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[DEV]PSFreedom Android [Bravo|N1|G1|Sapphire|EVO|HD2|Wildfire

EDIT 2 (6/09/2010):
Success at last!!!
Now confirmed working on numerous devices
Check http://psfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?title=Device_compatibility_list for compatibility.
Check http://www.github.com/psfreedom for source
DESIRE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
http://psfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?title=OpenDesire4.0.4
N1 INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
http://psfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?title=Nexus_One
HTC DREAM/G1/Magic INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
http://psfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?title=G1
HTC SAPPHIRE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
http://psfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?title=Magic32A
HTC EVO INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
http://github.com/kakaroto/PSFreedom (NO BINARY AVAILABLE YET BUT THIS DOES WORK)
HTC WILDFIRE INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
http://www.ps3underground.net/esclusiva-port-del-psfreedom-su-htc-wildfire/
HTC HD2 (ANDROID PORT) INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
http://bit.ly/bPZf0C
Other MSM72K devices among numerous others are still being worked on. If you can in any way help please join #psfreedom on IRC.FREENODE.NET (By help I mean if you are a kernel developer or think you can offer some form of useful assistance, asking for status updates may get you kicked off the channel).
HSUSB Devices (Check the compatibility list) have not yet begun development. We are searching for a HSUSB developer to assist in the project, please join #psfreedom on irc.freenode.net if you are.
FAQ
Q: What is all this about hacking the PS3?
A: A few weeks ago, someone released a USB tool that allows you to switch any PS3 into "dev" or "debug" mode. The long and short of this means that the PS3 has finally been hacked and homebrew is a real possibility. After a lot of clever reverse engineering, the hack was documented and distributed under the name "PS3Groove". Some clever people ported that code so that other USB devices could be used for this purpose. It just so happens that your smartphone is also a USB device and this was a project to port THAT code so that your Android smartphone could be used to hack your PS3.
Q: Cool! Where do I start?
A: Slow down there, cowboy. This is pretty technical stuff, if you've come here from another forum, or are unfamilliar with terms like "recovery", "flashing", "rooting" and such, take a deep breath and look around the forums for more information, as any mistakes could brick your phone.
First, you'll need to know if your device is compatible. There is a list of android devices maintained here: http://psfreedom.com/wiki/index.php?...atibility_list
This will tell you if your device is supported, as well as point you to where to go if it is.
Q: Ok, so I have a supported device, now what?
A: Just owning the device isn't enough. You'll need to root it to enable you to install custom ROMs. Once you're confident about installing custom ROMs, you're ready to rock and roll! Now, this IS the Desire dev forum, so from here on I'll assume you have a HTC desire, rooted and ready to go. If you have a different device, refer to the link above, or look on your device's own forum.
Q: What ROMs are compatible with this?
A: If you thought that you might need a specific ROM - you'd be right! The whole hack revolves around the kernel that's loaded into the ROM. Essentially, this means that not all ROMs will be able to do this. Right now, if you're looking for an easy solution, install OpenDesire. CyanogenMOD may well work, too, as well as ROMs based off either of those, but no guarantees or promises are made.
Q: What about Sense ROMs?
A: Unfortunately, this isn't feasible. HTC Have yet to release the source code for Sense 2.2, which means we can't port this into it. So if you have a ROM that you like running sense, you'll have to make a choice - Sense, or PS3 hacking? There's no middle ground with this. Alternatively, you can just nandroid between the two ROMs, however you'll soon see how tedious this can get =P
Q: Ok I've got Open Desire installed, now what?
A: Opendesire by itself is just a damn good ROM, not a lean, mean, PS3-hacking machine, so you'll need to add something else. The details are kept here, but essentially there are two update zip files. One will "enable" the PS3 hack and one will "disable" it. You flash those files directly over the ROM itself, using your favourite recovery.
Q: BDMV or Homebrew?
A: In order to keep PSgroove away from Sony's legal team, they released it without the ability to play backup PS3 games, only PS3 homebrew (to which there is currently very little, but stay tuned!), they did this by disabling BDMV. So there are TWO "enable" files. One is "Homebrew", which is a direct port of the PSGroove code and will not play backup games and the other is "BDMV", which will play both PS3 homebrew AND backups.
Q: Did you say BACKUPS?!
A: Yer darn tootin' I did! Legal backups, of course. One of the few pieces of homebrew available is the Backup Manager. This is a simple application that will let you backup a GAME THAT YOU OWN onto an internal or external USB hard drive, then play it without the disk. You'll still need a disk in the drive, but any PS3 game will work.
Q: Where do I get Backup Manager?
A: Backup manager is built with the PS3 SDK, which means it's technically illegal software, so you wont find it on this site, but it really isn't hard to find with a bit of googling. Whatever you do, don't ask for it here!
Q: Hey guess what, I found a copy of backup manager, how do I use it?
A: Ok, so before you start, do yourself a checklist:
You'll need -
Rooted phone,
running a ROM with the PS3groove code loaded onto it (e.g. open desire with klutsh's enable zip flashed on top of it),
USB cable plugged into your PS3 going to the phone.
Phone switched on and on the home screen.
A PS3 running Firmware 3.41 (support for earlier Firmwares will come later, but don't ask when).
Make sure there's no disk in the drive.
Step 1: POWER OFF your PS3 COMPLETELY. This means flipping the switch off at the back of it (if it's a PHAT PS3) or UNPLUGGING it if it's a SLIM PS3.
Step 2: Switch it back on and IMMEDIATELY press the "disk eject button". When I say immediately, I mean it - you've got 0.2s to press it!
you'll notice your PS3 takes longer to boot, a few extra seconds. Once it has booted, you'll notice under GAME, you'll have a couple of extra options.
Step 3: Plug in your USB drive with manager.pkg on it, then select "* Install Package File". Select manager.pkg and it'll install, giving you a new Icon.
Step 4: Backup manager is now installed. Run it and put a disk in the drive. You'll see it appear in the list and it'll give you an option to back it up. It'll first ask if you want the external drive, then it'll ask if you want to install it to the Internal drive. More on that later.
Now, go make yourself a cup of tea. In fact, make several, Blu-ray disks are frickin' huge and take time to backup.
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Ok, so the game is backed up. Go ahead and put it back in it's box, where it'll be safe from harm. Now, get yourself ANOTHER PS3 game, any game at all and put it in the PS3. In backup manager, you'll see both your disk game and the backed up game. Select the backup game and press "X".
You'll now be kicked back to the XMB. But look at the disk icon. It should be showing you the game you backed up, NOT the game in your drive. You'll need a legit PS3 game in your drive for this to work, you'll also need to make sure you're running BDMV enable, or it wont work (it'll still show you the game in the drive).
Q: Sounds great! But what's the catch?
A: Actually, there are several. For one, the external hard drive must be FAT32, or it wont be detected by the PS3.
Because of this, any games that have files greater than 4Gb wont work (for example, God of War III), you'll need to install it onto the INTERNAL drive.
Even then, some games may not work at all. Luckily, there are a few lists showing which games work, which don't and which only work on the internal drive.
Oh and some games require you to delete all of their savegame data before they'll load. Sorry.
Furthermore, things like DLC, patches, etc. tend to not work, but this is very early days at the moment, so sit tight!
Q: What's this I hear about "stealth" backups?
A: Quite simply, everyone is expecting Sony to want to protect their precious PS3, which will likely come in the form of a banwave for anyone doing this. Make no mistake, do not assume for a second that you wont get banned for doing this. Still, some people believe that they might be safer if they use a "stealth" Backup Manager. This is simply a version of Backup Manager that tries to make it look like you're playing a different game, like MW2. So far, despite rumours to the contrary, Sony hasn't banned anyone yet, so nobody knows just how detectable it all is.

I'm hoping something comes of this, but I wouldn't get TOO excited, the developer of this is only 15 and while I'm sure he's quite talented, he's still quite young so it could take him a while, assuming it's possible at all.
Still, I like the guy, he makes no promises, doesn't pretend to be anything he isn't and makes it quite clear what he is and isn't capable of. He's essentially said "I'll give it a shot!" and that's good enough for me.

Sorry for the double post, but there's an update on this:
http://netzke.blogspot.com/
This guy is working on an Android port and, from what he's posted, he's not far off.

I sent the kid a donation, looks liek he already has the PSGroove part of the app working.
@ neoKushan, what does age have to do with anything? i know a few kids who are 15-18 who are smarter then half the people i have met on XDA, Including my self.

there is a version compiled for the n900. i have it and it works,would be good if someone could compile for desire? it is open source

abc27 said:
eavpsp is already working on this and we should offer him all the help that XDA has to offer.
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He's been exposed as a fake, unfortunately. There's a story on the front page of ps3hax about it.
I'd donate to Netzke if I had some good hard evidence that he's genuine but so far I haven't seen anything.

Relikk said:
He's been exposed as a fake, unfortunately. There's a story on the front page of ps3hax about it.
I'd donate to Netzke if I had some good hard evidence that he's genuine but so far I haven't seen anything.
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I'm aware. At the time I posted many people believed he had something genuine in store.
To be honest, porting over the N900 version mightn't be all that difficult.

Juggalo_X said:
I sent the kid a donation, looks liek he already has the PSGroove part of the app working.
@ neoKushan, what does age have to do with anything? i know a few kids who are 15-18 who are smarter then half the people i have met on XDA, Including my self.
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I'm merely trying to point out that at 15, even if he's extremely talented, he's still quite inexperienced. From reading his twitter, he doesn't pretend otherwise. I completely support the guy and wish him well and by no means want to make it sound like he's a n00b or anything, I'm simply saying that he's young is all.

what does bring a jailbroken android to us?

cCeT said:
what does bring a jailbroken android to us?
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It's not the android phone that's being jailbroken, it's the Playstation 3 being jailbroken through the use of an Android phone.

cCeT said:
what does bring a jailbroken android to us?
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I believe this is actually a software clone of the PSjailbreak exploit which has been re-engineered to be run off of our Android devices. I.E., Put your Android phone in "PSjailbreak Mode" and then connect to PS3, it would then perform the same functionality that having the actual USB device/dongle would provide.
A marvell idea and one that I would love to try out once the tool reaches a stable version. I'm sure over the next week or so we'll see who can actually port it and who is just 'fronting'.
I'll be subscribing to this thread for sure!
**EDIT** Seems neo beat me to the answer!

I've uploaded the binary files used on the N900 so we can get to work on the Android port.
It comprises of a kernel module and two shell scripts.

If what the other guy who's doing the android port says is true, you don't need a special kernel or anything to do this, just root access. Who knows how true that is, though.
Would be nice to see some collaboration from some devs here who know what they're doing lol

if this happens then its gonna be awesome!!
Finally region free BR!!

Netzke is obviously a scammer looking for a quick buck... he mentions in every post that 15$ will get beta access.

Yes, it looks like scam at mee too.
Anyway, looking forward to get the N900 version ported to Android (someone on PSX Scene said we just need to compile the source for the kernel of our phone)

It does appear to be all that's needed. It's a portable kernel module according to the dev. He's releasing the source later today so we wait in earnest.

Make that source release tomorrow, depending on time zone.
Was pushed on line just before he went to bed.
As for netkaz, he's scamming, first claim was donations for a server.
I offered up a full server for free for the life of the project, no response, now he's going to start on a iPhone port after he can afford a iPhone.
eavpsp, well his own private chat room was leaked, he was getting other dev's to do all the work then planned to put his name to it.
The dev that is showing most promise at the minute is qberty1337
But as already said, once the n900 kernel module source is out it should not take too long.

The PSP porting effort is a farce to be honest. We just need that N900 source code and we can get going.

Klutsh said:
Make that source release tomorrow, depending on time zone.
Was pushed on line just before he went to bed.
As for netkaz, he's scamming, first claim was donations for a server.
I offered up a full server for free for the life of the project, no response, now he's going to start on a iPhone port after he can afford a iPhone.
eavpsp, well his own private chat room was leaked, he was getting other dev's to do all the work then planned to put his name to it.
The dev that is showing most promise at the minute is qberty1337
But as already said, once the n900 kernel module source is out it should not take too long.
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thats good to hear
I hope someone is able to create a BR region free app for PS3 now!!

[Q] G Tablet Ginger 2.3.4 com.android.future.usb PLEASE

Hi everyone, For the last two weeks I have been trying to develop my own custom Gingerbread + custom view sonic kernel.
Today I finally have them packaged into a update.zip file but it wont install due to status 6. Sadly I really have no clue if thats the last part I need to over come before I can install, or perhaps there is more than just that issue since the only tutorial I could find were dated / incorrect / incomplete / or written by someone who ate pain chips as a child.
So Really all I want is Gingerbread with com.android.future.usb.Accessory / Manager
AND (this is important also)
I also need the Viewsonic kernel to support the Prolific driver 2303 (this is in the menuconfig so it should be easy to add).
In addition, if anyone could please point me to resources when I can accurately learn how to build the OS / Kernel / update.zip file that would be wonderful. My head hurts so badly from reading all these broken english posts where the scrip examples are riddled with typos.
Oh also two weeks ago was the first time I ever saw Ubuntu (thats what im currently working on as well).
Thank you and sorry for the aggravated post but I seriously need help, my job is in the balance. Thanks Again

Anyone know of a rom that has these features already in them? Or perhaps a good couple of tutorials that will allow me to create my own? I dont want anything fancy just plain vanilla.

DKS1282 said:
Hi everyone, For the last two weeks I have been trying to develop my own custom Gingerbread + custom view sonic kernel.
Today I finally have them packaged into a update.zip file but it wont install due to status 6. Sadly I really have no clue if thats the last part I need to over come before I can install, or perhaps there is more than just that issue since the only tutorial I could find were dated / incorrect / incomplete / or written by someone who ate pain chips as a child.
So Really all I want is Gingerbread with com.android.future.usb.Accessory / Manager
AND (this is important also)
I also need the Viewsonic kernel to support the Prolific driver 2303 (this is in the menuconfig so it should be easy to add).
In addition, if anyone could please point me to resources when I can accurately learn how to build the OS / Kernel / update.zip file that would be wonderful. My head hurts so badly from reading all these broken english posts where the scrip examples are riddled with typos.
Oh also two weeks ago was the first time I ever saw Ubuntu (thats what im currently working on as well).
Thank you and sorry for the aggravated post but I seriously need help, my job is in the balance. Thanks Again
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this is the thread i used to get me started compiling a module for pershoots kernel
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=916198
obviously run your own menuconfig somewhere in there (i think its in one of the steps) and turn on whatever you want. Also save the modules that you create as the default pershoot ones wont insert into your custom module at that point
[edit] there is a thread in the gtablet devel section for pershoots latest (i think 2.6.32.42) that may have this already: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=903505 [/edit]

Thanks for the links. I was able to pull the config file from Ginger 2.3.4 and it seems to have the required driver for the prolific usb to serial converter, although when I write a usb detection program and attempt to load it onto the tablet, well I get a missing shared library com.android.future.usb.
So now thats kind of odd because its 2.3.4 and Google specifically says it supports the library I need. So I guess what Im asking is there any Ginger or even honeycomb OS for the Gtablet that supports this?
Once again Thanks for a point in the correct direction.

Is there anyone I can communicate with directly in creating this? Ill be more than willing to donate my work so that it could be built upon. I just can not believe that this has not been added in yet.
Ive pushed android.hardware.usb.accessory.xml to /etc/permissions
and ive pushed the com.android.future.usb.accessory.jar to /system.framework
This seems to do absolutely nothing. Does anyone have a version with the USB accessory working for the G tablet? Or could anyone Communicate with me directly perhaps by IM? Thank you very much again.

So after some tweeking I can now get my program that requires com.android.future.usb.accessory although thats all it does. It wont detect the USB or use any USB features. Im sure im programing it wrong, although It detects USB drives and keyboards and such it will not detect my USB to serial Prolific cable.
Im trying to compile the kernel and install it but really, nothing works... Im typing commands I dont know what they mean, and i get responses like "Permission denied" so I use sudo on the command and get "not a valid command". So I didnt have permission at first, then once I did it wasnt a valid command? No wonder why ****ty old windows stomped ubuntu into the ground... I feel windows phone will destroy google if its this hard to develop a single app that I have on the IPHONE / WINDOWS PHONE / WINDOWS 7 but cant get it on android... WTF

Im just wondering how you successfully compile Gingerbread 2.3.4 and Leave out part of the MAJOR update. Why not just use 2.3.3?
Anyway Ive personally fixed that, although when i pull the kernel it shows the prolific driver is installed but there is no detection when I plug the cable in.. Nothing nadda. just like the replies to this post. Im guessing people dont have any problems at all with all the really bad tutorials out there and the lack of support even on this, a developer site, I cant even ask questions to the developers because I dont even have 10 posts yet. Also it just seems like the only thing people on this site is Over Clocking. It done matter if its a peice of ****, as long as its over clocked, Or some of the roms I installed and they are SO bad, but man they are over clocked... Or the roms that say they are 2.3.4 and happen to be 2.3.3. Or the ones that just wont install. How has android made it this far, its actually pretty bad, but then again im sure Im the only human with these problems, because I really cant find anything on the Internet after a good long while. I tough myself enough law to win a law suit against a company with high priced lawyers in less time than this is taking... And im no good at law at all.

Bug Village just stopped working...WTF

Just wondering if anyone ran into this issue. I've been playing bug village for a little while now, Avoiding paying for coins, I would set a few tasks a day for the bugs and check back to make sure they are fed.
For a few days in the game, I started getting black screens but, it came back and worked. Yesterday, it just stop totaly working, it loads to a black screen then exits. I can not enter the game any more and I am afraid of losing my place at level 15.
Does anyone know a fix for this or a way I can really backup this game, so I can uninstall it and not lose my place ???
Thanks for any advice !!!

There was an update releases yesterday. Did you update?
Sent from my TITAN X310e using Board Express

Yea try updating it, either by waiting for the notification or by going to the game and hit update.

drupad2drupad said:
There was an update releases yesterday. Did you update?
Sent from my TITAN X310e using Board Express
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Yea, I ran the update and still the same problem
My Ants have not eaten in days, someone help !
Why did this happen ? Others have claimed this issue but, no result.
Does anyone know a fool proof way to backup/restore my save data so I can attempt to uninstall/reinstall ?

Depends on your phone model and firmware version. For Samsung or certain older HTC firmware, it's possible to back up the data.

GoodDayToDie said:
Depends on your phone model and firmware version. For Samsung or certain older HTC firmware, it's possible to back up the data.
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Verizon HTC Trophy running 8107 (newest build)....Does that mean no ?

I said firmware, not OS build, but probably.
Are you able to interop-unlock your phone?

GoodDayToDie said:
I said firmware, not OS build, but probably.
Are you able to interop-unlock your phone?
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Yes, my phone is interop-unlocked. I am not fully unlocked due to having a CDMA based phone (no one really lets us play) and no one supports a full unlock on my phone

There are two apps you can try: TouchXplorer (on http://touchxperience.com) and HtcRoot Webserver (see my sig). Both can access the filesystem of HTC phones and let you move or back up files (backup is a little tricky with TouchXplorer but it can be done). You can also try using DiagProvXML if you know the path to the data you want to move/copy/whatever (it'll be under \Applications\Data\<GUID_OF_APP>\Data\IsolatedStore)
These apps use a variety of different hacks to access or modify the filesystem (provxml is currently write-only). Without knowing your firmware version, I can't tell you which ones will or will not work. Give it a shot, though...

GoodDayToDie said:
There are two apps you can try: TouchXplorer (on http://touchxperience.com) and HtcRoot Webserver (see my sig). Both can access the filesystem of HTC phones and let you move or back up files (backup is a little tricky with TouchXplorer but it can be done). You can also try using DiagProvXML if you know the path to the data you want to move/copy/whatever (it'll be under \Applications\Data\<GUID_OF_APP>\Data\IsolatedStore)
These apps use a variety of different hacks to access or modify the filesystem (provxml is currently write-only). Without knowing your firmware version, I can't tell you which ones will or will not work. Give it a shot, though...
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Thanks for your help. TouchXplorer stopped working after Mango, it stopped working on Interop unlocked but, still works on Fully unlocked devices, as far as I know. I have it installed, it loads but, does not do anything beyond that, the Dev closed the discussion due to it not working any more.
I looked over your Webserver, I'm not a programmer so it's out of my skilset to make it into a installable file.
and sad to say, with 8107 firmware Connection Setup no longer works (error "Carrier not in Database"), so proXML is out too...
I am running stock Firmware, 2305.13.20110.605
Any other thoughts ?

Um, there's pre-compiled XAPs of the webserver attached to the thread...?
Mind you, if TouchXplorer isn't working for you, then HtcRoot won't either.

GoodDayToDie said:
Um, there's pre-compiled XAPs of the webserver attached to the thread...?
Mind you, if TouchXplorer isn't working for you, then HtcRoot won't either.
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I wish there was a way to get TouchXplorer working, but, I didnt notice any pre-compiled ones in the thread, I'll try that.
Any other way ?

Look on the webserver thread, not the HtcRoot thread (there's a precompiled XAP on there too, but it's just a test app; doesn't *do* anything except check compatibility).
I've pretty much outlined all the viable options for you already. If none of them work, then... hope there's a fix released soon, or a better backup option? I don't know, I've never played the game, it sounds awfully Farmville-esque, so maybe waiting that long isn't an option...

GoodDayToDie said:
Look on the webserver thread, not the HtcRoot thread (there's a precompiled XAP on there too, but it's just a test app; doesn't *do* anything except check compatibility).
I've pretty much outlined all the viable options for you already. If none of them work, then... hope there's a fix released soon, or a better backup option? I don't know, I've never played the game, it sounds awfully Farmville-esque, so maybe waiting that long isn't an option...
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I tried your webserver.... but, browsing the device just gives me a "System.Runtime.InteropServices.COMException (0x8007001F): A device attached to the system is not functioning. "
I saw a post by you saying it's not compatable (someone else had the same error)..
That is pretty cool tho (a web server on my phone, very cool)... I wish I could get my HTC Trophy fully unlocked so I can play with these cool tools....
The game was fun, kind of like you said, Farmville-esque, but, instead of spending real cash, you can just time go by, it was fun and I would play it one or 2 times a day to get my ants working and build up acorns (money in the game). After playing it 2 weeks, every day, 2-3 times a day, it died before I could get all the achivements. I just wanted to finsih the game..
I want to thank you for trying to help, I know there is only so much that is possable with my phone now but, thanks for trying

Even I have d same problem on my HTC radar and d black screen blocks d vision but d icons R visible & if I drop some food then the house did is visible otherwise only small areas are visible what to do

This happened to my Titan once, a reboot fixed it.

Phil_123 said:
This happened to my Titan once, a reboot fixed it.
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I have rebooted, Pulled the battery and everything else I could think of, It still does not work.

@DavidinCT: Off-topic, but there's a version of the WebServer (which my project was actually built on) that does not use HtcRoot or even interop-unlock. Aside from its own data folder though, the only place it can access is read-only for \Windows.

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@DavidinCT: Off-topic, but there's a version of the WebServer (which my project was actually built on) that does not use HtcRoot or even interop-unlock. Aside from its own data folder though, the only place it can access is read-only for \Windows.
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Interesting, I'll have to check it for the coolness factor. It does not help on my quest tho
On the subject of Bug Village, I am not the only one with this issue, if you look over the reviews in the marketplace, there is ton more with the same issue. I guess I can hold tight for an update, I guess...

Yeah, if it's a common issue, there are good odds the developer will fix it. If they don't, they won't get any more money from it...

[Q] What drivers for Protab IPS 2 and CM10.

Hi, I recently bought fantastic tablet Point of View Protab 2 IPS 9.7. Basically it is Allwinner A10 device. I tried to install new CyanogenMod 10 on it. Everything works flawessly, except one thing. I don't have any touchcontrols, probably because, I don't know what compatibility pack should I install. Could someone please give me advice, what drivers should I install to get working touchscreen on jelly beans 4.1(CM10)?

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Hi, I recently bought fantastic tablet Point of View Protab 2 IPS 9.7. Basically it is Allwinner A10 device. I tried to install new CyanogenMod 10 on it. Everything works flawessly, except one thing. I don't have any touchcontrols, probably because, I don't know what compatibility pack should I install. Could someone please give me advice, what drivers should I install to get working touchscreen on jelly beans 4.1(CM10)?
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I have been trying to get it running myself so far I have tried just about every compatibilty pack.
All I know so far is this device has an upsidedown screen, and other users have had to make thier own comp packs with the "sun4i" which I think is the touch control.
Please let me know if you have any luck.

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Hm, that's too bad. I hope, that someone will have drivers. Anyway, I will try to lsmod loaded drivers and built my own pack. Wish me luck.

Since I recently bought one of this, I would like to know if you had any effort on making it compatible to CM10. I really would like to use it. If I could help you with anything, let me know

I managed to extract the kernel module wich is called pixcir_touch.ko
Unfortunately it is not usable with the latest CM-Version due to a different Kernel Version.
When I try to load the module in CM10 with insmod, it returns an Exec format error.
dmesg then gives me an error indicating that this module is not appliable to the current kernel version (I can hand the detailed message, if you will).
I have no idea how to continue. Here is a link to the .ko module:
share-online.biz /dl/5BTVE4GMTX
Maybe this is a source code for the necessary driver to compile it, but I'm not sure and also my skills aren't good enough to compile it myself:
(google for auo-pixcir-ts.c)
Maybe someone could help me get this running.

palmino said:
I managed to extract the kernel module wich is called pixcir_touch.ko
Unfortunately it is not usable with the latest CM-Version due to a different Kernel Version.
When I try to load the module in CM10 with insmod, it returns an Exec format error.
dmesg then gives me an error indicating that this module is not appliable to the current kernel version (I can hand the detailed message, if you will).
I have no idea how to continue. Here is a link to the .ko module:
share-online.biz /dl/5BTVE4GMTX
Maybe this is a source code for the necessary driver to compile it, but I'm not sure and also my skills aren't good enough to compile it myself:
(google for auo-pixcir-ts.c)
Maybe someone could help me get this running.
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has anyone found or compiled the module yet?
I looked through most of the compatibility files and could not find it.
Would be awesome to have a good 4.1 on this tablet!
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palmino said:
I managed to extract the kernel module wich is called pixcir_touch.ko
Unfortunately it is not usable with the latest CM-Version due to a different Kernel Version.
When I try to load the module in CM10 with insmod, it returns an Exec format error.
dmesg then gives me an error indicating that this module is not appliable to the current kernel version (I can hand the detailed message, if you will).
I have no idea how to continue. Here is a link to the .ko module:
share-online.biz /dl/5BTVE4GMTX
Maybe this is a source code for the necessary driver to compile it, but I'm not sure and also my skills aren't good enough to compile it myself:
(google for auo-pixcir-ts.c)
Maybe someone could help me get this running.
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perhaps this helps:
http://downloads.pointofview-online...ab-ips 8GB TAB-PROTAB2-IPS9 Firmware Upgrade/
I have send a mail to their support people to request the kernel source.
Let's hope they comply to the GPL.
Another approach would be to donwload a kernel tree from CM 10 and try to compile the source code you linked to.
Are you sure it is the proper driver?
Would be awesome if this pulls off

No i'm not sure. This is the only pixcir driver file I could find on the Internet
Hopefully they reply to your mail. The current Rom is very slow compared to the cm10.
Unfortunately my device was in a bootloop and i had to return it for repair.
Let me know when you receive an answer

palmino said:
No i'm not sure. This is the only pixcir driver file I could find on the Internet
Hopefully they reply to your mail. The current Rom is very slow compared to the cm10.
Unfortunately my device was in a bootloop and i had to return it for repair.
Let me know when you receive an answer
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Well, I did receive an answer, which in short said they cannot provide the source code.
I pointed to the GPL license and requested them to contact the lawyer department if they have one.
If they refuse, I am not sure what options there are to enforce it.
Some usefull info I found here:
https://android.googlesource.com/ke...885aa51f1abf3c40/drivers/hid/hid-multitouch.c
I read somewhere that support for this display is added by Stephane Chatty of ENAC.
Maybe someone can work with that source?
Mr. Chatty helped me before with a touch driver, if you do you some proper work and get stuck, I am sure you can contact him for help.
Personally I would love to dive in, but I can't find the time now.
Perhaps this helps some devs?
Can't imagine those drivers can't be made. Probably some dev setup on Linux for the proper 4.1 kernel version.
There is a ton of information on that.
this link is also interesting:
https://build.pub.meego.com/package...Project:KDE:Mer_Extras:Adaptation:Archos-gen9
It suggests they are in the Archos gen 9 and also that some kind of calibration is being developed.
Perhaps the ko can be pulled from an Archos gen9 rom ?

I saw your posting over in the Archos G9 Forums. Hopefully there is a chance to reuse this. I posted the same question in a large german Android-Forum. Maybe we can get it from there if noone replys here.
Furthermore the Archos seems to use two different touchscreen-devices: bit.ly / VUo71L
If you're correct, this might be the uncompiled driver: bit.ly / UIJ2Bq
But still I neither have an idea how to compile this, nor is my device back from repair.

palmino said:
I saw your posting over in the Archos G9 Forums. Hopefully there is a chance to reuse this. I posted the same question in a large german Android-Forum. Maybe we can get it from there if noone replys here.
Furthermore the Archos seems to use two different touchscreen-devices: bit.ly / VUo71L
If you're correct, this might be the uncompiled driver: bit.ly / UIJ2Bq
But still I neither have an idea how to compile this, nor is my device back from repair.
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can you please use full links instead of those very irritating-twitter-like short-urls ?
I would like to know where it is pointing to (and it did not work on my android).
I think there is a good chance it might work.
Last time I compiled kernel modules, i noticed it is importent al versioning stuff is matched properly.
POV is not really cooperating in terms of open source obligations.
They are not the first.....

I really would like to post normal links but I cant since I'm not meeting the conditions for posting links here in the Forums (I need at least 10 posts hiere in the forums). I'm close to this.
Removing the whitespace before and after the slash should do it. Sorry for the inconvenience!

palmino said:
I really would like to post normal links but I cant since I'm not meeting the conditions for posting links here in the Forums (I need at least 10 posts hiere in the forums). I'm close to this.
Removing the whitespace before and after the slash should do it. Sorry for the inconvenience!
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ok, np. sorry did not know that. I think we have gathered quite some resources for devs.
Perhaps someone can create a forum item for our device?
Sorry, personally I cannot find time at the moment.
I do have time to test any dev builds by the way...

another tip.
The main reason I wanted to update, because the browser was performing like thick **** rolling up a mountain against the wind.
And it hanged too sometimes.
When checking processes I noticed the nandd process being on top often.
After googling that process, I found somebody else also had a slow browser issue caused by this process.
He fixed it with a factory reset.
I did that too, and now the problem is solved.
I can also recommend installing setcpu. You can overclock till about 1200 (mine 1152 now) which makes it a bit snappier.
Mine is rooted by default, it just works, not sure if this is always the case.
And please mail POV for the kernel source .

OpenMinded said:
another tip.
The main reason I wanted to update, because the browser was performing like thick **** rolling up a mountain against the wind.
And it hanged too sometimes.
When checking processes I noticed the nandd process being on top often.
After googling that process, I found somebody else also had a slow browser issue caused by this process.
He fixed it with a factory reset.
I did that too, and now the problem is solved.
I can also recommend installing setcpu. You can overclock till about 1200 (mine 1152 now) which makes it a bit snappier.
Mine is rooted by default, it just works, not sure if this is always the case.
And please mail POV for the kernel source .
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Yeah, The overclcok makes a huge difference also changing governer to performance and io sceduler to noop.
Before my 8 year old used my tablet as a frisbee, I was trying to tweak it futher with pimp my rom from the market, it has some great tweaks for this tab.
I never got any increase in the benchmarks but resposiveness was up with my tegra phone.
Also opera is a fantstic browser for this tab, once ya figure out how to use it you will be hooked.

williamsjp said:
Yeah, The overclcok makes a huge difference also changing governer to performance and io sceduler to noop.
Before my 8 year old used my tablet as a frisbee, I was trying to tweak it futher with pimp my rom from the market, it has some great tweaks for this tab.
I never got any increase in the benchmarks but resposiveness was up with my tegra phone.
Also opera is a fantstic browser for this tab, once ya figure out how to use it you will be hooked.
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Nice tips! How to swt io scheduler?
Fantasy schedular seems to work better than on demand on this.

OpenMinded said:
Nice tips! How to swt io scheduler?
Fantasy schedular seems to work better than on demand on this.
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You can change the sceduler in SetCPU
Also i found if i had performance governer enabled i couldnt over clock past 1100 or it would reboot its self

Bought myself this tablet as well. is all nice and good but the 3G is giving me a headache. with the stock rom it works excatly as long as you don't turn on wifi. after that even if you turn wifi off again it wont connect to 3G anymore.
Firmware side isn't helping much either. V4.008 is without 3G (in the settings there is now only a list of supported dongles. and the 3Gfix image has same issue, you see 3G only once until you turn on wifi)
So i was hoping for a better rom but looks like the CM9/CM10 department can't help either. So i was hopin if you guys have had any progress.
E: i have been in contact with POV support over the last week and the only useful intel i ahve gotten out of them is that as far as they are aware there are no clones for this tablet. Also it appears that there is a android 4.1 based firmware for the tablet in the testing. They are not sure if they release it tough.

anybody tried to fix a touch driver for this device?

I had to send my tab back for repair since my headphone jack wasn't working anymore.
Unfortunately they were out of stock so that they couldn't send me a new one and refunded me.
I will not buy a new protab2 9,7 because it's so laggy. I hope you all can figure out a solution for the touch-issue. I'll leave you here, guys. Thanks for your help anyways

Nothing yet?
I see there are a compability zip for the protab2xxl at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1760929, annyone knows if that is helpful for the protab 2 IPS 9?

code integrity / signing policy toggle

All,
First, let me say that this is not a jailbreak tool for RT 8.1! All clear? Good.
I've written a simple little driver and exe tool to patch the g_CiOptions and SeILSigningPolicy variables in ci and ntos. The obvious kicker is that you need the driver loaded for this to work -- but once loaded you can effectively use this to turn on/off the signing at will (eg: useful to avoid -- not disable -- patch guard).
I've tested this on my Surface RT as well as Windows 8 without issue.
You can find the code and binaries on github ( https://github.com/bfosterjr/ci_mod ). There isn't a whole lot of documentation (nearly zero), but you'll find batch files, windbg scripts, and various other bits which should help you figure out how it works (or you can just read the code).
Now, before you all flame me about how useless this is without a jailbreak or kernel execution for RT 8.1, let me say this: I've spent the last few days catching up on a lot of threads (over a years worth) in this form and there is enough information (if you look hard enough, open your mind, and tilt your head) in the threads to successfully start your own driver on 8.1 RT.
Cheers!

Any hint please?

Note that I would not recommend leaving this hack enabled on 8.1 once whatever programs are loaded. This will set off PatchGuard and the system will bluescreen. Enable it, run whatever, then disable it. Most programs should be OK once fully started to leave running with the hack disabled. Only loading unsigned DLLs from that point on would mess up.
8.0, do whatever; doesn't matter.
Melissa

Myriachan said:
Note that I would not recommend leaving this hack enabled on 8.1 once whatever programs are loaded. This will set off PatchGuard and the system will bluescreen. Enable it, run whatever, then disable it. Most programs should be OK once fully started to leave running with the hack disabled. Only loading unsigned DLLs from that point on would mess up.
8.0, do whatever; doesn't matter.
Melissa
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Quite right - which is why the ci_mod program I wrote will run indefinitely waiting for user input to toggle on, or off, the kernel patching. So.. (1) Load the driver which will immediately toggle patching ON... (2) start ci_mod.exe and toggle patching back OFF ... (3) leave ci_mod.exe running. Doing so you will always re-toggle patching on (then off again) so you can run your unsigned app with minimal likelihood of PatchGuard being a problem.
Hopefully that makes sense.
Obviously, if anyone wants to make changes to the driver or program -- perhaps to alter it to suit initial driver execution conditions -- they're welcome too -- the code is GPL.
Cheers!

LolitaPlus said:
Any hint please?
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Sorry no. There are serious reasons why I can't explain further. So please don't ask.
But trust me.. the bits you need are there... you just need to stitch them together.

bfosterjr said:
Sorry no. There are serious reasons why I can't explain further. So please don't ask.
But trust me.. the bits you need are there... you just need to stitch them together.
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Hai, I'm kinda new to this whole hacking scene especially to the x86/x64 bit one (has been working on arm for a little while) and I was wondering what knowledge was necessary to be able to glue everything together? Which glue I need to use so to say
Thanks.

filfat said:
Hai, I'm kinda new to this whole hacking scene especially to the x86/x64 bit one (has been working on arm for a little while) and I was wondering what knowledge was necessary to be able to glue everything together? Which glue I need to use so to say
Thanks.
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Years of Windows internals/development/debugging makes for good glue. That and the general desire (and patience) to want to mess with software....

bfosterjr said:
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You can find the code and binaries on github ( https://github.com/bfosterjr/ci_mod ). ...
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Hey mate, this looks very nice and far more user(noob)-friendly. Thank you soo much for sharing. :good:
Cheers
Blade
P.S.:
1) Is your deleted sign.bat a kind of launcher which : toggle -> start app -> toggle ?
2) Is it possible to share the compiled version? [Don't want to bother you] (Just formated my dev-pc and set it up to compile Android 4.4.4 for my desire Z. I know i need a new pc with a bigger hdd) :crying:

BIade said:
Hey mate, this looks very nice and far more user(noob)-friendly. Thank you soo much for sharing. :good:
Cheers
Blade
P.S.:
1) Is your deleted sign.bat a kind of launcher which : toggle -> start app -> toggle ?
2) Is it possible to share the compiled version? [Don't want to bother you] (Just formated my dev-pc and set it up to compile Android 4.4.4 for my desire Z. I know i need a new pc with a bigger hdd) :crying:
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Hey Blade!
1) nope. that was a batch file to test sign the driver. its not required. the toggling of the patching is done by the user through cimod.exe (runs in a continuous user-input loop)
2) binaries for all supported platforms are there already -- https://github.com/bfosterjr/ci_mod/tree/master/bin
Cheers!

It would be really cool to hook the CreateProcess and LoadLibrary calls such that, if the target binary is unsigned and the caller isn't in an appcontainer, the policy is (automatically) flipped juuuust long enough for the call to succeed, and then (automatically) flipped back. That means minimal risk of a BSOD and maximum user-friendliness.
I proposed this approach months ago on the JB discussion thread, but never got around to writing it. Now bfosterjr has written the driver part (probably by far the hardest part) in a few days! We missed you...

GoodDayToDie said:
It would be really cool to hook the CreateProcess and LoadLibrary calls such that, if the target binary is unsigned and the caller isn't in an appcontainer, the policy is (automatically) flipped juuuust long enough for the call to succeed, and then (automatically) flipped back. That means minimal risk of a BSOD and maximum user-friendliness.
I proposed this approach months ago on the JB discussion thread, but never got around to writing it. Now bfosterjr has written the driver part (probably by far the hardest part) in a few days! We missed you...
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Thanks man. Really wasn't all that difficult. The driver isn't quite as flexible (or perfect) as it could be. To accomplish what you're suggesting might take some effort because, IIRC, the normal process create callbacks don't get triggered until after process image verification. I'll have to double check that.
I might take a stab at updating the driver to make it more automated. Once I have a bough free time. Stay tuned
Cheers!

bfosterjr said:
Thanks man. Really wasn't all that difficult. The driver isn't quite as flexible (or perfect) as it could be. To accomplish what you're suggesting might take some effort because, IIRC, the normal process create callbacks don't get triggered until after process image verification. I'll have to double check that.
I might take a stab at updating the driver to make it more automated. Once I have a bough free time. Stay tuned
Cheers!
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What GoodDayToDie suggested is not using PsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutineEx but hooking Ring3 API. I can offer some help if you need ARM Ring3 inline hook. I already wrote a hook engine though it is more like a POC.

LolitaPlus said:
What GoodDayToDie suggested is not using PsSetCreateProcessNotifyRoutineEx but hooking Ring3 API. I can offer some help if you need ARM Ring3 inline hook. I already wrote a hook engine though it is more like a POC.
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Yeah, I got that.. but I'm just not a fan of hooking the be-jesus outta usermode to solve this problem. I don't' like hooking in general.. as it tends to just lead to more problems and complications. I'd rather try to find a more clever way to solve this problem with callbacks or some other OS supported mechanism.
Cheers!

Yeah... another option would be hooking NtCreateProcess (ring 0) either in the actual entry point or at the syscall table, but I can't imagine you're *more* enthusiastic about hooking kernel-mode than user-mode, and messing with the syscall table could make PatchGuard angry too. With that said, the user-mode hook would be pretty easy, actually; once the tool is running, it uses the process instrumentation/shimming stuff in Windows (ImageFileExecutionOptions key?) to have every EXE load a (homebrew) DLL at startup. The DLL installs the requisite hooks (and probably then unloads itself). You'd need to inject that DLL into already-running processes, but that's not hard.
Windows automation isn't my strong point, but I know the x86 emulation layer is able to detect when somebody tries to run an x86 EXE and intercept the attempt *before* the process launch fails. Is this usable here (i.e. does whatever that listens on trigger before the signature check)? If not, a hook may be the only workable approach, hacky though it is.

bfosterjr said:
there is enough information (if you look hard enough, open your mind, and tilt your head) in the threads to successfully start your own driver on 8.1 RT.
Cheers!
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Well I've been looking, and contributing, for a long time, but still cant quite crack it ...

Can't quite understand
I have read through your source code. I don't quite understand the point though. Is this app and driver to allow unsigned exe to run? Is the batch file required? From what I can see all that is required is netham45's Jailbreak and this to run unsigned exe. I would like to share my finding's in an instruction post but thought I would ask your permission first. May I?
Thanks,
Wcomhelp

The purpose of this is to make it "safer" to jailbreak 8.1, since if you change the code integrity flag in 8.1 and leave it changed for any length of time, the system will crash due to PatchGuard. This driver is so you can only change the code integrity settings when you need to load unsigned code, giving minimal time for PatchGuard to notice and minimizing the risk of a crash.
HOWEVER, you cannot load this driver unless you already have unsigned code execution through some other means. That other means has not yet been published; if you want to use this tool you will need to figure out how to install it yourself (or wait for a published hack).

EDIT:
Wouldn't CVE-2014-4148 / CVE-2014-4113 (MS14-058) be sufficient to initially load this tool?
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4113
cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-4148
technet.microsoft.com/library/security/MS14-058

Yeeeeesssssss... yes it probably would!
Of course, you'd need to avoid installing the patch for it - not really a "proper" jailbreak, in that sense - but yeah, that should work. All you need to do is toggle code signing off for a second to load the driver, and code execution in Win32k.sys should manage that.
Oh, win32k, how we love you... so many vulnerabilities in just one little kernel-mode component!

GoodDayToDie said:
The purpose of this is to make it "safer" to jailbreak 8.1, since if you change the code integrity flag in 8.1 and leave it changed for any length of time, the system will crash due to PatchGuard. This driver is so you can only change the code integrity settings when you need to load unsigned code, giving minimal time for PatchGuard to notice and minimizing the risk of a crash.
HOWEVER, you cannot load this driver unless you already have unsigned code execution through some other means. That other means has not yet been published; if you want to use this tool you will need to figure out how to install it yourself (or wait for a published hack).
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Does this work?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ff547565.aspx