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[Touch HD Android Development] lightiv:
AT&T Pure Connection/APN Solution

I was unable to get a connection to AT&T until I replaced the startup.txt with the attached which is from the m.carroll build of Android.

Also I had WiFi access out of the box for this build.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Thanks for this, I'll add this to the next release... which hopefully will be a sense release, but unfortunately the current sense releases are too unstable (in my opinion)... so I'm having to wait until we get a good one before I package it up!

Much appreciated
[Touch HD Android Development] binvij:
Issue Fixed :)

Updated the zImage

Set the CPU MAX 528 MHz, Min 160 MHZ(its not allowing to go below this)

Set On Boot
[Touch HD Android Development] binvij:
Screen calibration

Is there a way to manually calibrate the screen. the default screen callibration is not good
[Touch HD Android Development] lightiv:
Awsome Job

I have been using this build for about a day now and it show so much promise! In fact, if it had external speaker sound and better battery life I would use it full-time.

I am using this on 'TOPAZ 210'

Boot: Yes (Rather quick all things considering)

Performance: Just as quick as my EnergyROM WinMo

Phone Calls: Yes

3G: Yes

GSensor: Yes

WiFi: Yes (Out of the box)

Bluetooth: Yes (I was able to connect my ear piece <but no sound - see below>)

SMS: Yes

Exchange E-Mail: Yes

Battery: Does not have the 5% problem but not sure how accurate

Market: Yes (Now I can have all those apps that only iPhone users have)

Deep Sleep: Yes (Works great here but sometimes it will not recognize my touch and quickly go back to sleep. Retry and moving quicker works. Sometimes it wakes to a full pixelated screen which resolves with a retry.)

Deep Sleep: Yes (Called phone and it woke up <took about 4 - 5 Vibrates> and gave me the option to answer or ignore the call. Both options work)

Charging: Yes (from Wall & connected to computer)

Vibrate: Yes (works great in loo of sound)

Ringtones: No (Assume this is because Topaz has no sound)

Speaker/GPS: No

Battery Life: Very much lacking but that will be resolved in time and the developers master the port.

Location Service: No (On the clock screen it says "Weather information currently unavailable" even though I had to manual set the location under the weather section)

Needless to say I give this build two thumbs up and can't wait for sound and longer battery life!

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

:D:D:D:D:D
[Touch HD Android Development] pride2:
Shutdown dialog when SMS

when I send SMS ,android pop dialog tell me android is shutdowning ,then crash.
[Touch HD Android Development] t76sTaNg:
i cant get to the download links
[Touch HD Android Development] VeNuMuS:
They are working for me.
[Touch HD Android Development] gatorlounge:
Sprint TOuch Pro Flashed to Metro PCS

Sprint Touch Pro - Flashed to Metro PCS - running Android .cab

Ok I installed the cab everything is working perfect except cant get a data connection. I can use wifi perfectly but when I try to get connection to 1x on metro pcs it wont work no matter what apn setting I put in. ANYONE PLEASE HELP......
[Touch HD Android Development] vladislavg:
Thank you man, installing in this very moment
[Touch HD Android Development] dowlatow:
Unfortunally download links are corrupt. Both. For zip - null
[Touch HD Android Development] P_i_n_k:
Can't get past sign in screens. 2.1 release.

I've just installed the 2.1 release and it gets stuck in an infinite loop on setting up the google account.

I can't skip the setup/signin of the google account, that just takes me back to the 'push the android' screen.

If I sign in with my account it then says contacting google and then gives me options as to what data I wish to sync. When I then press the finish button there it just takes me to a "Add another account" screen which has the instruction to push my phones back button if I want to skip out of setting up a second account. If I push my <- button it then takes me back to the original account login screen, further pushing of the back button just ends up with me back on the 'Push the android' screen.

I'm trying a battery pull after getting through the sign in page to see if that helps.

Other than it's essentially stuck in an infinite loop, I tried going through three further 'sigin' screens just to see if it would give me any different options. I'm either missing something visually on screen or I'm misreading some instruction but I've successfully installed a fair amount of the previous release, and tried out several of the release before this current synchronised line of development and have never had this issue previously.

Running a Blackstone, Orange UK TouchHD, with a 4gig card formatted to fat32 and nothing but the 2.1 install cab sat on it before installing from the cab.

EDIT: Reboot worked. Have gotten straight into the home screen on reboot.

I'd love to have posted this edit immediately after but the forums want me to wait five minutes to prevent spam because I'm mostly a lurker, sigh. I'm most definitely not what I would class as a new account.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
I had this issue too, but you can avoid the reboot by just pressing the power key to get to the home screen.

Regardless it is in issue (but a minor one), seems to work after a clean boot...

Thanks for the rapid feedback though. Appreciated.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
They are not corrupt, they get set to NULL when the forum says 'coming soon'.

When they are ready, they are updated... as they are now!

:-)
[Touch HD Android Development] P_i_n_k:
Thank you for putting these together.

There is no need to thank me (appreciated though) for my report. In comparison the work you must put in to the builds pales pretty much any testing I am likely to do (I am developer and project lead, going through a final release cycle after five years of dev and testing). The least I can do is provide feedback so that others encountering the same situation have clear documentation of my issues and any resolution. I've never commented before simply because I am aware all the issues I am having are well known and usually well documented (all you have to do people is search).

Generally I've found the builds very interesting (My home systems are mostly Linux/FreeBSD) and I am one of the people hoping the battery issue can be sorted (though I'm well aware how much research that entails when you don't have access to good documentation freely).

This is however a work phone, so likely by the time some of the major, but difficult, issues have been sorted I will be on another phone. I am only going to change if work can offer me an Android phone though, and then I'm likely to want to try and find ways to unlock it and enhance the default build. So I doubt I'm going far from here. My ROM patching days for WinMo have been over since the day I swapped my default 8gig transcend card out for a personally purchased 4gig Sandisk card and the waiting for SDCard message went away for ever. I spend far more time in Android (despite its issues) than I do in WinMo. Really do think of WinMo now as a bloated boot loader for Android, It's definitely not what I would class as an OS :).

So thanks. Much appreciated.
[Touch HD Android Development] DarsVaeda:
looking good at first tryout

com.google.gapps crashes on several occasions

init: could not find "setupmodem.sh" popped up while installing, but installation went through thou...

it's very fast in comparison to the sense 2.1 build you can find in the thread nearby.

also i can use internet connection over phone with this rom.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
I don't do anything, these builds aren't my work, I just make the cab and the zip for them... I grab the components from the Developers (although I am a former cellphone developer for a number of manufacturers).

You sound in a very similar situation to me. WinMo has a handful of features I miss, and Android doesn't have them... plus, I like igo8 navigation for WinMo, and I can't use that in Android (without GPS). So WinMo still has minor holds on me.

Plus, parts of Android still suck (like a lousy address book with missing fields)... but on the whole, the only thing stopping me using Android 90% of the time is the stability in these builds, and of course, the lousy power consumption.

I do not believe the power consumption is an inherent Android issue, more like just a lack of knowledge on the hardware by the Kernel and driver developers, which they seem to be gathering day by day).

I am looking forward to incorporating Sense in these releases, but based on the current Sense releases, it's just too buggy and slow (atm). This is really why I've been quiet of late.. trying out the Sense versions, but I do not think they are fit for mass consumption yet!
[Touch HD Android Development] P_i_n_k:
I'm also getting repeated com.google.process.gapps crashes.

I seem unable to install anything I've tried so far from google market place. I get right through to pressing the install confirmation and then I often get a gapps crash message. There is no evidence that anything is downloading, as far as I can tell. Certainly not as I've had in previous builds, where there is a list and download progress status in the drop down notifications tab. If I click on the app again in market place, it says "starting download" and I get more crashes of gapps.

If I look at the market place downloads list there is a list of apps, all saying starting downloading (the ones I've tried to install). Clicking on any of them then takes me through to the same application install page, but instead of gapps crashes I get "A network error has occurred. Retry or cancel and return to the previous screen" message.

It does as it says, and retrying just gives the same error message after a short while.

I shall keep investigating.

Browsing over Wifi is working well, I might swap back to 3G and see if that works any better.

EDIT: Apps won't install from Market place over 3G either at the moment. Is this just me? I might try a wipe and re-install.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
A new release coming in the next hour...

Slight bug in the system.sqsh.... I have a new one that fixes the problem.

Many apologies!... brb in 60 mins with Rel 2.1a
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Fixed release now available (CAB format).... Zip format to follow in 40 mins or so (I have a very slow upload speed!)
[Touch HD Android Development] maxniper:
Thanks man, downloading and installing on the way... :)
[Touch HD Android Development] gatorlounge:
Install Touch Pro

Just install on Spring htc Touch Pro however cant get past the setup wizard phone reboots? Did I do something wrong or am I missing something? I installed the .cab version the previous version worked great for me.....
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
CDMA

I sincerely apologize is this has been answered already but is data services and call services available for CDMA devices? I have a Sprint Touch Pro2 (Rhodium). If so, I cannot get it to work on mine.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Did you get a prompt to choose one of two different setup wizards?

I found the first option more reliable. (on touch hd)

alternatively, just skip the setup wizard by pressing the power key, it SHOULD take you to the home screen.

Let me know how you get on...there's a whole lot of new components in this release, so not impossible that there are bugs on your device...
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
try adding htc_hw.force_cdma=1 to the startup.txt file in the root of your SD card in the set cmdline "xxx xxx xxx xxx xxx" section (Just add it into the list of parameters, just make sure it's separated by a space)

Please let me know if this works... then I can improve the release in future :-)
[Touch HD Android Development] gatorlounge:
I did get the option for 2 different setup the first boot only but not anymore.. No luck pressing the power button either... It will not go to the home screen all I get to is the green android saying press here to begin then shortly after a reboot of the phone. Should I try reinstalling or erase card and reinstall completly
[Touch HD Android Development] gatorlounge:
No reinstall didnt work same problem???? Not sure the problem Im stumped...
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
Lol I would looooove to give that a try but I must admit that I am probably the stupidest person on this thread when it comes to programs like this (not that I am stupid mind you). What I have in the start up doc is this

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pmem.extra=1 gsensor_axis= -1,-2,3

force_cdma=1 physkeyboard=rhod210"

boot

Is the "force_cdma=1" what you are refering to and just replace that whole line with "htc_hw.force_cdma=1"??

edit: Just looking back at the text again and I see the set cmdline "rel_path=android lcd.density=..."
[Touch HD Android Development] gatorlounge:
Just an update on my reboot problem. I erased all files and reinstalled the cab again and used the 2nd setup option this time and still did not help get as far as entering in my email info and it locks up and reboots the phone???? Any help is wlecome. I really wanna get this working...

*********new update even if I do nothing at all the phone still shuts off. I left it sit at the screen to pick a setup option and withing about 30 sec. the phone shut off.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
hmmm that's odd...

you SHOULD have this:

set ramsize 0x10000000

set ramaddr 0x10000000

set mtype 2292

set KERNEL zImage

set initrd initrd.gz

set cmdline "lcd.density=240 msmts_calib=0x9f.0x39a.0x35c.0x78 clock-7x00.a11=500 msmvkeyb_toggle=off pmem.extra=1 gsensor_axis=-1,-2,3 force_cdma=1 physkeyboard=rhod210"

boot

you should definitely NOT have the rel_path bit. Have you had a previous Android installed?

If so, start with a clean card.
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
mmmmmm yes. 1.7 i think. I am going to install the new bit. Where should I install the new bit that you suggested? I will actually just copy and paste of the thread here.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
rebooted or shut off? are you sure it's not just the screen blanking?

Try it with a charger connected (These android builds don't measure the batter level properly so if it gets low, or it thinks it's low, you can have problems)

Have you ever installed Android on the device before? or is this your very first time?
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Your best option is to start with a clean SD Card and install the cab... (or the zip).

If you install the zip, be SURE to follow the instructions in the opening post and take special not of the small grey instructions too... about running the install script after extracting the zip.

Android can get very messy if it finds old files from previous installations... and it just makes it so much harder to debug.
[Touch HD Android Development] gatorlounge:
It is rebooting. I do have it connected to the charger just in case and Yes prior to about an hour I was running the 2.0.1 cab just fine on the device everything working except my date but thats a metro pcs problem I think.... I am stumped now have tried everything.....
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
Alright, I will do that. If I cannot get it to work i will just hop back on. Lol

Thanks for all your help!
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
CDMA Data

Still no go. Any thoughts
[Touch HD Android Development] limkhaijack:
Works on Topaz for me...but NO SOUND!!!!

hihi...just installed the 2.1a version..it WORKS FOR MY TOPAZ...originally installed the previous ver., but cant detect the network..but after installed this new version, it can..i got network on my topaz....but one problem still remain is the soundless problem...still no sound...any idea how to solve it??

please..anyone can help?
[Touch HD Android Development] fr10:
solution for keep shut off or restart (raph800) Touch pro CDMA

just want to share, I also have the same problem with you, but what i did is :

Download this file (link below) and then rename it to rootfs.img and replace the one in your sd root (thanks to makkonen)

and it is never reboot or shut off again , it's worked for me.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Excellent....

If this works then we know the issue is in rootfs.

Unfortunately, this changes almost daily, and might fix one device and break another... (which is part of the problem with ALL the releases, not just the ones I'm doing).

Can somebody confirm that this rootfs works for TouchPro CDMA? if so, I will try to think of a way allow different rootfs for each phone... I'm a little reluctant to do this, but will if there's no other option.

Ideally it's just easier to find the best rootsfs for all devices, but when I'm using stuff that's literally 'hot off the press' it's impossible for me to knowit will work until it's out in the field. And if I use older stuff, folks complain I'm using old components!

Good feedback guys, helpful and informative....

Many thanks
[Touch HD Android Development] vcespon:
Hi, I gave this a try today and found it easier to install, smaller and faster than the one with Sense.

You just need to unzip everything on the root of the SD card, copy the startup file for your device to the root and run haret.

Running pretty smooth now, unlock is donde sliding left-right not top-bottom (this is a problem with the other build on blackstone).

It has configured my ISP and connected to the Internet automatically (I had to configure APN manually before). The device does not get so hot and the battery seems to last more. I have to try WiFi yet..
[Touch HD Android Development] gatorlounge:
I can confirm this fixed my problem as well. I reinstalled and replaced the rootfs file with the one from the zip booted up it rebooted the first run only after have been running great since....

Thanks so much for helping me with this. I love this place...
[Touch HD Android Development] Collapsar_Peng:
so sorry

I can't download the files from the "4shared.com".

Can you upload to the "rapidshare.com" ?

Thank you so much.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Sorry, I can't...

The only way this work is 'funded' is from downloading from megaupload.

Whichever host I choose, someone always loses out, which is a shame.

Perhaps another user might be able to host it and give you a private link... ?
[Touch HD Android Development] gatorlounge:
Update

Just to post an update I have been running this since 2nd boot this morning with no reboots and besides for the battery issues no problems at all.... I do have 1 problem still and cant figure it out.... My data connection...... It shows the edge connection as being connected however I can browse the net at all unless im on wifi. I am on metro pcs and have plugged in the proxy setting but nothing although for a second I thought it was refreshing my gmail but nope nothing.... ANY HELP WITH METRO PCS INTERNET PLEASE.....
[Touch HD Android Development] P_i_n_k:
2.1a. Thanks Muchly.

Couldn't try it out till I got home from work, the download site is not particularly friendly to our network security at work.

I have installed now and Market place works a treat over both WiFi and 3G. So far everything seems to be at least as good as in previous builds and for the most part a little bit better. I also prefer the lack of pre-installed apps.

Don't think I've seen a single app crash so far with this one and I also seem to be getting fewer 'close/wait' dialogs now, but time will tell on that one as I install and run more apps.

Thanks again. Your work (even if you consider it little) is very much appreciated and saves me a huge amount of time in research.

I may one day get around to learning more about it. But for now just playing is all I want to do.
[Touch HD Android Development] DarsVaeda:
Tried out the new release and now i do not get gapps crashing. Also i can install apps now from market.

I got this error message while installing:

"init: connot find setupmodem.sh, disabling setupmodem"
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Normal message, don't worry about it
[Touch HD Android Development] CelticSoul:
Ditto, sorry
[Touch HD Android Development] fr10:
Cdma Data Services

can someone help me how to be able to use my internet services?

my username : m8 and the pass : m8 and the dial number is #777

i already change /etc/ppp/pap-secrets & options.smd1 also cannot connect to the internet, using wifi i also cannot connect to the internet.

thanks
[Touch HD Android Development] gus2020i:
Testing good way

Download last version 2.1 on my blackstone, 12 h. working and goog sensations ...

No deep sleep, fast, stable, only on the wizard i take a little problem.

Thank you , I want blackstonedroid but de version 2.0 dont work correctly for my.

PD: My english is than bad as winmo :-)
[Touch HD Android Development] gus2020i:
Bluetooth (Ver. 2.1a)

With de parrot link good, take off music, them listen to me, but I no listen nothing
[Touch HD Android Development] Kenia1234:
It's a really good relase the 2.1a...fast and stable...you're following the right way to succeed...Sense is too heavy for blackstone...without sense it's really usable! :)

Thanks!!
[Touch HD Android Development] jkrowlnstw:
Hey im using a HTC touch Pro 2 for tmobile with this new build i do not have any connection, i cant get on internet make phone calls or text, with previous builds i could, i tried going to apn settings and adding an apn but when i save apn it is not even there, any help please? thank you
[Touch HD Android Development] Snuurtje:
I have made a direct mirror for the .cab file released on 15th of april.

http://emdey.com/overig/XDAndroid 2.1 (rel 2.1a).cab

(ready in 10 minutes)

If a mirror of the .zip is wished, please let me know.
[Touch HD Android Development] princeofalberta:
I tried to install Android on my Toshiba TG01, following all the steps and choosing how the blackstone phone, but when I started the application from the Windows menu, it stops at "jumping to kernel ..."

I know that is not an android htc and that probably does not support the snapdragon (unfortunately ...)

Can someone help me, please?

PS: sorry for my English but I'm Italian
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Not supported, as you suspected. Try the HD2 thread, there's a better chance of support there.

And good luck!
[Touch HD Android Development] Sig. Gargiulo:
I've tested the 2.1a release and I'm really impressed about this porting but it's not usable. Anyway I'll definitely check it again and again in the nearest future !!! :)
[Touch HD Android Development] gus2020i:
Clock delay

HI, my blackstone clock delay ten-twenty minutes on day ¿?

Anybody ¿?
[Touch HD Android Development] bernimoses:
Why click the touch screen always in the wrong places?

Bad driver?
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Which aspects are not usable? quite a number of us are using it 80% of the time. Only camera and GPS are the really missed parts, and they will arrive eventually

Most of us get a full day usage (sometimes more), gprs / 3G / HSDPA connectivity and Wifi... the apps work, sync work, browsing works....

I wouldn't say it was 'unusable'... just 'imperfect'.
[Touch HD Android Development] princeofalberta:
Thank you very much :)
[Touch HD Android Development] skyvvalker:
Hi to all! Somebody know why my diamond is so hot with android?:confused:
[Touch HD Android Development] WMLover212:
CDMA Service

Anybody having any luck with the CDMA Data and voice services? If so, Sprint Touch Pro2 looking for it...
[Touch HD Android Development] whitefalcon:
Probably cause your Wifi's on half the time ;)
[Touch HD Android Development] skyvvalker:
and my battery keeps only 2 hours, it's wi-fi too?...
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
What device are you using? and did you calibrate the screen as per the instructions?
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
I have a lot of patience, really I do, but RTFM.

It's in the opening post dammit... read it
[Touch HD Android Development] skyvvalker:
Ok-ok, i have read it, but only 2 hours.... sorry)