yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
And I still can't use any of my contacts apps. Everything would install just fine. Everything would open just fine. But then as soon as I press 'add new contact' the program is force quit. What could possibly be wrong? I've tried 3 free contacts programs and 3 non-free. None worked.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mogrith:
You are Correct Sir.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obiwan22:
wait you didnt have custom recovery?!:confused:

boy you are screwed:eek:
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gentouchpad:
FYI I can't get ifconfig to do anything in terminal. netcfg does work but does not reveal MAC address just IP and subnet.

I can connect everywhere else except on my own wifi. I have read via a bunch of google searchs with many other examples of android and WEP issues.

Anyone else with ideas?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] asonpar86:
Did anyone try one click root method?

I saw this in the beginning of the forum that someone did the 1 button root on a GT. Would be great!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] slag02:
Why am I screwed if I could get the Apk then I should be good to go right?

sent from my HTC supersonic
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jay Noggle:
my kmart finally got 2 gentouches in and i bought one today only to find that the audio through the speaker is just white noise. is this a codec software issue or hardware?

anybody else have this?

also it wont connect via my wpa2 connection....

i went to a place with open wifi and got on fine.

i have a samsung moment with 2.1 android so i understand how to use it but have no coding experience. i am willing to learn if this is the right place to help.

besides the above, there are usb connection issues as well.

ideas feedback?

thanks
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
You need roy volume control. After you've installed it, turn your volume in setting up all the way and then use roy volume control to adjust volume as needed. You can download roy volume control from post 232 in this thread.

It's a software problem, so yeah everyone's had this.

I don't know about this. I have wpa2 and mine connects fine.

Here is what I suggest you do. I think it will solve your problem. After you've entered your wifi id and password, press the back button on the back of your gentouch and then use the button on the screen to log in.

You need to upgrade your gentouch with augen's firmware.

http://augen.helpserve.com/index.php?_m=downloads&_a=view

Follow the instructions as needed. After you've installed all these updates, make sure you calibrate your touchscreen with the new app.

If you have windows 7 x64, the way to connect your gentouch to your comp is to connect your usb and then mount (on top of screen of gentouch). In order for your sd card to show on your computer through your gentouch, you need to insert the sd after you've connected the usb and then mount.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jay Noggle:
goodintentions...

thank you so much for setting my mind at ease so quickly!

will now follow up with your advice and go from there!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
Making this device work is not for the faint of heart. Personally, I think it has a lot of potential. However, it needs a lot of work if you're willing. I've already installed enough apps to make it useful.

My biggest concern right now is the mac id issue. As you may have heard, everyone seems to be reporting that their device has the exact same mac id as everyone else's. Let see if your gentouch has the same mac address.

Menu --> settings --> wireless & network --> wi-fi settings --> menu --> advanced

And look under MAC address. If you don't have 00:03:7F:0E:A2:19, consider yourself lucky.

I've talked to augen tech people several times now. This one thing could spell disaster for the near future.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] 513fabe:
Hey, I had similar problem...it did that shhhhhh... Noise rebooted stuck in headphones n speaker werked
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
It wont be a disaster, macs are hard coded to each wireless radio. Im sure the augen guys were just lazy and copy/pasted 1 generic rom onto every device. Usually, MACs are printed on the NIC, or this case the radio. Ill take mine apart and see what turns up. Hang tight
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
Well, I can't get it apart, guess ill have to buy some smaller screwdrivers. Anyone else already taken a look at this?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jay Noggle:
hey cttwarnock: thanks for chiming in on this.

so let me ask you, I have no intension on cracking this thing open to fix any mods in the future...period! that said, am I stuck with the wifi issue?

thx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
For now I woud change your home wifi over to WEP until we can get this figured out. I bet there is a way to find the true mac address, I'm going to start looking
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
How can it not be a disaster? If every one of them has the same mac, there can't be anymore than 1 at any network at the same time. That's why people have been calling it the 1-per-starbucks device.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] kdevine:
MAC addresses for Wifi devices can be fixed with a patch. But, Augen has to go through the process of actually getting a range that they can use... Which (considering there is no record of this device with the FCC) they apparently have not done...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] angus1357:
i'll attach the vending.apk I pulled from the other site, also i've done the market unlock for 2.0 listed on the wiki thread. The only other thing i've noticed is that you dont have the option to scroll down in portrait mode, only landscape.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cutterjohn:
gtalkservice.apk removal breaks market

youtube require Phone & TelephonyProvider... it's several pages back where I originally asked about it and someone answered... but I believe it really goes like this:

Youtube depends upon Phone which in turn depends upon TelephonyProvider otherwise you get all those nice force close dialog loops...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FeedomFighter:
Have you tried the other idea of looking in the /data/softmac file to verify your MAC address?

Also user goodintentions showed you can view the MAC address like this:

-MW
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
So, let's talk about contacts again. Why is it that my contacts apps work just fine until I try to add contact and the damn thing force quit? I've tried on 2 different devices and they both behave this way. When I tried addressbook.apk, I can add contact just fine, but after I pressed save it says contact has been saved but I can't find contact anywhere. Get it? Nothing happens when I save.

Can someone else please try to use a contacts app and find out why the hell I can't use contacts?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mogrith:
Don't have device here to try.But do you have a good androidId? Wonder if it is trying to sync to goggle profile and failing.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
What do you mean by good android id? I've got an account.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mogrith:
Does your market work? Google apps tie your account to a device with the androidid.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] GeneralSpecific:
Augen is not the vendor of the wifi adapter, they merely use it in their devices. The first three octets in the address identify the manufacturer, and will all be the same. The last three octets are a hard coded unique string of hexidecimal numbers.

The reason our devices all have the same soft coded mac address is because the dev was lazy, this can surely be fixed.

If you can get root permissions in terminal, just type the following:

ip link set address xx.xx.xx.xx.xx.xx dev eth1 (where xxxxxxx is your current mac address, but change the last octet to 18 or 20)

Hope this helps!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jay Noggle:
moving on...inherent kinetic scrolling issues?

OK, so I got the GT connected to an open wifi connection.

I have NOT done any of the updates as yet, only stopped several processes that are running on the tablet.

I am still having major lag in kinetic scrolling, especially while in the browser. I wish I could test Opera Mini on this but no Market as of yet either.

If the scolling issue is this bad, I'm afraid the GT is going back.

My Samsung Moment has a few lag issues so I know what is expected but this is really irritating.

feedback on this issue please?

thx
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
I'm pretty new with android, so I guess I've been putting off rooting it, and as far as I know I need to root to get the market working, correct? I'll do that later today I guess.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] angus1357:
getting a different browser doesnt fix the lag, you either tolerate it or give up
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jay Noggle:
hey angus, thanks for the quick feedback...

I did notice that when you push hard and scroll DOWN, it isn't bad but trying to scroll up is next to impossible.

Is this your experience as well?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] angus1357:
Mine isnt terrible in either direction, but it is annoying. I'm used to WM smartphones so I press hard out of habit. If they ever decide to fix the clock speed issue it might help this.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mogrith:
Market is the main app people want but others need that androidId also.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] gentouchpad:
Just to keep this going in case others are reading with same issues.

My MAC as shown in menu->advanced is the same as everyone else's

I can not find a file in /data/softmac, does everyone have a file in /data/softmac?

FYI...still can't get on my personal WEP wifi.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] FletchF:
I've found that if I press down and PAUSE for a split second before scrolling, it works better.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mogrith:
Saw in another message that the Cpu needs a higher core voltage for 800MHz So may be hardware hack to get it to 800 &will shorten battery time
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mogrith:
No my /data is an empty folder
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obiwan22:
hey guys I did the market fix through this link

http://www.slatedroid.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fix_Market_For_Slates

however I still cant get it to work

any idea?

when looking at the xda method

I have to do a cache fix but I cant figure it out
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
This is why you need to use the calibrate app and touch only slightly when you calibrate. When I calibrated, I only touched it slightly and now my GT works just fine. Very sensitive.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jay Noggle:
thanks all...

I just decided that it wasn't for me.

Will look for a different tablet later this year or next so for now I took the GT back.

thanks again
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
The lag isn't that bad. I don't know why people are complaining about this. For a $150 device, this is a pretty spiffy device if you're willing to work with it. I still don't have market yet, but I've installed apps that I want and uninstalled the ones I don't want and have adjusted the settings to my liking. Actually, I'm going to start carrying it around when I commute instead of taking my laptop with me. I've field tested it and it seems to work just fine for what I want to do with it.

When I first bought the device, I seriously was just going to try it out out of curiosity and the return it, but now I think I'll just keep it. The trick isn't to get the GT to work to my liking. Try to convince my better half to let me buy starcraft 2 that's the trick.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] geller:
Can someone attach the ADW Launcher for those of us still without the market working? Every place on the net I've found it just keeps pointing back to the market and leaves the tablet 'starting' the download that obviously will never finish. I'm not so worried about apps for this thing at this point, but I do need a good way to rotate the display.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] thoughtlesskyle:
has anybody started porting any ROM's for this thing yet

CM6 would be awesome on it and i would totally pick one of these things up for it
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mindwave:
I'm not REAL concrned about the MAC address issue but this is what I got

i may have done soemthing wrong
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] TheRammer:
No, you do not need root in order to get the market working.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mindwave:
apply the screen calib patch from augunus.com
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obiwan22:
hey guys I did the market fix through this link

http://www.slatedroid.com/wiki/index...ket_For_Slates

however I still cant get it to work

any idea?

when looking at the xda method

I have to do a cache fix but I cant figure it out
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] Jay Noggle:
goodintentions: I have nothing against the device at all and like you I was curious.

My issue is that I already have both a Samsung Moment Android 2.1 phone as well as a Nokia n810 internet tablet.

The Nokia is a little laggie as it is several years old and I bought it used on ebay. I am very happy with it.

The issue with the Moment phone is the screen size for me.

I was looking at the possibility of the GT to be as snappy as my phone and Nokia with a much larger screen for those times when it would be very nice to have.

That said, if I didn't already have these two devices, I would think very differently about the GT. That's all. So I am sure that for those of you that this is your first Android device or tablet that you would be very happy with it for the price.

As for the lag, it just isn't really any better than my Nokia so I really don't need it at the moment. Had it been better out of the box, I would have been a fanboy and very happy overall.

Hope that clears things up a bit.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mindwave:
ok, team, I know this is supposed to be a DEV only chain and I apologize, but nothing I do seems to get the MArket working for me.

I FINALLY got logged in and can browse some apps but EVERYTHING "starts to download" and then freezes.

slideme works, augens store works and if i could find EpocratesRX as an APK from somewhere. its for my wife, its free ad its ONLY available from the market (sigh)

Ive done the fix 3x and unfortunatey all I have done is wife out the apk's I have downloaded.

I even tried soemones alternat VENDOR.apk that was posted last night

any ideas?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cutterjohn:
Just found out that the xda-devel app ALSO relies on Phone.apk AND TelephonyProvider.apk (required by Phone.apk) to function...

I had removed all the telephony junk again last night as I noticed even with WiFi off my battery appeared to be draining at an alarming rate...

So, I'm now back to experimenting with just these two otherwise useless extras installed... at least youtube app will function again...

[EDIT]

About market... if he's talking about the Android Market then he'll need root for steps 5, 6, 8, and 27 plus 30-33...

If you're talking about one of the other replacement markets then you're right, he won't need root...

[/EDIT]

[EDIT2]

@Obiwan22

if you have market working, just use clockwork and install update.zip which perma fixes market, re-roots, and adds the enxus one boot screen...

[/EDIT2]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] goodintentions:
I'm gonna stick with replacement markets for now. (1) I really don't feel comfortable with android yet so I don't want to take a wrong dive somewhere. I'm already comfortable with what I have right now for my daily tasks (except for contacts... but that's just a minor thing). (2) I kinda want to stay on the legit side of things. If and when augen finally gets google's blessings, I will go along with it. But until then, I really don't want to screw around with non-legit things.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obiwan22:
what is this clock work you talk about?

I dont know if I fixed my market or not. I did all the steps and got a androidID but I never got to download an app, same old problem

now what?
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cutterjohn:
http://augendev.wikispaces.com/Custom+Recovery

If you still haven't got the market working, you're doing something wrong along the way... are you ABSOLUTELY sure that you've correctly rooted your GT? The wiki instructions are incorrect as the update.zip archive has NO xbin directory, so I substituted:

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

INSTEAD OF using:

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

THEN

just did the rest of the steps in order... you should've seen error messages if you just followed what was in the wiki...

The market fix worked w/o changes for me, had to do ALL steps, but as I mentioned before I used an alternate system.img and had tou use another sqlite command to get the AndroidID out...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obiwan22:
a few days ago I rooted my gentouch and got root permissions/custom recovery

yesterday I did the market fix following the steps in the wiki only untill step 15 and decided that to screw it because it deleted all my apps

so then I did a system restore back to normal and I was stuck there without no market

today I tried another market fix found here

http://www.slatedroid.com/wiki/index.php?title=Fix_Market_For_Slates

and got the androidID from the emulator/imported into the augen

so I rebooted it and the market didnt work-same problem

so then I looked around and found you need to do an update.zip to keep the market forever

however, should I do this update.zip or not? I never got market downloading even 1 app
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] r54143:
help needed

I did read all the previous postings....

I need help with the followings.

1. I would like to restore my GT to the original software setup.

2. I was trying to root it and clockwork and do the market fix..... now it doesn't have the Market software installed... (no shortcut anywhere)
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cutterjohn:
just backup all the apps that you want to keep, or all of them for the helluvait, by doing something like:

mkdir system-app-backup

cd system-app-backup

adb pull /system/app/<appname>.apk .

(where appname is whatever comes before each .apk, might also want to backup any .so or other files that are in there as well, just in case... :D )

then move onto:

cd ..

mkdir data-app-backup

cd data-app-backup

adb pull /data/app/<appname>.apk .

(same deal as above... might be a way to automate this under windows, but not really sure how...)

Then just do the GT specific fix as I KNOW that it works, and when you blow all of your apps, you have your backup copies on your local hdd if you can't find them in the market... or elsewhere...

anyways doing update.zip, won't get you much... probably won't magically fix that market "fix" that you followed, but it will re-do your root, and add that nexus one animated boot screen...
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obiwan22:
I know mogrith from slatedroid tried to do the market fix using the other way and it all worked out for him somehow
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] cutterjohn:
I don't know what to tell you then other than you must've missed a step somewhere... maybe someone who knows alot more about android than myself(ATM) will come along and figure it out...

...but here's one last idea... are you ABSOLUTELY CERTAIN that you pulled the AndroidID from the EMULATED android device? i.e. had your GT disconnected when you pulled it

then did you save that numeric AndroidID somewhere making sure that you got ALL of it?

then quit the emulator?

then hooked your GT up to USB and inserted it into the db on the GT with NO error messages? (You should be able to check by pulling the AndroidID out of the GT's db similarly to how you got it from the emulator and verify that number against what you got from the emulator....)

[EDIT]

...and did you go through ALL of the troubleshooting section of the slatedroid wiki way of adding market?

[/EDIT]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obiwan22:
wow

I just checked my androidID number on the gentouch to see if it is the same form the wiki and I confirm its different!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] fireshaper:
I followed all the instructions at http://augendev.wikispaces.com/Market+Fix and my Market works fine.

Also, for the people saying that the screen lags, use your fingernail or the stylus. The screen is not capacitive so it doesn't work like newer smartphones/tablets, it is resistive so you have to either use a hard object (like a stylus or your fingernail) or press hard on the screen. I have found that using my fingernail works the best and the screen is almost as good as with my finger on my Droid.

[EDIT]

Your androidID should be different, it will come from the emulator. The number that everyone else is posting is the MAC address.

[/EDIT]
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] obiwan22:
no, I confirmed its not the same one form the emulator!:eek:

so I redid the whole processs again from slatedroid but it didnt work yet again

I give up

I dont feel like doing it the xda way because it deletes all your settings etc
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] tec1ra:
Angus thanks for the file. Next stupid question, because I've had to repeat things, and I would really prefer not to. Can I just push it to the tablet and reboot, or do i need to go through the whole market fix again?

Thanks in advance.
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] mindwave:
CUTTER

I'm one of those who has tried EVERYTHING under the sun and still cant get the market to work, so I want to ask you a few very pointed questions and hope that your answers will help clarify it for me. I appreciate your efforts

The steps that youre speaking of substituting "adb push ./system/bin/su /system/xbin" had to do with ROOT not market correct?

BUT you must have a proper ROOT before the MARKET fix will work right?

I saw your original correction before I even got my augen so I tried it your way 1st. So actually I have done it BOTH ways. Is there a way (command what have you) that I ould run that would absolutely tell whether I have a properly ROOT device or not? I have the SU package installed and AMMS and they both seem to work fine (along w/ setcpu)

THEN you mention " I mentioned before I used an alternate system.img " can you explain that one to me? I dont want to sound stupid, but it DOES seem like I and others are missing something.

NOW I did do the LONG market and went into the SDK and generated an ID and entered that. And I get connected to the market just fine, I just am NOT abkle to get anything to download.

Again I really appreciate your assistance.

J
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] r54143:
How do I install the Calibration patch if I already installed the Clockwork recovery?