Hey Everyone. So I've been using my Archos 101 to play movies to my big screen. It works fairly well, but now that I'm starting to get a longer list of movies I'm finding it difficult to scroll up and down to select the movie I'm wanting to watch. I've searched and not seen anyone discuss this, but if I missed it I apologize for the duplication.
So far the best way that I have found to scroll is a short press (2-3 seconds) and then it will allow me to scroll. If you press too long it brings up an options box and if you don't press long enough it selects what ever your pointer was on. Also a lot of times I'll be about half way down my list and it bounces back up to the top. I've tried a double tap and two fingers, but this is the best way I've been able to get it to work. Also want to mention I'm using the ADW launcher.
Secondly, I finally ran into a movie that required the cinema plug in and so I purchased it (not upset about that as some are) and when attempting to install the tablet it says that the file is not intended for my device. I've submitted something to archos regarding it, but I thought I would hit you mad scientists up too. I am on the latest firmware 2.1.4 so I'm not sure if maybe they haven't updated the software to recognize that as a standard device or if something else is causing it to not recognize.
Thanks for listening.
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In regards to the Cinema Plug In issue I've resolved it. On my laptop I have Windows 7 and it renamed the AOS file. So I tried it on my desktop running XP and it worked. However I must mention that when running the EXE file from the desktop it still says that there's an error and the software is not for my device, but when I dismount the tablet it says there is an update and runs the install of the plug in. Verified that the plug in is there and works.
Hey guys, first of all sorry for not specifying my problem in the thread's title. Thing is, I have at least 3 problems and I don't see the need of creating a new thread for each problem.
Anyway, yesterday I took courage and decided to root my tablet for the first time. I followed the tutorial posted by Chulri here in the forum and apparently succeeded. However, it was only a matter of time before the problems started.
Here they are:
1 - Whenever my screen times out and I wake up the tablet it gets painfully slow eventually crashing. Is that a known problem or is it just me?
2 - It also crashes whenever I try to connect my BT keyboard.
3 - I can't connect it to my computer AT ALL. When I plug it in and choose "mount" the program just crashes. Strangely, I get a pop-up note that says that my usb is connected and that it's ready to upload and transfer files from my pc.
4 - I have successfully installed the market after rooting my tablet. Still, even after doing that some apps won't show up, such as: ADW.Launcher and Go Launcher EX. Note, that I am currently living in China and using the marketenabler app.
Now, I have read that for rooting the tablet a fresh install is advised. I didn't format my Archos though. Could that be the source of my problems? I'm not using a decent SD card either but from what I know that shouldn't really cause any problems unless I'm using urukdroid. So guys, any suggestions?
Thanks for your help!
Ok guys, after browsing the forum for a couple of hours I have found the solution to most of my problems.
I have basically downgraded to version 2.1.08 again by following the guide here. After that most of my problems were gone. I still have to test my BT keyboard; once I do I'll let you guys know how it went. The market is not showing all the apps yet but that shouldn't be a problem.
I'm hoping this is the right place for this post, if not just move it or nuke it, whatever works.
I've cobbled togther what I did to take my stock Photon and turn it into a fire breathing dragon, or well at least a fully functional netbook equivalent with openoffice, gimp, local network based printing etc. This works for both the HDMI dock as well as a converted refurbished Atrix dock. You can even change your screen resolution to match your monitor capability on the HDMI dock. I would assume this would work with both the little mini dock thing as well as the non-HDMI dock changes that let you use a monitor directly without the dock, however these are untested.
This assumes you have a fast microsd card installed in the Photon and are willing to wipe it and let webtop2sd erase and format it. Back up your data on the sdcard before starting down this path.
I wasn't ambitious enough to go down the full updated bootloader cwm path, instead I stayed with rooted stock and slowly built up what I needed. Hopefully this helps someone out there trying to do the same thing. The side benefit is that you keep your 4G and can install updates down the road (assuming you don't lose root).
Credit goes to those very smart folks out there that figured all this out, I just bolted the steps together for my needs. I've included a reference link for each major step. This isn't intended as a step by step guide, more like the links I found and followed with hints tossed in along the way.
To root, – use torpedo, it worked for me even after the most recent OTA update.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216131
Next, install webtop2sd, format the card and copy the existing instance to your sdcard, enable the various advanced things, read through the process. Major kudos for this app and the time and thought that went into it, amazing stuff.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119555
(for photon you need to download webtop2sd-2.0.1.apk - [Click for QR Code] )
once booted into the sdcard side, launch webtop configurator and let it update the files and then install lxterminal and the other application, you need to pay attention to the color of the buttons to know if it has installed. If the webtop configurator won't launch, follow the steps in the above link to figure out if you are actually running from the sdcard or not.
once you install, go back into the webtop configurator and install them both again if they didn't actually install, for me it acted like it installed but really didn't, took me a couple times.
This next part is the key to stability, an amazing feat of scripting to fix all the package dependencies and then build placeholder packages for the missing bits, and then locking (“hold”) for the motorola provided packages so they don't get messed up further down the road. Doffing my cap to you sir.
run the apt-get package script fixer, say yes to everything and it will sort it all out for you, it runs for a long time, just leave it alone and answer the questions when prompted
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=16131577
Install a different desktop interface if you want. I used xfce4 to give me a real “start” menu with all the expected things. At this point you are using the synaptic package manager to install applications.
(from an lxterminal window) type in “gksu synaptic”
install xfce4
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054213&page=2
Assuming you don't want AWN to load at startup, then edit the file that controls what launches at startup. Using leafpad you can edit the file to have the menus you want for your setup.
cd /osh/usr/local/bin/
sudo leafpad start-oshwt-2.sh
The section needs to look like the below, comment or uncomment (the # at the beginning of the line) to omit or include what you want. I opted for the webtop-panel at the top of the screen along with the xfce4-panel at the bottom of the screen along with xfdesktop for the desktop background and associated right-click menus.
# start OSHWT 2 scripts
sfalv -i "xfce4-panel"
sfalv -i "xfdesktop"
#sfalv -i "awn-autostart"
sfalv -i "webtop-panel"
#sfalv -i "webtop-wallpaper"
sfalv -i "evbridge"
sfalv -i "window_switcher"
sr-test avahi_start &
reboot the phone for the updated menus
At this point you can start installing packages – I opted for openoffice and gimp as well as the chm viewer to read chm formatted help files.
From a lxterminal window enter “gksu synaptic” and choose openoffice and whatever else you need.
install openoffice
install gimp
install chm viewer
let things run to completion.
At this point you are getting close to complete but might want better control of your monitor resolution. To fix the screensize issue on different monitors on the hdmi dock, you need to edit the xorg.conf file
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198230
cd /osh/etc/X11
sudo leafpad xorg.conf
Do a search on “Screen HDMI” and then change the “1366 768” to “1920 1080”:
Section "Screen"
Identifier "Screen HDMI"
Device "Tegra HDMI"
Monitor "HDMI"
Option "ARGBHWCursor" "false"
DefaultDepth 24
SubSection "Display"
Depth 24
# Uncomment to override the preferred resolution chosen by UseEDIDModes
Modes "1280x720"
ViewPort 0 0
# Defaults to the size of the chosen mode
Virtual 1920 1080
EndSubsection
then from a lxterminal window type
xrandr -s 1920x1080
undock and reboot the phone
You can select the desired screen resolution from the xfce4 “monitor settings” app, not from the webtop display app (or at least not on mine).
Hopefully this helps someone and minimizes the amount of googling and reading to get what you need.
Many thanks to the all the smart folks on XDA – you are the best!
The initial Ubuntop was a step by step before I prepackaged it. I pulled the "build your own" guide after the first release. Thanks for putting this back up. It won't be optimized like UbunTop but is a good learning tool for those interested.
I miss messing with linux
Thanks guys for your awesome contributions.
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I've tried to get the webtop configurator to run a dozen of times, reinstall it, even reformat partitions, redo the webtop2sd process, but every time I click on the configurator, it seems to load (glowing, blinking background on the icon), and then only stays highlighted (grey background on icon).
Am I supposed to just wait for a very long time ? Is anything happening at all ? There's no progress window or even a new window opened from clicking on the webtop configurator. AWN manager is actually the only thing that I didn't use to have that launches, even LX terminal 1st opens a black window then closes...
I know nothing about Linux but I'd like to be able to run openoffice and pidgin.
My guess is the phone isn't running from the sdcard properly. Go back into webtop2sd and then within settings enable the diagnostics tab, verify you see mmcblk1p2 listed under the currently mounted webtops. If all you see is the one ending in 13, then it's not loading from the sdcard right.
Also, did all the steps within webtop2sd seem to complete ok? It should have went through formatting then copying etc, updating the various components.
I'd go back through the steps in the webtop2sd link and see if anything sticks out. Post what you find and I'll try and help.
Hope this helps.
You're correct, it only shows p 13. All the steps seemed to complete correctly, on to find out why it's not booting from the sd card correctly.
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So, after my 4th attempt, both p2 and p 13 now show up on the diagnostic tab. But there's nothing under webtop configurator on that same tab, even after clicking on reinstall webtop configurator and rebooting. So the result is still the same, nothing happens when I click on the webtop configurator.
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Edit: So I just flashed 198_7 SBF, re-did all the webtop2sd process, and still no version showing in webtop configurator diagnostic tab. Wtf. Both partitions show, p2, p13.
Finally! Got it to work, synaptic installing Pidgin, next : OpenOffice.
Great news! I was just starting to think what might be fighting back, glad you figured it out.
I have to reiterate here how awesome it is to finally have unleashed the full Webtop power of this phone. What an amazing feat of progress to be able to use our cell phone as a full computer (I have a BT wireless keyboard and mouse combo, not even a dock necessary).
I confirm this works great with the Webtop HDMI hack : just apply the hack 1st, then do the Webtop2sd afterwards, and voila, no dock needed.
I have successfully installed Xfce, Exhale audio player, Pidgin, OpenOffice, Gimp, and they can all run concurrently, just like a real computer would.
Thanks again for the guide reposted here, it was definitely something I wanted to do but since I didn't want to lose 4G by unlocking my phone, I had been waiting for an alternative.
e-motion, what did you end up doing to make it work? I'm having the same issues you were. I've run webtop2sd at least 4 times and it always boots from 13. Getting frustrated!
Edit: Took about 237 more tries of doing exactly the same thing, but it finally worked! Woohoo
awesome thread.
So I did everything in this mod, and I was loving my new set up. The only thing I hadn't messed with was the resolution. So I decided to do that last part of the hack.
Something must have went wrong. I was trying several different resolutions, and I couldn't get one to fill my monitor without issues. Sometimes it would be squished and my mouse would be showing in one place, but hovering over another, if that makes sense. The only thing I changed was the xorg.conf file, and the resolution on webtop itself using xrandr -s.
The problem is that now, my phone won't bring up the options menu when HDMI is plugged in. The monitor still shows the batwing M as a screen saver, so they are definitely connected, but I can't get my phone to bring up the options for mirroring, webtop, etc.
Can anyone help me? Maybe if someone had a clean xorg.conf file that they could upload? I could try replacing that with mine in case I screwed something up there.
I went through and cleared the data for all of my apps that could have been related to webtop or this problem. Including "webtop", "webtop2sd", "webtop connector" and a couple of others. Nothing brings back the option. I have rebooted several times as well.
One strange thing is that my app for "webtop connector" shows 0.00b in total, application, and data, it's as if it's there, but there is nothing there? Is that because I did webtop over HDMI hack?
Any help you guys could offer would be greatly appreciated. I would hate to have to start all over on everything.
Here is my xorg.conf, hopefully it pastes in ok..well turns out it didn't..
I attached it, peel off the .txt on the end just in case.
Hope this helps
larrybiggs said:
Here is my xorg.conf, hopefully it pastes in ok..well turns out it didn't..
I attached it, peel off the .txt on the end just in case.
Hope this helps
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Thanks a ton. I will give it a try. If it doesn't work, I will try re-doing the webtop over HDMI mod again.
If anyone else has any other suggestions, I am grateful for any help.
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Can anyone look in their apps list and see how much space "webtop connector" is taking up?
So, I flashed the xorg.conf file from Larrybiggs, it didn't work on first try, but then after a few reboots it did. I noticed that your xorg.conf file wasn't the stock one, it was one you had modified right?
Something strange has happened, and I don't know if it's related, but now the touchpad mouse and keyboard that are part of the screen will not respond at all. My bluetooth mouse and keyboard work fine, but the touchpad doesn't work at all.
Is it working fine for you with this file? I am not even sure if that's the root of all my problems, but I am just trying to figure it out. Thanks.
Sorry for so many replies about this. But, I got it all to work, and I figured I would post it. Sometimes in these threads, all you ever see is the problems people ran into. I found in the motorola owners forum that I wasn't the only one with this problem.
https://supportforums.motorola.com/thread/57460
"I originally posted here hoping to find an answer. Here is what I did and I got it to WORK!!! I turned the TV off. I also went ahead and rebooted the phone. Once the phone was back up, I plugged the cable into my phone then into the HDMI port on the TV. I then turned on the TV and made sure I was on the correct TV input for viewing. When the TV came on I got a notification on my phone asking me what I wanted to do. It worked!!!"
Once I did that, it was all working. But I noticed at any resolution higher than 1280x720, the phone mousepad, or the touchscreen on the phone stops responding. Haven't solved that one yet, but at least I figured I would post how I solved the other problem. Thanks.
Got it working. Thanks.
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bwillet said:
e-motion, what did you end up doing to make it work? I'm having the same issues you were. I've run webtop2sd at least 4 times and it always boots from 13. Getting frustrated!
Edit: Took about 237 more tries of doing exactly the same thing, but it finally worked! Woohoo
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What exactly did you do? Mine is also not booting from the new external ext3 partition.
Hi,
I've recently setup ShareKM with my HTC One (Stock 4.1.2) and have enjoyed using it at work to quickly respond to messages or using other apps almost like a third monitor. With the HTC One I simply open the ShareKM app in Windows 7 then plug in the phone and it recognizes the device and I am good to go.
I also have a Nexus 7 (2012) running Stock 4.3. When I connect this device it either does not recognize it at all or says that it is connected but offline. I have reinstalled the ShareKM software on the computer and the device, updated the Google USB Drivers using the standalone drivers and the SDK, and have been through multiple reboots. The one trick I have found is that if I have the Nexus Root Toolkit application open, then ShareKM recognizes the Nexus 7 and connects.
My nexus 7 is unlocked and rooted, the HTC One is not. I am only attempting the USB connection for both.
Any idea on what I am missing?
Thanks for any help.
Or if there is another/better app out there to control your device with your computers mouse and keyboard a la Synergy, let me know!
So I downloaded the SDK from Google, opened the manager and chose to install everything from 4.3 and Extras. It is now working as expected save for the cursor being "invisible." I don't know which package actually corrected it, but hopefully this helps someone in the future.
mattartweb said:
So I downloaded the SDK from Google, opened the manager and chose to install everything from 4.3 and Extras. It is now working as expected save for the cursor being "invisible." I don't know which package actually corrected it, but hopefully this helps someone in the future.
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Can you please explain the steps in further details? I have Nexus 5 and ShareKM doesn't work anymore. I would love to get it back.. I loved that app.
I have Remix working perfectly on another computer, so I'm not totally inexperienced with it but I just can't figure this one out.
I have installed the latest Remix on a 32gb USB 3.0 for my daughter. It boots fine, but it is stuck in portrait mode, and the touchscreen doesn't work. So essentially to use it the screen must be plugged into the keyboard base, but when it is, the picture is all sideways.
It's an unbranded windows 10 2-in-1, model CES102. I know people are going to have less idea with an unbranded product, but hoping someone has similar issues and has managed to fix it.
Also, I'm trying to figure out how to expand storage space to take up the whole stick. All the instructions I find, including the ones I used for my computer, seem to be for expanding storage on an HDD partition and not USB.
I just downlaoded the nextbook version in case that will work better, my understanding is this 2-in-1 is extremely similar to one of the nextbooks, so thought I would give it a shot. But it looks to be quite a different install process to the standard "for PC" one. Does anyone know either the answers to my original questions, or how I can install this version to USB and give it a go?
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boot it up, open play store, type in rotate, grab a rotation app to control rotation. The one i use allows me to lock rotation which is nice for games that think they are going to take over rotation. As for the Size of your data, Plug in your usb drive while in windows, grab Rmxtools 1.8 or 1.8fix, open Rmxtools and resize your data.img to whatever youd like
Great thank you, will give this a go in the morning. I think downloading that app will be difficult when everything is sideways to the touchpad lol, but if it might fix it I will absolutely do it. Will report back.
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Great thank you, will give this a go in the morning. I think downloading that app will be difficult when everything is sideways to the touchpad lol, but if it might fix it I will absolutely do it. Will report back.
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Rotation Control by Crapemyrtle is what I use.