I recently got my hands on one of these really unique devices, clearly a prototype as I've never personally seen something like this before, I've attached pics I took with my oneplus one, device powers on, WiFi and Bluetooth work, android 2.2.1, odd sized 22gb storage..
But I know NOTHING about it, what brand, what model, what CPU, ram and so on,
Google does not give me anything about it, so I'm at a loss of knowledge here, I'd like to find out more info about this unique device..
Anyone with some insight here please chime in and gimme an idea what I'm working with here
I remember working on this phone. It was definitely ahead of its time..
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i found a samsung s8000 jet at 199€ and was wondering whether i'd be able to install android on it
i found it has a good 800mhz cpu and it has anything u can ask nowadays apart from the best os avaiable today
any chance ?
Well AFAIK it is possible, but it would take a long time to accomplish (talking about years)
If the Jet was windows mobile, it'd be a lot easier (would still take lot of time)
u know what
my girlfriend wants a Gphone at a reasonable price but still can't find it here in italy.
i really don't understand where the problem is since linux is usually installable on any device
that's very odd
Yeah well the kernel needs to be completely rewritten to fit the hardware.
One different processor already makes a lot of trouble.
Sorry for digging up a dead topic, but, I have come across a way to get Android onto the S8000. I figure it was either that or let the phone get dusty in a drawer somewhere.
Just its not exactly a usable system as yet. None of the phone functions work, there are many Force Closures, the touch screen isnt really sensitive enough for Android either (although things can be scaled up to a larger size, normal presses get misunderstood for long presses), Cant access battery info, screen lock freezes phone, cant read time, etc etc etc. There are many things it cant to but its still an accomplishment to have it to a bootable state.
It does connect to wifi now, and has potential as far as I can tell, but, time will tell.
Still, it was fun to install onto my Jet after upgrading to Galaxy S.
I've only been playing around with it for a day. The project that is trying to get it functional is called JetDroid.
Just goes to show that Samsung could have made the Jet into a really good phone. If a semi functional install can work from people who program it in their own spare time, imagine how optimised Samsung could have gotten it.
I recently put the FR0X7 Xdandroid on my CDMA Sprint HTC Touch Pro 2, and I am very happy with it. I am astounded by the technological possibilities of these little devices. The only annoying thing my phone has started doing since I've begun to run it in Android exclusively is reboot itself. I am not sure if I did something wrong when I installed it. I have looked at this forum for weeks, and I am having trouble figuring out which advice given is now out of date and might have changed with the new version of this froyo. A lot of stuff I'm finding is from 2010.
So, my first question is if anyone knows if there is a way to keep it from rebooting like this. It's a real drain on the battery.
Which brings me to the second question. The battery drains a lot faster than it does in WinMo. I don't know if this is because it's running on the SD card or not. I have made a lot of changes to the settings based on advice here, so I don't know if there's anything else I can do.
I remember seeing threads stating that the bluetooth worked now. I have the RHOD400 startup, and on mine, bluetooth won't even turn on. So, I got the handsfree set that plugs into the headphone jack, but I've used two different ones, and both of them didn't have working mics on my phone, so I don't know if that's something related to the Android build or not. Has anyone run into this? I really need a handsfree device of some kind to work because of the new driving law in my city.
I should probably have said I use Gen Y Dual Boot to boot Android instead of the Haret.exe file.
Hey everyone! My Nexus 5 is experiencing random reboots and does so regardless of which rom I have installed. I started by pulling logcats and didn't find anything interesting (not an expert though), so I moved on to pulling the last_kmsg and saving it to a txt file. It says the reason for the last reboot was "kernel panic," but I assume there is more to it. There has to be a message in there explaining what caused it, but to be honest, I'm not really knowledgeable enough to pull it out of what looks like 50% gibberish to me.
http://pastebin.com/315jSBZt
I would be more than happy to provide needed logs or run tests, just let me know what you need. If someone can give me a good answer that is corroborated by someone else in the community, I'll make a $5 donation to the EFF in your honor.
Possible power button issue?
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Possible power button issue?
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Unlikely. Power button feels good and this phone hasn't really even been used very much. If it's a hardware issue, I think we'll find a clue in the logs. Kernels shouldn't just panic of their own accord, right?
I looked at the log you posted and I do see a kernel panic on the last line.
Does this happen with a stock ROM too?
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I looked at the log you posted and I do see a kernel panic on the last line.
Does this happen with a stock ROM too?
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Yes, I've experienced this problem on the stock ROM, Cataclysm, and Chroma (what I'm using now).
Some observations that might help:
- Sometimes it reboots more frequently than others. I've had it reboot several times within 10 min. I've also say in front of my computer with logcat running, purposefully trying to make it crash, and for 30min. it didn't do anything. (I got it to eventually, but didn't find anything useful)
- I recently reflashed everything to stock including the bootloader and recovery to see if it would help. I also updated the radio to see if that would do anything.
- It boots up fairly quickly. There are no real performance issues while using the phone
- Before it crashes, it freezes for a few seconds with whatever is on the screen. You can't use any of the buttons or do anything.
- It does not require screen-on or user interaction to prompt a reboot. I've had it reboot while sleeping before and I can hear it vibrate when it hits the "google" screen.
Is there any way to identify the cause of a kernel panic? I assume that the kernel logs what it does or what it's trying to do somewhere. I'd love to be able to pull some intel out of the logs to figure out exactly what's causing it. Any other logs I should be pulling?
Sorry, this is way beyond my analytical skills. You've gone a lot further than I would.
Could the reboots be an indication that the on-board memory is starting to fail? I'm not sure.
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Sorry, this is way beyond my analytical skills. You've gone a lot further than I would.
Could the reboots be an indication that the on-board memory is starting to fail? I'm not sure.
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Good call. That was one of my possible guesses too. I keep looking for evidence of that in the logs, it's gotta leave a trace somewhere! The phone is "certified refurbished" one that I bought off Amazon fairly cheap ($160-180ish). I think I'm just going to flash it back to stock and return it. Not sure what I want to get as a replacement. I might be able to beat my old Moto G (original) back into submission and use it for a while. It had some problems too, and it was worse when it comes to specs, but it was a really well thought out put together device. Never noticed the little things mattered so much until I bought my Nexus 5. I love it, don't get me wrong, but the positioning of the speaker, the slow-focusing camera, and a few other things keep it from hitting 100% for me. It's odd that two phones from the same manufacturer could be so different feeling when it comes to polish. Maybe I should buy a Moto X just so I can experience them all!
I used to have a Moto g as well. It as a great phone until I damaged the sim reader.
Although Google used to own Motorola, the nexus was made by LG which probably explains the different approaches to building a phone.
I'm okay with my lg which is a frankenphone that I clobbered together using spare parts I salvaged from cheap used nexus 5 phones I bought over a period of a few weeks.
I had the misfortune of buying this POS buggy tablet. It has been a consistent pain. The volume is barely audible even at max, its runnung 4.2.2, the micro usb socket is recessed so deep that it is practically impossible to use, screen has dead zobes and so on. I paid almost $300 for it and it has retina resolution - hence the need to salvage it if possible
So can someone please advise if it is possible to install software from another similar tablet having similar hardware specs? Will it help or most likely performance will remain the sane as it us now?
Thanks in advance for your time and any suggestions or tips.
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I had the misfortune of buying this POS buggy tablet. It has been a consistent pain. The volume is barely audible even at max, its runnung 4.2.2, the micro usb socket is recessed so deep that it is practically impossible to use, screen has dead zobes and so on. I paid almost $300 for it and it has retina resolution - hence the need to salvage it if possible
So can someone please advise if it is possible to install software from another similar tablet having similar hardware specs? Will it help or most likely performance will remain the sane as it us now?
Thanks in advance for your time and any suggestions or tips.
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Android is typically built for the specific hardware it is installed on. Stock firmwares and ROMs from one model number can't be used on another model number. 99% of the time, that bricks devices. If you want to flash something from a different device then I suggest you try porting it to work on your model number, don't just flash it.
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Thanks for the explanation. I was wondering why bad tablets are not reloaded with well known brands' software but your explanation cleared it for me
Hi all,
I wish my first post on this forum could've been under better circumstances butttt I figure better safe than sorry:
So ultimately I should've looked a little closer into this phone, but I jumped the gun wayyy to quickly on a purchase from eBay. I wasn't super concerned about condition and details because I just wanted to use the Huawei p40 camera...and I figured if this had been a knock-off with the same camera then I could make it work.
I saw it, it initially looked like a P40 Pro+, the model said P40 Plus...but I should've looked much closer at the visual details.
I get it and basically it has a random generic OS on it, slow mo doesn't work, many other things don't work.
I was originally trying to get the Huawei camera app on in and tried to connect a USB drive...that didn't work. So I connected it briefly to my linux desktop. It kept unmounting as a regular device...kept unmounting as a camera...(when it was mounted, it would say "the name is not activatable" when I tried to click on it), it also had a "virtualCDROM" option which had a PDF file in it...I was not about to open that though.
The only other thing I did, was try to download the camera app over the internet, but I used my phone's hotspot because I wasn't about to hook this thing up to my Wifi. I only connected it briefly though and changed the hotspot password before and after I connected the phone.
Ultimately if it had the right camera hardware I wouldn't complain because I literally just wanna be able to shoot the super slow mo that the p40 pro can do....but it looks like it's camera is just some cheap thing as well. It claims to have a 32MP mode and 16MP mode but the "32MP" image was 2560x1920 and the "16MP" image is 1536x2048
So now that I plan to return it, I had some questions here:
1. Since I connected it to my computer, are there any processes/apps or anything that it could have tried to auto-install? I've been eyeing up my process monitor ever since and it doesn't look like anything's changed. (running Pop!OS 22.04)
2. Should I do anything to the device before I try to return it? I'll likely factory reset it but I'm wondering if it could've somehow pulled information that I'm not aware of. I 100% didn't log into any accounts or anything like that on the phone.
For the future reference of others, my phone seems to almost exactly be the phone discussed in this topic: https://forum.xda-developers.com/t/help-thread-ask-any-question-noob-friendly.2257421/
Thanks in advance for any help!