I recently as the most of you, picked up a g-tablet to play and test out using android 2.2 stock installed on it. I found it at my local staples which they only had 3 in stock. All of my information I have gathered thus far is also comparing it to a motorola droid running stock android 2.2 and apps.
I used "appmonster" on the droid to back up all currently installed apps on my phone to its installed sd card. Then I plugged phone into pc, mounted it as storage for the computer and copied the .apk files to a temp folder on the pc. Then I copied them to a spare micro sdhc class 4 '4'gb card and put it in the tablet. Then I power tablet on from complete power off mode wait for it to boot, then used the included ES file explorer app to find the mounted sdcard2 folder and manually installed all my apps from my phone that all worked, to the tablet.
Of course with most of my apps from the phone they either work 100%, will work until a certain point or feature then force close, or not work at all and not install, run, or install or running it brings up a force close. Might compile a list later.
Anyhow quadrant the latest version std edition worked fine the first time it was ran after initial install, it completed all tests and gave me a score in the 1900's. After this initial completed run, now everytime I run it it will not do the first cpu 12 tests just everything afterwards, cannot figure out why.
What brings me to the issue is Quadrant when you click on system information under the apps main menu, it gives you alot of information! what caught my dam eye is the "REFRESH RATE". It is reporting the refresh rate at 50hz which is of course not USA standard. We are at 60hz or 60fps over here.
Now this information has to be true because it is noticeable watching a video file at 30fps using the built in video player (using the ES file explorer app, clicking the media video file and watching it). Now watch the same video file cappped at 30fps using rockplayer with hardware decoding. There is a difference between the apps watcing video files. The native default video app that comes with gtablet plays the file at either 25fps or 50fps. the rockplayer trys to play it correctly but you can see a difference with slower motion compared to faster motion with skippy playback on files that the tablet can handle playing.
Viewsonic needs to fix this issue for those in the USA tha thave tablets, or nothing will work right as far as video, media, flash, games and so forth. Wonder if the hackers or developers here know how to change that within the firmware or OS files.
One other thing is if your having problems installing all kinds of different apps that say failed and did not install, try plugging the tablet into the PC and mounting it as a usb storage device, this disables the sdcard built into the tablet and allows you to install apps by default to the first local location which is the 2gb of ram for applications instead of straight to the 16gb of sd memory. For some reason and a major bug a lot of apps want to install to the 2gb of ram but when the 16gb of ram which is the sd card is on, the apps get confused and quit before you can install.
IS there a way to uninstall all of the stock ui crap that came with it and get it back to basic android 2.2 stock without updating firmware or rooting?
Thanks!
Not noticing the video issue that you mention, considering, typical FPS is 24 to 30 fps for movies and such, anyways
Rooting is super easy and worth it. TnT Lite 1.03 is stable and far better than stock. Also has the Nvidia video patch so Angry Fowl works. Then (with Tnt 1.03) you can install / use Titanium to quickly get apps installed and do the full market fix too.
The mapping has been a much pointed out issue, but must admit I kind of like how it is mapped, since leaves the microsd alone for media
OS should offer an option of where to isntall the data, but I think it needs to be part of an install script.
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Credit goes to the original poster (you can download the APK files off xda website - I am a new member so I cannot post links in thread yet (just search under android app and development - hacking section if you want to locate the original thread):
I have reattached the APK files for convenience (v6 is for 2.0+, v3 is for anything below 2.0). You can also dl from the original thread if its still active.
Description:
Simple APK file and you are set - only works for swf files (not flv files - no conversion compatibilities/works poor on games). It works, but poor for file management, very little controls other than pausing (no picture resolution adjustments, controls to skip or fast forward rewind, speed controls, or playlist management), but the program parses .swf well and played well (it's just choppy) - it does not work like a shockwave player where you can play games and have interactive controls but it does display slideshows well.
I noticed speed of slideshow can sometimes increase or decrease depending on how/if the phone is rotated (personal observation). If anyone knows of a better program for android 2.1 and below (root or not - I use stock deox OC 710 mhz with good mem management and class 6 sd card apps2sd - large swap file and dalvik cache off sd), please let me know? I searched for over a yr and this was as close as I could find. I am happy to have found this but I am almost positive someone knows something or could improve on this even slightly?
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Per my understanding, there is currently no android port for this type of application, per my understanding and Adobe Flex/Air is still in the works for Android.
The best you could do with .swf files was to convert them either within the media player you used (there are none currently that do this, not now at least, if you know of one please share!!! - even those that claim to do it will not or will run into stability issues, or would be ridiculously expensive - some work on 2.2 I think), there used to be one which I used and it worked which was free in the android market way back in the day of 1.5/1.6 stock sense ui, but, whatever media player that was, it since has been removed from the marketplace or had the feature removed and I cannot find posts for it anywhere else on the web. I tested several players by the way on several settings, even ones for arm7 processors and even swapped roms to stable 2.2 cyanogen on cdma hero - this is sadly as good as it got for me?
The only way I was able to do this was to take the .swf file(s) and manually convert it on a PC (batch/or not) or to run it through the browser off my sd card, like dolphin (this is a pain and slow and there is no functional control).
It was thought to be impossible unless someone could port Gnash to android or some other open source swf player from a linux platform (android is more java than linux, I think? plus the arm6 processor limitations - this was considered unfeasible, you'd be better off programming a shockwave player from scratch than reverse engineer code, I think, even so, without Flex/open GL fixes, or some other mem management, it's not really worth the effort or risk).
Some company, apparently tried, and gave up because of this, I guess, but posted a feasible app for android which works - I think it could be improved on significantly - the dev has his email in the app about section - it just has limits and always defaults to the sd card directory when done vs. going back to folder where the swf files are located.
If anyone knows of a better program over this, again, please share (even paid vid player converter which can do playlists/sound/and/or even controls)! Otherwise, I am glad to share this with everyone - I have been looking "forever" for something like this - I just wish it had more controls or better file browsing/management. Maybe someone would want to work on this project?
Cheers,
Joe.
I am looking to possibly go on an extended business trip (two months for a particular project), and was contemplating taking one of my desktops or possibly buying a laptop. But it occurred to me that I might be overlooking an obvious answer.
While I obviously won't be doing Photoshop work on my Xoom, it occurs to me that if I get the dock that I should be able to playback to the HDMI that is likely to be on the TV in my room. Already have a Bluetooth keyboard so doing some work even on documents and presentations isn't likely to be THAT difficult. So the remaining question is can I get the Xoom to talk to my 4TB external USB 2.0 drive for saving files and playing back video? Or is that taking things too far?
Thanks in advance!
From what I have seen, you will need to wait to install a custom kernel to get USB mass storage to work because HC 3.1 doesnt yet support that. So that means you will need root. But once you have done that it is doable
Now if your still using 3.0.1 then install timat 1.4.1 using kernel manager and check out this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1020174
Also you have to consider the limitations on the Tegra2 video playback, to put it in a simple way, won't play your hi quality mkv's without the need of re-encoding the video. And that you can't do on the xoom
For the other things its awesome, I also have a BT keyboard with pointer and was really nice sitting somewhat far from the xoom and browse the internet or watch youtube on the LCD. Also played some PSX games and some Game Cube to test for lag or anything, not bad at all.
as stated above if you get the 3.1 update you would be able to use your HDD
I've installed Google Music on my D2G running Galnet MIUI and I'm loving it.
I have another Android device, a supercheap WM8650 tablet running Uberoid. I want to turn it into a cloud player using Google Music so I can play my music on it without having to buy more high-capacity microSD cards.
So I installed Google Music on it (latest version - I'm not in the USA so I have to download the apk externally), and it promptly stopped working. I googled a bit, and it appears Google Music has trouble running on generic devices. I'm wondering if the reason for this is known, and if there are ways to fix this problem. I'd have no problems using one of the alternatives, but from what I'm seeing Google Music is the only one that doesn't have ridiculously restrictive storage - I have 15 gigs worth of ogg files, so stuff like Droptunes is useless to me.
You could try browsing to music.google.com from a browser that supports user agent spoofing, like dolphin HD, and set it to a Desktop user agent?
I know that's kind of a crappy workaround, but I'm not sure about why GM wouldn't work well on generic android devices...
BroidDrionic said:
You could try browsing to music.google.com from a browser that supports user agent spoofing, like dolphin HD, and set it to a Desktop user agent?
I know that's kind of a crappy workaround, but I'm not sure about why GM wouldn't work well on generic android devices...
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Sounds fine in principle, but doesn't work so well on my tablet - it's very slow, and it takes a long time for the site just to load the list, let alone launch the player. I really need a native app.
The only alternative I've found so far is Audiogalaxy (a name I remember fondly from the early days of peer-to-peer... *sigh* ), but that isn't a cloud storage player, just a streaming player. In other words, if I want to have my library permanently available I need to have a computer with significant storage always on and connected, acting as a file server. A Windows computer, so I can't use any old diskless laptop with a USB thumbdrive. And if my connection or power goes down I can kiss my files goodbye. And the server wastes power.
This will do as an emergency measure, but I really need someplace to put my files. Is there a music player that will work from normal ftp storage? I have a website, I could easily upload my music to the space I use for it.
Bumpty bump.
what distro/android version is the app made for (ex: 2.1+). Which version is running on your tablet?
So i just recieved a junxbox android tv its a small box capabale of hd video playback media streaming and playable apps . Its really pretty cool i just have run into a few issues netflix doesn`t seem to keep running unless keep the prgress bar running upder the movie....weird i know......also its a bit laggy and i think its actually built by pivos,,, the same company the makes the xios it seems to look exactly the same except its black and the interface doesn`t look the same this is running ics 4.0 just like a normal ics rom for a phone.... I`ve seen the xios running hardware acceleration im wondering if i can do the same with this if anyone has tried this please let me know..... If anyone is interested in purchaseing one to try and lives in the montreal area........i know the offical dealer here in montreal and i beleive hes the only in canada
pm me if interested thanks
new video link
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wGOlUHu_Jxk&feature=plcp
DLM2583 said:
So i just recieved a junxbox android tv its a small box capabale of hd video playback media streaming and playable apps . Its really pretty cool i just have run into a few issues netflix doesn`t seem to keep running unless keep the prgress bar running upder the movie....weird i know......also its a bit laggy and i think its actually built by pivos,,, the same company the makes the xios it seems to look exactly the same except its black and the interface doesn`t look the same this is running ics 4.0 just like a normal ics rom for a phone.... I`ve seen the xios running hardware acceleration im wondering if i can do the same with this if anyone has tried this please let me know..... If anyone is interested in purchaseing one to try and lives in the montreal area........i know the offical dealer here in montreal and i beleive hes the only in canada
pm me if interested thanks
new video link "not quotable for me as a new user"
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Thanks for the info
the product is at jynxbox.me?
Jynxbox Android HDJynxbox Android HD $99.99
Bye
House get it here and no were else
http://montreal.kijiji.ca/c-acheter...ple-TV-KILLER-Finally-HERE-W0QQAdIdZ421356070
I believe this is will get anyone the best results for HD quality and live tv streaming.
Instruction to load XBMC with external MX player and updated libRTMP:
1. Install the xbmcapp-armeabi-MX-v7a-neon-27.11.2012 XBMC
2. Locate the following folder: Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata and copy the Playercorefactory.xml file to this folder ( i did this with my computer i put the SD card in my computer and put the playercorfactory.xml file in the directory stated very easy to do and it works great.)
3. Copy "librtmp.so" file to this folder: /data/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/lib (data is on the root of the jynxbox not the sd card).
All the files you need
anyone have any links to any notes on firmware development? original ROM source code?
phati said:
I believe this is will get anyone the best results for HD quality and live tv streaming.
Instruction to load XBMC with external MX player and updated libRTMP:
1. Install the xbmcapp-armeabi-MX-v7a-neon-27.11.2012 XBMC
2. Locate the following folder: Android/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/files/.xbmc/userdata and copy the Playercorefactory.xml file to this folder ( i did this with my computer i put the SD card in my computer and put the playercorfactory.xml file in the directory stated very easy to do and it works great.)
3. Copy "librtmp.so" file to this folder: /data/data/org.xbmc.xbmc/lib (data is on the root of the jynxbox not the sd card).
All the files you need
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just a quick question do you own the jynx box that i posted on youtube.. if so are you able to set the box to 1080p when i use it it starts to flicker so i put the quality down to 1080i and it works fine.......i havnt tried this method that u posted so i was wondering how it could improve the quality :laugh:
Latest Jynxbox android update 20121208 & app package.
Xbmc with external player support included.
DOWNLOAD HERE: DepositFiles
Here is a link to a Linux image for any Amlogic 8726 M3. I'm about to try it on my Jynxbox. Download here
Save this file to the root of an microSD card.
unplug the jynx android.
using a paper clip press the button on the bottom of the jynx android...
while the little button is pressed plug it back in.
wait till you see a blue light to release the button... (this will boot it in upgrade mode)
press upgrade... select sdcard... select and press update.img
allow upgrade to take place you should see upgrade successful when it's done, if not you will see upgrade fail... (this could be from a bad or the wrong img file)
select reboot and allow the machine to reboot
first boot should take longer than usual (up to 15-20min)
phati said:
Here is a link to a Linux image for any Amlogic 8726 M3. I'm about to try it on my Jynxbox. Download here
Save this file to the root of an microSD card.
unplug the jynx android.
using a paper clip press the button on the bottom of the jynx android...
while the little button is pressed plug it back in.
wait till you see a blue light to release the button... (this will boot it in upgrade mode)
press upgrade... select sdcard... select and press update.img
allow upgrade to take place you should see upgrade successful when it's done, if not you will see upgrade fail... (this could be from a bad or the wrong img file)
select reboot and allow the machine to reboot
first boot should take longer than usual (up to 15-20min)
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That sounds very interesting! Please let me know how that turns out. Does it boot to text console or xwindows?
Is it based on a distro(Debian,Ubuntu,etc) or is it a custom buildroot image?
This sounds pretty cool I have a Roku box that I stream video off the web. I works great but if an android style player were to come out and be stable I might be pursuaded to switch. Also just letting you know that XBMC does have some pretty buggy plugins for it e.g. Hulu doesn't work for all videos in it. I know this from using it on my computer before I got my Roku. If a new interest was sparked these issues could disappear with official plugins from the video providers themselves.
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This sounds pretty cool I have a Roku box that I stream video off the web. I works great but if an android style player were to come out and be stable I might be pursuaded to switch. Also just letting you know that XBMC does have some pretty buggy plugins for it e.g. Hulu doesn't work for all videos in it. I know this from using it on my computer before I got my Roku. If a new interest was sparked these issues could disappear with official plugins from the video providers themselves.
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This Jynxbox Android HD firmware has bugs in it that keep me from replacing my old Xbox with it full time. Its more a toy at the moment for me. Source codes would make it easier to track down and fix problems in it. (Anyone have em?)
That Linux image posted above is looking interesting. The boot splash says "XIOS DS media center" and it boots straight into XBMC for linux. (12.0-rc3 git:20130103-2318127) the jynxbox wireless internet works with this image, and the wireless remote works once you enable mouse support. USB keyboards work as well.
It connects to my samba server and plays all the videos I could try. (The jynxbox xbmc could not access my samba server and updated xbmc apks couldn't play my video files) so far its looking great.
Thanks phati for the heads up on that image. Where did you find it? Is there a public forum related to its development?
hey guys,
the description of the product (http://jynxbox.me/Product.aspx) says it has adobe flash 10.x on board.
will this allow me to stream all kind of content which is displayed in a flash player within the android browser?
www.my-entertainment.biz (hd free streams) e.g.? would somebody be so kind to test that. would be awesome!
thanks so far!
greetz
Edit:// Is this thing shipped from China? How long did it take til you get yours guys?
I received mine sent to me from a great guy named Cody who operates http://www.boxtoptheater.com. It was shipped to me from Canada and arrived in roughly a week after stock was replenished. So far I absolutely love the device and hope that custom roms might find their way to it, besides simple updates to XBMC that it operates for the media center aspects. Since the box comes pre-rooted, it should not be too problematic I imagine. Sounds to me that several set top units use the same board chip also. Everything seems to run well except games that only run in portrait mode for obvious reasons.
Once I receive my portable hard drive for it, and have the dvr functionality running, I'll post some videos on line for others.
Sent from my LG Optimus Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
This is a new version of the Linux image that works for Jynxbox Android HD and mini.
4Shared link
Megaload link
Here is a version of XBMC with Hardware Acceleration for the Jynxbox:
Megaload link
4shared link
DepositFiles link
Working well.
Here is the version from the Gbox modified to work on the Jynxbox. I found it on some other forums.
Deposit files link
Megaload link
4shared Link
Please discuss any issues with the first version.
This is a patch update file for the Jynxbox Android HD that will allow Netflix to works. Its not working full screen but at least you get to watch it.
Megaload link
4Shared link
When you run upgrade->local update, it will not list below files on Jynxbox Android HD box automatically, please press menu button on remote controls 8 times for it to show up.
I haven't tested it on the mini yet. But I assume it will works because both devices are the same build.
This is for Hulu Plus the Landscape version: LandscapeModHuluPlus.apk
XBMC
Guys, where can I get fully working XBMC version for this box?
Firstly apollogies if posted in wrong place - dont know where else to ask.
My Brother bought me one of these for Christmas http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/Mini-computer-Android-tv-box-1G-CPU-4G-Flash-3USB-host-1SD-slot-/140854373918
Desperately looking for Root for this device for obvious reasons. If anyone can shed any light on this or point me in right direction then thanks a lot.
Features:
Android 2.3x (upgradable) operation system with higher performance.
Rockchip RK 2908 CPU, 1GHz speed performance
Built-in WiFi: 802.11b/g/n.
Support Ethernet cable for Internet.
Support SD card up to 32GB.
Easy one-click firmware upgrade from SD card.
Support network 1080P HDMI videos.
Talk on Skype all you can (when use with ext webcam)
Easy file sharing within the LAN or via cloud server
It is a perfect combination of HD media player, computer, digital photo frame, game console, and Internet set-top-box.
Support Social Network, you can share information with friends on Facebook, Flicker, Twitter, or uploading files onto YouTube.
It allows you to watch movies, listen to music, view picture albums, play games, read news, chat with friends easily.
Well after much trial and error I finally managed to root this device. The main problem I had was not being able to get adb over usb. Probably a driver problem or usb ports themselves. I did manage to get wifi connection to the box using a program called Moborobo but still no adb.
I tried using GingerBreak-v1.00.apk without any luck then tried GingerBreak-v1.10.apk which thankfully worked, many thanks to dev for that.
Edit:
More info. Usb is not available over cable but it is available through adb over wifi (after rooting)
Stock Rom
download the firmware file through the following located at:
http://hansontech.mycloudnas.com:8080/cgi-bin/filemanager/
User name/Password: surbox
\surbox\Surbox 900 Firmware\2012.07.26, and download update.img ( only for 2.3 OS version)
Write update.img to SD card. Turn box off and insert SD card then reboot. Follow instructions.