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[Gen8 Android Development] shokuhawan:
Take a look at Urukconfig I found it Enable/Start by default, I tried to Disable/Enable and Start/Stop a few times but got no luck. Anytime I copy my picture I have to rebuild Gallery from scratch, it random delete my stuff
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
After you switch on the mediascanner you have to go to Settings once.

Deleting of files happend before if you where using .nomedia files.
[Gen8 Android Development] LeoNg628:
Hi Lennb,

Will your UrukDroid drain your battery so fast?

I don't know why my UrukDroid 1.1b2 w/ b3 kernel will drain my battery so quick.

I plug in the AC and then sleep the device(press power button once), after charging about 2~3 hours, the battery will charged only 10%...

If I unplug the AC, my Archos will very hot and seems it keep my HDD running even I sleep it...

Anyone know is it not compatible with HDD version of Archos?

Also, I can't turn on the SWAP in UrukConfig...it keeps show me 'error command'.....

Anyway, my Archos is very hot and I think is not available for me use on street now since the battery life is horrible......><
[Gen8 Android Development] shokuhawan:
Yes, I'm go to setting and start scan but it dissappear very quickly and nothing scanned!

File delete happened sometimes even .nomedia.
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
Do you have nomedia files?
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
Alright the market works now although everything (inc. downloads in dolphin hd browser) still goes at a measly 50 kilobytes/s, a third of my connection speed. My main concern now is that it frequenly crashes especially when I'm unplugged and on homescreen (LauncherPro). About half the time I try to open something it will stop responding and show the android not responding dialog. This is slowing me down extremely while trying to get almost anything done, it took me about 10 total hours to restore my homescreen / folders layout. $auron I really like Uruk but it's preventing me from getting very much done because of how unstable and slow it is... please add IPv6 support too ASAP thanks :)
[Gen8 Android Development] honighamster:
I cant find the UrukDroid 1.1b3.

Can someone help me?
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
here's a list of all the problems with Uruk 1.0:

-extremely slow/unresponsive (can only click once every 8 seconds or so)

-apps are still getting moved to _internal storage_ (off of the partition uruk created on my _sd card_) occasionally and deleted (I have to reinstall 1-3 apps, usually doodle bowling, every 5 days or so)

-urukconfig doesn't allow changing startup services and can't stop any running ones

-often freezes and reboots randomly when unplugged

can anyone answer me this:

why was uruk 1.0final released when it is still riddled with problems and bugs?
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
Just download that, then transfer it to your Archos and use Root Explorer, File Expert, or some other root-capable file manager and move it to /data/UrukUpdate

Edit: sorry forgot to merge

Edit: this looks interesting, I might try it myself
[Gen8 Android Development] cardefbel:
re: here's a list of all the problems with Uruk 1.0

Hi,

had the same probs but don't have these problems anymore. I had busybox installed but it was only cross referencing to itself: system processes were almost 80% continuously and urukconfig didn't allow services. After putting busybox in /system/xbin my problem was solved.

My Archos 101 is now running like hell. Perhaps make a backup and complete reinstall new.
[Gen8 Android Development] medmike:
Uruk 1.0 is rocking for me too. Was trying to get AR Drone to connect ad hoc, so put Uruk 1.0 on and EVERYTHING is fast and smooth! (and can fly my AR Drone with ad hoc ;))
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
I have the latest busybox 1.18.4 (needed because the stock archos / uruk one doesn't work with NinjaMorph) not sure what the problem is :(
[Gen8 Android Development] Black Antitoon:
Hello. I have a very dumb question.

How do I revert to the stock firmware after installing UrukDroid?

I have done a veeery quick search and haven't found this. Also, this is not mentioned in the wiki pages I have read.

A quick 10 words reply is OK, I just need to have an idea before doing the great jump and installing it! :D

Thank you all in advance and thank $auron for creating this!
[Gen8 Android Development] cardefbel:
Don't know if you're familiar with linking in linux. In linux, a link (also symlink or soft link) is a special type of file that contains a reference to another file or directory in the form of an absolute or relative path and that affects pathname resolution.

I installed busybox 1.18.4 with busybox installer and the result was that the file /bin/busybox linked to /system/xbin/busybox, and the file /system/xbin/busybox linked to /bin/busybox. As a result the system keeps going round in looking for busybox, because it will only find the link files and not the actual file. With Yaffs explorer you can directly see the link files.

Replacing the link /system/xbin/busybox with the actual busybox solved my problem.
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
@Black Antitoon:

To get UrukDroid you need to install the SDE, and that allows to have a second Android parallel to the stock.

So uruk gets installed parallel to stock which will be still there and bootable.

Only if you deinstall stock kernel you have to go the .AOS route.
[Gen8 Android Development] Black Antitoon:
Thank you for replying. Your reply is perfect, but my question wasn't. :D What I actually would like to know is:

1) How to *remove* Urukdroid after installing it?

2) In particular, should I install it to the internal storage, how do I revert to the original partition layout?

Thank you again. :)
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
Yeah I'm quite familiar (using a scratch-built system atm) I just didn't want a non-standard busybox installation because I don't have any tools other than NinjaMorph and TIBackup so I let stericson's busybox installer remove the stock Archos one and setup a fresh installation in /system/xbin

Also wish there was an easier way to symlink in Root Explorer or File Expert other than using a terminal emulator (takes a while to type with long links and I frequently make mistakes)

Magically the mediascanner started working an hour ago, now it's in a loop at about 450 files scanned (I don't have nearly that many) after several reboots and disabling network share in wi-fi (least I can transfer files over USB now)

Simplest way is to reboot your Archos, then right when the screen turns black hold down the 'volume down' button until the Archos logo appears a second time and goes to the recovery screen. Use the volume buttons to scroll through the menu and press power to select. Go to 'Format system' then scroll to 'Reformat' i think it's called and wait for it to connect to your PC over USB. Then copy the Archos firmware (download here [~82.4MiB], might take a while) to the root of the mounted drive (internal storage) and press power button once on your Archos. it will reformat all disks and partitions to stock and remove the SDE and UrukDroid.

QR if it's more convenient:
[Gen8 Android Development] rplc790222:
About media

Hi, I have recently bought an Archos 70It, so I've decided to try Urukdroid on it, and it's awesome, I love that of the partitions increase so I can put more apps on my A70, but I have noticed a problem when I downloaded photos and my family movies on the stock archos OS the system detects them from the sd card so I can view it on the picture player or the movie player build in, but in urukdroid, I can't view my photos or play my movies, is there something wrong in urukdroid, or it's something I just missed?, can anyone help me please?

I have found my answer, thank you very much...

By the way where can I download the 1.1 b3 version of Urukdroid????
[Gen8 Android Development] Black Antitoon:
Thank you ryadztu. You couldn't have been more clearer than this. :)

(P.S.: do you say "clearer" or "more clear"? :D )
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
I say more clear, but there's no correct option- it's a matter of choice
[Gen8 Android Development] Black Antitoon:
OMG, found out now that I have written "more clearer". :eek:

More thanker you :D for the clarification and for the hard work.:)
[Gen8 Android Development] RiggerofRiV:
Hello,

I installed Urukdroid 1.0 internal a week ago and its really nice. A few questions still left.

Where can i get some information if compcache and swap(file) works correctly. I used ./compcache stats to see if it is functional (it is). For swap i dont found any information, stats dont work. Any system monitor show only 256mb RAM. Makes sense, because the Archos has only that amount of memory.

I ask because i still get some Memory issues. I set compcache to 128/60 and swap to 192/60. In my appreciation that means I double the RAM of the Archos (128mb from the Archos left + 128 compressed by Compcache (50 to 70%) + 192 mb swap). I know it should be much slower but thats not the point. I get the same annoying memory issus like in the stock rom with native 256mb RAM. I use launcherpro plus as home replacement and if i watch some video or even surf with dolphin mini for example for a while, launcherpro has to load from the scratch after pressing the home button. Its much faster than in the stock rom but it still have to load. I select the option to hold launcherpro in memory. It doesnt matter. Is this normal or is the memory consumption that high it doesnt matter trying to get more of it?
[Gen8 Android Development] rplc790222:
1.1b3 kernel

I have downloaded urukdroid 1.1 b3 kernel, but now can you tell me how to install it?, jejeje I am still newbie ... :p
[Gen8 Android Development] jackson0829:
You can follow up UrukDroid upgrade process in beneath website:

http://code.google.com/p/urukdroid/wiki/Upgrade
[Gen8 Android Development] rplc790222:
Ok, I've tried to upgrade by moving the update from mnt/storage to /data/UrukUpdate by using astro file manager and using the terminal, but I couldn't do it, please can you help me?
[Gen8 Android Development] fly_us:
Use Root Explorer or using terminal (don't forget to run su command before copy)
[Gen8 Android Development] shokuhawan:
I'm Frustrated about Scanmedia in Uruk. Don't know if it only happenned to me.

Everytime I copy new Pictures or Music, It didn't show up on Gallery, I have to go to Settings> Rebuild From Scratch.

I have Disable/Enable, Stop/Start Scanner Service but no go.

I go to Setting> Scan, The Icon splash on notification bar for 3 sec and dissappear, I like: WTF
[Gen8 Android Development] rplc790222:
ok I used root explorer and move the 1.1b3 kernel to urukupdate folder, but nothing happened, is there something wrong? ... or another file is needed, I've UrukDroid 1.0 ... I also used terminal and nothing ...

Ok, now I have done instaling UrukDroid 1.1b3 kernel using the terminal ... I didn't know wath did I do wrong so I retried from scratch al over and worked, thanks
[Gen8 Android Development] Black Antitoon:
You can open the terminal and type "free". IIRC it should give you info about the swap file. :)

EDIT: tested, it does.

I don't use LauncherPro, so I have no info about our remaining questions.

I don't
[Gen8 Android Development] Diablo67:
I have an archos 7 HT V2,can i use urukdroid on this model?I noticed it said something about using the volume buttons to navigate,i have no volume buttons on this model,only on the screen.I have a power switch,micro SD card slot,headphone port,cable port and a power port.Heck i wouldnt even be able to use recovery,no way to navigate.
[Gen8 Android Development] topifone:
One of the most interesting features of this release is Ad-hoc wifi support but when I share Internet via my Mac, my Archos 7it cannot get IP from it (though my Defy connects with no problem). Does anyone can connect Archos to an Ad-hoc wifi?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
@Diablo67:

No you have a gen7. UrukDroid needs the next generation Gen8.

@topifone:

You have to switch on wpa via UrukConfig after every boot to use Adhoc.
[Gen8 Android Development] Diablo67:
Ok,thanks for the reply.
[Gen8 Android Development] RiggerofRiV:
Yes, free does the job, but now the next questions. I set swap to 192MB but in free I get approximately 320MB total. Memory is fine at approximately 244MB total. By the way only 14MB of swap is used. Compcache seems to be fine at 72% but also only at 11MB of total mem usage. A little less I guess. Usage vary each time I look, but never even reach 100%. Questions upon questions :)
[Gen8 Android Development] topifone:
I still cannot do it. It stucks at "obtaining ip adress from ..."

I cannot either running swap (0.7 worked)
[Gen8 Android Development] rferrett:
Hi Folks,

A mate of mine has just bought an Archos 7c (which was on offer at Carphone Warehouse yesterday at some silly price) and asked me if it was possible to get custom ROMs on it.

Is the 7c also a Gen 7 (and thus not compatible with this ROM)?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
Yes the 7c is still gen7
[Gen8 Android Development] *BlackMagic*:
k installed SDE and got Urkdroid 1.0 running, but now in urkdroid my archos 101 IT keeps asking me to upgrade firmware, am i correct in not upgrading this under Urkdroind? My normal OS was already the lastest firmware.

Look forward to more tweaks and upgrades on this. Runs very good from SD sandisk 8gig card.

Any tips tricks to get max performace out of it? Using Launcher Pro Plus.

Tnx
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
Am I the only one having issues with Uruk being very unresponsive, especially with LauncherPro and complex live wallpapers, and often randomly rebooting (going to Uruk logo and skipping Archos logo). Latest stock firmware doesn't do this. When I drop homescreen icons, they take about a second to respond and drop. Most apps are also unresponsive at random times as well. (Using an Archos 43)

Edited: Sorry if I've posted this too many times, it's just getting frustrating because no one else has reported it and Uruk is a very promising project.
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
Uruk is not "very unresponsive", so it has to be the combination of things you are doing.

1. Lifewallpapers are crap. They drain batterie and constantly use processorpower.

2. Check if your Mediascanner is stuck because of some "bad" mediafiles.

3. Check your Wifi, is it constantly going on/off? Switch off powersaving mode in Wifi Setting.
[Gen8 Android Development] feoras:
wi-fi Error

Thanks for UrukDroid. It is great. But I have a problem.

Everything was working great for ages then I unchecked Wi-Fi in the settings menu and now I can't get wifi back on. It just says Error under Wi-Fi and when I click the check mark to turn it on it says "turning on..." for about half a second and then goes back to Error. I have restarted many times but it didn't help.

Please help, its a brick without WiFi. I don't want to have to re-install everything unless its the only way to fix it.

Thanks again.
[Gen8 Android Development] paul1959:
I have the following problem with version 1.0 on my Archos 101:

Most of the time WiFi doesn't work, gives an error in the settings screen and keep giving errors when attempting to turn on.

Sometimes when i turn the Archos completely off and turn it on again there is a slight chance WiFi will work but is very slow and it slows down the complete OS.

Any tips or solutions are appreciated.
[Gen8 Android Development] fireball2k:
Hi, anyone got a download for a compiled FTDI driver package?
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
Just restart tablet.
[Gen8 Android Development] msticninja:
I agree, but he said he rebooted multiple times. I have had a good bit of trouble with the wifi, on every firmware version, but a reboot usually takes care of it. Don't know what else you could try.

ryadztu: The launcher restart loop actually does happen on the latest stock firmware. Every time I put my laptop bag in my car and go somewhere, it would start that launcher loop, probably from excessive scanning on the wifi. Launcher Pro is great, I use it, but it is not as fast as the stock Launcher, and it never will be. It's ram usage is higher, meaning alot of it will end up in swap space even though it's high priority. I have used LP on all the firmware versions, and I see no difference with the latest Uruk.

I believe you when you say yours is unresponsive, but I don't think it's the firmware's fault. I'd say something else has gone wrong, like a hung media scanner process, or mmcqd stuck in a loop.

Also, keep in mind that LP was designed for phones with more than 512mb of ram. We have half that, and much worse optimization without a company like HTC developing the base FW.
[Gen8 Android Development] feoras:
Yes, I have rebooted several times. Still not working. It worked perfectly until I temporarily turned off the wifi. Now I just can't get it back on.
[Gen8 Android Development] feoras:
Solved:

OK I got the wifi back on. After several reboots and it still didn't work, I let the battery fully discharge then fully charged it again. Then it worked again.

Thanks
[Gen8 Android Development] paul1959:
Same here, after completely discharging the battery WiFi is working again.

Thanks!
[Gen8 Android Development] machhho:
Is there any way or any firmware to improve Camera and Video quality ?

thanks ...
[Gen8 Android Development] Flying_Disk:
Browser Internet too slow

Hi, I have problem with stock browser, it's very slow when surfing web.

With original firmware was fast ..... normally.

Do you have any idea ?

Tks
[Gen8 Android Development] Techngro:
Ok, I am somewhat confused. I just got my A70 back from Archos, and it had the latest firmware 2.3.26. I installed Uruk 1.0 properly, but once it rebooted, it showed an update to 2.3.26.

So is Uruk not updated to work with 2.3.26 yet? And if so, what version does Uruk work with?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
No it is not, and that is clearly stated in the posts.

V1.1 will be based on 2.3.26.
[Gen8 Android Development] ZakMcRofl:
I have severe problems using Uruk Droid v1.1b2 (kernel b3) on my A70H (that's the 250GB HDD version): it does not seem to go into standby or hibernation properly, the HDD always stays on.

My impression is that none of the Uruk Droid devs have a HDD-enabled archos so the hardware support is rather bad. If I can help in any way (testing, logging, developing) please let me know, I would love to get this fixed.
[Gen8 Android Development] LeoNg628:
me2, but I turn back to UrukDroid 1.0RC3 is stable than 1.1b3, you should have a try:D
[Gen8 Android Development] jknut:
I use WiFi Manager. It works when the stock WiFi settings says "error."
[Gen8 Android Development] sibere:
Read this article

Interesting this multi-boot isn't it?
[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
Hey sibere,

Yeah i saw this too and created a thread about this here at xda:)

So you can discuss there;)

Im very interested in that too:D:)
[Gen8 Android Development] sibere:
Ooops didn't see that!
[Gen8 Android Development] berre:
Hi,

New Archos 101 owner here, looking to install Urukdroid.

I do have some questions since I am new to all this.

First of all, the reasons why I would like to install Urukdroid, and am hoping that this will be a fix for these issues:

1) when connecting my desire via usb to archos 101 (to read my phone's SD card) I get immediatly the "ready to remove external disk" message and cannot mount the phone as external storage (I have the same issue with an usb card reader) => will this work with Urukdroid?

2) When I plug my canon powershot camera into the archos 101 usb, it recognises my camera (message "external camera connected" or something like that) but when I look into the folder, it's empty... it doesn't show my pictures stored on the camera's sd card => will this work with urukdroid?

3) I've let my archos 101 charging overnight a couple of times but it never reaches 100% (more like 95%), I've gotten some feedback that apparently this is due to the latest firmware, will I have this issue with urukdroid?

4) In general I've read that Urukdroid is suppose to be faster then stock and should have better battery performance, is this correct?

Secondly, the installation itself:

I want to have the best situation possible, meaning a complete install from scratch (I don't need to keep existing /data partition).

I also would like to install on my internal storage (I don't have an SD card lying around and I've read from some people that urukdroid seems faster on internal storage, is this correct? )

I guess I should go for the Advanced => Install To Internal Storage => Format and create new partitions option right? Can someone tell me the best partitions sizes (default - 512MB & 1GB)?

Thank you!

B
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
Urukdroid isn't designed to fix issues with mounting devices over USB, it may solve the problem, though I'm doubtful.

Your best bet if Uruk doesn't work is to get a cheap USB SD card reader for the camera's card and a microSD to SD card adapter (it should be the size of an SD card with a slot for a microSD card) for the phone's card. This way, you don't have to have the device plugged in, just the card reader and the card.

3) I've never had any issues with the battery being inaccurate on my A43 (latest firmware) and it typically lasts at least 5 - 9 hours (not sure, never measured). Urukdroid is based on the older (Archos 2.1.18) firmware, if the older firmware didn't have that problem then Uruk will likely fix it.

4) Urukdroid has actually been a lot slower, and very unresponsive and unstable (crashes and soft-resets to UrukDroid loading logo) for me using a cheap PNY 2GB microSD card. I had a lot better of an experience using internal storage.

I mainly use Uruk because of its ability to repartition the /data partition (for all Market apps), so I don't have to use app2SD on all my apps (about 125), which usually makes them slower.

I'd recommend using the default system 512MiB and data 1GiB, which will be plenty of space (I think stock uses system 32-64MiB and data 300MiB) or less if you need more space for media. Install to internal storage unless you have a terribly fast SDHC card.

Also, UrukDroid is rooted by default, so understand the capabilities you have, e.g. blocking ads in free apps, changing screen animations, LCD density, take screenshots, muck around with linux utilities, get market and google apps (if you don't already have them), remove system apps you don't want, etc.
[Gen8 Android Development] bluenadas:
I loaded uruk on my SD card but thought I might give the internal option a go as it seems laggy on the SD card. What do I need to do to my SD card to clear it out after loading to internal memory?

Sent from my 101
[Gen8 Android Development] *BlackMagic*:
On that subject, is there a way to load your entire UrkDroid install over to internall storage and keep all settings?

If so what are the steps to get this going.
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
http://code.google.com/p/urukdroid/...from_SDCard_to_Internal_installation_method_?
[Gen8 Android Development] msticninja:
Reformat, or use a partition utility to delete the linux parts and resize the fat32 part.
[Gen8 Android Development] msticninja:
+1 on #4. I have a 32GB Class 10 SDcard, and the Internal Storage still works better. The SDCard microcontroller seems to use alot of CPU cycles to read and write, so no matter the class of card, it still pegs the processor, making performance horrible. My 2GB Class 4 seems to be less processor intensive, but I hate not being able to remove my SD Card, so Internal is still my preference.
[Gen8 Android Development] *BlackMagic*:
Ah thanks.

Another question, before I could approach my shares on Windows pc's (SMB) shares.

Now with 1.1b3 I can still see them, but as soon as I try and open a folder it just shows me a file not_allowed. I have tried searching for a fix for this, but not yet found one. What changed from 1.0 tot 1.1b3 that turned this off? And how do I re-enable it?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
And you switched on the cifs module via uruk config?