yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Gen8 Android Development] AlaskaPardus:
i had very much problems with ubuntu, pclinuxos and knoppix live....the only distro that works proper for me is PardusLinux.....and the best thing there: it is the most userfriendly distribution i ever saw.....

so if anyone has trouble with ubuntu give Parduslinux a try....

@sauron:

in the latest changelog you say dvb-t support is in the firmware....so i enabled it in the conf.....do i have to make a modprobe too to load the module??
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
I'm not saying it's the only solution (or the best for everything) but as I advice on first page - really good LiveCD distribution for all kind of disk manipulation purpose is http://www.sysresccd.org/Download. It has all required (and much more) tools - and it is exactly to every letter what you can see in first post.

You have to enable it and change driver to proper one. It's work in progress - so there is no much sense of using it without proper GUI. chulri is working on LiveTV app - but it's also work in progress/proof of concept. But answering your question - yes enough to enable it in /etc/uruk.conf/dvb
[Gen8 Android Development] p0rk burn:
I think at least one other person has had this problem . . . nonetheless, your words of reassurance led me to reflash it with ext4. We'll see how it goes, particularly since the constant reboots I'm so fond of will prove one of us right sooner than later . . .

I hope you are right and its not an underlying issue at large because I'd like to stick with the ext4. Either way, your work rocks, thanks!
[Gen8 Android Development] bthoven:
$aur0n: thanks a lot,

tethering with my iPhone 3gs now works

the first time after upgrading to 0.4.1.

Last night I redo the rooting upgrade from 0.3 to 0.4.1 by not copying data in data partition of stock droid to my SD card, but copying my 0.3 data partition to it instead. It works, but there are some strange things:

1. Market still not works as usual

2. Everytime I boot up, Google will ask me to authorize something about location and I have to go to Wireless set up to turn it on. Thent Google Maps works fine with location.

3. on 0.3, I never setup and use stock Email because I replaced it with Galaxy Tab email; but after the upgrade, it becomes the stock Email again and to my surprise, all my setup on Galaxy Tab is there ready to use! It is ok with me because the stock Email seems to be much faster than K-9 emal app.

4. Google Talk FC

5. Both internal/external SDs now can be accessed with my Win 7.

6. Before the upgrade, I replace one file in /system/lib/, but after the upgrade, it reverts to the stock one. I have to redo it again.

Though my sdcard is Sandisk 4GB/class 4 and the Quadrant result is just 15xx, I don't feel any lag (no swap file). With LauncherPro+, everything works very smoothly and fast.

Thanks $aur0n and team for the excellent jobs. This root would be perfect if I can use the Market again.
[Gen8 Android Development] bthoven:
Just to reassure you that I haven't had any problem with EXT4 since 0.3 and now 0.4.1.
[Gen8 Android Development] Big-A-Rob:
Gapps issues also

I am having the same issue. I have A70H, first install of UrukDroid with 0.4.1 everything seemed to go fine, except for some gapps issues. Market goes white screen then closes, gmail does the same thing, and maps does not find location.

I tried going back to the 0.3 wifi but it still just sits on the map and does not find my location.

One interesting thing I saw is that while the Google Services Framework is in the system/app folder it does not show up in the manage applications menu???

I did copy the data.old to data following the steps in the OP.

I would really like to just start over with all the gapps. I downloaded the Arctools app, but do I really have to re-format the entire Archos to use it to install the gapps with it? What are the appropriate steps to delete and re-install all the gapps?

I am also a little confused with this boot from the sd card method in terms of when I install system apps where they get installed. So did we just duplicate the entire system and data folders (with mods) onto the sd/hd and still have a system and data folders on the internal stock Archos as well?

thanks in advance
[Gen8 Android Development] nenadr:
req. for usbnet driver and a slight update on 3G dongles support

@$aur0n: can you please compile in usbnet driver (kernel module) for next release - it seems that USB tethering of Archos over Android based phone will only work using usbnet.ko, as it surely doesn't work over cdc-acm.ko as Archos has provided in their firmware(s).

regarding 3G usb dongles:

I have found pre-compiled usb_modeswitch utility for ARM, and I have succesfully used it on Archos - both 3G dongles I have (Huawei E1552 and ZTE MF190) are succesfully changing from their default mass-storage (CD-ROM/MMC card reader) mode, to usbserial mode with adequate command(s).

Unfortunatly, lack of udev on android, and way the 3G dongles are configured are limiting factor on how much pluging of 3G usb dongle can be automated, so series of scripts are necessery to execute in order to start using 3G dongle.

Expect that series of scripts, and tutorial in a next couple of days.
[Gen8 Android Development] cheefy:
Regarding the Gapps problem:

The following should work fine:

Your situation is:

You have a running Uruk including root and you copied all of your data partition over to uruk.All this apps are running and have the settings/gamesaves you want except the Gapps.

1. First of all get Titanium Backup, backup all your apps, you want restore later.

2. Save the TitaniumBackup directory from the Sd/internal storage anywhere on your pc.

3. clean the whole Uruk data partition or do a clean install of 0.4.1

4. Do NOT copy the stock-data partition to your URUK, so delete the Uruk_copy-data.cmd!

5. Now boot your Uruk first time, do the installation wizard, start the market everything will work fine, but all your apps are still not there.

6.get Titanium Backup from you working Market. Make sure your titaniumBackup-Directory on your SD/internalStorage is the one with you backups inside. If not copy your backup from PC to where it should be.

7. Restore your apps via Titanium. Do not try to restore any System settings, Gapps (Market,Calendar,Contacts...) or Archos apps.

So in the you will have had to reconfigure your Gapps, but everything works fine.

I did nearly the same just a bit more complicated.

I hope we can work out a better solution for next uruk Update.
[Gen8 Android Development] sweetypie:
Just to be clear.

Sorry if these 2 questions have been asked before. I joined this thread at page 35, and it took me ages to read that before I installed version 0.3. I'd prefer not to have to read the next 50 pages before starting again.

Because I couldn't have access to my card and my USB drive, I uninstalled v0.3 and uninstalled Developer Edition. Now I'd like to try a "clean install".

From first post:

1 - "1st partition (VFAT), all free space". Can this be FAT32 instead? I've read that the (now very ancient) VFAT is slow. I expect that, to do this, I'd have to pop out of my Ubuntu filesystem, reboot to Windows, format, and go back to Ubuntu. If so, no problem.

2 - Google Apps:

"Before you start:

Uninstall googleapps or do installation without copying old apps".

I have the "gappsinstaller" v5 from Kenyu73 installed on my stock installation. It works perfectly (employing the Fix a couple of times).

Does the "uninstall googleapps" statement mean I have to uninstall kenyu73's whole "Market Hack", and all the individuall Google "Experience" apps installed by that "Hack", from my "stock" install? Or does it mean I should just make sure, in copying my backed-up "downloaded" apps to the data partition on the sdcard, that I make sure I don't copy over any of those "Google Experience" apps, like "vending.apk" etc?

If possible, I don't want to mess with my "stock" installation?

Update:

Having made the post, I've thought it through a bit more. I think the problem arises from copying the old data folder to the new data folder, carrying with it all the old Google Apps I installed via kenyu73's Hack. And the problem is that THIS hack does all the Google market Hack again. And by doing this, we will be mixing bits of the two Hacks? With unpredictable results.

I saw a comment from $aurOn somewhere that he will omit the Google apps from the next revision. That makes sense to me. So then, presumably I can run Kenyu73's Hack again, in Developer Boot mode, to install the same Hack on the "Root" install?

I wanted to update from an earlier version of kenyu73's Hack, to the current v5 stable release, and I had to reformat the disk to get rid of it all. It's not easy to mess with an existing Market Hack.

Maybe I should wait for the version without the Google Apps included? Pity, it looks as if pretty well all the major problems have been solved.
[Gen8 Android Development] willowave:
And how about if we have google apps installed but we don't have root? Suggestions?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
1) VFat == Fat32 .

2) As the Uruk comes with all neccessary google apps, the copying of your /data would ruin the effort $aur0n has made.

So as cheefy , install SDE and this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=880321 kernel, to use root.

Then use Titaniumbackup for saving all apk + the private data for them.

After that install uruk 0.41 without the copying and restore your apps with titanium.

Done.

@willowave:

If you have uruk, you have root.
[Gen8 Android Development] sweetypie:
1 - Thanks. This link said that FAT32handles up to 8GB

http://www.storagereview.com/guide/fileFAT32.html

While this link doesn't say what VFAT is capable of, although it does talk about FAT16, not FAT32.

http://www.storagereview.com/guide/fileVFAT.html

No wonder I'm confused. So nowadays, they're identical? Thanks again.

2 - So you're saying, basically, don't follow the method in post one, if you already have Google Apps installed in "Stock"?
[Gen8 Android Development] willowave:
I know, thats my point. I don't..I took my card out and am using the steps for .4

for various reasons.

So nope, I don't have Uruk right now. Nor do I have root. So I'm wondering how to uninstall the google apps to do the new install? I'm asking if anyone has a way that I don't know about...if not then I will have to follow the directions to skip the apps.
[Gen8 Android Development] sweetypie:
Yes, I'd like to know that too. It's an untidy business tring to get rid of all traces of your Market Hack, as I said earlier.
[Gen8 Android Development] willbread:
I've tried about 5 or 6 times

i 'm always stucked at Developper Edition Boot. It freezes one time on dark blue screen, many times on archos picture and one or two times on a psychedelic picture !

i can't understand what is wrong. Every steps are OK except the last boot (even if i'm waiting about 30 minutes !)

i precise i've got a class 6 sdhc card. I did every steps in virtualbox ubuntu 10.10 except copy initram and zImage from windows 7 pro 64 bits

if someone has a idea ... i thank him in advance
[Gen8 Android Development] willowave:
I'm not sure it matters for me so much anymore. Every time I try to mount my sd card it won't. Just tells me "there is a problem using my devices memory for usb storage", won't mount my sd card, and I can't get VM/Ubuntu to see it properly. Just keeps giving me errors.

Now if I take the card out...it's ok so far..I formatted it, put the two files I needed back on it...put it back in the archos, and it's giving me the exact same errors.

I'm getting a headache. lol

Also...does anyone know why is fdisk I would only show this :

Partition number (1-4): 2

First cylinder (1-1929, default 1):

Using default value 1

Last cylinder, +cylinders or +size{K,M,G} (1-1929, default 1929): +512

when it's a 16 gig card? as 1929 being the last cylinder? As far as I know (of I remember) shouldn't I show more cylinders on a 16 gig card?

I have been running into issues every time I do this...I'm wondering what I am doing wrong or if am I have bad luck again.
[Gen8 Android Development] strongergravity:
Have a drink

@$aur0n

Thanks for your hard work. I just donated some $ so you can have a drink. Just don't drink so much that you become too hungover to develop!!! I finally got .41 running, so you can break out .5 this afternoon! :)

@Everyone else

I strongly encourage you to share some love with your favorite devs, even if it is only a buck or two. It will make developing easier, and make them more patient when reading our questions, etc. I have no clue how many hours $aur0n has spent on this, but it is obviously a ton. Besides, you get to read the PayPal screens in Polish (which is educational), then you can let Google Translate do it's thing (which is also interesting)
[Gen8 Android Development] DougEdey:
I think I can see what's causing my wifi issues, when I start a download dmesg shows the following:

TIWLAN: 150.475465: EvHandlerSendEvent 5
TIWLAN: 150.476075: EvHandlerSendEvent 5 to OS
TIWLAN: 150.476716: EvHandlerSendEvent Matching OS Registered event found at EvType = 5,ModuleIndex = 0
init: untracked pid 7391 exited
select 4705 (d.process.acore), adj 15, size 4460, to kill
select 5544 (ld.android.main), adj 15, size 5635, to kill
send sigkill to 5544 (ld.android.main), adj 15, size 5635
init: untracked pid 7385 exited
init: untracked pid 7383 exited
init: untracked pid 7390 exited
select 5291 (.alphonso.pulse), adj 15, size 4931, to kill
send sigkill to 5291 (.alphonso.pulse), adj 15, size 4931
select 4705 (d.process.acore), adj 15, size 4461, to kill
send sigkill to 4705 (d.process.acore), adj 15, size 4461
select 5846 (ufou.android.su), adj 15, size 3938, to kill
send sigkill to 5846 (ufou.android.su), adj 15, size 3938
select 6884 (.cooliris.media), adj 15, size 4168, to kill
send sigkill to 6884 (.cooliris.media), adj 15, size 4168
dcin_read_dc_detect_delayed
TIWLAN: 504.350068: EvHandlerSendEvent 9
TIWLAN: 504.350648: EvHandlerSendEvent 9 to OS
TIWLAN: 504.351258: EvHandlerSendEvent Matching OS Registered event found at EvType = 9,ModuleIndex = 0
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
UrukDroid 0.4.2

Thanks Tom!

Ok - have you checked your memory? Why your Android is killing those tasks?

UrukDroid 0.4.2

I've updated (fix) Uruk to 0.4.2 and created separate update package for googlemarket. So you can choose whether you want it from Uruk or other supplier ;) - I hope it will help you all to install it. This is not update for 0.4.1 users - it's only for potential new installation.

Why?

There was plenty (really a lot) requests to add market by default, but I see after comments that this makes a lot of problems when you want to keep old data with already installed market. So it should be easier this way. There is also Google potential issue (they don't appreciate ;) distribution of this apps - CyanogenMOD) - so it's safer this way. Installation is just dropping one file in root directory - so it should not be too complex (and this skill is required to do future Uruk updates) - Cheers!
[Gen8 Android Development] Big-A-Rob:
Ok, I already had titanium and have a backup on my HD storage. What steps do I take to clean just the data partition? Can it be done on the Archos using terminal? Do I just start all over at step 2? Is there something I need to do prior to that?

Man, I think I have been sooo spoiled with custom recoveries like Clockwork and Amon. My brain just automatically goes to how you would fix stuff with those tools and then I get confused on how to do things with this method.

@$auron...I would just like to thank you for doing this for everyone. I bought this product knowing it wasn't a real high end device, it's not a terrible product but this thing certainly needs some help. I will be heading over to donate to you and hopefully the donations will keep you interested in this project.
[Gen8 Android Development] willowave:
I'm stuck until someone can help me figure out what happened to my sd card. If anyone is bored/has an idea I'd appreciate some help. (previous post shows my issue, I'll re-explain if needed.)

NEVERMIND. I used the system disk sauron suggested and found a DOS compatibility flag set? Fixed, and starting over. :D
[Gen8 Android Development] Big-A-Rob:
I copied the whole data partition and my battery states are all screwed up. I charged it all night, it says 100% and then out of nowhere is says that the battery is discharged and actually shuts off the device. I have the file batterystats.bin in the data/system directory. Any ideas?
[Gen8 Android Development] naga_z:
to aur0n:0.4.1.2 Download link was wrong.Please correct.
[Gen8 Android Development] DougEdey:
Yet more debug is leading me to believe whenever I download something it causes the media scanner to run which prevents my downloads!

Anyone else experiencing this? (Mainly with the XDA app!)
[Gen8 Android Development] p0rk burn:
My downloads aren't affected, but I agree with you the stupid media scanner seems to go to town every time anything happens to the system. Plug into a computer, download, unplug the usb, etc. You name it, it scans it.

Feature request: set media scan to manual only! Please!
[Gen8 Android Development] willowave:
Also having issue with download link, links to blank page
[Gen8 Android Development] willowave:
I agree completely. That thing is ridiculous.
[Gen8 Android Development] DougEdey:
Also, I've had to update the /etc/hosts file with localhost. A lot of apps do DNS lookup on localhost

So now Kongregate games work pretty gosh darn well :)
[Gen8 Android Development] AlaskaPardus:
i dont know if someone here has noticed, but i found in the middle of december an app called "Arctools"...only available with apps lib store on my archos.....in the actual version it has Urukdroid Service enabler/disabler, you can install Market and Gapps with just one click.....and so on.....i think it is incredible!!

Well i think sauron knows about this great tool, isn't it so!? :-)
[Gen8 Android Development] gsmguru:
Proxy Settings

Sauron,

Is that possible to activate an Android 2.2 standard feature (which is hidden somehow on Archos devices) to set proxy settings per each wifi netowork?

Could you please put that in you pipeline for 0.5?

I am sure many people would install Uruk just for that and it'll become Hai. Well, Uruk-baby-Hai for sure.
[Gen8 Android Development] gsmguru:
Actualy he does. He even did some translation )
[Gen8 Android Development] fisha21:
$aur0n, have just sent you a donation for all your efforts - dziekuje!

Currently running Urukdroid 0.4.1, working brilliantly overall, much better than I was expecting the Archos to be!

Couple of issues noticed so far:

1. Since upgrading to 0.4.1, having the abovementioned geolocation problem

2. Also, native Android bluetooth service not working. Installing Bluetooth File Transfer from Market gets things working, but through the app's own service. With 0.3 setup, installation of Bluetooth File Transfer app activated the native Android BT service.

3. Last, but probably most significant - with both 0.3 and 0.4.1, sometimes the Archos fails to wake from sleep. Pressing the power button does nothing at all. I have to hold down the button for 10sec, release then press it again to get it started (ie reset it). I assume that means that it hasn't died, just the screen isn't waking up. Not seen this reported before, didn't have the same problem with stock Archos.

But these are all inconveniences, and certainly don't outweigh the benefits of this hack. Can't wait to see what v0.5 brings......

By the way, can confirm that with 0.4.1, connecting Archos to Win Vista 64-bit via USB mounts both Archos internal storage, and microSD - perfect! Also, am using it with a 32GB microSD, working well. (Marked as class 4, but SDCard tester reports speeds of 8-10 - pretty happy with that!)
[Gen8 Android Development] Farkonian:
I have this power button problem with my stock Archos 70I (newest firmware release from Archos [2.0.71] )
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
Corrected - but this was just copy/paste error - it was enough to take a look at url and fix it ;) - anyway sorry.
[Gen8 Android Development] ki8mju7lo9:
if I want to upgrade from 0.3 to 0.4.2

Can I just re-format my SD card and follow the steps in#1

and then recover my apps by titanium backup?
[Gen8 Android Development] sublimejosh2000:
0.4.1 to 0.4.2

I want to make this upgrade. Really, I have all the market stuff working and everything with 0.4.1, but the only thing that doesnt work is the Network location.

Is there an easy way to just get that to work with 0.4.1?

to go to 0.4.2 I have to uninstall the entire Google applications to do this?

Please let me know, I tried to just install the Networklocation.apk but failed.. i guess that was stupid to try....
[Gen8 Android Development] bthoven:
Thanks a lot. I've tried your way and Market works!. But Locator is no longer working

Can Anyone give a link to download those APk that will make it works again?
[Gen8 Android Development] Big-A-Rob:
The only thing he changed from 0.4.1 to 0.4.2 was pulling out the market for the people having trouble with it. If you are good on 0.4.1 then wait until next release.
[Gen8 Android Development] sweetypie:
Well, after uninstalling 0.3 and the SDE last week, because I couldn't access my card / ext drive, I finally installed 0.4.2 last night. Here are a few comments.

1 - General. The whole method now seem very long and complicated. To make this root easier, I had installed Ubuntu, and my laptops have built in card readers. The instructions are now for a very complicated setup with a Live CD, and a card mounted through an Archos. It took me ages to strip out all the unnecessary instructions, to get to the simple core steps necessary to get it done.

2 - Results. Wifi doesn't work. "Scanning - Connecting - Disconnected". However, Bluetooth tethering DOES work, so I was able to investigate THE MARKET.

3 - THE MARKET. I've no idea what's supposed to be happening now, with regards to The Market. My confusion is compounded by the fact that I no longer understand the overall instructions. Since I installed version 0.3, the step where I used to copy the contents of my data directory to the new data partition seems to have gone. However, most of my apps still seem to work, so what's going on there? Did some part of the process (which I missed) copy the contents of my data directory to the new data partition? If so, did that process also copy some of The Market files over too?

Ok, I thought I understood the fact that removing the Google Apps from 0.4.2 meant that, either I would have NO Google Apps in the new install, and that all I'd have to do is run Kenyu73's Market Hack again, with the new install. OR, that, if my data directory was copied over, that my Google Apps would be copied over with it.

So, although my Google Apps icons are all still on the Home Screen, they don't work. I tried installing Kenyu73's Market Hack, but that didn't work either.

So now I haven't a clue what's going on.

As I said, I have 2 issues with 0.4.2:

1 - No Wifi

2 - No idea what to do about Google Apps, having Kenyu's Market Hack on my "stock" boot.

Apart from these 2 major issues, it seems as if my install has gone ok, as:

1 - I'm rooted

2 - My apps work, incl. bluetooth tethering

By the way, I earlier asked about whether Fat32 would be ok, instead of VFAT. Somebody said they were the same, so I used VFAT. When I check my card in Windows, hit Format, it reports the existing filesystems as FAT, with allocation units of size 8192. Windows offers me the alternative option of formatting in FAT32, with allocation units of 4096. So they are clearly not the same. FAT is the early version which wasted disk space due to the larger allocation unit size.

Well, it's no use to me yet, with no Wifi and no Market. Can anyone help my understanding of what's going on with the missing data folder copying, and how to get the Market working, without messing with my "stock" install?

By the way, I do note the step:

"mv UrukDroid-copy_data.cmd sdcard/"

So I can see that file, which presumably does the data copy, but I can see no instruction on when / how to use it. So is this called automatically, or do I need to run this maunally?

Sorry for the ramble.