yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[A7 General] mojocracker:
Hey all, got the A7 yesterday and after a cpl hrs i thought it was going back.. I was expecting it to be a bit lighter, smaller and the multi touch thing is a drag.... gotta say though the browser is smoking fast, it plays avi's great and the thing that I like best is the mp3 audio. Am I the only one that thinks music sounds great on this thing? (through buds).. I haven't even plugged my sure's in yet and this thing is rivaling my cowon.. (i'm a metal head not an audiophile so volume is king to me) Anyway, just thought i'd let fellow future deaf people know that the a7 can push some buds...

Roms? I'll test or buy a beer for Devs...
[A7 General] JeepFreak:
You think the stock browser is fast... try Miren Browser! (If you don't have the market setup yet, search for it here (on XDA).

Billy
[A7 General] mojocracker:
haven't had good luck with miren on my captivate so i hadn't tried it on the a7.. tried 'em all on cap and dinc and dolphin hd seems fastest to me... i'll check it out though, thx
[A7 General] xfox:
considering getting one
[A7 General] hashbrown:
This worked! It really worked! OMG, thank you guys so much! My wifi is back too! So freakin awesome!!!

Xda-developers.apk installs yet still FC after login.

JeepFreak, im in terminal but unable to enter 0755 nor any numbers for that matter. Are numbers special keys? I also get Failed: wpa_supplicant is read only
[A7 General] anomaly876:
First off, a big thank you to everyone who spent a lot of frustrated hours trying to improved the tablet. I have been following this thread from the very beginning and have read every single post and I am overwhelmed by both the amount of work that has been done and the amount of information in the thread.

With that said....

As I am completely new to Android, I was hoping someone could point me in the right direction of a resource that would have answers to basic questions as how to backup and restore the files on the device.

As I will be unwrapping my tablet in a couple hours, could anyone provide a little mini-guide on how to get the market working on a fresh device after the update from elocity has been installed. I think I understand the steps but I'm worried about any steps I might have missed such as turning off the wifi before applying wpa_supplicant.

Thanks for all your help.
[A7 General] durango99:
Sorry I still haven't finished my documentation, still have to travel for Christmas day today.

The gist of the process is you need a tool (root explorer app which costs money but is probably easier to use or use the native terminal tool which is free but is all command line typing) that you can go in as root (full permission access to the file system) and copy the google apps (market, gmail, etc) apk's and the wpa_supplicant onto the /system/app and /system/bin respectively.

cyanogens gapps for tegra

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10020623&postcount=361

wpa supplicant v6

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=382282&d=1282069697

As we've learned just recently, you may need to 1] format the microSD card properly to be able to apply the latest update.zip 2] set the correct permissions on the files you are copying (e.g. wpa_supplicant)

The recovery process right now involves using the native recovery mode method that comes with the elocity

http://elocitya7.wikispaces.com/Recovery

you can apply the update.zip from http://elocitynow.com/support_downloads.shtml to 1] update to the latest version and 2] use it to recover to a working state if you have issues.
[A7 General] durango99:
stuck on getting google calendar to work...

I'm glad everyone is getting more consistent results with gapps/market and wireless (darn permissions and formatting)

For me, I'm still stuck with getting google calendar to work. So far the only person I've heard in this thread to get it to work is jazzbone.

It sounded like he extracted the 2 calendar apk's from the update-cm-6.1.0-Beta4-Harmony-signed.zip. I've tried adding them into /system/app and just installing them normally but in both cases I get FC.

Anyone else out there have any luck with google calendar?

Also anyone try to get into 'google login service' in dev tools? That also FC for me too. I saw a troubleshooting step that goes into google login service to try to fix the calendar issue.

Any ideas or suggestion would be appreciated,

dan
[A7 General] durango99:
quick list of links

Since I still haven't had a chance to do a proper writeup, at least here's a link list of information that is useful:

easy method:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=890042 = dexter_nib elocity modded firmware

manual method:

files needed:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10057035&postcount=491 = files for gapps hack

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10020623&postcount=361 = cyanogens gapps for tegra

http://xdaforums.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=382282&d=1282069697 = wpa supplicant v6

http://elocitynow.com/support_downloads.shtml = latest firmware

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10071417&postcount=648 = latest firmware md5 hash

tools for gapps hacking:

http://www.appbrain.com/app/android-terminal-emulator/jackpal.androidterm = terminal for android / command line hacking

http://www.appbrain.com/app/root-explorer-(file-manager)/com.speedsoftware.rootexplorer = apps method of hacking

calendar:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10064279&postcount=550 = calendar files from cm 6.1

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10105712&postcount=781 = calendar files from tnt lite 3.1.0 (may work better)

fixes:

http://elocitya7.wikispaces.com/Recovery = recovery

http://elocitya7.wikispaces.com/Stuckboot = stuck boot

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10060425&postcount=508 = remember to reboot?

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10075247&postcount=673 = terminal method for changing file perm wpa

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10075016&postcount=669 = original find for wpa perm change

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10071755&postcount=652 = might need to format microsd

informational:

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10078417&postcount=680 = general summary of steps

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10063579&postcount=535 = original firmware file list + gapps

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10070820&postcount=636 = new firmware file list + gapps

http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=10070868&postcount=637 = new firmware /system is smaller
[A7 General] Canadoc:
Trying to get my wifi working I reset my tablet and tried a few things and borked my device. I managed to reinstall the update by recovery, but I also lost function of my home and search buttons. HO did you fix?
[A7 General] johng75:
using the terminal emulator found in devtools... im able to type in

1. su

2. mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk3p1 /system

it seems to accept it, but i dont see any file changes... and when i attempt to mv over the apps or the wpa all i get is a cross file platform error for each file... even if i try and move one specific file...

???
[A7 General] JeepFreak:
Shoot! Sorry man, I guess I missed something (going from memory). Try this:
[A7 General] rogconnect:
I am having the exact problems u have !

it's showed rw on the folder but when pasting the files , it's FAILED
[A7 General] JeepFreak:
Your syntax is off just a bit:

$ mount -o rw,remount -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mmcblk3p1 /system

(Note the reversal of "rw" and "remount")

HTH,

Billy
[A7 General] johng75:
i found a copy of root explorer back on page 55ish that got me working... but thanx... that was most likly my issue...
[A7 General] Canadoc:
Well After factory resets reinstalling the update trying revery possible router change including turning off security, the wifi is not working right even from fresh untouched install.

Best I have gotten was 5 mbs ling while in same room as the router. 5 feet outside the room it drops to 1mbs. go 10 feet further away and can't even connect.

All the while every other connected device works perfectly fine throughout the house.

2 possibilities:

1) the wifi is defective on my device.

2) These 2 devices don't handshake well.

My worry is my router at home is the same make (apple airport extreme dual band.)

So it looks likely this is going back. Despite the time invested not gonna gamble on another one. Too many other devices coming down the Pike that will be better than this (full multitouch ips screen more built in storage....)

It is too bad though was enjoying the potential of this device.

Hope Bj's won't charge me for return shipping.
[A7 General] mrfurby2u:
You should run down to the local starbucks first and give their free wifi a try. Make sure its not an infrastructure thing...

Did you get your home/search buttons working again? I had the same problem last night when I installed the update directly from recovery. I then re-installed the update from my SD card using the elocity instructions and the buttons worked again... wierd.

Rich

edited because my spelling sucks...
[A7 General] Canadoc:
Actually despite the buttons not working right I decided one again to go through process of enabling market on here. Seems I had backed up the apps folder when all was working but wift.

Copying things back and rebootingseemed to fix it . But I suspect it is for not

Any starbucks open at xmas?
[A7 General] mrfurby2u:
Not sure about Starbucks, I know the Coffee Bean and Tea Leafs are open here in Phoenix till 4. McDonalds has free wifi now too dont they?
[A7 General] mrfurby2u:
apps missing from market

One thing Ive noticed is that some applications arent showing up in the Market, most notably is google maps. Has anyone else noticed this?

Rich
[A7 General] DroidxRage:
Anyone notice some apps missing from market? I cant get launcher pro or swiftkey for example. Anyone have this behavior? Any fix?
[A7 General] DroidxRage:
I tried the hidden apps trick thay worked on my archos with no luck. (Clear browser cache, force stop, reboot)

Wondering if i can try installing the new market (2.2.7 iirc) but im a bit worried i might break something.
[A7 General] JeepFreak:
That fix didn't work on the A7?

I couldn't get the new market to install (although, I didn't force it at all), but it ran just fine when I launched it from within Astro, so I'm thinking it's possible. I was going to try to overwrite the file in /system/app, but I'm out of time before I have to hand it over to the wife.

I did notice that a few apps wouldn't show up. Facebook for instance, I clicked on their market link straight from their website and it said, "not found".

Billy
[A7 General] akula11:
Can anyone make a Update.zip with all the fixes to make it easy for a nubie to fix?
[A7 General] trinikartel:
As for the missing apps I think I may have figured out why that is. I'm here on vacation in Trinidad and have my galaxy tab in airplane mode. When I try to access the market using wifI I get a limited set of apps (and 0 paid apps), but as soon as I turn off airplane mode and I get the sim network signal and retro market access (via wifi), I get all apps including paid.

So it seems full market access is dependent on sim registration which would explain why many simless devices like the a7 are missing some market apps.
[A7 General] DroidxRage:
Worth a try definitely. I'll try backing up vending and pushing the file over and report back. I've got 2.2.6 and 2.2.7 to try.
[A7 General] hashbrown:
totally off subject of market fix but...

Has anyone noticed you can move around the device by simply blowing on it?

Im in browser right now and by directing my breath it will move the page up/down, zoom in and (not controlled) select objects.

Kinda weird!
[A7 General] jazzbone:
Market

I searched for LauncherPro and Swiftkey and found both of them

I also have access to paid apps, but haven't actually bought any yet. Got as far as my credit card before stopping.

When I searched for Google Maps, I didn't see it. Google Maps are part of the installation package though. I left it out of mine in order to get it the apps to fit in the system folder.

btw, I just clicked on the maps apk on my sdcard (that I didn't drag to the system folder). I chose install and it installed fine (but not into my system folder)

I still don't understand Android. Which apps have to be put into system apps folder?
[A7 General] mrfurby2u:
Anyone have an apk for Google Earth? I would like to check out how well the A7 renders the 3D terrain and it appears to be one of the apps that wont show up in the market.

Rich

Edit... bah, repeat after me, I will always do a search before I ask a question...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=763775
[A7 General] jazzbone:
nevermind...
[A7 General] Canadoc:
Anyne here using an airport extreme from apple as their router? Am wondering whether my wifi issues are some handshake issue rather than hardware.

If so I am sure I can find a fix.
[A7 General] hashbrown:
might try delete/ignore that source from available wifi connections and adding it back. I did this w/ my 2wire router and have a steady connection now.
[A7 General] Canadoc:
TRied that

tried rebooting the router

Tried making the router wireless g only

Tried turning off security

Tried giving static ip address.

Tried everything including wiping th tablet twice and starting from scratch in case a corrupted driver was to blame.

It won't work more than 10 feet from ther router and best I could get wa a 5mbs connection despite reception quoted as excellent.

Will try a free wifi access point but looks like this going back.
[A7 General] oscarfrancois:
after installing market and trying some apps I've decided i'm going to return the a7.

I didn't have any problems with it really but I'm debating between this, archos 70, and nook color(rooted).

The batter life on this was definitely not as good at the archos 70. Also the A7 cannot play 720p mkv (high profile) without the audio sync issue. I don't know why tegra 2 doesn't support high profile videos.

The A7 does seem a bit snappier than the archos 70 and browsing is faster.

I also like that it does have true flash support. The archos 70 has flash support but it can be choppy at times.

For my purposes I think that I prefer the archos 70.

I need to see how nook color (rooted) supports video playback cause I like the screen on it.

goodluck to all who stick with the a7. nice device but not for me.
[A7 General] rfisher1968:
Default Browser ???

After doing the firmware upgrade and getting the market to work, i'm now having problems with the default browser closing randomly on me. I would like to know if getting a copy of the browser.apk and the flash apk would help me?
[A7 General] Canadoc:
Ok so made a quick run to McDonalds. From there I saw 4 wifi networks with good or beter signal. Was able to connect with each of them. No problem with the connection being made except each one had a speed of 1mb/sec which is the slowest you can have and is the same issue I am having at brother's home.

So I have determined it is not a network problem but a device problem.

If I can't get software fix for this I have already initiated the return process with bj's.
[A7 General] Canadoc:
Looking at going into the guts of the os to fix.

Can someone use root explorer and capture the screen of their build.prop file?

Can be found in system folder.

Thanks in advance
[A7 General] jwheeler73:
I'm having the same problem with the stock browser closing on me. It's doing it everytime I try to open XDA Developers, figures. I've resorted to using Dolphin and Skyfire. Funny thing is, I haven't upgraded yet and I wasn't having browser issues after getting Gapps and Market installed. Just started last night out of the blue.
[A7 General] DroidxRage:
Can you check the date on the vending. Apk file in your system folder? Mine is Feb 28.

Also, I took the 2.2.7 apk and replaced vending. Apk in system and I have the new market, but still can't get SwiftKey, I do have other paid apps however. Not sure.
[A7 General] BertoJG:
I changed my fingerprint to match my incredible and i am able to install and find anything i have looked for. I was also able to install apps that i had paid for on my incredible.
[A7 General] DroidxRage:
I have most of the other apps i paid for on my droid, just those seem to be missing.

What do you mean you changed the fingerprint?
[A7 General] BertoJG:
In the /syssem/buil.prop file i changed the finggerprint to match my phone. This has been noted to resolve issues with protected apps.
[A7 General] DroidxRage:
Did you guys update flash from the market? Mine started doing that after I upgraded so I restored the old version. I think the original flash apk is on the system somewhere iirc in case you don't have a backup.

Worth a shot.
[A7 General] DroidxRage:
Just the fingerprint or the description too? Just want to make sure I'm only supposed to edit that one line of code.
[A7 General] BertoJG:
I only eedited the one line, then rebooted, did the "market fix" process, rebooted again, and it has been all good.
[A7 General] JeepFreak:
My wife connected to my dad's Apple Router and got great speeds and connectivity. I'm not sure it's a Airport Extreme, but I know it's an Apple brand.

Billy
[A7 General] bhageman:
Feedback on firmware upgrade?

Just did the firmware upgrade and reinstalled the gapps market fix. Everything works fine. The only difference I noticed after the firmware upgrade is that the Quadrant score went from about 1700 to 2300. Definitely a nice speed bump, but still below what I have heard a Tegra 2 should be able to score (3000+).

Any other feedback?

Thanks again to all who have contributed to getting this tablet up and running they way it should be!!!
[A7 General] babydumplinz:
how do i install the marketplace step by step on the a7 please? I don't know much about this and don't want to mess the unit up please help
[A7 General] JeepFreak:
Had you done the update on the A7? I've been REALLY impressed with battery life thus far (after the update).

Billy
[A7 General] JeepFreak:
Well, my wife really likes her A7, so I'm happy!

A few things I'm going to work on (any fixes/advice would be appreciated):

-WiFi still sleeps as soon as the screen goes off (WiFi Buddy isn't helping)

-Google Calendar doesn't work (I've installed the two files from Jazzbone)

-Market needs updating (I'm going to try pushing the new version to /system/app)

-Facebook needs updating (will try same as above)

-HTC_IME v27 by Jonasl crashes and the stock keyboard sucks

-Some apps don't show up in the market

-I need a better DVD player (a better way to browse ripped videos, really)

-I'm still trying to help port Clockwork Recovery to the A7

I think that's the bulk of it,

Billy
[A7 General] Canadoc:
I'm pretty convinced mine is either a hardware issue on the elocity or something deep in software is causing a poor handshake between router and tablet.

I see networks and their relative strengths but I have trouble joining them or when I do join it connects at 1mb/s and is all but useless.

Too bad was having fun with you guys but won't gamble on a replacement as I am here fro another 12 days so don't think there is enough turnaround time. Then I am back to Canada.

Prices seem to have gone back up as well.

Looks like I will go for a nook color with its nice screen to tide me over until something better comes out.
[A7 General] babydumplinz:
Can you please tell me how to get marketplace need help
[A7 General] hoagm:
I got what appears to be the full market working (seeing all(?) apps).

Very specific sequence of actions:

1. Open market

2. Press home (leave market running)

3. Go to Settings > Applications > Running apps > Market

4. Clear cache

5. Force close (do not clear data)

6. Hit you back button and go to Google Services Framework

7. Clear data

8. Force close

9. Hit the home button and open the Market

10. You'll get the TOS error screen. Hit 'OK' and Market closes (do not open again)

11. Reboot

12. Go into your newly fixed Market.
[A7 General] JeepFreak:
I rebooted and went into Market and got the TOS error again. And again. Scared the crap out of me. I logged into Gmail, closed it out, logged into Market again, and it's all fixed.

Thanks!

Billy
[A7 General] hashbrown:
found a solution for others w/ Gallery problems.

Goto /sdcard/Android/datacom.cooliris.media/cache, delete all files.

This worked for me.

Source:

http://androidcommunity.com/forums/f62/gallery-com-cooliris-media-force-close-38707/
[A7 General] eskaryo:
This did unlock more market for me (super power xda free version for example) but it still won't find pocket legends. That game could possibly be excluded due to the lack of 3g.
[A7 General] moku160:
Just wanted to say i have been monitoring this thread since birth and thanks to all of your efforts i was able to get market, and all of the google apps up and running in under 30 minutes. So thank you. The steps i took were:

1. Format card using device

2. put update.zip on card from pc

3. update

4. Install Busybox

5. Reboot

6. using adb remove phone.apk. bluetooth.apk, TelephonyProvider.apk, other apks i cant remember

7. Install Google apps

8. Reboot

9. Using the touch for corners skip on authentication to skip boot up

10. Backup wpa_supplicant

11. copy new wpa_supplicant to /system/bin/

12. Reboot

After that I am pretty much satisfied with my device. It flies. It flew from the first time i booted but now I love it. Occasionally it reboots for no apparent reason, but after like 15 seconds I am right where i want so I really dont care. Multitouch is probably as issue but i am not really a gamer so I am satisfied. I am having a problem watching networked videos because it wont let me stream but I am going to try using upnplay and tversity and see how that goes.

Anyway thank you all for your efforts, I love this device and even bought one for my borther in law.
[A7 General] jazzbone:
Good morning!

I do have Pocket Legends in my market... strange.

I downloaded and installed it, but it doesn't run.
[A7 General] rfisher1968:
Can't use su anymore???

Because of the post below i went to the market and found busybox installer and installed busybox. Now i don't have su access, it gives this response: "su: must be suid to work properly". Is there any fix for this?
[A7 General] rfisher1968:
All is well after updating with the latest firmware and getting the market to work.
[A7 General] Canadoc:
Am i the only one who's wifi is not working?
[A7 General] DroidxRage:
Pre Update:

Mine works for the most part, but every now and then it freaks out. Usually if I tap the power to sleep the screen (not power down), then wake the device back up and toggle wi-fi it seems to get connected again. Occasionally I have needed a reboot to resolved.

That being said, my device is going / \ -- upgrading the firmware as I type this, so I'm hoping this behavior is completely non-existent after the upgrade. I'll be re-installing gapps after this, so I'll let you know.
[A7 General] DroidxRage:
And BTW - that little market trick did nothing for me (that's the same trick used on my archos a70)... not sure if it's because I updated to the 2.2.7 version of the market. I think I'll try messing with it before I upgrade the market to the new version this time. Not having apps like Launcher pro, Swiftkey, and Dolphin HD is bunk.

Aaaaaannnd the a7 is done updating (which would only work from a manual recovery, not from the System=>About menu). I will say that right off the bat, multi-touch seems ALOT BETTER than it was prior. That's a huge win for this tablet. :-)
[A7 General] rfisher1968:
It there a hulu patch for flash?

I'm afraid to do anything since when i installed flash 10.1 from market the browser started to close randomly. Once i uninstalled it worked again.