yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cpg716:
I had the same ERROR when removing the telephony apps. Same exact error of com.google.gapps not working.

CPG
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Childofthehorn:
Correct!

I am simply wondering if we could add this on with the controller board and simply tap into the same data lines (serial, etc) that the current display is.

The 3M capacitive displays are top notch though and some of the most durable!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mknollman:
I installed the official patch last nite for screen calibration and usb drivers. It states that is fixes usb charging as well, but I still cannot charge from my laptop.

I plan on trying to charge from a car charger as that is the real usage scenario I want. If I am at home I will always just use the wall. If I am connected to a PC - then I would just use the PC instead of the GT in the first place.

The screen calibration helped IMMENSELY and I now can actually type on the screen.

This update is done thru connecting to the PC and running what looks like a RUU on winmo (sorry I am new to Android but cook on my winmo phone). It does the update and then reboots but did not wipe my data or apps - it just added a screen calibration app to the programs menu.

Now my question: Can anyone get the Droidlive or iheartradio or any other streaming audio service to work? I can get streaming video to work every time but all of the internet radio apps I try will not get past buffer and lose connection. I really love streaming media and I want to get it working. I have looked thru settings on both the phone and the apps and cannot find anything that helps.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xport:
FWIW Pandora is working just fine, Ive rooted, done the calibration update and the market fixes, installed Clockwork Recovery.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] brian36000:
In my case, removing all of the above listed apps caused the same com.google.process.gapps process to force close.

So I tried again, but only removing TelephonyProvider.apk and Phone.apk. In that case, I got the "no signal" icons, no crashes during boot, but the YouTube app quit working (It'd just open and close really fast with no error messages).

In both cases, Market downloads wouldn't work, but I've also never gotten Market to work in the first place.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Hmm, we need to see if it kills the marketplace for someone who had it working in the first place. I'd try it but my tablet isn't around right now. If we could make it a bit zippier and improve the battery life while keeping market/youtube access, this could be a great addition.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
Fwiw, I got 10 hours out of my battery yesterday.

I am using advanced task killer and my setcpu is at 126-720, on demand. I have removed the telephony and phone apks. I have also noticed that the device is MUCH cooler on the back, it stays room temperature now. I am very pleased with these results, now we just need a custom kernel!

Has anyone noticed the MyTouch.apk? I wonder if this build came from a mytouch? If it did, maybe that could be a starting point for future custom roms?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] angus1357:
but does the market still work?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Managed to get a hold of the tablet. I renamed the telephone apps to .bak so I could keep them just in case. The tablet really doesn't seem that noticeably faster, and now the market isn't working. Don't want to stick it aorund long enough to check on battery life, though.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
Just wanted to post an update for everyone looking for HDMI. I am having a connector that should fit shipped to me (free of course). I'll keep ya'll up to date with my findings. Any guys with your Smartbook Surfers, let us know when you have a copy of your ROM or whatever online and where you put it. The drivers will hopefully be nearly a drop in with a tiny modification to the kernel if any is needed.

On a side note, I'm also contacting a supplier today about one of the 3M Capacitive Touchscreens (4-wire) to see about getting one shipped to me. Lets hope I can manage it. They are a LITTLE more expensive than $0.30 a piece (try $60) so I'm not sure of my success level. I'll keep ya'll posted though.

-tree
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] vertig0730:
Skwerral,

Just dont go nuts.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FeedomFighter:
As I posted earlier removing all the above mentioend .APKs and rebooting will break the market. I had it working before I renamed them to .BAK and after I found out it broke the market place I renamed them back to .APK, rebooted, and the market worked fine again.

Next phase is to rename them one at a time to see which one actually breaks the market. That way you could remove the ones that dont break the market. My guess is that the TelephonyProvider.apk is the one that will break the market, but its just a guess.

-MW
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] n0m0n:
Hey thanks the water in the speaker worked.

I didn't get my personal gmail account info out but it sure doesn't do anything any longer.

Also a few post earlier someone said to hold down the back and home buttons, and recycle...

Did you know if you press them down hard enough it cracks the screen!!!

Anyway its now back were it belongs in the return cart.

On a serious note truly to those who tried... Many thanks for all the time and effort you offered in trying to assist me over the past 3 weeks.

Much appreciate it, and no I don't need my own thread since I am no longer a Gentrash owner I wont be bothering anyone here.

Again thanks for the constructive assistance.

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mknollman:
I know this is newbie level, but since updating from Augen I can no longer find the usb debug mode setting or the stay on setting - where the heck are they again?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xport:
Credits to "jlove" over at slatedroid.

Download Link (MD5: 94DECB098740B07EAF0D005ACF306304)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cpg716:
I can't get it to boot. Tried just doing a nandroid restore. Fails at writing the boot image. Then i just tried restoring the system.img. Also tried dropping it into the Augen update.. Wont boot.

CPG
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
What is the significance of the mytouch.apk?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] marcelol:
Am I reading the Smartbook surfer's page right ?

It includes a Web Cam AND A GPS module ??????

If so.....I would've GLADLY paid the extra money to get those features on the GT.....

And an HDMI port ?....alright now it's getting interesting......whomever's got one of those puppies needs to a "careful" dissection and let's try to figure out what these extra features are, and how we can get'm enabled on the GT's.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Xarrdroid2:
Setcpu to 720

Could someone please post the setcpu.txt they are using to achieve the 720? I have used the one on the wiki and edited adding additional slots, only 2, 720 and 800. Can it only be 6 slot to work? When I set to 720 it still only achieves 600. Obviously looking for an extra boost I can get!!!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Childofthehorn:
Seems like post #17 here is onto something.

Might be whatever yours was allowed and set to do.

Could be just as simple as altering a few lines of code!

http://www.slatedroid.com/augen-gentouch78/4434-quick-teardown-inside-device-2.html
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Longsh0t:
When I attempt to do this line in the root process :

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

I get the following error

cannot stat './system/xbin/su': No such file or directory

The files are located in the root of my Tools folder. I looked in the system folder and see /system/bin/su so I changed it to:

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

The rest of the instructions worked fine but once I rebooted I got a stock android page (missing all of the preloaded Augen apps) and my Home button doesn't work. :(

Any ideas? Or can someone point me to a stock rom?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] derik123derik123:
Hey, i'm having trouble root my gentouch.

I downloaded This from the Wiki.

extracted it to the "\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-win

dows\tools"

opened a cmd from that directory.

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

It said "685 KB/s (158741 bytes in 0.226s)"

I went to type the next one in... "adb push ./system/xbin/su /system/xbin"

and i got "cannot stat './system/xbin/su': No such file or directory"

Below is what i did. Copied right from the cmd window.

Any ideas?

Microsoft Windows [Version 6.1.7600]
Copyright (c) 2009 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

C:\Users\Derik>cd C:\Users\Derik\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-win
dows\tools

C:\Users\Derik\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb pus
h ./system/app/Superuser.apk /system/app/
685 KB/s (158741 bytes in 0.226s)

C:\Users\Derik\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools>adb pus
h ./system/xbin/su /system/xbin
cannot stat './system/xbin/su': No such file or directory

C:\Users\Derik\Desktop\android-sdk_r06-windows\android-sdk-windows\tools>
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] derik123derik123:
haha i just posted the same error. Let's see if someone will help us quickly.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] derik123derik123:
for some reason in the wiki it stats the directory as xbin instead of bin. I changed each xbin to bin and i didn't get any errors on the codes. Rebooted. Will see if i got root working.

EDIT: yup. that did the trick.

If anyone is having issues with rooting. just change anything in the code from xbin to bin.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] derik123derik123:
umh... new problem... I was following the Market Fix

I got to step 15: Launch Market and sign into your Google Account - !Wait until the "sync" icon goes away in the top bar before you do anything in Market!

It started downloading all my apps that were synced with my google account. They were all failing.

i figured i'd let it contiune and i went to eat dinner.

I came back to find my gentouch off.

I tried to turn it back on and it wouldn't even start. It didn't show a boot screen or anything

I'm guessing it died, possibly, but i had it plugged into the computer via USB, not sure if it charges through there or not.

It's on the charger, still not turning on. Figure i'll wait 10 15 mins and see if it turns on.

Otherwise...

HALP?!?! :)

EDIT: yeah.. It's not Starting up... Anyone wanna help me please?

I was plugging the ac adapter into the audio jack.... It turns on now :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] derik123derik123:
How do i clear defaults the default home screen?

EDIT: nvm i got it. haha
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pbrauer:
ok, a big thanks to all the really enormous brains and geeks here. I now have:

- market working fully

- much improved battery life

- root access

- portrait mode

Overall impression, for the price of Kindle, got a whole lot more
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
What did you do to get the improved battery life?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dlhlabs:
Market stops working after disconnecting USB debug

I apologize if this has been answered elsewhere, but I'm pulling out what remains of my hair. Just point me there and I'll be quiet and fix my issue.

I applied the market fix and was delighted in downloading apps perfectly. So I unplugged the USB cable and set my laptop aside. Since unplugging, I am completely unable to download apps! The market stalls at "Starting Download..." forever.

I've replicated this behavior several times. What the heck is going on??? :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obiwan22:
I have a problem with gaining adb access to the device

http: //augendev.wikispaces.com/Setup+SDK+and+ADB+Access

the 4th step on the top says to download the newer android winsub.inf file and replace it

but I cant get it to download. When I click on it I get some weird texts

anyone? help
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] derik123derik123:
you have to right click "save file as"

If it saves as a winsub.inf.txt get rid of the .txt
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FeedomFighter:
TalkProvider.apk seems to be the app that breaks the GT when you remove or rename it. I renamed all the rest and no issues. I can download from the marketplace and I dont get the com.google.process.gapps not responding error either.

Now as for increasing battery time or breaking other things I do not know yet.

-MW
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] andrew20101@gmail.com:
augen 7

Now that we've installed the calibration update and have recovery working properly shouldn't augen be pushing updates through the device instead of through a computer?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Interesting to know. If you could run some battery tests then that would be awesome. I dunno, make just have it sit and see how long it takes it to run out of juice looping a video or a song? And then try it with the telephone apks removed?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Never heard of it downloading while plugged in, but not while unplugged. Are you rebooting it when you unplug it? Or perhaps is your tablet somehow getting internet via the laptop rather than someway else? I have no idea, but I've never run into THAT before.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FeedomFighter:
Removing the Phone.apk seems to break the youtube app.

-MW
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tipstir:
I just disable the market app, and app store along with their update modules that seems to be running always. I only use Memory Lite and Advanced Task Killer Pro. Memory Booster Lite was another one also tested. I've increased small apps screen to full. Battery life increased. There are other sources to pull down the *.apk but I am sure you all are aware of that. I use my IIS7 with the device for streaming media to GT78 without issue. I can be downloading over the 802.11g and still surf the network. Pretty snappy. Wireless based on Ahteros R6000 WNPU 150MHz 1T/2R (twin ANT) although one pin connect from the MOBO to the twin ANT.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] R-james:
I wouldn't have because I don't want nor need them.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] pbrauer:
Seemed to be after I added and configured SetCPU. That combined with ATK did the trick.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cutterjohn:
Neither do I, but a camera & GPS would've been nice since I have no digital camera ATM.

OTOH IF I had to choose another device I'm afraid that I just find the witstech A81-E to be a MUCH better value with the OMAP3530 + GPS + bluetooth(not working in Android ATM) + froyo for c. $225 shipped...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dlhlabs:
Turns out it was a fluke with the USB cable.

It's really annoying. I have only had the market work a few times after wiping out /data and re-logging into my Google account. Having the market freeze on "Starting download..." is actually a widespread problem and there's an enormous thread on the official Google Android support forum.

If the market works, it will eventually quit with "Starting download...". One thing I noticed is that the image from Augen apparently contains references to a huge amount of apps that were downloaded into the image from the developers.

That in itself seems to indicate that the original developers didn't know what they were doing. They got the device to work then took the image they were working with and sent it to manufacturing. It isn't the fresh system.img from the PDK.

What astounded me was the the Gentouch out of the box had a Google account belonging to some Chinese individual. I logged into her Gmail account and read messages. The box from K-Mart had all the seals intact so this wasn't a return - at least here. It could have been a return back to Augen which was reboxed and sent back out the door.

I did find the one update floating around and flashed the boot, recover, and system images. With that I now have the digitizer calibration app which sweetens the touchscreen.

I've even gone so far as to substitute the Vending.apk from the Eclair gapps packages floating around and still cant keep the market running.

If anyone else hasn't tripped across a quick fix, then I'm down to throwing pointy rocks at the issue.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
If you do the market fix followed by the update.zip then you should get market access. But you have to do the the update.zip after you do the market fix.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] dlhlabs:
I found it. The key was the androidID was not being updated using the instructions. Best way to fix is to do the update locally on the host machine:

adb pull /data/data/com.google.android.googleapps/databases/gls.db

You might want to make a backup in case something goes wrong:

cp gls.db gls.db.bak

Assuming you are using Linux to do all this (I have Ubuntu 10.04 installed):

sqlite3 ./accounts.db "update meta set intvalue='xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx' where name='androidId'";

(of course 'xxxxx...' refers to the numeric androidID you created from the emulator)

Test the updated db file by:

sqlite3 ./gls.db "select * from meta";

If it matches then simply:

adb push gls.db /data/data/com.google.android.googleapps/databases/gls.db

To replace the old file.

adb reboot

To restart the machine. If it chokes, use a paperclip wire to press the reset on the back. It's a tiny hole in the corner with a "reset" marking in the plastic.

I went from dead in the water to happily downloading all my free and paid apps. I anyone sees holes in my procedure, then by all means refine it and repost.

-dave
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheZeke:
Glad you got it working. Its updated for me via the computerbuy maybe sometimes permissions can muck things up.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ktfoley:
Hybrid Market Fix?

I know I sound like a broken record, but I still can't get a permanent MF fix beyond reboots. I've seen others post the same problem.

So for those of us in this situation. Is there a way to pull off those market apps off the GT? Then we could re-run MF to get more apps, and keep repeating the process until we have all the apps we want and then just reinstall them with adb install or push or something.

So I guess what I'm asking is that are all these market apps sitting in a dir as apk files? Or is it not that easy?

If someone knows a way to do this and can give instructions, it could be useful to some of us who are stuck without a permanent MF.

Obviously I'm either doing something wrong on MF, or I've run all the processing so many times and in so many different combinations that I've hosed it up somehow.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] steveliv:
This type of update requires a cell radio chip in conjunction with a cell service provider. The GenTouch doesn't have a radio chip, and Augen isn't a service provider. The only way for the GenTouch to be updated is by using a computer.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] andrew20101@gmail.com:
augen updates.

They couldn't. Give us an update.zip to manually download like you can do before the ota come out for the Droid. That doesn't have any thing to do with a carrier.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] remailednet:
I think you want the last one to be

cat /dev/mtd/mtd3 > /sdcard/mtd3.img

Personally I haven't been able to unyaffs2 a dump of the system.img :(

I will say it dumps the recovery fine, re-flashed that several time screwing around.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] remailednet:
Looking before here it's android 1.6

However here lists a SmartQV7-Android2.1-V1.0.rar
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thatguythatdid:
I just edited my post thanks. Also I just downloaded the patch from smartq and i don't have any idea how to do anything with that :confused:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thatguythatdid:
Good catch. Has anyone been able to successfully reboot into recovery, bootloader, or hboot via adb?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -viperboy-:
I've only tried recovery and no, it didn't work - just got a black screen and had to reset.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] treeSkwerral:
Ok I looked up ADB (since I'm a Google noob) and downloaded/installed it. What do I do now, I'm using Server 2008 (Vista based). I didn't see any ADB drivers in the device manager. I'm just trying to root my GT and see what this is all about. By the way everyone, the chipset used in these is actually a 720MHz chip from Telechip. They rounded it up to 800MHz for advertising reasons. You could overclock it to 720MHz for sure though without too much trouble.

P.S. Sorry, I'm not much of a programmer. I do hardware and theory behind hardware (I'm an EE).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] remailednet:
Sooo... Augen posted a file:

here
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] roebeet:
Was about to post the same. I assume this might help with the USB to PC access for Windows users. Haven't tested it, myself.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wowsher:
I was able to get it to reset back to a plainer android I think by turning it off, then holding home+back then holding power. It erased all my settings plus some apps and put the homescreen to the standard android screen. Hope this helps.... I found that the screen was actually more responsive once I did this. It even showed some of the phone settings during the setup -- of course they did not really do anything.

wowsher
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] -viperboy-:
Great info! I heard it does erase some of the pre-installed apps, correct?

And the screen really is more responsive? I would like to give this a shot but would like to be able to restore back to how it is, if needed.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wowsher:
Yes some apps go away. The screen Is better but don't expect perfect.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ricoishere2:
@OP and others

Thanks for making this thread. I love it you guys are taking this device to heart in an effort to make it better. I have my rain check but so far no devices yet at my local stores. Hopefully I can get one and help out in anyway I can.

Quick note and probably not important: guys on overclockers.net confirmed 32GB sd cards work fine in the unit. (I believe the manual says it does, although website states otherwise)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tmacgarris6727:
how do you do a hard reset
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] liqdfire:
pics of the inside

took mine apart, not much to it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] marcelol:
XP & Vista Drivers

The drivers for XP and Vista have been posted at:

http://augen.helpserve.com/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=viewdownload&downloaditemid=40&nav=0

Start your downloads