yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
Somewhat related (I know the problem was solved), I highly recommend anyone that likes control over which apps rotate try Smart Rotator:

https://market.android.com/details?id=net.xdevelop.rotator_t

A recent bugfix (for IMEI failure in the ad provider implemented) makes this app no longer force-close at startup. It's a bit slow (20-30 seconds if you have a lot of apps) to start, but gets the job done well.

Also, I'm currently in the process of trying to recompile the module needed for Google Music with Archos 2.4.19 changes included - adds wmavoice codec - using Cygwin. I'll post back sometime this weekend if I get it working.
[Gen8 Android Development] Donnie87:
is there a video that shows how to install it on Archos101IT?

I red the wiki but it's too complicated for a noob like me.
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
Yes - it's in wiki... I'm surprised you haven't seen it.
[Gen8 Android Development] ruud:
i have alreay a gmail account and would like to syncronice my contacts and agenda but some how i can' t make a account on my tablet
[Gen8 Android Development] krarvind:
i just followed the installation instructions in wiki, pretty simple.

In essence

1) Install SDE recovery option from Archos

2) Entery SDE, select "Recovery System"->"Developer Edition Menu"->"Flash Kernel and Initramfs", copy zImange and Intrafs and press ok

3) Back into SDE, select developer edition, choose simple install,Make sure there is an external sd card, copy the urukdroidinstall.tgz file and flash
[Gen8 Android Development] krarvind:
did you install arctools? get it from market and use that to install google stuff, then sign into a google account to sync.
[Gen8 Android Development] wickedninjalo:
Ok so I'm on the latest uruk release and I have to say this is freakin sweet. I'm having one problem I'm getting random reboots and I have no idea why. The tablet will go unresponsive then it will reboot. And I'm not doing anything inparticular that clicks in my head as to why I'm on the a70h model and I wiped everything upon install
[Gen8 Android Development] sibere:
Which kernel?

If you flashed the Undervolted version, try the normal one.

Sent from my HTC Desire with DATA2SD :)
[Gen8 Android Development] wickedninjalo:
Nope I just did the easy install 1.5 no other tinkering
[Gen8 Android Development] eagleofdeath13:
(Sorry for the offtopic, but, i think you mean Wich (" le quel"). Witch means ("sorcière"). ;)
[Gen8 Android Development] sibere:
oups yep, not fully awake this morning...

but "quel" is actually which, not wich. ;)
[Gen8 Android Development] eagleofdeath13:
Not fully awake too ;)
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
being impatient, but any ETA on the RMA $auron? I'm trying to compile the gen8 source from Archos manually so I can override the ffmpeg module, but the busybox included has _way_ too many issues with newer versions of gcc.

Also, the fact that cygwin doesn't use glibc pretty much kills any idea of getting this thing to compile.
[Gen8 Android Development] sibere:
Just curious here but which file are you trying to replace?
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
I'm kind of curiouse to - what are you trying to do...

My RMA is not even 2 weeks old - and this takes 4-6. But I'll ask in Thursday - since they said to ask after two full weeks.
[Gen8 Android Development] Neo Cortex:
Just installed this and I have to say I a loving it so far. I was beginning to wonder whether I had made a mistake buying the Archos 70 because it was so sluggish. Now it runs much more quickly and is as fast as I was hoping it would be so thanks $aur0n.

Can you tell me how large the Internal Storage is meant to be? I though it it was meant to be 1gb whereas mine is 799mb. I did wonder if I hadn't left quite enough space on my /mnt/storage partition but the documentation says that resizing would fail if that was the case.
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
i have no idea hahaha

I'm pretty sure what I'm doing will make it work though, because the change noted in the Archos changelist seems to match the revision in their gitorious repository (archos-gpl-gen8/kernel). I figured all I would need to do is compile the code (cloned from gitorious) and sort through the build files and find the module/library (it's called ffmpeg_tiny in the source) and override the one in the UrukDroid data tarball when installing or just override the one currently on my device. Ofc I'll upload it to XDA to share, if I get it working. :)

Also, I only want to override the ffmpeg_tiny module rather than update the entire system because I'm not sure what I'm doing, just trying to keep it simple and working.
[Gen8 Android Development] bob dylan:
hey peeps, does urukdroid work with the latest 2.4.1.9 firmware?

thanks
[Gen8 Android Development] topifone:
When installing apps, they all go to internal storage. But some apps from market install on sdcard themeselves and I cannot install these apps? The error is unable to install xxxx on sdcard. How to config apps to install on the internal storage as default?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
These probably are stupid gameloft games, are they?

@bob dylan:

UrukDroid and the orginal are seperate installations, and atm UrukDroid is not based on 2.4.19,

but 1.6 will be.
[Gen8 Android Development] bob dylan:
ok thanks, so if i am on 2.4.19 then i should wait for UD 1.6 to root the device?

is there any benefit to downgrading and rooting with UD 1.5? is that even a possibility?!

am eager to root but am unsure of the pros and cons of the different methods eg urukdroid or chulri's method as people seem to rave about the speed and other improvements in urukdroid but i dont hear the same things for the other root methods.
[Gen8 Android Development] Neo Cortex:
I 'downgraded' from 2.4.19 and the difference is amazing. It's like having a completely different tablet. Definitely worth it in my opinion.
[Gen8 Android Development] bob dylan:
how do i downgrade from 2.1.4.9 then?

do i have to wipe the tablet?

many thanks
[Gen8 Android Development] Neo Cortex:
The link to the instructions is on the first page of this thread. You have to read them quite carefully and follow them quite closely.
[Gen8 Android Development] gardar:
Urukdroid is a bit buggy on the HDD version of the Archos 70. Not sure if those bugs are on other versions of the gen 8 devices too.

Three big bugs I noticed:

The device won't go to sleep, which means that my battery gets drained until the device dies. Pressing the power button turns off the screen but the device still has the green indicator turned on and I can feel the hdd spinnig. Deep sleep is also not working. When I selected the option to set the device to "deep sleep" nothing happens.

The storage partition gets unmounted all the time. At random times I get a message that the internal storage can be removed. When I look in the storage settings I see that the internal drive is "unavailable"

Reboot seems to fix this only some times, I have tried rebooting multiple times and I kept getting the same message over and over.

Without the internal storage the archos is pretty much useless.

When connected to my computer I can only mount the archos once. If I unmount the archos, turn off usb storage in the archos, then turn the usb storage on again... The archos won't show up in my computer. Rebooting the archos fixes this but it's a bit annoying to have to reboot after each mount.

I have removed urukdroid and went back to chulri's root because these bugs are too serious. I am willing to re-install urukdroid to provide any further info or do any testing if needed.
[Gen8 Android Development] Lord Bodak:
UrukDroid does not root the factory firmware. UD is a completely separate install that runs independently of the factory installation.
[Gen8 Android Development] phoenixstudio:
can you implement this features in uruk?

long press volume button (up/down) to skip track,just using stock music app..

please...:p
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
Droidshuffle does this for free.
[Gen8 Android Development] bob dylan:
yeah i get that, however it poses the obvious question: as its a seperate install it shouldnt matter what archos firmware i am on.

so the questions still remains? can i use UD 1.5 or 1.6 to root my A70it 250HD?

just a yay or nay would suffice!!

:):)
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
yay or nay.

It depends.

You can root the 70H with urukdroid but there are alot of people that have problems.

The biggest Problem is that the devs don't have a 70H to test and therefore there might be some things not really working (spindown??).

Just look at how many people have a problem with the hdd in uruk.

Until you get a 70H to the devs, you should use chulri's root, as this works with the installed Archos Android.
[Gen8 Android Development] bob dylan:
yeah i read about those probs, thanks for the advice. am gonna do chulris root.

:D:D
[Gen8 Android Development] topifone:
No one has this problem? Any help pls!
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
This is normal for ****ty developed games, preferably those from Gameloft.

Check http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1119563
[Gen8 Android Development] Greebble:
Help please :(

My Archos 101 with UD 1.5.1 cannot boot tonight. It is booted till graphic splashscreen and halted. Splashscreen periodically blinks.

Original firmware loads successful.

How i can repair system w/o application data lost?
[Gen8 Android Development] topifone:
Not it's not. they are just normal games and softwares. I can install an apk if it is installed on internal storage. But if it or part of it try to install on sdcard then it get the error: "Cannot install xxx on SD card"
[Gen8 Android Development] bach0405:
check if you have this file :

smdl2tmp1.asec

it may be in this folder : /mnt/secure/asec/

if so, to delete it could help
[Gen8 Android Development] chillar:
I did the Easy Install Routine of Urukdroid. So I guess I am running ext3 at the moment. Can I gain a general performance improvement in terms of less sluggish and general faster system by using ext4 or is the improvement just in terms of speed of copying files?
[Gen8 Android Development] berre:
Hi,

I've installed uruk 1.5 but mu archos is rebooting sometimes on it's own

I've installed uruk 1.5, the update package and UrukDroid-1.5.1-kernel.tbz2

Anybody any ideas?

Cheers

B
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
Unfortunately ext4 is only for the system (/) and data (/data) partitions right now, $auron might be able to help

That's an issue with the older (pre-2.4.19) Archos firmware, hopefully $auron will update Uruk to 2.4.19 firmware build in the near future.
[Gen8 Android Development] wickedninjalo:
I hope so because I'd love to get back on urukdroid its awesome ,but right now it makes my a70h pretty useless
[Gen8 Android Development] LeoNg628:
1. I think it depends on what apps did you installed on your A70H, I don't think this issue related to UD. (My A70H doesn't have this problem)

2. You can install AutoKiller Memory Optimizer to fix this problem since there are a option under the Advanced Tweak in the app that can mount your system partition all the time.

3. I strongly recommand you to use Samba (like USB storage but via Wifi) or Dual Mount SD Widget (allow you share your HDD via USB without disturbing your Android - https://market.android.com/details?id=com.protocol.x.USB)
[Gen8 Android Development] ray1234:
I recently went on 1.5.1, I found that some of the flash videos on sites I often visit went slower on 1.5.1 compared to 1.0. Being curious, I ran Quadrant and found the score to be only 1100-1200, while I got 1600-1800 previously with 1.0.

Playing around with power management, I set it to optimal instead of overdrive. I ran Quadrant again and scored 16xx in optimal mode, switching back to overdrive mode and the score went back to 11xx. I now stayed on optimal mode and the flash videos went smooth again. I suppose this indicates the Archos internal power management module does not work well with CPU Governor in UD, anyone else has this problem?
[Gen8 Android Development] gi4257:
Quandrant score doesn't mean anything : just run it twice and the second time you got a much higher score (cache ?)
[Gen8 Android Development] ray1234:
That I know, but I'm running the score on fresh reboot, and also I'm observing a regular pattern - the performance in optimal is better than overdrive, that is both in Quadrant score and in real world observation running flash videos.
[Gen8 Android Development] topifone:
Still cannot istall apps on sd card! :(
[Gen8 Android Development] sweetypie:
Is there a version of the tweaked framework-res.apk file which works with Uruk 1.5? I notice the stock file is now much bigger than the one supplied with 1.0.

I tried this file, but it causes a reboot loop on the Uruk "Loading" page. It worked fine for me using Uruk 1.0, but not now.

Apart from this, 1.5 is working fine for me. It'd be a shame to have to back to 1.0, but then 1.0 also works fine for me.

EDIT

I've tried editing the local.prop file, and can toggle soft bar / buttons on and off - that's ok. I'm currently using "Button Savior", and that works the way it's supposed to, but the button bar irritates me. I can't find a place where it's not in the way. I have to keep toggling it on / off to reveal what's underneath.

Given that I need the notification area anyway, it seems like a waste of screen real estate, not to have the soft buttons in there.

Are there any instructions for performing the "tweak" to the framework -res.apk file, so I can do it for myself with the current version of the file?

EDIT 2

Oh well, back to 1.0, and breathing a sigh of relief. Although Button Savior is a neat idea, I found the bar was always in the way, no matter where I put it. I was always having to show / hide / show it. It was like having a small stone in my shoe, eventually I just had to get rid of it.

I wonder if the small icon tweak could be incorporated, along with FW 2.4.19, in a future release?
[Gen8 Android Development] bach0405:
Sorry, I don't have any idea to sure help you

If you didn't try it (I had to do it to get Uruk working), you could save your apps with titanium backup, save your data, perform a full reset (apps and data) and format your sdcard, and then reinstall your apps and data.
[Gen8 Android Development] lordofazeroth:
I have problems connecting to VPN.

I edited a archos.conf like the description and deleted the "#":

http://code.google.com/p/urukdroid/wiki/UrukService_vpnc

when running VPNC service:

"Error running command"

"no response form target" "usr/local/sbin/vpnc-connect"

Can anybody help me setting up a VPN connection?

VPN connection is not working with apk VPN connections too:

http://code.google.com/p/get-a-robot-vpnc/

although I havent installed the tun.ko as it seems Urukdroid already has this.

Furthermore:

I cannot read the file vpnc-connect with a text reader. Is this correct?
[Gen8 Android Development] deliriousDroid:
Installed this afternoon, flawless install, great instructions. Good final product. I would hit thanks multiple times, but for some reason can't thank you sauron. Thank you!

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[Gen8 Android Development] saupin:
This is excellent :) Will try it out tonight !
[Gen8 Android Development] fernseher:
Hi Sauron

I also wanna say thank you for your excellent work! I sent you a donation a few minutes ago! Have a beer (or two, three,...) on me ;)

regards

Wolfgang
[Gen8 Android Development] computerfreek:
Is there a way to change the bootanimation.zip on this as i am runing this on an archos 43 and it is messed up looking on boot up otherwise it is runing great. the only other thing that is messed up with the view is the UrukDroid config app.

I looked around for the bootanimation.zip but can't find it on this ver.
[Gen8 Android Development] E-P-S:
Droidwall

Now i installed Droidwall on my 101. Sadly i've got the following Error:

LBE Privacy Guard don't work, too.
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
Thx!

It's in /data/customization (or something similar) - you can delete it, or change.

If UrukConfig is messed up - please contact solune on XDA.

Did you enable iptables uruk service?
[Gen8 Android Development] E-P-S:
@$aur0n - thanks a lot. it works.

now only 2 problems left ;-)

1st: low system memory (3MB) -> searching for a swap and partition solution

2nd: lbe privacy guard not work.
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
As Uruk has Swap file, Swap partition and memcache, what are you missing?
[Gen8 Android Development] E-P-S:
:-( so why is the internal (system) memory so low? looks like don't map data to sdcard
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
And you switched one of them on?

And System Memory has nothing to do with Swap, it's the size of app space left.

If you installed Uruk with std parameter and booted into Uruk, you have around 2GB of appspace.

If you filled that up, you have to clean your device.

Get cachecleaner.
[Gen8 Android Development] lordofazeroth:
No solution to my problem?

iptables is enabled :(
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
You know android has build-in VPN support right?

Under Settings -> Wireless
[Gen8 Android Development] computerfreek:
I added my custom bootanimation.zip and it works great. I can still use UrukDroid config app just the fomat is a bit spaced apart it was setup for a bigger screen not this 4.3in . It still works just fine.

I love how easy this setup was and now i have full access to my archos This is great ! Thank you....
[Gen8 Android Development] lordofazeroth:
I do know that, but it is not working.

I have to enter more settings than available in stock rom.
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
Are you sure that this VPN connection is working from network you have tablet connected in? The best way is to connect manually (terminal on Uruk) and see the output....
[Gen8 Android Development] txpxsx:
thanks for this amazing os, my archos 101 seems more smoother. however i'm not yet familiar whether this os is overclocked already?

and should i upgrade my firmware provided by archos? will it ruin my urukdroid installation? thanks and please apologize for my newbieness.
[Gen8 Android Development] DaJackel:
Hello!

I have a problem with the installation.

I followed these instructions http://code.google.com/p/urukdroid/wiki/Installation

(simple) and at the step, where I have to copy urukDroid-install.tgz

the usb volume has only 173KB size, so I cant copy the 148.000 KB Installationfile.

What does I wrong?

Thanks for help.
[Gen8 Android Development] deliriousDroid:
If your USB volume says you have only 173KB size than something is wrong with your device:eek: try a factory reset first

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'
[Gen8 Android Development] lordofazeroth:
i entered "vpnc-connect" in terminal with su.

output:

cant open /dev/net/tun, check that it is either device char 10 200 or (with DevFS) a symlink to ../misc/net/tun (not misc/net/tun): No such device
[Gen8 Android Development] txpxsx:
i got stuck on boot: switching to rootfs afer applying 1.5.1 (OverClock kernel). anyone can help? thanks
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
http://code.google.com/p/urukdroid/wiki/FAQ#I've_tried_to_use_OC_kernel_-_but_it_does_not_work
[Gen8 Android Development] tamati:
Hi all,

I really like UrukDroid and its features, but I'm very annoyed right now as it is the third time in less than 2 weeks that I have the "infinite loop" problem (stuck at the "loading" screen) and I have to reinstall the system.

I don't know exactly why it happens, it is completely random, this morning it worked perfectly well, I shut it down and when I checked it this afternoon, it was on (!) and looping on the "Loading" screen (and the device was really hot), and I did nothing after shutting it down in the morning... (maybe it didn't shut down properly, but I remember having checked it)

According to the FAQ, it is a corrupted system (it's already the 3rd time, isn't there something that could prevent corruption ?). So when I came back home, I tried to reinstall it by connecting it to my computer land sending the files, several times but it still won't work.

Is there some log somewhere during the boot sequence so I can see what exactly doesn't work ? Or do I have to wipe all the data on my SD card (20+ GB) and transfer it again from my computer, losing all my applications ... I have a titanium backup of the apps, but I really don't want to do it.

By the way, I have UrukDroid 1.5 and an Archos 70 IT

Thanks for the answers....
[Gen8 Android Development] jackson0829:
I got same issues as you since UrukDroid 0.7 to 1.5.1 and it is no useful

even though reinstall the UD again??

I found a strange solution by disconnect the DC power plug

during initial power on ,you can try it!
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
It depends, but usually SSHd is already working (before "soft reboot") and you could connect to Uruk and see "dmesg". Best way to restore system is to use backup - it's simple and efficient (see Uruk RescueMenu).

It should not happen (file system corruption) - it haven't happened to me even once, since Uruk 0.6. I would guess it has something to do with SD card (perhaps connection isn't right) - I would recommend to do internal installation.
[Gen8 Android Development] tamati:
is it enabled "by default" ? I set my sshd to disabled at startup in urukconfig (I only enable it when I want to transfer files from my computer to my tablet). Well, I'll try when I go home tonight.

I already knew about the rescue menu, but I didn't do any backup before, I'll remember next time.

My SD card is a 32Gb class 4, I tried some fsck before and I don't remember having problems. Maybe installing UD on the internal storage would be better, but then I have to backup all the data on the internal storage. Is there a difference when UD is installed on the internal storage or on the SD card ? Speed ? IIRC the recommended method is to install it on the sdcard.

Thanks for the answers.
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
The sdcard was recommended in version 0.3-0.7
[Gen8 Android Development] tamati:
Well, problem solved, I accidentally hit "Install" instead of "reinstall" so now I have a fresh UrukDroid 1.5 on my sdcard ... let's see how much time it will last before having to reinstall it. For now, I have to retransfer all my data \o/ (16,5 Gb @ 4Mb/s :/)
[Gen8 Android Development] NokuaN70:
How to restore the original ROM Archos 70IT after loading the Uruk 1.5 ROM? Please help..
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
ipv6? I've been asking since April
[Gen8 Android Development] menshen:
First at all, I'm very happy with UrukDroid. My Archos 101 is fast, it works very nice. It is a great improvement respect of original Archos, even with ext4 partition format. Great work!!!

I only have a ocassional bug. I enabled "deep sleep". Usually it works nice, but sometimes I'm experimenting blank screen when I press power botton. The led is green but the screen is off, so I have to reboot. Brightness leves is set to maximum. With Archos firmware I did'n have this problem.

It could be a hardware problem? Urukdroid bug? Any solution?

Thanks in advanced!
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
I is a well known problem with the archos fw that Uruk is based on.

Check superdim in the market, it has a special option for Gen8.
[Gen8 Android Development] menshen:
Ok, thanks, I will try superdim.

Do you know if the last firmware from Archos has the same bug?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
As i never experienced that , i can't tell you if the new fw fixes that.
[Gen8 Android Development] 12013E12T:
Hi all,

I would like to install UrukDroid but my 101 will not see

any

SD card.

Is there a way to get this working without it?
[Gen8 Android Development] deliriousDroid:
I recall that the files needed to go into the system drive. Read through the wiki instructions carefully

Sent from my SilverBullet 'HTCDesireZ running CM7'