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[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
New build in the next hour with voice support...

I've had to disable HW3D 'cos it does work on Blackstone (as far as I can tell) and other users are having issues with it on other devices.

I've made some other minor tweaks too, and added Advanced Task Killer back into the squash because (in my opinion) it's a totally necessary tool.
[Touch HD Android Development] verseo:
Thanks for the reply,
[Touch HD Android Development] WaierYong:
that is a news i want very good
[Touch HD Android Development] solihu1:
Pleas can someone mirror the latest build on another server?
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
I prefer not to use mirrors, since I never ask for donations, the only way I can recoup any kind of expense is via megaupload.

I know it's a pain, but it's not as much of a pain as making the damn thing!
[Touch HD Android Development] shadow1983:
Great work, as usual :D

One question: I installed the new release today on my Diamond 100...but the top power button to go back to the home screen doesn't work...is it a known issue? is there some sort of workaround?
[Touch HD Android Development] kasaz:
Battery this is the "Main" problem!!! coz my battery is down to 5% after 45 mins but i switch back to WM its 60%...
[Touch HD Android Development] solihu1:
I understand. But how can you help those of us that do not have access to megaupload. It is blocked in some countries.
[Touch HD Android Development] yunpo123:
Thank you

Dear

I am from Taiwan. Thank you did. I just want know. Is possbile to make Android system on HTC HD2. And where will be possbile And thank you again.
[Touch HD Android Development] kasaz:
use proxy server, im also blocked by megaupload (im living in Hogn Kong), so stupid
[Touch HD Android Development] mtantawy:
I've installed the cab file on my HTC Touch Diamond & it is working pretty well, but i have some tips that might help

Concerning the issue of not waking up, i created that pattern to unlock the device, and when i press the "previously power on/off button" i click anywhere on the screen so it wakes up & tell me the pattern is wrong then i draw the correct pattern, then voila, the device wakes up & is perfectly ready to use, so i think this can be a temporary solution

Concerning how to power the device off, as u said, the best thing is soft reset, i tried to turn off by long pressing the "previously End Call button" and choosing turn off then waited till it did turn off, but it couldn't restart successfuly :(

So a if anyone faced this problem, remove your battery for 10 mins minimum & insert it then turn on your phone, Windows Mobile starts normally with no problems at all, so that's a solution instead of doing a hard reset & re installing everything on Wm & Android

Ofcourse thank you very much for your great efforts, much appreciated!

I hope i this post will help you guys

Have a nice day everybody :)
[Touch HD Android Development] krivolak:
good relase thanks, now use last version steel eat battery and when can work camera
[Touch HD Android Development] Dricos:
REquest : Android On Iolite ( HTC Touch Cruise 09)

It's been long time for waiting porting android on iolite,..

Could somebody or Master Open New Thread for Android On Iolite

Thanks ..
[Touch HD Android Development] leoayu:
have bug?why i cant use another wallpaper on this verion????
[Touch HD Android Development] 7Bit:
Wow the speed is awesome!! Unfortunately it regulary hangs after a few minutes of use (2.5 @ Blackstone)

Any ideas?
[Touch HD Android Development] 7Bit:
Same here, freezing on my Blackstone in minutes :(
[Touch HD Android Development] masrterk:
Testing Blackstone

many thanks

new Portuguese Forum

www.ppctuga.net
[Touch HD Android Development] Veriel:
The last release freezed at setup screen/continue button.

Cab install, clean SD, Blackstone (no oc).
[Touch HD Android Development] R^7Z:
The zip seems to work fine on my Fuze... Yes, this does include sound but have not attempted to use GPS yet...
[Touch HD Android Development] solihu1:
The site is blocked by government not by megaupload.
[Touch HD Android Development] g1a5o2:
the next version if you have time, I want to support font thai.
[Touch HD Android Development] kenl2007:
i can't download too :(
[Touch HD Android Development] 7Bit:
2.5a @ Blackstone still crashing after a few minutes :( Till then its working fine, GPRS, GPS, Sync, Speed all fine...
[Touch HD Android Development] j_littlebishop:
Diamond Battery Issue

hello..

any workaround/fix for the batter indicator on Diamond..? in less than an hour android "thinks" there is no battery left and the phone restarts.. I think this is the most urgent problem...
[Touch HD Android Development] benson_wu:
a good project, where can download the android 2.1 ?
[Touch HD Android Development] R^7Z:
Find the download link on the first post and choose which version to download: cab/zip

N-joie!

:cool:
[Touch HD Android Development] sank27:
2.5a is working fine for me for the past few hours, though I kept my data.img from the older release.

Can't make out much difference though.
[Touch HD Android Development] kitch:
2.5a also @Blackstone, crashing after a few minutes with WiFi on, after disabling WiFi been stable in the last hours.

The behaviour has been the same in the last releases.
[Touch HD Android Development] reydoog:
data.img

Interesting, as I have a 'heavily customised' and stable v2.5 on my Blackstone I want to try 2.5a with the working voice search but I am a bit reluctant to reenter all the customisations. What is kept by keeping data.img and what is lost. Will installing new version on blank formatted SD and replacing data.img with my old one work?

Thanks,

Reydoog.
[Touch HD Android Development] reydoog:
Andriod keeps crashing

i had this in the v2.5 release. I think it was related to errors on the SD card. Every time Android is shut down with a soft reset, this is flagged as a crash and a fsck is run which finds lost clusters etc. I think that this is the problem. As we cannot currently shut down Andriod by any other way, I guess we have no option but to keep reinstalling.
[Touch HD Android Development] sank27:
Don't know exactly what all gets preserved, but at least all installed apps and settings seem to be there. I don't notice any change. Who knows, may be someone technical enough may come around and say its a very bad idea :).

You can also take backup of exiting SD card, and install the new cab over it to see if it works, else go back to the backup.
[Touch HD Android Development] Veriel:
Freeze for me with wifi turned off, after 15 minutes. Before the crash a window appeared and asked "wait or close" the browser. I closed it and when I tried to reopen, the system didn't respond (freeze).

I am thinking on trying ext2 file system.

Is it possible? Is there a tutorial for this? (Which files where to put).
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
You need to create an ext2 partition on your SD Card to do this, usually done with Linux (or VM)... but it won't fix any issues.

The 'crashes' are just life with XDAndroid... it's not finished, and won't be for some time... I simply wouldn't recommend anybody rely on XDAndroid for anything valuable... it's more 'nice to have / play with'.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
It's tricky.... 9 times out of 10, you can install OVER the old installation and keep your settings, but sometimes it won't work due to specific changes in the kernel that might change the format of data.img (and therefore an old version won't work). The worst issue is when an old data.img 'almost works', but introduces very subtle bugs... which is why most folks recommend a totally clean install.

I can rebuild my setup in about 15 minutes.... customisations and everything, so you CAN get pretty good at it! :-)

Use Google to store your contacts and calender in Google's 'cloud'. Keep a folder for your wallpapers and apk files (to rapidly reinstall the apps), and get used to the settings you typically need to change. I know it's a pain in the ass, but there's no easy way around it (unless you try one of the Android backup apps, which are ALSO buggy!)
[Touch HD Android Development] R^7Z:
Agreed! I like the way I can tell others with an Android device that my Fuze is a "two-n-one" device and then show them! Watch them drool! :D

:cool:
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
If you have 2.5 without issues, don't bother with 2.5a. I usually make a big deal of any significant new release and change the revision to 2.6 or even 3.0 for a big release (like Froyo)
[Touch HD Android Development] Veriel:
You may be right. It's sad. Android looks too cool to not to use it.

However, I gave a last chance, created

4G fat32

1.5G ext3

1.5G ext3

1G swap

On my sdcard. (So yes, I have linux).

However I have no idea how to tell haret which partition to use as root and data.
[Touch HD Android Development] g1a5o2:
if big release, please include thai font.
[Touch HD Android Development] epzhlp:
Thanks for this Thread!
[Touch HD Android Development] thaikinh:
Can someone upload to any host other than megaupload/rapidsh!t, my school uses shared IP so there is no way to download from rapidsh!t and megaupload, it always comes with the error "your IP is downloading....blah blah"
[Touch HD Android Development] vorob:
htc diamond 2 is overclockable? or why i see such setup menu in lates android build?
[Touch HD Android Development] cereal86:
Why the youtube don't work properly? I choose a video, the audio start but the image still blincking and then show's a message that can't play the video.
[Touch HD Android Development] EclipseTouchPro:
Does google sky work with this?
[Touch HD Android Development] ngok31:
Hi all,

I ve tested and installed the 2.5a version of xandroid.. It's very fast and smotth compare to winmo 6.5..

But I have a BIG battery issue...Android drains battery's life very very fast..2 hours max when the battery is fully charged and the phone is off I have to plug it to use it.

I don't trust hte battery's icon as it said on the first post.

This issue appear on both blackston's version standard and overclocked..

With the overclocked version I have my phone going warmer...

Is there any solution to fix my problem of battery life ?

Thanks again to the dev of android.
[Touch HD Android Development] touchpr02:
Hey, I need help, I Have Android 2.1 on my Sprint HTC Touch Pro 2, and it cannot connect to the network, send text messages, send or receive calls, or connect to the internet through the cell network. Am i doing something wrong? or is this build not made for this?
[Touch HD Android Development] la3bna:
This build is by far one of the better i have tried on my BS. Only thin missing now is direct usb connection and headphones working.....

KEEP up the good work!!!
[Touch HD Android Development] hans.deman:
Report on mda compact (topaz) 2.4 to 2.5a

Is working much better! The phone has a quicker response, battery life is improved, no returning setup wizard.

-Speaker isn't working, didn't find a way around
[Touch HD Android Development] lokie538:
Hey, Have been giving this a whirl for a while today. Excellent work for starters! Really appreciate it guys.

Seems to be faster for usage and everything seems to work fine (except for obviously camera etc.). I tried the gps, but seems to take a long while to work (might still have worked if I waited longer), ill try that again soon to check and get back. Only had a few minor processes die, not big issue.

Youtube and headphones are not working, no biggie, although the speaker seems to work most of the time (It does make a few crackles which it shouldn't, almost like it is being turned on and turned up loud).

Overall seems like a very good release and once again, thank you!

EDIT: GPS is working, just didn't give it enough time previously to connect. (I didn't want to stay outside at night in the cold haha)
[Touch HD Android Development] yaronimo:
Hebrew, finally works

Hi ,

If anyone wants Hebrew for the latest update: 27 Jun 2010 (V2.5a) without the need to unsquash&mksquash, I already did it and it works fine.

I can upload the system.sqsh that i've re-squashed with Hebrew fonts, I just need to know where to upload it :D
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
Did you literally just drop the fonts into the fonts folder and resquash?

If so... I'll start putting them into the next build, along with the Thai fonts.

If there's 'extra' settings that need to be modified, can you let me know what changes are needed (then you won't have to go through this again next time!)

Great work! I could use all the help I can get, since I'm working on other projects and this is really 'background' work...
[Touch HD Android Development] yaronimo:
I just dropped them and replaced the ones that were already in the font folder.

I'm glad I could help :)
[Touch HD Android Development] ngok31:
I think I have solved my battery's problem..

But I still wait one day more to confirm that it's works..

Here it is What I have done :

Extract the sd card

Put it on my computer sd card reader

Format it in FAT 32 but dont use the quick format. Use the normal one. It's longer but better.

Download the Zip android archive

Extract the archive on the root of the Sd card. Always do that with your Sd on your card's reader on your computer, not on your phone usb plugged.

Whent the extraction is done, plug your Sd on your phone and start windows mobile..then configure Android as described in the first post.

Another thing I used the normal android config not the overclocked one.

I hope this help

I get back tomorrow after one day usage.
[Touch HD Android Development] jeanfrederic:
It's kind of you but i'm afraid it is the advice given by Masters since ages!
[Touch HD Android Development] ngok31:
May be I haven't read all the 173 pages of the post...
[Touch HD Android Development] g1a5o2:
I'm need to help, for replaced fonts into the font folder.
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
This is the standard way to install the zip version (although you can unzip using the phone too).

It will have NO effect on the battery, believe me.

Nice post though, and nice that someone's making an effort!
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
oh, this might not be good... if you just overwrite the existing fonts it's hard for me to know if the font JUST supports Hebrew, or if it supports normal character set AND Hebrew... which then leaves me with the issue of Thai character set too!...

Ideally, the font needs to support as many character sets as possible, but it's useless for me if I have to make a WWE, Thai and Hebrew in 3 different builds. I will investigate further!

At least it's nice to know it's JUST a matter of dropping the font in the squash.
[Touch HD Android Development] Dynamic_d:
Hi Guys,

I was wondering if any1 know's how to get the rosie package to work with this build. I love the sense ui....or atleast the icons..can they work with this build?? is there a way to make them work?? where can I download em?? is this a qiwi? why all the questions??

ANy ways if any1 can answer without hating that would be cool
[Touch HD Android Development] albinoloss:
Also for me. In other previous versions was working. Why ?
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
I made a release with it, but it runs like a dog... it's too slow. Not only that, many of the graphics don't work well for VGA devices.

On top of THAT... what's Sense really giving you that's so great? You can get the flip clock for free elsewhere, you can get the sense bar for free, and most of the widgets are replicated elsewhere too (or damn close).

I've nothing against Sense, it's quite nice, and I use it myself sometimes, but after you've used it for a week you come to realise it's not giving you anything extra and it's a REAL resource hog..... so kills performance (on XDAndroid).

My advice is 'mimic' the look and feel if that's the look you want. Just don't try Sense on XDAndroid on our HD's until someone comes up with a red hot version (by which time, we'll all have moved to Froyo, and Sense will be lagging behind).
[Touch HD Android Development] Psylabs:
Stable Release?

Does Anyone use Android as their primary OS?

In that is there a stable version worthy of daily use on Blackstone?
[Touch HD Android Development] lokie538:
I would say the build in this thread would most likely be the most stable version, except the main problem is the battery is used up too quickly and won't last a full day of use (probably 2 hours of use, not sure about standby).

The other issue with this build is the camera not working, but this wouldn't be a problem for most people.

So until the battery problem is fixed It wouldn't be recommend for daily use. Anyone correct me if im wrong :)
[Touch HD Android Development] solihu1:
Yes. I use the releases as OS. I always recharge my battery when i go for break from office. Another caveat is that you remove 3d from the package. 3d is not working on blackstone. Also use backup apps to backup your messages and important info. It interesting..
[Touch HD Android Development] EclipseTouchPro:
Why is it I can't remove my previous xdandroid? I want to completely remove it but its not in the program folder! how do I remove this ?
[Touch HD Android Development] yaronimo:
I just checked most of the characters (using Google translate) and all of the characters that i checked were displayed correctly, all except Thai.
[Touch HD Android Development] ngok31:
Bad news...

My blackstone with Android only live 5 hours.....

I have fully charge it.

I used it about 45 minutes for sms pj=hone and web browsing...

I have it from 4 pm until 9 pm.. only..

I have check the battery level before recharging only 5 % left..

Rahhh..I lke Android wich is more better than windows mobile ...but due to this battery problem It's unusable daily...

I think the dev should focus on it ....

I 'll wait and test the next release....

Another thing when I install Android using the way I described below the battery level seems to be more acurate.. I mean when it's red then you have to charge your phone..

I have no more up and down battery level slide..

Thank you for making us Android..
[Touch HD Android Development] lokie538:
Totally agree with that :) (not that im complaining, love the work done by you guys), but I just tried google my track and about 50 minutes into a walk the battery died lol.
[Touch HD Android Development] yaronimo:
Hi,

I can upload my system.sqsh with fonts that support Hebrew, English and some others (Thai not included).

If this is what you want, send me a link and i'll upload the ~50MB file to that location.
[Touch HD Android Development] ngok31:
I make another test now..

I have flashed my phone with the original htc rom which work in windows mobile 6.1..

I use android now..to see if it's usable more than 5 hours...

Fuly charge from 9:30 pm til ???? tomorrow I hope.

I'll post feedback on it..
[Touch HD Android Development] qkps2:
i use diamond

sometime when press the <- (Back Button) it will turn off display

I am sure i have not press the end call button

It need to reboot the phone for this bug

just report to u

thx
[Touch HD Android Development] sagem:
Mirror please
[Touch HD Android Development] ngok31:
Just want to konw on the diamond do you have the same battery issue ?
[Touch HD Android Development] handsomek:
Thanks！Great work!

But what i want to know is ,does this project support samsung i900 （omnia）?
[Touch HD Android Development] jeanfrederic:
As you read the thread since this post at least,

I 'd say no need to ask that loud
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
If some nice member is willing to give you a mirror link, I'm ok with that... I just don't want mirrors splashed everywhere.

I'd do it myself, but I really am snowed under with real work!
[Touch HD Android Development] sagem:
Sorry for the loud request, but Megaupload is banned in my country.

I really enjoyed your previous version, and I downloaded it through a mirror link.

:o:o:o
[Touch HD Android Development] la3bna:
How to get 3G working? I cant seem to find out how....

I have tried in settings -> wireless settings -> Mobile Networks

but no luck.

Please help me
[Touch HD Android Development] YoMarK:
I'm using the default HTC rom(actually, I only took it out of the box a fews days ago), charged it only 1 time to 100% in Windows mobile. Since then i'm using Android from this thread(now 2.5a), and get about 7 hours out of the battery(few calls, few texts, little playing).

Few hours more would be nice though.
[Touch HD Android Development] ngok31:
Thanks for the feedback..

For the moment I have around 20% left of battery...and about 6:30 hours..And same usage like you...

If the dev can make it working for just one day ....

Hi again,

Finally I have the same battery time from YoMark 7-8 hours it depends of your way you use your phone..

I 'il wait for the next version to test it but again to the dev please focus on the battery life if it's possible ..

Support

Thanks again for Android
[Touch HD Android Development] nightdog_24:
com.android.provision.DefaultActivity vs Setup Wizard

Hi guys,

I took the latest version available XDAndroid 2.1 (rel 2.5a) and installed it on a Touch Diamond 2(Topaz).

After boot, i get the dialog Complete action using: -com.android.provision.DefaultActivity

or

- Setup Wizard

And...i get stuck to that. Nothink else to do to get wread of that dialog. So i cannot go further to see anything.

Could any of you help me to solve this issue? Has anyone tried this version on TD2?

Thank you in advance!
[Touch HD Android Development] g1a5o2:
thank you yaronimo. this link thai font.

http://www.4shared.com/file/139817012/6378356a/fonts.html

http://www.wingfoss.in.th/system/files/pictures/fonts-DroidSans.zip
[Touch HD Android Development] TheBrilliantMistake:
This is the problem (I think):

We need a font that supports ALL characters... English, Greek, Thai and more...

If I include the Greek version, there's no Thai.

If I include the Thai version, there's no Greek.

This is very bad for a universal release designed to work in any countries.

I am investigating a solution to this, but I'm also quite busy too...

Sadly, most people aren't able to make their own squash files, since 90% of the world doesn't have Linux and have never heard of Ubuntu.

Grrrr!!! I hope we can solve this problem
[Touch HD Android Development] g1a5o2:
Thank you, TheBrilliantMistake.

I hope too to solve this problem. sorry my english very bad, I can read but write very bad.
[Touch HD Android Development] Psylabs:
Status

So Ive been playing with this new build V2.5a for a little bit on my blackstone, and its pretty awesome, major step up... but unfortunately its still far from stable for me.

The voice search works rather well and its amazing!

Both wifi and 3G seem to be working.

Enabling smooth/fast transitions in spare parts helps a lot.

The SD card heats up a lot.

Battery doesnt last too long.

And some times it hangs/crashes or goes into a deep sleep and cant be woken up.
[Touch HD Android Development] mic10:
idem for me with my blackstone
[Touch HD Android Development] WeeJockMacFeegle:
When I'm typing the predictive text always tries to replace what I'm typing with a name from my contacts. E.g. I type "Has", the keyboard selects "Hastings" from my contacts.

This happens whatever text box I type in, but since I sms a lot it's really annoying when I'm typing a message.

Any idea how to fix?
[Touch HD Android Development] YoMarK:
You should disable auto-complete under settings>Language & keyboard>Android Keyboard.
[Touch HD Android Development] soeuriffin:
not work with my phone I dont know how come? I am using enegy rom 21899 and radio v 1.14.25..

xperia x10

Htc Touch Hd
[Touch HD Android Development] rast4man:
I installed the .cab version of the latest on my DIAM500 and I have to say this runs amazing. The ONLY thing I'm dealing with is that when I launch Market, it stalls on "Loading Terms..." and then closes itself.

Has anyone else experienced this? Everything else works fantastic and the battery isn't bad at all. I do need Market access though..any thoughts?

Regards