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I think the time is near.
Linux Specific:
* Added support for ARM processor architecture (with TI OMAP3 and NVIDIA Tegra 2 as reference)
* Added OpenMAX Video Acceleration support (requires OpenMax IL compatible hardware, like Tegra2
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The above was stated on changelog for the new stable XBMC release.
I am not expert on these things but is it really time for XBMC on Android tablets and phones?
This would be a great app for android,can anyone express their opinions in regard? Can it be done?
I would love to see this for my Xperia X10a.
How would xbmc bring anything worthwhile to a mobile platform? Don't get me wrong, I love xbmc... On my tv.
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hawkxcore said:
How would xbmc bring anything worthwhile to a mobile platform? Don't get me wrong, I love xbmc... On my tv.
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In light of the upcoming Atrix 4G with their media hub, this would be perfect for a portable xbmc which you can take anywhere with you (especially when you have to travel).
Open the doors and bring forth XBMC........ please?
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Those are two very specif SOC reference designs with limited availability in todays market. The Nexus One for example runs the MSM SOC, and Tegra2 phones were just announced this week.
It chapped my hide to find out that there are nearly full blown XBMC installs available now for iOS devices like the iPad and iPhone 4. How can there not be one in development for the Tegra 2 with existing tablets using that processor already available for purchase for less than $400...?
Yeah, with the elocity a7 @ $299 boasting a tegra 2 and 512 mb of RAM someone should jump on it.
*bump*
Do want.
Are there any news?
the majority of the libraries aren't a problem in a distribution sense, the NDK has support for that. the problem is the core ones, libc etc. Those which means a custom compiler. This won't do for market inclusion I bet. You can surely do a custom rom and just use the standard arm compiler but it would never be acceptible on market.
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http://forum.xbmc.org/showthread.php?t=84194&page=7
just a thought what if it is coded for android live?
Ios version works really we on my iPhone 4. I was completely gob smacked to find out there wasn't a version that could run on my android tablet. Make no sense at all that to open source system dosen't have It while the Analy retentive ios has a fully fledged functional version.
I wouldn't mind some news on this either. I had an Ubuntu 10.04 box, built from spare computer parts, serving as my XBMC hub. I wouldn't mind a smaller more portable version.
I'd love an update too.
It won't work until someone compiles all the libraries XBMC depends on (it's a lot) for Android.
Someone had said they were going to do that, but that was about a month ago and no one has chimed in since then.
sassafras
wonder if they re doing it.....
i use xbmc on my apple tv 2 (the thing is USELESS without it...) and would really love to have this on either my phone or an android tablet if/when I decide to buy one.
Consider me confused as well at how ios has xbmc yet android doesnt? really???
I have been waiting for this for a long time
I have been waiting for this since before they released it for ios devices. I would pay good money for the ability to run xbmc on my android devices! If I knew how I would have given it a try but maybe someone who is talented at these things could do there magic. If there is anyone out there working on this it would be fantastic for all of us Android/XBMC users. I just think it suits the android devices better anyways bigger screens faster processors more freedom. Thanks and Please!!
Has anyone had any luck getting the leaked 10.2 Flash player on Hero CDMA? If so, could you share what you did to get it working and what setup you have? If you followed a specific forum post, could you link it? I have searched but none of the forum posts here I've tried have worked.
I've tried changing the user agent in the browser, however, I could not find 'Desktop' as some of the other posts have suggested. At this point, I've tried installing the leaked version directly: no joy.
I'm running CM7 RC2 with no mods at the moment.
Here is the link I used for the leaked Flash 10.2:
http://www.crunchitech.com/2011/03/15/download-flash-player-leak-version-10-2-for-android-2-22-33-0/
its not going to work, never will the reason why has been answered on here atleast 100000000000000000000 times, good find but wasted in here
ARMv6 vs. ARMv7 = Adobe refuses to set compiler flags.
thoughtlesskyle said:
its not going to work, never will the reason why has been answered on here atleast 100000000000000000000 times, good find but wasted in here
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I should have been less specific in my use of the search tool. You are right. Hero is ARMv6 and Flash is compiled for ARMv7. Oh well, thanks for at least replying to me.
Now it would be nice if there was a module you could load into memory that would do machine code translation from v7 to v6... at least make it runable/compatible or make v7 programs 'think' they are running on v7. I'm sure that what be a nightmare of processor faults. And if it did run, it probably wouldn't be fast at all. Perhaps a v7 virtual machine? Again, another pipe dream because the Hero has less memory than a 486.
It's Adobe's fault anyway. A v6 plugin would not be hard to compile from the source. Just set the compiler flags and go. Grrr.
Thanks again.
Your right it probably wouldn't be hard but I think they did it this way because on the hardware acceleration side phones with v7 usually have the resources to spare to make flash run smoothly even flash lite is clunky at times on our v6 phones
They will chalk it up to delivering a consistent experience on their supported devices
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I should have been less specific in my use of the search tool. You are right. Hero is ARMv6 and Flash is compiled for ARMv7. Oh well, thanks for at least replying to me.
Now it would be nice if there was a module you could load into memory that would do machine code translation from v7 to v6... at least make it runable/compatible or make v7 programs 'think' they are running on v7. I'm sure that what be a nightmare of processor faults. And if it did run, it probably wouldn't be fast at all. Perhaps a v7 virtual machine? Again, another pipe dream because the Hero has less memory than a 486.
It's Adobe's fault anyway. A v6 plugin would not be hard to compile from the source. Just set the compiler flags and go. Grrr.
Thanks again.
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Unfortunately, the ARMv7 logic doesn't hold much truth as I was not able to run flash on my Samsung moment. I think there may be more factors involved.
aqualls said:
Unfortunately, the ARMv7 logic doesn't hold much truth as I was not able to run flash on my Samsung moment. I think there may be more factors involved.
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I thought samsung used something other than ARM whatever it is I don't think they are using arm v7 I think the processor is close to what apple uses in the iphone 4 the cortex but I am not sure.
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aqualls said:
Unfortunately, the ARMv7 logic doesn't hold much truth as I was not able to run flash on my Samsung moment. I think there may be more factors involved.
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samsung moment is ARM11 which is ARMv6... not v7
I learned this one the hard way...
At first glance, ARM chip designations can be confusing but the difference is the ARM Family version vs. ARM Architecture version:
Note that architecture version names contain a 'v' and the family version names do not:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM_processor#ARM_cores
The Hero and Moment are ARMv6 architecture whereas newer phones are ARMv7.
It sucks, d00d! You are SOL just like me and many other Hero owners.
EDIT: Technically: The one notable exception to the 'v' observation is the ARMv5TE: Bulverde. But, heh, it works for me.
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samsung moment is ARM11 which is ARMv6... not v7
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Not according to the the specs and every hardware app on the market. Trust me. If it was I could have run flash and apps for .avi video without audio sync issues.
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aqualls said:
Not according to the the specs and every hardware app on the market. Trust me. If it was I could have run flash and apps for .avi video without audio sync issues.
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what specs are u looking at??
Click here and scroll over to samsung moment.. ARM1176 which is ARMv6
refer to the link that zansatsu posted... its in there as well
or this link
or where its discussed here
i could go on and on or u can google it if you like and see for yourself..
im not trying to downplay you, but just trying to inform you that the information that you've been given is incorrect regarding the samsung moment having an ARMv7 chip..
The Samsung SPH-M900 (Moment) processor is an ARM11 Family, ARMv6 Architecture CPU:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM11#ARM11-based_products
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The Samsung SPH-M900 (Moment) processor is an ARM11 Family, ARMv6 Architecture CPU:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ARM11#ARM11-based_products
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i think with my links and ur links are point should be driven by now..
I saw Skype updated to 2.1 today. My G2x is getting repaired so I can't try it, but has anyone been able to confirm if video works on this version?
No, It doesn't work. They have made it work with the Sensation and other phones release way after our G2X and the G2X is still not supported. What the hell? I am pissed as hell, I want to use it tooo...
That's really annoying. Skype is really the only reason I care about having a front-facing camera.
I know, Right?! Me too!
Pecata said:
No, It doesn't work. They have made it work with the Sensation and other phones release way after our G2X and the G2X is still not supported. What the hell? I am pissed as hell, I want to use it tooo...
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I've read several articles that says it has unofficial support for other devices, but I'm not seeing that option.
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C0dy said:
I've read several articles that says it has unofficial support for other devices, but I'm not seeing that option.
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I've tried all the unofficial builds and none of them work with the G2X. Can someone make it work please! I really need video call on my phone....
Would editing the build.prop help? How else would Skype know?
SaHiLzZ said:
Would editing the build.prop help? How else would Skype know?
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No idea, I hope someone can make it work on our phones as well. It seems only the Tegra 2 phones aren't working with it...don't know why
Pecata said:
No, It doesn't work. They have made it work with the Sensation and other phones release way after our G2X and the G2X is still not supported. What the hell? I am pissed as hell, I want to use it tooo...
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It's making me extremely mad. What video chat for phone-to-desktop actually works with this thing??? And now that Skype claims this will work on all 2.2+ devices, why is it not working on my 2.3.5 gb g2x?? Is it because the Tegra 2 doesn't have Neon support? Well neither does the Sensation's snapdragon... and that's officially supported. Come on, skype...
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It's making me extremely mad. What video chat for phone-to-desktop actually works with this thing??? And now that Skype claims this will work on all 2.2+ devices, why is it not working on my 2.3.5 gb g2x?? Is it because the Tegra 2 doesn't have Neon support? Well neither does the Sensation's hummingbird... and that's officially supported. Come on, skype...
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I am using oovoo currently since there is nothing else that works for video chat from phone to desktop.
I am so mad at skype as well. I don't know what the big deal is.
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I am using oovoo currently since there is nothing else that works for video chat from phone to desktop.
I am so mad at skype as well. I don't know what the big deal is.
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I tried Oovoo a short while ago, and had trouble with sideways video or sometimes no video at all. Guess I'll be trying again. And Skype should at the very least quit advertising that this works on practically all froyo+ devices... They need G2x support, and they need it soon. Taking their time has already earned them the low rating they have (or had before this release, fixing for many people) in the market.
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It's making me extremely mad. What video chat for phone-to-desktop actually works with this thing??? And now that Skype claims this will work on all 2.2+ devices, why is it not working on my 2.3.5 gb g2x?? Is it because the Tegra 2 doesn't have Neon support? Well neither does the Sensation's hummingbird... and that's officially supported. Come on, skype...
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The sensation's hummingbird does actually have Neon. Google sensation, hummingbird, neon, and you should see it. I always worry about posting links to outside of the forum, but it's easy to see.
They do claim it'll only work on 2.2+ devices with neon capabilities... I'm no electrical engineer or dev so I have no idea why both gtalk video and skype need it but they do.
Sadly it means it's not as easy as a build.prop fix. One day... or I'll just get a phone with tegra 3 when that comes along which has neon support haha.
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The sensation's hummingbird does actually have Neon. Google sensation, hummingbird, neon, and you should see it. I always worry about posting links to outside of the forum, but it's easy to see.
They do claim it'll only work on 2.2+ devices with neon capabilities... I'm no electrical engineer or dev so I have no idea why both gtalk video and skype need it but they do.
Sadly it means it's not as easy as a build.prop fix. One day... or I'll just get a phone with tegra 3 when that comes along which has neon support haha.
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Hmm, interesting. I remember reading somewhere on XDA that "Our friends over at the Sensation board are out of luck as well as the Snapdragon doesn't have NEON either."
Oops, sorry, I meant Snapdragon. Haha XD
I wonder if that guy is still right, though. If he is wrong, that explains why Sensation is officially supported while non-NEON t2 is not. But... If he's right, there is no reason why Skype doesn't support t2 and in that case a build.prop change or decompile and removal of the apk's device checks would work.
Got some looking up to do...
Danishswag said:
I'm no electrical engineer or dev so I have no idea why both gtalk video and skype need it but they do.
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This may not be correct either, but I think it might be for hardware acceleration/an easier video processing library. I gotta look into that too.
nucleartoasteroven said:
It's making me extremely mad. What video chat for phone-to-desktop actually works with this thing??? And now that Skype claims this will work on all 2.2+ devices, why is it not working on my 2.3.5 gb g2x?? Is it because the Tegra 2 doesn't have Neon support? Well neither does the Sensation's hummingbird... and that's officially supported. Come on, skype...
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The Sensation has a Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor, not a Hummingbird.
FatalityBoyZahy said:
The Sensation has a Qualcomm Snapdragon Processor, not a Hummingbird.
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Yep, I corrected myself in my response to Danishswag when I went to look up the quote. Thanks! Now to confirm that Snapdragon doesn't have NEON...?
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Yep, I corrected myself in my response to Danishswag when I went to look up the quote. Thanks! Now to confirm that Snapdragon doesn't have NEON...?
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I'm pretty sure Snapdragon doesn't have NEON. Qualcomm licensed the ARMv7 ISA only and not the Cortex-A8 or A9 designs(The Cortex-A8 introduced the NEON core FPU but you seem to know this). The ARMv7 ISA only mandates Thumb and such.
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This may not be correct either, but I think it might be for hardware acceleration/an easier video processing library. I gotta look into that too.
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From personal experience of doing video encode from an Android device;FFmpeg, the open source library for video encode/decode is preferred on Android and is very optimized for NEON(TI is one of the main contributors for FFmpeg for ARM and all TI OMAP3 and OMAP4 designs have NEON). I'm guessing the video APIs for Android use FFmpeg so Gtalk and Skype would be reliant on these libraries.
However the Atrix got Gtalk so there probably is some workaround for this...
Back On Topic: I hear vtok(Gtalk) works
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I'm pretty sure Snapdragon doesn't have NEON. Qualcomm licensed the ARMv7 ISA only and not the Cortex-A8 or A9 designs(The Cortex-A8 introduced the NEON core FPU but you seem to know this). The ARMv7 ISA only mandates Thumb and such.
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Ahh, OK, thanks for the clarification. So Skype has adapted an official certified version for non-NEON processors, meaning there shouldn't be much reason why they still aren't supporting Tegra 2.
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From personal experience of doing video encode from an Android device;FFmpeg, the open source library for video encode/decode is preferred on Android and is very optimized for NEON(TI is one of the main contributors for FFmpeg for ARM and all TI OMAP3 and OMAP4 designs have NEON). I'm guessing the video APIs for Android use FFmpeg so Gtalk and Skype would be reliant on these libraries.
However the Atrix got Gtalk so there probably is some workaround for this...
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That is correct, both apps rely on NEON and that's why previous ports failed. Atrix (T2) did get gtalk, so there is a new attempt underway. Have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184999
There hasn't been too much progress (at least publicly displayed) or as much as the LG cam port attempt, but it's promising. And now that a version of Skype is availible for a non-neon processor, I'm guessing our wonderful devs will soon attempt to use the new libraries to make a working port. Let's hope for the best
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Back On Topic: I hear vtok(Gtalk) works
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I tried this, without much luck... I haven't gotten it to make a video call without force closing yet.
For the record, anyone, I'm running my G2x with CM7 nightly 94. I will be updating to 97 tomorrow; maybe, just maybe, that will change the results with programs I'm describing here, such as oovoo and vtok not working. If it does, I will repost.
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Ahh, OK, thanks for the clarification. So Skype has adapted an official certified version for non-NEON processors, meaning there shouldn't be much reason why they still aren't supporting Tegra 2.
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We don't have source so we don't know how they did it...
nucleartoasteroven said:
That is correct, both apps rely on NEON and that's why previous ports failed. Atrix (T2) did get gtalk, so there is a new attempt underway. Have a look at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1184999
There hasn't been too much progress (at least publicly displayed) or as much as the LG cam port attempt, but it's promising. And now that a version of Skype is availible for a non-neon processor, I'm guessing our wonderful devs will soon attempt to use the new libraries to make a working port. Let's hope for the best
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Yeah I would rather see working gchat than LG cam but I'm happy to help out anywhere.
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I tried this, without much luck... I haven't gotten it to make a video call without force closing yet.
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Fuuuuuu....
nucleartoasteroven said:
For the record, anyone, I'm running my G2x with CM7 nightly 94. I will be updating to 97 tomorrow; maybe, just maybe, that will change the results with programs I'm describing here, such as oovoo and vtok not working. If it does, I will repost.
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CM 97 has some FFC/cam fixes(looked at changelog) so it might.
That's some BS. The G2X has been out 2 months longer then the Sensation! -__-
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I was just wondering, the viewsonic gtablet is a tegra 2 harmony device and the guys at team drh have made a kernel for ics that is fully hardware excelerated so my question is since the g2x is a harmony device can the drh kernel be used as a base for a working g2x kernel with full video decoding just like the gtablet???
Harmony is for tablets. We have Ventana.
Closest best is the ZTE Mimosa X which has ICS and the Ventana. When it drops hopefully we can grab the drivers from there.
From the 2x side:
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If porting full working drivers were possible in any way from any device to make o2x runs with everything working on ics it should be done by now.. Al the things you are thinking now developers though about it long time ago... I'm developer myself.. Just not android developer.. I develop in assembler for microcontrollers as I am electronics engineer, and trust me there's nothing that I don't know about the chips I work on...
Every microcontroler (I'm specialist in microchip) has different libraries to access the different modules... As microchip produce open source libraries I can access all the functionalities in the processor and microchip provide the full pdf with the instructions set for every processor.. But even chips from the same family with a minimum variation like let's say pic18f478 to pic18f478a can have bunch of different modules with a bunch of different libraries...
So once I can develop a function out of the instructions set (what's called here from scratch) I can then develop a library wich I can call in my main software every time I want the processor execute an action... So in this case Nvidia won't provide their instructions set for their processors... They only provide libraries to oems... And oems can develop procedures and functions with these libraries...
That said Nvidia has no responsibilities here... Because no matter what os oems use the chips and the libraries are the same and the method to access chipset function won't change from one os to another... That's processor architecture and can not be modified..
LG has to re develop the function and procedures to work with the new os that is low level (assembler compiled) and embedded into the os... Those functions are way different from one device to another and it's not possible to use them unless it's the same exact chip family with no variants...
Devs here can not develop functions because they don't have access to the libraries... They only have access to the final product or what I could call the UI for developer.. And that's the DRIVERS..
That's it..
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Harmony is for tablets. We have Ventana.
Closest best is the ZTE Mimosa X which has ICS and the Ventana. When it drops hopefully we can grab the drivers from there.
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You mean this???
tonyp said:
Here is a high-speed mirror of the ROM: http://d-h.st/DDn
RC hasn't replied to me, yet.
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Harmony is for tablets. We have Ventana.
Closest best is the ZTE Mimosa X which has ICS and the Ventana. When it drops hopefully we can grab the drivers from there.
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Are you sure about that everything i read said g2x was a harmony board and its not as simple as one is phone one is tablet the Motorola xoom is a ventana board i do believe its more to do with components like memory and amount of memory sound chips and how they are implemented together
Everything you've read is wrong then.
http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tegra#section_2
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redmonke255 said:
Everything you've read is wrong then.
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So why are the xoom and transformer tf101 referred to as ventana devices on this site in their own forums???
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So why are the xoom and transformer tf101 referred to as ventana devices on this site in their own forums???
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Because the people saying it are misinformed. Ventana is the phone version, harmony is the tablet version.
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Is this of any use?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29622231&postcount=378
lehjr said:
Is this of any use?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=29622231&postcount=378
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+1
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Can this really be it? Somebody confirm so I can save some $ for donations!
Please be useful... I'm praying right now.
Fingers crossed
Wouldn't that be wonderful!
gpmartinson said:
Wouldn't that be wonderful!
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It might make me keep my G2x a lil' bit longer
Recently released Tegra 2 drivers are for Linux (Ubuntu), and they're binary so they're virtually impossible to hack for Android without superhuman effort and skills and unlimited time.
Read from XDA post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26960631&postcount=1
and read the information at the Wikipedia site about Open Source and NVIDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_hardware_and_FOSS
and read the statement from NVIDIA
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ra-devices-as-long-as-their-manufacturers-do/
and read this statement by Ricardo Cerqueira:
https://plus.google.com/11504942893...jeUiS#115049428938715274412/posts/KycR8ZjeUiS
and read the Tegra Linux Driver Package release notes:
http://developer.download.nvidia.co...ux_Driver_Package_Release_Notes_R15_armhf.pdf
Core Memory said:
Recently released Tegra 2 drivers are for Linux (Ubuntu), and they're binary so they're virtually impossible to hack for Android without superhuman effort and skills and unlimited time.
Read from XDA post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26960631&postcount=1
and read the information at the Wikipedia site about Open Source and NVIDIA:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_hardware_and_FOSS
and read the statement from NVIDIA
http://www.androidpolice.com/2011/0...ra-devices-as-long-as-their-manufacturers-do/
and read this statement by Ricardo Cerqueira:
https://plus.google.com/11504942893...jeUiS#115049428938715274412/posts/KycR8ZjeUiS
and read the Tegra Linux Driver Package release notes:
http://developer.download.nvidia.co...ux_Driver_Package_Release_Notes_R15_armhf.pdf
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Boooooo, I'm sad... again
Naive but
Not sure I get the problem...isn't android really a linux clone with less stuff? Wish I knew more about how this works.
This phone features a 3.5 inch hvga ips screen, 1gb ram, 5.6gb rom, 1.2ghz dual core s3 processor, 4.0.4 (ics), 5mp camera with led and 1080p recorder with simultaneously take pictures at the same time, this phone is fully customizable but the only thing I dislike is the audio sound quality via headphones and want to install beats audio & XLoud (PLEASE HELP)
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This phone features a 3.5 inch hvga ips screen, 1gb ram, 5.6gb rom, 1.2ghz dual core s3 processor, 4.0.4 (ics), 5mp camera with led and 1080p recorder with simultaneously take pictures at the same time, this phone is fully customizable but the only thing I dislike is the audio sound quality via headphones and want to install beats audio & XLoud (PLEASE HELP)
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Have a look here :
http://androidforums.com/motion-4g-all-things-root/611262-i-found-root-guys.html
Beats audio and xloud won't magically make your speaker sound better.
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MoodyMike81 said:
This phone features a 3.5 inch hvga ips screen, 1gb ram, 5.6gb rom, 1.2ghz dual core s3 processor, 4.0.4 (ics), 5mp camera with led and 1080p recorder with simultaneously take pictures at the same time, this phone is fully customizable but the only thing I dislike is the audio sound quality via headphones and want to install beats audio & XLoud (PLEASE HELP)
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If this works for you, please hit the thanks button!
Here is a youtube video of the process. If the youtube is unavailable the directions are below.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vkEaJvXV6Uk
If the link is corrupt Follow these instructions
Download
System backup apk:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1245330&d=1344276357
and
o4xr.zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1297942&d=1346603576
Now that you have those, drop the apk into your lg directory. I chose the download folder.
Install the apk through a file manager app, I like Astro File Management.
Next unzip the o4xr.zip onto c: drive.
Last, open command promp. Type cmd in start menu search bar.
- In command prompt type "cd.."
- type "cd.." again
- keep doing it till all you have is c:\>
- Type "cd o4xr"
- you should now see "c:\o4xr>
- Set up your phone to do a restart. Get to the last prompt before the phone restarts and go back to command prompt.
- type "root"
- if your phone doesn't not restart automatically within 5 seconds, hit restart.
Now check out your apps. You should see SuperSU.
You're done. Congrats!
MoodyMike81 said:
This phone features a 3.5 inch hvga ips screen, 1gb ram, 5.6gb rom, 1.2ghz dual core s3 processor, 4.0.4 (ics), 5mp camera with led and 1080p recorder with simultaneously take pictures at the same time, this phone is fully customizable but the only thing I dislike is the audio sound quality via headphones and want to install beats audio & XLoud (PLEASE HELP)
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Who is your carrier? I just bought this 10.03.12 on Metro and the applications won't even get in Alphabetical order.
Is there a ROM or something for this. It is rooted and there are so many things I am not able to do that I was able to dso with a Galaxy S2. ( my G4ET was stolen so looked at this one)
I am sure the phone is pretty ok but the Metro behind it just Wreaks.
need original ROM
t_galownia said:
Who is your carrier? I just bought this 10.03.12 on Metro and the applications won't even get in Alphabetical order.
Is there a ROM or something for this. It is rooted and there are so many things I am not able to do that I was able to dso with a Galaxy S2. ( my G4ET was stolen so looked at this one)
I am sure the phone is pretty ok but the Metro behind it just Wreaks.
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I am rooted and the process described worked almost as well as it should, except using the run command. I just went to those parts and double clicked them instead. BUT, i have a problem. I also flashed the rom given in the guide because of a brick issue deleting bloatware instead of freezing all of it. Now my phone is not the same. Contacts dont have pics imported from fb anymore and other things like making my phone discoverable dont work like they did at all. Its just not the same phone. Does anyone have an original Metro PCS Motion ROM? I wanna go back and start over now that I know what to do. My phone always ran at 1.5 ghz anyway. Please help!
This has s4 not s3 CPU. Benchmarks better than sgs3.
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max1001 said:
This has s4 not s3 CPU. Benchmarks better than sgs3.
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What exactly does any of that have to do with an original ROM from metro and how it functions? And even if the cpu benchmarks are "better" as you say, what exactly are you referring to? Is it the rescue rom, the 1.5 ghz kernal, or the original rom with the phone "as is" from Metro? I don't follow what you're comparing at all, nor does anyone else that happens across this thread! It's an LG MOTION, NOT A SAMSUNG ANYTHING!!! To make it clear, I bricked my phone after rooting it by deleting bloatware (instead of freezing it). I rescued it with another software that isn't the stock Metro ROM. I have since recieved 2 software updates, and had to re-root each time after installation because OTA won't update when rooted. Only an LG flash of the new software works. Maybe now I'm closer to the original (or better) than I was after the initial fix, but I don't know if I'm getting propper updates for the original Metro software (or the flashed fix of an identical, yet other carrier phone's ROM). It may have something to do with why my phone is sluggish compared to first day and many mods later. Also, they claim 22mb/s (max) in Clearwater/Tampa, FL. I get a max of 4 on a clear night in the middle of my street. My WiFi does at least 10 on a lesser signal.Does anyone have any answers to this bs? Well, I hope I'm not the only one with these questions. And maybe someone else will find a helpful answer from here on out. (Unlike the last guy's remark)
I'm looking into getting this phone as well as Sprint fees are becoming ridiculous. I'm online searching for roms as well but I'm not seeing any.
Any updates on this? switched from virgin mobile because the original htc one is a POS.
an updated android version on the lg motion would be killer, and maybe a resolution change?