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[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
You need to partition your sd in order to boot Android
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] buru898:
Ah I had to format the FAT32 partition again lol. Should be getting ready to install right now and will report back ;p.

Hmm well the install boots but doesn't work, always reboots without doing anything. From what I could catch it said something like, "Could not determine filesystem size" or something of that sort.

I formatted the EXT2 to 512 megs, and swap 64 megs :/. Does the size of the SD card make a difference?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] neopeek:
Hmm I recommend you the following

/dev/sdb1 (FAT32) xxxx MB

/dev/sdb2 (EXT2) ca. 350 MB

/dev/sdb3 (linux-swap) 32 MB

xxxx MB = whole rest of your capacity

Linux-swap is optional but create it as recommended above. I will explain this in the next days more detailed as a linux-swap-partition enabled in CM6 boosts it dramatically up. For enabling it we will need a script which will be included in next Test-build.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] buru898:
Alright will try that and tell you how it goes :).

But in gparted when you do say like 500 megs it always ends up being like 497 megs and such ;/. I'll repost with my results lol.

Finally starting to work. Geez did I really have to mess with the partitions! I did all 3 like it should have, and put into my phone it asked to format (when it formats it completely formats, not just the FAT32 partition) so I take it out, delete them all, and retry it again, same thing, but kept trying and eventually got it to finally work lol, don't know why sometimes after formatting that it wouldn't read my memory card? Didn't do anything different... but just installed and now going to boot it up and give it a go lol ;p.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] buru898:
Wooooow dude!! This thing is SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO ****ing fast compared to the xdandroid ports!!!

Haha you got me sold dude I'm never switching back to their builds! Man this thing is so ****ing fast compared to their proclaimed "Blazn" build!

Ah dude I love you haha!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
Man I can't wait to try this out!!! This got me exited!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] dswaggz:
Wat is battery life like and is this build running frm tha nand
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Reefermattness:
No i dont believe it does, im trying it now to see how it is. :P
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
I can't get GParted CD Live to read my 4GB Micro HC card. The drop-down box only shows the system's memory but not my SD card. Can you guys show me how to do it? Thanks, I do appreciate it..

edit..nvm
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Reefermattness:
I get no connection at all even after setting up APN settings, perhaps ill try a different build...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] kojotandoh:
Do protected apps appear in the android market on this version??
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] pdawg17:
On the Froyoredux with my CDMA TP2 the backlight on the hardware buttons at the bottom of the phone never turn off...is this a known bug? Any way to turn them off?

UPDATE: Just tried CM6 version and the backlight is fine but neither version has working WiFi...I'm using the Aug 2nd zimage and module...Wifi on Reefer's latest works fine...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] buru898:
When you start gparted (sudo gparted) or whatever it'll first show what's on your harddrive. In the window at the top left part where the little menus are (sorry I forgot what they are) click on one of them until you see a menu called like "Device Storage" or just like "Devices" and then hover over the arrow with your mouse and it should be 2 of them, your harddrive and your SD card.

When you go into your SD card be sure to right click on it if it shows like little keys together and select "Unmount" before you start partitioning it.

But BELIEVE me this thing is ****ING FAAAAAAAAAAAST lol I love it!! It's like the xdandroid ports, but faster and more customizable.

The best way to describe it in my opinion is like xdandroid is stock with all the crap and bloatware and neopeeks is like when a good chef cooks a good rom lol ;p.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] pdawg17:
Does WiFi work for you? I love it except I get the "scanning" problem...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] neopeek:
Thank you for your positive feedback. I know it may be hard to get the partition thing done. But once you have figured it out. You won't need to repartition any more! After that just simply always use the installer to test / run the new builds I release.

@All: Sorry I can't get you too much support on my builds. They are all based on XDANDROID kernel + rootfs but of course it's Cyanogen ported by me to all the compatible devices. The reason I say this is: My device is a HTC Diamond and yes on my device these are running extremely fast, too. I could try to optimize my builds also for other devices like yours and testdrive them before releasing. To do that I would need a Rhodium device. Would be very useful cause of Logging / Debugging and special tuning for each device regarding compcache / swap. But I won't buy it on my own. So if anyone likes my work just use donate button in my signature. I will use donations to collect some money and buy compatible devices for my builds, eg. Rhodium, Tilt2, Xperia X1, Touch Pro etc. That's it!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Reefermattness:
It seems much faster yeah, but thats due to the sd card partition setup (we both use RC2). Its just like when we went from sqsh file to ext2 file, we used the same exact OS but got a performance increase. If you did some research you would understand that doesnt technically mean the rom is faster.... That would be like running a benchmark on 2 PCs, one with an IDE harddrive and one with a SSD. The SSD is obviously gonna be faster, even if you use the same OS. Xdandroid "reference" is stock straight from the repo, BLAZN is modded ("like when a good chef cooks a rom") If you are 100% positive its the rom then get an xdandroid build on that same partitioned file system and do some benchmark tests, before you start making proclamations. :D vatoloco is helping me port mine over as well to run on this partition style, so we will see soon. I would bet they are almost identical.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] sxypapi:
Stuck...

i did everything in this post, ext. and all. now when i go npkinstall and i go to install.exe. it goes to haret 0.5.2, i try to run it and it says cannot open script. what did i do wrong?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
Well..I have partitioned my sd card before unmount it. Is that a problem?

This is what I did..I have deleted everything on the sd card (all the partitions) then I have created a new f32 partition almost the whole card except I left out 382mb for the exp2 partition (350mb) and for the linux swap (32mb) When I have inserted my sd card onto my computer it asks me to reformat but when I insert it onto my phone..it never asks me to reformat..So what I did was I taped on haret.exe..it did all the work and when it finished..it didn't boot into android...it booted into wm instead..Should I insert my sd card onto my pc so it can reformat it and then insert it onto my phone?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] neopeek:
So far everything seems ok but one thing:

Before running haret you have to download one build from my site and rename the download to androidinstall.tar.gz. Be sure to download also the installer and unpack it onto the fat32 partition. Now put androidinstall.tar.gz into npkinstall-folder and rename rhodium.txt to startup.txt. Now run install.exe. When it has finished installation -> run Haret.exe. This is the way to go
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] neopeek:
I am sure the performance will be almost equal. Can't say it for sure, though. We will see what works best. AOSP or Cyanogen? But don't forget one thing. Cyanogen isn't a one man show. And still it's RC2. I have to first take your build and try to run it on my Diamond. Will this work? Don't know it. Have to test it. If it works, ok! I will make a port working with my installer. But hey what are Benchmarks? They mean nothing! And we shouldn't say: Hey this one is better and that one is not so good. So this is a snippet of what I am also saying on my website:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
I'm sorry but where can I find the fat32 partition?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] neopeek:
No need to apologize but you find the fat32-partition on your sdcard. Read carefully my tutorial and links. You will have to create the fat32 and the ext2 partition...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] buru898:
FAT32 is the only partition that Windows reads :). So if you put your SD into Windows and it shows up, that's the FAT32 partition. If you look at the total size you can see that it's smaller than the whole card altogether.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
Thanks guys..The only thing is confusing me right now is the Terminal thing. I tried to do what the guy is doing on video 2 but I have no idea what I'm doing. I got lost when I typed sudo mkdir /media/neopeek nothing happens "sudo tar -xzvf ~/Desktop etc..Do you have to put the file androidinstall.tar.gz in fat32 using Terminal? :confused:
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] guruvince:
Do I have to buy a partition manager to partition my micro sd? Does anybody have a link to a free partition tool?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] TooHot2Handle:
Testing.........
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
Everything worked thanks a lot for the help guys but I'm facing a problem..I have no connecting on android
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] qkall:
personally i'd recommend using a live cd ... puppy linux is my fave. now i don't have puppy in front of me but heres a quick way to part your shizz

1- download puppy linux (~100mb download)

2- burn to disk/usb

3- reboot computer with disk/usb in and make sure computer boots it (i can never remember which 'F' button it is.. but i think its F8/F10)

4- let puppy boot (it boots completely off cd and ram so no worried about screwing stuff up) this should boot within 10 minutes easy

5- in the menu button and i believe system/utilites there should be something called gparted

6- select the drive you want to partition (be very careful when selecting/partitioning ... i've lost a couple windows installs due to carelessness)

7- reboot and take disk out (it'll give you an option to save settings... its really up to you if you want to... but choosing no is perfectly fine)

8-fin?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] qkall:
sorry for the double post.. but this post doesn't have anything to do with my previous...

if i understand correctly this uses the same kernel as xdandroid? so sound/bt/cam don't work right?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] sxypapi:
can someone help PLEASE!?

i did everything in this post, ext. and all. now when i go npkinstall and i go to install.exe. it goes to haret 0.5.2, i try to run it and it says cannot open script. what did i do wrong?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
If this build had wifi and connection working, this would have been the greatest build ever built.

On the keyboard, when you press the key "Fn" as soon as you press it, it appears a little box
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] huggs:
so this has has no connection at all, like no data and no phone calls ?

is this for everybody, or are some ppl havin problems n some not?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] edwill44:
Go back to WiMo and check if its looking for CDMA Find the force_cdma=1. For GSM (TMo) set it to 0....
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
Where can I find that?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] huggs:
I think hes thinkin like this is like the xdandroid builds, where u can check/uncheck cdma in the launch/update tool in winmo. you would have to look in this build's startup.txt and look for the force cdma line and make sure it =0 if u hv a gsm device (att, t-mo) or 1 for cdma (sprint, vzw). but i was just askin does sound work for anybody before i partition my sd and install
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Reefermattness:
Sound doesn't work for the Rhodium huggs you know that. :p
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
That worked out thanks..So the only problem is wifi not working, always says scanning.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] neopeek:
Please check the advanced Wifi Settings! It may be that you have to enable channels, 12,13,14 manually if your AP uses this channels...
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
No, it didn't work. It was on channel 11 so I set it to channel 13 and 14 and no luck.

I have gotten the latest zimages, modules, etc..On Reef's xdandroid, I had wifi working just fine.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
Sorry, double post
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] pi_mento:
languages?

Anyone....???

I'm looking for Dutch
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] edwill44:
Marketplace....

Im on the CM6 Froyoredux-Port. I have net access but I cannot download apps from the market. It says starting download but they never start. I get ' the application Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again'. Ive wiped the card, repartitioned and got the same result. am I missing something?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] edwill44:
No,I dont think its like XDAndroid builds. Since the instructions require you to move the startup text I opened it and sure enough the force_cdma=1 was there. Im far from a noob but maybe my wording was off. With that said, nice build,
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] huggs:
sorry, didnt mean to imply you were a noob, not my intention. i'm just glad that connections are working, looks like time for me to get gparted n get this goin on my phone:)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
Let us know if wifi is working for you
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] edwill44:
Not for me. It scans for about 10secs them says unable to scan.... Does anyone have access to the market on the Rhodium?

NM about the market, got it working....
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
How did you got it working without having wifi turned on?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] adamsmiley:
I'm thinking of trying this out to see if it is really that much better then Froyo builds. However I have a few questions since I can't fellow everyone. I have the Touch pro 2 with sprint or Rhodium. What is working and what is not?

WIFI?

3G DATA?

BLUETOOTH?

PHONE?

MESSAGES?

Thanks everyone.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Reefermattness:
WIFI - No

3G DATA - Only for some

BLUETOOTH - Doesnt work for any build, its not gonna work for this one either. Thats a kernel issue.

PHONE - Yes

MESSAGES - Yes
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] edwill44:
I got the market to work via TMo data. WiFi is still out for me
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] adamsmiley:
Thanks more more question do you think battery life is better this way or with the other build or about the same.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] pdub42:
I know that the sound does not work for the rhodium but is this something that is impossible to fix that will never be working? or is it just something that is not working yet? by the way you guys are amazing at making these, I love these android builds, have done multiple internet speed tests, I always get 400-500kb/s in windows mobile, when in android I get 1000-1300kb/s. Crazy increase in the speed of the net just by using android vs wm.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] KenNashua:
Clarification please.

Does haret have to live at the root or can it sit in an andboot folder similar to past distributions I've run on my Vogue? Root gets a little cluttered as-is, so keeping some of the stuff in a sub folder would be nice.

i.e.

/AndroidApps

/media

/Startups

/haret.exe

/zImage

OR

/andboot/AndroidApps

/andboot/media

/andboot/Startups

/andboot/haret.exe

/andboot/zImage

Also, while the new installer is nice, need to check out the installer use on the Vogue. Allows easy backup and restore, installation to ext2 or data.img, etc.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] nyjoker:
i have a TMO USA TP2

wifi - no

Bluetooth - no

data - yes

speaker - no

bottom buttons lights - always on (dunno why)

gsenser - how do i get it to work correctly?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] edwill44:
Go bsck to WiMo, and before you boot haret wait for the bottom lights to go off. Android doesnt have control of the lights yet....
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] 2phonejones:
i need help! i did all the steps but when i run haret.exe its says booting linux like usaul but then vibrates and cuts off and then i have to remove the battery to turn the phone back on and it loads back into windows?? any suggest? thanks

Nvm got it working loading now!!!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] edwill44:
For me the battery life is about the same. Its at about 13 hrs for me....

Sent from my Neopeek-Froyoredux
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
How's the wifi issue coming along? Has there been any solution?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] adamsmiley:
I only have windows is there a way I can get some software to help me with the partition of the SD card?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
n00b problems

I feel like a complete n00b again, trying to get this "Android" working with the ext2 partition I created using GParted. I still don't really know what Linux is, lol.

So anyway, on to my problem:

I was able to *mostly* understand the instructions on the first page, but I think I'm missing some steps.

First off, I'm trying to run Reef's new ext2 test build (I'm really curious to see the speed difference). I'm using a 16GB SanDisk class 2 microSDHC card, with 3 partitions: 13GB FAT32, 1.4GB ext2, 32MB linux-swap, as suggested on the 1st page.

I'm going to reference the steps from the first post so you can see exactly where it goes wrong for me :(:

As stated above, I used a bigger partition size than size (since my card is pretty large) - could that be my issue (I don't think so)?

I downloaded this from the link you posted in Reef's thread.

Did this. Worked fine.

I couldn't find a download link for this. I just took haret.exe from a previous install (is that what I'm supposed to do)?

Are there other files involved besides haret.exe? If so, that could be what my issue is?

Reef's build was already named this way, so I had no trouble here. My existing (current) startup.txt wasn't working, so I used the "TILT2.txt" you provided & renamed it with no trouble.

It took me a few tries on this, but I finally realized the folder called "install" isn't actually for anything. Why exactly is it there? Should I be putting something there? Is that why this isn't working? At any rate, once I got everything into the right folders, the install seemed to proceed fine, and the device did reboot upon completion.

move what? install.exe? the entire folder contents? the zImage? I think this is where I'm messing up.

What "Startups-Folder"? Is this supposed to be part of the "Haret-Paket" mentioned above? Or is this just the STARTUP.TXT file I used above?

When I run haret.exe, it opens the installer again. I even deleted the entire npkinstall folder, and it still does! I understand this is from the initrd.gz file, but changing that file causes Android to try & boot from the FAT32 partition.

I wish it was! :(

Any help you can offer is appreciated. I know it's probably something simple, and I'm going to feel like a complete moron when you tell me what it is :rolleyes:. That's how we learn, I guess.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Reefermattness:
Throwback, whats up man.

Look here for the Haret Pack (you can update zimage/modules from glemsom autobuilds, just like the normal install)

http://www.neopeek.com/en/community/groups/viewgroup/23-CM6+FroyoreduxPort

He doesn't mean physically move anything to the root of the SD card, he means change directories to root. :)

"Startups folder" is inside of haret Pack. It will contain all of the startup.txt files, you need to pick the one for your handset and read through it make sure the basics are correct comaring it to a startup.txt from my build. I found the forcecdma=1 for tilt2, and the gsensor axis is not set correctly.

Then you will want to run the haret thats on the root of your FAT32! And that SHOULD be it. :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] Captain_Throwback:
DOH!

I knew it would be something simple. Thanks for the clarification. I now have it working, and the speed is NICE. I wish Wi-Fi would work, and data is iffy (though that could be because I barely have any signal at home as it is), but I think this is definitely the way to go forward with the builds (if you're up for it, that is ;))
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hskeik:
Thanks very much...

waiting for your next releases...

very nice work :)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] quik99:
Why does this build have 3d working but the more "official" build does not? is it something to do with th ext2 partition?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] pi_mento:
Can't find "androidinstall.tar.gz".

Hi All,

I need some help with this problem:

After starting the installer i keep on getting an error that the installer can't find "androidinstall.tar.gz".

I have followed the Quick-Installation-Guide multiple times and still no progress.

I have partitioned my SD-card so many times that Gparted gave up on it.

What could be the problem?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] 2phonejones:
please! i need help ive tried at ppcgeeks and here, when i boot android it says it cant find the initrid file?? help!! please ive been waiting over a week and searching all these threads with no answer.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] edwill44:
J

Make sure the file is in the npkinstall folder..

Sent from my Neopeek-Froyoredux
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] pi_mento:
Hi edwill44,

Thhnx for the tip, I have tried all of that, i have done the quick install 1000 times i have even copied the files in the androidinstall.tar.gz to the ext2 partition, nothing seems to work.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] neopeek:
Hmm seems like you are using the wrong startup.txt!!

@All: First post updated with new releases!!

Please anyone provide me with a modified startup.txt (see posts by reef' where he states that some things are wrong in my startup.txt)
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] hello00:
Just to let you know that you have done a great job! Gallery 3D works really good, sometimes it slows down but other than that..it is a big improvement. The speed has improved, now it runs faster than the previous version. Everything works perfect except wifi not been able to scan networks. Keep it up the good work!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Android Development] neopeek:
I don't even have a clue why WiFi is broken on Rhodium. It works for every other device like Diamond, Raphael, Tilt etc. Someone wanna work on this WiFi-bug on his own and help me out? Or someone wanna buy me a Rhodium to get this fixed ASAP? I can't release and re-release and it doesn't work for you although it should work. But I am not able to check bugs on Rhodium w/o having one! Except that I am glad that this new release seems to work better for you. Keep up testing and let me know your experiences (bug reporting plese on my site)

PLEASE: Anyone provide me with a startup.txt for Haret for my version which works for you so I can update Haret-Paket