yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] R-james:
Maybe because there's nothing *WRONG* with the screen resolution? In case you haven't noticed, the video is scaled to fit the screen, so yes it's capable of playing back 720p video, just like my laptop which I run at 1024x768 because I can't stand the tiny text and graphics at the higher res.

Face it dude, 720p and above resoultion is little more than a scam and a joke. It always was .Most people can't tell the difference between the formats, unless you're viewing a plama screen, and quite frankly it's not really worth the $$$$.

As for an HDMI connector, why? I bought the GT to watch video and read things of it's screen. Why the heck would i want to hook it up to a TV set?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] R-james:
Why don't you and your little playmates take your crap to Slatedroid and *STAY* there with it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Has anyone figured out why there are apps that don't appear in the store? I was attempting to download Twidroyd but even direct linking to it from their website to the store brings up an "application not found" message, when it clearly exists.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
Ok, Im trying to do the market fix and Im having trouble. When I get to the below step, I see no setup wizard, or a market. I followed the steps prior to this one properly. Any advice?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
So when you get past the initial set up by pressing skip, your tablet doesn't have Market on it?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] n0m0n:
Can this thing be totally wiped now?

I have been checking and Augen hasn't released the promised reset update.

I need to return this and am running out of time.

I am not as tech savvy as most of you guys here and cant follow a lot of what I have read.

I have learned a bit but not enough to make this device usable for my needs.

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] angus1357:
Lets clear this up, First I didnt say there was anything wrong...as I have better things to do with my time I dont watch youtube and actually havent streamed a video on this yet. I bought this for a dev tablet. Second if you cant tell the difference between HD and non HD video you need to have your eyes checked. I can hold my HTC Tilt next to an Iphone and immediately tell the resolution difference. As for the HDMI....Im an engineer, I cant help myself. Also, It would be handy in hotels or other trips if I decided to keep movies on it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steveliv:
Any info on doing a complete wipe on the tablet?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] angus1357:
can somebody post the openoffice key that came with the unit, mine got wiped somehow and I dont want to do a clean reinstall
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] BTW lover:
Well, here in Germany there has been a tablet released this week which is basically another rebrand of the Augen pad and is has got a working hdmi connector. Apart from the HDMI port, the hardware seems to be the same, someone has even installed the Augen ROM on his device. The HDMI port stopped working (no settings for that in the rom) but the tablet itself works.

Here is a link to the device, it is called 'the surfer'

http://www.smartbook.de/Content/produktseiten/details.aspx?produkt=22fd4c3f-d5a2-4288-8fca-66679455bc63

The Surfer even has the same bugs (showing wrong memory size) as the Gentouch and the market fix described here also works on the Surfer
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kdevine:
Hold down Home+Back and recycle power. It'll wipe everything...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kdevine:
These are protected apps or otherwise signed in the Marketplace. If it doesn't recognize your device or it detects that you are missing "required" services, it doesn't show up in the marketplace...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kdevine:
I, too, watch most of the video on the tablet itself, but if I wanted to play to a flat-screen (such as they have down in Disney World), I am sure my kids would love it... Right now, I pack a portable DVD for that, but it would be nice to eliminate a device...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] n0m0n:
What do you mean recycle power?

Hold down Home+Back and turn power off and on while still holding?It didnt wipe anything for me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] smlsr:
Latest word on ROM from AUGEN

well

seems they are shooting for a new date now for the patch.....

from support:

We apologize for the inconveniece. Research & Development team is working hard to create the patch for the factory reset, ETA Aug. 20, 2010. Please visit these links for updates:

xxx://augenus.com/indexhome.html/News.html

xxx://augen.helpserve.com/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=view&parentcategoryid=19&pcid=0&nav=0

Thank You,

Christian

Augen Customer Support
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steveliv:
Perhaps he meant hit the reset button...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
Well the HDMI port was one of my BIG to do's since it seemed like a mod that a lot of people would want (not really a big one for me though). I also chose it because it looked fairly simple to do. However, if that German tablet is running the same PCB with the HDMI port then someone loaded the Augen ROM and it didn't work, then we may also have a software problem. Now I sent a request for a sample of 19pin female HDMI connectors from a Chinese supplier. Here is the picture I found:

http://www.alibaba.com/product-gs/318298801/HDMI_connector_19pin_female.html

It looks like it would fit great on the board but you guys be the judges:

http://img514.imageshack.us/f/img2158p.jpg/

Anyway, it might be a day or two before I hear back about a sample. I'm hoping to get it either cheap or free. The housing unit will have to be cut to fit a plug in, but that shouldn't be too hard. It won't be super pretty, however. I'm an engineer, not an artist.

Let me know of what you guys think, let me remind you the connector may just NOT work also even after it's soldered down.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] aross6:
Hummmmmm, maybe it's just me but I thought the focus now would shift more to Overclocking and/or Custom Rom rather than additional hardware add-ons... a good Overclock kernel is what is needed to really make the GT more user-friendly now... mine only scored a 286 on Quadrant :-(
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
We can work development from both sides. I'm not so great with software but I can do hardware fairly well.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steveliv:
yeah, i got about the same, but it seemed to run the planet/moon 3d demo faster than my moto droid :P
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mindwave:
Unusual Boot up

Ok, I've gone through the wiki and done what I thought needed doing (root patch etc) however, 2 things, and it may be an ignorance of Android, this being my 1st device.

I shut down by holding in the power button for 5 and choosing shutdown. Is there a better way?

I ask because now I try to boot, I get the Augen splash, a blue screen, then nothing.

If I let the screen time out and tap it I get the question of how I want it handled (Advanced Launcher or HOME) either takes me to the home screen.

Apparently I only did PART of the market fix, so I have to go back and do that

any ideas?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tehburr:
Market 2.0 working!!

I did the wiki process and it was workign great with the 1.6 market, but the wife wanted pandora so i started the search to get a working 2.0 or later market working without a phone to pull the android id off of.

i was successful. Here is what i did

followed the steps in the wiki except where you create the emulator i choose 2.0 or api 5

instead of using the system image i used this one "unable to post link, will post it in wiki discussion"

the command for pulling android id didn't work from wiki (don't know if it's an android version issue) so i used thsi one instead

adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.googleapps/databases/gls.db "select * from meta";

and followed the wiki the rest of the way out.

My wife is listening to pandora now and as happy as she can be.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
Just went BACK through the file system and it looks like there are NO HDMI drivers. Sorry guys, so unless we can get a copy of the drivers running on one of these other tablets, possibly from the Surf (since someone managed to get the Augen ROM, maybe we can get their drivers), HDMI will be a no go.

However, some good news, I saw a TON of things regarding tcc_bt_dev which is most likely bluetooth. And since Augen doesn't seem to know a lot of what is going on these things, there is a good change it DOES have bluetooth. Also since a program like Quick Settings is acting like there IS a BT module and just can't get it to start up, we may have something. It could also be QT is using the drivers but there is no hardware there to turn on. Who knows.

If someone who already has theirs open, wants to slice open a cable and test the HDMI pins out, please let me know the results.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
It doesnt even give me an initial setup, it just boots directly into android, sans market.

In other news, I found a tablet on ebay with almost identical form factor, but it has a front facing camera, hdmi connector, GPS, and is running a strange linux OS:

http://cgi.ebay.com/M10-7-Tablet-PC...ViewItem&pt=Laptops_Nov05&hash=item27b37427e0

Strange, I wonder if this thing could be flashed with android. Scroll through the pics.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steveliv:
no strange linux os... it runs Windows CE
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cpg716:
If the Dawa D7 w/Android 2.1 (Gentouch w/HDMI) is ever in the wild then hopefully we can get our hands on that ROM.

CPG
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gonzoangel:
You're the man man
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
I have also found a decent capacitive screen, however, it is a five wire data channel. I'm not sure if we will therefore be able to use it. I'd have to have a better look at the screen we have an the wires it uses.

http://www.alibaba.com/product-free/237654906/Capacitive_Touch_Screen.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Childofthehorn:
Man, I really wish that we had a 5 wire resistive...... because then we could do a direct drop in. The pin assignments and functions are the same between 5 wire resistive and a normal capacitive (most of which are 5 wire). However - we would likely need new hardware touch sensors even if it was 5-wire.

This spec sheet perhaps explains it better:

http://www.nkkswitches.com/pdf/touchscreens-membranes.pdf
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] little_android:
Hi, i'm owning a Smartbook Surfer, the german version of your Augen Gentouch. There is currently no Update.zip from the "Manufacturer" so the only option i have is to get the "system" or "ROM" from the current device. Would it be any help to you? I wasn't able to extract the system.img, the boot.img and recovery.img which i created from the mtd partitions worked flawlessy.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Childofthehorn:
Make your device much quicker and up to date with the latest and greatest in a single post.

**** You must have the Android SDK installed with all of the latest drivers and software from Augen before even starting this!****

1. Do Root (HERE)

2. Do Recovery (HERE)

3. Do Update.zip using (HERE - put on root of SD card and flash using Clockwork)

4. Install "Auto Memory Manager"

5. Set "Auto Memory Manager" to agressive with Superuser permissions

6. Get SetCPU 2.02 (HERE) and have the Setcpu.txt on the base of your SDcard - Adjust to allow the CPU to go to a max of 660mhz or 720mhz

7. Run SetCPU and put on performance or on-demand depending on preferences.

8. Boot into Recovery and Make a Backup (Nandroid)

9. Remove all Telephony or non-wifi data services. (this might wreck your Market, so back up)

From your command line (sdk-tools)

adb remount

adb devices

adb shell

#cd /system/app (this will change your disk to system/app you may also change to another folder as well)

#ls -a

#rm Telephonyprovider.apk

#rm Phone.apk

#rm TalkProvider.apk

#rm Talk.apk

#rm gtalkservice.apk (may not need to do this one...just for good measure)

#exit

adb reboot

10. Enjoy!

BTW- if anyone else knows of others that might be affecting this, please say so and include instructions.

*BIG CREDIT TO AUGENDEV!*
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
Has anyone else noticed the GT's case doubles as a stand?

If you flip the bottom flap under it then the top flap fits in between the GT and the bottom flap. The magnets line up together, and it becomes a stand.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
If you could send us whatever you could from yours, it would be great. I'm sure there are drivers in the /system. You could also make dumps and just pull the /system right out using ADB pull then zip it. I'm not exactly sure where drivers are stored though. If that is in /system or if it's in /sys. Whatever you can give us though would be great.

Hey if you wouldn't mind, could you install our clockwork recovery then make a backup of your system with the nandroid in the recovery? That way we can get all the stuff we need.

BTW, we are on freenode (IRC) in #augen-dev and #augenmod-offtopic.

Come talk to us there so we can try and get some HDMI driver hook ups.

THANKS a bunch.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] marcelol:
SDK Setup only shows ADB Composite Device

Ok folks....

I'm trying to set up the ADB on a windows machine to talk to the GT.

I've dld the SDK and the USB drivers and swapped the .INF

However, when I got actually install the "Android Eclair" driver, I only get "Android Composite ADB Interface" listed. Not the Augen ADB Interface.

What gives ?

I tried installing the AUGEN driver first and then doing the procedure for getting ADB acces ( creating a restore point along the way for situations just like this one ), and then I went back to a restore point prior, and tried again....

the PID from the Augen drivers say:

VID_140E&PID_B071

But the supplied PID in the android_winusb.inf from the Wiki says:

VID_18D1&PID_DEED

And furthermore...the key for the GT says : %AugenAdbInterface%

shouldn't it say "SingleAdbInterface" ?

Help a guy out ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] little_android:
Im currently doing a nandroid backup from a fash factory-reset/wiped state. I flashed the Clockwork Recovery for the Augen. Another User in our German Board tried it already and it worked so i risked it too ;). Although the kernel is different when compared in an hex-editor it works. I will post the file later. Hope that helps.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] n0m0n:
That didn't work either.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] BTW lover:
If any of us German Surfer owners can be of any help (I've also ordered the Surfer pad, just have to wait for our ****ty postal service to deliver it) let us know. I guess a combined Gentouch/Surfer rom would be be something that would be appreciated by both sides. We currently have some things missing in our build, there is no touchscreen calibration for example and from what I heard, the screen responsiveness is a real pain in the ... at the moment.

Hope to see some CM6 sometime in the future :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] n0m0n:
CAN anyone please tell me how to get my personal mail data off these devices?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
After looking at a picture of the inside of the GT again, I think I messed up in my earlier statement. It looks as though the GT is using a 4-wire resistive touch screen and so if we could find a 4-wire capacitive touch screen with the right ratio, then we SHOULD be able to just drop it in since it's for the most part the same signals.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
Step 1: Turn it on.

Step 2: Get a glass of water.

Step 3: Turn GT over.

Step 4: Pour water into the speaker holes (while ensuring your GT is on).

Congratulations, you should have shorted everything on the PCB, clearing out the NAND of your personal data. Now leave us alone, you took a risk by purchasing the tech.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] andrew20101@gmail.com:
augen7

I got my tablet running on a MIfI 2200 from Verizon I can take it anywhere and browse the web pretty cool.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Childofthehorn:
Problem is that finding a 4 wire capacitive touch seems dang near impossible and I have been looking for quite a while. Please do let us know if you find one!

EDIT: I did find these little bits of joy from 3M

http://multimedia.3m.com/mws/mediawebserver?mwsId=SSSSSu7zK1fslxtUmY_Gm8meev7qe17zHvTSevTSeSSSSSS--

This is the model we would want.

http://www.review-displays.co.uk/acatalog/98-0003-3112-8.html

Now this would not be quite a drop in replacement because I haven't seen where the touchscreen controller is (only opened it once to get an SD card out). Still, it is a start!

EDIT #2: Found Them online for $45! and they will sell singles!

http://www.onlinecomponents.com/buy/3M-TOUCH-SYSTEMS/98-0003-3112-8/
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steveliv:
His question has merit. This wasn't an AS-IS purchase, this was purchased legitimately at a retail store which has a return policy. If someone knows the how to wipe the device, they can share that information. Lets be civil here.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
Childofthehorn, GREAT work, keep looking though and see if you can find any cheaper. I've been looking on alibaba.com to see if we can find one that will work. 3M's lineup is always really good they are just fairly expensive. That is how much I paid 17" glass touchscreen panel that I bought to mod an LCD I got. I have a hard time finding them but lets keep looking.

I say we try and shoot for $30 if not less. See also if you can find a place that ONLY sells in massive orders and send me the link. I'll try (and you can try also) to request a sample. It'd be nice to get one and test it out to see if it even works on our board. Even $30 is a lot to find out it won't work/fit.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xport:
No we took a chance in purchasing a low budget tablet that we should assume has basic functionality being sold in the US through a big box store. "adb wipe data" should do it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] RaViNLuNeY:
Delete accounts.db from your GT, reboot. Google account info is gone and you're prompted to go through the startup wizard.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] snackpants:
Nuking the Telephony looks like it would make it run much faster. Seems like a lot of stuff running in the background that doesn't need to.

Anyone try this? Does it kill the Marketplace?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gonzoangel:
I understand your point but nom has like three pages of questions just in this thread about stuff already talked about or defined in the wiki thread
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gonzoangel:
Just tried out g mote on my tablet and its pretty awesome. Doesn't with perfectly but I can access files and pay music from my laptop on my tablet. Try it out.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] shyguy1:
Has anyone out there tried installing AppBrain and pushing apps to their GT that way?

Disclosure: I don't have one yet, but I'm considering it based on the support I've been seeing in this forum.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Yeah, I'd also like to know if deleting the telephony stuff messes up any of the functionality of the tablet.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mknollman:
Any chance someon could post this apk as a zip or something for thse of us who are not rooted? Sounds like a great fix for ur lack of keys and it is free - nice. Thanks in advance.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Tidder:
I was searching around for some info on putting plain old debian on this device and came across this page.

http://www.smartqmid.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=498

Has a lot of good info there, it seems these TCC89xx have been around for a while. Not sure if this has been posted or if it will help development at all, but I figured I'll chance the flames in case it's of some value. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] d7racerx:
I bricked it-need stock rom for flashing

1.I rooted and tried the market fix that deleted all of my apps

2. Yes clockworth recovery is flashed

3. I tried flashing a cyan nigthlie for the heck of it

4. NOw the thing wont go past the boot thing

HArd reset is done by holding home key and power button at same time but i had clock worth installed

DOES ANYONE KNOW WHERE I CAN GET THE STOCK ROM SO THAT I CAN FLASH IT TO GET IT WORKING AGAIN????

===PREFEREBLY WITH THE MARKET FIX AND ROOTED??
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] R-james:
Yeah. Of course you realize that anyone who did that casemod that someone over on Slatedroid (I think) came up with is totally and utterly screwed.....

Never mess with crazy glue unless you know what you are doing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] R-james:
Dude, I can see the compression artifacts and the screen jaggies so don't go on to me about how great HD Video is, because we both know it's a fricking lie.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kdevine:
I have, and, unfortunately, it just pushes through to the Market. If you haven't done the Market fix, AppBrain is useless. Also, I have noticed that AppBrain seems to be incredibly out-of-date. Half the apps were "Not Found" when I selected them. And, then, AppBrain decided to lose it sync with my Augen. Altogether, not the best experience with AppBrain...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] angus1357:
I dont know if anyone has thought this through, the hardware required to read a cap touch screen vs a resistive screen (in general, I havent looked at what this board has on it) is totally different.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FeedomFighter:
I have tried this. I adb shell then mv the all the telephony apps from .apk to .bak and rebooted, now I get an error (sorry didn't write it down but it was something to do with com.google.gapps has stopped working) and the market place dosnt work any more. It lists apps but when you try and download it just sits there forever not actually downloading. Plus the error mentioned before keeps poping up every few minutes. This would lead me to believe that the error has to do with the market place since it is a google app (com.google.gapps) On a side note, I been keeping it in airplane mode, so the cell strength icon shows an airplane on it, after renaming them APKs and rebooting it shows an X on it (as if no cell signal) even though it is still in airplane mode. Tried turning airplane mode off then on again, no change. Good news is that after mv the apps back to .apk everything worked fine again, so no damage done. All this would lead me to believe that the .APKs in question are custom made by the Augen developers to trick the device to think its on a cell network thereby allowing market access. From previous research I have done you cant have market access without a SIM card. So they tricked it into thinking it had a SIM card.

I may try nuking each .apk seperatly with a reboot and see what happens, but it will be awhile before I get time for it.

-MW