yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] rpmccormick:
Yeah... um, just read the first 2 pages... it's all there. This thread is tiny still! (???)

Short Answer: Click the button to set the directories, click start. That's about it. The OTG port only works when you boot while holding the big button, and there are only 32-bit drivers for it (included in the burntool zip).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] sitelister:
Does it make sense to put in soft keys for MENU, CALL, etc., like in the Nexus one?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] superfly6973:
Hello,

I can anyone tell me if Zenithink supports a usb dongle I've tried but it doesn't seem to configure. Is there software available to modify the settings or additional accessorys.

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Zorflieg:
Well i'd include all the carrier stuff so you don't have to apply it later on (would ultimately be one less thing needed to support in the RPM script)

The pixel density 120 - 160 thing people seem to like.

It may do nothing as we think there is no 3d driver to mention but maybe include this ro.open... line i saw for the droid.

ro.opengles.version = 131072

It says.

# The OpenGL ES API level that is natively supported by this device.

# This is a 16.16 fixed point number

It would need to be included anyway when Zenithink finally include a 3d opengl capable driver for the Vivante GC600 GPU in the device.

... maybe include and hash out the chorus from Tiny Dancer...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
I saw one such driver in /system/lib/egl - as a binary at least. How this ties into the Android java based framework - I don't know.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lmemperador:
i have updated my zt180 with 0827 rom with cristian buncher system and i am looking at compilation number in android (settings)

--> see image atached,

do you think it is normal, or i have to flash again, maybe a flash procedure faulty??

it says 0826 ??

the rom i have before were a 0818

thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] SmartPC:
0826 =rom 0827 .... so you are ok
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
You are all set.

That kernel was compiled/built on 0826 and released on/in the 0827 (latest) Zenithink Firmware that most of us are running...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lmemperador:
thank you very much

i have 3 dongles bluetooth, will try if any works will report it chipset and brand for you.

i have ovislink, dell, and microsoft dongles.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ansdim:
1. check documentation for your GPS about port speed.

You can change it: stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 ispeed 9600

2. check permition for /dev/ttyUSB0 and change it

3. You can start gpsd "gpsd /dev/ttyUSB0". This makes recognition much faster for gpsd. Try telneting to port 2947 and checking gpsd. "telnet 0 2947" and hit i return. gpsd should echo back "Generic NMEA" which means the gps is recognized.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] alvesrj:
Its work over 3G modems do work that you have some Driver for Linux OS.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insight3fl:
UPDATE Maybe it is not the qwerty file...i tried the original rpmmcdonald and others...none of my hard keys or home soft key work....any ideas on what i did wrong? hate to reflash and set all up manually and not with titanium, afraid titanium saves have a settings error and backup is creating the problem.

thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notsaw:
Sounds great. Will try it tonight.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prscott1:
yes, as I mentioned I include the gsm and cdma lines (carrier stuff) and I tried the different density settings but sticking with 160 personally - too many of my apps looked bad (even with the spare parts - older apps compatiblity option checked on/off).

thanks - I know there are many media settings that I have been playing with too but nothing significant to report.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] soryaw:
it seems not possible to using the same google ID to login with different GMail accounts. I have try it. Do you have other methods?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] soryaw:
Any one try this ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
Sorry for late response, I was busy gazing at Android tablets at the IFA trade show in Berlin.

I think the next version should add some kernel drivers for common 3G modules and USB serial bridges (for GPS).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] patmtp35:
whoo great news many thanks for this
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] xllamas:
Many thanks !!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
When I mentioned the next version *should add* XYZ that was much more of a personal opinion than a statement in the sense of "I will do it". ;-)

Anyway I am currently getting the source code of the froyo-x86 port, as well as the source code for Google's eclair branch. Let's see if I can get it to compile. I want my eee PC 701 to run Android, too.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
I had compiled the 2.1u1 branch for ARM on Ubuntu latest the first week I had my ZT-180/M16... A full build completed with 3 warnings I didn't find serious just without the vendor specific dev stuff I lost interest as it just didn't seem to make sense to start that from scratch as I 'ASSUMED' Zenithink would eventually make it available... just hasn't happened...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
well one probably can't build a working kernel from scratch as it probably contains some hardware specific dependencies, such as the framebuffer device and very specific kernel modules tailored towards the embedded hardware. I am happy if I manage to compile compatible kernel modules. That would be a start.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wroclaw1:
Delete "probably". You are 100% correct. Building the kernel from scratch is not possible without knowing all the ins and outs of the ZT180a chip. And even then it would take several weeks to make a stable working kernel.

Just hope that the Zenithink kernel patches become public.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
Would anyone know why /proc/cmdline states mem=192M only? That is 64M less than the device is supposed to have.

Does it have a shared memory design for graphics or similar? But why would that eat 64M of main memory (that's insane).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] stunno:
I bought a ZT180 about a moth or so ago and flashed it to the latest ROM (at the time) following the instructions in this thread. Unfortunately my pad then stopped charging so I sent it back and have just taken possession of the replacement. But it will not flash!

I am running Windows 7 64 bit and flashed in exactly the same way as I did the last tablet, by running XP under a VMware virtual machine. Device 10 turns green then uboot loads, Epad appears on the pad screen, the zImage loads up to 100% but then linux-sys flashes in the Status line and some random letters and uboot appear in the Status line.

I've tried with ROMs 0818 & 0827 with exactly the same (lack of) result.

Any suggestions on what is going wrong?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wroclaw1:
They must reserve (double buffred) memory for 2D and 3D graphics + buffers for audio/video decoding/playback. We reserve similar amount of memory in TV/settopbox systems.

Looks ok to me.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notsaw:
IMO I am all right that we don't re-compile the kernel as long as it works well. kernel modules for some common USB gadgets: GPS, webcam, etc are good enough. Good applications are more useful to us.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
I am having trouble though finding the right options to compile the kernel and its modules with. Zenithink stripped /proc/config.gz, probably to save space.

Was /proc/config.gz present in any previous firmware revisions? Would anyone know?

Any by the way /sys/kernel/notes contains some short Chinese language text about the GPL. Can anyone translate please? ;)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notsaw:
This works for me. However where to save this script so that it can run every time GPS is plugged in?

stty -F /dev/ttyUSB0 ispeed 4800

Then I can see GPS output by:

cat /dev/ttyUSB0

However there is no gpsd on the device. GPS test still seems not using it. Don't know how to let Android apps use this GPS... Any other configurations?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notsaw:
I used BCMRING ARM processor which is ARMv6

and disabled most stuff and only select my pl2303 and uvcvideo module.

The pl2303 module appears to work. I can get GPS status text after set the baudrate of ttyUSB0.

Still don't know how to let android apps recognize it....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notsaw:
Somebody mentioned libgps_mouse.... maybe need to do same thing on zt-180?

http://osdir.com/ml/android-porting/2009-05/msg00098.html

=== BoardConfig.mk ===

[...]

USE_QEMU_GPS_HARDWARE := false

BOARD_HAVE_GPS_MOUSE := true

BOARD_GPS_LIBRARIES := libgps_mouse

[...]

=== system.prop ===

[...]

# gps mouse

ro.kernel.android.gps ttyUSB0

[...]

I can't see any message when activating GPS in settings.

Only the previous errors launching applications involving GPS.

I tried And2Nav too. It asks the user to enable GPS in settings.

There is another story here...

http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.handhelds.android.porting/11278

So create a libgps.so is necessary indeed. Need to find some existing code for tty GPS receiver first. Kind too big for me right now. Will try to pick up later.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insight3fl:
I know that my Odroid T uses a usb gps that works. Would looking at the system code from this tablet give you any anweres? I also have the debug board setup, but do not know what to look for when running the gps.

Let me know
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wroclaw1:
Mounting a NFS network drive works !!

How to mount a network drive via NFS

NFS mount works if you add -o nolock to the mount command !!

adb shell busybox mount -t nfs -o nolock ServerIp:FileSystemToMount MointPoint

examples:

adb shell busybox mount -t nfs -o nolock 192.168.0.141:/media/HomeDisk /system/mnt/nfs (assuming you have created directory /system/mnt/nfs)

or

adb shell busybox mount -t nfs -o nolock 192.168.0.141:/media/HomeDisk /udisk (If you have no USB stck inserted, you can also use /udisk as mount point.)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insight3fl:
I have been using esfile explorer (LAN option )to access network drives on my pc since the first build. I can double click a media file and it plays with the tablet media player... is this the same thing?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
Not really though both could be used to read/write a remote file... File explorer is an aplication that can connect to a remote SMB share (windows disk), while wroclaw1 is hard mounting a remote NFS disk that then any application can access as if a local file...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wroclaw1:
Mounting a NFS network drive works !!

I don't know esfile, but i expect it to use the Samba (SMB/CIFS) network protocol as does Astro.

This works fine if you just want to access files on your shared drives.

NFS lets you mount a Linux network drive, which behaves for 100% as a Linux file system. This is mainly useful when you are developing and want to preserve all file attributes/permissions.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] teufel82:
very nice. how can i place links to network shares at the desktop of the pad?

Frank
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wasame:
after flashed Christian's customized sys image, my tablet can't mount the nand any more, even afte I flashed back to 0818 firmware. can any body point out?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wroclaw1:
Mounting a NFS network drive works !!

You can use for example Astro's shortcuts as you would with any other file.

Make sure the the permissions for the mount point are set correctly otherwise you will just see an empty directory.

You can make the mount point as follows with the correct permissions: (rwx for ALL)

adb remount (to make your /system writable)

adb shell busybox mkdir -p -m 777 /system/mnt/nfs

adb shell busybox mount -t nfs -o nolock 192.168.0.141:/media/HomeDisk /system/mnt/nfs (Use your own server:/share in above example)

Browse with Astro (or any other file browser you have) to /system/mnt

Bookmark directory nfs.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] teufel82:
thanks, i'll try it.

is the astro filemanager free?

Frank
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wroclaw1:
google Astra android.

Keep in mind that you must have an Linux NFS server up and running to mount NFS shares.

(Also google NFS, if you are not familiar with it.)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
Try flashing all 4 files (uboot, zImage, system.img, user.img) from the original 0827 firmware. If it's still not working, I am out of ideas.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] wasame:
Thanks for your promt reply Christian, I did try flashing all original files from 0827 firmware. and I noticed that the internal storage size is 0.00b under setting-sd card and storage page, but if I flashed to 0818 firmware, it shows 359m. still the nand never got mounted.:confused:

also when the tablet boots, it pop up removed sd card and then preparing sd card notification. (4g tf inserted).
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notsaw:
If you can get some answer quickly sure it is very helpful. If need more time then don't bother for it. :) I don't know what to look either.

Is there anything gps related in /system/build.prop?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] patmtp35:
for cif there is alittel app who's works

http://www.mediafire.com/file/apil7ux9l3ahack/CifsManager.apk
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ansdim:
Please tray libgps.so h t t p ://bit.ly/bJ8Agn

I can't find anything about gps in /system/build.prop, but we can use:

# Time between scans in seconds. Keep it high to minimize battery drain.

# This only affects the case in which there are remembered access points,

# but none are in range.

wifi.supplicant_scan_interval = 90

#for your web camera

ro.media.capture.maxres=8m

ro.media.capture.fast.fps=4

ro.media.capture.slow.fps=60

ro.media.capture.flash=led

ro.media.capture.classification=classD

ro.media.capture.useDFR=1

ro.media.camera.focal=3564.0,3564.0

ro.media.camera.principal=1632.0,1224.0

ro.media.camera.skew=0.0

ro.media.camera.distortion=0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0,0.0

ro.media.camera.calresolution=3264,2448
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] balpeter:
Hey there guys!

What about the Custom ROM/Firmware? Is anyone making it? Or is it a dead project?

Best regards,

Pete
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notsaw:
There is one custom ROM here...

See page 86...

Guess somebody needs to edit the first page to include it.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notsaw:
Got it. will try it tonight. Is there any other libs named *gps* in /system/lib? or other directory? :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ajvctrindade:
Hi,

I just tried to flash using burntool_v07.2.exe tool.

I follow the ZT-N180-upgrade.pdf instrutions, that mention that when we connect the device after starting the tool, we will have a window to install the driver.

With me, that does not happen and I just get a message from Windows that it couldn´t install the device.

I have Windows XP

Professional

Version 2002

Service Pack 3

Can anyone help me?

Thanks in advanced,

António Trindade
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
XP Professional 64 bit maybe?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
Only 2 files in 0827...

/system/lib/libgps.so

/system/lib/hw/gps.goldfish.so
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ajvctrindade:
Hi,

It's 32 bit.

Thanks,

António Trindade
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lmemperador:
try another usb port.

try to flash, in another machine with xp 32 bit

or try to install another windows xp on another partition....if you do not have any, use partition magic to make one new partition, and install fresh win xp.

did you do the bootloader mode ? (presing main boton and power at the same time?)

i think this issue happens in massive storage mode, that don't works at all. :confused:

i don't know :confused:, could you upload some screenshots?

.... good luck António
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
Make sure you are 'Administrator' (and have removed your sdcard) whenever flashing! Just a comment from experience...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lmemperador:
removed your sdcard??

is it necessary?, i have read this in another forums too.

i have flashed with the sd card inside,

but, no valuable information inside because of this :rolleyes:, but i want to know it. because the micro sd card is difficult to take out in my device. maybe it is a broken slot...

i can take out the card but i spent so many time in doing it.

:)

thx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insight3fl:
no GPS in buildprop of Odroid T with working GPS
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insight3fl:
Odroid T has only one gps file in /system/lib/libodroid_gps.so

Nothing under /system/lib/hw
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
I twice in the many times I've flashed left the sdcard in durring flash that after it needed to be formatted in my PC before it could be read again... so Now I take it out when I flash :)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] lmemperador:
thank you, i will do the same.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] prscott1:
Not that I recall - I'm in search for a working config. file too so I can try to compile a tun.ko that might work. I sure wish they would release their source files.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] notsaw:
I have following on 0827

/system/hw/gps.goldfish.so

/system/libgps.so

/system/libigps.so

what would libigps.so be....?

from the strings in it, I see:

/local/aiding.bin

IX210-GPS

/local/igps.bin

/dev/imapx200-gps

none of these files exists on the system. however "GPS test" and android thinks there is a GPS on board.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] ajvctrindade:
Hi,

No I did not do that.

"removed your sdcard"

I also did not removed the sdcard. I will also do that.

I will do use this tips this evening and let you know.

If that does not work. I will put some screenshots.

Thanks for the help. :)

António Trindade
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insight3fl:
What about the file:

/system/lib/etc/firmware/gps/igps.bin ?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
I'm very confused. When I use the stock bootanimation, my wifi is always on at bootup and stays on, but when I push a custom bootanimation, the wifi is on at bootup but disconnects after everything on bootup finishes loading. When I take the custom bootanimation out, it works fine again. The amount of available RAM after both boots are the same. Any ideas why this would be happening?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
I just looked for the 2 igps files specifically, not relying on find, and those 2 files are definitiely Not on my system... but then I went back and checked version and sure enough my bad... my dirs have switched 0818 and 0827 installs so last flash was 0818 Not 0827.... so sorry my bad...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Drew442:
I would say coincidence....
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] insight3fl:
Is anyone still working on tethering to mobile phone for internet access. Many of us have windows mobile phones with wifi and usb tether options rather than owning a 3g card. I really need this for using my tab at work. I have tried every way I know how with no luck

Thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] omarahum:
I've tried several boots with both the custom and the stock bootanimations (at least 30x each), and 100% of the time, it's the same results, stock - wifi is always on and stays on, custom - wifi is on but always disconnects. Tried this from the same place each time, 5 feet from my router.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] bowser84:
im really liking the look of this for its price but a few things i need to clear up without going thru the entire thread before i buy one.

it will be for my wife so...

is there support for facebook games? (flash) and youtube viewing?

either native or thru custom roms etc? upgrading to 2.2 android possible?

if it can do these i will probally get this for how cheap it is.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
I'd say a boot logo influences the timing of the startup. Playing the boot animation eats CPU cycles. Maybe that throws some scripts out of sequence, and a relied on behavior for bringing up WiFi does not occur in time.

I found that using an exceptionally large boot animation (the famous peeing android) would have other evil side effects, such as screwing up the graphics driver and making certain operations (like side scrolling the desktop) dead slow.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] jtbnet:
No Flash out of the box... recently got flash 9/lite working on 2.1 in browser... need 2.2 but later flash 10.x for ARM11 not yet available...

Youtube native client works.

Upgrading to 2.2 should be possible in the future though they still haven't stabilized 2.1...

There is a recently publicised 'Newer Version'? of this tablet that may be worth looking at ;

http://www.haleron.com/index.php?pa...y_id=6&option=com_virtuemart&Itemid=1&lang=en

I mention this as this looks almost identical except with added webcam and relocated buttons and connectors... PERHAPS these folks have access to source to make the changes they are making and thus MAY have a more stable 2.1... just wishing at this point as I haven't seen anyone actully review this after purchasing...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Christian Buchner:
If you have the patience to set the device up for your wife - sure. It's really a device for tinkerers and it will take some time to get everything right. Out of the box the device ships in a pretty sad state with no Android Market access and some questionable apps preinstalled.

Flash Lite works (which is a third party Flash implementation that does not replay all flash content, but some). But that requires a manual installation. The official flash player wont work due to CPU restrictions.

Upgrading to Android 2.2 is not *yet* possible, but there may be third party hacks in the future - no word on an official upgrade from Zenithink yet. I heard rumours they were working on it though.

A lot of things are amiss in the official firmware. Support for some the accelerometers is still broken (games that depend on it won't work).