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So an a Woot Newbie, I went into the Development Tab, saw VEGAn-TAB GingerEdition and just went through the steps and installed it. Maybe I should have installed something other than this, but am trying to learn how to use it since i installed it already and am wondering if I should do a wipe and install another ROM (is it easy?).
This being my first Android anything, I am learning here, so bear with me please.
Basically I went in the post and downloaded the gapps-gp-20110307.zip but what do I do with it?
How do I install Apps to this thing now? Can I install the Android Marketplace? The Amazon App store? Anything like that?
Sorry but I am really excited to use this thing.
Thanks a meeelion
First let me just say that I'm jealous you were able to install that ROM to your device.
Second, place the gapps zip file in the internal sdcard. Reboot into recovery mode. Select install zip from sdcard. Choose zip from sdcard. Navigate to the gapps zip and select it. It will install, then select reboot.
If that was too general I can do more step by step, but I figure if you got the ROM installed this shouldn't be too hard.
Yeah it worked but then I started messing around and installed VEGAn-TAB ROM BETA 5.1 and now my home button or the search button don't work...
[size=+3]Honeycomb SDK Port - The Return [/size]
1. Introduction
So, for quite some time, we have had the excellent work done by deeper-blue, in porting the preview SDK, which whet our appetites for more Honeycomb to come. But despite Google allowing companies to ship Honeycomb devices, we have not had a source drop. As such, i felt like taking on the challenge of making the full SDK work on the nook; and now, here we are. This is build off the SDK 11 (rather than 10), and should be compatible with all real Honeycomb apps. Lets proceed.
2. Thanks & Credits
Before i go ANY further, i want to say thanks to whose people's work enabled and inspired me.
deeper-blue - It was your original modifications to the preview SDK that allowed me to get a BIG start on converting the full SDK. Honestly, i don't know how you figured out to do most of what you did, but it works!
dc13 - Your Asus Transformer system dump provided all the nice extra apps that are in use on this rom, in addition to the update framework. Thank you for your hard work!. http://forum.sdx-developers.com/eee-pad-development/ti-x-transformer-pad-v1/
rookie1 -Your dual boot Honeycomb script provided a great basis for a non dual booting script. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=959461
I admit, i put together what i could with what i could find; if anyone is unhappy with what was used, please let me know and we can rectify the issue.
3. Installation
Not a whole lot to this one. Installation requires at least CWM 3.0.1.0. I am using internal CWM, so I will only certify it with that. I guess some people use CWM SD cards, but i am not sure how well it works with them.
Load the included .zip file on the SD card, and flash.
THIS WILL WIPE YOUR SYSTEM
DO NOT install this without having a good backup of Froyo or CM7.
DO NOT FORMAT BOOT
DO NOT INSTALL THIS WITHOUT HAVING A GOOD NANDROID BACKUP
Install take a few minutes, but once you are up, you will be greeted with the setup screen. Be sure to have a good Wifi around, it makes it easier to set everything up. Also, be sure to give the system a minute or two to settle when it first boots. Once you are all setup, you will be greeted with the full Android experience. Which leads me to my last bit of info.
4. Issues
Not working
- DSP (i think i jumped the gun on this one)
- From time to time, the screen may seemingly partially lock up. If this happens, please try to get an ADB logcat and post it here ("adb shell logcat > aFileName.txt"). A reboot will fix this issue.
- SD Card - RIght now, this is the big one. Not sure what about the framework change killed hte SD card, but i dont seem to see mine any more. If anyone has any ideas,lemme know
Working
SU (thank you racks11479)
SetCPU (and all other root needing things)
Audio (thank you deeper-blue)
3D
WiFi
Market (thank you PatF, et al)
Calendar (thanks Rockwig)
Gmail
- To kill the flashing red box (thank you mazook98): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13504316&postcount=109
(and more)
5. Community
So, what to do from here? Well, i will keep doing what i can, but i am by no means an expert. I invite anyone and everyone whom could possibly help make this better. If you think you can get Root or Market working - dont even ask; grab the code and mod away. If you have any advice, please share it. Android is so amazing because of the community.. lets keep it that way!
6. Links & Releases
5/9/11[/b]
This link represents a new phase of the Honeycomb build. I have adapted the framework from the posted eee Pad V3 build (linked in section 2). I feel this is a huge step up in UI, and a good push towards a daily driver. The UI is still a bit laggy, but it isn't too bad. Again, it wont be perfectly fixable until we get the source, but for now, its coming along.
Honeycomb Hybrid - RC1
http://www.multiupload.com/71K84XF6BF
Updated ramdisk made by Racks11479, that will allow SD mounting
See: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13698333&postcount=483
http://www.multiupload.com/3D9WSPUAUZ
**** ARCHIVED: DO NOT USE *****
Honeycomb SDK - RC3
RC3 Brings in the Calandar fix (thanks Rockwig), and a new build.prop (thanks xboxexpert), as well as some cleanup.
http://www.mediafire.com/?z6a2x97hlr5ve8p
Honeycomb SDK - RC2 (thanks to declain for creating an updated rollup)
RC2 brings in the fixed SU, Market, and Audio, all in one neat package!
https://rapidshare.com/files/460775452/update-HC-rc2.zip
Honeycomb SDK - RC1
http://www.mediafire.com/?czghefkha5zetab
www.unvisible.org/files/update-HC-rc1.zip - Thanks luciferii!
Su to push to allow Superuser (thanks for the info racks11479):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953110
**Note, if pushing to xbin does not work, push the file to bin, and also set the perms there. That got it working for me**
6a: Change Log
RC3 - 5/6/11
- Fixed Calendar
- Updated build.prop
- DPI set to 140
- Installer no longer wipes out data; all future revisions will leave user partitions alone
- Cleaned up some unneeded programs
RC2 - 5/5/11
- Fixed SU
- Fixed Sound
- Fixed Market
RC1 - Release
7. Questions and Answers
With the stock Market still being funky, what options do i have?
The system can still side load apps, so any APKs you can grab can be installed with adb. Additionally, because of this,you can install other 3rd party Markets such as Slide and Amazon, which will let you install more apps.
Can i use the HC overclocked kernel?
At this time no. I have tried using the last released HS OC kernel, and something about it causes the system to hang at the boot animation. I want to look into it further though, and see if i can discover the source of the issue.
As of RC1, the kernel shipping in this package, is the same one that is found in the "HC-v4-emmc-2nd-edition" released for the preview SDK.
What is different about this release, compared to the other SDK port
The previous port was based off of the preview SDK, which Google labeled as SDK 10. The actual release of Honeycomb however, was bumped to SDK 11. This port uses that code, which means that it should be compatible with all the new new Honeycomb apps (Google body, etc). Certain things, like the Gmail for tablets, do work, and show what Honeycomb is all about.
How much more can be done on this release?
From here, the big fixes would be:
- Getting the stock Honeycomb Market to work
- Getting audio working
- Getting newer OC kernels workin
- Smothing out the UI experience as much as possible.
How can i help?
All the source that i had available is in the .zip package. Because there is no freely available source, all the work involves modifying the released binaries and framework .jars. There is additional tweaking that can be done to the ramdisk and kernel. If you feel adventurous, all of these are in the update package, and can be tweaked at your leisure. If you think you have something, don't be shy - zip it up and let us test it!
Oh, make sure you are signed in your Google account. Reboot, check for market.
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marcusant said:
Oh, make sure you are signed in your Google account. Reboot, check for market.
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If not, adb push zeam and try flashing cm7 gapps.
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marcusant said:
If not, adb push zeam and try flashing cm7 gapps.
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Gave it a try - no go. Lots of force closes going on...
I am soooo looking forward to this. No matter how great the other roms are. I just love the Honeycomb UI. Downloading now and will play around with it and hopefully will be able to contribute in someway.
Thanks,
Racks
Thanks for working on this! Hopefully the issues can be fixed soon enough.
I will poke around with it also. I ran EMMC v2 for a long time and the HC UI was just so smooth.
Thanks Madcat for taking this on.
I know this was meant for EMMC. But I just prepped and installed this to my SDcard rom and boy do I loves me some honeycomb. I assume you are aware of the red border issue? Or might it be because i'm running it off an SDcard. Don't mean to throw things off with the SD install.
Thanks,
Racks
racks11479 said:
I know this was meant for EMMC. But I just prepped and installed this to my SDcard rom and boy do I loves me some honeycomb. I assume you are aware of the red border issue? Or might it be because i'm running it off an SDcard. Don't mean to throw things off with the SD install.
Thanks,
Racks
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Aye - i am aware of the boarder, and didn't remember if there was a way to turn it off.. It was way too long since i messed with HC...
thanks dm for getting hc back into life, im sure there will be many people come out of the woodwork to help with this, it seems like youve got it mostly there. once it gets market i will be all over this
insaneturbo13 said:
thanks dm for getting hc back into life, im sure there will be many people come out of the woodwork to help with this, it seems like youve got it mostly there. once it gets market i will be all over this
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Hey insaneturbo13 . Did realize you were a NC owner too .
@Divine_MadcatI'm hoping to come into some free time soon, and should be able to test and contribute where i can.
Thanks,
-h8
h8rift said:
Hey insaneturbo13 . Did realize you were a NC owner too .
@Divine_MadcatI'm hoping to come into some free time soon, and should be able to test and contribute where i can.
Thanks,
-h8
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hey yea, im now a regular here, good to see a familiar face haha
owned one of these puppies for about a month now
OK, just flashed CM7 latest Gapps. Market shows up. Signed in. Can browse. Search. But unable to install any apps.
Error I'm receiving is Google Services Framework (process com.google.process.gapps) has stopped unexpectedly.
I can install backed up apps by pushing via ADB and through a File Manager
Awesome ROM! Many people will be happy to see HC development move forward.
I was able to flash this using the SD card I use to flash CM7. I had a few keyboard FCs that was stopped when I specially picked US english. Glad to see wireless working, and the SD card slot works. Nook encoded videos play poorly, but I can't tell if its the DSP or the lack of audio. Interesting to see the differences between the final SDK and the one we had previously.
Thanks again!!!
well im currently giving it a try. Like you said, market doesn't show up but i saw that in my notification bar it said that i had updates. I clicked on it and it took me to "my apps" and installed all my paid for apps just fine . I'm not able to get to the rest of the market though.
Thank you
Many thanks Divine , Have been waiting for this for a long time. love the widgets.
I am interested in this, carry on
The amazon app market works fine.
Just a random Q, but has anyone tried these?
http://nookdevs.com/Honeycomb_Google_Apps_and_Market
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941445
http://www.multiupload.com/B1TZD65GBR
mansisingh said:
http://www.multiupload.com/B1TZD65GBR
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Thanx man !!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y06-_gKXcSE
Thank you! Could you explain me how to flash the gapps?
Edit: Thanks, i found some instructions. Just restart, boot clockwordmod and select the zip and install it.
Thanks for the upload, but when I installed it, I would keep receiving errors saying "NFC Service has stopped" nonstop.
Am I missing something here?
Install ICS on cm7 3.5 not on xron rom. It fixed all issues for me
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For some reason I get:
"Opening update Package...
E:Can't open /sdcard/gapps_ics_4.0.3_v9.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted."
Wth...?
Edit: Never mind it worked. I just redownloaded the .zip, restarted the touchpad, went back into recovery, mounted the device and replaced the old zip with the new one, selected it again and it installed properly. Thanks for the link.
is the market app on this flashing zip for tablets?
I used - gapps_ics_4.0.3-rogue_v5.1-signed - and it seemed to work fine for me, got my apps amd market works.
Broken Link
The link seems to be broken, does anyone know of a working link? I tried Googling it but seems hard to find.
Cheers!
Russian-if you can manage to get Goo manager installed, it will pull the gapps down for you.
http://goo.im/gapps
http://goo.im/devs
http://goo.im/cm/tenderloin
https://www.box.com/shared/ee3c8f5aaccf247ea152 heres the app too.
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Russian-if you can manage to get Goo manager installed, it will pull the gapps down for you.
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After doing the Nightly CM9 upgrade from CM7, I installed the GAPPS file gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip. The installation became very unstable and crashed constantly. I guess that was the wrong GAPP file, right? As I'm very new to this Android stuff, the question is which GAPP is right for the HP. Is there a Tenderloin version that is stable and verified?
I was able to upgrade to the official CM9 20120712 nightly and have been stable ever since. By pulling down only the apps I had previously (less than 20 ), I have been very happy on CM9.
In the first post of the CM9 Nightly thread here, there is a link to the Gapps you should be using which is 20120429 - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1568685
Problems with installing gapps on Touchpad
Wondering which gapps apk to use with the HP Touchpad. When I try to install the gapps apk(s) I get a message at the setup screen that states "sorry the setup wizard has stopped". At that point there is not way out of that screen so a reboot is necessary. But the reboot takes me right back to the setup screen and the same issue. So, used a NanDroid backup to restore. But would really like to get the Google Apps. Especially the Playstore and Google Maps. Thanks!
I currently have the Classic Nerd Butta OS running on my HP Touchpad. Perhaps that is the issue? Is there a gapps apk that will work with that OS?
i use the cm9 one from here http://goo.im/gapps (4.0.3-4)
ClassicNerd Butta and CM9
Isn't ClassicNerd Butta really a modified CM9 OS, or not ?
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Finally, Google Playstore app is now working on my HP Touchpad with Butta (ICS).
Thanks to x000x for the tip.
The file that made the Playstore work is: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
Google said this could not be done because the Touchpad is not certified by them.
But "we" showed them.
So nice to be able to access the Playstore now.
This solved several issues that developed when I installed ClassicNerd.
But, ClassicNerd seems to have fixed the wifi issues I had with CM7.
Can now watch Netflix streaming video without constantly resetting the wifi using Wifi Fixer app.
Also rebooted my router as I did have a few connect issues after install of ClassicNerd.
So, anyone with wifi connect issues may want to try that first.
Thanks again to x000x for the tip about this zip file. :good:
Hey guys I'm pretty new here and i wanted to get some feedback, did not find any similar topics around.
I want to root my NT 16gb but i see a lot of different methods and ways to perform it, whats the best way of going?
CM9 or CM7?
Easiest method to do it?
i got a 16gb microSD also!
Any opinions?
THANK YOU!
Rooting and applying a custom rom like cm7 or cm9 do not necessarily go together, an unfortunate assumption many new android users make. The former allows you root access and thus you can do things with the device you otherwise would not have been able to do. Flashing a custom rom will literally change the operating system entirely. Both are also completely reversible. So the question is, what do you want? Root access or a new OS entirely (note that custom roms almost always have root access).
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ooojnrooo said:
Hey guys I'm pretty new here and i wanted to get some feedback, did not find any similar topics around.
I want to root my NT 16gb but i see a lot of different methods and ways to perform it, whats the best way of going?
CM9 or CM7?
Easiest method to do it?
i got a 16gb microSD also!
Any opinions?
THANK YOU!
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I'm fairly new at this also, got my 16G NT (1.4.1) a couple days ago, and I'll tell you what I did. At first, I rooted it because I wanted (at least) access to the Kindle reader, but the google market/play is not available so B&N could control it. Rooting AND installing google apps (aka gapps) give you the market and more. From there you can install the go launcher and have a pretty nice overlay that looks ICS-like. Here's what I used and it seemed to go pretty smooth:
Part 1:
This thread by the developer Indirect shows how to do the root along with gaaps:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1466583
And here is an invaluable video from albertwertz that goes along with it. This helped me get the confidence to do it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I403bagL9rw
He has an update to this show at the beginning of the video, but I did not use that.
The secret sauce is in making a bootable SD card with both the image that gives you CWM (clockworks mod), which is basically a loader that allow you to then load the .zip file which contains the root and gapps files.
After I went through the process, nothing seemed to have changed at all on the NT, but after some head scratching I realized that gapps is the key and it had in fact been loaded. So hit the home button and then search and type in market. Voila, the google market is now there and you can download anything that is compatible with the NT (like kindle and the go launcher).
Part 2.
The go launcher is great, but everytime I hit home, I had to navigate to the go launcher and launch the nicer ics-like skin, so I decided to go for CM9. I'm not at all disappointed that I did. Netflix does not work, but seemingly everything else does and does nicely. Here's how:
Basically, you just need to get the CM9.003 file, and "flash" that just as you flashed the root and google apps zip. I'm sure you have figured out by now that flashing just means loading the new program into "flash" memory, which is just a read/write memory that is non-volatile. (does not erase at power down).
What I wound up up doing is placing the CM9 zip file on a separate SD card, then used the one I originally used for rooting to get into the CWM recovery program. Once there, pop it out and insert the CM9 zip and run that one from CWM. Reboot and you're running Android 4.0.4.
Here's the link for the CM9 install, courtesy of developer chrmhoffmann:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1534192
Here's a link to the CM9 zip:
http://goo.im/devs/chrmhoffmann/cm9/update-cm9-acclaim-alpha0.03-fullofbugs.zip
One more thing: You actually should put two zips on that 2nd SD, the 2nd one being google apps (aka gapps), as for some reason it is not included in the CM9 zip as it was in step 1. Here's the link to that file:
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version/Google_Apps
It's the app for CM9, and just in case, here's the download link:
http://cmw.22aaf3.com/gapps/gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip
So now you have 2 zips on the 2nd SD card. Run them both, first the CM9 zip and then the gapps zip, reboot.
Sorry that's so long, but that's what I did and it worked out well for me once I figured it out...
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One more thing. When you get into the CWM recovery program (the one you'll see when you boot from the 1st SD card, don't forget to run a backup of the original ROM, IE the factory version in case you want to go back.
I'm not an expert on the backup and recover process, and there apparently other ways to restore to the original NT 1.4.0 or 1.4.1, but I would do that anyway...
I wanted to say "very good" ! . and a note that i think should be added... is the importance of wiping the dalvik and the data cache within the flash process. . lots of people get clobbered by this ommission.
georgia boy said:
One more thing: You actually should put two zips on that 2nd SD, the 2nd one being google apps (aka gapps), as for some reason it is not included in the CM9 zip as it was in step 1.
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Allow me to explain. Gapps, or google apps are a seperate package of apps created by google. They are not apps that are included with "pure" Android and thus Google does not want them included with roms for whatever legal reasons. They were included in the step 1 you gave because that is simply rooting. Rooting and throwing apps onto a rom like the stock version is not flashing a custom ROM. In fact its no different than if a developer were to release a custom rom that didnt have root access, but someone wrote a script that gave you root access and installed those google apps.
tl;dr gapps are legally required to be a separate package from custom roms.
Hi guys,
First of all, thanks for the great community, good to be here
I've just got my mediapad at a bargain as 2nd hand and installed 'CleanICE 1.5 Rom (ICS 4.0.3). It has a really great response and installed with such little effort on my part so cheers h25p. I considered a couple other ROMS too, particularly the one posted by 'after_silence', http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856571 CM10 but it is said to have issues with HDMI out (which is an important feature to me) so I haven't tried that one yet.
What I'm trying to do now is boot in to Recovery (so I can install GoogleNow as per this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843457) but can't seem to figure it out for this ROM.
Has anyone had success doing so with ICS? Or better yet, anyone with experience of the 'glitchy HDMI' on the CM10 Jellybean ROM (is it really bad or is it workable most of the time)?
Cheers guys!
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used auto recovery installer and got CWM on the device now (after_silence provides link to it here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1856571)
i thought installing that would wipe everything else so to other newbies, don't be concerned. it's just installing the recovery manager and nothing else is affected
after that i went and installed the 'GoogleNowforICSInstaller_v1.1.zip' (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1843457) from sd card in CWM but sadly when it boots up there is still no google now. any ideas on where to proceed from here?
Maybe our recoveries doesn't support aroma installer. Try to flash twrp instead of cwm or put manually lib and apk/apks from zip to your system folder (same as it is located in zip), set perrmisions to apk and reboot.
Corn Flake said:
Maybe our recoveries doesn't support aroma installer. Try to flash twrp instead of cwm or put manually lib and apk/apks from zip to your system folder (same as it is located in zip), set perrmisions to apk and reboot.
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thank you for your suggestion, it has got me one step closer (well I suppose anyway). perhaps from here it is just something to do with the gnow port just not being compatible with my rom? after I install it manually and recheck all the permissions via my file manager, whenever i go to google search it simply says "unfortunately, google search has stopped."
Try to find another moded version. I tried it on stock fw (ICS) few mounths ago and it worked.
Corn Flake said:
Try to find another moded version. I tried it on stock fw (ICS) few mounths ago and it worked.
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Thanks, also posted a logcat dump for one of the Gnow developers and they said there was a lot of location / graphics card errors and also suggested to try another ROM. Ended up flashing JB 4.1.1 AOKP for mediapad 30.1 Final (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1876676) and enjoying GoogleNow which comes built in with it.
So far I'm really surprised at how much better it is - initially thought my battery was failing ( purchased my device 2nd hand) but the drain is really low now with this ROM. Seems a bit faster over all too. Didn't test out the HDMI function yet but hope that's not as bad as it sounds. Keeping my eyes open on the development of the 4.2.2 nightlys thread and will probably head over to that once HDMI and bluetooth is working a bit better there