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[HTC Excalibur] istosevski:
Tested

Tested!

And...

Success!

It works...

Since it is nowhere near finished ill mention only the cool things...

D-pad works and all of the other buttons too... (qwerty including)

Amazingly good integration for non touch screen phone... (I could almost imagine using it)

I would played bit more with it but to my biggest disappointment

THE SCREEN IS INTERLACED AND FLASHING(flickering) ALL THE TIME

Tested on MDA Mail

I almost forget: Thanks to all the involved geniuses...

I still can't believe it works, simply amazing
[HTC Excalibur] aznwannabe358:
woohoo!!!!!!!
[HTC Excalibur] trinidad716:
cant get it to start it fails and takes me to command prompt
[HTC Excalibur] 10507:
Anyone has screenshot of this new Wing Linux?
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Hi,

Thank you for doing this testing... the interlaced screen issue does not happen on my device... maybe there really are different models. I will check this out - it is probably a problem with screen timings. If you want to help, check out the Excalibur forum on the wing-linux forum and try another device profile.... Once I know what other device worked better for you, I can try and support it better within the Excalibur profile.

For other people: there is one main cab to install and then another smaller one to set it up for the Excalibur.

Once again, thank you to all for the help in testing! Next step is working audio and then we can really be on our way ;)
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
What process did you go through exactly... this may be a bug :o can you give me any more info?

Just some points:

it must install to the micro SD, which needs atleast 250+ MB free available

you must install two cabs, the main one and then a little one for the Excalibur

in theory, if you do get to a command prompt, you can log in and use linux to start android.

Login is as follows:

username: root

password: wing
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Sorry, no screenshots as yet. But it runs Android Cupcake, and pretty fast too (for an old phone). Really, this project is going somewhere, and Android is very usable on the device with such a great keyboard.

Perhaps a very techy person could make a little video? ;)

All you need is an micro SD card, may be 30minutes and being prepared to pull your battery when you're done...

If you're a linux programmer, that'd be cool too.. I desperately need info on how to reset the Excalibur in software :confused:

Cheers
[HTC Excalibur] Guitar100:
Which is the main one....i found the small one for excalibur...
[HTC Excalibur] istosevski:
This is how it looks like on my MDA Mail

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vk3myrxh-5g
[HTC Excalibur] rafaelgsm:
is functional??? thanks in advance!! ;)
[HTC Excalibur] rafaelgsm:
tested by me... crashes when incoming call... best than anothers versions... progress is notorious , thanks in advance
[HTC Excalibur] zeritooverride:
I cant get it to work, I installed both cabs to my card and when I launch it all I get is different colors shifting on the screen :S
[HTC Excalibur] johnnylavah:
HUGE progress!
[HTC Excalibur] Jamdat33:
How long did it take you guys on first boot?
[HTC Excalibur] drnayeem:
hello geniuses,

Does any one have an idea abt how to feed in the APN in this version of android, so that we can have a feel of the browser.

Please Help....
[HTC Excalibur] idinaxui:
wow great work! the screen is flickering and is interlaced mode, but it's pretty nice and works! I could not make a call, but sent sms from messaging. keep going!
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
So the screen was rotated the wrong way too? Interesting... I see it then fixes itself.

Ok, I will check this out some more - it really seems there is variation in the Excalibur hardware
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Check this out... it may help:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=554479

Most of the setup details apply for the Excalibur too ;)

APN details for many networks are here:

http://www.androidonhtc.com/carrier_network_settings
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Here they are: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wing-linux/files/

You'll need the wing-linux-0.4pre4-rootfs.cab file and the excalibur one

Install the rootfs one to your storage card first, then the Excalibur one, also to the storage card. Goto start menu, and run wing-linux
[HTC Excalibur] dermann:
follow your instructions here, but i can't get past the part where you see all those words flying by.
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Did your device get as far as the blue install program that asks you to set up the partition?
[HTC Excalibur] dermann:
here's what it says where it stops. any idea?

debug xxx
quiet xxx
psplash=false xxx false
loglevel=7 xxx 7
init=/sbin/init xxx /sbin/init
console=tty0 xxx tty0
video=omapfb:accel xxx omapfb:accel
fbcon=rotate:3 xxx rotate3
gsm-wizard.noreset=1 xxx 1
gsm-wizard.noload=1 xxx 1
android:rotate_ccw xxx
4 xxx
root=/dev/loop xxx /dev/loop
looproot=/dev/mmcblk0p1:/linux//rootfs.img
mg xxx /dev/mmcblk0p1 on mmcblk0p1
loopback setup /linux//roots.img (of
fset 0)
mounting /dev/loop0 on /mnt/loop0
mkdir: Cannot create directory /mnt/loo
p0' : File exists
mount: Mounting /dev/loop0 on /mnt/loop0
failed: Invalid argument
initramfs: Loading /initrd.d/85-blockboo
t.sh module
switch_root: bad newroot /mnt/loop0
Kernel panic - not sycing: Attempted to
kill int!
[HTC Excalibur] dermann:
didn't see anything like that.
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Strange... I'd try to delete the whole thing and re-install
[HTC Excalibur] dermann:
did that twice, still a no go.
[HTC Excalibur] Jbazt_katuforzs:
happened to me too... what did i do?

go to my filemanager delete the linux folder in the storage card and reinstall the 2 cabs. works like a charm. it happens to me when i aborted the creation or partion by removing the batterry. fixed it by reinstalling
[HTC Excalibur] dermann:
ah thank you this worked.

EDIT!!! ok i like this, i think it has promise... but it still needs some work. here's what keeps unexpectedly stopping.

Dialer

Contacts

Camera

Music

the Calendar just won't open, no unexpected stop warning.

the Camcorder wants to work but eventually says none responsive.

the Gallery opens up for a second then closes.

Wallpaper wants to load it keeps trying.

Wi-Fi unable to turn on.

Bluetooth doesn't turn on.

and when your writing a message, the numbers are on the other side of the keypad. 1 is y, 2 u, 3 i, 4 h, 5 j, 6 k, 7 b, 8 n, 9 m,0 : and ;, # t, * 9.

and i have no idea how to take some shortcuts off my home screen, don't know where that setting is.
[HTC Excalibur] drnayeem:
Thanks a zillion, for this but the settings dont seem to be saved ....
[HTC Excalibur] muzip:
I installed winglinux and and succeeded in running it. Keyboard, screen size, fonts, desktop, menus are all functioning. I didn't see any flickering issue. It detected my gsm line, but I couldn't make any calls, the dialer app didn't work. Contacts didn't work either. The responsiveness of the menus and animations were better than I expected, considering that we are starting this on top of windows. One last thing, I couldn't exit from winglinux, it got stuck at the power off screen.
[HTC Excalibur] drnayeem:
GPRS Settings

Hi There,

I still dont seem to get things goin, with gprs settings,

i try to enter the settings and save but they dont seem to get saved the APN still seem to be blank ....

Kindly Help
[HTC Excalibur] LiverpoolFCfan:
On my S620 I also get the blurred blue and white lines. I am guessing that it is the partitioning application that is on screen sideways with a bad resolution.

What are the key presses to get past this partition setup to see if it gets itself back on track after that step ?

EDIT: So it is definitely the partitioning application ! I pressed the action key, and the screen changed, then blanked out. When I pulled the battery and restarted, the Storage Card was blank - it had been formatted. Obviously that is why the install could not continue.

So, if someone can provide the key sequence for the Partitioning app, I will try again to see if it goes further.
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Actually if you leave it running, it should go further by itself, as it is also designed for devices without a keyboard or even a working touchscreen. But it can take a while, certainly allow 10-15 minutes if need be. Furthermore, this doesn't actually partition the card, it just creates a big file that it uses as a partition. So it really shouldn't format the card.
[HTC Excalibur] LiverpoolFCfan:
OK. Clearing the Storage Card, and will try again. I'll let it sit for a while longer and see what happens. Thanks.
[HTC Excalibur] Guitar100:
Mines been sitting with blue/purple screen for 30 minutes now.
[HTC Excalibur] LiverpoolFCfan:
Adding a timeline to enlighten others who might try ...

1:44 Started

1:44 scrolling text then blurred blue and white screen ...

1:48 blue and white screen disappeared - now blank (but backlit)

1:52 ... still blank ...

1:55 ... still blank, patience getting stretched ...

1:58 ... still blank, back cover is off ... holding off pulling the battery, but only just ...

2:02 ... still nothing. Time to make a cup of coffee ...

2:07 ... damn fine cup of coffee ... but still blank ...

2:15 Its been 30 minutes. I'm calling it. Time of death 2:15 !

Just before pulling battery I press down key. Screen comes on, but all blurred. However, seems like it is running.

Based on the Youtube video posted earlier in the thread, it would appear that the screen is still in Portrait mode (sideways).

If I press left and right, the screen colours change matching the screens that are shown in the Youtube. However, as mentioned. Screen is sideways, and nothing can be read.

Resolution appears to be off.

For what is't worth my model is EXCA200 made in Taiwan.
[HTC Excalibur] Guitar100:
I tried it again,but stays with blue/purple screen,even after 45 minutes
[HTC Excalibur] trinidad716:
tried it again after a fresh install it just wont work for me it stops at white letters and goes to a prompt every time. could it be an issue with the ookba's win mo 6.5?

should i empty out my storage card?
[HTC Excalibur] techonsteroids:
Mine works like a dream................

may i know what have u done ?

And did it ask you about the memory ......... in the typical Linux screen ?
[HTC Excalibur] techonsteroids:
Its defiantly not Evo coz am runnin the same and works fine ..........

U can defiantly try formating the card ..............
[HTC Excalibur] CacoPelao:
huge improvement!!!

really nice.

It crashes when trying to get into the phone, but everything else works great.
[HTC Excalibur] Guitar100:
I installed the wing-linux-0.4pre4-rootfs.cab file first on storage card,then the Excalibur one on the storage card.Then hit start/wing linux then a haret version 0.5.2 window pops up.It say,launch a script file.In A box says default.txt,next to that,a box that says run.I hit run,i get a lot of letters scrolling, then the screen turns different colors.The last color is blue/purple and stays that way for over 45 minutes.So,i reset by taking battery out.
[HTC Excalibur] yggdrasil:
Hol F it works.

I had just been messing with G1 last week so I rooted it and got a bit familiar (it was my bosses phone, needed native exchange support, and it worked).

Anyway I ran it and it works.

Unzip the downloaded file extract the excalibur.cab and the rootfs.cab. put them on your memory card.

From the phone run the rootfs.cab

then run the excalibur.cab

it will ask you for some info about the partition size (the number pad doesnt work on the dash)

then it will do its install.

be carefull what you click because it doesn't all work.

I wish it had some sort of terminal. it would be very usefull (to halt it if nothing else).

truly amazing.
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Hi,

A terminal is available under "Developer Tools" in Android. Otherwise, you can SSH into it from your PC. Or start in run level 3 :)
[HTC Excalibur] yggdrasil:
Root fro mthe terminal

if you go to the terminal emulator under dev tools

the keyboard mapping is kind of funny.

type /bin/su -

wich is <alt3>bin<alt3>su <alt6>

enter

password is wing.

Ill try sshing into the phone, I was using this on my test phone and it doesnt have a valid sim in it so i didnt have the data plan on.
[HTC Excalibur] trinidad716:
got it to work! looks great, very limited but it runs fast, and there was no flickering on my end. the key mapping can be tweaked but all in all its a very cool project!
[HTC Excalibur] Guitar100:
I extract the two files,put on the storage card.Now,when i install,do i install in "device" or storage card?
[HTC Excalibur] yggdrasil:
Alawys on the card

on the card please.

Its in the readme in the zip file too. teaches you how to put them on thier own partition for speed, I havnt checked that out.
[HTC Excalibur] Guitar100:
Yeah....i installed on card;just checking.I tried 2 more times....NADA..Nothing!
[HTC Excalibur] drnayeem:
Hi There,

Has anyone got Gprs started on android ...

Please lemme know how to set the APN ....

Thanks
[HTC Excalibur] yggdrasil:
Guitar100

Check the filesystem on that microsdcard. I just happend to have a 1gig laying around that was not being used so I used that.

Format it and then do the reinstall and see what happens.
[HTC Excalibur] mgarridoe:
Thank you

Hi uccellino I had followed all your work as posted in the Wing Linux Forums and I am impressed with your amazing work in this port.

Congrats
[HTC Excalibur] Guitar100:
Thanks Yggdrasil......I`m give it a shot
[HTC Excalibur] drnayeem:
Hey ...

Please Please.... someone help me out with the APN

The settings dont seem to be saved .....
[HTC Excalibur] aznwannabe358:
if we could get the gprs to work that would be cool, then we could use the browser. good work geniuses
[HTC Excalibur] yggdrasil:
apns

the apns are located in /system/etc/apns-conf.xml
[HTC Excalibur] drnayeem:
thanks a lot...will try to save it there thanks once again
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Truth be known, I've done very little for the port :o But I hope to stir up enough interest to get it going. The people over at Wing-Linux, especially darkstar62, are really great. So if you think you can contribute in some way, whether it be research, coding, testing, promoting... please do ;)
[HTC Excalibur] yggdrasil:
Call for cookers.

Would somone who cooks be willing to make me a stripped down version of wm6.1 that only has theharet loader and usbstoreage app on it? so that I can get some quicker reboots?

Or what is the consensus on the fastest loading rom for excalibur.

Thanks.
[HTC Excalibur] drnayeem:
will android dash be just a dream ?

Hey all,

The last time i visited wing linux page,

i came across discussions regarding using Ubuntu MID version as a OS base, which is feature rich but not very well suited for our dash.

Does that mean .... android dash will just be a dream ?
[HTC Excalibur] ghostwheel:
dialer and contacts don't work

Hi!

That is amazing!

Did anyone get the dialer and contacts apps to work?

I get an error saying something like

adroid.process.acore stopped
[HTC Excalibur] ssj3g0ku:
i get the same :P
[HTC Excalibur] stelleg:
Anyone get Error:

Haret is not running in 'system' mode.

Major functionality will not be present.

Specs:

T-Mobile Dash.

Windows Mobile 6 Standard

CE OS 5.2.1236 (Build 17741.0.2.1)

Radio Version 4.1.13.61_03.21.90

RIL Version 2.002

Any help much appreciated. Downloading arm toolchain now to start hacking haret code.
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Is your device application unlocked?
[HTC Excalibur] lmfeguo:
haha

I am on the try
[HTC Excalibur] stelleg:
That was the problem, thanks. Running now. Phone crashes, messaging crashes, gprs not working. Recognises T-Mobile and signal strength though.
[HTC Excalibur] johnnylavah:
anyone still following this? if so, what is the latest?
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Now 0.4.1 is available, which is running a newer Angstrom Linux distribution and the 2.6.25 kernel with Android 1.5r4. It seems a bit faster maybe, but doesn't really add any features at this stage. More help is needed, but progress is being made ;)
[HTC Excalibur] Vonrottes:
Might have to give it a go.

The interface kinda reminds me of Gentoo.
[HTC Excalibur] rafaelgsm:
keep alive this post please dont leave die the post... everybody must help for development of android version for excalibur ;):D
[HTC Excalibur] #2!:
Awesome:):):)
[HTC Excalibur] garcia8479:
i liked it :D cant wait for future development on this ...keep the great work up!
[HTC Excalibur] Vonrottes:
Wow, pretty nice..

Couldnt figure out how to setup the 5.99 proxy...(im not Net smart..lol)

but this could turn out as a VERY nice OS replacement...and it was ALOT faster then i though..

Seeing as it runs from the SD and its on an older phone
[HTC Excalibur] smjfosho:
can themes be installed on this?
[HTC Excalibur] Pierrot Lunaire:
I was wondering how you people installed this exactly.

I downloaded the 0.4.2 version. Installed the big .cab file on the SD card then the small Excalibur .cab file also on the SD although I did install these files on a SD card with other stuff on it. However it has a lot of free space on it, it's 2GB card.

What happens when I try to run this thing is that it shows this Haret thing with a RUN button referring to some txt file. I click the RUN button. It says booting LINUX, shows a few text lines on a black screen and then just shows weird different white screens with weird lines, eventually just freezing like that...

Any ideas?
[HTC Excalibur] #2!:
Try it again and if it does the same then give it another try. I remember it did the same thing with me the first time. And still does it periodically when I try to run it. If it never works for you try a different SD card or format the one your using.
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
You don't by any chance have a replacement LCD installed? There have been some issues with different LCD types floating around for the Excalibur that have been creating problems.

Asides from that, everything should work. Also, try connecting any logging in through the USB port. If you install drivers for it on your PC, this should allow you to see if the OS is working.
[HTC Excalibur] smjfosho:
id like to help develop this, doesnt anyone know who i can contact about this?
[HTC Excalibur] yuanyao:
it just can send sms。but the phone and sound can not work

thanks for giving a special experience。

it just can send sms。but the phone and sound can not work yet 。i can not input Chinese too。
[HTC Excalibur] uccellino:
Hi, check out the Wing Linux site here. There are forums there too, see here.

If you have any specific questions, feel free to post there (or here too). Maybe I can help too ;) I can explain how to set up the build environment etc if you need help with that.
[HTC Excalibur] Thebean1615:
Really excited to see where this goes! Keep up the awesome work guys!!
[HTC Excalibur] Vonrottes:
I cannot wait for this to be fully functional on the S620.

After the unveiling of Windows phone 7 series....i dont want to use WM anymore :rolleyes:

but I don't have the money for a new phone:(
[HTC Excalibur] youngdaddytc:
lol, i know the feeling ;-)
[HTC Excalibur] sjaglin:
Still Live?

Hi,

Hi gave winglinux a shot on my newly acquired Excalibur and indeed it looks promessing. I am not sure if the project branch for this device is still live as there are no new posts on their forum since 2009 (for the HTC 620),

Stef
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Maybe if you PM ucellino? And see if he still working on this project. Also in this last page there are some guys that were working on it.
[HTC Excalibur] #2!:
Maybe we should pull out our wallets and see if that lights a fire under someone to get this going;).
[HTC Excalibur] darkstar62:
Fear not, the project is still going. We're just at a bit of a standstill right now. We've got about as much hardware working as we easily can, and developers to get the other hardware working have been sparse and busy, so things have been slow. Latest efforts have been towards getting all our changes upstreamed into Linus's kernel and slowly working towards a decent Eclair build.

Sadly, we don't have very many developers on the project, and the few we do have are very busy with their life and have little time to contribute. More developer participation is always welcomed, especially for Android development.

- d
[HTC Excalibur] woninow:
blackjack2 is testing,but i think it would not be succssed,because its' cpu is arm926,not omap, is there someone successed on blackjack2?
[HTC Excalibur] kyajfx:
can you give me a direct link to download the file and write instructions of instalation:confused:
[HTC Excalibur] galass:
use THIS

Current Release

The latest release is 0.4.2. Installation of Wing Linux is a snap -- Simply install the CAB file into Windows Mobile and you're good to go! Get it at http://sourceforge.net/project/platformdownload.php?group_id=253356

Installation

The following is the normal installation procedure and does not require any manual

partitioning. It will install Wing Linux to a filesystem image residing on your

fat32-formatted SD card.

1) Download the latest Wing Linux Zip file and unzip it

2) Install the wing-linux-[version]-rootfs.cab file to your phone (either directly or using

ActiveSync). Ensure you install it to Storage Card (not internal memory) -- it won't run

anywhere else.

3) Now, install the .cab file for your phone. Without this, Wing Linux will not work. Remember

to install it to storage card as well.

4) Click on Start -> Programs -> Wing Linux to start

5) Follow the on screen instructions. First bootup takes a long time -- please

be patient.
[HTC Excalibur] dark_prince:
as far as i know, wing linux is successful to run on OMAP850 only. your is ARM9 CPU
[HTC Excalibur] HTC_Phone:
How is this on the dash? Anyone installed and used succesfully?
[HTC Excalibur] C0dy:
In my opinion, it's just something to experiment with. Most things force close, so it's not for every day use.
[HTC Excalibur] Romp:
Android looks awesome on this phone, and for an OS running completely off the SD card, performance is pretty darn good. Shame so little works right now. I would love to test more of it.

Every day I am just amazed at how great this little phone is. Now I get a chance to mess around with a completely new OS on it. How cool is that?! :)
[HTC Excalibur] zladiator:
i have tried and has full of bugs!!!!!!! Omg
[HTC Excalibur] 2rz_taco_sr5:
anyone else havi the same problems as me.... i cant get it to run i install the cab files first the root then the excal one and when i open and select ok on the default what page it goes to a dos looking screen and there is some dots then 4 or so lines of text then the screen fades into white and then a bunch of other colors.... ?????
[HTC Excalibur] Mr. Clown:
Remember that this stills under development, so bugs will be common.
[HTC Excalibur] MidJ971:
Works Fine

Its works fine for me :D full french version a few bugs though

I think the Excalibur deserve Android instead of WinMo ;)
[HTC Excalibur] Mikeysm21:
Boot and run, but stuck!

Ive mangaged to boot android, but it says that the simcard is locked, and i can input my pin, but can't seem to find how to accept it. I can type it all out, but i'm stuck from there :|

This might sound like a stupid question but i can't seem to work it haha.

But, from what i've seen this look very very nice on the excalibur and im really impressed to have it (nearly) running!
[HTC Excalibur] Mikeysm21:
Opps.

In hindsight, that was a stupid question as the accept was just below the view of the screen.

But, this is incredibley impressive, the graphics are really nice, and altough there are a lot of bugs which is understandable, this is great work.

It would be really nice to see more development on it as this is a project that is really worth putting some time into.

A big thank you to all the people who have designed this!
[HTC Excalibur] Grkfrk1234:
I dont want to sound like a newb, but i am... I just installed this and figured it would run as if it was a theme ontop of my windows... Did I just erase everything on my old ROM and how do I take it off?

Thanks a lot

My Bad:::::: I just read the first page and removed the battery... As for the android, it's a pretty good looking ROM so far, should be interesting to see where it goes