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[HD2 Windows Mobile 6.5 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] TheATHEiST:
You need to ask something like this in the Android section not Windows.
[HD2 General] yahya.hamid:
HD2 is a masterpiece but as with all masterpieces, there are some setbacks if one of the things do not work.

I dropped my HD2 and the volume key (hard key on the left) stopped working. That means....

THERE IS NO WAY IN HELL, I CAN CHANGE THE IN-CALL VOLUME!!!

The system volume and ringtone has nothing to do with it. Even if the system volume is reduced, the in-call volume (voice of the other person) remains unchanged.

Is there any way i can have a soft button or soft key or any alternate to incall volume hard button?

I am in a serious mess, so help will be REALLLLLLLYYYYYY APPPRECIATED:(
[HD2 General] Marvlesz:
You can download and install Audio Manager (Free at Market) . It has a feature that allows you to change in-call volume without the need to be in a real call, unfortunately though I don't think you can change it while in call :D
[HD2 General] ASCIIker:
i don't have an answer for the original question, but i would just like to advise the OP that volume keys not working is really a messed up situation because you will also be UNABLE to access bootloader or the hard reset option.

jumping to bootloader and hard reset CAN be done by booting into WinMo. there is an icon in the start menu->settings called "Clear Data" that will do hard reset. and there is a small program available somewhere (don't remember the name) that will reboot into the bootloader.

the interesting question is, what do you do if your WinMo stops being able to boot the day you need the hard reset or bootloader? :eek:
[HD2 General] yahya.hamid:
The irony is my call volume is at maximum.

Is there any way I mean ANY WAY i can reduce the call volume without the volume rocker buttons?

I mean any registry tweaks or something?

I tried the HKCU --- control panel----sounds profiles---incall volume tweak but that did not work.

I am stuck...I really need help
[HD2 General] fighter7139:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=6119182&postcount=1
[HD2 General] shubh.27hd2:
Get it repaired... bro nothing 4 the incall volum

E...
[Android Software Development] mclaren2:
i was wondering if its possible to port/hack ddpoker 3 game software directly on android.

http://www.ddpoker.com/home

its working on linux and since android bases on linux kernel is there any trick to make it running?
[Android Software Development] bompo:
No sourcecode, so its not possible. But there are several other poker games on the market.
[Android Software Development] mclaren2:
sad that it doesnt work as i like the concept and also you can host your own games on dd poker3.

but nevermind, i found myself live hold'em pro on the market which is nice as well. :)
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
This is new Android distribution based on Linux, Android and Archos stock os, using SDE from Archos.

Features:

Easy install method for external (SDcard) and Internal storage

EXT4 (much faster than ext3, can store files >4GB comparing to FAT32)

Full read/write access to every part of system

root (su + superuser.apk) out of the box

new services like: samba, sshd, vpnc, openvpn, dvbt, nfs4

3G/usb tether support

Possibility to remove some google/Archos apps

Swap memory in RAM (CompCache) or on disk by default or when you need it

No 300MB limit for apps (and no faulty app2sd required)

You can have SD card Class 8/10 - that can be much faster than internal flash (check this thread)

Many new new kernel modules (usbserial, ntfs, 3G modems, nfs4, cifs, hfs, iptables etc.)

DVB-T support for selected tuners

updated modules, firmware (like WiFi)

User friendly UrukConfig application

... and much, much more - to much to mention all here - please read changelog

Since 1.0 release main documentation source for UrukDroid is on it's WiKi. Please use it as a first and primary information source for UD.

Link to project (googlecode) page is: http://code.google.com/p/urukdroid

Update (10.09.2015)

Since code.google.com is no longer working (read only for limited time) - here are working links to latest (and final) release of UrukDroid: Dropbox,

I hope that new, much more detailed and complete documentation will help you use UrukDroid at it's full potential.
[Gen8 Android Development] strongergravity:
Thanks!

I think you talked me into it! I'll play with it tomorrow.
[Gen8 Android Development] diabel44:
I've found this on Nook Color thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=888216

Can someone test is it worth to do on Archos? I think we don't need phone service running in background. Ill try this tomorrow when i get back to home but maybe someone can test earlier?
[Gen8 Android Development] nimrodity:
sorry for asking,but what is the point in doing step 3,i mean what does it actually do?
[Gen8 Android Development] MoonPhantasm:
Nm you said it's faster, interesting... I may test that out.
[Gen8 Android Development] divx118:
IMHO you should point out that it is a great security risk for having access to root without any password.

BTW this comment is not meant to insult you in anyway, but I think it is only fair to people that will use it and to cover your own ass.

Maurice :cool:
[Gen8 Android Development] xShadoWxDrifTx:
Does this require a clean system to do the SDE Root? what happens to everything already installed etc.
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
There was already link to my write speed tests (now I've pasted it to second post) - read speed is about the same. In quadrant I have something about ~2300 (one of quadrants test is I/O benchmark) - but that's not my goal - so I don't care much about that kind of speed.
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
Of course your are right - but that's kind of obvious, and that's the reason why superuser.apk requires to specify what process can gain root access (I know it's not strong security - but better something ;) than nothing)
[Gen8 Android Development] jab12:
Is there any way to do this on the a32, or can will there be a solution for the 32.
[Gen8 Android Development] hurrpancakes:
I had SDE installed before, but I used the uninstall developer edition option in the boot menu. Now, regardless of if I use the .aos file from archos that has SDE, whenever I reboot holding a volume button, I get to a menu that says "Archos A101IT Recovery", and "Would you like to recover your system?" with the following options:

No

Update Firmware

Repair System

Format System

I select update firmware, and all I get is an update failed error.

I don't know what to do. I have a basic linux knowledge, so I have my sd card properly formatted, without the huge file option. I've extracted the contents of rootfs.tar.gz to the first partition.

Any ideas on what to do?
[Gen8 Android Development] Jdbye:
I did try to add it to init.rc, but it wouldn't mount.

Running "busybox mount -t vfat /dev/block/mmcblk2p3 /mnt/storage/sdcard" after boot seems to work however.

Is /mnt/storage mounted yet at that point? It seems to be separately mounted ("mount" shows /dev/block/vold/179:9 mounted on /mnt/storage, but I can't find any line related to that in init.rc)

Since "Preparing internal storage" appears after boot, I assume the SD card has to be mounted after that (unless I mount it somewhere else, which would break compatibility with some apps)

Actually, I'd prefer if the SD card was mounted on /mnt/storage, and the internal storage on /mnt/storage/internal, is there a way to do that?

Edit: Ah, I checked that /etc/vold.fstab file. It seems to be what I need to edit to auto mount the SD card, but I'm not sure what I need to edit.

The line currently reads:

dev_mount_lun volume_sdcard /mnt/storage/sdcard auto /devices/platform/usb_mass_storage/lun1 /class/block/mmcblk2

"auto" seems to be the partition number, I tried to change this to different values as well as changing mmcblk2 to mmcblk2p3, but they result in the same SD card damaged message. Is this a no-go and just won't work or am I doing something wrong? Either way, it seems like it's the only way to mount the SD card at boot if I want it mounted to /mnt/storage/sdcard.

Edit 2:

Adding these 2 lines to init.rc and commenting out the equivalent lines in /etc/vold.fstab seems to work:

mount vfat /dev/block/mmcblk2p3 /mnt/storage

mount vfat /dev/block/mmcblk1p1 /mnt/storage/internal

Now I have the SD card mounted on /sdcard :)

However, the settings won't show the space information now, so I have to connect it to the PC to check free space. Is there a better way to do it?
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
No, this mount point (/mnt/storage/sdcard) is not ready yet at this point - that's why I've changed it to /mnt/sdcard2 in howto. It's not good solutions (since probably some tools won't find media - like movie player) - but the only one for now. Vold is crappy, and even so it should mount _first_ usable partition (with auto option) but it does not want to do that. I can't check it, since I don't have vfat on sdcard, but probably the only solution is to do separate script/service with delayed mount - that's what I'm going to do for now, later on (in next release).

Q: However, the settings won't show the space information now, so I have to connect it to the PC to check free space. Is there a better way to do it?

A: (kind of joke) - user "df -h" in terminal, probably some more smart tools with gui are also able to show space used by "other" devices.
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
I guess it's some Archos SDE bug and you should report it (I thing that after uninstall of SDE and second install you should see developer menu back - if not,

it's error or faulty "watermarking" at work)
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
My guess - it may also work for you. All gen8 devices have the same kernel and system - so give it a try.

Everything that is installed on INTERNAL 8GB storage is untouch. So even when sde fails to boot, you can go back to original Archos Android and work on that.

When you follow my instr. you should see second Android with all yours application installed but on ext4 with root etc. etc.
[Gen8 Android Development] hurrpancakes:
I think the error may lie in the fact that I have to access my sd card by mounting it through my a101. Tomorrow (or later today, rather) I will get a sd card reader so I won't have to rely on using the tablet.
[Gen8 Android Development] guygox:
Hi, thanks for howto.

Can we keep the superuser mode explained in this topic http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=880321&page=13 And use your method (in case i forgot m'y sd card And need root access)
[Gen8 Android Development] conan547:
thanks , but i got the same result, go back to 0.1 again:)
[Gen8 Android Development] TonnyVanmunster:
Rooting A70IT 250 GB

I have followed this thread on rooting the A70IT 8GB. I'm having an A70IT with 250 GB harddisk, and did not find any instructions on how to root this 250 GB device. Can someone help ?

Thanks !

Tonny
[Gen8 Android Development] NotoriousBDG:
/system/app/Launcher.apk is a soft link to /data/app/org.zeam.apk, which probably doesn't exist. You can move Launcher2.apk from app.old.

rm system/app/Launcher.apk
cp system/app.old/Launcher2.apk system/app/Launcher.apk
[Gen8 Android Development] krohnjw:
Black screen on 0.2 root FS - extracting 0.1 to see what happens.
[Gen8 Android Development] soldieroftheone:
Noob help please in ubuntu! When i type the command to see my sd card in terminal it does not do anything. This is what I get.

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ su

Password:

su: Authentication failure

ubuntu@ubuntu:~$ sudo su

root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# passwd

Enter new UNIX password:

Retype new UNIX password:

passwd: password updated successfully

root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu# fdisk -l dev/sdb

root@ubuntu:/home/ubuntu#

What I'm I doing wrong? I am using ubuntu 10.10 live cd. Also if I type fdisk -l this is what I get.

Disk /dev/sdb: 8166 MB, 8166309888 bytes

252 heads, 62 sectors/track, 1020 cylinders

Units = cylinders of 15624 * 512 = 7999488 bytes

Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes

Disk identifier: 0x0001d754

Device Boot Start End Blocks Id System

/dev/sdb1 1 66 512000 83 Linux

Partition 1 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):

phys=(0, 32, 33) logical=(0, 33, 3)

Partition 1 has different physical/logical endings:

phys=(63, 221, 30) logical=(65, 169, 10)

Partition 1 does not end on cylinder boundary.

/dev/sdb2 66 197 1024000 83 Linux

Partition 2 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):

phys=(63, 221, 31) logical=(65, 169, 11)

Partition 2 has different physical/logical endings:

phys=(191, 89, 26) logical=(196, 189, 26)

Partition 2 does not end on cylinder boundary.

/dev/sdb3 197 1021 6437888 83 Linux

Partition 3 has different physical/logical beginnings (non-Linux?):

phys=(191, 89, 27) logical=(196, 189, 27)

Partition 3 has different physical/logical endings:

phys=(992, 211, 51) logical=(1020, 215, 14)

Partition 3 does not end on cylinder boundary.

My info does not list like everyone else. Is my sd card formatted correctly? I followed the commands like the first post said.
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
Ok. Sorry that's my fault. I've changed default Launcher2.apk (screen manager) to installed Zeam Launcher. The best solution on installed 0.2 is the one presented by NotoriousBDG:

On SD Card connected to PC

su (go root)
mount /dev/sdb1 /mnt/usb (if sdcard is /dev/sdb - mount it's first partition)
cd /mnt/usb/app
rm Launcher.apk
cp ../app.old/Launcher2.apk .
cd
umount /mnt/usb

It will work. Or download and extract once again rootfs.tar.gz - I've already fixed that. Once again sorry ;)
[Gen8 Android Development] jdolmen:
Oh ! great ! By casualty I had installed zeam launcher before testing the new kernel ! That's why it worked 0.2 for me ! not because of the latest kernel...

Thank you NotoriousBDG

Anyway, now once I go through steps 3 and 4 (I use 2 partitions) the system boots

but it's really slow.

Logging into the system via ssh and using top I can see that cpu usage is not too high,

however %wa is almost between 80%-90% all the time. That means CPU is waiting

for I/O could it be a slow sdhc card ? I've tried with two different ones and I've got the

same.

If I don't go through steps 3 and 4 (I keep /data in the internal memory as the default,

it rocks !).

Any ideas about how to get rid of this slowness ?

Thanks
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
This of course should be "fdisk -l /dev/sdb". What you have written is kind of strange (those errors message). Could you please try once again delete all partitions on sdcard and create them once again. I see you have 8GB card - is that correct?

If you need further help - please write session log

sudo su
fdisk /dev/sdb
d
3
d
2
d
1
n (p, 1, enter, +512M)
n (p, 2, enter, +1G)
n (p, 3, enter, enter)
w
fdisk -l /dev/sdb

Cheers!
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
Unless you haven't formated it under ext4 (ext3 for instead) it looks like your sd card is just to slow. Please make write test speed from third post of this thread and let us know.

Btw. in 0.2 release you have full "top" command that reports swap memory. Take closer look at "iowait" part of top. If it's get high - it means system/applications are waiting from disk/network operations.
[Gen8 Android Development] jdolmen:
Hi aur0n.

I'm using ext4.

Top says that 80%-90% of the time is on %wa (iowait). However the two sdhc cards I've tried are class 4. Doing tests with dd and waiting to sync I get about 5 - 6 Mbytes/sec for writting. which shouldn't be so bad, right ?

So I don't know what's going on..... Without mounting /data on the SD card it flies even

if it uses the swap file and (am I aright ?) it resides in the / which theoretically is mounted

from the SD card first partition......

thanks !
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
You've made that test on mounted /data from SD card? (swap in 0.2 is from / - root- partition).

Iowait 80/90% is extremely high.

btw. What is your launcher?
[Gen8 Android Development] jdolmen:
I've tested both, / and /data partitions, but on a PC with a card reader.

Should I test it from a terminal in the tablet itself ?

Right now I was using the zeam launcher.

I'm going to try with another sdhc card (my last one).

Thanks
[Gen8 Android Development] neonflx:
Ok i need some help everytime i move data to data.new and edit the init file i get lots of fc immediately to the point is unusable.

what i do is install the system plus sde

i install all apps i need to include market fix

then

i try doing the ext4 stuff

my question is shbould I do the ext on a clean reformatted sys ithout any apps or market installed thx
[Gen8 Android Development] nimrodity:
hi,i finally got root working.

THX everybody for helping

But quadrant points are very low.I get about 1600 with overdrive and setcpu set too 1ghz max and performance.

I moved the data too like explained in step 3.

My sd card speeds are

8mb/s write

16mb/s read

is that too slow,or why dont i get higher scores?
[Gen8 Android Development] soldieroftheone:
I am almost there but I got one problem. When I put cd /mnt/usb it says mount does not exist. I have the rootfs file on my flash drive. What do I do now?
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
Nope, you can have installed application on your stock Archos Android.
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
You may not have /mnt/usb directory (depends on distribution - I've probably wrote it in first post) - create this directory "mkdir -p /mnt/usb" before mount.

ps. I've changed howto to be proof for this problem

ps.2 - Since it was a bit awkward to refer to this distribution as ver 0.1, 0.2 etc - well... let it be since now Uruk-Droid (mainly because of my idea for logo :D )

Cheers!
[Gen8 Android Development] liutszho:
It might not be /dev/sdb (at least not for me), type fdisk -l and see which reflects your sd card the most. Mine turned out to be /dev/sdc cos I always had an external harddrive plugged in.
[Gen8 Android Development] liutszho:
Lol Ive been calling it the 0.2 ext4 thingy!
[Gen8 Android Development] xnatex21:
$aur0n, thank you for the work you've done and being so helpful in the forum.

My question is about verifying that I've installed your kernel. I originally had root with dogma's kernel and initramfs and then have gone through your steps 1 and 2 (very painfully as I'm using a VM install of Linux on Windows 7 and have zero linux experience. Although I do enjoy learning it...).

So, how can I tell if I've done everything correctly and am using your kernel and script?

(I've verified that that my class 10sd card is formatted in ext4 since I can't browse it in files but can in Astro like someone else mentioned in another thread).

2nd Question - Does anyone know where I can look for unbuntu drivers for a built in lenovo SD card reader? The Lenovo site maybe?
[Gen8 Android Development] LeoNg628:
Hi All,

I would like to install UrukDroid 1.0, but my Archos is 70IT HDD version.

any idea to install UrukDroid to internal memory not the HDD? because I dont want my HDD keep running when I'm travel~

one more question, I'm already install SDE and use chulri's root also I've selected to remove Android after install SDE and root, what next if I would like to install UrukDroid?

Thanks!
[Gen8 Android Development] fisha21:
$aur0n: tried the copy SD to internal script today, works like a charm! Any chance of one that goes the other way? In the absence of nandroid, a removable back up of uruk sounds good!
[Gen8 Android Development] fastmhc:
I have the same problem.... With stock firmware wifi connected instantaneously after I pressed the power button. now with urukdroid 1.0 Wifi goes though 1 minute of cycling and then connects.
[Gen8 Android Development] teo91:
Nobody for help us
[Gen8 Android Development] CarsnGadgets:
UPDATE 2: did a disk check from the android recovery menu and since then it hasn't rebooted, probably not permanent but fingers crossed...
[Gen8 Android Development] xKrisx:
I found my answer.. thanks :)
[Gen8 Android Development] fisha21:
Ok, have "reverse engineered" the script to copy from internal to sd card. Put the script into /system/bin/ where the original script is located. Details of the original script can be found in the UrukDroid Google code pages.

Uruk already has to be installed on the sd, so to backup your internal install, do a fresh install of Uruk onto the SD then run the script. Have tried it out a couple of times, and seems to work ok.

$aur0n: this is just your script with a few changes, feel free to correct anything I got wrong!
[Gen8 Android Development] Greebble:
Is it really works?
[Gen8 Android Development] tezapl:
Can I install the firmware 2.3.26?
[Gen8 Android Development] lopez1_de:
Relates to Cinema Plugin. I never bought this plugin. With the new stock ROM version, the plugin was delivered for free and I was able to play AC3. Now with UrukDroid 1.0 the Cinema Plugin is missing. Problem is that I now can't buy it for an Archos 101 anymore (because it's included in firmware 2.3.26). Archos removed it from the stores for 101.
[Gen8 Android Development] Bingoig11:
Read few pages back and you'll see that $auron told that Uruk 1.0 wasn't compatible (for the moment) with 2.3.26.
[Gen8 Android Development] Greebble:
It is not correct. Uruk 1.0 just is NOT based on 2.3.26. But You can have 2.3.26 booting via "Android" boot menu option and Uruk booting via "Developer Edition" menu.
[Gen8 Android Development] BuhBuh-Ray:
N/M, problem resolved
[Gen8 Android Development] JasonOT:
What does that end up meaning with regard to the Archos Video app? Will it still work in 2.3.26 to play MKV, etc. with Archos' hardware acceleration -- just not on the Uruk side?
[Gen8 Android Development] Greebble:
I don't know how it works, but I bought cinema plugin and installed it under official firmware only. After that I can play mkv under Uruk too. I was pleasant surprised :)
[Gen8 Android Development] loscassapalle:
hi guys,

i installed it yesterday. there is a way to install a most updated market versione (to use features like install apps by pc browser)?
[Gen8 Android Development] $aur0n:
It was "kind of always there" - use "app brain" - it's still much better then google "new" www market.
[Gen8 Android Development] loscassapalle:
oh, i already use it :)

and congratulations, urukdroid is beautiful!
[Gen8 Android Development] ryadztu:
hi, market doesn't let me download anything with uruk 1.0 rc2,3,and final. any time I try to download a free app, it just goes download paused.... download failed... starting download... then stops and shows the download button again. it also sometimes just gets stuck at starting download... and does nothing until I cancel. the notification icon is also stuck at 17 apps downloading and continues to increase any time I try downloading something. I've tried going back to stock, it works, then reformatting and reinstalling SDE and Uruk on my microSD card, still same problem. It does automatically upgrade market to the latest version (the one with the green android UI, not the original gray one from android 1.x but doesn't make a difference $auron help please fix

Edited:

sorry couldn't find the bugs thread

Edited:

-snip- sorry i was in a bad mood
[Gen8 Android Development] machhho:
I hope they upgrade the version 1.0 to 1.1 soon with more improvements

thanks to every working on this rom
[Gen8 Android Development] Lenn:
Okay,

please stop to post in every urukdroid thread this question:mad:

$aur0n did give you an tip how to create a language pack;)
[Gen8 Android Development] zefiro1492:
hi guys, i want buy this type:

http://www.archos.com/products/ta/archos_7/index.html?country=it&lang=it

Archos 7 home tablet - 109 euro on italian carrefour

but i don't know if it possible for me use this ROM...

Could you tell me some info?

thanks a lot
[Gen8 Android Development] shokuhawan:
I encountered an Error, anytime I copy pictures from laptop to A101, It doesnot showing in gallery, I have to use repair functions in Setting to make it regconize, any idea?
[Gen8 Android Development] fzelle:
@zefiro1492:

No that is a gen7 device and not compatible with uruk.

@shokuhawan:

As the mediascanner is off by default, this is the default behavior.

If you want a different behavior, switch on the mediascanner.