does the current hardware support Android ?
If it does, anyone knows when we can expect an alpha release ?
nah, don't think so. If you've watched something on the video it seems that its gonna need quite a lot ram and video memory
I read that it has quite low hardware requirements and that most of the currently available devices have the capability to run android. So I hope that our beloved prophet will be running it, too.
I'm really waiting to see it on my Prophet
What about PDAVIET can he do it >?????
good idea
i hope prophet support
SDK available here!
Enjoy!!
Has anyone managed to run android on prophet yet? I've seen several reports of android running htc touch's around the tubes. Lets make this happen shall we, even is its unusable, just for the sake of saying, "look, that's android on my super prophet.punk."
thanks.
Haret seems to boot
It starts booting the kernel
Then fade to white
When pressing power button dump back in windows.
Seem to get quite somewhere, any people who like to try?
Used this files:
http://www.myhtcphone.com/downloads/14-files/3-file-for-automatic-and-easy-installation
The android kernel as released by Google doesn't have support for alot of the hardware devices in the prophet, including the OMAP850. Linwizard does, so the first stage of getting it to work will be getting the two kernels in sync.
That said, the prophet is below the minimum ram and rom specs for android so its unknown whether it will actually be able to run or not. I suppose one could try restricting the emulator and seeing how it runs with limited memory before jumping in to the kernel conversion.
eemmmmm.... seem like prophet hardware wont support for Android...
ANDROID 0.8 boots on prophet
Hi,
After trying a lot of zimage and android images with haret, i finaly found one that boots with prophet. It's a 0.8 ANDROID made for the HTC Wizard ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=403015&page=4 ). It is really slow and really few hardware is supported but it's a good step to start a good port for our prophet.
Thanks to Patoche for his work on the wizard. Hope he will continue and some people join the projetct.
will definitely try
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Hi Wizkidz, Magician Junkies, HTC Hacking Staff, and all!
Is there possible to put Linux OS to the Magician? If so, I can do it in the same way like BA? I want to try it, but I'm not sure it is possible, and if it is, will it be stable?
Waiting for replies....
See here: http://wiki.xda-developers.com/index.php?pagename=Xanadux
Thanks for the link.
I've already saw it somewhere, but I'm not sure that is possible on Magician. You know that a lot of PDAs supports WM5 but Magician isn't. So I think it is possible on some devices, but not sure on Magician.
Any experiences?
I don't know about those guys, but I've found a "good try":
http://userpage.fu-berlin.de/~zabel/magician/README
If you follow that, it boots graphical GPE and you have access to a number of applications.
The touchscreen works, but the whole thing is quite unstable on my pda - the apps keep crashing on launch - and AFAIK there is absolutely no support for phone capabilities. The sound driver is also gone. Bluetooth seems to work out of the box.
But as I said, it looks like a nice try, with a lot of potencial.
Hi there!
As I am using an HTC Touch now, I have a spare Magician which I want to try Linux on.
I have seen many projects like openMOKO, GPE etc. on the net, but they all have in common that HaRET is used to start on the Magician. What I would like to do is to flash a Linux-Image over the WM2003 (i. e. directly into the internal flash), so I have kind of a "native" Linux PDA.
AFAIK, the boot loader "U-Boot" is able to boot an HTC Hermes, so what is the problem with Magician? Does it contain such incompatible hardware or is it due to lack of interfaces (serial port, hardware console to control U-Boot etc.)?
My experience level: I have built some embedded Linux Systems based on WiFi Router boards (Realtek, MIPS), but this is my first ARM/Intel PXA project. So I am somewhat concerned not to brick the device right at the beginning ;-)
Thanks,
Schlot
linux on magician!
schlot said:
Hi there!
As I am using an HTC Touch now, I have a spare Magician which I want to try Linux on.
I have seen many projects like openMOKO, GPE etc. on the net, but they all have in common that HaRET is used to start on the Magician. What I would like to do is to flash a Linux-Image over the WM2003 (i. e. directly into the internal flash), so I have kind of a "native" Linux PDA.
AFAIK, the boot loader "U-Boot" is able to boot an HTC Hermes, so what is the problem with Magician? Does it contain such incompatible hardware or is it due to lack of interfaces (serial port, hardware console to control U-Boot etc.)?
My experience level: I have built some embedded Linux Systems based on WiFi Router boards (Realtek, MIPS), but this is my first ARM/Intel PXA project. So I am somewhat concerned not to brick the device right at the beginning ;-)
Thanks,
Schlot
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hi dude..
i jus tried the OPENMOKO(linux) on my magician it looks very promising but most of the features r not yet working properly..plus i tried alot but wasnt able2 find even d sound settings it seems very complicated at this stage but hope ppl developing it might make it much more better n user friendly..
The speed of responding is another issue but i can say 1 thing the graphics the gui is flawless..loved using it for around 2days den was bugged so switched back to TX 2.03 rom which presently seems d best..
just hope some 1 in our forums may b some senior member takes interest n tries to develop a wm6 or atleast wm5 for our magician..
Hope the best.
Regards Chigz.
HaRet was download Linux kernel in memorie (where been windos),becoase HardReset.
sorry for poor eng.
chigz said:
hi dude..
i jus tried the OPENMOKO(linux) on my magician it looks very promising but most of the features r not yet working properly..plus i tried alot but wasnt able2 find even d sound settings it seems very complicated at this stage but hope ppl developing it might make it much more better n user friendly..
The speed of responding is another issue but i can say 1 thing the graphics the gui is flawless..loved using it for around 2days den was bugged so switched back to TX 2.03 rom which presently seems d best..
just hope some 1 in our forums may b some senior member takes interest n tries to develop a wm6 or atleast wm5 for our magician..
Hope the best.
Regards Chigz.
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I also tried OPENMOKO and I agree it does not seem to be that stable atm.
However, I am not interested in putting WM5 or WM6 onto the device, as I already have a WM6 phone. I just want to play a bit with a mobile Linux system ;-)
Has there been any progress, schlot - or did you loose interest?
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Has there been any progress, schlot - or did you loose interest?
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Hi, I have not really lost my interest, but I am working on a few other projects which I (or other people) actually need, while I am going to try this one here just for fun - which makes an "ultra-low-priority"-project out of it ;-)
So sorry, there is no progress yet...
But I did some experiments with linux on router hardware, so I understand more and more what embedded devices work like.
Cheers,
Thomas
Hiya's, I found this site while looking up info on the HTC cruise as I have just received a hand-me-down Cruise from a friend (had a very old nokia..). This is a major upgrade for me (it has a 2 camera's unlike my nokia which has none). I am keen to get the most use from the phone as possible and at the moment it seems to be going ok but having read a couple of the forum messages it seems that there are various upgrades that can make it a better phone.
I have been accused of being a semi-ludite when it comes to using technology so would appreciate any advice on what can be upgraded as far as the operating system and other programs are concerned. I have used the CoPilot program this morning and think is is the greatest thing since individually sliced and packaged cheese..
The settings on the phone indicate it is ROM 1.26.710.1 WWE (date 12/17/2007), Radio Version 1.58.21.23 and Protocol Version 25.65.30.04H.
If any advice is forthcoming, please keep things as simple as possible or I will have to get one of my neighbors kids to come over and explain..
Cheers
Ian
Welcome to the wonderful world of a touchscreen windows mobile device.
Of course there are a lot of things you can improve, thousands of programs are waiting to be installed and so on.
IMHO the most important thing is: If you are satisfied with your current system DO NOT change it. If everything is running smooth there is no need to flash a new operating system or radio. If you notice slowdowns during using the device or if the radio in your area is not running perfect you should flash the latest upgrade from HTC. They are offering WM 6.1 (WM = windows mobile, the operating system) and a new radio. Its very easy to flash but you will loose all your data on the device.
If you don't like your today screen, you can check some replacements, Mobile Shell is one of it:
http://www.spbsoftwarehouse.com/pocketpc-software/mobileshell
And if you like this shell you can change its look with upgrades like this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=3904948&postcount=2513
Of course you can flash one of the Roms created by one of the devs. You will find an overview here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=521961
But you should be aware that many of these roms are using stuff from other devices like Manilla, this might cause problems. And you have to be very careful if flash a self created rom, its not that easy like flashing an original HTC rom.
Last but not least you have to think about the way you want to use your device. If you just need a phone you need nothing else. If you want to read ebooks like wikipedia you need a reader and so on. Here you can find tons of programs for your device:
http://www.handango.com/homepage/Homepage.jsp?storeId=2218
You will also find a lot of freeware apps here:
http://www.freewarepocketpc.net/
And a very important thing is: Backup your device often if you are trying different applications, you are having a windows device
For a list of recommended software check my signature.
All are freeware except iGO, and easily found on this forums (or links from here lead to authors pages).
And welcome to Polaris owners club...
Thanks very much for the replies..
It seems to be going ok at the moment. I am not too sure whether it is slow or not (nothing to compare..) but opening an application only takes a couple of seconds so I am happy with that. I have been using it primarily as a phone (of course) but have been using the camera like mad. I even made one of my friends give me a video call..very cool...I have tried to use the voice commander application but it doesn't seem to want to do anything and eventually just says "Goodbye" and closes. I am going to look at the list of applications at some of the website that are list above and see what is available.
Cheers and thanks again..
IJ
Hi there,
I'd love to put Android onto my HX4700 so I'm trying to find if someone has compiled it yet. Any ideas / links?
I did a quick hunt and found this link
http://forum.brighthand.com/showthread.php?t=246201
There were a load on Google, but unfortunately most of them were broken... I think that the HX4700 has full Linux support, so ultimately Android could be ported, but I'm not too sure about it. I don't really know the internal Android workings.
sigh. i wish this topic wasn't so dead on the web.
here sits my lonely little hx4700 with no android.
what to do...
Please, guys!
Somebody needs to make an android rom for hx4700!
I have it here standing with crappy windows mobile on it!
Unfortunately, I dont know how to make roms but someone here knows...more of them
So, please ppl, screw windows mobile roms and start working on android.
I think its a lot faster than windows mobile 6.1
It has a huge library of apps too! It would be great-linux or android-anything but slow windows
Don't kill this thread-we NEED android
That would be SOOOO cool!!!
I started working on this a few days ago I'm new to the android build experience though. But I do have ubuntu booting up to the login screen, and Android crapping out shortly after running init.
I'm to upload a CF image for ubuntu as soon as dd finishes and tar has had it's way with the file. I do need help and I'm asking for your's drop by and check it out, test it and help me figure out the touch screen and mouse pad. After getting ubuntu to run on these marvellous devices android should become easier to do.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15135224#post15135224
Uploaded finished
Thanks a lot @foolsh for making this rom, keep up the good work
HX4700 sous Android (Seems to be working !)
Hi !
I found this :
http ://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=316311
You need to understand Russian (or use google translator) but is worst the try !
Instructions to build an Android system for an HX4700 device are here:
http ://boneshaker.devio.us/hx4700/
In addition those instrucions make you build a 2.6.29 kernel. As I write those lines, it might be possible to build a 3.X kernel that should be best suited for those devices.
Sorry for the link but the antispam regulation forbid me to do better.
Pictures of the results are available on those sites
Enjoy !
PS: I'm currently working on building this kind of system for my device (without Haret). When it'll be done I'll post the ROM.
Hello Everyone. I have been looking through the android threads and I had a simple question that I did not see answered among those threads. The questions is this.
Are there any versions of Android that can boot as soon as the phone starts up? From what I have read, you have to always launch android manually.
Sorry if I missed a thread somewhere that covers this but I have not seen it anywhere. An answer or simple point to the right direction would be much appreciated. Thank you everyone for your time.
Answer: NO.
BUT...soon to be. dzo will make it possible soon, not sure how long it will take..since he doesnt have a kaiser, but he did it for vogue and said he will do it for kaiser.
Hyden121 said:
Are there any versions of Android that can boot as soon as the phone starts up? From what I have read, you have to always launch android manually.
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Technically no, as stated before DZO is working on it.
As for a "trick" to make it "auto boot", yes there is. Change the name of your default.txt to startup.txt this makes HaRET run without asking when clicked. Now place a shortcut to HaRET in your windows/start up foder. This way windows will automatically run HaRET as soon as the phone starts. And if there is an issue with Android, just remove the SD card and restart the phone. Doing this will act like it boots into Android, just a few seconds slower
Thank you for the responses. I have an I-phone 3GS now but always appreciated the new capibilities for the Kaiser made possible by the awesome chefs in this forum. I look forward to trying an Android Rom soon.
pmcnano said:
Answer: NO.
BUT...soon to be. dzo will make it possible soon, not sure how long it will take..since he doesnt have a kaiser, but he did it for vogue and said he will do it for kaiser.
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Actually, dzo does (or did) have a Kaiser. He was responsible for the first port of Android from the Vogue to the Kaiser. He was given a Kaiser by an anonymous member of this forum. Search the big Kaiser Android thread for "anonymous" and you'll see what I mean.
Once again I have a simple question that is probably a bit n00bish.
what requirements of andriod app can you use? Ive never had a andriod phone but I know that you have andriod 1.1 1.6 2.0 etc.
Im guessing the `more recent the app,the less likely it will work.
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Once again I have a simple question that is probably a bit n00bish.
what requirements of andriod app can you use? Ive never had a andriod phone but I know that you have andriod 1.1 1.6 2.0 etc.
Im guessing the `more recent the app,the less likely it will work.
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For as far as I know: you can use most of the apps that suite our resolution used in our default.txt's and startup.txt's. Allso notice that, if an app is depending on a certain piece of hardware that is not working yet with that build, that you can't use it. For instance: we don't have working bluetooth yet, so bluetooth dependant apps could be kind of a hassle.
I have tried many builds and figured that most ION and Donut related apps seem to work for me.