yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] djkoa:
Important questions and issues

Hi my friends. As u all know...i project some 6.5 ROMs....and some still working very well :) But I became a huge fan of android. And I'm kind a noob on this. Here my questions:

1. I manage to make partitions on SD. Thats not a issue for me. But how to install android after? Will it recognize? Is there any sample of default.txt for in order to use these partitions?

2. Is there any way to change SPL from WM to the recover SPL of android? Did anyone did this?

3. Did anyone manage to put NDrive on this? I try many forums and never manage. Still....I manage to put it on a original Tattoo. So I believe is a OS issue ( i tried already several 1.6 and eclairs ). PS - For me a OS without a offline gps system is a big fail...

4. Is there any change of apply themes as in original android? (I try cmupdate apk...but didnt work)

5. Finally...Is there anyway to take this blue selection color and restore to green one :) It doesnt look good...really :))

6. How to put ADB working? What is the driver that should show on devices under windows? I try all combinations and nothing. Cant use ADB.

PS - On the HERO version of this (the 1.6) Camera is working fine at least to take pictures. If failing here the trick: Open cam...Press off....then press on and wait 3 seconds....then unlock the screen...and camera is working :) Of course a bit dark but working :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] enatefox:
djkoa, progress on a flashable ROM is here.

themes don't work from other phones. You can use Stericson's MetaMorph app or check around for themes we've made (like my thread here with howtos).

The camera won't work until it's compiled for Eclair. The latest we've got is for Donut. I fail at it but if I manage to do it you can bet most images here will include it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] riceboyler:
Just as a note, I partitioned my SD card and finally got Android to install to it last night. I'm finding that the Paragon route doesn't work very reliably, but ubuntu did the trick!

It is absolutely astounding how much better it performs when installed to its own partition. Much more stable, much quicker, much more usable!

Great work polyrhythmic (and all others helping)!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JM-PDA:
Hello Riceboyler,

Glad to hear that performance and stability a much better on partitioned SD Card. Partitioning my SD card is my next move.

However, I was planning on using Paragon. What was it about Paragon that did not work for you? I will be using these instructions: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=512873

Thanks for your help!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
I had issues with Paragon, it was clumsy and I kept getting errors or wrong sizes on my partitions; most likely user error, but... Using Ubuntu is very easy and worked perfectly; plus it is Linux. Here are the steps:

1. First, download Ubuntu (free download of a linux OS).

2. Burn the ISO image to a cd. (ImgBurn or Ashampoo are free solutions).

3. BACKUP everything from your microSD (partitioning will wipe your card clean).

4. Once that is done, place the CD in your computer and reboot.

5. It'll start up asking you to select a lanuage. Pick one (probably english).

6. Choose "Try Ubuntu without installing to your computer" (make sure you pick this option so you don't go installing Ubuntu to your computer). It'll load Ubuntu on your computer temporarily.

[my steps]

7. Plug in the sdcard

8. Once the system mounts it, right clicked the drive and unmounted it.

9. Then click [system --> administration --> Disk Utility]

10. Using disk utility delet the Fat32 Partition

11. Created a new Fat32, and two EXT2 partitions

12. Once created, mount all 3 partitions [edit] only if it does not automatically remount them

13. Then formatted each one again (Right clock on the drive).

Reformating was most likely not needed, but it worked. Plus when you use Ubuntu you can access the Ext2 patritions and move files around on them.

Check out the original how-to to here: http://androidaccess.com/index.php?topic=12.0
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] aurelieng:
I guess step 12 can be skipped :)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] fattiboy:
?????

hi,.,....

is it tytn2 theme

i still did not get it,.,.,....

;(
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JM-PDA:
Optimal EXT2 partition sizes?

Hello j101399j,

I appreciate your pointers above.

Is there an optimal size for each of the EXT2 partitions?

I have an 8Gb SD card, do I have plenty of space.

Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JacenSolo2001:
Any word on the libaudio.so for working microphone, etc?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
I think the readme says 128MB for eaxh Ext2; however my system.ext2 and data.img files are always large so I use 260MB for each of the Ext2 partitions. You don't need much since everything will be contained in the size of the file.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mcek12:
GSM data problem

Hi all,

I'v successfully installed eclair on partitioned SD card and I'm unable to enable data over GSM. It didn;t work with predefined APN for my operator (included in eclair) and I'v also tryied to creta new APN with correct parameters without success (modem application doesn't help)...

Is possible to debug it somehow? Or to see some detailed log? So you have any idea what can be cause of such behaviour?

Radio: 1.71.09.01, ROM: eOS 4.888.FiRe WWE

Michael
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] smoky-jr:
Android Hebrew

I have a request, can you please add these fonts to system folder so I can read and write Hebrew.

thx.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
A quick way for you to do this is by using the method below to change your system.img to a system.ext2 file. The system.ext2 file can be mounted and the system folder can be edited. That way you can add your files to this image until the next one is released.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] NayOn:
Exchange Server and VPN are acessible - ?

Hi All,

This is my first look at the Android ROM so before flashing it will be useful know:

1. Does this ROM sync with MS Exchange Server (contacts, calendar, mails)?

2. Does this ROM support VPN connections?

Thank you,

Andrey
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] riceboyler:
Contacts and mail, yes. I can't get the calendar to sync.

Not sure about this one, but I know the settings are there. I just haven't tried them.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] enatefox:
mcek12, I don't have a data plan so I can't exactly help you but who's your carrier? You said you tried to manually edit I'm guessing in Haret's default.txt? Did you try the APN XML file in /system/etc? I believe that is strictly the one used nowadays. As far as I know the modem app is also deprecated.

smoky-jr, I looked at the fonts and they seem to be English. So maybe it's safe to just put them over the existing ones and it will include Hebrew? I'll test it but you said you know what to do with them. One thing you can do right away however is to symlink them over the existing ones. Symlinks are nature's goodness and they will override the existing files.

ln -s /sdcard/hebrewfonts/xxx.ttf /system/usr/keylayout/xxx.ttf

for each file and it should just work. But you may need a reboot or edit the /init file to do that at bootup-- I believe the fonts are cached at boot time. Let me know though if you try it; I'm interested in how that works out.

j101399j, thanks for the thread bump. The app I made is for noobs, the real core is in the update.sh I wrote. If you (anybody) pick it apart (I've left so many comments in it you should have no problem) you can see how to make an EXT2 image from any SQSH.

NayOn, I believe native Exchange support should already be available. Can't vouch for VPN though.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] LyfSkills:
Is there anyway to use the default android skin instead of this dark theme? I can't figure out how to.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Yaantra:
Need Help with (after) partitioning SD

Ok as per instructions a few posts above (by enatefox) i created 3 partitions on my SD card (2 x 260MB ext2 + 1 x 3.4GB FAT32) from ubuntu. Then, per poly's instructions (readme.txt) placed all files in the SD root (FAT32 partition). Then i ran Haret... Booting begins but stops half way... (Failed to mount SD card. Cannot ontinue)

Am i doing something wrong?

If certain files eed to be placed in the 1st ext2, certain in 2nd ext2 and rest in FAT32 prior to running Haret, would someone please direct me as to how that would be done? I mean, which files go where, etc...

I have really begun to enjoy Android and hope to run a little more stable version for everyday use.

Thanks in advance for your help!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] the-nj:
battery...

ya ihave to say that i really like that build...

but the battery sucks...i charged it the whole night so thats it had 100 % in the morning...and at 6 pm my phone turned off and that it was...

i did not use gps or wifi or even data...just called 3 times...and wrote several texts...

si id say that should be improved before i can seriously switch to and android build...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] aurelieng:
To solve your battery problem, you can have a look at:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5321160&postcount=822

It works for me, at least most of the time.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] djkoa:
Thanks friend! :) I will try to give my best contribution also...thanks again!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kr4zyc1d:
Nand

Hey everyone. Quick question. I have been considering using this build in Nand for a few days now. I have been using it off of the SD card for a while and it seems fairly stable. I was curious though as to if once I flash it and wipe windows mobile, what happens if someone updates the system files or rootfs files or what not, and how do I make those changes to my phone. I sort of understand the process to doing the Nand flash, and read the thread about it over at: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=603508 However, it doesnt discuss updating procedures, let alone if this build is capable of working with Nand!!! I am assuming it is because I have seen some people talk about it here. If anyone could possibly go into a little more detail about this whole process and perhaps make it sound a little better that would be awesome. Especially things like what to do with the SD card afterward, and where I can store files and what not. This sounds very exciting, but I don't want to ruin my phone, and I want to be able to keep up with all updates and exciting things! Great work again, this build seems pretty good, however I might flash 1.6 for the time being with the whole battery/sleep issue until that is worked out, at which point I would like to put that on my phone!

Thanks again for all of the help, feel free to PM me with instructions and what not.

Matt
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
@Yaantra; I had the same problem. Go back into Ubuntu and check that the Ext2 partitions are formatted in Ext2 and the that Fat32 is partition first (do that in disk utility). I had the same issue and it was becasue I had the Ext2 partitions made first (I think) and one of them was partitioned as Ext2 but formatted as Fat32 :( opps. Go back and make sure the partitions are Fat32 first then try again and when you right click on the partitons to format them watch for the type of format.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] reiteravi:
since this rom is rooted:

put the fonts in a folder in sd card

download from market EStrongs File Explorer

run the EStrongs File Explorer and in settings select root explorer

than select mount file system and voiala u can copy the font file onto the original files

i.e. to /system/fonts folder

just to save u linux typing...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] smoky-jr:
When I try to do

"su

mouont -o remount,rw /system"

He says "no such file or directory"

what i'm doing worng?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
Interesting, I'll have to try

Sorry, it is mount, not mouont. I'll go fix that typo

Try this

su
mount -o remount,rw /system
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JeckyllHavok:
Download Droid Sans Tweak tools from the market, with that app you can easy remount the system as rw.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] the-nj:
okay...since there seemes to be something to make the battery last longer

AND

my phone hang up so i would have to reinstall everything and restore every contact and email

i decided to be back again and give the anroid another chance...

so i would love to somehow help in any way to improve the android build...

i dont know how right now but if theres anything to be tested or whatever...

i would love to try...

especially when its about the camera or the image thumbnails...xD

and i have 3 partitions on my sd card and use a swap and swapper...but i dont know but that doesnt improve the speed of anything...

and by the time its getting filled up more and more...but with nothing...at least i have that feeling...

so is there any way to manually MAKE apps to use swap instead or the ram...?

oh and does anyone know if theres any way to transfer data between android and linux ubuntu 9.10?

thanks so far...

nick
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] polyrhythmic:
Those of you who want to debug, or to transfer data between Linux and Android you need adb. enatefox's adb tools can be found in here if you don't want the whole SDK. Lots of tutorials on the net about adb.

I'm working on porting the camera driver for Eclair, it shouldn't be much longer now. Exchange calendar sync is coming in the next build as well. I've got the AOSP Eclair source so the next release may be custom from source. If I can get Eclair built stable from source I'll release themed and non-themed versions. Thanks again to my supporters, I'm busy as ever but progress is being made!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Biglittlewhateva:
Sounds great! I've been using this build for a bit now, and it's awesome. Can't wait to see what you release next. I prefer this to WinMo any day. :eek:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] bteljuice:
I know I am gonna get a lot of bashing and flashing for this.

Its my first time with Android and I cant for the life of me get it to run on my friend's kaiser.

I read this http://www.androidonhtc.com/kaiser:install over and over.

After putting everything on SD, I changed Default-Kaiser.txt to Default.txt.

I also substituted rootfs.img with the one here http://sourceforge.net/projects/androidhtc/.

Am I doing something wrong?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] szymonunion:
Hello,

I rescued my Kaiser from death :) so I could install 09/01 update. New zImage and pm.sleep_mode=1 in STARTUP.txt.

Effects: I am able to turn the screen on with power button, but I am not able to turn it off.

Any ideas?

Regards,
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
@bteljuice; So what happens when you run HaRET, is there an error? Also do you have ALL of the files in the /sdcard/android folder? Depending on what happens and when HaRET stops will help us help you find the issue.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] bteljuice:
Thank you for replying :)

I placed ALL the files on my SD after I format32.

There are 3 txt files (default, kaiser and polaris) in android. I placed ONLY the default-Kaiser.txt and renamed it default.txt. Thats the only modification I did.

Haret is stopping at:

Failed to find system.img on SD Card.

/bin cant access tty: job control turned off

I have the following on my SD:

-Default.txt

-Haret.exe

-initrd.gz

-rootfs.img

-zImage

-conf Folder

-media Folder
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] h0mer:
So you don't have system.sqsh -file, do you? If you downloaded the bundle from the first post you should have it.

Have you placed all those files into /android folder?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] bteljuice:
Hello Homer :)

No, I don't have it as it was not included in the ANDROID folder that I downloaded.

Where can I find this file?

EDIT: So I downloaded the file. Now CMD finished. IT WORKED :D Thanks Homer and j101399j
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] dyetheskin:
does the nand flash method work on kaiser,i read that thread and was flashable for vogue only
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Yaantra:
So please help me get this right... Once i have formatted my SD card, First as FAT32 then in ubuntu as FAT32 and two ext2 partitions (and reformatted by right click as FAT32 and ex2 respectively). Then i place everything (android folder + other files) back in the FAT32 portion of the SD card using ubuntu. After this, i place the SD back in Kaiser, and run Haret.exe --> dfault-s.txt.

What next? per some posts above, i expected to see something prompt me to press the vol.D (LH soft key) and take me through a series of steps to have files distributed to the ex2 partitions. However, this did not happen. Android booted as it normally did from my FAT32 partition... Am i doing something wrong? I will try to reformat my SD card again today and follow the previous instructions.

Please let me know (or point me to the directions) of having this work through the ext2 partitions.

Thanks for all your help.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
Not sure, it sounds like you did everything correct, delete the data.img and try one more time. It asks quickly and only waits a few seconds for a responce. I'll run it again and see what the pree commands are to watch for.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] macgar32:
How is everyone charging their batteries

When I attempt to charge my batteries when the phone goes to sleep it seems to stop charging.

Every time I wake up the phone it does not display charging on the home screen and the icon does not indicate charging.

Am I the only one experiencing this issue.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] ajclai08:
No, your not the only one..this has been a issue for most builds ive tried..try booting android with 99- 100% battery life..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JM-PDA:
I did not realize this was a problem. I have updated my screen setting so that my screen does not go to sleep when the unit is charging.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] StevenHarperUK:
I took me 2 attempts : make sure you are pushing the correct key

The one you want is the SOFT KEY next to your GREEN dial button, its NOT the dial on the side of the phone.

Steve
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Yaantra:
Android hangs on boot

Ok, i apologize if i am asking for too much hand holding... After successfully creating partitions (1xFAT32/3.4GB and 2xExt2/300MB each) i was able t run Haret and get to the point where it asked to press the vol.D (LH soft key). After doing that, it asked to backup data etc... Ok that was done to and Android begins to boot (after pressing "any key to boot") and then hangs. The message that can be partially read reads... "Unable to handle Kernel Null.."

Am i doing something wrong here? How do i proceed?

Thanks in advance for helping!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] dyetheskin:
I did the vold key,i hit again to back it up however it asked to hit it again to wipe data or end key to continue,i figured to not wipe it so i did end and then i got the kit any key to boot, was this right? how can we tell for sure if the partition method works? i assume the system and data files should be gone from the android folder on fat32 partition?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] yunwuzhe:
I can not select ring tones, are always only a quiet one can choose!

I can not select ring tones, are always only a quiet one can choose!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
@Yaantra;

Yep, same here; this happens 5-6 times out of 10 boots. Just keep trying; I know, it sucks. No idea why; there is a post earlier about creatng a debug.txt file, and running the file to find out why, but I have never had a chance to try it becasue when I am in Android, I leave it. Unfortunatuly if it freezes there, reboot, but don't delete the data.img (well it is really on the 3rd partition so you can't). Just let it boot normal and keep trying till it boots. I know it is faster and more stable using gthe Ext2; but I find less crashes during boot when using FAT32 only

Also see below

@dyetheskin;

To check, make sure it did not put the data.img file in the /android folder and that it moved the system.sqsh file out of the /android folder. If the system.sqsh and data.img are still in the /android folder, they did not install to the Ext2 Partitions

@yunwuzhe;

Use Estrong File explorer, hit menu, select settings, and at the bottom, select root view and then mount image (select c.m. type rom) Then you can copy the media folder from the zip folder to your /system/media folder. You will then have ringtones
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] macgar32:
Thanks I will get that a try
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] hexto:
Freakin' Awesome!!! I have a Vogue and this works better and faster than any other build I've tried. I'm running it from NAND and it runs and looks great. Thanks!!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JM-PDA:
Running Vogue from NAND

Hello Hexto,

I am running Polyrythic's Android from my SD Card (1 FAT partition and 2 EXT2 partitions). I am not familiar with "NAND". Did you flash your cell phone?

I am also really enjoying the this Eclair version (with Battery Drain fix) on my Vogue. Running it 100% of the time for a week now with no problems. Looking forward to when BlueTooth and Camera get fixed.

Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JM-PDA:
Calibrating the screen

Is there a Android setting (or APK that I can install) that will calibrate the screen? The keyboard is off on the left and right sides. The letters in the middle appear to be OK.

Any help is appreciated!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] StevenHarperUK:
Wifi Problems

Hi, I also am enjoying this new build - the sleeping sometimes crashes the phone and a battery removal is required.

However my biggest woe is the Wifi, whether I choose fixed IP or DHCP I get a connection for about 3 seconds, then it drops. Anyone else get this?

Steve
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] szymonunion:
Hello,

I still have problem with turning screen off/on with power button - I am able to turn it on, but I cannot to turn it off.

Also AlarmClock app is not working (force close/wait).

When I moved slider all icons at all screens went off (dissappeared) and only possibility to bring it back was rebooting.

Regards,
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] aurelieng:
Hi all,

I have two questions:

1. I read many times that the build is more stable when ext2 partitions are used. Intuitively, mounting a loopback should be as stable (like a linux liveCD for isntance), can someone explain its impact on stability ?

2. I have seen a couple of more or less annoying bugs and freezes, and wonder how to submit a bug report that is more useful than "blablabla is not working". How can I access the equivalent of /var/log/message for instance ? (I'm quite familiar with linux boxes)

Cheers,

Aurélien.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] robuser007:
For the Raphael we have daily builds, why not for the kaiser?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] pingels:
thanks for the work---

polyrhythmic,

Donation Confirmation number: 6E990752F98036001.

Beer money!