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[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mayad79:
Battery Trick

Well last night I thought I would try androidonhtc.com 's trick for the battery. The method was confusing as listed, so here is what I did.

1.) Wait til windows says you have 1% battery and give it a little charge, like a minute, then unplug the usb.

2.) Boot Haret.

3.) If successfully booted, goto spare parts and check battery info and let it sit until it self shutdown. (do not be tempted to browse and stuff)

4.) Turn on your wifi and briteness to maximum, and change screen timeout 30 min.

5.) Go back to spare part, battery info, and let it sit until it self shutsdown.

6.) charge to full, then boot windows, then haret. It is the first time I have seen it say anything above 75%.

Hope it works for you folks, I will be testing it all day and so far so good.

p.s. Heavy data use over 5 hours current battery is at %70.

Mohamed
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] hexto:
I flashed my phone using .Tar file in the Vogue forum developed by DZO then I flashed again using the system.sqsh and rootfs from this build along with the blank systemtonand and rootfstonand files and the Conf folder.

You can read more on this here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=603508
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Yaantra:
After trying to boot using the 2 Ext2 partition for over 48 hrs, i finally gave up. I did get it to boot using the the Ext2 partitions, however, the device froze up more frequently than the direct (FAT32 only) method. I did not see any significant improvement in speed, instead, the "force close" appeared more often. Anyway, i will try again next week with the ext2 method.

Should others have had outstanding success using the Ext2 method, please feel free to comment/encourage and even, if possible, post a step-by-step procedure (or point to one that exists) so that others too may be able to enjoy a more "stable?" rom.

So far i am once again enjoying this build, waiting for the next better build to show up... Kudos to the chef! Donation's on the way!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Pandemic187:
Honestly, this build locks up pretty frequently for me using the partition method.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MaDing2000:
My experience is completely opposite to yours...

Since changing from one FAT32 partition to 1 x FAT32 & 2 x Ext2, my rom is MUCH more stable, I have had no forced closures in the 36 hrs since I re-installed and the battery fix is working every time...

Under the one FAT32 method, I experienced lock ups and forced closures so often that I was ready to give up and wait for a more stable build... now, I am loving this!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JacenSolo2001:
I'm using the customized files from the first post, should I delete everything and start from scratch? and should everything go in the android folder instead of in the root from here on out?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JeckyllHavok:
No, windows is ended when run haret, so no way
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] polyrhythmic:
Theoretically you should be able to put the files in the SD card root as before, but I think it's a better practice to put them in the /android/ folder. I was getting your exact same error, so I made the custom rootfs.img to solve it. Are you sure you have the correct rootfs?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JacenSolo2001:
I just deleted everything and started over and the error didn't occur again!

Thanks for the assist!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] tnayrbj:
how to

How do I copy the Zimage file from this post??

Thanks

Jon

I am new to android so be easy :)

I am willing to learn
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] polyrhythmic:
tbh I don't understand what you're asking. If you're asking how to copy files to SD card, this build is not for you.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] tnayrbj:
No

When I select your zimage file or right click on it I do not get a save or a file download it gives me web page with code like a note pad file, is the zimage file a text file?? and should I just go save as. sorry
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Keland44:
thanks for the reply i'm goin to grab all the files down again and install them again and see if that fixes the issue with the text messages and report back
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Pandemic187:
My browser does that as well. Download it with "Save target as..." and make sure it's zImage, NOT zImage.txt. You may have to go into your folder options on Windows and uncheck the hide extensions for known file types box so you can remove the .txt file extension if it won't let you download with no file extension.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Pandemic187:
Just booted this baby up and it's looking nice! THANK YOU POLY!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Keland44:
is there a default initrd.gz that you all are using? i'm using the one from donut 1.6 that's here in the forum is there a newer one that i should or could be using?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] tnayrbj:
Thank You

Thanks for the help and understanding my question. That worked, I have everything in a folder on my SD card and will go home and give it a try.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] polyrhythmic:
Well, now that I look at it there ARE some changes in the new initrd.gz. You can get the latest one out of the basefiles if you'd like.

I deflated the archives and diff'd them. They are functionally the same for most of us. A summary of the differences:

recovery.img support has been removed (I've never used it, not sure what it did)

support for rootfs.sqsh has been added

/etc/ppp/ppp-on-dialer has been removed (no longer needed, now that the builds autodetect data settings
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Pandemic187:
Here's a bug: it doesn't have the newest version of Maps, and when I try to update it, the installation is unsuccessful. The same thing was happening on those Donut builds with some Eclair apps till someone fixed it.

Same thing happens with the Facebook app, by the way.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] polyrhythmic:
Yes, I was having those same problems. I personally have the hacked intl version of Maps so I don't want to go the regular upgrade path, but I'll see what can be done to fix it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Pandemic187:
Ah okay. Keep me posted.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Danh2009:
cant get to work

i left eclair trying to build its data file for about 2hrs yesterday,

i get multiple lines looking like:

[ 3498.001544] [c008080ac] (generic_file_aio_write+0x0/0xb4/0x104)

and (do_sync_write+0x0/0x104)

it moves occasionally, in the end i had to use my mobile and ended up having to reset the phone, when i checked today the data file it had created was only 34mb and it didnt work.

What do you suggest??

Dan
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] enatefox:
that means something went wrong with creating the data file and that's why it didn't proceed-- froze somewhere. When that happens I delete the data.img file and retry or use a premade one.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Keland44:
just to update the sms issue is working but there looks to be an issue with receiving sms from an AIM contact nothing big but I tried to send myself a message from my AIM account but it never goes through send one to the wife's phone and it works fine.

I have noticed this also

I'm very impressed with how fast the gps picks up a signal i'll be interested to see how the new maps works if we can get an update
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] gochem:
Can someone post a .ZIP that contains everything I need that I can extract to my SDCard?
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Yaantra:
Please share your secret! Some instructions, do's and dont's etc... Hopefully me, Mr. Pandemic and others may be overlooking some detail, and might just gain from you experience... Thanks in advance!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] MaDing2000:
LOL, no secret.....

As stated, I already had my installation on one FAT32 part. on a 2GB MicroSD card.

Using Gparted in Ubuntu, I shrunk the FAT32 part. down to 512MB and divided the remainder into two Ext2 part.

I popped the card back into the phone, booted Haret, crossed my fingers but didn't expect much. Lo and behold! During the boot process it asked if I wished to enter the installer (VolDn). I followed the instructions as per the the post regarding the suspend fix and all is good.

Being a complete Linux and Android newbie I cannot comment as to why the process worked for me and not for others. I can only suggest you persevere ...
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] Seggzy:
same thing here. Had it without the partitions and it ran ok...(at the time i thought it was running great) then i did a fresh install with the partitions...( after trying to get nand to work, just got linyx) and now it runs amazing! I don't even think i have had to do any force closes yet.

this is very promising

GREAT JOB GUYS!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kr4zyc1d:
vogue battery life

I don't want to brag... but I have this on my vogue I fully charged my phone, and have been keeping the modem off except for rare times that I have needed it, and have been making a fair amount of phone calls and my phone has been unplugged for 2 days, 10 hours and 30 minutes thus far and still has 40% of battery left!!! Unfortunately, this has been very rare circumstances and I will need to test it more accurately by leaving the data on and letting it go :(. Great stuff however!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] dr3w2k:
Ditto...used it without partitions and it was ok but still had force closes and slowness at times. Since moving to partitions, it is much faster and typically the only force close I get is the latin.keyboard (I think that is what is says) when I first boot.

However, I am still having the SMS issue that others have reported as well where the notifications do not always work until you wake up the phone. I did some testing on this and for me I only seem to have the problem with the latest suspend hack. Using either of the two zImages that came with the original install, it works fine. Using zImage3, I can get OK battery life but still need to charge by the end of the day.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
Same here; with no data (so it is just a cell phone) I get 3+ days of battery life. I can say this is slightly better then WinMo under the same conditions. With modem on, the rest off, and light usage it get about 2-2.5 days. Very heavy useage with GPS, WiFi and everything is still about a full day. The only drawback is text messages and e-mails do no come through until I wake up the phone; but if people need to reach me that bad and can't wait, they can call :D
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] the-nj:
ya so i can just repaet the same...i had the phone charged up 3 days ago and i used a bit data and wifi...

so its runnig very good here...

i use 3 partitions and i have to say somehow the data partition is empty...

but its okai i have everything stored on the sd-card (so the fat partition) and its running very good...

and with the swap i have the feeling that with swapper turned on it improves the spped of some apps too!

so very good...

:-)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] kiwikoin:
wow ive just read all 99 pages of post and it makes me wnat to buy a kaiser just to help you guys do testing lol.

too bad i cant use my gf's kaiser to be a guinea pig.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] scramiro:
partion

Hi,

i have polaris and battery is better with last zimage.

I have 8gb 4 class with fat32, ext2 and linux-swap, and some times it goes slow and some times some apps force close. So... should i keep this partitions or maybe fat32 and 2xext2?

Another question... i guess that using partition you don't need app2sd,do you?

thanks for great work!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] jeanpiere:
Battery drainage

Hey guys, tell me how your batteries perform when you use wifi occasionally. Also does your device get quite warm while the wifi is on?? ps: this doesnt happen in winmo:confused:
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] loserskater:
I have had more problems using a swap partition than not using one. I would say just use 2 ext2 partitions with no swap partition/file and you should be fine. Things aren't quite as snappy, but I've had much more success (no lock ups, FC's, etc.) without it.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] ImOBreezy:
usb

i cannot connect via usb
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mayad79:
USB connection

Currently this build does not have USB support, so you have to go through windows.

Mo
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] hexto:
Unfortunately I had to flash to another build because my battery was not lasting more than 10hrs with lite usage. I was running this off NAND and it worked great but the battery just didn't last on my phone. Other than that this was the fastest and nicest build I've used on my Vogue
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] garringm:
I am loving this build, with the addition of tetherbot I have no reason to go back to winmo, the battery issues I can deal with would still be nice to have a working camera. Also as a nice addition would it be possible to do a build with Flash Player. that is the only thing that is keeping me intrigued with the hero builds. Rogers builds had flash player built in as well. Im not feelin the love here
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] JM-PDA:
Vogue Testing...

I am really enjoying this as well on my Vogue.

Based on testing for 1.5 weeks (running 100% Android and no WinMo), I see no reason to go back to WinMo.

Running on 1 FAT32 partition, and 2 EXT2 partitions on 8Gb SD Card.

Runs very fast and battery life (with batter fix) is as long or longer than under WinMo.

Though, I am looking forward to BlueTooth getting fixed.

Here in California, I will get a ticket if I use my cellphone while driving unless using BT or wired headset. Unfortunately, the wired headset also does not work for me. Anyone else get the wired headset to work? Wired headset would work for me until BT is resolved.

Thanks!
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] dyetheskin:
paragon method worked great for me if you get your own copy of the software,i did notice it could do ext2 and ext3 partitions,i wonder if ext3 would work better than ext2
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] anothertmobilemda:
you got tetherbot to work ?

whats your specs...

im win7x64 but can switch to any os;)
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] meabrams:
Having issues running (mostly a mem leak porblem) this build on my tytn.... I am able to get it to boot, but it is coming up with these error messages....

Application keyboard (in process com.android.inputmethod.latin) is not responding.

Process com.android.phone is not responding

Process com.google.process.gapp is not responding

Process system is not responding

Application Calendar (in process com.android.calendar) is not responding

Application Settings (in process com.android

Activity home (android.process.acore) is not responding

(in process android.process.media)

Application Messaging (in process com.android.mms) is not responding

Application Settings (in processes com.android.settings) is not responding

Application Download Manager (in process android.process.media) is not responding

Applicatio Setup Wizard (in process com.android.setupwizard) is not responding

Application Media Storage (in process android.process.media) is not responding

Activity Phone (in process com.andriod.phone) is not responding

I did go into Spare Parts and turn down the speed of Window Animations and Transistion Animations to Slow, and turn on Fancy Input Animations. But it does not stop all the error messages from coming.....

Looking for any idea or help stoping or limiting these errors

current default.txt

set RAMSIZE 0x07000000

set RAMADDR 0x10000000

set FBDURINGBOOT 0

set MTYPE 1463

set KERNEL zImage-15-12-09

set initrd initrd.gz

#

# The following kernel parameters are useful

# ppp.username - The username used to connect to the network when dialing #777

# ppp.password - The password used to connect to the network when dialing #777

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

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

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

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

# Default is 3, use 0 for best power savings

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

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

# 1=Hitachi 2=Topoly 3=Samsung

# mddi_client_vogue.vsync - Use hardware vsync, default is 1 but should be 0 if

# panel_type is 0

#

set cmdline "board-htckaiser.panel_type=2 ppp.nostart=0 pm.sleep_mode=0 mddi.width=240 mddi.height=320 lcd.density=120 no_console_suspend clock-7x00.mddi=0xa51 clock-7x00.ahb_div=2 clock-7x00.slow=1 clock-7x00.voltage=1 board-kaiser-keypad.atttilt=1"

boot
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] roberto188:
Use this

Set your MTYPE to 1553 and use the below:

set cmdline "board-htckaiser.panel_type=2 ppp.nostart=0 pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=240 mddi.height=320 lcd.density=120 no_console_suspend board-kaiser-keypad.atttilt=1"

boot

Your current setting are for a different handset, not a kaiser.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] garringm:
I am using windows xp, I just found a step by step on the web. Here it is http://www.kevinandamanda.com/whatsnew/beginners-guide-to-tetherbot-photo-tutorial

seems to run a little slower than tethering through winmo but hey its one more step in the right direction for me.

I have been having issues trying to get this to run on multiple partitions, I keep getting errors and constant scrolling. Sometimes I get it to boot but have multiple FC's making it unusable. However this last time I think I have it so now how do I check to make sure tha it is actually working from ext2 partitions

Update

Well it doesn't matter how hard I try I absolutely cannot get any android to run from multiple partitions
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] dyetheskin:
any way to get the facebook apk off this? The build from http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=587116 seems to be more outdated. I wished I could save my current data,keep a copy on my pc, start clean with this eclair build just to get the contacts sync from facebook,sync it to gmail contacts then go back to that heroblend build i started off with without losing any data or losing info stored on any of the ext2 partitions
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] dyetheskin:
this is easy,if the data.img and system.sqsh files arent in the android folder any longer then it was moved to the ext2 partitions
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] StevenHarperUK:
donation ref : 83F36202DD578431X

now 100% my phone OS.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] garringm:
That was a no go fiqured that one out, I get tons of I/O errors when trying to run multiple partitions it loads everything but just won't boot sometimes it will get to the boot screen but just goes through a loop most times it won't even get to the boot screen just gives tons of errors after the audio stuff.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] anothertmobilemda:
thank you for sharing that info about tethering

i hear ya about the ext partitions....

ever since doing the partitions ive had more FC's than ever.

i belive it's our formatting or the sdcards...i have a adata 8gb class 6...kinda top o line.

try this

1. no partitions and record how it works

2. two partitions..ext2 no linux swap partition

which gives you the best results? hopefully that will point to the problem

i format with gparted live cd

i make the fat32 then ext2(1) then ext2(2) then linux swap

i think i have some corruption on my sdcard....im searching for software to diagnose.

again i see others with this problem but not that many so issue is isolated and not related to build releases.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] garringm:
I was able to get it to run a couple times on partitions but way too many FC's, one time I couldn't get apps to open just a pita.Now I can't get it to run at all. when I get home today I am going to remove the partitions that I'm not using and go back to normal. I would like to know however if it is possible to run this build of android on the NAND instead of the ones it comes prebuilt with. If thats possible I'm done with winmo.
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] j101399j:
option during partition boot

I know there are a lot of questions when it comes to running on the Ext2 partitions and one area that is still a little fuzzy is what each option/VolDn does. Can someone with a better understanding check what I believe each option does and correct me if I am wrong?

Once HaRET runs, about 10-15 seconds this will display

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[...]

Cleaning Up

Switching to RootFS

RootFS loaded

GSM phone found

Checking for partitions

Press VolDn to launch Installer

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The 1st VolDn appears. Press the volume down key (the button just to the right of the green call/answer key) to tell HaRET to install the data and system files to the Ext2 partitions; ignore this or press any other button to bypass and install the data.img to the FAT32 partition. Or if you have already installed to the Ext2 partition, ignore this step so you do not overwrite your current data.

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Press VolDn to upgrade, END to continue

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This option will override any system.sqsh that has been loaded to the Ext2 partitions; only use this if you are loading a new system.sqsh over and old one. This will also move and rename the system.sqsh to /sdcard/android/backupsystem.installedsystem.sqsh that way you know it was installed to the Ext2 partition

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Press VolDn to backup old data

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This will create a backup of the data.img that is on the Ext2 partition. Use this if you want to keep the previous data.img file during an upgrade

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Press VolDn to use data.img

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I am not sure what this does, or why you would not press VolDn??

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Press Any key to boot

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Press any key, you are ready to go

If HaRET freezes at/after this point, reset the phone and start over.

I am currently using a Class 2 2GB sdcard and only have the android folder and files on it, with nothing else. I am also not using swap (have not tried), and so far it now loads without issues 75%-90% of the time
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] mayad79:
Resolution testing

I have been testing diferent combos of lcd density ad the best settings are 320 x 480 and the lcd density = 165. Everything shows now when opening apps such as speed test.

Update: Suddenly pandora is force closing and not found in the market. So I found the .apk and downloaded and installed, and it is currently running.

Mo
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] garringm:
I use 110 on my lcd density when running 240x320
[Tilt, TyTN II, MDA Vario III Android Development] dublox:
So far running FAT32 and 2 x ext2, it boots about 1 out of every three attempts. Battery life is good until I turn WIFI on then battery gets warm and runs down very quickly - connection is very solid though.

Will try FA32 only and see how it goes.

Really liking it - makes M$ WM look like some cobbled together old scrap.

Cheers Dude