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3.0 Honeycomb Release, and a Lazy Saturday Morning

Good morning fellow Androidians! (i like the sound of that )
This has been a VERY exciting and adventurous morning for me! I have been researching the Android 3.0 Honeycomb SDK release built for the Motorola Xoom, and I have spend all this morning installing it to my Nook! To my surprise, it worked well, actually, AMAZINGLY well.
After the install, I had the Android Market, Google Maps, YouTube, and with logging in to my google account, I could download ANY android app that a normal Android device could.
And here is the best part.
I have ADOBE FLASH 10.2 working! Yes! Just downloaded the .APK in the browser, and voila, installed and working great!
Now some may ask, how did you install it? Rosenbaa29, HOW did you do it? Actually, it was fairily difficult, but if my father and I could do it, anyone can
These are the directions written by Will Shanklin, all credit goes to him.
***NOTE: HONEYCOMB CAN NOW BE INSTALLED TO YOUR NOOK'S INTERNAL MEMORY TOO. SEE THIS THREAD FOR INSTRUCTIONS. THIS THREAD IS FOR SD CARD INSTALLATION.
* UPDATE 2/8 MORE FIXES:
(quoted from dev's thread)
"v04 - 02/07/2011
increased touchscreen sensitivity and made touchscreen more usable close to the borders (kernel change)
fixed heap size issue to get much more programs running (e.g. nook app, kindle app, etc.)"
Those updating from the previous version, see updating section at bottom
Here's how to get Honeycomb running on your Nook Color right now.
Credit to dev deeper-blue (Rafael Brune) whose thread can be found here: Android 3.0 Honeycomb Image - xda-developers
1. Download the image:
nookhoney04.img.zip
Torrent: nookhoney04.img.zip (might be faster than either of the above options - of course you'll need a torrent client like bittorrent)
Unzip the image onto your computer using WinRAR on PC, or or Stuffit Expander (on Mac).
2. Get an SD card, at least 4GB.
Some had problems with 4GB cards, others said the image stalled burning, but then it worked anyway. Worth a try, but larger than 4GB, you should be fine.
3A. PC Users:
- The usual program for this, Win32DiskImager, isn't working with this large file. So download WinImage, and under 'Disk' choose "Restore Virtual Image to Physical Drive." Change the files shown at the bottom to "all files" and select the file.
On Mac:
3B. Mac Users:
- Open a terminal window
-Find which drive the sd card is mapped to: type in the terminal this:
diskutil list
- Be very careful to identify the SD card and not your hard disk. Be VERY careful.
- Now unmount that drive typing this:
diskutil unmountDisk /dev/disk#
(My computer is was disk2 replace # with your number. Do NOT use the disk#s)
The computer should say: Unmount of all volumes on disk was successful
Type:
dd if=nookhoney04.img of=/dev/rdisk# bs=1m
Everything needed should copy right over to the card.
4. Power down your Nook, insert the microSD card, and it should boot into Honeycomb!!!!!!
Installing the Android Market on the Nook Color running Honeycomb:
1. Download this version of the Market (2.2.11).
2. Download GoogleServicesFramework.apk.
3. Place the files in your adb tools folder (or platform-tools on the newer version - wherever adb.exe is)
4. Open a command prompt in that folder, and issue the following commands:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1p2 /system
adb push Vending.apk system/app/Vending.apk
adb push GoogleServicesFramework.apk system/app/GoogleServicesFramework.apk
adb shell
cd system/app
chmod 6755 Vending.apk
chmod 6755 GoogleServicesFramework.apk
exit
adb reboot
Then go to apps, open the market, sign in. If the Market won't open at first, reboot and try again.
**Overclock instructions greyed out until new kernels are confirmed working with the new update**
Overclocking Honeycomb to 1.1GHz (might work, might not, might work then stop working):
Credit goes to dalingrin, his thread: [FYI]http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=925451
1. Download uImage (extract the uImage file somewhere on your computer)
2. If you haven't yet booted Honeycomb, skip to 4. If you've already booted it, see 3.
3. With the Nook booted into Honeycomb, connect via adb, and issue the following:
adb shell
cd data/dalvik-cache
rm *
exit
. . . and then power off your Nook immediately, without opening any apps. It's probably best to power it off with a hard reset (hold power down 10-15 seconds).
4. Remove the SD card, and place it back in an SD reader.
5. Open the folder (it should say boot) and make a copy of that uImage file on your computer. If you discover later on that the overclocking kernel doesn't work, simply replace the new one with this original that you're backing up now.
6. Now replace it with the uImage folder you downloaded earlier. Reboot, and enjoy the overclock!
Updating
To preserve much of your data, first, you'll need to root. See our stickied root Honeycomb on the Nook thread. This has nothing to do with whether the Barnes & Noble ROM is rooted or not on your Nook.
Now, while still on version 2, do a complete backup with Titanium backup.
Then, open a command prompt in your adb folder and enter the following:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1 /
adb pull sdcard/[path to your adb folder, such as c:/sdk/tools/]/honeysd
Then update to v2 by the procedure above. Then root again by the procedure in that thread.
Now open another command prompt in the same place:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk1 /
adb push [path to your adb folder]/honeysd/ sdcard/
Then restore apps in Titanium Backup (one at a time, starting with your most essential apps is recommended. This is still an early build and some apps can causes crashes).
You should have all your apps now!
Features currently not working:
- not much to mention - lets play with this new update and see . . .
***note that you may need to turn your screen off/on once after every reboot to avoid touchscreen lag (much like w/Nookie Froyo)"
Have a great week, and if you have ANY questions or comments, let us know on this forum!

Wow great effort! A few more links to where we can download these files would help.
Although... I don't have a nook Tablet so do you think this will work on other tablets too?
Specifically the elonex e-touch 10
http://direct.asda.com/Elonex-eTouc...-Music-10gb-storage/000505981,default,pd.html
The specs are;
1024X600 Pixel screen
Android 2.1 (Upgrade to 2.2 out)
1GHZ Processor
256MB Ram
The ram seems a little low but seen as its cough *cheap*.... I couldn't say no!

10123 said:
Wow great effort! A few more links to where we can download these files would help.
Although... I don't have a nook Tablet so do you think this will work on other tablets too?
Specifically the elonex e-touch 10
http://direct.asda.com/Elonex-eTouc...-Music-10gb-storage/000505981,default,pd.html
The specs are;
1024X600 Pixel screen
Android 2.1 (Upgrade to 2.2 out)
1GHZ Processor
256MB Ram
The ram seems a little low but seen as its cough *cheap*.... I couldn't say no!
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You definitely have the specs to support honeycomb. Currently, the eTouch 10 runs android 2.1, but I will definitely figure out how to get a 3.0 release for it.
The Nook is a total iPad alternative, especially if we get an extremely stable android release for it, even if its only Gingerbread. How long have you had your tablet? What do you think about it?

10123 said:
Wow great effort! A few more links to where we can download these files would help.
Although... I don't have a nook Tablet so do you think this will work on other tablets too?
Specifically the elonex e-touch 10
http://direct.asda.com/Elonex-eTouc...-Music-10gb-storage/000505981,default,pd.html
The specs are;
1024X600 Pixel screen
Android 2.1 (Upgrade to 2.2 out)
1GHZ Processor
256MB Ram
The ram seems a little low but seen as its cough *cheap*.... I couldn't say no!
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The real questions is, how do we get the Elonex Android 2.1 software on the Nook! 0_o lol

rosenbaa29 said:
You definitely have the specs to support honeycomb. Currently, the eTouch 10 runs android 2.1, but I will definitely figure out how to get a 3.0 release for it.
The Nook is a total iPad alternative, especially if we get an extremely stable android release for it, even if its only Gingerbread. How long have you had your tablet? What do you think about it?
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I've ordered and paid for it, I just need to pick it up in the store. Its supposed to be delivered in 3-5 days. So Tuesday hopefully.
Theres actually a fair amount of folks that have bought it.
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/zenithink-zt180-10-generation-1/v
Unfortunately there is no app/rom development for it due to lack of support (Maybe as its just been released in the UK). I've been looking at support for similar spec tablets (Galaxy Tab ect) its just a question of whether it'll all work.
If we can get honeycomb working for it, it could be huge on XDA. A £129 tablet that has Honeycomb... yes please! And seen as your from the US it should come to Wal-Mart at some point (ASDA is owned by Wal-Mart).
Anyway, yeah any support would be greatly appreciated.

rosenbaa29 said:
The real questions is, how do we get the Elonex Android 2.1 software on the Nook! 0_o lol
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LOL why would you want that? Doesn't the Nook come with 2.1 anyway.

10123 said:
I've ordered and paid for it, I just need to pick it up in the store. Its supposed to be delivered in 3-5 days. So Tuesday hopefully.
Theres actually a fair amount of folks that have bought it.
Unfortunately there is no app/rom development for it due to lack of support (Maybe as its just been released in the UK). I've been looking at support for similar spec tables (Galaxy Tab ect) its just a question of whether it'll all work.
If we can get honeycomb working for it, it could be huge on XDA. A £129 tablet that has Honeycomb... yes please! And seen as your from the US it should come to Wal-Mart at some point (ASDA is owned by Wal-Mart).
Anyway, yeah any support would be greatly appreciated.
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ok.... question from a lurker here....first of all, as a newer owner of Android OS, (an unREVOKED, rooted Evo), I'm trying to help my dad with his new "gadget"... it's a 7" tablet, google iRobot that came from China and has andoid 3.0 Even when he attempts to download from the installed App Market (not a true version of Android Market it seems...) most apps tell him there is no phone associated with the account... AppBrain doesn't work either.... any method or resource that would be useful to him? Most of the icons on the device mimic Apple's, such as the Safari, Settings, etc...
He's 60... trying to download card games, etc lol... any and all help would be appreciated!
Jenn
[email protected]

10123 said:
I've ordered and paid for it, I just need to pick it up in the store. Its supposed to be delivered in 3-5 days. So Tuesday hopefully.
Theres actually a fair amount of folks that have bought it.
http://www.androidtablets.net/forum/zenithink-zt180-10-generation-1/v
Unfortunately there is no app/rom development for it due to lack of support (Maybe as its just been released in the UK). I've been looking at support for similar spec tables (Galaxy Tab ect) its just a question of whether it'll all work.
If we can get honeycomb working for it, it could be huge on XDA. A £129 tablet that has Honeycomb... yes please! And seen as your from the US it should come to Wal-Mart at some point (ASDA is owned by Wal-Mart).
Anyway, yeah any support would be greatly appreciated.
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Well you know where to go! And let us know how it is when you get it, I might just have to grab one for dev purposes! We will be golden if we can get honeycomb on it.

Alanis0811 said:
ok.... question from a lurker here....first of all, as a newer owner of Android OS, (an unREVOKED, rooted Evo), I'm trying to help my dad with his new "gadget"... it's a 7" tablet, google iRobot that came from China and has andoid 3.0 Even when he attempts to download from the installed App Market (not a true version of Android Market it seems...) most apps tell him there is no phone associated with the account... AppBrain doesn't work either.... any method or resource that would be useful to him? Most of the icons on the device mimic Apple's, such as the Safari, Settings, etc...
He's 60... trying to download card games, etc lol... any and all help would be appreciated!
Jenn
[email protected]
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The thing is, you need to log into market with your google information on an android phone to activate "android market" on your specified google account, then you can use that google email to access any android features that may later come. Does that make sense?

rosenbaa29 said:
The thing is, you need to log into market with your google information on an android phone to activate "android market" on your specified google account, then you can use that google email to access any android features that may later come. Does that make sense?
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The thing is for me, I already have my droid pro on verizon, so I can access the market on my nook as long as I use the same email that I used on my droid. So see if you can use a friends phone. You would need to back it up, then do a settings_>privacy->factory reset on it. Then when it starts back up, enter your gmail account information and download at least one app from the market. then he can do the factory reset on it and put on his old email and information again. Let me knwo if that is a possibility for you.

can my tablet PC be upgrate to honeycomb?
SPECF is as follows:
Tegra 2ual core A9 1GHz
Memory:512M
10 Inches capacity screen 1024x600
i am a newbie on android ..

onesummernight said:
can my tablet PC be upgrate to honeycomb?
SPECF is as follows:
Tegra 2ual core A9 1GHz
Memory:512M
10 Inches capacity screen 1024x600
i am a newbie on android ..
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It should be officially released in about a month for you!

[Q] Internal Storage Full Issue

So I check my Xoom out this morning and Boom "Low on Space 'Tablet storage space is getting low'. It is impossible that I filled all of the space. I looked at my breakup and i have about 6Gb of music and it says the rest is completely full due to applications. I look at my applications but I only have about 3GB worth of application and data attributed to saves (manually counting). For the most part, besides the stock honeycomb apps, these apps are the same that I have on my Droid1. Which has much smaller storage. Somehow some app is taking up all the space (which i can't identify), the OS is corrupted, or I have a virus. Everything else has been pretty mainstream applications.
I have the OTA update and my Xoom has never been rooted.
Is anyone else having this problem?

A lot of people got this issue. It is being discussed in the Motorola official Xoom forum. But still no one know what's the root cause.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App

gogol said:
A lot of people got this issue. It is being discussed in the Motorola official Xoom forum. But still no one know what's the root cause.
Sent from my Nexus S using XDA App
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Thank you for the quick response. I guess its good to know I'm not the only one. Hopefully it gets fixed soon.

The link to the issue on the moto forums is
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/46601?start=0&tstart=30

Hi Everyone,
For those users not yet experiencing this but wants to see whats going on, I made a video. There is also a way to check to see if this is occurring to you by checking out your internal storage on the Xoom.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWFeq0Qj3iA

Is there anyone else experiencing this issue on their Xoom?
It happened to me last night while playing WordFeud. I get the two line message "Low on space" and "Tablet storage space is getting low"
There is no way that I am using 25 gig in applications.
Thanks,
Dan

My initial guess is that it is Application specific. My xoom has 628Mb for Applications. I think maybe some app that each of you is using is continuing to pull in data and not deleting it over time. Maybe something like a news stream or something else. I would chat with the others having this problem and see what similar apps you have.
Just a thought. Sounds odd, I agree.. but.. a place to start. Maybe akin to a memory leak.

Thanks for the quick reply, eaglecomm. Your suggestion makes sense. In looking around a little this morning, I see that some people thought it might be the Google Body app, which I had installed. I uninstalled it, but it didn't make a difference.
It turns out that there is a fix coming in the next update.
The thread is at the Motorola Owners Forum titled 'XOOM Storage is Full' problem - 47 apps takes up 27 GB?
Since I am a new member here, I cannot post the actual link.
I thought I would post this info for any other Xoom owners that are have this concern.
I am glad to see it is being addessed.
Thanks,
Dan

My Xoom is not indicating that it is low on storage, but the applications do seem to be taking up an inordinate amount of space. Funky little bug.
On a positive note, it is good to know that the functionality of this device will only get better over time.

Tombstones
Are any of you able to look at the sizes of the files in /data/tombstones? I had the same problem and did some digging and found a tombstone file that is 19 GB. It appears to have been generated by a browser crash. If any of you are having the problem can you open a terminal and go to /data/tombstones and find the biggest file and type cat (name of biggest file) and tell us the name of the process (listed after pid). You may need to be rooted and may need busybox for cat to work. I doubt it's only the browser... I'm curious to know if it's a honeycomb thing with how it tombstones app crashes.

Have you tried using a cache cleaner ? I use 1 Tap Cleaner and Fast Cache Cleaner .

Try using DiskUsage to view what is using up your storage. If you're rooted it gives you even more options to view specific folders. If you've ever used WinDirStat then this is the closest thing android has to it that I've found.
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.google.android.diskusage

Although Moto is promising an update "soon" to fix this, the problem has been getting reported on for over 45 days now. Some people were hit with this early and some more recently - like myself. This one was sort of the last straw for me. I had to do a factory reset on mine (in Settings) in order to resolve this issue; which hasn't reared its ugly head again since. However, between that mess, and no SD card, SMS, etc, I finally got fed up and rooted mine so that I could use the Tiamat kernel and at least add a 32 GB SD card in the slot provided. Rooting also allowed for Clockwork Recovery (which I love) so making modifications is much easier. If and when Motorizon decides to provide us with the 4G update, then I'll flash it back to stock. However, in the right here and now, I needed a tablet for my work and didn't have the luxury to sit around with my hands tied and wait for Moto to finally have pity on us and provide what they hyped us with. The XOOM has become too integral a part of my work and home life. The product answered a lot of needs - some I didn't even realize that I had. I'll just have to do the extra step now of flashing back to stock when (and if) update time finally comes around. Until then, I'm moving forward and I've got WORK to do!! Yippee kyy-yaayyyy!!

I have this problem and looked in my folders trying to find large files using ES File Explorer. I have found a repeating set of folders here:
/sys/module/usbhid/drivers/hid:generic-usb/module/drivers/hid:generic-usb/module
These folders keep going and going and going. I tried to look at the properties of the sys/module folder but the file size kept going and going and going. I ran it all night and it was still running in the morning at 1.25GB and counting. Is it safe to delete the repeating set of folders? Does anyone know what these folders are used for?
Deanne

DeanneJensen said:
I have this problem and looked in my folders trying to find large files using ES File Explorer. I have found a repeating set of folders here:
/sys/module/usbhid/drivers/hid:generic-usb/module/drivers/hid:generic-usb/module
These folders keep going and going and going. I tried to look at the properties of the sys/module folder but the file size kept going and going and going. I ran it all night and it was still running in the morning at 1.25GB and counting. Is it safe to delete the repeating set of folders? Does anyone know what these folders are used for?
Deanne
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Looks to me like a recursive bug where the folder or device is continually being created inside itself, it would cause everything from unstable os to complete unresponsiveness and even filling up the storage.
Macbots drool as I XOOM through the Galaxy to my hearts Desire.

SOS!! Upgraded my XT720 from 2.1 to 2.2 and Screwed UP

Hi everyone
I am in need of urgent Help
I upgraded my Motorola Milestone XT720 from 2.1 to 2.2 using Cincinatti Bell Manual.
I referred this
http://www.cincinnatibell.com/milestoneupgrade/#howtoupgrade
Now, After successful upgrade, I have some serious issues
1) My Camera's Flash isnt working. I cant enable it.
2) Performance is low
3) Lost MotoNav. How can I get it back?
4) Even if I keep Pattern lock, the slide lock do appears
5) Also, How I can merge duplicate contacts? like one contact has 3 numbers saved that are same..
Thankyou

1. im not sure. should work.
2. performance is low. you can overclock using milestone overclock if you are still rooted. however, if you are not the kind who maintains you phone everyday, i suggest you go back to 2.1 as its the most stable.
3. just google motonav apk
4. thats a flaw in the rom, cant be fixed. if you'd like to try out custom roms and maintain you phone like most of us do here, then go ahead. its very exciting lol
5. you can merge duplicate contacts by signing in to gmail on a computer, click contacts and just look around the buttons. its called "find and merge duplicate contacts" if im not wrong.
hope this helped

1) Tried all level best best to start flash... It didnt. Installed Sleekcamera apk.
2) Google find and merge always crashes and unable to do the action
3) Whats overclocking? Is it a self explanatory software??
4) Dont feel like going back to 2.1...Love App2SD
5) I also have some issues - cant play HD video and my internal video player isnt working to its full potential as I am unable o avi file. I feel, that there is codec problem, as Ringdriod isnt working too...

Chety said:
1) Tried all level best best to start flash... It didnt. Installed Sleekcamera apk.
2) Google find and merge always crashes and unable to do the action
3) Whats overclocking? Is it a self explanatory software??
4) Dont feel like going back to 2.1...Love App2SD
5) I also have some issues - cant play HD video and my internal video player isnt working to its full potential as I am unable o avi file. I feel, that there is codec problem, as Ringdriod isnt working too...
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if you like to have apps on your sd, there's a more advanced way to have it. i think its better than android's own move apps to sd. many roms we have around here have app2ext automatically set if they detect any ext partitions on your sd card. it moves all user apps onto an ext partition on your sd card (you have to use a partition tool to make this ext partition).
overclocking is actually just controlling your cpu clock speeds. most of us overclock our phone because it sometimes get laggy if we use the stock speeds. theres an app that helps us overclock on the market called milestone overclock. please remember that you need to be rooted do these stuff.
for the camera, you might have hardware problems. i dont know. contacts you should try doing the find and merge duplicates again. i'll upload a pic to show you what it looks like.
i recommend mioze's cm6 rom if you ever want to play around with flashing stuff. the stablest i've tried so far. Cyanogenmod is very versatile lol. there are a lot of themes for this rom too, made by Sileshn our master themer. for the videos i dont think i can help. you could try mobo player from the market (i think?)

Thankyou - Sorry to buggin u again n again. One last help
if you like to have apps on your sd, there's a more advanced way to have it. i think its better than android's own move apps to sd. many roms we have around here have app2ext automatically set if they detect any ext partitions on your sd card. it moves all user apps onto an ext partition on your sd card (you have to use a partition tool to make this ext partition).
How do I do that..in a esy way? I saw I video and it was very complicated for guy like me. Any easy way like app or something??
overclocking is actually just controlling your cpu clock speeds. most of us overclock our phone because it sometimes get laggy if we use the stock speeds. theres an app that helps us overclock on the market called milestone overclock. please remember that you need to be rooted do these stuff.
Cool...Thanks.
for the camera, you might have hardware problems.
No bro. It used work fine before upgrade.
i dont know. contacts you should try doing the find and merge duplicates again. i'll upload a pic to show you what it looks like.
Thanks..but Gmail says Oops… the system encountered a problem (#101)...Maybe due to slow Internet(300kbps). Any app??
i recommend mioze's cm6 rom if you ever want to play around with flashing stuff. the stablest i've tried so far. Cyanogenmod is very versatile lol. there are a lot of themes for this rom too, made by Sileshn our master themer.
This is baffling for me. I feel like M not too smart for smartphone
for the videos i dont think i can help. you could try mobo player from the market (i think?)
Yup, I have that. Unable to to pay HD vid. It shows a lag of sound and vid. Tried soft decoding. Didnt work.

Couple of things about this. Are you still Rooted? CBW gave root permissions and then I think later in the tutorial they tell you how to give it back. Don't give it back. For what you want to do, you need to keep Root permission of your device.
Next are you comfortable with flashing custom ROMs and doing realtive non-beginner stuff on your phone. We can help you and walk you through stuff but unfortunately, there isn't an "app for that". If so, then here we go.
If you successfully were able to upgrade your phone, then you can do this. There are many custom ROMS in our forums that you can use. CM6, Hellmonger's, Kahl's V4, Bravo (wip) and CM7 (wip). I suggest CM6 or Kahl's V4 as they are stable enough for beginners to learn on. The have 99% working everything and what doesn't work, is either being fixed or there are already work-arounds. (search the development forums for these)
CBW's ROM doesn't have app2ext. It only has the native Froyo app2sd where you can go to settings>apps>pick your app>move to sd. This is not the same as App2ext or Link2sd. In these you have to partition your SDcard with an ext partition. Do you know how to partition your SD card? All the above ROMs do have the native Froyo app2sd, so if you don't know how to partition your SD card, that is fine too.
Answer those and then you can decide to move forward or not. It isn't hard and you don't have to be super smart to do it, although the more you read around, there are some seriously intelligent people in here. It is just from reading your posts above, how comfortable are you? You will not brick your phone and make it a paperweight, we can bring it back from the brink, if need be. We've done it before.
**Milestone Overclock is an app in the market (requires Root) that is free to download. Just download it and set it at preset 1000/66 and you'll definately seem a boost in performance.
**Google contacts. If merge doesn't work for you, go into google on PC and look at your contact and you may have some duplicates in there. When i first got it, i had 3 of everyone too. Also, go into your phone and go to settings>account/sync and see what is sycnhing. Side note: if you have a Google+ account, unsych that as everyone in your circles will be put on your phone and vice-versa.
**Moboplayer. I use this all the time and have no problem seeing HD vids. Might want to take another look at the preferences. It even says it on the thunmbnails that it is HD.
**Camera. If you don't like the the camera function, there are a few on the market (mostly paid though) that work well. I use Vignette, but there is Camera360 and I think one for LG too. If your flash isn't working though, that might be a hardware issue.
Figure out what you want to do with your phone (flash custom ROM or not) and we can help. If you already flashed the CBW upgrade, then you are really half-way there.
Also sorry for the manifesto sized response.

Hi
Actually thankyou for detailed resonse. I find it very helpful. But, M disappointed to tell, that in afternoon,I installed Moto-optimizer after I couldnt work on Motorola Overclock and Started the process at 800...and then, its only M logo which is showing up.
Will give it to service centre tomorrow and get back to 2.1. I hope, they are not ale to detect this s/w fault..
Will love to learn our SD card partition,

Chety said:
Hi
Actually thankyou for detailed resonse. I find it very helpful. But, M disappointed to tell, that in afternoon,I installed Moto-optimizer after I couldnt work on Motorola Overclock and Started the process at 800...and then, its only M logo which is showing up.
Will give it to service centre tomorrow and get back to 2.1. I hope, they are not ale to detect this s/w fault..
Will love to learn our SD card partition,
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See this before you do the below. Easy read but might work for you instead of flashing back to 2.1.
Here is a recent troubleshoot that we fixed.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1089148
No need to take back to service. We can get you back to stock pretty easily.
All you need is to download RSDlite on your computer, install it and run it.
Here are the .sbf's http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953863
Here are the directions http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753170 See first post. It's easy to do.

[DEV] unofficial CyanogenMod 9/ClockworkMod Recovery 5 for Amlogic AML8726-M tablets

this is a work-in-progress development project for porting CyanogenMod 9 (ICS/4.0.4) and ClockworkMod Recovery 5 to Amlogic AML8726-M tablets.
this is not perfect at all. and I'm very busy. progress will be very very slow. I may not be able to answer your question/request. if you have some idea for improvement, please do it freely.
there is no support from any makers/vendors. you must agree all risks by installing non-supported files, it may brick your tablet, and you may lose official support/warranty.
* YOU MUST READ CAREFULLY POST#1, #2, AND #3!
* DO NOT USE IF YOUR TABLET IS NOT LISTED BELOW. IT WILL BRICK YOUR TABLET!
* project page
http://androtab.info/cyanogenmod/amlogic/
* supported tablets
ainol NOVO8 Advanced
Digma iDx7 (a.k.a. WayteQ xPAD-70)
Digma iDx10/iDx10 3G
* CM9 current status (2012/4/12)
not work:
3G, camera, and many things which you expect to work
work:
3D, accelerometer, audio, gapps, hardware accelerated video, HDMI, internal NAND flash, remote controller, SD card, touchscreen, USB host/device, vibrator, wlan
* changelog
refer git log
* resources
http://www.cyanogenmod.com/ (What is CyanogenMod?)
http://source.android.com/source/
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=Building_from_source
http://goo-inside.me/gapps (Google Apps)
http://review.cyanogenmod.com/#q,status:merged,n,z (CyanogenMod merged changes)
https://github.com/naobsd/cm_bootable_recovery/compare/ics...ics-naobsd (placeholder to cherry-pick changes)
https://github.com/naobsd/cm_external_e2fsprogs/compare/ics...ics-naobsd (placeholder to cherry-pick changes)
https://github.com/naobsd/cm_system_core/compare/ics...ics-naobsd (placeholder to cherry-pick changes)
https://github.com/naobsd/cm_device_amlogic_aml8726m
* links
http://www.chinadigitalcomm.com/ainol-mid-f105/source-code-ainol-novo8-android-t10767.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1478734 (psquare's CM7/9 for NOVO8 Advanced)
http://ct704ct1002.forumgratuit.org/t711-cyanogen-9-sur-ct704-et-ct1002 (users' forum for CT704/1002)

* How to boot ClockworkMod Recovery 5
1. download recovery.zip and unzip it
2. put aml_autoscript and uImage_cwm on root of SD card
3. insert SD card
4. power on
you can flash uImage_cwm directly into recovery partition. then, you can boot recovery with VOL+ + POWER.
ClockworkMod Recovery 5 can't install official update.zip. if you want to reinstall official ROM, use uImage_recovery in official ROM.
* How to control ClockworkMod Recovery 5
for ainol NOVO8 Advanced
VOL-/jogball down: down, VOL+/jogball up: up, POWER/jogball push: select, SEARCH/BACK: back
* How to install CyanogenMod 9
1. download update.zip and put it on internal NAND flash or SD card (don't unzip it)
2. reboot recovery
3. install update.zip
4. wipe data/factory reset *1
5. reboot
*1 only if you are upgrading from non-CM9 ROM (CM9 1st install)

* issues
- mic input(audio record) doesn't work.
- accelerometer orientation on Digma iDx7 is wrong. please disable it for now.
- scaling and rotating are not worked for hardware accelerated video. video is always displayed as fullscreen and landscape. please use media player which has fullscreen mode (no UI parts).
- to use USB mass storage mode, /sdcard needs to be mounted. i.e. SD card need to be inserted, or, internal NAND flash need to be mounted on /sdcard (by Settings -> Storage -> Storage configuration -> Use internal storage).
- TS calibration is missing. resistive touch screen will not work.
* random notes
- external SD card and internal NAND flash
on CWM, external SD card is mounted on /sdcard. internal NAND flash is mounted on /emmc and referred as "internal SD card".
on CM9, external SD card is mounted on /mnt/sdcard. internal NAND flash is mounted on /mnt/nand.
- ubifs
no ubifs support for now. which is better, yaffs2 or ubifs?
ubifs should be supported if clockworkdmod is used as backup tool for official rom.
- rootfs
currently ramdisk in kernel is used as rootfs. modifying kernel by hand is not so smart.
should try to make initrd separately and pass it via bootm 2nd arg.
- reboot
reboot doesn't work. if power is connected, reboot will work, but power off also act as reboot
reboot recovery/bootloader doesn't work at all. use VOL+ while power on.
- memsicd
is running to use accelerometer (and magnetic field sensor). it also tweak axes by ro.sf.hwrotation and ro.sf.gsensorposition.
- magnetic field sensor
is detected but not worked/not existed. magnetic field aware apps may not work correctly.

hi
hello
works great.
You are really great.
your work with the de novo 8 will be finally a good tablet.
sorry I do not speak English
good luck

Thank you very much from France for your work !!!
I will try this version as soon as possible.
Bye.

First of all: Thank you! It looks great! ;
But, the "- no ubifs support" means I can't mount sd-card or connect internal memory to pc?
I tried, but it not works...
Thanks again!

bigdee888 said:
I can't mount sd-card or connect internal memory to pc?
I tried, but it not works...
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thank you confirming "not work" things.
for ubifs, please learn about it. this project/thread is for developers.

smeexx said:
your work with the de novo 8 will be finally a good tablet.
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I can't promise my CM7 port will be good for you. I'll do what I can do, but I can't do what you want.

thank you for your cooperation!
from my personal experience, probably some non-dev people will start to complain "XXX is not working! I need it! please support it asap!". and, 1 month after, "XXX is still not working! terrible! tell me current status of your work!".
this is development project. my files are just for dev people, and non-dev people who know dev work is really difficult or need a lot of time.
my git repo are pushed to github. anyone who can build android/cyanogenmod can build my CM7 for novo8 with it. (how to build is around here and there. don't ask here)
about me(currently only 1 dev here), I'll work for this project only on my free time. I don't have enough time as usual. nothing may be changed within a month. don't ask ETA even if I say "I'll do it soon".
as a fact, on my another project, some people waited some months to get working accelerometer.
test report is always welcome from everyone. but don't expect that issues/missing featues will be fixed if you can't fix yourself without effort.
if you don't like my CM7, please use another one. I never say my CM7 is best, I don't force people to use my CM7.

I'm looking ZT-280 gingerbread (it seems CM) rom. I think something can be used for us. e.g. they have latest mali modules
there is also Gadmei T720 (probably froyo) rom posted on www.chinadigitalcomm.com. I'll check it too.
if you know another rom for other AML8726-M based tablets, please tell me.

USB device function, mount from PC, seems to be working.
USB host function is also working.
paths in vold.fstab are wrong so SD card and USB disk can't be accessed in CM. I'll fix it in next image.
HDMI output can be enabled via set_display_mode.sh command. it may need to connect HDMI cable before booting. screen is not scaled. 720p is shifted, probably set_display_mode.sh need to be tweaked.
I need to check how it works on stock rom.

Its really great to see that some initial work is being done for that niche-tablet with great hardware potential.
I really can't await for the first working GB rom on the novo 8.
@fun_ As you mentioned yourself to have less time to work on the rom, would it be possible to share the source? As it might be a good base for other people to help improving your work.
Cheers

Toshimitsu said:
I really can't await for the first working GB rom on the novo 8.
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"waiting" doesn't help this project at all. why you didn't try 1st?
Toshimitsu said:
@fun_ As you mentioned yourself to have less time to work on the rom, would it be possible to share the source? As it might be a good base for other people to help improving your work.
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really soon unless no one prevent me by posting worthless question.
(for me, soon is one of which, within a day, within a week, within a month, within a year, or never happen)
--
I forgot to write (and did it just now) "don't ask ETA" on post#9.

HDMI output is tweaked. remote controller is working properly now.
20111023 files are uploaded.
repos are pushed to github. see OP. some tips should be added (will do later).

20111024 uploaded (replaced few hours ago)
fix small graphics issue

You are really cool man. Nice job.

Excellent development, Mr. fun_!
I plan to do a write up in my blog about this. As for your questions about Zenithink ZT280 of different form-factors, it's unclear whether they based on Android 2.3 or -- most probably for me, at least -- on Android 2.2.
Together with Ainol Novo 8 and Gadmei T820 there's another device looking like an Ainol's rebrand: Aigo M801.
Can anyone with this build make some screenshots, or better video clips and post them (link) here? Of interest are:
-- 2D (GUI rendering/video decoding and rendering) hardware acceleration/performance, preferably with some comparison to stock A2.2;
-- overal agility of the build, maybe some benchmarks;
-- what doesn't work at this point?
Thank you! Can't wait to publish this Mr fun_'s great breakthrough for my readers in English, Russian, Japanese.

aludal said:
I plan to do a write up in my blog about this. As for your questions about Zenithink ZT280 of different form-factors, it's unclear whether they based on Android 2.3 or -- most probably for me, at least -- on Android 2.2.
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as I wrote Zenithink released 2.3 rom. and I found Pandigital Nova has 2.3.
aludal said:
Together with Ainol Novo 8 and Gadmei T820 there's another device looking like an Ainol's rebrand: Aigo M801.
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I got my novo8 few weeks ago, until then I didn't care any amlogic tablets at all. I need more time to learn about them
aludal said:
Can anyone with this build make some screenshots, or better video clips and post them (link) here? Of interest are:
-- 2D (GUI rendering/video decoding and rendering) hardware acceleration/performance, preferably with some comparison to stock A2.2;
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I think 2D is not so fast due to screen size. hardware video decoding doesn't work. I didn't use stock rom well (only few days). I need to reinstall stock rom to check some things.
aludal said:
-- overal agility of the build, maybe some benchmarks;
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I'm not sure benchmark is meaningful at this stage. anyway, I'll post 0xbench result soon.
(but some 2D/3D score may not be reliable because it reaches limit(refresh rate) easily on 0xbench)
is there any other good benchmark app? I don't like Quadrant.
http://www.glbenchmark.com/ looks nice but I need to register to get result.
i/o may be slow. I feel lags e.g. while installing app.
aludal said:
-- what doesn't work at this point?
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I'm not sure what/how works on stock yet "work" things are listed on OP.
please write review freely, but I don't think my CM7 port is excellent further development is needed to get excellent one. I can't promise I can do it.
thank you for your cooperation!

fun_ said:
as I wrote Zenithink released 2.3 rom. and I found Pandigital Nova has 2.3.
yes, I looked up these devices myself (was actually watching Nova since August), and then there's at least 3 models of Zenithink 280.
I got my novo8 few weeks ago, until then I didn't care any amlogic tablets at all. I need more time to learn about them
Hah! I admire your speed, Sir. CM7 Team must get you as their "official" developer ASAP. (In fact, I have a vested interest in that: I run CM7 on my Nook Color since last winter, and if you ask me, they stuck on hardware acceleration for Nook)
I think 2D is not so fast due to screen size. hardware video decoding doesn't work. I didn't use stock rom well (only few days). I need to reinstall stock rom to check some things.
Screen size/pixel count, or resolution has no effect on 2D HW accelerated rendering as long as Mali400 MP's limit on pixel count is not broken. 1280x768 is well within that limit. Hardware video decoding worked quite well in stock (A2.2) for 1080p/720p quite high bitrates, so please don't lose it, LOL.
I'm not sure benchmark is meaningful at this stage. anyway, I'll post 0xbench result soon.
(but some 2D/3D score may not be reliable because it reaches limit(refresh rate) easily on 0xbench)
is there any other good benchmark app? I don't like Quadrant.
Nobody likes Quadrant. It's the Quadrant of A2.2 vs. Quadrant of CM7 that matters, on the same Ainol Novo
http://www.glbenchmark.com/ looks nice but I need to register to get result.
i/o may be slow. I feel lags e.g. while installing app.
That would be an overkill, sir.http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif. Usual Neocore, Nenamark scores will be fine.
I'm not sure what/how works on stock yet "work" things are listed on OP.
please write review freely, but I don't think my CM7 port is excellent further development is needed to get excellent one. I can't promise I can do it.
You achieved a TON already, during last 2-3 days. Question is, can you do ALSA/Open GL ES/NEON/stagefright work at least no worse than in stock A.2.2? Original/stock FW coders struggle with it since this April and stay at A2.2 still. Yet Nova has it, but the quality of HW support is questionable.
thank you for your cooperation!
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I will do whatever I can in support of this development. Meanwhile, you're welcome to comment on my write-up in fineoils.blogspot.com

aludal said:
I will do whatever I can in support of this development. Meanwhile, you're welcome to comment on my write-up in fineoils.blogspot.com
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yup. at least I need to comment about motoya font

Custom rom Yarvik TAB450

Hello,
I've purchased the Yarvik TAB450 2 weeks ago, used (6 weeks old) and I now know why the seller sold it.
It's slow, it's not efficiently installed (5.6 GB free, but I'm unable to install apps), move to sd of apps breaks them, Android is outdated (2.3.3) and not all apps run on it. (at least firefox and age of wind crash)
Lots of reasons to ditch it again, but one to keep it. I haven't found a custom rom for it and I'm curious if I can build one for the tab. (as the specs show more then enough promise and I haven't build anything for a while)
I would like to build an environment which I can use for something else then a glorified ebook reader. However I haven't found any manuals for a general rom build. How to proceed?
I would guess the following steps are needed:
Install sdk (done)
Install other stuff (what?)
Get source (have to locate it)
Determine hardware used in tab. (how?)
Build rom
Test in emulator (is there one?)
Install on tab
Have fun
This is very general, I know, but details will be added later. (when I have them )
The questions I hope to have found the answer of soon are:
How to setup a build environment in Debian
How to determine the hardware in the tab
How to safe the current rom (it's rubbish, but at least it'll let you read ebooks )
Is it possible to boot an image from the sd (of USB stick) to test it
The last 2 points are to prevent destroying the tab while testing, as the manufacturer doesn't have an image, 'as it's in rom'. (which is altered when trying to root it, as I've discovered lately)
I haven't got a clue what I'm getting into, but I hope to get a useful tab out of it. (or the tab dies trying ) I hope to prevent the latter, but when that's not possible, it'll be sacrificed to science.

Whoopsm crash...
The 450 crashed thursday. Not the software, but the device fell. The screen is broken, so it's not responding to touch. I'll see what I can do with the command line interface, it'll gonna be entertaining, but I guess someone else has to take up the challenge for a complete rom. (as I can't test the correct response of the device)
It's dead Jim...