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[A7 Android Development] ptam6383:
SD Card is not mounted in Dexter ver 1.3, update firmware is no longer can be done

Hi Dexter,

I have the same problem of the SD card cannot be detected by the system. However, file manager can found the SD card and file can be accessed and run.

The system cannot be updated or flashed and reported the user to insert the SD card, however, the SD card has been inserted. The system reports the SD card is not mounted.

Please advise how to solve this problem.

Best regards
[A7 Android Development] mskitty76:
This is a known issue and has been discussed at length in this forum. See Dex's most recent response to this in post #549 (earlier today).
[A7 Android Development] RojasTKD:
OK, after a few more unsucessful attampts to download V1.3... I tried downloading v1.2 again. After that I was able to download V1.3 at the correct file size. I'm not sure what that was all about, but at least iit worked this time.
[A7 Android Development] RojasTKD:
Oh oh... Just noticed that with 1.3 bluetooth won't turn on.

UPDATE: re-flashed 1.3 an now bluetooth can be activated.

UPDATE2: BT broken again. ;(
[A7 Android Development] RojasTKD:
Wait... Wasn't it showing up correctly in 1.2? Still couldn't run apps from the SD card but I believe the device did see the SD card and reported the correct storage.
[A7 Android Development] aimbdd:
doesn't show it, but everything works... so no complaints!
[A7 Android Development] ptam6383:
The problem is you can no longer flash the firmware to the latest version later or flash back the firmware to ver 1.2. due to the SD card is not mount.

I am not complaining anybody but seeking solution of mounting the SD card, This has not happened before!!!
[A7 Android Development] RojasTKD:
Sure you can. Just enter enter the recover menu (turn on device.. count to 3 press and hold the power button). I just did it.

But I'm still having the ussue I had with 1.2... My contacts are there, but all the phone numbers are missing.
[A7 Android Development] Davidp65:
Root and recovery

Hi,

Does the Elocity A7 need to be rooted with something like z4root and then install clockwork recovery? Otherwise, how can I do wipes, etc...

If so, what are the instructions for doing this. Can I use the same instructions I found for the coby tablet?

Thanks
[A7 Android Development] 5[Strogino]:
No. It doesn't. Elocity A7 latest firmware has root already.

You need only install DexterMod. It has all things together...

ClockWorkMod recovery is unusual yet. But one page ago someone told about progress. Koushik will make recovery for eLocity A7 users...
[A7 Android Development] midniet:
just a thought

let me start by sayin like what your doin here..have bought one of these and i am very happy with the mod....back in the day when there was the Compaq A1- MSN companion and others like it we would write a 16-26mb Linux prog to a 512 mb sd card and how ever big the image it wrote it would turn that 512 mb to 16-26 mb ...until you reformatted it...maybe try adding a bunch of apps to image and you

might be able to delete them and free up the rest of that space...duno if that will work but worth trying...and yes i am old lol compaq a1back in the day of the dinosaurs lol....:D
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
i have a 300MB partition right now, as i tried adding the Folio100 image to this tablet.. it works, but right now there is a blueooth issue, but i can confirm the 300MB also works fine.. so its simply not using more than 152MB for stock.

but do note. flashing 300MB takes alot longer than the stock image.
[A7 Android Development] midniet:
Nice ... hopefuly we can see future Android versions 2.3 2.4 3.0 3.5 on this a7 .. ill shoot over a donation for your hard work on this ...nice job Dex...
[A7 Android Development] aimbdd:
I would love to see future versions too. But for that to happen I think they need to release kernel source.
[A7 Android Development] DroidxRage:
Multitouch

Dexter - now that you've got a device on hand, any insight into whether you may be able to unlock multi-touch on this thing? I know I speak for the masses when I say that's the single most lacking feature on this device (and probably my ONLY gripe).

Thanks for all you've done! You da man! :cool:
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
i don't think its easy, as the part of multitouch driver is within the kernel, and changing the driver if possible, is currently not easy.
[A7 Android Development] rapcon:
Yep, same issue, no bluetooth.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
there is no bt changes, which affect bt, and the fact that i got BT working here and on several reboots when it was mentioned the first time.. so must be factory reset related, or simply battery issue, but im not sure if its possible to disconnect.
[A7 Android Development] netstat_EVO:
This is also pretty much my only complaint with this device after adding Dexter's mod, but I don't think this is an issue that anyone (no offense to you Dexter) is going to be able to solve since the problem is not a software issue, but instead is a limitation of the actual screen used in these tabs not being an actual multi-touch screen.

^This :)
[A7 Android Development] JoshWithrow:
It is confirmed on eLocity's website that the screen (hardware) is not multitouch capable. So that's a no go. However, I am still hoping that Honeycomb will be ported :)

We just got one of these at work and my 2 major gripes are that the volume/menu/home/undo/search keys are not backlit (not good for poorly lit environments) and that eLocity doesn't think it's hardware is Honeycomb capable... :(

So... Motorola Xoom here I come.

But still, not a bad tablet for $300 :)
[A7 Android Development] dmaryland:
I had a HUGE problem with the non-backlit buttons ...until I installed button savior..give it a try
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
there was a post previously on using button saviour , which is a pretty good alternative, when buttons are not visible during evening..

btw,

on another topic,

i tried porting my Foliomod to this tablet,

the positive parts are that sdcard handling works usb+sdcard , and features in foliomod works here too..

but since the bt hardware driver is implemented differently and hardware audio buttons are missing, those two functions makes me wonder, if its worth releasing just to get sdcard options.

but it does have some other small functions, like gps enabling (just software for those using Gps4Bluedroid) and HDMI resolution management and other small things..

some maybe

less

good news:

If honeycomb is really natively made for 1280x720, many existing tablets will have graphics issues, as the foliomod has a few apps made for 1024x600 and those looks less good on this screen resolution(some buttons out-of-screen), so this might already indicate if apps for a high resolution will run on small devices, maybe...
[A7 Android Development] Desperus:
Thanks a lot Dexter! I am writing step-by-step directions on how to get installed in case they are useful for a noob like me! ;)

Ok.. here are the steps Im taking (I've verified the zip opens fine on my pc and looks good)

1) Boot into recovery

2) do a wipe data/factory reset

3) apply sdcard:update.zip (having renamed 1.0b to Update.zip - capital U)

4) after the yellow message "Reboot via menu to complete installation And power on again. Formatting MISC:..., I select "reboot system now" from menu..

5) I get the "Writing images to be updated" menu, and then the update screen with the rotating "/"

6) After a minute, I get the "Updated the device. Reboot the device.. Reboot now!"

7) After reboot, went back to recovery menu.. wiped data/factory reset again (per your suggestion)..

8) Reboot system now..

System loads into initial android setup screen... and Dexter's 1.0b mod is installed!

Thanks again! now if we could only have ad-hoc working :o
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
thats an easy fix.. i think the other thread provide the binaries,

but if not,

here

let me know if the installer works.. install just like another "Update.zip"

the Update.zip just copies 2 files to your system folder, nothing else is touched.

if it works, you have a solution.

otherwise,

extract the binaries from the "system" folder inside the zip and copy them to your device into /system/bin and do a "chmod 755 wlan_tool wpa_supplicant" from a shell (term)

reboot and you got adhoc support. but no longer any wifi signal level indicator..

as driver is generic, but adhoc works.
[A7 Android Development] rich_e:
I should add that when this happened I was following the manufactures instructions for applying an update via the about device > system updates menu and not entering recovery. Subsequent updates have all been performed via the recovery menu and I haven't had any problems. Just applied 1.0b and I did not wipe/reset. It booted up just fine but I'm still not getting SU.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
in /system/bin you got a "su" command, so you mean when you write su in a shell or terminal you don't get a popup asking for approval/reject of a SU request?

im quite sure the superuser.apk works and that /system/bin/su also works, as its used on many other mods around and currently on folio100 too (which is 99% a dupe of elocity)
[A7 Android Development] anomaly876:
Thanks Dexter, will update and post results as soon as I get home.

Anyone happen to know how to get the hdmi out running, I don't see an option and when I plugged it in, there was no output on my TV.
[A7 Android Development] rich_e:
I launched a couple of apps that require SU access, titanium backup and root explorer, and did not get the SU prompt. Neither one had root access. I put 1.0 back on for now.
[A7 Android Development] Desperus:
I don't have superuser access either. I tried with rootexplorer, and it asks me to root the 'phone' again..
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
can you somehow confirm you do have an app installed called superuser right now?

where i mean, when you put the mod on, and ran these apps, it should prompt you, but if the "Superuser.apk" is not there, something must have gone wrong..

ps: I hate when i have to do debugging and not having "Remote viewing" available :-(

somehow a simple su + superuser app, seems not to do the trick here, which is really,really surprising.. can anyone with little tech. knowledge and having a elocity see why the superuser apk + su is not working? (works perfect on folio)
[A7 Android Development] bazbob:
In settings->Applications->Manage Applications->All there is a Superuser APK installed (86.00 KB) version 2.3.5

When I run it initially (after a "Clear data"), the app immediately opens and promts me with a "New version of su" available. Press OK to attempt to install it automatically. After pressing "Ok", there is another dialoge box that pops up that states "Automatic update failed". An error occured abd su was not updated. A zip file (su-2.3.1-bin-signed.zip) has been placed on your sd card, please reboot into recovery mode and flash it to update your su binary.

On a side note, I too cannot successfully run root explorer on 1.0b either.

After launching it I get a "Restart App" pop up message. "Root explorer has not yet managed to obtain root access. Because of issues with Superuser, this often happens the first time the app is run but is ussually fine from then on"

However after clicking ok and restarting the app, it displays the same message again.

Any ideas about the zip file it placed on the sdcard?
[A7 Android Development] nev310:
the update.zip flashed but i still cannot see or connect to adhoc wifi
[A7 Android Development] bazbob:
Actually there was no file on the sdcard. There was an empty file with this name placed in the /storage directory in device memory.

Another note is that I'm getting notification icons in the top bar but when I swipe down there is no details (all empty), yet the icons re-appear when I swipe back up.

In terminal emulator I cannot even perform an "ls -l /sbin" says "opendir

failed, Permission denied".

just typing in whoami comes back with permission denied.

I'm a long time linux developer but have little android expertise.
[A7 Android Development] bazbob:
went back to the 1.0 mod. I now have the ability to use "su" in terminal emulator. su is located in /system/xbin which is last in the $PATH.
[A7 Android Development] anomaly876:
Same here, ad-hoc not working for me with fix. I didn't do the update I just turned off wifi, copied the files over, checked permission and restarted, but no joy. My device was able to see the ad-hoc network but unable to acquire an IP address.
[A7 Android Development] nev310:
that is more than mine does i cant even see an ad-hoc network
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
I think, i need to remove the "su" + superuser.apk and put back original su .

at least it will become what 1.0 is now, which is "with root" access..

edit:

Image now updated to 1.0c , adding original root solution as found in stock.
[A7 Android Development] anomaly876:
Dexter, can you tell me what you use to pack and unpack the img files and can you point me to any resource that explains the update file structure.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
i use debian linux right now for it..

just mount the img file on your linux distribution and it works fine, you dont need unpacking for regular extX filesystems.
[A7 Android Development] airball8:
Facebook/YouTube apps

Dexter,

Thank you so much for all your hard work here. Everytime I go to my market it keeps trying to update the facebook and YouTube apps, which cannot install, any ideas what I can do to fix this?

Is it just because they are system apps?

Thanks.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
probably so.. if possible, remove those from the /system/app folder, and it should be all ok.
[A7 Android Development] airball8:
was able to get facebook running w/ an updated app (does not show in the market however) but youtube is still not working.

thanks though.
[A7 Android Development] mskitty76:
Actually, compared to some of the modifications Dex has made, the lack of multi-touch isn't really a big deal to me. I'd much rather have android Market and google apps running smoothly, for example.
[A7 Android Development] immortalsoule:
Thanks, this is great!
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
i think its google experimenting again, happened some days ago, and they required some special Marketenabler trick to activate your "3G" which you dont have, to make logins work as thats only allowed on tablets with 3G..

but they removed it, maybe its back in a different edition.
[A7 Android Development] rapcon:
I have all but some system dependent apps on my 16GB external SDCARD. There is one downside to this:

-Each new update changes the mount points I setup.

- the Upside is I don't have to reload the apps once I restablish the moint points.

See the attached document. I believe the entire subject is under general moving apps to SD but there is link to another thread which provides the attached information. Sometimes the ext2 partition gets corrupted; at that point I reformat the ext2 partition, re-establish the mount point and reload the tablet with my backup from my backup pro root. All apps are then loaded back to the external SDCARD.

All of the above assumes that you have created two partitions on your external SDCARD. For example I have a 16GB SDcard which I try to give 4GB to FAT32 partition and 12GB to an ext2 partition and format both in the respective format. The two files need be placed in /system/etc are attached also.
[A7 Android Development] Davidp65:
Recovery

Thanks for the answer.

I have another question. Since there is no recovery, how do I load Dexters mod. Do I load it through the stock bootloader? If so, how do I get into it?

Dexter mentioned to wipe before loading his mod. Since I don't have either Clockwork or Amon, how do I wipe?

I want to make sure I do this correctly.

Regards
[A7 Android Development] netstat_EVO:
Looking for install path for facebook app that is packed into elocitymod 1.3

Cant uninstall, was hoping i could just delete it.
[A7 Android Development] rapcon:
Ok, I'll do the reset again, will let you know.

Thanks
[A7 Android Development] netstat_EVO:
Ok. I found it in /system/app but apparently i cant delete it :(
[A7 Android Development] Davidp65:
Hi,

Ok, I figured out how to go to the stock recovery. It's kind of touchy, but once you know how to use the right buttons, I guess it's ok.

After I load Dexter's mod, I will report what I find. I'm sure it will be similar to other people's post's that I read.

Thanks for the help
[A7 Android Development] hudd333:
Bluetooth and Other

I installed the new mod successfully but bluetooth no longer works. It will not activate. I have cleared cache and did a system wipe and reinstall of the 1.3 mod, (even though it says it is still on 1.2 in system information). I was on 1.2 before and bluetooth worked fine. The system also no longer recognizes that I have an SD card, even though it did on 1.2. And now with some apps I get a warning and they won't install. (Checking to get more info on this.)
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
sdcard on 1.2 was recognized exactly the same way.. system does see it, but not settings menu.. and you find it in the same location as always /sdcard/sdcard-disk0

bluetooth must be a hardware tweak issue, as i cannot confirm the problems reported with 1.3 .

edit: the warning msg, is standard for froyo2.2 nothing new about it, disable it in settings applications -> unknown sources
[A7 Android Development] droidflix:
Dexter-I'm running 1.3 and SD card is the same as 1.2 etc and working fine, but I do have the blue tooth issue and I cant see or use a Flash drive, it just doesn't show up.I'm still working on that,if I stumble across any info. I will post it. Thanks for deving this,you run some awesome abilities for this tablet and truly the only reason I bought this was these updates you put out.

Somebody at Stream TV needs to pay attention. Thanks man for all of it.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
ill check the update again later today, and verify bt.

then i report back with a fix.. it might be a problem, since the "foliomod" also shows bt not working , so just maybe kernel changes were not in my phone when i confirmed bt..

ill check and report back.
[A7 Android Development] rapcon:
Bluetooth

Dexter,

I said in an earlier post I would report back on the bt issue. Loaded stock rom, 1.2, and reloaded 1.3. The bt issue is only in 1.3. We appreciate what you do and know this is frustrating at times.

Thanks

Rapcon
[A7 Android Development] mingkee:
The DSP EQ greatly helps the volume of the speaker. Now I maxed out the equalization and the video is much louder.

On the down side, many applications are unable to be found on the market, so I have to grab the apps from other machines and sideload them.
[A7 Android Development] RojasTKD:
yesterday I updated my earlier post about having the BT issue.

I reflahsed 1.3and bluetooth worked, but today it's broken again.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
they enabled "MarketEnabler" requirements, you need to register your tablet as having 3G support, ie. having an ISP attached to your tablet, which does not happen without 3G modem.. so download marketenabler and chose an isp, different isp's has different enabled products.. so you need to play with it..

there is also the signature in build.prop you might need to replace, with mobile phone, as tablet sig's are no officially approved by google.
[A7 Android Development] jazzbone:
nevermind....
[A7 Android Development] 855Elm:
Minor thing....after updating to mod 1.3 the setting menu still shows mod firmware 1.2 (when intalling mod I did not need to reset the device !)...everything else so far works fine...new goggle market and nice sound app...excellent job.

Thanks a lot

Regards
[A7 Android Development] hudd333:
BT Temp Solution

I installed the power control widget which has a BT on/off control in it. It activated BT on my system.
[A7 Android Development] RojasTKD:
Dosen't work for me. Still can't activate the BT.

Try again after a reboot and see if it still works for you. Mine worked after a fresh install but stopped working when I tried again the next day.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
do you have a MALE usb to MALE usb cable and can use adb?

if so, can you try and send me the logcat output because i dont see the problem here atm..

so its really sounds strange to me...

but of course i will try and fix if possible..
[A7 Android Development] netstat_EVO:
Did you clear cache after 1.3 install?

When I reflashed from 1.2 to 1.3 mine was acting up real bad. I cleared my cache and its been fine ever since.
[A7 Android Development] RojasTKD:
No male to male USB cable, and I'm embarrassed to say I have heard ABD mentioned but never really knew what it was.

Sorry. I've been flashing since my Windows Mobile days, but android is fairly new to me.
[A7 Android Development] jazzbone:
Dexter

I just updated to your 1.3ROM.

The market doesn't seem to work right anymore.

Apps that were visible before on my A7 are gone now in the Android Market.

I never used MarketEnabler before (with the older ROM 1.0)and could see all of the apps.

I just downloaded it, but it doesn't make a difference for me. I tried faking several providers, but no effect.

Is this a characteristic of the new Android Market only?

Please explain what you meant by replacing build.prop signature?

Thanks.

ps. the new ROM still has the broken version of the calendar.apk

I installed my version it works fine.
[A7 Android Development] RojasTKD:
The calander works fine for me. I like it better then the previous calander, more tablet friendly.
[A7 Android Development] jazzbone:
I tried clearing the cache, but still no better.

For example, I use an app called Grocery iq.

On my wife's A7, I can see it in the Market.

With the new 1.3 ROM, I can't see it.
[A7 Android Development] netstat_EVO:
Figures. Soon as I ran my mouth and said everything was fine... now my BT won't enable :(
[A7 Android Development] jazzbone:
market

I just noticed something.

In the Android Market via the web, I can look up Grocery iq.

It says Installed (because I installed it before wiping).

It says install to another device, and shows

"T-mobile TOSHIBA Elocity A7"

It is greyed out and when hovered over says "This item is not compatible with your device"

That might be the problem.

It thinks that the A7 is TOSHIBA...
[A7 Android Development] netstat_EVO:
hopefully this helps to solve the bt issue

Here is what I did to get this info

Menu -> Dev Tools -> Terminal

su
logcat > /mnt/sdcard/logcat.txt

Then backed out to the home screen while terminal was still running and tried to start BT a few times.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
download market enabler: and chose T-Mobile as provider, and you find the Grocery IQ app :-)
[A7 Android Development] netstat_EVO:
And now my bt is working again. I dont get it.
[A7 Android Development] jazzbone:
Hi Dexter

I tried T-Mobile (us,at, and nl), Verizon, and Rogers and Sunrise.

Exact same results with all providers. (3 VoiceShoppingList apps)
[A7 Android Development] hudd333:
BT Again

Once I rebooted I could no longer turn on BT with the Power Control widget. Very strange. It still will not start from settings either.
[A7 Android Development] Dexter_nlb:
so if relate to the signature as well :-( and not only provider.

i will do another test with the original build.prop, to see how it looks.

but it did show up when i used market enabler.. are you sure marketenabler do set the information? can you see the first page shows your chosen values?

Others,

Bluetooth issue solved (i hope)

install this update(3MB) just like another Update.zip(rename downloaded file) and bluetooth should be fixed.
[A7 Android Development] RojasTKD:
Great... I will give it a try right now.

OK, I can confirm it works. flashed the fix and was able to turn on my BT. I even rebooted and it still worked. Paired it with mt BT GPS device and used it with google maps.

Now, if I can get the contacts app to show the phone numbers of my contacts.