Hey guys,
I was just wondering if anyone out there tried using the IOIO for Android development board from Sparkfun?
The link is here: http://www.sparkfun.com/products/10748
I searched the forum but didn't get a hit :-/
I'm not too sure how the IOIO board works, I was under the impression that the board would work with all Android devices.
There is also a beta image for the IOIO so that it supports Google's Open Accessory (ADK) protocol! You need to have 2.3.4 to get the ADK to work. Will CM7 work on it or does only official 2.3.4 work?
Any help would be appreciated, thanks
IOIO uses the ADB protocol, which exists on almost every device.
You can see a full list of devices reported to work on this thread called "which devices support IOIO" on the ioio-users Google group.
It should but it doesn't
The IOIO should work with all Android phones but unfortunately it doesn't; this of course could be more to do with a particular phone than the IOIO board itself
I was at an Android/IOIO workshop run by LittleBirdElectronics.com.au here in Sydney last week. There were a range of phones and mine was the only one not to work with the IOIO board. I was the only one with a Sony Ericcson X10 (2.1 update 1) I've also read that somebody is having problems with the X8 as well. It is likely something SE have done to the phone since at least one person has got the board to work with an X10 after he rooted the phone and put in a non-SE rom (2.3.?).
They keep updating the list of supported devices all the time, so check back at the IOIO forum, other than that just give it a try, if it doesn't work pick up a cheap Huawei X1. These do work, even without the sim. I saw one of these on the weekend plugged into an IOIO board and gaffer taped to the top of a motoriesed paltform sending it speeding around the room.
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Hi everybody,
I have been trying to catch up on the recent development in android porting.
Now, I am planning to get a new phone. Since my carrier does not sell the g1, I am wondering which would be the best working alterntive? Meaning which port would allow to use most/all feature of android?
I do need gps working now or in the near future to make this a viable alternative to me.
I have been looking at the ports of which I already know of, being the port to the vogue and to the diamond.
To my understanding (please correct me) the vogue lacks the gps hardware.
So the only device left is the diamond. Or are there any other phones which I have overseen, that sport gps, and a progressing/working port of android?
To sum it all up:
Which device gets the most attention by the dev community regarding the port of android to it?
Which one is at the moment the best working port (which device)?
Which phone poses to be the most promising device for a fully fledge port in the future?
I would be quite thankful, if anybody in the know, or even someone the porting community could give me some insight or even a proper roundup on my options here.
regards and thx for your help and insights in advance,
trial
Vogue has the GPS hardware, but AFAIK, GPS is far off for any Android port.
General Mobile is coming out with an alternative Android phone, it also has dual sim slots.
http://www.generalmobile.com/new/Default.aspx?PageName=Products&ProductId=200
I'm waiting for this to come out and to see some reviews.
Check the Google Android developer page.
You can buy a developer version phone for $399
All you have to do is register as a developer which cost $25(I think).
Edit: Not really for porting to but you did mention you couldn't get a G1, so I'm assuming you're open to a native Android phone.
ok guys.
first of all, thx for your replies.
i am not really planning to get the real g1 (even the dev version), since i am not really satisfied with its hw.
i figured it'd be easier to get a used htc device off ebay, which would be capable of running android.
So, I'd be willing to wait - which device looks the most promising in running a full android port?
Is there any effort whatsoever on the gps for the vogue or any other device? Is it likely that it will work at all?
thx for your info again
Anyone out here started Open Accessory development yet? I managed to get an ADK hardware kit (arduino mega board, motors, etc) from a Googler but haven't been able to develop with it yet because my phone is only on 2.2. I'm about to get a Honeycomb tablet and start experimenting, just wanted to see if there were any others out there?
Hello folks, I am 1 week old in this android world, I just installed Honeycomb 3.0, which is awesomely over the top except for ONE thing,,,,, my stereo Bluetooth headphones that worked perfectly on android froyo 2.2 don't work in honeycomb. They are recognezed, paired and connected but no audio would ever come out!!!
Please help me, I don't wanna give up on m Booth headphones and return to the cable stone age and I don't want to go back to froyo either.
Take care!!!
I have the same issue with my Desire S. Connection but no audio. I contacted HTC about it and they say the bluetooth setup is different to previous phones so I should contact the makers of my bluetooth device to get an upgrade of their firmware.
Would it not be possible to extract the software relating to bluetooth from an older ROM?
Would it work?
Honeycomb 3.x
can someone please tell me where i can find the image for Honeycomb 3.x for my Superpad 2 / Flytouch 3 tablet. i have been looking everywhere and all i find is the skd on android.com's site. i dont know anything about sdk's or how to get it on the tablet... thanks in advance if you are able to provide me with this information
Hello, I'm really new to Android devices. In fact, this is my first Android-based device ever. But I do have a lot of experience with Linux and Windows, and it's weird how locked down ARM-based hardware actually is. Android isn't as bad as Apple, but it's still a lot less freedom than I'm used to having. I'm getting the impression that installing custom ROM would be almost as much of a pain as installing the Homebrew Channel on a Wii.
Anyway, one thing that I should point out about my device is that it has no touchscreen at all. It has a touchpad and a keyboard in a laptop form factor, but it runs Android. It has SD card slots, USB ports, and an Ethernet port. It's a netbook with smartphone hardware. I'm curious what I can do with it, and I wouldn't be losing much if I bricked it.
If it were possible, I'd be interested in figuring out how to compile a custom version of Linux for it and flash it to ROM. I really think X with a light Window manager would work well on that hardware. If I can't, though, I would be content with a newer version of Android. It's currently running Jelly Bean and I'm wondering what the new versions are like.
The only thing I've been able to find out about the device is that it's based on a WonderMedia Prizm WM8880, has 1GB of RAM, 8GB of storage, and a 1.5GHz Cortex A9 processor. Mali-400 Graphics. In Google Play, the device is listed as No Carrier WonderMedia GA-1311F. I did a search for GA-1311F, and I found no results.
Note that I don't have an actual Manufacturer or model number, everything I can find digging around leads back to the chipset manufacturer, WonderMedia or some company called WMT. It seems like WonderMedia has ties to VIA technologies, and that they definitely don't make the device I'm using. So that means I have no idea who the manufacturer is.
Is any of this information helpful, or is my device unable to be hacked simply because the manufacturer is too obscure?
Sorry to bump my own thread, but I thought I would mention that I've managed to find out about a method called KingRoot that often works on Android 4.2. I managed to install the APK, but the program got to around 60% and then said my device couldn't be rooted.
I'm not crazy about most of the other methods because they require a USB cable that I don't have. Most Android phones or tablets would presumably have a mini-USB port with a small end for the phone and a large end for the computer, like my Windows Phone does. This machine only has regular-sized USB ports, however, and thus I would need to buy a USB male A to USB male A cord that's capable of performing the same function. I hate to waste the money on it not knowing if it will even work, though. I'm also wondering if I need to worry about crossover vs. patch cables like I would with Ethernet, etc. It's starting to seem like more trouble than it's worth.
There was another method I tried called OneClickRoot, but they told me that I needed to have that same dreaded cable hooked up to my PC, AND pay them $20 on top of it. I'm pretty sure that's ridiculous.
I'm probably going to figure this out eventually, but I'm really frustrated that this is tougher than hacking my Wii was. Embedded systems with non-standard hardware are an amazing pain to deal with.
EDIT: Even thoughc it said it failed, all of a sudden BusyBox installed successfully after I restarted the computer. I think I may have done it, although I'm not sure. Apparently I have a Linux kernel on here already somehow... is that the part of Android that's based on Linux?
imgur.com/HiRyqW2
Still, there's not much I'm finding that tells me how to set up anything much better than using a terminal and a VNC viewer within Android to view a Linux system running on top of it. I guess that could be useful if I had a beefier Android device, but with this it's only useful for a command line.
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Clover produce a range of POS terminals that as I understand run a locked down version of Android. Second hand terminals are available cheaply on ebay - it would be great to be able to repurpose (as a nice home automation terminal as an example), but that would require flashing to a stock firmware. Does anyone know what underlying hardware is used on these terminals or has anyone previously been able to wipe the Clover software off the devices?
Many thanks.
Sleepygecko said:
Clover produce a range of POS terminals that as I understand run a locked down version of Android. Second hand terminals are available cheaply on ebay - it would be great to be able to repurpose (as a nice home automation terminal as an example), but that would require flashing to a stock firmware. Does anyone know what underlying hardware is used on these terminals or has anyone previously been able to wipe the Clover software off the devices?
Many thanks.
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Hey I'm looking to do the same. Did you ever find a way to do it ?
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Hey I'm looking to do the same. Did you ever find a way to do it ?
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Did either of you find a purpose for your Clover POS terminal? I came across one too and was hoping to repurpose it. Also, how do you power it without the printer? It looks like a USB-B Micro but the slot is much wider in there.
I have one of the original Clover POS terminals.
I have only the tablet, and not the Printer.
I have gotten it to power up, and I can access the basic Clover version of Android 4.2.2.
Please see this thread on my site:
Linuxslate.com Forums - Hacking the Clover POS tablet
Further help is appreciated. What I need to know now are alternate ways to get an APK into this thing when I cannot load an APK from the browser, USB or Bluetooth.
NOTE: I am not trying to obtain information from or via the device or to use it with another financial company of any sort. My only intent is to use it as a basic large-screen Android Tablet.