yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Bob of QF:
I had Swipe working on my GT.

Once you select it under settings, there's one more step:

Open some application that requires text. Then a long-press on the text-box will bring up an input selection menu: choose Swipe.

That being said, Swipe on the GT with it's resistive screen, frankly sucks.

I could tap-type with the stylus faster and more accurately than with Swipe.

I strongly suspect Swipe depends on the pressure-readings available with a capacitive screen that are simply missing with a resistive screen.

Swipe continually failed to recognize what I was vainly trying to type, and backspacing every few letters was a continuous part of the experience.

Gave up, uninstalled Swipe for the GT.

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Edit:

Something I discovered with regards to connecting the GT with Windows 7, 64 bit, and seeing the microSD card.

The "official" augen drivers will not install--they are 32 bit only.

However Win7, 64 appears to see the device fine, when you first plug it in.

However, after mounting the SD card on the device itself, Win7 still insists there's no card in the slot.

The fix: after mounting on the device, briefly remove, then re-insert the card in the GT, and wait.

A new notification will show on the GT, parallel to the one you just did: select the new one, and choose 'mount'.

Back to Win7, My Computer now shows access to the microSD card, and allows reading, writing, etc.

To be safe, I used the "eject" function on both the drives Win7 sees, then closed both notifications on the GT, before removing the cable.

One of the two vanishes as expected-- the second "ghost" one remains until you reboot the GT.

But it works-- no more shutdown of the GT, remove the card, insert into an external reader, copy/delete/etc, the reverse...

I've successfully connected to Win7 64 bit multiple times using the above method.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ArchiMark:
Lucky you...my Kmart, gave a raincheck about 10 days ago and still hasn't received any tablets when I checked with them yesterday and said they have no idea when or if they'll receive them....but claim they'll call me if they get some....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steveliv:
kmart just called me and said they were holding an augen for me... i think i will take the plunge...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] aross6:
Yeah, in adb just re-push Superuser.apk to /system/app and re-push Su to system/xbin and that should do it!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ktfoley:
Still Can't Get Market working again

I am re-tracing my steps:

QUESTION 1

In the adb shell sql statement in Step 27 of Market Fix, do I include the single quotes around both the androidID ('AndroidID_from_emulator') number (from emulator) and where name='androidID'? You can do it with and without single quotes it doesn't error out either way.

step 27 Type adb shell sqlite3 /data/data/com.google.android.googleapps/databases/gls.db "update meta set intvalue='AndroidID_from_emulator' where name='androidId'"; (replace AndroidID_from_emulator with the AndroidID we generated from the Emulator)

QUESTION 2

If I re-run the market fix from the beginning, will it delete all the apps I have already installed?

QUESTION 3

Does the CW update.zip negate the need to run steps 29, 30 & 33? Should it be re-run after I rerun the market fix?

I am willing to start from scratch and run all fixes in whatever order that works. There are a lot of disconnected solutions that if run in the proper sequence appear to have provided a permanent working Market. But I haven't run them in the right order as of yet. Or perhaps I've made mistakes along the way.

EDIT: step 30 busybox umount /cache is giving me "umount: cannot umount /cache: Invalid Argument.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] snackpants:
I got the same issue... just continued through the steps and it worked. I have feeling it was never mounted in the first place. Some of the other crazy hacking some of us did, prevented the action that would require the 'umount' command. But again, I just pretend to know Linux on TV.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jdelgado:
I have seen some weird stuff with my display since doing the update for the market fix

Did you ran all the commands like in the wiki section

adb push ./system/app/Superuser.apk /system/app/

adb push ./system/xbin/su /system/xbin

adb shell rm /system/bin/su

adb shell ln -s /system/xbin/su /system/bin/su

adb shell chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su

adb shell reboot

Or just the first to lines

adb push ./system/app/Superuser.apk /system/app/

adb push ./system/xbin/su /system/xbin
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jdelgado:
Hi,

How do I make an image of my GT now that I have it working like I wanted it so in case I mess up I can restored it.

Thanks

jdelgado
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] aross6:
I just did the following...

Adb push Superuser.apk /system/app/Superuser.apk

Adb push su /system/xbin/su

Adb shell chmod 6755 /system/xbin/su

Adb reboot
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] aross6:
Reboot your GT while holding the HOME button down to enter Clockwork Recovery, Go to Nandroid, and make a Backup
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xguntherc:
Seriously.. the guy that said Swype sucks for the GT. are you serious? Have you applied the calibration update.

I have used Swype before, and after the calibration update and I personally think that Swype works AMAZING on the GT. Typing things manually is slow and difficult and half the time it doesn't recognize. But with Swype I was able to fly through emails. Rather than taking forever to post a comment with regular keyboard. I'm using the stylus with Swype, so that might be why it works so well. I have ZERO issues with it. It rarely misses a word. I'll try it with my finger later tonight.

Guys, also the owner of the App called EasyRoot that was pulled from the Android Market by Google for being a 1 click root, on the phone. no PC required for the Droid, and Droid X and a few others. I've been in contact with him. We ran some compatibility tests and he's going to develop a 1 click rooting app that will root the GT for those of you that struggle with commands, or don't know/dare to use ADB. I should get the test app tonight. I'll try it out and report back. Hopefully he'll let me post it here. Or you guys can buy it for 99 cents once the GT is fully supported. :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vertig0730:
I got into recovery, its built in.

Press Power + Home until the android with the Exclamation pops up then press home again.

4 options

Reboot

apply sdcard:update.zip

Wipe Data/factory

Wipe Cache Partition

***Of course i cant do anything or exit now. No DPAD!

***Found reset button, made a nasty noise when I hit it but booted right back up.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -viperboy-:
As of right now, the standard recovery will do us no good. What we really need to do (much beyond anything I could do) is get a different recovery on here and I guess we have to find out the mapping of the hardware keys so we can tell recovery that our "Menu" button is really "up", "Search" is really "down", "Home" is "select", and "Back" is "back".

Again, I have no idea how to do that but that seems like it should be priority 1 for us.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thatguythatdid:
Thanks for that :D

plus one on that. Can you update your first page to include how to install the windows driver? I'm gonna start looking at cyanogens guide on making recovery img. I'm thinking that since this rom was signed with testkeys if we get a custom recovery then we can make update zip obviously Quite easily
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] marcelol:
Here's my personal review of what's going on....

Or what I like to call, my Top 10....

1. No accelerometer ( i.e. you CANNOT rotate the desktop ). Mucho sadness.

2. Battery life. Even shut off, the battery did NOT enter sleep mode. From a 100% charge at midnight last night, it was already down to 20% as of this morning.

3. Button placements on the back are wonky. They're all together, the labelling is very difficult to see ( and I have good eyesight ), and it's too easy to tap the wrong button.

4. There's NO directional pad ( I'm sorry, but I'm old school, and I have to have my cursors ).

5. There is no brightness control. Oh, the control is there in settings ( well, Spare Parts app ), but it doesn't actually DO anything. There is no software control of the brightness, and there is no brightness dial on the unit.

6. The audio jack is 2.5mm" ( but in their defense, they're offering a 2.5 to 3.5 converter jack for free to owners, and will ship with built-in 3.5mm jacks in the future ).

7. Includes a simulated Baseband. This means that the board actually has some sort of support for a 3G ( presumably ) radio, but is not attached, and therefore, the build simulates it. This is evidenced by the fact that despite there being no radio there's an "E" icon on the notification bar, along with an "R" icon with 4 bars ( This being presumably being the simulated radio ).

8. There is NO haptic (vibration) feedback, though the selection is there in the settings menus. Key presses will only include visual cues, or in case you turn on sound feedback, you'll get the familiar click-clack sound.

9. Google Maps but no GPS ? You think people aren't going to stray from their safe Wi-Fi zones, and venture out into the world ?

10. No way to talk. There's Skype included, but no way to make a voip call, typing is so 20th century, everyone talks now. Soon they'll video calling. But for now, how can a person use an application that's MEANT for talking, supported by the unit's WiFi, but have no built-in microphone.

But what really gets me.......you CANNOT....

Reset to Factory Defaults....go ahead, try it...I'll wait right here...

Well, now that all it's done is wipe your date and time, and location settings....but it will not remove your GMail account nor applications.

I've already contacted Augen US, as they're local to me (http://androidforums.com/tablets-mids/133445-augen-7-2-1-a-2.html#post1265624 ), and they've confirmed it's an issue. Their response is "shortly", but who knows...

I'll keep folks appraised about this....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -viperboy-:
No problem, I will update the OP now.

P.S. - Could you post a link to that in here, please?

Thanks for the post, but I would like to try and keep this thread about development. It might be better if this was posted in the other GT thread since it's general information.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -viperboy-:
BTW, thanks for the logcats, guys. I'm sure someone can look at this and see what's up cause I don't understand all of it! :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thatguythatdid:
I found out how to pull the system.img the boot.img and the recovery.img ( i think I'll decompile the system.img here in a sec to find out for sure) enter adb and type

adb remount
adb shell
cat /dev/mtd/mtd1 > /sdcard/mtd1.img
cat /dev/mtd/mtd2 > /sdcard/mtd2.img
cat /dev/mtd/mtd3 > /sdcard/mtd3.img

ps the link for how to install windows adb drivers is on page four of this thread

the system img isn't correct but the boot.img and the recovery.img are good
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vertig0730:
Hang onto those files if Augen sends out the updates I would guess they would like to remove root access.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] linckraker:
dev: size erasesize name

mtd0: 80000000 00080000 "bootloader"

mtd1: 00a00000 00080000 "boot"

mtd2: 09600000 00080000 "system"

mtd3: 00400000 00080000 "splash"

mtd4: 01400000 00080000 "cache"

mtd5: 13b00000 00080000 "userdata"

mtd6: 00100000 00080000 "persist"

mtd7: 00a00000 00080000 "recovery"

mtd8: 00100000 00080000 "misc"

mtd9: 00100000 00080000 "tcc"
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thatguythatdid:
Did you read thisas well ? lol
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -viperboy-:
:D

I added the info into the OP :)

Judging by the way the software was when this launched, I don't even think they know what root access is :D
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
Brand new to the forums and Android.

Just got this tablet a few hours ago and just waiting for the update to try and get some of these initial bugs worked out.

My first impressions aren't bad. For all of you saying the screen sucks, get used to it, that is how resistive normally is. I have a Samsung Eternity and it is about as responsive. You just learn to leave your thumb and pointer fingernails a little longer when you cut them. Also, trust me when I say plastic resistive digitizers are much better and more rugged than glass ones. I bought a glass one to mod into a monitor I bought and it got a massive crack with very little effort (didn't do it on purpose).

Anyway, I agree with the people on the forum, this tablet has some real potential. I haven't taken the screen cover off yet until the update comes out and I'm happy with it, just in case I decide to return it. I am kinda unhappy about the headphone jack being a non-US-standard 2.5mm but I'll give it to Augen for manning up to their mistake and offer to ship free headphones without a lot of whining (unlike Apple and it's antenna complaints).

All in all, I bought this so I could try out Android (don't want to buy a phone just yet) and get a cheap tablet to leave lying next to the TV for quick net searches during commercials. This fits the bill pretty well, and hey if I drop and break it, it was only $155 (with tax). My laptop is easily ten times that (without tax).

P.S. It's 18:30 EST and no update yet :'(

Oh and I wrote this post on my GT. :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -viperboy-:
Welcome!

And I chatted with someone from there and they said that it should be up tonight and if it isn't that it will be up by Tuesday :rolleyes:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] clockworx:
If one of you is daring, try flashing the system.img from the SmartQ V7 (same CPU)

http://en.smartdevices.com.cn/Support/Downloads/V7/Firmware/201002/24-61.html

:)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -viperboy-:
Who wants to volunteer? :D Since we don't have a workable recovery yet, I would love if someone with more experience could do this!!

And, by the way, everyone...

http://www.slatedroid.com/showthrea...ket-gt-App-Store?p=26033&viewfull=1#post26033
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thatguythatdid:
That's it that's where they got this from. just pulled it out there tablets probably wow

i might try it let me look. By what i'm reading I got this feeling that they want us to do it and they will take credit for it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] clockworx:
Actually this is where they got it.

http://www.dawagroup.com.cn/products08.html

Note the back, which is pretty distinctive and an exact match.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thatguythatdid:
I don't know why but that one looks shinier :D . Also i'm downloading that android patch now to check it out. Also if you look in section 2.3 pg 6 of the user manual it says, " please do not remove the memory card and u disk while you are using the files on the card or ****. What the :confused: why would i.....huh? Freaks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xguntherc:
KMART Now has the GenTouch78 for $169.99 online and available for SHIPPING. Yes this means you don't have to wait for it "In Store" they will ship them from the online site!

http://www.kmart.com/shc/s/p_10151_...&keyword=augen&prdNo=1&blockNo=1&blockType=G1

Although if you have a Rain Check for $149 like we all paid you might have to wait for it in store, but you could always call / email kmart n see if you can use the raincheck and $149 promise online!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rob7622:
nexus force close loop

Hey guys...did a stupid thing. Tried installing the nexus home screen and now I keep getting a force close loop.

Does anyone know how I can fix this?

I thought of trying to reinstall the recovery, boot and system images, but I don't have any. I ran that current update that fixes calibration and the market but that didn't seem to work.

Any ideas?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jdelgado:
Thanks aross6 for both ans
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] snackpants:
I was thinking the same thing. I have been using a capped pen on my desk for this. It gets the words, the line takes a few seconds to catch up. I was thinking of just turning the line off.

Ok... that is really awesome. The GT78 is the second Android device I have rooted. Getting much much much better each time. My Nexus One is still stock, there is nothing I've wanted to do, that I can't do with Froyo 2.2 Stock. If something comes down the pipe later, I will probably root it. Only rooted the better half's MyTouch 3G, because she needed WiFi tether.

I am just waiting for a few custom ROMs for this... or just a Vanilla Froyo 2.2 build, for this sucker.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cblah001:
Awesome, keep us posted. I am more than willing to test or pay a buck for it once it's finished.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Does anyone have any ideas on why my touchscreen completely stops working after doing the update.zip? I really want to try to get market access without having to do steps after every reboot.

Also, this might have been answered but I didn't see any notes otherwise. If I do the screen calibration, will it delete all the work that I've done already? Just want to know if I'll have to re-root and re-download all the programs I installed on it (RotateD, Swype, etc).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
Hey guys, got my tablet rooted, found a typo on the Wiki root thread:

The third line is missing an X
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] manfly9884:
Me too since I can't get adb to work.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Has anyone had any errors with the youtube application? I keep getting "This video cannot be played" messages, and after the third or fourth try, the tablet locks up and I have to do a hard reset.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
Just an FYI, there is an awesome free eBook reader on the market called "Laputa." It has TONS of free books, good ones, and it has rotate settings in its menu too, since we dont have an accelerometer. (I know there is a screen rotate app, just saying)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] andrews240:
Yes. The error message, not the lock ups
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] andrews240:
Yes and yes
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Does the Screen Calibration update mess up any previous work you've done on the device?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] RaViNLuNeY:
Try installing the videoplayer.apk from post 138. Before I installed it I would get the same message as you, though I was trying to play them locally not on YouTube. But I can confirm that YouTube works great for me now.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] RaViNLuNeY:
Not from my experience, though if I remember right, I didn't have much installed at the time.

EDIT: I almost forgot, it will wipe out CW Recovery so you will have to reapply it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wa3yri:
Distorted sound after CWR reset to factory settings

I was having some problems with an incomparable launcher I installed which caused me to do a factory reset using clockworkreovery. Everything went well except now all media sounds (youtube, mp3s etc.) are very distorted (sounding scratchy for lack of a better description). Anyone have any idea hat may have happened to distort the audio and what can be done to fix this?

BTW thanks to everyone working hard on the SW for the GT. Been reading since day 1 and appreciate all the information, patches etc.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] RaViNLuNeY:
Yes, just do the AndroidID part, you don't need to wipe the /data folder in my experience. Though if you haven't reset to factory, it's not a bad idea to clean out the garbage that comes on it.

Just do the update.zip through CW, then do teh AndroidID and you should have a permanently working market.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] digitalmatrixio:
Sorry to hear that. The same thing happened to mine except I actually snapped the glass digitizer. Good luck getting it working again.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
I did a nandroid restore and it's been working since. I even tried to re-install the update.zip and teh same thing happened. Oh well, I'll just have to root the hard way and put up with not having market for now.

Also, has anyone gotten the USB-input attachment cable to function? I only have a small microSD card so if I could just store things on the countless flashdrives I carry around then that would be awesome if it could be used as external storage.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
Anyone got a custom launcher, like ADW, going? Im having trouble getting it installed. Ive got custom recovery and root installed too.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gonzoangel:
I'm using it right now
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
How close are we to getting a reliable fix to the market?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboogie3:
the update.zip that was posted previously with the nexus boot, root and market fix worked great for me... i can download anything
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Damn. Every time I try that my I lose touchscreen functionality. I don't know why but it did it all 3 times I attempted it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] v8_aristo:
I 2nd that!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] calmfury:
I had the same problem

I downloaded the calibration utlity in the first post an booted into windows to install it. the X axis on my digitizer was inverted after update .zip
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
Here we go, I got LauncherPro-0.7.3.0.apk going. It's a lot smoother than stock launcher, cleaner too.

Removed phone.apk and telephonyprovider.apk too, seems to have helped with the battery.

Anyone thought about removing networklocation.apk too?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Just retried the update.zip after doing the screen recallibration update and the screen works! now to test market.

It works! I am now 150% more happy.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gonzoangel:
Same for me
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Hmm. I've downloaded quite a few apps, but when I attempt to update google maps it just sits at the download screen for a while.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jboogie3:
Good to hear bro.. glad you got it to work. Makes ya enjoy the device alot more
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] RaViNLuNeY:
I haven't had any luck updating Google maps either, but everything else updates fine
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steveliv:
i got my augen yesterday. what should i do, and in what order?