for it, kind of dumb on my part since I had already pulled the fastboot tool from that build and added it to my own bin, i guess mkbootimg and mkbootfs should be there too, right?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] gwydionwaters:
i tried running androsign and got this error

rob@ubox009:~/android/dev/sdk/tools$ ./androsign META-INF.zip
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: testsign
Failed!
rob@ubox009:~/android/dev/sdk/tools$
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] sanpei:
if i use a ROM of one device on an other different device, I think I must build a kernel on my own, is that correct?

but what config should I use? a config from my current running ROM? then I think I must make it suitable for new ROM, what options should I care about?

for example, if I want to run a AOSP 2.01 ROM ( system.img) on a Magic 32A device with SPL 1.76, and now I am running a SenseUI ROM which kernel is 2.6.27, I think I should build a 2.6.29 kernel from the git tree, and ensure it will work with camera/bt/wifi/trackball of my device properly first .

how can I make this step successful?

other hand, the dynamic lib files(.so) with the system.img can be incorrect. so, I may need to build them too for pairing with the kernel I built in previous step. I think applications will work properly because they only care about if the interfaces of kernel and lib is correct. for that, also there some config job (like build.prop, etc) to do, is there a list of all of these jobs? and what values can I refer to? the original ROM (Magic 32A SPL 1.76 working ROM here) ?

am I right? what should i do and what are in those steps? are there some doucments I can read from?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] JackZero:
Thanks for the good summary. Just one question, where did testsign.jar come from? I'd like to get the source. Thanks!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] geovass:
Read this !

http://www.androiddevelopment.org/tag/apk/

;-)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dsixda:
Hi, I've looked around everywhere and have been asking this question around some forums without a response: How can I get a blank bookmarks database after I flash my cooked ROM?

I know that browser.db contains my bookmarks, but I don't know how to initialize it on first boot. I don't mean using sqlite3 with a command line, I mean when it's flashed I want it already blank. I tried editing all the bookmark entries in the XML files found under /system/customize, but the best I got was getting rid of the operator bookmarks.. but when I accomplished that, it then started coming up with regular bookmarks like Google/Yahoo/Amazon etc.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] dsixda:
Ok, I didn't get a response the first time, but anyways, I have another problem and i guess I should post here since it's the appropriate thread ;) Hmmm do people actually READ this thread? ;) (BTW, the guide on the first page is an excellent starting point for cooking!)

Anyways, my new problem is in regards to Wi-Fi. I have tried to cook a customized ROM based on the latest Orange UK shipped ROM.. I have modified it so that it only has the apps I want and has root privileges. After flashing, my device detects my Wi-Fi router, tries to connect, and says "Obtaining IP address...". But after approx. 30 seconds it gives up and I have no connection. After a while it tries to do this again automatically, and so forth. Everything else works fine, ie. root access and my apps, etc.

So then I tried to just cook the shipped ROM without modifying anything. Just the extracted system.img, and the original boot.img. I also included a very simple update-script. (No other *.img files.) But... same problem, no wi-fi connection.

Now I am using the Modaco Custom ROM 3.2 beta, which is based off a slightly older H3G shipped ROM. The wi-fi works flawlessly on the *same* router. Modaco 3.1 also worked fine with my wi-fi router.

So I obtained the H3G shipped ROM that was used for Modaco 3.2 beta, and cooked it the same way as in the previous Orange UK ROM, unmodified. Again... same problem, no wi-fi!!

The original stock ROM on this HTC Hero was from Telus, and Wi-fi worked fine on that. There is no Telus shipped ROM to download though.

I have wasted a lot of time trying to figure this out. Anyone have ANY idea at all? :(

Your help will be greatly appreciated.

EDIT: I somehow got Wi-Fi working, I just had to add some symlinks inside my update-script, and then removed the actual symbolic link files from the /system/bin folder. I just followed the instructions here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=566235 <--- Pretty good cooking guide as well!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] RTessi:
I can't run java commands from anywhere but where I have installed the JDK... am i missing something?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
probably java...? jdk is something different.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] toseefawan:
Try setting PATH environment variable.

in linux export PATH=$PATH:your jdk dir /bin

in windows set PATH=%PATH%your jdk dir \bin;
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] lancepberg:
:/ im so lost

i cant finde out how to make a working folder :mad:
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
mkdir name_of_folder
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Shakor:
Is this the correct way of building the boot.img?

./extract-kernel.pl boot.img
./extract-ramdisk.pl boot.img
rm boot.img-kernel
cp zImage boot.img-kernel
./mkbootfs boot.img-ramdisk | gzip > ramdisk-boot
./mkbootimg --kernel boot.img-kernel --ramdisk ramdisk-boot --cmdline "no_console_suspend=1 console=null" -o newBoot.img --base 0x19200000
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
should work yes. just try to fastboot it, there is not much to lose is there ;)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Shakor:
It should.. But it does not. Also fastboot is not really helping.

Cronos Linux# fastboot flash zImage zImage
sending 'zImage' (1633 KB)... FAILED (remote: not allow)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
you have a locked bootloader, which doesn't allow fastbooting. so you either have to flash every single boot.img you create or you flash this: http://android.modaco.com/content/htc-hero-hero-modaco-com/296389/24-nov-unlocked-spl-for-gsm-hero/ then fastboot will work. it is a hell of a lot easier with an unlocked bootloader.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Shakor:
Thanks! :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mytharak:
I created a nautilus script version of the testsigner script.

Right click file, "sign with test keys"

:)
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kendong2:
care to share? :D
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] threeeye:
Hi all

I managed to unyaffs my system.img, but how do I yaffs it again to a system.img ?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] threeeye:
~/tools$ sh ./extract-kernel.pl boot.img

./extract-kernel.pl: 3: use: not found
./extract-kernel.pl: 4: use: not found
./extract-kernel.pl: 5: use: not found
./extract-kernel.pl: 7: die: not found
./extract-kernel.pl: 9: my: not found
./extract-kernel.pl: 11: my: not found
./extract-kernel.pl: 12: undef: not found
./extract-kernel.pl: 13: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

~/tools$ sh ./extract-ramdisk.pl boot.img

./extract-ramdisk.pl: 3: use: not found
./extract-ramdisk.pl: 4: use: not found
./extract-ramdisk.pl: 5: use: not found
./extract-ramdisk.pl: 7: die: not found
./extract-ramdisk.pl: 9: my: not found
./extract-ramdisk.pl: 11: my: not found
./extract-ramdisk.pl: 12: undef: not found
./extract-ramdisk.pl: 13: Syntax error: word unexpected (expecting ")")

I guess I'm doing something wrong...
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] Poischack:
Do not use "sh foo.pl something"

You can use :

$ perl foo.pl something

Or :

$ chmod +x foo.pl

$ ./foo.pl something
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] erasmux:
Mind find this link useful:

http://android-dls.com/wiki/index.php?title=HOWTO:_Unpack,_Edit,_and_Re-Pack_Boot_Images

I use the split_bootimg.pl and it works perfectly for me.

Remember that for the hero you also need to add the --base 0x19200000 to the mkbootimg command. My command is something like:

mkbootimg --kernel kernel --ramdisk ramdisk.gz --cmdline "no_console_suspend=1 console=null" -o out/boot.img --base 0x19200000
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] elelinux:
Or you can use this little tool http://www.statusuppdateringskomplex.se/elelinux/kernel_tool.zip

Actually very easy to use,extract the zipfile where you want to have it and put the boot.img in the working folder and run the script .

In the working folder you will find a systemfolder and a build.prop file where you can specify your device but it is by default prepared for hero,and in the kernel-tool folder there are some more files but im make them hidden.

Looks like this

Edit: Forgot this when you extact boot.img a new folder will be created BOOT-EXTRACTED when you want to build the new boot.img you will find it in WORKING folder when it is finished and the BOOT-EXTRACTED folder will be removed.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] threeeye:
Good idea, I'll try it.

My Linux box is not working right now...

Thanks.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] kia1349:
hi to all

how to add a new language to rom for full persian/arabic interface?

which file/files should be edited?
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] mulcahyd:
Anyone have a guide on creating roms for vibrant.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] pulser_g2:
Well it won't be in the hero section
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] liorweitz:
you shuold edit the Apk Manager\out\res\values

in the apk.

use the apkmanager to extract the apks of the rom.
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] :
Very Inspiriational....

You're amazing! I know this isn't related to HTC Hero, but I ported a hero ROM for the HTC Tatto!!!!!! All b'coz of your post. Thank You!!!!!
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] <JohnCarter>:
i'll try

i am gonna try this guide
[Hero, G2 Touch Android Development] narell:
After using the Androsign tool can roms be flashed via stock recovery or do i need a custom recovery?
[HTC Wings] ignatiuscheese:
Here are some of my personal experiences with the HTC S730 (Wings) smartphone that I bought almost two years ago and have been using ever since every day:

To start off I got it as a 2-year contract for a reasonable price. It had all the necessary abilities I could ever ask for from a phone (push-email, WiFi, qwerty slideout), highly customazible with 3rd party software and it wasn't even sim locked when I got it. In the first week or so however I started to notice it slowing down periodically and being unable to launch new programs. I ran out of RAM in awkward situations, having to use the task manager or restart my phone as it became unresponsive. I found ways to overcome this problem by limiting my open programs with Oxios Closeapps or switching to 3rd party applications such as the Opera Browser that can be shut down instead of leaving it on the background.

A word of warning: The first phone bill was a bit of a shock (~200€) for gprs data transfer. Windows Mobile prefers 3G connectivity over WiFi it seems. Remove the gprs settings if you don't use them, or get an unlimited dataplan like I did. It only costs 9€ where I live.

After the first month I started to notice tiny scratches and cracks in my phone's housing even though I'd been super gentle with it. I even bought a cushioned leather case for it to keep my phone from more harm. The cracks have become more noticeable over time and I must say the building materials are very sketchy, unlike the aluminium case my Nokia E-series phone used to have.

One major applaude for HTC is it's durability and ability to resist WATER(!). I submerged the phone into a lake while fishing, picked it up and instantly removed the battery (this is horrible!). I let it dry in peace for two weeks, left alone in a bowl of rice to get the humidity out of the circuits. The water indicator sticker below the battery got wet and colored (barely) so that's a bad thing for warranty if it decides to stop working some day soon.

I've had some trouble with the D-pad taking multiple keypresses from just one click, and got it solved by using the keyboard fixing "tool" found on this forum, decreasing the response time of D-pad's keypresses to 200ms.

Regarding to the GPS "rumors" found on this site whether or not it functions with the right rom/settings/registry entries my word is: YES. There is a gps chip in this phone. YES. It does work. Sluggishly without an antenna, but I got it to work with 100% accuracy inside our office building. I've done no additional tweaks to my phone other than flash the Alcaline 6.1 ROM using guides found on this forum. I used Google Maps with GPS strolling down the streets and checking my location periodically on a Tom-Tom, comparing the results. Hope you can get it working too.

Please, share your own experiences about HTC S730 or ask questions that I might answer from this phone as I believe I have a fair amount of experience with it.
[HTC Wings] nielswillems:
GPS?

Hay ignatiuscheese,

Are you serieus? do you have an preproduction or an regular wings? I have a wings with xuque's rom. can you give me a link to a tutorial for enabling my GPS, or make an own one. Can you remember how you did it?

I hope you can help me enabling GPS.

Greets,

Niels
[HTC Wings] ignatiuscheese:
Hey Niels, thanks for replying.

I have a regular wings, bought from Finland as a 2-year contract with a local operator so definately not a pre-production model. I do believe there is variation between different operators and their phones, some phones might have different chipsets but mine just so happened to be GPS-enabled.

As mentioned before I used the Alcaline 6.1 rom found on this site (it's a sticky thread) and installed Google Maps. I checked the "Use GPS" box and vóila: working gps. As mentioned it's very sluggish, only 1-3 satellites at a time at chosen locations but works. Haven't tried any secret registry tweaks or additional flashing.
[HTC Wings] Sap178:
GPS

Hi,

Could you please test the gps/googlemap without the sim card? In order to discard that the software is using your gsm data instead the gps data.

Many thanks in advance,
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] cdguider:
Garmin Mobile XT for Windows Mobile, Ver. 5.00.20w With North America Maps.

Works Great

Here are your Garmin Screenshots: SEE BELOW
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] slight22:
Is there a North American Version?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] vHatch:
no way I'm going to spend $99.99 on a navigation solution that requires me to switch out my SD card every time I want to navigate.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] bugsterbuns:
Best GPS

I use Tomtom and i dare say it is tons better than anything else i have tried, i have evem carried out the geo-photo hack and can now geo-tag photos and navigate to them

version in use is 7.9196 with version 8 maps
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] shawndh:
TomTom Nav 7 hands down, the best IMO. Their support kinda sucks but if you really want to get it working on your TP2, you can do it, even with TT6 maps. I love it, I dread the day when I have to get a new device and I can't use TomTom with it. I will be updating my maps soon because it's just worth it.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] jayr04:
I've had Garmin XT installed for only about a week. It does what it should. I wish it had TTS though. Telenav had TTS but I didn't like the fees since I got Garmin for free. :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] cdguider:
OK You wanna go to war, I take you to war

I will begin this week testing the major Windows Mobile GPS Applications.

I will start first by testing: Garmin Mobile XT for Windows Mobile, Ver. 5.00.20w

and the latest TomTom for Windows Mobile

I will begin posting the results of Garmin tomorrow

Soundoff - Which other GPS Navigation Software should I test ?

You Choose
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] shawndh:
What I want to know is can Garmin XT really be copied to another card. I've heard in the past that it can but it's supposed to be locked to the card. Can someone verify?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] cdguider:
At Midnight EST

Everyone will find out.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] aragorn771:
It is possible to install garmin xt to your own sd card. I've been using it for about 3 weeks now since I don't want to pay telenav $9.99 a month. But I miss hearing the street names.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Curtis8:
How about Telus Navigator, Google Maps, amAze GPS, and navit.

I doubt they will stack up to Garmin or TT7 but they cost less (minus Telus Nav) and may as well be tested. We could be surprised :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Bright.Light:
Try iGO8 - it works great on our TP2

Garmin XT has so many bugs I don't use it anymore, so everyone has his own favourite.

btw: Used Garmin for cycling...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] computerpro3:
Garmin can definitely be copied onto another SD card. I've been using it on my 8gb for a while now and I love it. I really do miss TTS though.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] credinho:
What about those screen shots???:D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] cdguider:
Hard time finding screen shot software

Having trouble getting screen shot software to work with the Touch Pro 2,

Garmin Winds, Hands Down,
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Curtis8:
How about a digital camera shot of the phone? Or would that not work well enough?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] cdguider:
Give me some time

Give me some time, I will get some softwre that will work and take screenshots for TP2,

I will test everything listed

Need more time, Not going to put a date on this, however, I will keep up with the thread.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Curtis8:
Ok, sounds great. I look forward to reading your reviews. If I find other solutions, shall I list them?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] jessiethe3rd:
I'm a Garmin XT user...

And I like Garmin XT for its simplicity - I don't need a bunch of 3D buildings and wasteful processor cycles for very needless eye candy.

With that said, I have not used iGo8 or TomTom - I'm a simple Garmin Mobile XT user. I can use Garmin XT while listening to music in my car without a skip... that is what's important to me.

Screenshots as requested...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] gregorypleau:
I run Garmin XT on my phone, on my own 16GB card, as I have for years. Something to note - you can update the maps from other Garmin products as well.

Some of the issues I have with the OTHER GPS programs is the tendency to be very Europe-centric. TomTom 7 does not appear to offer North America maps, though I believe people are using TomTom 6 maps. Nav N Go iGO8 looks interesting, but having a map of Paris does me no good in Toronto, Canada.

Come to think of it .... ARE there any (non Networks in Motion TELUS Navigator type $10/month) Text to Speech options for Canada?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Sleuth255:
I have a company TomTom PNA for use in the US. Europe/Mexico/Portions of SA and Austraila are available for the PDA version and I use these when travelling. I'm hoping that if they see enough people using the trial maps then TT will see fit to release another US/Canada PDA series. Still don't understand why they cut NA out of the PDA maps.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Sleuth255:
When you bring up TomTom home and press "Maps" what map areas do you see?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] aadadams:
It says "no items available". BTW The download you made available of the BT fixed version of TT is only available for premium accounts. Can you post it to a mirror?

EDIT1: I managed to get the BT fixed version downloaded. I now get a message about there being an invalid version of TT on my device. I was so content with TT. I fear having to move to another company, learning curve.... I would love to get this fixed...

EDIT2: I just bought OCN8. I'm tired of fighting to buy a product that the company obviously does not want me to use... Thanks anyway Sleuth!!

EDIT3: It shipped! I hope this is software can provide a decent experience with the features I need.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] bowserb:
This thread has outlasted some products!

I have a new AT&T HTC Tilt2, aka T7377. Looking for a nav program alternative to AT&T's $10 a month. Came across this thread with references to Garmin and Tom Tom. As I check their websites, it appears that those companies no longer offer products for Windows Mobile devices. One of them--I forget which--still offers a nav program for iphone, though.

Copilot 8 has good professional reviews but not so good from US users, with out of date maps being the primary complaint.

Nav N Go IGO 8 has good reviews, but I cannot find reference on their site to any US or North America map support.

A possibly new player, NDrive USA, is listed under What's New in the AT&T HTC Tilt 2 "Marketplace" for $30. When I looked up their website, it appears that this is another Euro-based company, which may have the same US map shortfalls as others I've read about on this thread.

I also noticed that the person who started this thread planning to do reviews, is out of touch until the end of April 2010.

Oh well. I bought a SDHC card with 8GB just in case.

Later.

Bill
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Sergio76:
Best Navigation Igo8 by far in any aspect. Looks and performance. Garmin XT good for Smartphones. TomTom fingers down. This is my opinion. Test them all :D
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] pdong:
I use iGuidance and I love it. :(
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] erikdeviking:
Can you just use it or do you have to shift oyu sd card al the time? if not can you coppy the app to you own sd card?

kind regards
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Telek:
Are you sure that Garmin isn't selling Garmin Mobile XT anymore?

http://www8.garmin.com/mobile/smartphones/

The page still exists, but trying to purchase brings you to a 404 error redirected from an "out of stock" page. Could it just be that they're out of stock and their store has a hiccup?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] antoine_32:
My vote goes to Garmin Mobile XT, accurate when searching for an address, nice interface ( better than tomtom). I tried TomTom but it were not accurate at all.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] DeathmonkeyGTX:
Ok. I just talked to humans over the phone at Garmin and TomTom. Garmin no longer supports/updates Garmin Mobile XT, and TomTom doesn't do their PDA version in NA anymore. Over at TPB there is a user called Restrected, and he's how I've been getting Garmin Mobile XT. I don't have major quibbles with it aside from a little lag. I've changed several GPS registry settings, and that improved the lag a good bit. Anyway, I think Garmin is due to release the 2011 map pack soon, and hopefully Restrected will get them/release them to the scene.

I'd love to follow Sergio's advice and use iGO, but I hear the rural North America support is awful, and that's the primary reasoning behind my use of GPS...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] Telek:
well certainly let us know when updates are available!

It's very strange - sales of standalone GPS units are dropping because of all the integrated stuff, so thus Garmin and TomTom should cut out a section where they have 0 cost and entirely profit. Hmmm!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] taze:
wanted to buy garmin or tomtom and unable to. can someone pm me if they can 'help'.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] HRQ.SLV:
My vote goes for NDrive.

It works nice and the default POI's are very complete.

Althought i don't know how's the US map coverage. :o

More here:

http://www.ndriveweb.com/
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] EclipseX:
hey ppl, do you already try the NDrrive.......software mades in portugal =), thats really good and fantastic.....and if you want it, you can put maps on real images of the cenario and 3d maps