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[A7 Android Development] droidflix:
@ rombold,

I did all of the installs I am pretty sure but would you mind just giving me the quick run down.By the way I have worked with these roms and to many others to count so I am not new to this by no means (even though I feel like a total noob right now).It has got to be something so simple that I cant see the forest for the trees kind of thing but I can not seem to get it Thanks man.
[A7 Android Development] droidflix:
@ Dexter

if you prefer to be able to eject/mount sdcard without reboots but not seeing free space in "settings".. add this patch to your 1.41 release

- remember to have

/mnt/sdcard/sdcard-disk

and

/mnt/sdcard/usb0-disk

folders created.

Where should we have these folders at.

Sorry for all the trouble. Thanks man.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
that is the path with foldername: /mnt/sdcard/sdcard-disk
[A7 Android Development] droidflix:
@ Dexter,

Thanks man, I think I got it now,something was corrupt in my download but it seems to be working rather good now.Thanks for your help.

I sent you some $$$ a few weeks ago and I will try and send you some more in a few days. Thanks again and I know its been said a hundred times but if it weren't for you I would have sold this thing a long time ago.
[A7 Android Development] bazbob:
Force Close on Settings->Display

I'm experiencing an FC on attempting to navigate to Settings->Displayer on the latest 1.41 ROM. Anyone else seeing this also?
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
the settings flash on the first page
[A7 Android Development] immortalsoule:
There's something i need to point out about the Market in these mods (which i've tested over 7 Android devices now). For some reason i cannot explain, it will not show all of a person's purchases they've made on Market. I bought Co-Pilot Live USA and it never shows up on the Elocity market (along with 9 other apps).

Somehow it's screening these apps out in the Elocity A7.

I love what's being done but this could be a potential problem to people who buy more than just a few apps.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
you need

1. a hacked version of Market (search xda for "show all apps Market")

2. a different build.prop not showing its a A7 model.

thats why you dont have it anymore, because vendor/google do not support the model. so its no longer compatible, so apps not being that is being sorted out.
[A7 Android Development] immortalsoule:
I was asking to see if you're going to incorporate it into your next build?
[A7 Android Development] motoelliot:
I also got fc in settings>display....
[A7 Android Development] droidflix:
Flash the settings patch from the first page.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
IMPORTANT!

Since one user has now confirmed to have semi-bricked the device, as the zip file downloaded was not complete, and the current recovery do not use signatures to check (both good/bad) . i decided to make new updates in a new way, which is that the update.zip will not just be to be renamed.

i will now zip the "update.zip" so it has to be unpacked after download, to extract the Update.zip inside.

this will ensure, for now, that no halfdownloaded zip gets installed and fails during unpacking and then could result in a hard-to-solve problem installing a new recovery.

I will of course update post #1, when i do this with next release..
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
Will we be able to use clock work to back up our rom with the sdcard acting the way it is. I know on 1.41 with vold patch my sdcard errors from boot but after device is booted up I take out and put it back and it runs just fine. If a back up program requires a restart will it still work?
[A7 Android Development] DroidxRage:
Way to be proactive Dexter... good call, appreciate your forethought on this. Will help less experienced users avoid problems.

Good practice IMO is to check the checksum/md5 hashes also. Little more advanced, but foolproof.
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
That sounds like a good idea, still curious about the ability to back up if sdcard doesn't register from the device boot up.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
use usb stick?
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
As soon as the clockwork back up is finalized which sounded like it would be soon I will try that. It would be easy enough to save and move around from usb to sd or pc. I'm sure I won't be the only one posting about it once its finalized though.

Also a question why does it cut off he edge off the display when using the hdmi to a tv I am using a 50" panasonic plasma (gotta love the beauty of a plasma)
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
i think clockworkmod has issues with the facts, that boot/recovery partitions are hidden from the MBR / not a visible partition , so you can only update system and data for now..

on my plasma i got did not see it? or you mean the thin lines on each side? they not very big , but yes, could look like their fix was too big a fix..

i think the 800x480 resolution scaler does not like to scale that.

but its not 1080p for real as your device is showing a much lower resolution.
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
I had just been following the clockworkmod section and it sounds like we will see it finished soon, as for the plasma what it cuts off is hardly an issue.
[A7 Android Development] motoelliot:
Thanks, got the patch. Guess I shoulda read the entire OP ...
[A7 Android Development] psycardis:
An odd issue.

Or at least I think it's an odd issue...

My home button has stopped working.. all the other buttons work, but not that one.

Also, (and this is probably unrelated) when I push and hold the power button to bring up that menu the only thing that is in that menu is Power off...

This flash was working up until yesterday, and I didn't make any changes that should affect these things, any assistance would be greatly appreciated.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
if you power button menu is only "power off" , your device is not authorized meaning something went wrong at installation or memory messed up somehow.. you need wipe/factory reset to make it work.
[A7 Android Development] rombold:
I d know that when you first start up device from a flash, if you go to reset it at the "touch the android screen" power off will be the only option.
[A7 Android Development] ZenInsight:
This has probably been answered already so please excuse my ignorance.

Does the included Kernel have NTFS hard drive reading capability?

Are there drivers included for keyboard and mouse usage via USB port or any other drivers for the USB?
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
Android does not support it officially, so no.

but workarounds, if kernel was opensource, we could add it, but requires more changes to android as well, becides having it mounted manually in a shell.

not really, but it works fine, but no like zwerty or azerty like config, that you need to do manually, another part not support by android 2.2 (no mobile has keyboard)
[A7 Android Development] immortalsoule:
Anyone else notice that the g-sensor for the A7 is a bit slack when used in things like racing games? I wonder if there is a way to re-calibrate it? I know it's not an out-dated idea because my Galaxy Tab has one and it handles 10x better than the A7 on racing games. With the GT a slight flex makes a turn, with the A7, a full 90 degrees barely gets it going well.
[A7 Android Development] psycardis:
Would it be possible to set up a userspace program for NTFS interoperability similar to the way NTFS-3g works in FUSE?
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
without kernel source, you can forget all about such features for now.. so no.
[A7 Android Development] Marbieskarb:
I just wanted to let all of the ad-hoc fix users that I found an app on the market called Auto Wifi ReEnabler that seems to have fixed the issue regarding the wifi not starting back up after the device wakes up from sleep. What it does is automatically toggles the wifi off and then on when the device wakes. In the application just choose the setting "Disconnect then Re-connect."

Also, just want to note that if you have any task managers to ignore this app from being killed so, it can operate once the device wakes.

http://db.tt/I79qyvp
[A7 Android Development] Rhyannon7:
Install ROM via Recovery steps

Hi...please forgive a NOOB and possibly silly question...I'm new to Android and the terminology and such. (Used to Windows Mobile :p)

I've been trying to update/install Dexter's 1.41 ROM - THANK YOU DEXTER FOR YOUR GREAT WORK! - and I've had some issues like I've read on this thread...boot loop corrected by a "soft reset", FC with Display settings, etc. What I am wondering is: when I do the wipe/factory reset, I get a message that says to reboot to complete (which I have done) and then I go back into recovery to do the "apply: sdcard\update.zip" and follow the screen instructions. I have also tried wiping cache first, then the wipe/factory reset and apply with a reboot after each step. There's nothing mentioned in the install steps about reboot after each step so perhaps that's my error??? :confused: Should I just apply the update and not reboot after the wipe/factory reset? I would try it first but really don't want to brick my tablet when I can just ask. :D

I'm learning a lot here but know I still have a ways to go before I know anything! Thanks for all the great info and the support!
[A7 Android Development] hudd333:
SD Card issue

I installed the sdcard mod but now I see nothing in sdcard-disk directory. I created the folders. I wiped the cache but I would rather not do a factory reset and lose all my apps, etc. Anything I can do?

I tried pulling the sdcard and putting it back in while the OS is running and it will then mount the sdcard, but at boot it doesn't.
[A7 Android Development] bazbob:
Hi Dexter,

I'm seeing a similar problem with the alternate vold update as well. The device won't auto-mount micro-SD card when booting the A7 with it it in the device. In the notifications status bar I see it inthe "Ongoing" section report that it's "Prepairing for external storage. Checking for errors." This notification just stays there forever as long as the device is on. Sometimes I'm able to manually mount the SD card via Settings->SD Card & device storage but mostly it just fails that way too.

It will only auto-mount and work properly it if I boot it without the SD card in and then at the home screen I can insert the card and then mounts it. There must be a race condition on when it attempts to mount the SD card.

Is there anyway to remove the Alternate Vold patch and go back to the old way? Can you fix the problem with the race condition?

Thanks.

Bob
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
@bazbob,

the alternate patch require the manual creating of the /sdcard/sdcard-disk folder, if not found it will just as you explain "checking folders". manually create the folder and reinsert card and it should work finde. same goes for /sdcard/usb-disk

ill make a reverse patch, to get the original installer working. but since this one has the service issue with vold handler, i still have not solution on re-mounting after removal.

@hudd333

full image, only mount sdcard at bootup, removing it does not work. alternate patch for handler, does remount as it should but does not report storage free in the "settings". so try the alternate handler, and remember to add the folders as mentioned above here.
[A7 Android Development] bazbob:
Ah, okay. I did create the folders you said to create here:

- remember to have

/mnt/sdcard/sdcard-disk

and

/mnt/sdcard/usb0-disk

folders created.​

I assume that /sdcard/sdcard-disk and /sdcard/usb-disk are just symbolic links off of /mnt/sdcard. Are there any special permissions to have on those folders?

Thanks for your offer to make a reverse update for the vold handler. Would it be possible to manually unmount/mount the sd or usb storage using that method? I could live with that limitation if the auto-mount is not working.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
- yes /sdcard is symlink to /mnt/sdcard

- no the "vold handler" needs to control it, manually mount is then not controlled by android.
[A7 Android Development] hudd333:
sdcard

I did everything you state, created the folder under /mnt/sdcard. I actually created folders not symbolic links. Only mounts when I eject the sd card and re-insert it. Do I need to set specific permissions on these folders? It does work on re-insert of sdcard so sounds like something else is stopping it from auto-mounting on boot.

Thanks.
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
not familiar w androids handling of automounting of the sdcard. would the manual mounting problem be an issue when using a widget to do it for you, like widgetsoid from the market.

..otherwise, maybe you could unpack the bootimg and add a call to a script to mount the sdcard for you to the init files, or would that also interfere w the cards handler? didnt check the rom for initd myself.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
its no solution to android, as if "vold" does not handle the process, most games might get into trouble when destination is reported "not mounted" or similar.

i am pretty sure its only a solution for manual copying but no good solution for apps and market installs.

all we need with original full image, is a "stop/start of vold", that would solve alot, so im thinking i can include a trigger into the init.rc for this, but it needs more testing. and we got only power button, i cannot trigger it by a key-combo as known on other mobiles with a full keyboard :-(

gscript of course can solve it all:

running just a

stop vold ; start vold

will make your sdcard remount if you unmounted after bootup of the original full release.. this is not helping alternate patch in anyway good.

its only to be used on the full image without vold handler patch.
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
same suggestion, include mount of sdcard in init files. restarting vold instead of mounting is just a different command for the same intended solution; your sdcard handler functioning without restarts or out of the ordinary procedures for everyday folks. ;)
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
not sure i fully understand..

doing a manual "mount /sdcard ......" compared to "stop/start vold" is very much different.. or do i misunderstand your alternatives?
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
pretty sure it was in the same message you quoted. i suggested a mount in init, you suggest vold restart. the suggestion to include a command in the init files was the intended suggestion.

..i was expecting you to tell me about issues w/ unpacking the boot.img, or manipulating the init files and related issues, or if you'd actually tried that yet. ;)
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
but vold is already part of the init.rc files and started from here?

a mount command in init.rc would not result in anything but a filesystem mounted, but android would not know about it.

edit: when you push the sdcard out, and reinsert the mount is no longer valid and stale if a regular mount is issued, so not a good solution.

i want to have vold "re"-started during runtime, you want the mount's to appear before android is booted which is what gscript can do too..

the trick is to automate the restart vold automatically since it blocks the old unmount of the vold mounts, which is cleared when daemon is stopped.
[A7 Android Development] hudd333:
sdcard

So, good discussion but what do I do to get my sdcard to mount on boot? I assume uninstall of patch is out of the question? Should I reinstall 1.41? Don't want to wipe my system though.

Thanks.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
you can of course just install the full 1.41 without wipe, that works fine..

as long as you do not remove the sdcard , its mounted at bootup. if its not you got a sdcard issue..

check NTFS (if so, reformat to FAT32)

check partitions (if more than 1, remove them, ie. used for old app2sd solution on mobile as example) - not working here. it mounts highest partition first.
[A7 Android Development] hudd333:
sdcard

Was using the same sdcard as prior to install of vold mod which worked fine. FAT32. No other partitions on sdcard. Guess I will re-install 1.41.

Thanks.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
the recovery does not work like "vold" manager, so vold could actually see more partition if you did have them.. where recovery directly mount partition 1.
[A7 Android Development] hudd333:
sdcard

I assume you mean partitions on the sd card? None I could find. There is a directory on the A7 sdcard-disk0. Not sure what that is from.

Thanks.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
it was from the v1.3x editions, that used names like that
[A7 Android Development] immortalsoule:
Dexter, i would like to know something. A while back i told you market wasn't finding some of the apps i paid for. It also won't find some apps i know are supposed to be there. You said it was because the market was not made for the A7.

So my question is, what phone/tablet's rom did you import it from? You told me once, in a private email, that you imported sources from ROMs of two different android devices.

So where are you getting most of your sources from? Maybe if i knew that i could work out this market problem. It's one thing to not miss something you don't know is there but, once you know it's missing, you want to correct it.

I know i've mentioned it, a few times, in public and private email and you didn't respond to fixing it (in a rom upcoming). So, point me in the direction of where you ported it and i'll work on it myself.
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
i have some gapps packages that are duplicates (i do binary comparisons) to ones used on my sony x10 phone, and i have some apps not included w dexters rom in the same packages. most come from cyanogen rom projects

youd normally pick the mdpi for small sceens, for your os, or hdpi or big screens, for your os. the apps themselves are usually extracted from htc, maybe developer devices. nexus,passion,g1 are common.

..you can always answer your own questions, when others wont, by downloading the same files for other devices. easy comparison of file sizes if you arent familiar w doing binary file comparisons using ztreewin(shareware).

for me its as easy as F8, alt-c, enter in ztreewin. works in linux/wine and windows. ;)
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
the framework packages are partly cya + motorola in the latest release.

i think a binary compare would fail, as previously pointed out, networklocation.apk as one, has a "vendor" signature, so those using simple "diff" like compares will see that this package is not the same in size or signature.. and the fun starts..

when this pack is skipped, you do get gapps, but no wireless gps location provider support as example..
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
thanks for the mention about the networklocation.apk.

i haven't had alot of experience w/ porting gapps packages myself, as i've said, i tend to prefer stock firmware, which in most cases usually has gapps prepackaged.

i'm just now moving on this week w/ my sony x10 to going thru a froyo rom and seeing what i can do to fix it up to my liking. gotta good handful of gapps packaging, and some old notes from my aosp rom building experience on the backflip to draw from for importing gapps to fresh rom builds. just haven't had to review them in a while.

here's to getting a fuller working android market for the a7. i've been getting pm's and emails that other users are looking forward to some improvement in that area across the board.

dexter; any other tips or ideas?

EDIT; i'm only a casual linux user. i don't use diff, i use file and directory comparisons in ztreewin. if i want to know the difference; the signature key files used for example, i just decompile the file w apktool (if its an apk), and then do another file/directory comparison so i know WHY its different. ;)
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
on top of the "standard" gapps, you also need to modify download provider, so its not using the "default" ro.serialno as generator key for android id's which eventually cause other users to see your apps, which im sure not many likes.

i attached this to "ro.firstboot" instead.. its never the same but also never an option to reinstall old apps easily by the "google backup" feature..
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
..in what instance would other users see my apps? i'm not sure i understand what youre suggesting; could you give an example?

the apps relating to purchases w my google account appears to be tied to my account.

im also looking thru the menus in the market, but im not familiar w the google backup feature. i know in regards to google sync, gmail and contact data synced fine. theres no calendar, but i think i'll start eyeballin cm roms for the viewsonic gtab to see if theres useful stuff to borrow.

i did notice for the first time a settings and data backup feature in the tablet, in the settings menu under applications or privacy i think, but that indicated an internal backup, so i'm not sure if this is what youre speaking of.

so, what users will see which apps when..?
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
some posts in the Gtab forum also mention this issue with android id, and i think you can find more here on XDA.

but if the build.prop matches, and android id is the same, it will allow for a restore of apps previously installed from Market.. i personally never tested/seen it.. but a backup must mean that data on your sdcard will be restored automatically this is not other users data, but the apps settings seems to come from the association with apps..

thats what is written in many posts on the topic, also modaco.com has some stories on the topic.
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
yep, read similar reports. read some that say when you install non factory firmware based roms that one should format their /sdcard partition, i assume to avoid data app conflicts. the tablet is an odd device to me, not having the /sdcard be the sdcard, but internal memory. sounds like a possible stumbling point to some rom and maybe app installers/managers.
[A7 Android Development] Regis St-gelais:
2 ussues with my update to mod 1.41

1- I updated from mod 1.2 to mod 1.41 and now I am not able to install some applications that I used to have. Market says it is not compatible with my device. "Google Earth" for example. I had it when I was running on MOD 1.2

2- I erased the Facebook app installed by MOD 1.41 using "system app remover" because I tought it was installed as a system app (like on the stock rom). Now I can't reinstall it because market says it is already installed.

EDIT:

3- Can no longer debug using eclipse and adbWireless. Eclipse says: ActivityManager: /sbin/sh: am: not found
[A7 Android Development] hudd333:
Anything new on the Horizon? Dexter

Dexter,

Anything new coming with your mod? I know its been about 7 weeks since the last update from eLocity. Not sure what coming next.

Thanks.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
not sure what to update..

the sdcard issue is probably the only part which can be improved.. even nvidia is not coming out with 2.2 updates for their releases, so not even nvidia fixes are to be found..

3.0 is the next step...
[A7 Android Development] Regis St-gelais:
What about the fact that we can no longer do on device debuging using the 1.41 mod ?? Any clue why?

I reinstalled 1.41 and was still not able to debug. I had to revert to 1.2
[A7 Android Development] bestialbub:
i might venture that modrom update dropped adb because it was updated to reflect the factory firmware. the latest firmware does not have adb connectivity either, but maybe the answers in the previous firmware.

thanks. ;)
[A7 Android Development] mhill10255:
Updated to 1.41. My sdcard works and everything seems fine except when I use App2SD it will move the apps to the sdcard but after a reboot they show back up on my internal memory. Also the apps are erased from the sdcard. Any ideas? Thanks and keep up the good work!
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
kernel do not support apps2sd.. functionality is gone, check settings-> apps, and you see the option is gone. i guess developer did not know about include devicemapper and crypto modules.