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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
Nope, still can't figure out how to bypass the setup wizard since it's weird it's not a standardized procedure as it seems each device has a different way of doing it. I did managed to boot up in "safe mode" though but it's still the setup wizard, not sure what "safe mode" is though.

Did you ever figure out what the other apk's are for?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
Yes I have noticed a number of build.prop entries on some machines stating things like setup.wizard = optional. Without those I can only assume you can't bypass.

How did you get safe mode? Ironically I am now in a similar boat... was messing around with the lcd density in the build.prop file and now I can't unlock the lockscreen! For some reason the slider won't slide off the page... I can get it to one pixel from the edge but not off of it...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
Here's an idea. If you can get to a settings page, can you pull down the notifications bar? If so, there is a button at the top marked "dashboard". At the bottom of the dashboard you can get to the main settings page through "other settings". From there go to the manage apps section and force close the setup wizard.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
Safe Mode was a accident since it has to do with booting up by turning on using the Power button + menu key but I couldn't do it a second time so it probably has to do with when the keys are released. See post #68 here but I couldn't figure out his directions:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=836672

The only settings page I can get to is the Google Voice Search and Swiftkey but none of those has a notifications bar that I can pull down.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soljedi:
Hello fellow Zeen users :P

Thanks for the above tips, it's made a world of difference from the stock launcher. I'd spent rather quite a lot of time trying to get the Market going too...!

As a complete Android noob, I'd also like any advice to clear off all the Yahoo apps. Never plan to use any of them, and they don't appear in the Application management to uninstall...

Why this couldn't be a 'clean' version of the OS I don't know. In the long run, I guess I'd like to see something like Cyanogen as a replacement, that looks far more like something I'd use!

I see some talks of editing the build.prop to speed things up, what are you using to do this?

Apologies for all the questions, but I've seen little about this tablet even though I've searched all over the web!

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
To uninstall anything, use Titanium Backup and for editing build.prop, you can transfer the file to the computer via sdcard and use Windows Notepad to edit it or just use Root Explorer to edit it directly on the device.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soljedi:
Thanks,

Yahoo apps gone, and Build.prop edited. Things looking a lot cleaner and smoother now :)

So that leaves the Market as my only real sticking point. I followed the steps akp99 suggested, which has got the Market on there, but lots of Apps don't show up.

I've been manually tracking down the Apk's and copying them on via the SD card, but it would be nicer to have it working better. I've seen suggestions for other devices that you alter the Build.prop to change the devices Market fingerprint, but either I'm doing it wrong, or there is a step I'm missing as it still appears in the web version of the store as 'Unrecognised device'. Which is a pain as it then tells me the device doesn't support whatever is required for various apps, when I'm sure that's not true...!

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soljedi:
Ok, answering my own question here :P

Did some digging online - and found you can change the device fingerprint in the Build.prop to fool the Marketplace into showing all the apps :P

If you run the Root Instructions to mount the /System directory as write enabled, then edit the Build.prop in /System to change the line...

ro.build.fingerprint=freescale/zeus/Nemea/imx51_bbg:2.2/FRF85B/112110:user/test-keys

To...

ro.build.fingerprint=verizon/voles/sholes/sholes:2.2/FRG01B/45394:user/release-keys

I matched the permissions to what they were previously. Not sure if this is needed (it probably is...)

Then clear out the Cache and reboot, it should then show a whole heap more Apps in the market. Works for me at least!

As far as I can work out, it fools the Market into thinking the Zeen is a Droid 2.

Search still doesn't work mind... Though I'm using Appbrain to work around that (In Apps/Tools/Free on the Market!)

Next step - figure out if the Search can be fixed... It's a lot better than it was before though!

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foshozee:
Thanks for all the great tips everyone. Also I wanted to do the two build.prop edit

dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60

So I have installed root explorer and open up build.prop. However, I am confused as what to do next. Where do in insert the two

dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60

What does these 2 build.prop do? And any others that would help speed things along. I have uninstalled a few things with Ti Backup, any other suggestions as to what I should uninstall to speed things up. Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soljedi:
I put the two entries right at the bottom of the Build.prop, it could be entirely Placebo, but it just feels a little more responsive. I suspect it just gives the OS a little more memory to work with, and limits how much can fire in a given time (I'm guessing, I'll leave one of the experts to confirm!).

In terms of uninstalling stuff, I just dropped all the Yahoo stuff, so Daily Digest, Yahoo Email etc. That was all getting fired at launch, and since I wasn't ever going to use it, a waste of memory as a result! Makes a fresh boot pretty quick and just helped with general responsiveness.

I'm still finding my way around Android mind, so someone else might be able to point us at some more optimisations...!

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
NB I'm really quite new to all this so a lot of this is my current understading from Google but...

Increases the amount off memory assigned to RAM for the system before it starts garbage collecting to decrease usage. 32m seems to be the sweet spot for most devices.

The other increases the animations per second so makes everything appear smoother.

OK I have (explanations to the left)

dalvik.vm.heapsize=32m

dalvik.vm.execution-mode=int:jit #Enables the latest "just in time" memory handling

debug.sf.hw=1 #Ensures hardware acceleration is on

dalvik.vm.dexopt-flags=m=y #odexes the apks to speed up running

dalvik.vm.dexopt-data-only=1 #Only odexes for apks in data (for stability)

dalvik.vm.lockprof.threshold=500 #No idea

dalvik.vm.checkjni=false #Disable JNI code checking

ro.kernel.android.checkjni=0 # " "

windowsmgr.max_events_per_sec=60

ro.product.multi_touch_enabled=true #To make sure all apps know (I posted before about how to enable in Maps

ro.product.max_num_touch=2 #To clarify not more than two

media.stagefright.enable-player=true #There is a new media player called stage fright in 2.2 that is not enabled by default

media.stagefright.enable-meta=true

media.stagefright.enable-scan=true

media.stagefright.enable-http=false #But the streaming isn't great

ro.sf.lcd_density=140 #I have decreases the density to make the icons slightly smaller

ro.opengles.version = 131072 #And found an opengl ref for a different tab with the same processor

And yes, to enable market you need to adjust the fingperprint. I use:

ro.build.fingerprint=google/passion/passion/mahimahi:2.2/FRF91/43546:user/release-keys

You can also remove and uninstall apps from the device using terminal emulator (su then uninstall com........ after deleting/moving the apk.)
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
I'll also add on the above that Quadrant/Limpack don't show any noticeable gain but the device does seem more responsive...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] foshozee:
thanks for the help
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
If using Root Explorer, press the button at the top that says "Mount r/w". You can then amend permissions.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
Fixed the problem with a tip which involves basically using something that accesses the browser. In my case, I used the Swype Keyboard Settings and then click on Help where it needs to pull up the browser so I can use the browser to download either Android Terminal Emulator or Root Explorer in apk and then install it using Android's built-in Package Installer and then opening what I installed. However, there seems to be something wrong with my Zeen as it will either hang at the HP Photosmart eStation with the mention of Adobe Reader or it will boot except it will go directly to the home screen or in my case, it asks me to choose the Launcher which is between HP Launcher and Launcher Pro. So it seems I have lost the Lockscreen and the Physical Home key no longer works so holding it will not show recently used programs. Also, it seems when I restore from Titanium Backup, it will be in the restore process until I force the thing off 30 minutes and then turn it back on but the app is never restored so could use some help.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
The market enabling fingerprint was something I mentioned in post #66 in this thread and someone said it didn't work as I never had the opportunity to test it. For the stagefright stuff, one needs to have false on some lines unless you want poor quality audio with Pandora. Uninstalling is easier using Titanium Backup as it will delete the apk and the data with one click. I'll probably get a second zeen with 14 days to return the original so I can get the second zeen with everything I had before so I can see what happens if I do a factory reset as I don't really need to tweak it that much since it's more like a device I'll only use when everything else is not available, atleast my Motorola Xoom and Motorola Droid 1 blows it away. As far as NetworkLocation.apk, that is only for a cellular location so it's useless unless your device has a phone number. The reason Maps probably doesn't work probably is probably either this thing lacks a GPS or the GPS is disabled and one needs to figure out how to turn it on.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
Works fine here apart from the search...

Yup - I've set http to false for this reason.

Doing it manually means I can keep the files :)

Networklocation.apk also allows the location via wifi so is perfect for this device. Fairly sure it won't have a GPS chip.

And finally...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
ADB Working!

Amend the android_winusb.inf file per swaghost's posting earlier in the thread:

;FOR ZEEN

%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_03F0&PID_9F11&REV_0223&MI_01

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_03F0&PID_9F11&MI_01

and install the drivers (put USB debugging on and plug in).

Amend the default.prop for:

ro.secure=0

ro.debuggable=1

persist.service.adb.enable=1

Finally unzip the attached to %USERPROFILE% (Windows)

Now all working for me...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
I think the Market Search issue may be that one would need to install Google Search which comes in 2 different apk's. I'll update all the Google Apps including Market to the latest versions when I have some time, hard to try to keep track of three different devices and 325+ apps and ofcourse I've ground zeroed my zeen as mentioned below. The http streaming, I'm not sure if Pandora actually fixed the issue or not but I remember originally they blamed Google for the issue and they won't fix it and stagefright was the fix that my fellow droid-life user figured out.

Keeping the files is a good idea except typing on the Zeen or any mobile device is a PITA so easier to just use Root Explorer to copy the entire /system/app to /sdcard or just zip up the /system/app directory using Root Explorer.

Not sure about Networklocation.apk by Wifi, I read it was for the cell signal only and location via wifi is pointless to me since it depends on where your ISP is located, not where you are located so even if that did work, I would be listed as Santa Rosa, CA just like browsers that base it on IP address. GPS is the only accurate way to really have anything really useful as wifi location will basically be doing a whois on your IP address to find the location of the registrant who was assigned that IP address block which won't be you unless your IP is registered with the Internet Number Registry.

So basically you got adb working using the USB cable but where did you get the drivers?

I did the Factory Reset and it seems to have fixed the problems as I am able to get the lockscreen either with the device booting undocked or when the screen times out docked and I turn it back on. Also, the home button works correctly now. Ther power button has all the options when I press it instead of just Shutdown, seems like perhaps I may have had the thing in Safe Mode or something before. Seems like the bash, tcsh, resolv.conf, busybox, Superuser, su binary I added previously are still there as well as Google Applications. The zeen seems to be the only device that I could not get DNS working in the shell when I do traceroutes as normally resolv.conf would fix that but the Zeen runs mDNS so might use something different.

Anyways, some questions for those with Zeen who have the printer.

When you turn the thing on and dock it immediately, does it boot to the unlock screen or does it boot to the home/ask you to choose a launcher?

Also, what is the default 2nd home screen since in the tutorial it shows:

1st screen has Barnes & Noble Recommends on the left followed by Yahoo! Weather over My Print Apps

2nd screen is Yahoo! Daily Digest taking up the entire screen

3rd screen is News on top followed by ePrintcenter and then Yahoo! Search on the bottom

Is that the same thing on yours or do you have it lkike mines where the 2nd screen above is the 3rd screen above and the 3rd screen above is the second screen?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
I was comparing the contents of the gapps zip file versus my Motorola Droid 1's Android 2.2 which is a Android Developer Device and basically compared everything other than the stuff going to /system/app.

/system/etc/permissions has:

com.google.android.maps.xml

features.xml

The sizes of the files are identical except on my Droid, the files are dated 2008-08-01.

/system/framework has:

com.google.android.maps.jar which is dated 2008-02-28 file size 258978, on the Droid 1, it's dated 2008-08-01 with the file size 249180

/system/lib has:

libspeech.so which is the same as the droid in filesize except the date on the Droid 1 is 2008-08-01

libvoicesearch.so however does not exist on the Droid 1 so do we even need this file as Voice Search exists on the Droid 1.

I'm sure it was the OneTimeInitialization.apk that messed my lockscreen, home button and shutdown button up as a Factory Reset does it's own One Time Initialization when booting since anything you put in /system/app will get be installed as a system app upon bootup.

For the actual Googe app apk's, it's better to just get the most current version on a Market enabled device and then copy the apk over or else it will be obselete versions since even using Market as a example which consists of MarketUpdater.apk which seems to be a service that updates the Market app (Vending.apk), the most recent Vending.apk is dated April 9, 2011 and has a complete different look than the older versions so that could be the reason Market Search doesn't work as the older versions has a 30 day refund policy on purchased apps while the newer versions is 24 hours only. The other thing is go to http://market.android.com and make sure you are logged in, click on "My Market Account" and then "Settings" and it should show the Make/Model of the device as the market now checks for compatibility of apps with your device.

Update: Android Market version 3.0.26 just came out today, see below for more info:

http://www.droid-life.com/2011/07/12/download-new-android-market-version-3-0-26/#more-39716

Also, not to be funny but I think everytime you mentioned seeing someone else post something in this thread, you actually mean the other XDA thread or the eb productions forum thread and not this one since the other person got adb working over wifi but not using the usb cable from what I read since remember I was trying to unbrick the setup wizard so I've seen everything. I'll probably post more and work on the Zeen after I get my apps updated on the Droid 1 and Xoom since I haven't updated since July 3rd and there are probably over 30+ updates by now from the market if not more.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voodookid8:
Hey guys,

I was wondering if you could help me out in getting market to work. I've been following the thread and did pretty much everything you guys said but I can't get market to work. Here's a quick explanation of what I did:

-Rooted the Zeen and installed TI Backup

-Used TI to uninstall yahoo digest, yahoo search, email and a few other things

- installed root explorer and changed the build.prop file to exactly what you said in post #113. I copied everything to the bottom and changed the fingerprint.

-Followed post 94. I downloaded the CM6 and placed the same files as you into the system\apps folder except for the 3 gmail files.

Here are my issues. After placing the files in system\apps, regardless how many times I reboot it dose not autoinstall. So I kept the files in the system\apps and did a manual install of all the apps. After doing that and rebooting, the market would show up. I opened it just fine. I cannot do a search for apps though. If I browse apps and try to install it I get the force close error. If I try to use appbrain to search, once I press market, the market app opens up and says app not found.

I feel like I'm super close but I'm not sure what I'm missing. Hopefully you guys can help me out. Thanks
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voodookid8:
I just realized in post 94 you said to: change the permissions to rw-r--r-- and then reboot

I did not change permissions. I just mounted and dragged the files into system\apps. Could that be my issue? I had a buddy that tried to change permissions. The zeen bricked on him.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
Yes, you have to change the permissions and not everything that's a .apk will show up in the launcher tray even when installed. Look in Titanium Backup for anything that's red, those are all stuff in /system/app.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voodookid8:
Now my zeen is retarded. it goes to the hp splash screen and says hp. then it would do the colorful splash 9-10 times. Then I get a black screen. It's still on though. I have to hold the power button to turn it off. Thoughts?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
Plug a MiniUSB cable from it to the PC and then turn it on. You may need to do a factory reset.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voodookid8:
i plug it into the PC and it still is black screen. The back light is on but it's black. I also have this flashing thing on the left hand side. It says something like ^[[b or something. I'm not worried about fixing it. I'm just wondering what I'm missing. Both my buddy and I bricked our zeens right after changing the permissions and rebooting.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voodookid8:
after mounting and changing permissions do i have to unmount it? maybe that's the problem?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soljedi:
On the first one, I've done it twice now and if it's docked, it immediately goes to the Home Screen. I think that's the default action, makes sense as if it's docked and you want to use the printer, you don't want to be manually unlocking it.

On the second, what you said was exactly how mine was with one difference, I didn't have Barnes and Noble and had a Yahoo news feed. Presumably this is as I've got a UK version, and we don't have Barnes and Noble over here... Much prefer Launcher Pro anyway!

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
Unmounting is not needed, permissions are important.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soljedi:
Only thing I can think of, did you make sure you were updated to Android 2.2 first? That might do some weirdness if not.

Otherwise check you've not done any typos in the Build.prop?

Permissions are important mind. I set them for all the Apk's I copied on (matched the installed ones) and set the Build.prop to rw-r--r--.

HTH - But I feel Almighty1 is doing a better job than I here!

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Almighty1:
Thanks for the input!

The first one, it seems like if the screen sleeps when it's docked, it does goto the lock screen.

On the second, when I originally had the Zeen with 2.1, it started with the Barnes and Noble and the Yahoo news feed.

However, after I did the factory reset, the Barnes and Noble was gone but the space was still there. Launcher Pro is better but I wonder if one would still have access to the printer services in Launcher Pro.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soljedi:
You don't have access to the ink levels and the like which appear in the Touchsmart options screens, but the HP print apps seem to work just fine. That suits me, as I got it more for the tablet than the printer. Can see the ink levels fine from my big PC anyway.

On the Barnes and Noble, not sure. Maybe the Factory Reset doesn't reset absolutely everything?

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] voodookid8:
i didn't change permissiosn for the build or the apks. I only did it for the apps folder. should i not touch the permissions on the apps folder just do the permissions for apk and build.prop? I'm alreayd on 2.2. thanks for the help guys.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Soljedi:
Don't change permissions on the folders, just the Build.prop and the Apk's you've installed. Changing the folders will likely do Bad Things.

Almighty1 - Did you get the new version of the Market to install on your Zeen? Mine won't install it via the website, and copying it in manually didn't seem to work (though I suspect renaming it to Vending.apk might...?).

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[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
You can add all the HP widgets in Launcher pro and the ink levels are under "Dashboard " at the top of the notification pull-down and have all the gallery/printer apps on one screen.
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
That'll be the issue then... you're getting a blank screen because the system/app folder can't be read so you have effectively have no apps including no launcher...

I'll edit my post to make that clearer...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
You'll need one that is signed with the same certificate as the framework etc or they won't talk nice... like this one I just signed!! Working here!

And while I'm on the subject, the reason market search doesn't work for me is that my Zeen shows as "Unknown device" under the settings panel of My Market Account at market.android.com. As such it thinks no apps are compatible so filters them all out...

UPDATE: Installed the below and now the web market shows my manufacturer as "Hewlett Packard" and Model as "C510a". If I filter on this device it still returns nothing but at least seems like progress...
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] akp99:
I've zipped mine:

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/10516646/android-sdk-windows.zip

It has the amendments required to the drivers to get it working. Add the .android/adb_usb.ini to %USERGROUP% and you're good to go.