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[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ardf69:
There are interesting patches to the kernel as overclock for example. I think we can use the original kernel at the start and then we can create a new one kernel from the sources.

Ciao Angelo
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Baxxx:
That sounds great!

Another limitation i remember is the limited RAM use in 1.6 which is probably also a kernel/driver problem ...

(i think starting from 2.0 or 2.1 the full RAM area is usable)

Bax
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] SuperUserMovado:
We might be able to use the information already tried on the motorola milestone which also has a locked down bootloader.

http://and-developers.com/motorola_milestone

this has information on the kexec option

Also the mot_boot_mode hack looks promising. I don't have any idea of the boot up process of the X10 but hopefully this would work.

"mot_boot_mode hack

A.k.a. the Newton hack. The init.rc script resides in the signed boot CG, so we cannot alter it. But it happens to exec /system/bin/mot_boot_mode, which we CAN change once we run as root, since it's located inside the system CG. By moving mot_boot_mode to mot_boot_mode.bin and creating a shell script as our new mot_boot_mode, we can get the system to run commands of our choice such as mounting partitions, etc. This is the earliest we can tap into the boot process, and it is early enough to let us introduce hacks such as APPS2SD, making better use of /cache, and other useful stuff. We could even branch to load a new kernel using kexec like mechanism."

Yes I know it is not the X10 but hopefully we can learn from work already being done on the motorola milestone.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] arj154:
seems like an interesting idea, I hope some of the devs have time to work on this while dealing with the issues with root. They might be taking a well deserved break which is fine.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jerpelea:
1 is done

2 working on 2

3.is for omap cpu wont work !!

4.manualy did it and device boots works
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] HunteronX:
Great work, jerpelea!.

I'm not sure I understand this, but does this involve loading a another kernel after the flashed one, to boot into another rom?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ddewbofh:
I'm curious about that too. Are we talking some kind of chainloading, kexec or even something UML-like?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jerpelea:
Yes bu not using motorolas module

Motorola has different cpu
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] HunteronX:
Ok, thanks. :)

Is there a module for the QSD8250 snapdragon chipset?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ardf69:
For the point 3 I'll try to port. I'm searching the snapdragon datasheets.

Ciao Angelo
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ardf69:
I tried to see and compile 2nboot-ng downoladed from the git but it seems to be incomplete even if I don't see too much difference in the code for omap and snapdragon.

Ciao Angelo
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jerpelea:
use original kexec

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/horms/kexec-tools.git

we will fork from here (has arm suport)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ardf69:
I found this patch for mips (kexec as module with an old kernel)

http://hardwarebug.org/files/pch_hack/kexec-as-module-for-PCH-C-200.patch

and I tried to modify for arm but at the moment I have only error in compiling.

Ciao Angelo
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jerpelea:
mips is differene arhitecture

we have arm7 v2n cpu
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ardf69:
I know, but the modifies are simple and not really related to the platform. The last point I must understand the addresses at the end of the patch at what they point.

Ciao Angelo
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] dastan:
keep up the Good work , as far as I understand for running Custom ROM booting a custom kernel is as Important as Rooting itself

I'm no Programmer just a n00b, but if anyone needed a tester ,I'm here .
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ardf69:
I tried to rebuild a kernel with CONFIG_KEXEC and kdump osless (it seems required) and the build fails. It seems the SE kernel is incomplete and I don't know how to correct it.

Ciao Angelo
[Desire Themes and Apps] Keastie:
Hey guys, noticed last night that Google earth is back in the marketplace after much absence! But when I go to install it it says insufficient space? It says it requires 5mb and I have over 12 free, any ideas? Am using a desire running 2.1 sense
[Desire Themes and Apps] madd0g:
Full install is 22mb.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Deleted member 2500726:
I don't really know if i have posted in the right forum but please correct me;)

This is a video toturial I made for modifying ROMs. Here's the things in the video:

1. How to remove or add apps

2. How to replace the boot screen

3. How to replace other things and sign it

Please remember to read all comments and everything on YouTube about the video before asking questions. I am not going to respond if the question already has been asked

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[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] louieG1:
thanks for the vid
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jabv123:
Can someone organize like the post office synchronized of Outlook with "for"?

The mail synchronized of outlook only allows to organize the post office for received, of, matter and something more. One would like to be able to group them as to what persons I have ordered them, that is to say, "for", as in the outlook of tablecloth.

Thank you.
[Touch Diamond2, Pure Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Bruce Inman:
I do not think it is possible.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Findee:
How do I restore back to R2BA020 after rooting my phone?

Sony Ericsson tools won't let me restore back again?
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] cvchetan:
well u can either have root or the r2ba020 firmware.

choice is urs.

if u want root stick to the instructios.

if u want r2b then follow jerpleas guide to flash r2b firmware on the x10.

chetan
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Findee:
Where is jerpeleas guide? Is that the one for flash tool? Because I can't get it to work :S
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] cvchetan:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=683793
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jutley:
i have the same problem i dont lake the root its to early to root my phone feels like crap now i want to go back to x10i bo20 firmware i know optimus is the best way to flash back to original roms but i want to make sure do we have to use decrypted roms or original shipped roms thats the bit i dont quite understand i think decrypted though.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] cvchetan:
decrypted..
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jutley:
thanks for the quick reply do we have any experts here on optimus flashing a easy guide would be nice what and which files go where when they are downloaded really confusing what to do with the decryprted files do we leave them in the zip format or do we have to unzip them we them end up with loads of files if they are unzipped.Hope someone can shed abit of light on optimus as i can see this is the easy and free way to get back home.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] wingz85:
Think you mean Omnius?

Check this post for set up. http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6789689&postcount=324

Download decyrpted fw.

Hope this helps.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] cvchetan:
can do two ways.

one download the decrypted files. unzip it, use the flash tool provided by jerplea.

if u have the rom files as downloaded by seus then u can use seus to update or omnius.

in omnius the larger file goes in the first box and the smaller in the next.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jutley:
Unzip the original zip file so there is 2 files - phone.zip and R1FB001.zip (or whatever its called). In Omnius for the "application" file choose the R1FB001 File and for the "customization" file choose phone. Zip. You really cant go wrong :-)

Found the answer i was looking for above
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jutley:
seus does not work have already tried it blags on about firmware already up to date tried all the methods i am comming from root back to x10i latest firmware so seus is no good ominus is the way to go back if anyone wants to go back after they have rooted and dont like it.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Findee:
I managed to restore back again. I just copied the .sin files in from a decrypted firmware into the step 1 folder then ran step 1.bat :)

Works like a charm :)

I can now repair in Sony Ericsson Updater again :)
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jutley:
How many . Sin files what about zip file that is named phone can u give details of files to replace
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] gulpreet:
I was able to successfully unroot my x10a with omnius. And then I updated to the x10i firmware again :) Going to wait until full root is achieved and stable.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] Findee:
Well I used R2BA020 for flash tool version.

From the large file I copied across the system file which had a really long name so I renamed it to system.sin

From the smaller file I coppied;

amss_fs.sin

apps_log.sin

amss.sin

fota0.sin

fota1.sin

recovery.sin

dsp1.sin

boot.sin

cache.sin

Then I ran step 1.bat again and then I just repaired in Updater Tool.

:) Hope this helps.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] mr.valacky:
thanks Findee! works for me.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] ojpd:
Really sorry if I'm hijacking the thread.. I recently rooted and I don't really like root right now so... Figured it would be a waste to start a whole new thread again.

Just so I'm sure I'm doing it right.. I have the two O2 R2 firmware files I used to debrand my X10 with PC Companion.

Can I use these in Omnius? They don't seem to show up as "compatible file" types when browsing for them. However the ones that are in zip format are.

Which ones do I use? The ones from the debrand method or the "flash tool" files.
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jutley:
Use the decrypted zip ones in in optimus very simpley
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] san1 x10:
thanks Findee!!!!
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] jutley:
Can any one link me to the seus vodafone uk R1F014 firmware i need to rebrand it fof warrenty purposes please any help to find the rom would be very much appriciated thanks
[XPERIA X10 Android Development] san1 x10:
go to this site if it ((Necessary))

((( davinciteam.com/phone_details_X10i_R1FA014_0001.html)))

The site has what you're looking for

SORRY But you must pay
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArtieQ:
I'm looking for a good converter which converts .avi to .mp4. I was using this one for my Touch Diamond 2 but I think the bitrate and stuff could be higher now when I got a Desire with better specs.

I used this one: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=467112
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Tazzyez:
I use Format Factory, it does a pretty good job and is free.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cbanbury:
Look at Xilisoft software. Not free but good for pretty much any video/audio convrrsion.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] JayKow:
I have compared different converters and I recommend Convert-tune to download and convert video and audio easily.

It converts music and movies, and also burn files on CDs. The converter is

easy to install and use. :)
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SkyWalker1726:
when using Xilisoft program i had many audio/video , synchronization problems ...
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] snapilica2003:
Stick with that converter. It's awesome and there is no point in increasing the bitrate because the screen resolution and dimensions are the same. Increasing the bitrate will not show higher quality pictures.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SupremeBeaver:
AVS Video converter 6 is hands down the best converter i have used. Its not free, but its a good investment because it pretty much converts anything you throw at it. Even .mkv.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Desire D:
I use Handbrake on the Mac, think there is a PC version as well, works great.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dunetails:
+1 for Handbrake

You can pretty much just use the iPhone preset. You might need a laptop with some horsepower but it's worth using the h264 codec to reduce file size

http://handbrake.fr/

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http://smartadopter.wordpress.com
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abc27:
You could just use RockPlayerBase to play the AVI instead of waiting for it to encode?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidBois:
Tried using handbrake but neither Rock or the native player will recognise the m4v or mp4 file - any suggestions?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArtieQ:
Why would you wanna use RockPlayer to watch .mp4? Just don't encode the videos.. leave them .avi or whatever, RockPlayer will play it. If you have .mp4 from beginning just use the inbuilt player.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidBois:
Because I'm trying to save space and cram as many in to the memory card as I can - it's for a 6 week holiday so I want to take as much as I can. 700MB / file is un-necessarily large for a phone?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ArtieQ:
Well, I got a 32GB SD card right now and that's alooooot of movies.. I don't know what you got but converting to mp4 isn't saving so much space.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] DroidBois:
I thought a 700MB filecould be halved quite easily without any noticeable loss in quality, perhaps not? I want to take about 30 files with us, so a 16GB card or two won't be enough. We'd need 20 - 25GB of micro SD storage! With that much to carry around for an extended holiday, any saving of space would be substantial. The native player does seem to play the .avi files the files are currently stored in, however it seems a waste to keep them in their current size for such a small screen?
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abc27:
Impossible unless of course the "video" happens to be a plain black image :p
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] abaaaabbbb63:
I know you want to get 10 posts, but try posting in newer threads, instead of resurrecting 3 year old ones.
[Desire Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Saf98:
Get mx player and play a avi movie and it starts laggings so I change the codec at top right corner to sw and the video was playing perfectly no lag.
[Ideos S7 General] wywywywy:
Hi all,

Not seen a thread about this new tablet from Huawei yet. In the UK it is going to be exclusive to Expansys - http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=199911

A quick list of specs,

- Snapdragon 768MHZ

- 256MB RAM

- MicroSD slot

- 7" 800x480 screen (CAPACITIVE!!)

- Sim card slot, supporting HSPA/UMTS

- WiFi 11b/g/n

- 3.5mm stereo audio jack

- 2mp camera

- 2200mAh battery

Now for me, this seems REALLY good, as an alternative to the iPad. Although it is more than twice as expensive as other Chinese Android tablets, its spec is far superior and because it is made by a reputable company, the quality is likely to be much better than the currently available junk.

At first I thought it was Wifi only without 3G, but now that I found that it has, I am not even going to consider the iPad, especially seeing as HTC has yet to make a tablet anyway. So yep so far it looks really good.

What is not clear, is whether it has GPS and multi-touch.

I am wondering if there is going to be a section for this device over here at XDA Dev?
[Ideos S7 General] wywywywy:
Thinking about it, isn't 800x480 a bit too low?
[Ideos S7 General] iridium21:
I've been looking into this as I'm interested in one.

From what I've read Huawei haven't even released the specifications of this yet - it may even have a resistive screen :( and looks like it won't be available until August anyway!

If you find any more info on it, let us know!

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=6979170#post6979170
[Ideos S7 General] wywywywy:
I think Expansys said they will have it in stock (UK) next week.

But yea, wouldn't put money in yet until there are reviews to read.
[Ideos S7 General] iridium21:
If you have a look at this vid, it shows a stylus so it definitely looks as if it's a resistive screen.

http://techpinger.com/2010/06/watch-huawei-smakit-s7-android-tablet-hands-on-and-first-look-video/
[Ideos S7 General] wywywywy:
But the fingering operation seems too smooth for a resistive screen?

Either way I hope we find out next week!

If it turns out to be just a polished turd then, well the iPad will be on the card again...
[Ideos S7 General] iridium21:
Yep, it's resistive :(

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PQjOMGhuS3k

Don't want an iPad though...
[Ideos S7 General] wywywywy:
Oh crap!!!

* writes off another device on the list *

She has a nice accent though.
[Ideos S7 General] iridium21:
I'm not sure myself. I'm still considering it - like you say it does have a very responsive screen resistive or not...

Or do you know of any other similar devices to be released soon that have a capacitive screen (not an iPad ;)) that would be worth looking at?

Yeah, what is it?
[Ideos S7 General] wywywywy:
The thing is, I have a Toshiba TG01, which at the time was said to have a "really responsive resistive screen", and the reality is that it's nowhere near a real capacitive. In fact even my spare dodgy Samsung Symbian feature phone with a cheapest possible capacitive screen is more responsive.

I wouldn't mind resistive so much on a Windows PC tablet (in fact I have a few, still in use), but on a mobile fingery tablet, it is definitely a deal breaker for me.

One thing that is worth looking at is the Ramos W7. But it has been delayed again and again, and the places that are going to sell it are a bit dodgy... And you know what the usual problems a small Chinese brand could bring. The spec and price point look very nice as a Dell Streak alternative though. I can see myself using it on the toilet a lot, which at the moment an iPod Touch does this particular job for me, if that is not too much detail for you.

God damn it I wish HTC would make one!
[Ideos S7 General] nilezon:
I wouldn't buy a tablet with a capacitive screen. Capacitive means no handwriting (with pen), and I want my tablet to replace my old paper notebook. Resistive screens also have much higher accuracy, which could be useful in some applications (like spreadsheets).

My old Touch Pro 2 is working pretty well, despite the resistive screen.
[Ideos S7 General] lufc:
I had a good look at this and was very tempted as i wanted an android tablet it looks very good they say the bad points are

No multitasking and no built in memory,

In the end i went for the Dell Streak and i am glad i did it blows the icrap stuff out of the water

link bellow:)

http://www.expansys.com/d.aspx?i=199911
[Ideos S7 General] wywywywy:
Sounds like you are in the market for a PC-tablet rather than a media/entertainment-tablet like the one we are discussing.

I have a few Fujitsu tablets and also had some UMPCs with Windows 7 and resistive tech works very very well on them. Not quite the same case with these iOS/Android tablets though.
[Ideos S7 General] maxpower097:
I dunno there is no lack of competition for the ipad. Everyone and their brother is releasing numerous models. I personally am partial to ASUS and plan on going that route. I heard they will have 2 versions. A windows OS and an Android OS. Heres some other options

http://mashable.com/2010/01/27/9-upcoming-tablet-alternatives-to-the-apple-ipad/
[Ideos S7 General] nilezon:
I guess you're right.

I would love a linux powered tablet. An iPad with Ubuntu and a resistive screen.

I've got a OQO 01, but that's not really the same. It's too small.

Do you have any suggestions?
[Ideos S7 General] wywywywy:
Well, there are a (small) number of netvertibles to choose from. Gigabyte's TouchNote seems to be especially popular and can be had for cheap second hand, but Asus has a new EEE netvertible too. If money was no object, Fujitsu does have a nice range with CULV processors.

They all come with keyboards though. If you are desperate a true tablet, Archos 9 is coming out next week... But I'll be very wary of Archos's quality and support!!

EDIT:

I tried Ubuntu Netbook Remix on one of mine by the way, and in my opinion it is quite unfinished... There are number of problems with device drivers too. Things might have changed since, but I'd rather have something that just works.
[Ideos S7 General] iridium21:
I've just been looking around at this again, mainly because it seems that it's going to be the best available Android 2.1 tablet around for a while...

Anyway, it seems as if eXpansys UK were lying about it being exclusive to them because Play.com, Clove Technology, Handtec and others have this for sale too. They're all cheaper than eXpansys too.

Hmm, still thinking about getting one. Anyone else? Forum on XDA for it too?
[Ideos S7 General] wywywywy:
Expansys has posted their own (obviously positive) review.

http://www.expansys.com/blog/?p=785

But it is more of an advert than a review.
[Ideos S7 General] pbrauer:
Huawei S7

So I picked up the Cruz Reader, the Cruz Tablet and the Huawei S7 this weekend over at Best Buy, and the only one that I am keeping is the S7. Even with the TFT as opposed to the Capacitive Screen on the Cruz Tablet, the Huawei is better in every regard.

I will be posting more details separately for each device later today, but for right now, I would say don't even bother with the Cruz devices.
[Ideos S7 General] teardropcity:
I am really curious about the Huawei Ideos S7. I have not seen much video of the actual retail version that is available now at Best Buy. I ordered a Maylong M150, but have been waiting for weeks for it. I know the Huawei is 3 times the price, but 2.1 with actual non hacked market access kinda seems worth it. I am curious about the battery life, though.
[Ideos S7 General] fosormic:
I am replying to a month old thread but here I go:

I got one last night and I have two things that are bothering me: I am T-Mobile and it has the AT&T 3g bands, works well on edge and thats all; the second one is the resistive screen, I'm kind of "meh" on it and not totally convinced, althoiugh I haven't removed the protective plastic yet.

got it at local best buy for 299+tax

aside from that, I'm falling in love with the thing, very good quality actually very very robust, thoughtfully designed, well placed controls (except the return but I think can be remapped), etc.

The SW is well setup, has the Market and installed a lot of things, only had an issue with the latest GMaps (5) rotating to landscape. Everything else works well on the screen and the performance test shows almost identical performance to a Nexus 2.1.

No idea on battery life. If this thing had a capacitive screen would be *the* killer. The build quality is quite good.

ok. Hope this helps whoever is interested in it.
[Ideos S7 General] vbetts:
For that screen size, the resolution does seem low...
[Ideos S7 General] Donmotobike:
S7 nice

actually - when i played my 1080p mkv movie file - it has really nice picture quality 720 p. i picked one up at best buy(for $269) to my suprise you can use this as phone with my 3g sim card from Att. I rooted this phone/tablet with z4 easy and downloaded singapore rom - this actually can run up to 998 mhz using this rom.... although battery life sucks duh - higher cpu frequency lower battery life but who cares...best thing about this is that you can do video chat - just downloaded Tango (free) way better than Fring(you need constantly have new members to do video chat bull) - I was able to test this feature with my itouch(using Tango as well). Awesome! if you can get one clearance price - this is a steal! anyone who what to upgrade their phone without contract and want a bigger screen for reading - this is it....although i like my samsung cognition 3.02 - really hard on eyes for reading...cheers!:D