Hello everyone. I have gone as far as I can go by myself, and I am looking for a little help to see if together we can get this working.
I have a Lilliput 669GL-70NP/C/T 7" touch screen that I want to try and get working over USB host. So far, all my attempts have been fruitless, but I think that it is possible. The touchscreen utilizes an eGalax driver to work, and I see from their web site here:
http://home.eeti.com.tw/web20/eGalaxTouchDriver/linuxDriver.htm
that they have created a linux driver for ARM devices. Based on what I have been able to determine, this means that I should be able to load the driver on android, but this is where I start getting in way over my head.
Does anyone know what I should be trying to get this to work? I also read that ICS has some form of touch input built in... should I be trying this on that? Right now I am running CM7. It seems to me like with a little work we could have external touchscreens for our Atrix!
Oh I forgot to mention, when I plug the touchscreen in, DMSG does register a USB HID input device as "eGalax Inc. USB TouchController"
CM7 also registers the handlers for the touchscreen as mouse1 and event10 when I run "cat /proc/bus/input/devices"
It seems like this is so close right out of the box! I'm trying my best to load the drivers now from terminal... we'll see how that goes.
Hope you get it sorted.
xdraconis said:
CM7 also registers the handlers for the touchscreen as mouse1 and event10 when I run "cat /proc/bus/input/devices"
It seems like this is so close right out of the box! I'm trying my best to load the drivers now from terminal... we'll see how that goes.
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Wow, I really wish that I could help. I'm really just dropping in to show interest and wish you good luck.
That would be a really sweet way to almost have a padphone. Ever since I unboxed my lapdock I've said that it should have been a tabdock with a touchscreen instead.
I'll go back to lurking now...
JdgM3NT4L said:
Wow, I really wish that I could help. I'm really just dropping in to show interest and wish you good luck.
That would be a really sweet way to almost have a padphone. Ever since I unboxed my lapdock I've said that it should have been a tabdock with a touchscreen instead.
I'll go back to lurking now...
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Thanks, My idea here is to dump the phone to a mounted 7" screen in my car dash. I want to basically have a touch screen head unit with all the power android offers, and the unlimited data that AT&T is still reluctantly supplying.
As far as the project goes... I just tried on Joker's CM9 built with the exact same results... I was hoping maybe the rumors I had heard about ICS support were true, but not out of the box i suppose. As far as the drivers, I can not get the calibration / driver utility to run so far... and that's as far as I'm going to be able to go tonight.
Why not HDMI?
Edit, HDMI can't support touch screen, my bad
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Anthony04x said:
Why not HDMI?
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lol nice timing. I was just logging in.
HDMI works great as is. However, I was looking to be able to provide input back to the phone. Otherwise, the phone still has to be front and center for controlling, which in my opinion kind of defeats the purpose of putting the screen there in the first place.
Basically you want to do like, vnc and pocket cloud, where you control your computer via smartphone but you wanna control the phone instead via touchscreen panel, that sounds like a pain in the ass!
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Anthony04x said:
Basically you want to do like, vnc and pocket cloud, where you control your computer via smartphone but you wanna control the phone instead via touchscreen panel, that sounds like a pain in the ass!
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Yes that's exactly what I want to do. I tried running a vnc server on the phone, but even over USB it was far too laggy.
Yeah you would need to like over clock but even that is sketchy
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Anthony04x said:
Yeah you would need to like over clock but even that is sketchy
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Right now I'm trying to install ubuntu on the atrix.... with linux drivers for arm devices that might be a solution i can handle, but I'm not sure it would work with USG host. Don't know until you try though!
True that! Let me know how it goes, sounds like an excellent project
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Have you seen this setup?
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=633Kn4XkmJA
Website:
http://www.customgadz.com/store/product.php?id_product=16
I'd love this setup for my car for sure!
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lol nice timing. I was just logging in.
HDMI works great as is. However, I was looking to be able to provide input back to the phone. Otherwise, the phone still has to be front and center for controlling, which in my opinion kind of defeats the purpose of putting the screen there in the first place.
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Are you sure that the USB isn't just for passing touchscreen input back to a device? I mean, I know there are such things as USB monitors, but I don't think this is one of them, is what I'm saying -- I'm pretty sure you need to use both HDMI and USB for this to work.
Even if you could load the driver. Which you can. You still need to write some libs and script to get android on the screen. Good luck
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samcripp said:
Even if you could load the driver. Which you can. You still need to write some libs and script to get android on the screen. Good luck
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smokesignals said:
Are you sure that the USB isn't just for passing touchscreen input back to a device? I mean, I know there are such things as USB monitors, but I don't think this is one of them, is what I'm saying -- I'm pretty sure you need to use both HDMI and USB for this to work.
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Perhaps I need to clarify... The Lilliput 669 has a proprietary HDMI cable that breaks into HDMI and USB. I am not trying to send video and input over USB, just input. The HDMI part works as is. I plan on using both HDMI and USB in the final solution.
jaketc said:
Have you seen this setup?
Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=633Kn4XkmJA
Website:
http://www.customgadz.com/store/product.php?id_product=16
I'd love this setup for my car for sure!
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Yea me too! I have tried in vain to buy this. $189 AU is a little less than $200, which I would be perfectly ok with for a completely working bluetooth solution. However, I can't buy it. MP3car.com is working with the designer to bring the product to market, but they are still 4-8 weeks out, and there are some concerns that it may not be released at all. The designer's web site lists the product as out of stock.
I have tried to find somewhere else that I could buy it, or at least get schematics to build one, but it has been in vain. By the way, this has been re-branded as "Mimics for Android".
I had been wanting to do the same thing. The other day i just came across something that should be coming out end of the month android quadcore mini development board. so you could say use touch monitor and android OS i see they have bluetooth also so maybe phone could connect bluetooth to the android system in car. there isnt much more info on the board but it looks promising for an incar project its tiny. its called odroid-x http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php
there was some other $100 range android cube thing i saw recently too that might be good. OUYA is name of it maybe XDA will have a section one day for these devices. could make for some good in-car systems much cheaper than indash receivers and more features.
Good luck to ya, keep us posted. I would kill for a solution like this. I would love to be able to implement this, with a fiber optic audio out to a DSP like the Zapco DSP6 or Audison BitOne.1 or the Helix C/P-DSP that is coming to market.
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I had been wanting to do the same thing. The other day i just came across something that should be coming out end of the month android quadcore mini development board. so you could say use touch monitor and android OS i see they have bluetooth also so maybe phone could connect bluetooth to the android system in car. there isnt much more info on the board but it looks promising for an incar project its tiny. its called odroid-x http://www.hardkernel.com/renewal_2011/products/prdt_info.php
there was some other $100 range android cube thing i saw recently too that might be good. OUYA is name of it maybe XDA will have a section one day for these devices. could make for some good in-car systems much cheaper than indash receivers and more features.
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This all sounds good, and I have seen the OUYA... it looks impressive. However this will remove the phone ability if I go this route. I could just check out the android x86 project for that... I believe they already have this screen working actually. I've been trying to follow how they made that work.
I really want to stick with my atrix as the brain so that I retain the 3g connection without another $50 a month or losing unlimited internet.
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just to know... do you read the "Kernel 2.6.24 upward" right?
theres also what samcriip told, even porting the drivers, you need to write the libs and scripts to get android on the screen, idk how much you know about android but... this is kinda hard to be done...
Good luck, you'll need it.
I have a problem with my i9100 . My power button is totally broken.
I need a kernel that automatically turn on my terminal when I connect the charger.
Anybody know any kernel to do this function?
Thanks
there is no kernal that can do that. buy a new power switch and connect it. it a very procedure.
Look for the tutorial to replace the screen, the method is similiar to replace the power switch.
Cosmic Blue said:
there is no kernal that can do that. buy a new power switch and connect it. it a very procedure.
Look for the tutorial to replace the screen, the method is similiar to replace the power switch.
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Thanks... but the problem is one pin of the power button in the motherboard. I can not replace the button...
haha what I swear people are getting stupider. there is no kernel that can do that and for hardware problems the only person that going to be able to fix them is you.
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haha what I swear people are getting stupider. there is no kernel that can do that and for hardware problems the only person that going to be able to fix them is you.
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there are some roms that has this "problem" , and you can not swith off the phone...
i am only looking for a rom with this issue to solve my problem... temporaly...
you can turn off your phone via terminal emulator by typing "reboot -p". remember to type "su" before that
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This is the first time I found a person trying to exploit a fault like that...
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HI all I'm new to this forum, I just picked up this amazing phone a few weeks ago and LOVE IT! My only problem with it is if I have my phone laying on my desk or any flat surface the back, home, & menu keys will not work. If I pick up the phone they will work? I was wondering if anyone else has this problem & if so how did you fix it?
other notes I'm using The Base 7.1 rom
My Home key just stopped working altogether and I had to trade in my phone. That's about the only thing I have had like that.
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VannMannE39 said:
HI all I'm new to this forum, I just picked up this amazing phone a few weeks ago and LOVE IT! My only problem with it is if I have my phone laying on my desk or any flat surface the back, home, & menu keys will not work. If I pick up the phone they will work? I was wondering if anyone else has this problem & if so how did you fix it?
other notes I'm using The Base 7.1 rom
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All of my android devices running custom ROMs have been like this; and it's not that they can't be used, but require a more precise touch vs when I'm holding it.
VannMannE39 said:
HI all I'm new to this forum, I just picked up this amazing phone a few weeks ago and LOVE IT! My only problem with it is if I have my phone laying on my desk or any flat surface the back, home, & menu keys will not work. If I pick up the phone they will work? I was wondering if anyone else has this problem & if so how did you fix it?
other notes I'm using The Base 7.1 rom
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I have a new Optimus G and it does the same exact thing. Running stock.
To cut things short,
I've bought a Chinese phone but it had some issues.
I managed to get over most of them but I recently found out another one that screws up a lot of apps and even dailing.
Basically what is wrong is that the phone thinks it is laying face down when it is laying on its back, and it thinks its laying on it's back when it is face down.
I'm looking for a way to correct this, I'm not afraid of doing some fiddling within the fw if that's what it takes.
The phone is fully rooted and backed up.
Even though the phone was sold to run on ICS it actually runs on gingerbread.
If anyone can point me in the right direction to get this fixed then I would be very thankful.
DrWho198 said:
Need help reversing accelerometer axes
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The operation you seek, is negation.
kuisma said:
The operation you seek, is negation.
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Thanks, I'll look it up to learn more about it.
If I can't get it working I'll let you know.
Thx
Looks like there is known method then. Don't tell me I need to physically remove the volume buttons to disable it.
Hi @sunlight98.
Which tablet is it?
Search for Philz CWM Custom Recovery, it has a protection.
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To be flat out honest. There is no fool proof way to get around it unless you find a way to lock your bootloader with your own key. Other then that there are always ways around the locks. Many people have been looking for this for a while. It's the only thing that would make a stolen phone completely useless, but other then locked bootloader there has never been a solution.
I see. So Android is really designed for single user environment, if anyone has physical device access, software protection will not help.
sunlight98 said:
I see. So Android is really designed for single user environment, if anyone has physical device access, software protection will not help.
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Pretty much.
In that case I need to search for tablets that don't have built-in wifi, does anyone know a good discussion board for this kind of question?
sunlight98 said:
In that case I need to search for tablets that don't have built-in wifi, does anyone know a good discussion board for this kind of question?
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You will be very hard pressed to find that. Just about all of them now have wifi as without them they are pretty useless. YOu might be able to disable wifi on a device.