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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] polyrhythmic:
@chourmovs: I've personally found that using a normal swap partition or file causes severe lag (unresponsive touchscreen and Force Closes, also causes the audio driver to crash) with this build. Alpha 3 is setup for 32MB of compcache RAM swap, that is the best setting I've found so far. If you want to try other settings, create a custom userinit.conf as noted in the OP.

@voyteckst: I don't know what build.prop changes you'll need to see the apps you're looking for, but here is how to change it:

Go into Terminal and enter:

su
rwsystem

Then open Astro and navigate to /system/. Long-press build (build.prop) file and choose Open As, then choose Text File, then choose to open it with File Editor. Make your build.prop changes, press Menu-button, choose Save, then Close. Go back into Terminal and enter rosystem.

Also, a few more notes for the Alpha 3 release:

I don't seem to be getting battery-charge problems with this build. Fully charges every time. I still get the 30%-4% drop sometimes unfortunately :(

Can someone test WiFi and let me know the results? Does it work as well as before? Does the battery seem cooler? Is battery life with WiFi better now?

Installing apps by using the AndroidApps folder seems to be broken with the new installer. I'll fix that for the next release.

Audio no longer crashes for me now that the memory settings are fixed. If your audio stops working, or if you want to restart the mediaserver there is now a bin script to do so. Go into terminal and enter:

su
fixaudio

I added back in stop and start tools for devs who like to restart the Dalvik VM over adb without rebooting the phone.

If you want to prevent the MediaScanner from scanning a folder for images/mp3s, place an empty file called .nomedia in the folder. Don't do this unless you really want MediaScanner to ignore that folder!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Pandemic187:
Ah. Neither of these are an option for me right now. I try to get network location with just data, and it doesn't seem to work.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] fatman06:
2.1a3 update doesnt look right

Poly,

when I download the 2.1a3 update it doesnt have a default.txt, or the androidupdate.tar file is this correct? I havent extracted the files to my SD card I just wanted t make sure it was supposed to look like the 2.1a2 update

thanks and great job
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
Install Video

Besides a large makeover for the FAQ's and Install instructions http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=5602064&postcount=1195

I have also uploaded a "How to install" video to you tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2wJw3keNMo

It does not cover every option, but enough to get running
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] polyrhythmic:
Cheers fatman06,

the polymod_2.1a2-to-2.1a3.zip should only have androidupdate.tar inside. The default.txt and other andboot files are unchanged from alpha 2.

@j101399j: impressive, I'm posting these to twitter! Thanks again!!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] rckhndphil:
USB

Ive noticed that the usb connection no longer works after updating to alpha 3

(update) usb takes a long time to register but it eventually did pick up
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] smoky-jr:
hebrew support

what about the hebrew support?

did you put hebrew font in this version?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] plutarcian:
hi all

havent tried anroid since november as it was too slow to be really usefull. but wow u guys have come far. i noticed that the 1.6 is now fast enough to be used daily :) and even this is build by polyrhythmic is pretty fast.

a few concerns though.

1 - cell tower location doesnt work ( even though it says so on the first post )

2 - when i use the gps/open-gl version, the freaky fireworks at the startup are all messed up. ( though they are fine with the normal zImage)

3 - i keep getting force closes a lot.

also can anyone tell me if ext2 is a much bigger boost for speed

thnx
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] yazoo:
@polyrhythmic: so ... WiFi ... works, battery is cooler, although I noticed that it looses network. I am next to my two laptops and my iPhone, they don't loose the network. Could be some tweak setting.

Tried several times reinstalling and I also have installed several times the a1 and a2 versions - in all of them, there is the same problem with acore. I searched google it seems other people had this problem also, especially with non-touch devices. So it could really have something to do with display.

I think this is enough. If you need more, please tell me. It seems com.android.contacts.DialtactsActivity class, the question is, how do I loose it after a while of work, since at the beginning everything is a ok!!!

@polyrhythmic: Another question, I am java and linux develoepr myself, if I could be of any help, where could I get the sources you're using, so I may help the development ...?

best regards
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] reiteravi:
wifi turns on and cooler but cant make any connection

i get ip and the router shows it connects - but no browsing or log in takes place

i'll try tomorrow to connect somewhere else

to the guy who asked about fonts

search my posts - i described an easy graphical way
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] nyunyu:
Poly, anything about auto install apps?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] smoky-jr:
i did not find any of your post about hebrew/font?

post the link.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] knytphal:
Just updated to the a3 build, haven't had much of a chance to check it out as I need to charge my phone - but what I've seen so far it does seem a tad snappier to me. Thanks for keeping this build updated!

I think I saw where somebody else who had upgraded to the latest build had noticed that when the phone sleeps it's back to not really "sleeping" again - any keypress will wake the phone.

Well, that's what I was going to say as well....but it looks like if I wait 10 seconds or so it does actually go to sleep. So never mind I guess!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] reiteravi:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=5361068#post5361068

post 943
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] jeanpiere:
WiFi works as it should now, the battery temperature is fine andit last way longer. Speed is great too, but any chance we could get "live wallpaper" working? or atleast get the options to activate them?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kangi26:
I had the same issue, and found that when I re-formatted my SD card (4Gig) I used FAT32 (2Gig), ext2(1Gig), and ext2(1Gig). It seemed to fix the issue, I really don't know why, but it did.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kangi26:
Bluetooth?

I was just wondering if we might be blessed with bluetooth functionality any time in the near future?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] ALIEN_:
I've tried all the 2.1 updates and now alpha 3 with the same result of not being able to get it to run locking up and running for over 1/2 hour trying to boot after the install. I'm using fat32.

Hopefully the following files might be able to assist you a solution to what appears to be a problem for some.

Thanks for your hard work :)

As requested here are is the bootlog and demsg files:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mayad79:
Install options

Well after reading a little I have realized several things, at least for me.

1. For any 2.1 build, I have not been able to stream video. Youtube or Spb.

2. Regarding Poly's awesome builds, specifically 2.1:

-The install is a little wacky

The original partitioning method of 256fat32/128ext1/128ext1 is not going to work using the installer, as others have seen.

I have resized to 1gb fat32/1gb ext2/1gb ext2 the installer will run, but there is still a data.img, and a system.img in the fat partition. The system.img is like 256mb. Also, when I ran Ubuntu and took a look at the the partitions there is a number of files on both ext2.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
I am currently running a 4GB card with 2 EXT2 partitions at 260MB. It boots every time and I have a lot less FC with everything seeming to run just a little bit faster.

Cool, so that verifies what I put up for FAQ #6 this morning. I was not sure, but your post helped verify that it is correct. Thank you

Cool, so your post also verifies what I put up for step 11; and also I was not sure, but your post helped verify that it is correct. Thank you as well :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Disturbed21:
Live wallpapers

hi guys grate job, just a question are the live wallpapers working, i mean can you put animated wallpapers and why is the menu launcher is not like the one on nexus and looks like the one on android 2.0.1
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mayad79:
Correct design by default.

Well I reformated to the original 256/128/128 definitions for my sdcard, and left the installer to install on the sd partitions, which is default. I am looking at my partitions and do not see a data.img or a system. img file on the fat partition. The system is also running much faster.

Therefore my conclusion is that build and the installer are not compatible.

If I am correct: Poly's build 2.1.3 will install to the sd card partitions, but will look to see if the partitioned system is available, then if it finds the partitioned system will place the correct files in the correct partitions. The installer is not really needed at all. Great idea, but not essential or incorporated.

Great work folks, we do really need an better forum method and designations for users vs testers, and a scientific approach. We are all using different radios, different windows roms, and different phones.

The forum should have a development section and a user question area, linked, but kept seperately.

Mohamed
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] slapadabass:
First - really brilliant work - I'll be donating tomorrow to encourage more of the same in the future! :D

Few things I discovered today when I decided to do a fresh install of 2.1a3:

Installer

It took a *really* long time (or maybe just seemed really long cause I was jamming the camera button down the whole time) to get the installer to come up. During pressing, text lines would come up very slowly, and I thought it was dead a couple times, but it finally came up. For 2.1a1 install (first time I used the installer) when I pressed it came up right away, so then when it was taking so long, I thought it was not working, which I had posted previously.

Just a note to others to be aware it may seem like a really long time pressing the button before the installer comes up.

Battery

Also - with A3 battery life is ridiculously better than previous builds, and seems to be much more accurate.

Wifi

For me works great, with no heating up at all. It does seem however when I do Market installs over Wifi, nothing happens, but then if I turn off Wifi, when 3G picks up they start downloading.

Speed Increases

Overall, a huge speed increase from last build.

Dialer is very slow to come up the first few times I use it after boot, then speeds up after multiple uses. Also seems to come up faster if I clear the call log.

Enabling home screen staying in memory (thanks to tip in another post), enabling 32 mb cache, also seem to boost speed a lot.

FC's, Lock Ups, Errors

Locked up today on me (screen just froze solid) trying to launch Navigation.

So far in general way fewer force closes.

Widgets - I'm having an issue where when I first boot the system, my widgets are not working - takes probably 15 min or so before anything shows up in them.

Thanks again to polyrhythmic for all the hard work!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] lohtse:
Hi All

Somewhere along the line I took a dum pill!!! I asked in an earlier post if I can run the current build as I do ver1.6(think that's correct) By this I mean can I have it on an sd card with out partitioning it etc? I currently(1.6) use it on an sd card that I just insert when running winmo. And boot from with in winmo. I DON'T want to mess around with partitions or true dual boot at this time as Andriod isn't fully working. I would simply like to boot as I currently do...

So my question is how do I get the current version working? Every thing I have read points towards partitions etc or dual boot...

hope some one can help..

regards

Lohtse
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] yazoo:
Copy andboot folder to sd. Use the file "default.txt" first, press "Run" in haret and as soon as you see the penguin, press and hold the Camera button fully. A menu will pop-up. Option one is install. Press on it, wipe everything (don't worry, won't do anything on the winmo). After it finishes installing, press quit in the menu and it will boot the OS.

After that you could force haret to use "default-gps.txt"
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Gribin:
For All who complain about the slowness, I suggest to turn off the windows animations and Transition animations from the Spare Parts.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Borkata81:
dns problem

@poly: Man great job again, but wanted to tell you that you have missing resolv.conf in /etc/ and no matter I succeed to connect to AP addresses are not resolved, because dns are not auto-configured. From the msmission build of eclair I see the resolv.conf has these:

nameserver 4.2.2.5
nameserver 4.2.2.4
nameserver 4.2.2.3
nameserver 4.2.2.2

Hope this will fix the issue. I haven't got time to try it yet.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] yazoo:
Public DNS Servers
Level 3 Communications (Broomfield, CO, US)
4.2.2.1
4.2.2.2
4.2.2.3
4.2.2.4
4.2.2.5
4.2.2.6

These are public dns servers. What happens if you connect per WiFi, since by me there are no problems with WiFi connections, never tested the APN although ...

P.S.: pozdravi na balgaria :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] nyunyu:
When I tried to install an Apps (e.g. Babbler Lite) it said Out of space: Babbler Lite could not be viewed. Free up some space on your phone and try again.

Main: 4GB

System: 512MB

Data: 3GB

Swap: 100MB

Anything wrong?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] hom.hom:
Hello,

Well, I finally got to see the installer. But now I have watched the video and your installation happens very fast, because mine takes over more than a hour and a half when it is still loading like this:

[3371.750120] r5:00000000 r4:0000000000:eek:

Does anyone have the same problem and how did you solve it.......:confused:

Thank
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] nyunyu:
Also, can anyone expert in this build tell me, how come AndroidApps does not installed automatically? Is there a setting that need to be enabled for it to work on this build? In previous build, I can just put the apps I want to be installed into the AndroidApps and it will automatically installed on the phone.

Please please please someone help me with this.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] supperbas:
If I'm not mistaken you should use the default.txt (without GPS)

Hold the camera button as soon as you started hatret

and then there is an option which says install from app_s or something similar

pick that one

Your question is also answered earlier so if I'm wrong and it doesn't work check out the last ~10 pages or so one of them contains the answer you're looking for!

// edit

Thanks for this build works great! however I do experience more lag compared to 2.1a2 (but that might be because for some reasons all kinds of apps keep being loaded into the memory)

Great job though =]
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
@mayad79; One issue you have (which is in my FAQ's) is your partitions are not big enough. You need the EXT2 partitions to be 260mb each, not combined. The issue is the system and data files are 256mb in size, so if your partition is only 128, it will not fit.

@lohtse; Start by reading the walkthrough, it tells you exactly how to install this. It is simular to the 1.6 that you have used, but now you must get into the installer menu annd everything goes into the andboot folder not the sdcard root or android folder. Other then that it is almost the same.

@hom.hom; Are you installing to an EXT2 partition? if so what size are they? BTY something went wrong with install, it should not take that long.

@nyunyu; Install from AndroidApps is not working (Poly said that a while back and is working to fix it). So for now use Astro. Also the re-install apps option in the installer menu, only reinstalls apps from the androidinstall.tar

===============

@ everyone; if HaRET is running VERY SLOW, and takes forever to launch and run, somthing happened wierd; I found if I press the camera button before HaRET is in lenus mode, it takes forever. Do not touch the button untill you see the penguin, then hold it from there. If it is running very slow, reboot and try again; it should not take that long
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] miplc:
Thanks for making my dream come true by having android on my kaiser

i have a small problem and i hope someone can help me to resolve it.

I could not enter my sim card pin number. Every time I try that i got a message saying wrong number. I am sure the number is correct.

What should I do?

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] nyunyu:
Thank you. Sorry for that, I flipped pages on this thread a few times and missed that post from poly. So, I guess astro is the only way now. I do experiencing lag from this build even after turning animation off, but that's ok, I'm running this build to experience android. Once this has been finalised and stable I will use this primarily.

Thanks poly!

**Oh, I tried unpacking the autoinstall.tar and put a few more apps in it and it didn't work..weird..
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] hom.hom:
@j101399j

I am installing Android on a regular 900 mb sdcard without any other files than the extracted files in the zip file from the thread. I am running a stock rom windows mobile 6.1 rom and exactly do what is shown in the video. :confused:

Could you please send the files from your Kaiser to my mail or something: hom.hom@live.nl :D

I mean someting like the file composition on this site, only this is the old beta 3 version and there is no update from this version:

http://thegadgets.net/technology-ne...-on-your-old-windows-mobile-phone-htc-kaiser/

I want Android really bad, it crushes windows mobile.

Thanks
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] hom.hom:
I mean something like this file compilation, this is the old beta. But there is no update from this one to the current builds:

http://thegadgets.net/technology-ne...n-your-old-windows-mobile-phone-htc-kaiser/:o
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] damianiw:
Keeps getting better

Hi

I'm running on a 2gb, not particularly quick micro SD, via Haret - not ext2 partitions all on my fat32 partition.

I've done as suggested:

For All who complain about the slowness, I suggest to turn off the windows animations and Transition animations from the Spare Parts.

I must say I'm impressed at how quickly Android ports are moving along, I've been using Wyn's Warm Donut before this and I know it's not the same version of the OS and doesn't have open gl but unfortunately this build is just a bit too slow for me, I've done several reboots, left it to do a media scan and then rebooted to the -gps.txt

I really love love Android, it has such potential, I'm biased as I use Gmail so it's great to have a full email client, and my calendar and contacts without the poor syncing via windows mobile and the web browser is far superior to anything I've found on WM6.5

I'm going to keep an eager eye on this, order myself a decent class 6 micro sd as well - does ext2 speed things up more ?

One query I have with people using nand on the kaiser is I didn't think it had 256mb space so how does it work, does it put the boot and system.img in nand and then the data still on sd ?

Cant wait until bluetooth is working, keep up the good work :-)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] lohtse:
Ok SO now got new build running on fat32 based sd card.BUT...... My screen res is sooooo poor... it's as if it was only displaying 16 colours and not full range... Any ideas anyone???

regards

Andrew
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] loserskater:
Change the panel type in the default.txt
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] lohtse:
Ok how the heck do we install apps?????? lol was so easy before..... Now be buggered if I can figure it out....Can't figure out how to do it will astro thingy either.. All apps I wish to reinstall are in a folder I have on my sd card....

Hellllllppppppp please =!!!!!!!:D:p:p:p

regards

Lohtse
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] lohtse:
LOL just remembered that oner from previous installation.just as notification of your post arrived...Thanks for the reply... Was still welcome as confirmed was on right route...

regards

Lohtse
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
@hom.hom;

I am using the 3rd version package from the 1st post, which loads differently then the link you pointed to. When you click HaRET whaat happens? And what do you mean it crashes (this is the key)? I can send you an older build that uses the old method if you want. The problem is the old build has a hacked sleep and this one does not.

@lohtse;

Place all you apk files in a folder on your sdcard. Then when in Android, open Astro (it will be pre-installed) and navigate to the apk file you want to install (they are like the cab files for windows). Then click it and install it. You may need to enabke non market apps, but that will come up when you try

You can also download package installer from Market, it should also do the job
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Pandemic187:
I'm still confused on something. After booting up Android successfully with default.txt, then booting again with default-gps.txt, do I then go back to default.txt?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
no...

When you use the noraml default.txt; when HaRET loads, some of the stuff it loads to run android comes from the normal zImage that the default.txt points to. So when you reboot and use the default-gps.txt, it tells HaRET to use a different zImage (the one with the GPS and OpenGL). If you go back and use the normal default.txt, when HaRET loads, you will get the installer back but lose the updated GPS stuff.

If you notice there are 2 zImage files in the andboot folder.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mayad79:
Now it fits, Eureka even with 256,128,128.

I did try different partition sizes, but I reformatted the entire card once then formatted again using partitioned system originally for november's 2.0.1 specs.

(256fat32,128ext2,128ext2)

Conclusion= When running the installer do not change any options because technically they are all sd partitions, right. The system will install using the partitioned system anyway if they are there and mountable.

Currently I do not have a data.img file or a system.img file on my fat32 partition. They are on the ext2s.

The system is a half second slower than other 2.1 NAND build with little working by default. Wowsers, when this baby gets to NAND it will be lightning. Great job folks!

Mo
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Pandemic187:
Okay. But if I keep it named as default-gps.txt, I have to change the name from default.txt to default-gps.txt every time I load HaRET. So after we've loaded default.txt and rebooted, can we rename default-gps.txt to default.txt (or startup.txt) to make it easier?