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Hi everyone, as many of you guys have noticed, the newer firmwares do not come with the Amazon MP3 application. For those of you who want this, here is a tutorial on installing.
First, download the com.amazon.mp3.zip file uploaded, and place it on your desktop. DO NOT OPEN IT OR EXTRACT IT. Change .zip extension to .apk. For those of you who do not know how to do that, hit Start> My Computer> Organization> Folder and Search Options> and Uncheck "Hide Extentions for Known File Types". Then, delete the .zip extension and type in .apk. Have your G1 ready and plugged in, as you will be using ADB to install this program.
Open up command prompt and type:
cd desktop
adb install com.amazon.mp3.apk
exit
It should now be installed!
For those of you who do not have ADB installed for whatever reason, place the com.amazon.mp3.apk onto your SDcard. Then, using a file manager on your G1 (I use OIfilemanager) navigate to the location where the file is placed and install.
Also, the com.amazon.mp3.apk can also be extracted directly from RC and JF 1.4x builds.
NOTE TO MODS: I understand that Amazon MP3 is not an open source application. Therefore, if for any reason if you guys do not feel that uploading this apk is allowed, feel free to remove this post.
Paying $1 per mp3 can add up over time
With RC 33 i wanted to removed this program, now that JF 1.50 removed automatically, do you believe that i will tried this? But thanks anyway...
PS- People DL music MP3's on theirs PC' for free, Amazon Sucks!
Sometimes I find Amazon MP3 useful for previewing a CD while I am at the library.
By the way, there is no need to distribute the apk here when anyone can just extract it themselves legally from an official update.zip
jashsu said:
Sometimes I find Amazon MP3 useful for previewing a CD while I am at the library.
By the way, there is no need to distribute the apk here when anyone can just extract it themselves legally from an official update.zip
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Yeah I understand that, I'm just saving them the trouble of having to do it themselves. However, when you say "legally" do you mean distributing this apk is illegal? If so I will remove it.
SolemnWishing said:
However, when you say "legally" do you mean distributing this apk is illegal? If so I will remove it.
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It's not expressly forbidden. The general stance on xda is as long as the software in question isn't payware, then it is okay (of course a mod is free to make a judgement otherwise). However, everyone should have a RC33 or somesuch build lying around that they can extract the file from themselves anyway.
Seems that most folks don't appreciate the usefulness of Amazon MP3 as a source of track preview. I just wish that it still integrated into ShopSaavy and CompareEverywhere. Used to be you could scan a barcode of a CD and it would pull up the CD on Amazon MP3. If anyone knows how to make this work with current software versions, let me know.
Thank you for the explicit directions. This worked great on my G1 and my friend's using a mac.
Well, I guess that means we will wait for a mod to say something... next in line.. PDFviewer.
Okay, PDFviewer will not work on my JF1.50 build. Just for fun I also tried to push the H build camera and the H build dialer. The pushed camera resulted in the camera app disappearing all together along with the camcorder, gallery and picture frame widget. The H build dialer caused the phone to be completely unresponsive.
Remember, always use a Nandroid backup when attempting risky procedures
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Well, I guess that means we will wait for a mod to say something... next in line.. PDFviewer.
Okay, PDFviewer will not work on my JF1.50 build. Just for fun I also tried to push the H build camera and the H build dialer. The pushed camera resulted in the camera app disappearing all together along with the camcorder, gallery and picture frame widget. The H build dialer caused the phone to be completely unresponsive.
Remember, always use a Nandroid backup when attempting risky procedures
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If you want to extract features from Haykuro's H build for 1.50 installation, I suggest you hook up ddms so you can get realtime debugging and see what libraries/functions are being called that are causing problems. It should work in the emulator too.
By the way PDFViewer's dependencies have been well established, but the program checks some unknown properties of the build and will refuse to run for non-HTC builds. Decompiling the dex might lead to clues as to what it is and how to workaround it or patch the apk. I'm actually hoping it will just run unmodified on the official T-Mo 1.5 rom expected any day now.
jashsu said:
If you want to extract features from Haykuro's H build for 1.50 installation, I suggest you hook up ddms so you can get realtime debugging and see what libraries/functions are being called that are causing problems. It should work in the emulator too.
By the way PDFViewer's dependencies have been well established, but the program checks some unknown properties of the build and will refuse to run for non-HTC builds. Decompiling the dex might lead to clues as to what it is and how to workaround it or patch the apk. I'm actually hoping it will just run unmodified on the official T-Mo 1.5 rom expected any day now.
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hehehhe! We can always dream can't we...
lol HTC dream.. well, I do not know how to work apps, or port them or anything, so that is pretty much out of the question. Ill just stick with the obvious ones.
Much thanks!! I wanted Amazon back.
thanks
works on JF flawless. no issue yet. Thanks.
I installed the Amazon MP3 apk night before last and found that the search function wouldn't open its search box. I uninstalled and then pushed it to /system/app via adb and now it works just fine. FWIW, I have apps on SD (the symlink version).
That is good, and does anyone know if the Teeter game from the original Haykuro H build requires some sort of special resource or something? As the game installs, but force closes on startup.
thank you very much for this... anybody got a fix for myfaves???
jashsu said:
If you want to extract features from Haykuro's H build for 1.50 installation, I suggest you hook up ddms so you can get realtime debugging and see what libraries/functions are being called that are causing problems. It should work in the emulator too.
By the way PDFViewer's dependencies have been well established, but the program checks some unknown properties of the build and will refuse to run for non-HTC builds. Decompiling the dex might lead to clues as to what it is and how to workaround it or patch the apk. I'm actually hoping it will just run unmodified on the official T-Mo 1.5 rom expected any day now.
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hehehe. the properties aren't unknown. It's a library, and 2 framework files.
TheDudeOfLife said:
hehehe. the properties aren't unknown. It's a library, and 2 framework files.
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So you have PDFViewer working without the "Only for HTC devices" nag screen?
Haha mind enlightening us??
someone run some diffs on thedudes libs and framework files =P!
Is there a publicly available Fuze/Diamond/Raphael emulator that I can run on my pc? I've done some searches, but only find info on emulators that run on the fuze itself. I would like to test some ROMS I'm trying to cook up, but as an obsolute beginner, I would like to test things without installing them on the phone itself.
Thanks!
There's a generic Device Emulator available from microsoft, but you have to use the Device Emulator drivers, and as a result you can't test a number of things (like the navi pad, accelerometer, etc)
It's not realistic to emulate a device to the point where the drivers would function on it, it would be an extreme amount of work (for each device, too!)
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Is there a publicly available Fuze/Diamond/Raphael emulator that I can run on my pc? I've done some searches, but only find info on emulators that run on the fuze itself. I would like to test some ROMS I'm trying to cook up, but as an obsolute beginner, I would like to test things without installing them on the phone itself.
Thanks!
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The emulator from Microsoft does not allow ROMs to be flashed to it. There isn't an emulator that allows you top test your own ROMs.
dwizzy130
Thanks for the answers! Maybe I'll just have to pony up and get a second phone .
I first heard of such a beast when I was on the phone with a tech from FireThorn trying to work out a cert problem. He mentioned he wasn't using a phone on his end... just an emulator. I wonder if he was using the Microsoft product.
Just suck it up and flash your phone with your own roms. As long as you don't do anything super-stupid, like include a radio from the topaz or something like that, you won't brick the device. Just keep another rom handy that boots up fine if you need it in a pinch. Seriously, it's not that big of a deal, and the first time or two that you flash with your own rom, you'll get a nice rush, like the first time you unlocked the phone and flashed someone else's cooked rom.
Now, there are things you can do if you're cooking a lot and want to see if something you added (like a reg key) is 'sticking.' Look in the temp\dump folder of the kitchen, and examine the initflashfiles.dat to see if your start menu is ok. Look at the .hv files with ceregeditor to see if registry changes were compiled a-ok. Look at config.txt to see if your add2configs were compiled (and look for the corresponding cabs, etc, that you want to run during compilation). Look around for annoying shortcuts you're trying to remove, and see if they're still there. There's a lot you can do without flashing, too. I've seen Arrupenthal say that he flashes a non-booting rom like 3 times a week. It's annoying (hasn't happened to me in probably 100 cook/flash cycles, but I'm pretty conservative), but it won't kill your phone.
I am working on an application, akin to Droid Explorer, with my own tweaks and such.
Based on the idea of Droid Explorer, My Droid allows you to update your ROM, install/uninstall applications (APKs), take screen shots, view/interact with a screencast, input commands directly into the android command line, edit the file systems, browse files, etc.
UPDATE: It seems that AndoridSpin has changed their website layout for everything, which has caused me to need to rewrite the way I am parsing their page to be able to get the Download links for the ROMs. I will be working on getting this updated within the next few days.
Currently Working:
Install Single APK
Install Multiple APKs (Batch)
Backup (nandroid/nandroid+ext/bart (including backup name for bart)
Rebooting Phone (into recovery, or plain reboot)
Powering off phone
Partially Working/In Progress:
File and Directory Explorer
AndroidSpin Integration
Currently reads the ROM Database RSS Feed. Working on implementingthat data into the application.
Needed to be done:
Uninstalling APKs
Backing Up APKs (might remove due to 'theft' of paid apps)
Installing custom ROMs
The installation of Custom ROMs is going to be the big hurdle. Not because of the steps involved in the process though, thats fairly easy. But, I am going to include updating from the AndroidSpin ROM Database (as you can see in the menus). That will parse the RSS and Summary feeds of the ROM Datbase, and you can pick/choose the ROM of your liking. It will download it, and do the installation for you, including wiping the appropriate partitions and such.
As I progress further into development, I will also include things such as "screencast", to control your phone completely from the computer, as well as screenshots, debugging, etc.
I am hoping for an initial 'pre-pre-alpha' release shortly
Download: Not Yet Available
Any questions/comments/ideas/etc would be greatly appreciated!
Pre-requisites for installing?
Will there need to be anything installed prior to this package? Will this be a seamless process from download to altering system files? I have had issues with Droid Explorer and Windows Vista, and i could never get adb to work right.
It would be very nice to have an app like this while keeping it simple. For the people who cant figure out multiple installations/drivers and such.
This would (does) require that ADB be installed (with the correct drivers) for your system. ADB should also be in your %PATH% so that the application can utilize it. I will also add an option to specify the path for ADB so that you do not have to put it into your %PATH%
Looks great! If you'd like any help testing, I'd be glad to help.
Also, keep the ability to backup. If some users choose to use it for the wrong reasons, then that's a problem with their own morality. For the rest of us, constantly cooking roms and playing with new builds, being able to easily backup and restore all of our apps is a god-send.
It's nice to have a tool that does everything you need, not just some
Again, looks great so far
Hopefully yours will work with Vista 64bit. I have adb installed and working but Droid Explorer still doesnt work currently.
Joe333x said:
Hopefully yours will work with Vista 64bit. I have adb installed and working but Droid Explorer still doesnt work currently.
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I do not have a 64 bit machine to test this on, but seeing as it is being written strictly in .Net, and not using any 3rd party libraries, I do not see why it should be an issue.
If anyone knows of any complications that the .Net framework has with any certain functions on a 64 bit system, let me know, so I can attempt to program in appropriate work-arounds for the 64 bit crowd.
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I have had issues with Droid Explorer and Windows Vista, and i could never get adb to work right.
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I had these issues as well. My ADB was working just fine in Vista, then I installed Droid Explorer and ADB stopped working, it stopped recognizing that my device was there. Yet, ADB works just fine in my laptop.
It looks interesting I'm waiting for download link
jmhecker said:
I am working on an application, akin to Droid Explorer, with my own tweaks and such.
Features:
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Backing Up APKs (might remove due to 'theft' of paid apps)
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if you disable this feature...people will just find another way to steal paid apps(its not the hardest task).... just sayin
i say you keep it
PanPiotr said:
It looks interesting I'm waiting for download link
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That might be a while. I have a long way to go to even consider an alpha release, heh.
jamezelle said:
if you disable this feature...people will just find another way to steal paid apps(its not the hardest task).... just sayin
i say you keep it
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Okay, y'all twisted my arm, I'll add that feature
Hmmm looks pretty promising, wouldnt mind tryin it, n am I the only 1 who thinks this is the wrong section? This should be in the Apps section
i also thought creating such app, i wanted to start working at it these days but it seems someone else already doing it, keep the good works, cheers
AsaSpades said:
Hmmm looks pretty promising, wouldnt mind tryin it, n am I the only 1 who thinks this is the wrong section? This should be in the Apps section
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No you're not only one, I'm also think this is wrong section.
Just a quick update:
Progress is coming along nicely. A lot of features are implemented as of now, but not enough to constitute an alpha or beta release.
What I am currently working on is the parsing of the AndroidSpin database (using their RSS feed). That progress is coming along great, just a few hiccups.
Any other feature requests besides what I have listed in the OP?
And for those complaining that this is in the wrong section, please clarify as to where you think it should be, so I can be sure that future posts go to there.
Okay, time is coming close for a Beta.
I have finished the AndroidSpin RSS portion. I have successfully used my application to browse the ROMs (categorized by phone) from the AndroidSpin RSS feed, selected a rom, downloaded it, copied it to the SD card, rebooted into recovery, performed a nandroid and bart backup, wiped all 3 items(system/dalvik/ext), installed the new ROM, and rebooted, without ever having to touch my phone.
I need to do some code cleanup in that area to streamline the process, but at least I know it works
After I streamline the ROM upgrade process, I am going to work on getting things like screenshots, screencasting, etc, working as they should. Nothing really difficult with any of that, but just time consuming to get it all pieced together properly.
I am hoping for a beta release sometime soon.
any progress?
looks good.. now will this be open source?
How do i get the unlocked emulator for visual studios 2010
what i've done so far:
downloaded WM70C1.zip
i tried to uzip it but my computer won't
so then i tried to rename it to .bin and placed it im my sdk images folder and renamed the old image WM70C1_old.bin but that didn't work.
did i download the wrong thing?
i've been working from this article http://www.1800pocketpc.com/2010/03...-emulator-download-the-unlocked-bin-file.html
has anybody else tried it the same way and it worked?
what are some other methods of running the winmo 7 emulator?
thank you for your time and response
Lets pretend you have a working setup of the developer tools for running a Windows Phone 7 application from Visual Studio 2010 or Expression Blend 4, and just need to replace the emulator.
If you downloaded the emulator from the said link you get a 72.2 MB zip file called WM70Full.zip which you have to unpack, and then you'll have a 75 MB file called WM70Full.bin
This you copy to the following path (for 64-bit users, else change the program files path): C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft SDKs\WindowsPhone\v7.0\Emulation\Images
And then run your project from Visual Studio, or Expression Blend. It should now be using the unlocked emulator.
Just did it on my laptop a minute ago, and it works as expected. (I used Expression Blend to test it with). Proof: unlockedemu.png
I should perhaps add the unlocked emulator is even slower at starting up, so I wouldn't recommend using it for active development, unless you have a really really good reason to do so. Also remember the emulator is horrible slow if your computer don't support hardware visualization.
When you figured out how to make the above work, I'll recommend you to get the April release of the emulator, it's a bit newer, and have some more features you can play with.
well i guess the data corrupted last time, so i downloaded WM70FULL.zip again and followed the direction and it works fine. and your right, its ridiculous slow, but i didn't plan on developing apps i just wanted to play with it (although not much is even there to look at) thanks for the quick response
Download the April release then. (not sure if you saw my post update)
But yes, renaming a zip-package to .bin won't work very well ;-)
awsome! i'm downloading it now. i probably should have searched a little harder before posting. thanks again to your contributions
INFORMATION
DEVICE
Craig CLP281 Android Netbook
Via Wondermedia 8650 based chipset / 800 mhz / wifi / 3 standard usb / ethernet!
PROS
Original firmware available
Original firmware unlocked
Unique form factor
Inexpensive
CONS
No obvious upgrade path
No sources posted
No officially supported flash player
Lower end hardware
HOWTO
unzip to sdcard
start device with sdcard plugged in
wait for everything to be wiped out
ROM
OVERVIEW
This is a modified version of the official firmware. The focus is on removal of bloatware and unneeded proprietary software.
INTEGRATED SOFTWARE
su
Superuser
Terminal Emulator
ConnectBot
Total Commander with ftp and lan plugins
Gapps
Zirco Browser
Yaxim Jabber Client
Jota Text Editor
DO IT YOURSELF
See the README to deduce how to modify the ROM yourself. The changes are documented thoroughly so that many people can use this release as a kitchen of sorts.
LINKS
R1
ROM: http://www.mediafire.com/?dsf11zm7jik9f63
SOURCE: http://www.mediafire.com/?8juzj5qb5jme1ud
ROM: http://dev-host.org/xcz68h384fe8/clp281_firmware2.2_HACK9_R1.zip
SOURCE: http://dev-host.org/ekni2eg4td3i/SOURCES_1.zip
R2
ROM: http://dev-host.org/gm3c1mrdeai3/clp281_firmware2.2_HACK10_R2.zip
ROM: http://www.mediafire.com/?4tpli2998g10to4
R3
ROM: http://dev-host.org/qyo428ewrgvl/clp281_firmware2.2_HACK11_R3.zip
SOURCE: http://dev-host.org/w8p6gotfisnb/SOURCES_2.zip
ROM: http://www.multiupload.com/V5MKGW7X5V
SOURCE: http://www.multiupload.com/KG7KJJKT8U
R4 (Latest)
ROM: http://dev-host.org/b1ufq9iixe9k/clp281_firmware2.2_HACK12_R4.zip
ROM: http://www.multiupload.com/IJWDECP8WF
chroot Repository
References:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=486247
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172504
Please choose one of the following 2 methods!
USB Control Script (1st method):
DEBIAN_CONTROL - see bottom of post for script
MicroSD Control Script (2nd method):
DEBIAN_CONTROL_SD - see bottom of post for script
You will need this image unless you plan to put your own together.
Debian Squeeze Image:
http://www.multiupload.com/C9RDP4ODZX
The image can be flashed to your usb drive or sd/microsd card with dd on your fullsize computer. Please be aware that I have not tested running from a fullsize SD card.
dd if=~/nameofimage.img of=/dev/nameofdevice
Operation
1.Run the control script to start the chroot. You can run console commands here. The screen command is useful here also.
2.Run ./vnc to start the vnc server which itself starts xorg and the window manager. The script is not totally failure proof.
3.Login with your vnc client. I use Android vnc viewer. Password is testing.
http://code.google.com/p/android-vnc-viewer/
Window Managers
lxde
icewm
xfce
check /.vnc/ for the xstartup scripts. just rename the one for the window manager you want to xstartup and reboot your chroot.
BUG:
chroot will not cleanly unmount
SOLUTION:
keep chroot running in the background - it should only take up memory not cpu
Stock ROM Repository
Images contain stock system, stock boot, and CWM recovery.
vm670 recovery image is for the new screen version so it should work for all vm670.
LG vm670:
http://www.multiupload.com/LG1JCZ5CMD
Samsung i9023:
http://www.multiupload.com/KX1LIAASH3
Craig clp281:
http://www.multiupload.com/9XUQA7SEF1
Asus tf101:
http://www.multiupload.com/XMRO9AI4KC
Samsung p6210:
http://www.multiupload.com/L702W2MA7J
Can you add in support for the official android market, i would love to have this on here.
FAQ POST:
Does Flash work?
I am not holding out much hope for flash on ARMv6. It seems like a long complicating debugging process for what is in the end slow and buggy results.
The browser is slow?
Right now, it seems that javascript performance on the stock browser is much worse than I expected. For now, try turning off javascript and images if you use the stock browser.
Stock ROM?
The link for the device on Craig's website is:
http://www.craigelectronics.com/site/pdetails.php?id=314
You can download the completely stock ROM from here.
ADB?
I tried ADB with a male to male USB that I had laying around with no success with a GNU/Linux PC and a different Windows PC. All 3 USB ports were tested. But you can connect with adb connect ipofdevice over your LAN if you see what address your router is giving the device. Or of course you could set a static IP.
Minimize application?
You can return to the home screen at any time by pushing fn+home.
Sources for the binaries you have added?
Try the sources link on the first post. The zirco apk is unchanged and their website is here: http://code.google.com/p/zirco-browser/ . The Gapps are straight from my VM LG Optimus V.
Mount an ext2/3 formatted USB drive?
mount -t ext3 /dev/block/sda1 /mountpointofyourchoice
Enter key not working in some terminal applications?
Use Ctrl-m instead.
References:
https://github.com/jackpal/Android-Terminal-Emulator/issues/21
http://code.google.com/p/terminal-ide/issues/detail?id=6
Just wanted to thank you for taking this project on. This device could be much more and for the price you just can't go wrong. Good luck and I'm off to root.
Is it possible to boot or load a stripped version of windows xp from a thumb drive? and did you try all the usb ports with that cable?
wgallt:
The root situation on the ROM and my current devices in general is a little complicated. For this device in general, it comes ADB rooted out of the box. I have added another su to the rom that will allow console root. Unfortunately, because it is an older version of su, it does not seem to work with Superuser.apk. I am waiting on a response in the Q/A forum on errors I am getting compiling the current version of su. I have been able to compile Superuser.apk successfully but it is not much use without the current version of su. I am of course preferring to include source and source-compiled binaries wherever possible in the ROM.
celltimemb:
Market added.
See above for ADB info.
Regular Windows XP does not run natively on ARM CPUs. From Craig's website it appears that they have an identical model running Windows CE. You should look into any running a lightweight GNU/Linux chroot with QEMU or VMWare and then booting something like Windows 98. I would be amazed to see it, especially with the limited RAM we have available.
I am releasing a new ROM with integrated Google Apps and a open source browser named Zirco which seems to run very well. Compare the stock browser with stock settings to Zirco on forum.xda-developers.com to know what I mean. Be sure to read the README.
This ROM may end up becoming a different series entirely. One with the market and one without.
I have updated the first post with the links and README.
can u add live wallpaper support in a future rom?
If I get around to compiling AOSP that should come with live wallpaper.
I tried copying the live wallpaper apk and what I thought to be their dependencies from my Optimus V. Unfortunately, the switcher crashed and the logcat just said the wallpaper switcher would not start.
lot of apps run real slow and lag i tried some games like that bird game where you flick it to the target, i get like 1 frame every 2-3 seconds for the animation, soo slow, they claim 800 MHZ processor but damn this thing is soooo slow. even the fake chinese android phones the star A5000 runs and performs better than this.
2d games lag real bad so I dont see any 3d gaming at all on this machine. unless some elite hacker and coder can make a fully optimized rom for this thing.
Thanks for reporting your results. I have had mixed successes with games. The drag racing game works decent and another rice-can type racing game worked ok too. But many games instantly crash also. The live wallpaper would probably run slow anyway.
Web browsing
Remote administration
Network administration
Note taking
Light media playback
VOIP
Chat
These are all the uses I can think of it for the moment. It gives me an idea to include a note taking application at some point.
the new browser force closes on me, and does this thing have flash support, I have a gut feeling this is an x86 formfactor which is why it runs so slow.
Please read the README and in general read the previous posts carefully.
This is definitely not an x86. It if were, it would actually be faster.
One of these pages is the page for the CPU:
http://www.wondermedia.com.tw/en/products/platform/soc/wm8650/index.jsp
http://www.wondermedia.com.tw/en/products/platform/soc/wm8750/index.jsp
Lol on the craig website product page they show windows on it instead of android.
http://www.craigelectronics.com/site/pdetails.php?id=314
This thing can supposedly handle 3d gaming so i cant undertsand why most games including 2d games run so slow.
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Is it possible to put Windows CE 6 on this from the craig CLP280 model?
Merry Christmas!
After a productive night the R3 ROM is out.
The changelog and sofware list highlights:
removed zirco integration
init.rc changes to support zirco
holiday wallpaper
added OPTIONAL on localdisk with:
yaxim jabber client - open source
zirco browser - open source
jota text editor - open source
su - compiled from source
superuser - compiled from source
For security reasons, you should probably choose allow once instead of always for su.
As usual be sure to read the README.
Just got a Craig Netbook. I hate the Android stock install. I found this thread and it seems like the answer I'm looking for. If I understand you correctly, the description you give for the Rom"
"OVERVIEW
This is a modified version of the official firmware. The focus is on removal of bloatware and unneeded proprietary software."
is the first hack? (clp281_firmware2.2_HACK9_R1)
Also, if I do this and screw it up, can I reinstall the original Android from the Craig website?
Thanks.
Yes that is the first release. I would recommend trying the third as it is the latest version as of this post.
Yes you can reinstall the original firmware.
Thanks Jason.
Hey Jason. I just installed it. Had to download a new adobe flash player to watch a youtube video.
When it comes to this operating system I am a total newbie. So, in order to do a "do it yourself" install (since I still can't install some pre installed apps like "Dialer" and other things) are there simple instructions to do a "do it yourself" or do you have to be a techy to do it? I know Windows OS well but Android is so foreign to me. Just had this thing for a few days and I am ready to throw the netbook against the wall and then stomp on it. Your root was my last hope.
Well first off, were you able to actually play flash in the browser? That would be a nice new development. Alternatively, you could try the included Youtube player.
I would be glad to help in any way I can. For a do it yourself ROM, you would just take the factory firmware RAR file and edit it yourself. You would start by unRARing the file with something like WinRAR on Windows. But I would recommend trying GNU/Linux instead if you are at all interested in development. You can use the README file and this thread as a reference along the way.
Why are you interested in installing the dialer anyway? I noticed some phone components are installed but there seems to be no way to access them.
You're a doll Jason. Thanks for your willingness to help.
I didn't know about the Youtube player. Thanks for the tip. On the original install I was able to play flash in "Browser" (at Youtube at least) but not with "Browser" in this install. Although, maybe "Browser" opened "My Browser" in the original install and that's the one that had flash support. (I'm still learning). So since I didn't get around to installing your included browser maybe that's why it wouldn't play. Anyhow, I couldn't install the flash update via the link Youtube provided. The little download arrow on the top left hand of the screen just never went away. I had the unit on for about 3 hours and the arrow remained with no confirmation that the download was complete. I searched the system and the SD card for the download but couldn't find it. This is not the first time I had this problem with downloads so maybe it's something with my particular device. This is actually my third. Last two were defects.
About the Dialer... it was a typo. I meant to say I want to UNINSTALL it from the unit, but Android won't let me. It just seems useless to have this app since I have a netbook and not a phone. Plus, I think it may be eating up my battery usage as it could be the app responsible for the cell standby thing I have in Battery Usage which is using up 80% of my battery. Like I said, I am a newbie to this OS so, I'm looking at things like Dialer, Telophony etc. I may be wrong about this though. It may be some other application seeking Cell Radio signal as reported in Battery Usage.
I just did a side by side comparison of the unzipped install I got from Craigs website (by the way, thanks for that link) and your version to see if I could learn and do my own hack. I did notice a few differences.
Ok first I saw the Optional folder with some apps and Browser fix as you mentioned in the Read me
Then there was the app folder where you removed some apps from the original install and added others. Is it as simple as that? To just delete the apps you don't want from this folder of the original install? Unfortunately I don't see Dialer in that folder. I'd like to get rid of that too. I guess you can't get rid of every app.
Another difference was that I saw "su" in "bin". and I noticed SuperUser.apk in your app folder. Does that app make you the administrator of the device giving you access to system files to delete them if you want to? (I looked it up on WIKI) Cause maybe I can include that in my hack.
Also I see another difference in this folder:
\FirmwareInstall\packages\fs_patch\root_patch\system\lib
In your readme you said these are shared libraries but I don't have a clue what that means. Do I need these files?
Thanks again for taking the time with this. I would love to do my own hack. It would give me great satisfaction after the countless hours of stress trying to do stuff they won't let me do.
All the best,
Angie