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[Touch HD Android Development] dt_matthews:
Having used Android 2.1 on another device, i am trying to disable the data connection for use with a non unlimited data plan sim card, on the other device I went to:

Settings > Wireless & Network > Mobile Networks > Data Service

and checked it off. this isnt available in this build, any reason why and how i can disable it natively from the OS (rather than using an 3rd party app).

cheers,

dan
[Touch HD Android Development] nandooo93:
Battery issues

This is amazing but my battery runs out really fast... is there a way for me to make it last longer?

and in the options to pick you're phone I picked Blackstone over-clocked is that why my battery is going so fast (btw i didnt over-clock it myself I read somewhere that when you pick that option it does it for you) so if I choose the one without over-clocking in will my battery last longer?

sry im a bit bad with this kind of stuff
[Touch HD Android Development] downesey:
the battery is a long running issue, see battery in the first post

overclocked version will overclock your device for you so that androis runs faster and smoother
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Did you install via ZIP? (if so, did you extract subfolders properly?) It sounds like you didn't

Can you describe the files / folders in the root of you SD Card? this will help me work out if you've installed properly.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Known problem, and clearly stated in the opening posts (same on ALL Android builds). To improve battery life.... keep wifi off, and disable GPS.

Also, you can't actually TRUST the battery values that Android tells you, so it can say it's empty when it's not. Caveat Emptor (buyer beware) on this issue.

On a Blackstone, with no Wifi usage, you MIGHT get 8 hours usage if you're lucky. It's being worked on, but don't expect miracles overnight. (It's been worked on for the last 6 months!).
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
New release out (CAB version already posted, ZIP to follow shortly)... it MAY fix the GPS lockup issue.... but needs lots of testing.
[Touch HD Android Development] nandooo93:
thank you.... also if i download lots of apps will it make my device laggier even if they aint open or using the internet ?
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
No, but if you put lots of widgets on your home screens, depending on the widget, they can waste a lot of processing time / battery. Ones that pull data from the net (facebook / twitter) can be quite bad too.

Downloading apps will waste battery during the download, but once installed, they do nothing :-)
[Touch HD Android Development] mmp7:
It's working on my HD. Now just need someone to optimize a build for battery life. Great work!
[Touch HD Android Development] callum-good:
What is the android version and ui for the blackstone pic on the main post/thread?
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
Sprint Touch Pro2

Anybody tried this on the Sprint Touch Pro2?? Does CDMA Data work??
[Touch HD Android Development] solihu1:
Can someone upload it on other sites such as 4shared or rapidshare? I can't download from megaupload. Thanks.
[Touch HD Android Development] brogdonbr:
HTC Topaz/ATT Pure

My apologies if I didn't find the answers in previous postings. Here goes...

This is my third attempt at Android, and I must say, this is the fastest, most responsive build yet. My first attempt was the XDAndroid 1.5, and then I moved on to the Klinux Sense UI 2.1 build. Both were sluggish, which is why I am so impressed with this build. The Sense build has problems to with a faulty Marketplace.

The only thing holding me back from a full switch is sound. With XDAndroid 1.5, the external speakerphone wouldn't work, thus no phone rings and no music. But, I could place and receive calls. With this build, I still don't have sound, but when I make a test call to another phone, they don't hear anything I say. And, oddly enough, I can hear what I am saying in my ear! It's like the microphone pushes my speech to my earpiece instead of my recipient! Has anyone else heard of this???

Not that I'm complaining, but the camera still doesn't work...any clues? I'm keeping my eye on the Glemsom kernals, and so far, I don't see any progress getting made on sound. Is there something I can do to my startup.txt, perhaps?

Thanks!
[Touch HD Android Development] JHLINFO:
Thanks for this Thread!!

Great work!
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
It's just an illustration, but you can get that UI by doing some research.

Hint: Weather Donate (a widget), a wallpaper, and Sense UI Skin
[Touch HD Android Development] kenkie:
...downloaded...Ü
[Touch HD Android Development] slashOr:
I've installed the previous version and now i want to update to the current one.

Is it possible to store and restore my settings an installed apss/widgets?

I used the cab to try android.

Maybe someone can help me out.

Thanks in advance
[Touch HD Android Development] Sternchen66681:
How to Update from 2.2 -> 2.2a

I have the same guestion like slashOr!

What files do I have to copy from the new version to get the fixed GPS?

My last version is the 2.2.
[Touch HD Android Development] toenail78:
just install the newer cab file overwriting everything.. if u dont delete ur data file ur settings will stay
[Touch HD Android Development] qkps2:
me too anyone help us thx
[Touch HD Android Development] karatepe:
cant install that cab file it gives me an error message, that he cant install it

i tried to format the sd card and install it but always gives the same error

Edit: After a soft-reset it works...

Good Work !!!
[Touch HD Android Development] Heefy:
Can we have a mirror or two please I started to download then it hung towards the end and now megashare says I have exceeded my download limit.

Cheers

H
[Touch HD Android Development] kenkie:
already running on my HD! wohoo! thanks again!
[Touch HD Android Development] karatepe:
did anyone know, how to install apps or games on this, because android market doesnt work
[Touch HD Android Development] jeanfrederic:
I get far more freezings with the last build. Mind i've updated 2.2 with 2.2a.

I'm also using the last Haret 0.5.2
[Touch HD Android Development] Sternchen66681:
Update from 2.2 -> 2.2a

@toenail78

Thx, I just installed the newer cab. Works fine!
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Android market works.

So...it's you....

Can you browse the web? (i.e. is internet working on your phone?)

If you can, then it's something else... that's wrong. Definitely not Android Market.

Did you start with a CLEAN SD Card?
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Some similar issues for me too. However, I can keep GPS running now to try out some Nav Apps (all of which are bad version of their WinMo equivalents).

Two steps forward (GPS!) and one step backwards (some instability).
[Touch HD Android Development] karatepe:
yes i started with a CLEAN SD , my internet explorer showed me an error , but after a soft-reset , i use the internet very well, but market is not working :S
[Touch HD Android Development] Rumbi:
Is it possible to get the zip version, too ?
[Touch HD Android Development] leonore:
android market and Internet works fine to me too (Edge and Wifi)

Thanks for your good work TBM

Regards
[Touch HD Android Development] jeanfrederic:
Have the market crashing too (but Android keeps working for a more long time with no freez now)
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Zip link is in the opening post there are two buttons, one for cab, one for zip.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
What device type?

connecting via Wifi, GPRS, 3G, or HSDPA, do you know which?
[Touch HD Android Development] bammetje81:
Wow, 2.2a is the best Android distribution for Blackstone so far.

-Fast

-Internet and market working

-GPS working, very quick fix without prior fix from winmo

It still is getting pretty hot but so far everything looks great!!! Keep up the good work.
[Touch HD Android Development] Netpaulus:
XDAndroid 2.1 (2.2a) future upgrade

I installed the version 2.2a today. I'm very happy of this release. I thank all people that made it.

I like to know if i can upgrade this version to future versions without to lose all the new installed programs and all the configurations.

Thank you for your answers.

Netpaulus
[Touch HD Android Development] L_E:
Press the end/hang up button long and you will get an popup where u can select to shut down :D the just reboot
[Touch HD Android Development] jeanfrederic:
You can read the two last pages to get the answer.
[Touch HD Android Development] mus_52678:
download complete

i cant install this cab to my blackstone,

any solution ??
[Touch HD Android Development] 085fan:
Thank you very much
[Touch HD Android Development] kendalfung:
Clock seems still not sync with real system clock.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Most common reason for the cab failing to install is not having enough free space on your device (not the SD Card).

You need to install TO the SD Card, but fir the cab to work, it temporarily decompresses to the phone, then copies to the SD Card.

This is a WinMo issue, nothing I can do about it... so, to ensure it will work, make sure you have plenty of free space on your phone (and it can help to not have lots of app in memory too).

WinMo just wasn't really designed to be working with 100meg cabs!

Alternatively, you can use the Zip distribution. It's exactly the same, you just have to extract to the root of your SD card, then run 'auto-setup' in order to choose your device type.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Have you actually tried this?
[Touch HD Android Development] Rumbi:
Maybe I'm a bit stupid, but you say "use the zip version". As far as i can see it, there is now zip in the first post, the button's dead.
[Touch HD Android Development] bammetje81:
I did and it didn't work. Just puts the system into stanby mode.
[Touch HD Android Development] Sternchen66681:
Great!

I like this new version:

I dont have to pull out the battery to go back to Windows

GPS works really lot better

All settings and apps are still there (made a update from 2.2 -> 2.2a)

But the little Problems are still:

Battery life

Camera

Phone heats up a little to much I think

I Love this Android version and cant really wait for the next version ;)

FANTASTIC WORK

THX
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Oops, that was my mistake... it's working now :-)

Thanks for pointing it out ;-)
[Touch HD Android Development] Heart1010:
really ;)?! http://306200/ isn't a correct zip-download link I guess :rolleyes:
[Touch HD Android Development] janthebe:
Market don't work :(
[Touch HD Android Development] teorouge:
Indeed.. would really like to try that version but I want to do that manually, hope zip version will be up soon! :D
[Touch HD Android Development] janthebe:
What are you doing to dont have to pull out the battery to go back to Windows
[Touch HD Android Development] yoerik:
mhhhh...

Zip link now points to http://0.4.172.24/ ???

Still quite not right... (f5-ing to download zip..)
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
It's up...

But really, the zip offers no real advantage over the zip.

The cab:

Decompresses itself

Runs auto-setup.exe

The zip:

You have to manually decompress

You have to manually run auto-setup.exe

Auto-setup.exe:

Creates a WinMo shortcut to 'Haret' (but names the shortcut 'Android')

Applies a high res PNG icon to WinMo 6.5 menu

Applies the correct startup.txt for the chosen device type

A note about installing OVER a previous installation.

In many cases, it's fine to do this... BUT, if you have ANY problems, the advice will always be 'Try a clean install'.

There are times when an Android update needs a brand new data.img file, and reading an older (existing) version can appear to work ok, but you get more crashes.

Unfortunately the documentation regarding when this may or may not happen does not exist, but the single largest cause of problems is not doing a clean install.

I know it's a pain in the a** but I would strongly advise clean installs every time (you get to become very fast at setting up a phone ;-))

Final tips:

1) Get a google account, and use Google Calendar / Contacts (then it's easy to resync after a new installation.

2) User Astro file manager.... and use the application backup feature (under 'tools' to save the APK (application) files. So... you can use the market to get all the apps you love, then save them with Astro file manager.... then, when you install a new version of android, you can reinstall them rapidly without needed the marketplace.
[Touch HD Android Development] Rumbi:
@TBM

I'm not a friend of automated stuff when i can do it on my own. And i do not need the whole auto-setup stuff 'cause i just want to copy it on my SD-card and run Haret from the Explorer. So the zip ist perfect for my needs. ;-)
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Be careful... do NOT update the rootfs, latest ones have introduced GPS issues. You can add new kernel, but sometimes it's a step forwards, sometimes a step back.

Usually I just release the best combination of the week or so... otherwise you spend half your life updating and breaking stuff.

Also the kernel has some debugging disabled (for speed )(not by me)... so adding the Glemsom releases will (in theory) slow it down slightly.
[Touch HD Android Development] Rumbi:
Yep, i do a clean install everytime a new version is out. so no updating and stuff. I'll test my WLAN with WPA/WPA2 when i'm home and will post the results here.
[Touch HD Android Development] expressive:
sound is working? (htc topaz)
[Touch HD Android Development] mercury:
hi thnx for the best work here ...

i love Android and i have install in my hd but the new release 2,2a after a litle time freeze my phone and i must pull out my battery any suggestions for my problem ???( its clean install )
[Touch HD Android Development] janthebe:
Push the normal power button (power button of windows mobile, not the android)
[Touch HD Android Development] mercury:
Thanks for your quick reply but I can tell you it does not work any button and the phone is stuck until you press reset or removing the battery, the odd thing is that in previous versions it was all ok
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Sometimes, it can fail to wake up... and sometimes it's just very slow to wake up... the power button is supposed to wake it up, but doesn't always.

Welcome to XDAndroid... things that used to work stop working, and things that didn't work now do!... In order to make GPS more stable I've had to use components that are slightly different than the previous releases... meaning the behaviour can be different.

I've seen ONE incident of the kind you've descibed in the last month or so... and that was on my own HD this morning... however, it did wake up eventually (like 30 seconds later!)... really weird.

At this moment, there's not a lot I can suggest to fix it, but it's quite rare. If you're experiencing it all the time.... it's something else that's wrong.

It's a good idea to disable power management in WinMo too... esp the autobacklight which has been known to stop the backlight working properly in Android... AND I've also gotten myself into a situation where I've set the backlight level VERY low at night time, then during the day it's impossible to see the screen to adjust the backlight back to normal!... so be wary of that too.
[Touch HD Android Development] silywly1:
still no ringer?

i loaded the cab and started android but i still get no ringer or sounds out of the speaker. sprint tp2
[Touch HD Android Development] mercury:
Thanks and would like to congratulate the good work you do, I think I found solution by changing the rom and now behaves correctly if I have something else I'll update
[Touch HD Android Development] Morden:
I've been trying to replace the default Android fonts with glyphs that support Hebrew, but it just doesn't work. Since using ADB didn't work for me (the device never gets recognized), I tried unpacking the system.sqsh with unsquashfs.exe, replacing the fonts, and then repacking it by using mksquashfs with the -nolzma option.

When I try to boot Android with my updated system.sqsh, it gets to the splash-screen animation and then just repeats it endlessly. Obviously, I did something wrong. Does anyone know what?
[Touch HD Android Development] sameh_elhakim:
can this run on samsung omnia i900 plzz and if not can you port to to this mob pllz omnia i900 WQVGA or giive me the way to make a rom from files NDK from the latest android version 2.2 !!!
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
I will do this when you can find a way to make me handsome, intelligent and wealthy with many wives.

I am sorry my friend, this works is done by others and it has taken then over a year to get this far...

'can you port to my phone too' is like asking to fly to the moon.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
you need an older version of squash tools.... you'll have to do some searching to find which version, but the latest versions are not compatible. That's the most likely issue.

Why not do a test first, and say inject some extra files, or just change a wallpaper and prove that the squash tools are valid, then work on the fonts. At the moment, you don't know if it's the fonts that are the problem or the squash file.

Good luck!
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
Sprint CDMA Data

Got everything installed and looks great. I can get onto the web and the Marketplace just fine but it is through Wifi only. No calls/text/or Sprint CDMA Data. Can someone please help me with this?????

Thanks guys
[Touch HD Android Development] lightiv:
Great Job

I just installed to cab version and I am very pleased. I have AT&T Pure (Topaz 210).

Using today release of rootfs.img.

Performance is great

WiFi is great

3G is great

GPS (Google Maps) worked for the first time for me with this build

Marketplace worked with 3G and WiFi

Location Service did not work

Date/Time works great

Internal Speaker works great for calls

Bluetooth works great (Ear Piece connects to phone but *** No Sound ***)

Battery still not so great.
[Touch HD Android Development] kenl2007:
i annot download the file...it show "This service is temporarily not available from your service area."

how can i download it?:confused:
[Touch HD Android Development] kenl2007:
i cannot download the file...it show "This service is temporarily not available from your service area."

how can i download it?:confused:
[Touch HD Android Development] Morden:
Ok, so I tried using an older version of squashfs (3.1, which is the original filesystem's version too). I tried un-squashing and then re-squashing the system.sqsh file without any changes at all, and the two files came out exactly the same size, but different on a binary level.

And still, it loops infinitely on the Android splash screen. Are there any parameters I should use for mksquashfs?
[Touch HD Android Development] Heefy:
I have much the same. Some times it will boot fine then within a minute or two it will freeze to a point where the only option is to pull the battery and others it will freeze during boot or tell me that it is waiting for the Sim Card.

Not a complaint just a bug report.

Please keep up the great work.

H
[Touch HD Android Development] kenl2007:
i am using d2.

but it still no sound.

is it ALL the file name in the SDcard shoud be english?:confused::confused:
[Touch HD Android Development] jeanfrederic:
WHAT? Like Android can't read german or greek...? :D

Your songs must have-not-too-long names and no special characters.
[Touch HD Android Development] g3rm0:
Windows or Linux?

On windows try this:

mksquashfs squashfs-root system.sqsh -b 65536 -le -nolzma

It worked for me with a klinux build some time ago (I was able to change boot animation). If it doesn't... well there's not much you can do since windows mksquashfs breaks filesystem premissions needed in some android builds. If that's the case your only hope is to build it under linux (you can boot linux from VM or pendrive if don't have spare HD). More info on how to do it here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=610303
[Touch HD Android Development] Lump800:
Switch the keyboard to german

Hi guys

first my english is not so good so sorry for the bad grammar

I want to switch my keyboard from english to german

and i want to have the characters ä ö ü

is there a chance to get it?

I have a german HTC touch pro alias HTC Raphael
[Touch HD Android Development] Morden:
Yeah, it's on Windows, so that explains the problem. I'll try what you suggested, thanks for the help!
[Touch HD Android Development] Deddly:
Working on TP

I installed the cab on my Touch Pro (Raphael) with no problems apart from the fact that it failed to create a shortcut in Programs.

I can also confirm the heat issue mentioned in the FAQ - I put my phone on charge and use wifi tethering and it does get very warm... the TP has some inbuilt safety devices that stop charging if it gets to dangerous limits - are these failsafe devices built into WinMo or the hardware itself? It's not too hot to touch but I don't know how hot they can safely go.

I have no sd card issues whatsoever - never even got the error message.

Phone seems a bit slow for scrolling and a 3D game I got from Market ran at 2 fps.

Quite a few games from Market don't work or crash.

Changing the date and time to the correct values messes up date and time in Windows Mobile.

G sensor seems to be back-to-front in the "bubble" application. When the phone is still the bubble jiggles around. Also seems to loose calibration quite easily.

Sometimes there is no 3G connection and the only way I found of getting it working is to reset into WinMo and back into Android again.

All in all though, a fantastic piece of work and I'm finding it already more stable than WinMo 6.1. Well done to all involved and thank you very much for this thread and the cab file!

--

Deddly
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
Which service do you have and how did you get your 3G working?
[Touch HD Android Development] Deddly:
I am in Sweden on the "3" network. 3G worked directly after the cab installation.
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
Ok, and thank you for the response. For whatever reason, and I do not know if I am the only Sprint user here with the same issue, my CDMA data and calls refuses to work.

Hopefully, someone has a solution and can get back to me. :)
[Touch HD Android Development] Deddly:
But according to your sig, yours is the Touch Pro 2, right? Is that supported yet?
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
Yes, the Touch Pro2 is the Rhodium. Problem is, the Rhodium is not specific to Sprint by any means.
[Touch HD Android Development] jones2000:
Blackstone

Hi

Install went fine, but I'm stuck on the startup after signing in to google account it says press back button to exit!

When pressing the back button it does not exit, but goes back to the last step of setup (sign in to google).

Feeling silly, but have tried all buttons and none of them will complete the setup! :confused:
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
Sprint CDMA

Ok, so my 3G Data just randomly started working. No idea what happened. IDK
[Touch HD Android Development] dt_matthews:
can someone tell me why this 2.1 build doesnt seem to have the same O.S menu settings as another (native android) 2.1 build, specifically i am looking for:

Settings >> Wireless & Network >> Mobile Networks >> Data Service

This Data Service checkbox doesnt exist on this build - why???

Cheers,

dan
[Touch HD Android Development] xiadz:
it has but hidden in sub menu, just be patient and check further you will find it like I did :) after an hour of looking for it :D

BTW.

Really nice work briliant mistake:) 2.2 is much better than 2.1 and i found that if i put it without overclock it touch input works more stable :)

cheers
[Touch HD Android Development] Deddly:
Now I come to think of it, I had the same problem. I can't remember exactly what I did but I think I pressed the power button?
[Touch HD Android Development] dt_matthews:
fancy saving me an hour and enlightening me :)