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Hi,
I own a Toshiba AC100 loaded with Android 2.1. Toshiba promised since the launch an update for Android. Nothing is out today.
I saw that a guy has achieved to port Honeycomb to Nook Color using the preview sdk. I really would like to know from you experts if this would be possible on the AC100.
Waiting for answers.
I second that question, would be very much interested in it.
Your not going to get any other answer then this. ..... wait till nvida and Toshiba release the source. Developers can't properly port or develop software or a Tom to run on tetra hardware for hunycomb untill they have the drivers(source) so to speak. I am sure if you look in your device specific thread for the Toshiba folio100 u will see the answer similar to mine there......
I heat that Pipposanta of tabletroms has a honeycomb port for the AC100 that just got released.
aComb100 v0.3 x3 Honeycomb 3.0.1 Review & installation Android 3.0 on Toshiba AC100
Original & active thread: tabletroms.com/forums/ac100-rom-development/1918-acomb100-v0-3-honeycomb-3-0-review-installation-android-3-0-toshiba-ac100.html
Review Android 3.0.1 on Toshiba AC100
10.09.11 InterSolar
Video (russian language) youtube.com/watch?v=nLCTN2tyTaY]Toshiba AC100-116 android 3.0 - YouTube (video is early beta version 3.0, if you have camera, we need new review.
Installation Android 3.0 on Toshiba AC100
Last Installation files:
1. Install 2.2 Silver 4b narod.ru/disk/14151973001/ac100_flash_v4b.7z.html
Choice 116 cmd - with 3G build-in modem
Choice 117 cmd - without 3G build-in modem
2. After this install last Android 3.0.1 narod.ru/disk/24414263001/and3v0_3x3.7z.html
last version: Android 3.0.1 v 0.3 x3 for Toshiba AC100
Choice flash_uni.cmd
*Only if its cant work, сhoice 117 cmd
what works
touchpad
sound
usb
graphic acceleration on android
sleep (standby) (after patch)
keyboard after patch work perfectly (cant works only two or three key in top raw - function keys)
Wi-Fi (when dancing with a tambourine ala shaman - now need more action after installation
function cant work now:
Camera
bluetooth
Debugging & work list on Android 3.0 on Toshiba AC100
It would be nice to finish here, these bugs and comments (which complained about the user):
Operating Bluetooth
Camera (users write that it does not work)
Support for networks WiFi AD-Hoc - WiP (All Android devices cant default support Adhoc, but we have solution (is'nt very easy))
Support AC3 Sound codec in Films & Hardware decoding (avi) - WiP, we have solution
No H/W acceleration in MX Player.
Youtube playback not working probably because of above.
Lid switch not working.
Support WiMax (use madwimax drivers)
Save all network settings in Wi-Fi by SSID - partially done, use market.android.com/details?id=org.kman.WifiManager - WiFiManager
Time from battery work ~3-4 hours (its not power save) & AC100 little heat - partially done, use Powersave profile market.android.com/details?id=com.antutu.CpuMasterFree - CpuMasterFree. Its increase battery life up to 6-7 hours & heat off.
Force closes on browser when trying to download files - done, need use this solution tabletroms.com/forums/ac100-rom-development/1918-acomb100-v0-3-honeycomb-3-0-review-installation-android-3-0-toshiba-ac100-9.html#post25323
To run all the programs for 2.2 (eg 2gis, skype last) - done, need use this solution tabletroms.com/forums/ac100-rom-development/1918-acomb100-v0-3-honeycomb-3-0-review-installation-android-3-0-toshiba-ac100-9.html#post25323
OpenVPN support - done, did xandrster
Supports NTFS * - done, is implemented in firmware v4a by silver-alx *
Incorrect sleep/suspend mode - done
The top row of the keyboard (add functions work. Keys correctly) partially done
The software increases the volume of sound (the sound of movies in 3.0 as quiet?) done
Wi-Fi connection with open access points (after the flash without additional) - Partially done. did xxl-pda & after xandrster
3G modems USB detect automaticly - done, did xandrster
Blocking turning in applications where rotation is programmed by default (similar to 4b) - done
Thanks pipposanta (first developer A3.0 on AC100), xxl-pda, Xakep_fsb, xandrster, big_agent & LicRen
old version (0.2 , 0.1) - tabletroms.com/forums/ac100-rom-development/949-acomb100-v0-2-honeycomb-3-0-a.html
(0.3 test1) db.tt/l4r2ykm - download in dropbox here
dl.dropbox.com/u/27358017/test_2.7z (fast direct link)
(0.3 test2) ac100.163.ru/firmware/3.0/Android%203.0%20(test).rar
(0.3 x1) ac100.163.ru/firmware/3.0/ac100v03x1.zip
(0.3 x2) narod.ru/disk/24204997001/and3v0_3x2.zip.html
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Sample Android 3.0:
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aComb100 v0.4 Honeycomb 3.0.1 Review & installation Android 3.0 on Toshiba AC100
Original & active thread: tabletroms.com/forums/ac100-rom-development/2793-acomb100-v0-4-honeycomb-3-0-1-review-installation-android-3-0-toshiba-ac100.html
New 0.4 released!
Review Android 3.0.1 on Toshiba AC100 (Dynabook AZ)
07.10.11 InterSolar
Video (russian language)Toshiba AC100-116 android 3.0 - YouTube (video is early beta version 3.0, if you have camera, we need new review.
Installation Android 3.0 on Toshiba AC100
Last Installation files:
2. After this install last Android 3.0.1 download
last version: Android 3.0.1 v 0.4 for Toshiba AC100
Before flashing - install drivers, get miniusb-plugged ac100 to fastboot (ctrl+esc+power),
Also you can start backup.cmd (copy from scripts) or backup.sh before install for backup your current firmware.
Run flash.cmd - for windows , flash.sh - for linux.
Run restore script if firmware not start.
All function now works
Touchpad
Sound
USB
Graphic acceleration on android (All Games works)
Sleep (standby) (after patch)
Keyboard after patch work perfectly (cant works only two or three key in top raw - function keys)
Wi-Fi
Bluetooth
Camera (little delayed now & cant show preview)
Features:
- New kernel with swap,loop,squashfs,joystick,btusb,wimax support (look into /system/lib/modules);
- Battery hold 8+ Web-surf, if SetCPU have Powersave profile (you can try too from market juiceDefender);
- Correct Sleep if bluetooth is on (Go to sleep hold button Power more 3 sec, for un-Sleep all functional keys (i'm using down arrow);
- WiFi connect with open point (immediately after the flash, no more run the additional scripts? if not - run 2.sh);
- Correct work DHCP in WiFi connect;
- Keyboard works more correctly;
- 3G modems (usb or internal) start automatically;
- correct automount points;
- MidnightCommander,dropbear,busybox 1.1.19 included;
- openVPN support.
- usb mouses,keyboard support;
Debugging & work list on Android 3.0 on Toshiba AC100
It would be nice to finish here, these bugs and comments (which complained about the user):
Operating Bluetooth (default is off, work only manually from terminal, (!) work normally in 0.4)
Support for networks WiFi AD-Hoc - WiP (All Android devices cant default support Adhoc, but we have solution (is'nt very easy))
No H/W acceleration in Adobe MX Flash Player.
Youtube playback working slowly because of above.
Lid switch not working?
Support WiMax (use madwimax drivers) - experimental done, need test
Maybe the kernel to support usb sticks? - partially done. did xandrster
Internal Terminal (app) cant work after flash - partially done.
Support AC3 Sound codec in Films & Hardware video decoding (avi & mkv) - download MX Video Player (with support for AC3), + hardware decoding video at Tegra (last version 1.3, you need both files: player & codec ) and use (AC3 sound to display software). Thank sergyo007 and rasta12
Save all network settings in Wi-Fi by SSID - partially done, use WiFiManager
Time from battery work ~3-4 hours (its not power save) & AC100 little heat - partially done, use Powersave profile CpuMasterFree. Its increase battery life up to 6-7 hours & heat off.
no installs several applications at the time of installation errors in the log fall down - done, did xandrster
Internal 3G Modem may cant work after flash x3 & greather version - done, did xandrster
Force closes on browser when trying to download files - done, need use this solution aComb100 v0.3 Honeycomb 3.0 Review & installation Android 3.0 on Toshiba AC100
Market & Gtalk work, but cant download or install apps from Market - done, did xandrster
To run all the programs for 2.2 (eg 2gis, skype last) - done, need use this solution aComb100 v0.3 Honeycomb 3.0 Review & installation Android 3.0 on Toshiba AC100
OpenVPN support - done, did xandrster
Supports NTFS * - done, is implemented in firmware v4a by silver-alx *
Incorrect sleep/suspend mode - done
The top row of the keyboard (add functions work. Keys correctly) partially done
The software increases the volume of sound (the sound of movies in 3.0 as quiet?) done
Wi-Fi connection with open access points (after the flash without additional) - Partially done. did xxl-pda & after xandrster
3G modems USB detect automaticly - done, did xandrster
Blocking turning in applications where rotation is programmed by default (similar to 4b) - done
Camera (users write that it does not work) - done, thanks zombah, xandrster
Thanks pipposanta (first developer A3.0 on AC100), xxl-pda, Xakep_fsb, xandrster, big_agent & LicRen
old version (0.2 , 0.1) - aComb100 v0.2 Honeycomb 3.0
0.3 - aComb100 v0.3 Honeycomb 3.0 Review & installation Android 3.0 on Toshiba AC100
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Now that I've ported the Kexecboot bootloader, I'm moving on to my ultimate goal of getting a GNU/Linux desktop distribution running on the Note. My distro of choice for ARM these days is Debian, because it works well both in a chroot on Android as well as natively booted on its own. With kexecboot, you can boot kernels off of the external SD card or even off of USB drives, so you can have Debian and Android installed simultaneously. I'm booting Debian off of my external SD, a 16GB Sandisk class 10.
TO-DO LIST:
* Creating rootfs [DONE] - Use debootstrap to create a minimal armhf rootfs of Debian testing
* Compile kernel [DONE] - Using the CM11 kernel as a base, compile a kernel with features necessary for Debian
* Booting [DONE] - Boot a kernel that loads the Debian root filesystem natively
* USB OTG [DONE] - Once booted, use USB keyboard and mouse to interact with the device
* WiFi Networking [DONE] - Automatically load the WiFi driver and connect to a wireless network at boot, enabling remote access
* Basic Video [DONE] - Load an X server to display graphical applications on the display
* 3D Acceleration [WIP] - Use the Freedreno driver to accelerate GLES and GL 3D applications
* Screen rotation [TODO] - Figure out if Freedreno can rotate the screen to landscape mode
* Video Acceleration [TODO] - Use the MSM video decoder to accelerate video playback
* Audio [WIP] - Write an ALSA UCM configuration file to map the correct mixer channels to get sound out of internal speaker and/or headphones
* Touch and Pen [WIP] - Pen input seems to work, but touchscreen isn't being detected by X
* Bluetooth [WIP] - I can initialize and scan, but was unable to pair and hold a connection. Useful for keyboard and mouse while charging/externally powering device.
* Mobile Radio [TODO] - Make use of the mobile connection for data, possibly calls if anyone wants to take a shot. I'm not going to work on this.
* Package for release [TODO] - Build a fresh rootfs free of my development changes, copy any necessary stuff, package, and upload.
I plan on developing this simultaneously for the Note i717, Note 3 (N900T), and HP TouchPad as I have all three of these and I should be able to get supported kernels working for all three as well. I'll post pictures as I go, right now I'm still mostly working from an SSH shell over WiFi.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qtb-TSGumNo
EDIT: Got the same patch applied to the TouchPad and it too is running these programs as shown in the video. Unfortunately the backlight doesn't come on on the TouchPad so it's hard to see anything.
EDIT 2: Colors sorta fixed: http://i.imgur.com/1kmKDOw.jpg I fixed the main picture but the 3D rendered video is now messed up with red and blue swapped.
CalcProgrammer1[/QUOTE said:
That sounds way to kool.
If I could get over my "terminal" fear I'd give you a hand, but as reading code I have no clue.
I couldn't even get linuxonandroid nor deploylinux to work and they both had a GUI.
That idea to use a REAL OS on the plablet is as great as using a REAL OS on a computer.
I do hope you succeed especially if the phone works also. LOL!
Thanks. :good:
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What keyboard/trackpad combo are you using?
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Release notes
This build includes a totally new kernel and Amlogic code based on their latest SDK, and I took the chance to get rid of Amlogic DVB drivers and use those from WeTek Play's OpenELEC build; by doing this I am able to run DVBAPI apps like Tvheadend.
Kodi Live TV support under Android was one of the most requested features, this experimental build allows you to run Kitkat (CyanogenMOD 11) or Lollipop (CyanogenMOD 12 or Android TV) and Kodi Live TV (WeTek Theater is no longer supported with the provided drivers).
The new 3.10 kernel brings OMX support as well (Android libstagefright media decoding), while Amlogic's prebuilt libraries work very good on KitKat they don't work at all with Lollipop.
Just to be sure to have a good media experience use Kodi, at the end of the post you will find latest stable official Kodi packed in a flashable zip and in the second post you will find a link to a modified version that should give a better experience on the WeTek device.
Now I will give you some details on how to configure Tvheadend, if you already know what to do you can skip this section.
Tvheadend will run automatically at boot and you can access to it from a web browser (even from a different device, you are not forced to do it from the box) at http://wetek_ip_address:9981
From this WebUI click "Configuration" -> "DVB Inputs" -> "Networks" and add a new Network according to the type of tuner you have (for example I created a DVB-S network called "Hotbird" and assigned the E13.0 pre-defined muxes, just pay attention that they are not bleeding edge updated so if you don't find a channel you might have to insert manually the transponder by looking at frequencies on sites like kingofsat or lyngsat).
After that go to "TV Adapters", click the link with a folder icon showing your adapter's name (if you're running the dual DVB-S2 tuner you will see two of them, #1 is the input closer to the edge of the box, while #0 the one closer to the rear usb ports), and click "Enabled", configure the eventual parameters (DiseqC, Unicable, etc.) and save the settings.
Go to the option right under the adapter name, assign it to the network that you have created and configure the eventual parameters.
Now go back to "Networks", after a couple of minutes you should see the "Scan Q length" lowering its value, when in reaches 0 everything has been scanned and you can proceed mapping the channels from "Services" section.
For further instructions, here you can find a tutorial to show you how to configure the DVB-T/C tuner, and here one for the DVB-S tuner.
Before leaving the configuration go to "Recordings" and set a "Recording System Path" pointing it to your external storage (on my roms it will be "/storage/sdcard1" for the MicroSD, "/storage/usbdisk0" for the lower rear usb port, "/storage/usbdisk1" for the upper rear usb port and "/storage/usbdisk2" for the side usb port).
Not doing that will drive Kodi's Tvheadend client plugin crazy trying to determine the available space for recordings.
Now you can launch Kodi, go to its settings, enable Live TV and select the "Tvheadend backend".
Remember that this is still something EXPERIMENTAL
Like the other Lollipop buils, remember, this is not a bug, but a consequence of the switch to art from dalvik: first boot, updates and apps installation will take longer; this happens because art compiles the apk and does not work like dalvik that was using a just-in-time approach (so expect almost 10 minutes for the first boot and future upgrades)
First install instructions
* As really first thing get this CWM recovery, unrar it and copy "recovery.img" to a MicroSD.
* Power off your device and unplug the AC power cord.
* Get the latest available ROM and GAPPS version from the links below and copy them to a MicroSD card.
* Now insert the MicroSD card in your STB.
* Plug the AC power cord while you keep pressed the little reset pinhole (located on the bottom of the device) for 10 seconds (just count slowly to ten and it will be good).
* Once the device has booted to recovery perform a factory reset and flash the ROM's zip for first followed by the GAPPS zip.
* Reboot and enjoy CyanogenMOD.
Update instructions
* If you're coming from the "regular", not "experimental" builds, please follow the "First install instructions"
* Get the latest available ROM and GAPPS version from the links below and copy them to a MicroSD card.
* Now insert the MicroSD card in your STB.
* Enable "Developer options" following this tutorial and from it enable the "Reboot to recovery" option.
* Bring up power menu by keeping pressed the power button on the STB for a couple of seconds (or pushing F4 if you have a keyboard plugged in) and select "Reboot -> recovery".
* Once the device has booted to recovery flash the ROM's zip for first followed by the GAPPS zip.
* Reboot and enjoy your updated CyanogenMOD.
Downloads
* ROM (CM12) 2015-03-20
* GAPPS 2015-01-07 (LITE)
* ROM (Android TV) 2015-03-20
* GAPPS (Android TV) 2015-01-30
* ROM (CM11) 2015-04-06 - Real 1080p output (r1)
* GAPPS 2014-06-06 (LITE)
* Kodi 14.1 "Preinstall"
Misc tips
* If you wanna start Kodi at boot go to "Developer options" and enable the last entry called "Start Kodi at boot"
* There are some keyboard shortcuts: F1 (Home), F2 (Menu), F3 (App switch) and F4 (Power menu) and some CEC remote shortcuts: Red (Power off the device), Green (Home), Yellow (Menu) and Blue (Search).
* By enabling "Google remote support" in "Other" section of "Network" configuration you will be able to control your device from your Android smartphone / tablet by using this app on it.
* When an app forces the portrait orientation, the default behavior is to simulate a portrait / phone-like UI adding black bars to the sides (an example is Antutu when it runs the benchmark, or Box.com). If you prefer to have a landscape stretched UI flash this zip. To revert to the default behavior flash this one instead.
Note that the setting will persist even if you upgrade the ROM so you have to flash that zip only once.
* Once you have configured your OSCam reader, set-up Tvheadend this way.
Real 1080p output (optional zip for CM11)
On Android Amlogic MX SOC uses a 1280x720 framebuffer coupled with a scaler to do the up/down scaling.
They did it for a good reason, 720p resolution has half the pixels of the 1080p one so the UI will be snappier and 3D performance will be better but if you don't care about that and you just wanna the best image quality (I noticed the scaler gives me a weird motion when watching sports) you can flash that optional zip.
Once flashed if you wanna change resolution go to Android Display settings, set your resolution and reboot the device (this step is required because some stuff has to be set at boot because Android is not meant to change resolution while it's running).
I didn't do it for Lollipop builds because it runs already slower than Kitkat, adding this mod might be too much
Since you have this option (WeTek Play is the only MX device that allows you to do that) I would give it a try, if you have a good TV set you will clearly see the difference.
Kodi 14.2 WeTek_mod_v1
This is a Kodi build that includes some patches not included upstream that will improve (hopefully) your overall experience.
Since it's been signed with different keys respect those from Kodi build server you won't be able to install it over the older Kodi but you'll have to uninstall it.
Take a backup of /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi folder before uninstalling or Android will delete it and you'll lose your configuration; restore it after installing the new APK.
Download
You can use OE's /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml file
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<advancedsettings>
<network>
<cachemembuffersize>20971520</cachemembuffersize>
</network>
<samba>
<clienttimeout>30</clienttimeout>
</samba>
<network>
<readbufferfactor>4.0</readbufferfactor>
</network>
<pvr>
<minvideocachelevel>5</minvideocachelevel>
<minaudiocachelevel>20</minaudiocachelevel>
</pvr>
</advancedsettings>
or (this is what I'm using)
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<advancedsettings>
<network>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<cachemembuffersize>31457280</cachemembuffersize>
<readbufferfactor>10</readbufferfactor>
</network>
<gui>
<algorithmdirtyregions>0</algorithmdirtyregions>
</gui>
</advancedsettings>
External disk spindown for WeTek Play
Flash this zip from recovery, once booted to android use a root capable file explorer (like Solid Explorer for example) and edit "/system/etc/spindown.conf" to fit your needs.
The default configuration is set-up to spin down "sda" disk after 3600 seconds (60 minutes) using sg3-tools.
You don't need to flash the zip again if you do a rom update because I've added the addon.d backup script.
Note: your drive have to ne able to be set to sleep using "sg_start --stop /dev/block/$disk", I've tried it with 3 drives, 2 WDs and 1 Seagate and it worked.
Debian chroot
As very first thing you have to set-up a MicroSD card with two primary partitions, the first one must be formatted in FAT32, the second one can be left unformatted because the "sdcardfiles" zip will format it (I suggest you to give at least 1GB of space to the secondary partition).
After that grab the two zips: wetek-debian-chroot-sdcardfiles.zip and wetek-debian-chroot-systemfiles-rc1.zip and copy them (together with CWM's recovery.img) to the FAT32 partition of the MicroSD (the primary one).
Boot to recovery and flash the two zips (the order doesn't matter).
How to actually use it:
The "systemfiles" zip will add an helper file that I called "debian-chroot", together with the init.d script it will set up the chroot at boot and run the configured services (as a template the /system/xbin/debian-chroot file includes the execution of dropbear daemon, so you can use it as starting point for your own stuff).
To access Debian you can just type as root from terminal emulator / serial console / adb over network "debian-chroot chroot", othwerise you can access using an SSH client to the configured Dropbear SSH server that is listening on port 2222.
There are two default users: 'root' (pwd: wetek) and a regular user 'wetek' (pwd: wetek), both can be used to access to the ssh server.
* ROM 2015-01-30
* GAPPS 2015-01-07 (LITE)
* ROM (Android TV) 2015-01-30
* GAPPS (Android TV) 2015-01-30
In the "regular" CM12 build added some things I had forgotten when upgrading the device tree from the old to the new kernel (the most important, I had forgotten to mkdir the paths for the hard drives mounting).
Included the new tvheadend posted in OpenELEC section (the one with the different decsa algorithm)
Added Android TV build and just a tip for the first boot of it...
Don't change the language, use the default english already selected (don't know why but changing language is VERY sluggish/laggy), when you're doing configuring it you can change it to your preferred one in Android's settings.
Another thing, if the screen stays black after allowing or denying the "Network location" option (the last step of the wizard) for more than 10 seconds just bring up power menu and perform a reboot, the Wizard will kick in again, you'll have to just click continue because everything is configured and it will work. I don't know why it acts like this sometimes!
Guys if you experience some freezes of the box after running for certain time an encrypted channel (I noticed that it happens to me between 45/60 minutes after tuning to such channels) it might be caused by the new decsa library, it looks like it has a memory leak.
I will revert to the older binary, in the meantime you can flash this zip to go back to the one from the older build.
After reverting I'm tuned on an encrypted channel since an hour and I don't see any weird memory issue
Oh, guys, I forgot to mention that in this build I've enabled Amlogic's "anymote" support (the backend to be remotely controlled use Google TV remote app).
To use it go to "Network -> Other" options in Android's settings and enable "Google TV Remote support", after that install this app on your Android phone/tablet and you'll be able to use it as a remote.
PS: I didn't have much luck running the "Google TV Remote" app from the Play Store, it wouldn't find the device at all, maybe they are enforcing a private key handshake like in newer Google Cast Receiver to be able to run it only on official Google TV devices.
PPS: remote audio input doesn't work, the Amlogic's anymote throws an exception regarding a class not found. Can't do much about that since it comes as a precompiled APK (and I already had to do some smali hack to be able to run it on Lollipop)
* ROM (CM12) 2015-01-31
* GAPPS 2015-01-07 (LITE)
* ROM (Android TV) 2015-01-31
* GAPPS (Android TV) 2015-01-30
* ROM (CM11) 2015-01-31
* GAPPS 2014-06-06 (LITE)
Lollipop ROMs:
* Reverted tvheadend to the older version that doesn't suffer of memory leak
* Introduced a workaround to prevent Netflix from using OMX
* Updated upstream sources
Kitkat ROM:
Added CM11 based on the new kernel. It's generally faster than Lollipop, as I have said ART probably is too much for the MX
I haven't added the extra stuff to Android settings so I'm including the ugly MboxSettings app, I have given more love to Lollipop, I have to admit it, in case if you people prefer this rom I can start customizing it more.
I suggest you to install SuperSU from Play Store, let it update the "su" binary choosing the normal way and converting it into a system app + installing the backup script to let it survive rom updates. This because CM11's SuperUser doesn't work nicely with the way Kodi request root rights.
Beside the same F1/F4 shortcuts as the Lollipop roms above, there's a further shortcut with F8 to toggle expanded desktop mode.
* ROM (CM11) 2015-02-01
* Added the most important things of MboxSettings to Android settings (display resolution, overscan, cec, digital audio and google tv remote).
* Added an entry, accessible through developer settings (at the very end of the list), to enable the autostart of Kodi at boot
* ROM (CM11) 2015-02-02
* added the new suspension method (I will quote my previous post to describe it)
ChristianTroy said:
Guys I've been trying a new suspension method, it's a better solution IMHO.
I'm going to use Android's capabilities to prevent the device from entering suspension (with wakelocks) to only let the kernel turn off everything but without really entering suspension, something like flashing the "wetek-disable-shutdown.zip" that you find in the second post of all my other rom's threads.
But I did a modification in the kernel: it will turn the power led blue/red if the display is on/off so you'll know if you actually turned it off. I decided to mantain on the eventually enabled wifi or eth led so you'll see if you have connection or not.
This thing is very useful if you're going to program a recording in tvheadend, otherwise the device won't wake from sleep (at least not with easy work without using Android's AlarmManager to create a new wake up task) and in this way the device won't have to perform boot from scratch once you put it to sleep, but it will be instantly on again.
It will consume a little bit more of power though (haven't run much tests but since this device when it's on runs at 7w, I guess it will be <5w) but I think that many of you keep it running all the time, in this way it's like if it was running but just with the output turned off
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* corrected an unwanted (by me) behavior of Amlogic's android ethernet service that was putting off the interface when the display was being turned off. If you were connected using eth you would find yourself without network with the new suspension method... if for some reason you want your eth to be turned off when the display is off add "ro.screen_off.disable_ethernet=true" to /system/build.prop
* disabled google setup wizard that was causing a black screen on first boot because it was invoking the AOSP version of setWifiEnabled instead of CM's one with AppOps support
* enabled the execution of a boot service to set up the remote (you couldn't power off the device using the remote before this build) that I had forgotten to set up after moving to the new kernel branch
ps: let me know what you think about this new suspension method, personally I do really love it and was thinking about that since quite some time
Debian chroot
As very first thing you have to set-up a MicroSD card with two primary partitions, the first one must be formatted in FAT32, the second one can be left unformatted because the "sdcardfiles" zip will format it (I suggest you to give at least 1GB of space to the secondary partition).
After that grab the two zips: wetek-debian-chroot-sdcardfiles.zip and wetek-debian-chroot-systemfiles.zip and copy them (together with CWM's recovery.img) to the FAT32 partition of the MicroSD (the primary one).
Boot to recovery and flash the two zips (the order doesn't matter), after each ROM upgrade you'll have to flash only "wetek-debian-chroot-systemfiles.zip" (the other one is just to set up Debian, flash it in case you mess up the system and wanna start from scratch).
How to actually use it:
The "systemfiles" zip will add an helper file that I called "debian-chroot", together with the init.d script it will set up the chroot at boot and run the configured services (as a template the /system/xbin/debian-chroot file includes the execution of dropbear daemon, so you can use it as starting point for your own stuff).
To access Debian you can just type as root from terminal emulator / serial console / adb over network "debian-chroot chroot", othwerise you can access using an SSH client to the configured Dropbear SSH server that is listening on port 2222.
There are two default users: 'root' (pwd: wetek) and a regular user 'wetek' (pwd: wetek), both can be used to access to the ssh server.
Regarding the random black screen on channel change can anyone try this advancedsettings.xml (location on Android is "/sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/") and tell me if it acts better? I didn't have any black channel since using it (3 days) but I don't wanna that it's just a lucky coincidence
Code:
<advancedsettings>
<network>
<buffermode>1</buffermode>
<cachemembuffersize>52428800</cachemembuffersize>
<readbufferfactor>10</readbufferfactor>
</network>
<pvr>
<minvideocachelevel>10</minvideocachelevel>
<minaudiocachelevel>15</minaudiocachelevel>
</pvr>
</advancedsettings>
Regarding the XMLTV EPG I set up xmltv to use tv_grab_it for some channels (47 to be precise, and it takes ~1 hour per fetched day with the --slow parameter that includes descriptions) and fix it using tv_sort on the generated output because some channels don't have a stop time and this won't let tvheadend add them to its database.
I used a Debian chroot in my Synology NAS and set up a crontab job in Synology's crond to execute a script, located at '/root/xmltv.cron' with this content:
Code:
#!/bin/sh
# Package
PACKAGE="debian-chroot"
DNAME="Debian Chroot"
# Others
INSTALL_DIR="/usr/local/${PACKAGE}"
PATH="${INSTALL_DIR}/bin:/usr/local/sbin:/usr/local/bin:/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin:/usr/syno/sbin:/usr/syno/bin"
CHROOTTARGET=`realpath ${INSTALL_DIR}/var/chroottarget`
chroot ${CHROOTTARGET}/ su -c 'tv_grab_it --output /volume1/homes/alan/www/tvguide_wip.xml --days 3 --quiet --slow --cache-slow && tv_sort --output /volume1/homes/alan/www/tvguide.xml /volume1/homes/alan/www/tvguide_wip.xml' alan
After that I enabled "Web Station" for the users and I can access my EPG from "http://NAS_IP/~alan/tvguide.xml" and use this URL as w*g*e*t parameter for tv_grab_file
This is the result:
If you install on your Play the Debian chroot that I posted yesterday you can practically do the same, just install xmltv on it running
Code:
sudo aptitude install xmltv
(or, if you know what you're doing, compile it from sources installing the required dependencies, some perl modules)
Install a cron daemon like "vixie-cron" and add it to "/system/xbin/debian-chroot" in the "start_services" function (like the template that runs the SSH server).
Set it up, save the XML output somewhere like "/home/wetek/tvguide.xml" and replace the "w*g*e*t" line in tv_grab_file with "cat /storage/debian/debian-chroot/home/wetek/tvguide.xml"
* ROM (CM12) 2015-02-07
* ROM (Android TV) 2015-02-07
Both Lollipop roms have been updated to match features/fixes of latest CM11 builds, plus upstream sources have been updated
New builds:
* ROM (CM12) 2015-02-14
* ROM (Android TV) 2015-02-14
* ROM (CM11) 2015-02-14
* OSCam (r10566)
Oscam zip for these builds, just flash it from recovery, when booted into Android access to http://wetek_ip:8888 and add your server (remember to add it to group 1, that is the group assigned to the dvbapi user).
Open TVH configuration page and in "CAs" section add a new "CAPMT (Linux DVBApi)" with these content:
ps: this oscam has Smargo (libusb) and PCSC support
tvh-3.9.2509_oscam-r10566_android-wetekplay.zip
New Tvheadend built from sources (updated this morning), no more using OE's libraries but with another approach instead. I've built it with some enhancements in CFLAGS for the cortex-a9 cpu.
OSCam included, if you set it up the way I explained yesterday you're good to go, otherwise just configure it that way
ps: it looks like this version recognizes the hybrid c/t tuner as c only so if you need dvb-t keep using the one you're already using
* ROM (CM12) 2015-02-22
* ROM (Android TV) 2015-02-22
* ROM (CM11) 2015-02-22
tvh-3.9.2515_oscam-r10607_android-wetekplay.zip
Test zip that will change the following things:
- update tvh to latest sources (synced this morning)
- update oscam to r10607
- update wetekdvb.ko with the one from OE 5.0.4
PS: now the hybrid tuner is recognized, I had to change a couple of things
* ROM (CM12) 2015-03-05
* ROM (Android TV) 2015-03-05
* ROM (CM11) 2015-03-05
If you're upgrading from a build where you were running oscam, go to "mounts and storage -> format /system" before flashing the new stuff (or manually delete "/system/addon.d/80-oscam.sh" if you know what you're doing).
Changes:
* updated upstream code
* updated WeTek DVB kernel driver
* updated Tvheadend
* added OSCam (no support for it, it's a "grey area" thing)
* fixed a bug where the resolution was resetted to 720p @ 60hz under certain conditions (like when swapping HDMI input in some TVs), and use 1080p @ 50hz as fallback resolution
In case you wanna try a test zip with brand new OSCam and Tvheadend built with Android toolchain (NDK) flash THIS zip on top of today's build. I'd really like some reports about any crash using the native binaries.
Kodi 14.2 BETA 1 apk
This is a Kodi 14.2 BETA 1 based build with two patches added that add support for automatic frame rate switch (you have to enable it in settings) and that should behave better with the black screen bug.
Since it's been signed with different keys respect those from Kodi build server you won't be able to install it over the older Kodi but you'll have to uninstall it.
Take a backup of /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi folder before uninstalling or Android will delete it and you'll lose your configuration; restore it after installing the new APK.
Download
I'm using this /sdcard/Android/data/org.xbmc.kodi/files/.kodi/userdata/advancedsettings.xml file
Code:
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<advancedsettings>
<network>
<cachemembuffersize>20971520</cachemembuffersize>
</network>
<samba>
<clienttimeout>30</clienttimeout>
</samba>
<network>
<readbufferfactor>4.0</readbufferfactor>
</network>
<pvr>
<minvideocachelevel>5</minvideocachelevel>
<minaudiocachelevel>20</minaudiocachelevel>
</pvr>
</advancedsettings>
* ROM (CM12) 2015-03-10
* ROM (Android TV) 2015-03-10
* ROM (CM11) 2015-03-10
- CEC improvements (codesnake's OE fix)
- Mapped CEC red/green/yellow/blue buttons to power/home/menu/search
- upgrade tvheadend and oscam with the native (android ndk) ones
- updated dvb code (same code as latest OE)
- few other minor things at kernel level
- updated upstream sources
Notes: run it with Kodi that I posted yesterday (and that you can find in the second post) with Aeon Nox skin + Live TV mod and you will get a very good experience, specially if using CM11 or, if you don't mind it being a bit more laggy, ATV
* ROM (CM12) 2015-03-11
* ROM (Android TV) 2015-03-11
* ROM (CM11) 2015-03-11
Fixed a problem with the dual tuner and the new bootloader (the one flashed by NAND version of OE and latest WeTek OS)
Hi, there!
Now that we can use Project Croissant to get ChromeOS running or non-Chromebook devices, what is missing is a better kernel for improved compatibility.
Thanks to the threads by @nabil2000 I was able to successfully build a chromeos-4.14 kernel that boots on my test device (Lenovo MIIX320-10ICR - Z8350 processor) using a CONFIG from FydeOS 5.31 with most hardware enabled (WiFi, Bluetooth, sound), but it has the same issue as latest ATB builds: it freezes after a while. This doesn't happen with latest FydeOS or CloudReady builds (CloudReady bought FlintOS so I guess they are using some of their code now), so my guess if that their kernels have some patches that aren't included in the Chromium git. FydeOS is open-sourced only for RaspberryPi and TinkerBoard, there are no sources available for the PC or VMWare versions (PC version is not open source as many say, so be aware).
I already have some ideas to make the trackpad as well as the battery meter and brightness work, but it is not useful if the kernel isn't as stable as FydeOS (virtually no freezes or crashes once booted). I have already checked, and the issue is not the intel_idle.max_cstate issue that plagued most BayTrail/CherryTrail devices in the past (using value 1 doesn't change anything).
So any ideas how to get FydeOS kernel source? Patches to make the current chromeos-4.14 kernel stable?
UPDATE: As @nabil2000 reported, it seems that FydeOS is not willing to release their kernel source. But it is possible to get kernel config from v5.31 using configs.ko module, which is missing in the next version (v6.0). Using FydeOS v5.31 as base it is possible to build a very stable kernel for CherryTrail devices.
Thanks
Installation v71/v72 - kernel 4.14
FydeOS has the best support for the MIIX320-10ICR, with some caveats:
It will boot to a black screen, but you just need to wait until it finishes loading the hit Ctrl+Alt+Fn+F2, the screen will blink and then hit Ctrl+Alt+Fn+F1 to go back to ChromeOS (for some reason, the developer shell is blank in 5.31 but it seems to work fine on 6.0). Use Ctrl+Shift+Fn+F3 to rotate the screen manually;
WiFi works out of the box, Bluetooth is detected but audio does not work (Chromium misses a library for audio over Bluetooth);
Sound works too, but you need to install some UCM files (more about this later);
Camera does not work, and the trackpad works very well, with gestures, but does NOT click (tap to click work with a custom conf file, see below - the trackpad actually sends two events when clicking the physical button, as some Windows devices do, and this doesn't work with cmt driver).
First I tried to build the ChromeOS file using the chromium.img from FydeOS v5.31. It booted fine and I was amazed to see the ChromeOS logo and Google enrollment, but PlayStore setup didn't finish (low space?) and there was no way to install it to another driver: many GPT errors and the installer failed...
Then I tried to do everything on place:
Booted to FydeOS on USB drive;
As I could not get to the dev shell in v5.31, I had to login then use crosh and shell, then installed it on a second external disk (120GB SATA on USB, /dev/sdb):
PS: your device may be a different one, check the correct device name using "lsblk" or "fdisk -l" and be aware that this installation erases the whole disk!
Code:
sudo chromeos-install --dst /dev/sdb
After installing, I have used option 2A from GitHub page (very detailed, thanks!) with the script, soraka (or pyro) and caroline recoveries (both versions 11151.113 = v71) on another disk:
PS: FydOS v5.31 kernel does not have support to VTPM_PROXY, while v6.0 does, it means you cannot use swtpm.jar with FydeOS v5.31 and chromefy. For nocturne or Android Pie ARC, you must use FydeOS v6.0, otherwise ARC won't work.
Code:
sudo bash ./chromefy.sh /dev/sdb recovery.bin caroline.bin
Answered YES to use the local installation, YES to resize partitions and NO in the end to keep SELinux as enforced (it may work fine if you keep it to enforced with nocturne recovery tho when using FydeOS v6.0);
Rebooted using the final installation, logged in and everything seemed fine, but then Play Store would not show installed apps even after a reboot, so I tried a powerwash and it seems it fixed the issue, now it seems to be working fine.
Original post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78891386&postcount=729
Post installation fixes v71/v72 - kernel 4.14
1. Sound
You need to install UCM files using linuxium-install-UCM-files.sh script after remounting rootfs as RW.
Code:
sudo remount -o rw,remount /
sudo bash ./linuxium-install-UCM-files.sh
2. Headphone jack
You must send this quirk to the rt5645 module when loading it, so while rootfs is still RW, as root add a file named "miix320.conf" to /etc/modprobe.d with this line:
Code:
options snd_soc_rt5645 quirk=0x1030
PS: if you have used the correct UCM files then the audio should change between speakers and headphones, but not mic. To enable internal mic:
Code:
sudo alsaucm -c chtrt5645 set _verb HiFi set _enadev DMic
and to enable mic from headset:
Code:
sudo alsaucm -c chtrt5645 set _verb HiFi set _enadev HSMic
3. Tap to click with trackpad
While rootfs is still RW, as root add a file named "50-mixx320.conf" to /etc/gestures:
Code:
Section "InputClass"
Identifier "MIIX320 conf"
MatchUSBID "048d:*"
MatchIsTouchpad "on"
MatchDevicePath "/dev/input/event*"
Option "Tap Minimum Pressure" "1"
EndSection
PS: for this to work, make sure "tap-to-click" is enabled in trackpad section of system Settings. If you have another device, use "dmesg | grep input:" with "lsusb" to find your device USB id instead of "048d:*".
Still needing fixes:
- chrome://flags is blank for some reason, so any special flags should be added manually to "chrome_dev.conf" instead;
- Trackpad physical button click;
- Brightness control;
- Battery meter;
- Rotation;
- Automatic change between tablet/desktop modes;
- Cameras (hardly they will work as they rely on ATOMISP, which was abandoned and does not work even on newest kernels).
Original post: https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=78978577&postcount=757
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Good news! With chromeos-4.19 it is possible to fix most problems:
- trackpad button click;
- battery meter;
- accelerometer sensor module is loaded, it needs to be tested;
- possibly brightness can be fixed too.
Using FydeOS v5.31 kernel config as base I could get a very stable build, but it broke loading ARC somehow, and I have no idea why. Maybe it's a permissions/signatures issue? I will try to run chromefy again, with the new kernel already in place to see if it works.
lfom said:
Good news! With chrome-4.19 it is possible to fix most problems:
- trackpad button click;
- battery meter;
- accelerometer sensor module is loaded, it needs to be tested;
- possibly brightness can be fixed too.
Using FydeOS v5.31 kernel config as base I could get a very stable build, but it broke loading ARC somehow, and I have no idea why. Maybe it's a permissions/signatures issue? I will try to run chromefy again, with the new kernel already in place to see if it works.
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Nice to see you do some kernel work.
Care to share link to Chromium OS Kernel 4.19 source code, I would like to get a crack at using menuconfig to add drivers..
nabil2000 said:
Nice to see you do some kernel work.
Care to share link to Chromium OS Kernel 4.19 source code, I would like to get a crack at using menuconfig to add drivers..
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Sure. I should post a full guide as soon as I get ARC working without issues, the new kernel is awesome.
I have used the same base procedure as you did:
https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Build-chrome-os-kernel-and-kernel-modules
I then cloned (duplicated) the kernel source (chromeos-4.14) so I could then checkout the newer version while keeping the old one:
Code:
$ cd ~/kernel_new
$ git reset --hard origin/chromeos-4.19
PS: I am building on Xenial (not chroot), so I had to install libssl-dev in order to successfully build it.
lfom said:
Sure. I should post a full guide as soon as I get ARC working without issues, the new kernel is awesome.
I have used the same base procedure as you did:
https://github.com/dnschneid/crouton/wiki/Build-chrome-os-kernel-and-kernel-modules
I then cloned (duplicated) the kernel source (chromeos-4.14) so I could then checkout the newer version while keeping the old one:
Code:
$ cd ~/kernel_new
$ git reset --hard origin/chromeos-4.19
PS: I am building on Xenial (not chroot), so I had to install libssl-devel in order to successfully build it.
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I am a lazy billy - thanks - I like copy & paste, & think as little as I can afford
Could you help me patching it on my GPD pocket?
it uses cherry tail
https://forum.xda-developers.com/ha...gpd-pocket-t3928828/post79496417#post79496417
thank you
Testing ROM for Dell Venue 8 3830 (LineageOS 14.1)
Most of resources are available. But has some bugs.
It could be used for fun (Retroarch, E-book readers, etc)
Was build using as base Asus T00F lineage source files
I'm posting here asking for help to implement/fix missing features (if anyone still interested on such old device)
All source code to build is available on github (links bellow).
Working
Boots
Display
Touchscreen
Wi-FI
Virtual Navigation Buttons
Sound
Rotation
Bluetooth (since 2023-05-10)
Not working:
Camera
Known issues:
- ARM apps not working due mismatches with libraries (Houdini)
- Observed battery is draining quicker than expected.
# Testing Image (should be flash using FASTBOOT)
# updated 2023-06-13
# WARNING: MAY BRICK YOUR DEVICE PERMANENTLY! USE AT YOUR OWN RISK!!!!
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/16iG6I-X83USPGPR13yUbg54S3Mn0Y7Ff?usp=share_link
Boot tablet in fastboot mode (volume down + Power) and use "flash_cmds.sh" (Linux) / "flash_cmds.bat" (Windows) to flash files through fastboot (note that proper driver drivers and fastboot must be installed)
If you wish to submit cmds manually:
fastboot oem start_partitioning
fastboot flash /tmp/partition.tbl partition.tbl
fastboot oem partition /tmp/partition.tbl
fastboot erase system
fastboot erase cache
fastboot erase config
fastboot erase data
fastboot erase logs
fastboot erase factory
fastboot oem stop_partitioning
fastboot flash dnx CLVP_CYAB_P801_FwDnX_vF9.6C_ww42_005.bin
fastboot flash ifwi CLVP_CYAB_IFWI_vF9.6C_ww42_005_P801_wifi_uos.bin
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash system system_img.img.gz
Source Files
# LOCAL MANIFEST
GitHub - pstglia/local_manifests at DELL_VENUE_LOS_14.1
Contribute to pstglia/local_manifests development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
Init a NEW repo
(repo init -u https://github.com/LineageOS/android.git -b cm-14.1)
Copy local manifest to .repo/local_manifests and sync it.
repo sync -c --no-tags --no-clone-bundle -j$(nproc --all)
# Kernel
GitHub - pstglia/linux: Linux kernel source tree
Linux kernel source tree. Contribute to pstglia/linux development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
NOTE: must be build using gcc 4.7 [1]. Checkout commit c7931763d41be602407ed9d71e2c0292c6597e00, update prebuilts link to this gcc
and build using kernel_build.sh script. If everything goes as expected, You'll have a new_boot.img created
# device/dell/P801_NoModem
GitHub - pstglia/android_device_dell_P801_NoModem: general device configuration for Dell Venue 8 (P801_NoModem)
general device configuration for Dell Venue 8 (P801_NoModem) - GitHub - pstglia/android_device_dell_P801_NoModem: general device configuration for Dell Venue 8 (P801_NoModem)
github.com
# vendor/dell/P801_NoModem
GitHub - pstglia/android_vendor_dell_P801_NoModem: Vendor files (configs, libs, etc)
Vendor files (configs, libs, etc). Contribute to pstglia/android_vendor_dell_P801_NoModem development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
# hardware/libaudio
GitHub - pstglia/hardware-libaudio at DELL_VENUE_LOS_14.1
hardware/libaudio repo (forked from Android-x86.org) - GitHub - pstglia/hardware-libaudio at DELL_VENUE_LOS_14.1
github.com
# external/boringssl
GitHub - pstglia/android_external_boringssl: Boring ssl (libcrypto & friends)
Boring ssl (libcrypto & friends). Contribute to pstglia/android_external_boringssl development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
# system/core
GitHub - pstglia/system-core at DELL_VENUE_LOS_14.1
system/core repo (forked from Android-x86.org). Contribute to pstglia/system-core development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
# external/tinyalsa
GitHub - pstglia/android_external_tinyalsa: tinyalsa 1.0.2
tinyalsa 1.0.2. Contribute to pstglia/android_external_tinyalsa development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
# external/icu
https://github.com/pstglia/android_external_icu/tree/DELL_VENUE_LOS_14.1
# external/external/apache-http
GitHub - pstglia/android_external_apache-http: android_external_apache-http
android_external_apache-http. Contribute to pstglia/android_external_apache-http development by creating an account on GitHub.
github.com
NOTES:- openssl 3.0 (Mint 21.1 - Vera) will not generate a compatible x509 sign key for kernel modules.
OpenSSL 1.1.1f generates an accepted key
Credits / Thanks:
- The LineageOS Team
- Android-x86 Team / Chih-Wei Huang for the amazing project and repositories (used one of them here so far)
- vampirefo for providing CWM recovery and valuable information
- Social-Design-Concepts for providing unlocked firmwares (required to boot custom Image)
- Fabio Júnior Chaves da Silva (again, owner of this tablet)
- Dell for providing kernel source (wouldn't hurt to include some AOSP code also, but it's better than nothing )
- AlaskaLinuxUser AKLU from Youtube. Lot's of explanations about Android & Lineage.
[1] - https://android.googlesource.com/platform/prebuilts/gcc/linux-x86/x86/i686-linux-android-4.7/
How can one Help?
ikram.senguen said:
How can one Help?
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Hi,
This is the list of missing features / issues:
Choose one of your preference and hands on!
update 2022-05-31: Audio and Rotation were fixed.
kernel display driver was updated. Experience is smoother
-[FIXED] Wi-fi is not working:
Help wanted: Fix code and make it work:
Status so far: Fixed.
It will work on boot if you keep it enabled. If you disable Wi-fi from settings and try to re-enable (or switch on/off airplane mode), it will stop working until you boot it again.
update 2022-06-02: Discovered that you can't ioctl wlan0 to up state when you disable it (using root + proper capabilities).
However, if you rmmod bcm4330 and insmod it again, you can enable it.
It seems a driver issue.
update 2022-06-03: Using stock kernel module for network, no issues with ioctl after disbling wi-fi
update 2023-06-13: Using T00F bcmdhd source with some changes to enable 4330, it runs ok.Now it's using compiled drivers for wi-fi instead of stock ones (except for firmwares)
-[FIXED] Sound is not working:
Help wanted: Investigate what's wrong and fix it
Status: Fixed [working since updated 2022-05-29]
Note: libaudio from stock image couldn't be loaded, so generated one from Android-x86 libaudio code (see [2]).
Maybe adjusts are needed on source, config and Boardconfig files.
update 2022-05-22: all libs are being loaded, but there are some errors when trying to load codecs. Config files must be checked (as well libs);
- [FIXED] Navigation menu is not being displayed:
Help wanted: Discover why is not being shown and fix it
Status: Fixed (created a overlay on device tree and made "def_force_show_navbar" to be enabled - see commit 8768b512c08b5fc60a7d7674ffce7c3a23a7857a)
- Camera is not working:
Help wanted: Make it work
Status so far: HALs must be copied. Possibly lot's of shims and Voodoos/Mojos required.
- [FIXED] Sensors are not working:
Help wanted: Make it work
Status: Fixed (replaced sensor_hal_config files)
- [FIXED] Bluetooth is not working:
Help wanted: Make it work
Status do far: Fixed (used harware/broadcom/libbt instead of vendor lib)
- [FIXED] Port/Enable zram to kernel:
Help wanted: Porting
Status: Enabled from stage tree (it was there all the time).
Seems to be working (at least swap was mounted using it)
- [FIXED] Sometimes backlight doesn't light up after resume
Status: Fixed. This ocurred when an out of range bright level was used ( > 100)
Edited liblights code (device/dell/P801_NoModem/liblights) and included a small check to ensure/force valid values ( from 0 to 100)
- [FIXED] ADB only works using network. Not working using USB
Status: Fixed. Copied drivers/usb/gadget changes from T00F Asus kernel and applied to Venue kernel
- Elevated Battery draining (specially on suspend attempt)
Something is blocking system from suspend. If you check dmesg, it keeps an infinite loop of suspend process (disable tasks, disable CPU's) and abort.
At first, wakeup reason is the "misterious" NETLINK. However, even blocking it and some other wakeup_sources it wakes.
This shows suspend backtrace (got from dump_stack):
Code:
[ 697.149972] Call Trace:
[ 697.149984] [<c19f90f3>] dump_stack+0x16/0x18
[ 697.149990] [<c12bc9c1>] resume_irqs+0xa1/0xe0
[ 697.149996] [<c12bca2f>] resume_device_irqs+0xf/0x20
[ 697.150004] [<c156a151>] dpm_resume_noirq+0x1a1/0x2b0
[ 697.150010] [<c156a8d0>] dpm_resume_start+0x10/0x20
[ 697.150015] [<c1288945>] suspend_enter+0xa5/0x260
[ 697.150022] [<c1a03cbd>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x3d/0x50
[ 697.150028] [<c1a03cbd>] ? sub_preempt_count+0x3d/0x50
[ 697.150034] [<c19f4646>] ? printk+0x3d/0x3f
[ 697.150040] [<c1569adc>] ? dpm_show_time+0xbc/0xf0
[ 697.150046] [<c156b952>] ? dpm_suspend+0x132/0x1e0
[ 697.150052] [<c1288baf>] suspend_devices_and_enter+0xaf/0x220
[ 697.150057] [<c1288fb8>] pm_suspend+0x298/0x300
[ 697.150063] [<c1289935>] try_to_suspend+0xa5/0xc0
[ 697.150069] [<c1a0091d>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irq+0x1d/0x40
[ 697.150076] [<c125ebad>] process_one_work+0x11d/0x3d0
[ 697.150082] [<c14b091e>] ? __delay+0xe/0x10
[ 697.150088] [<c125f239>] worker_thread+0xf9/0x320
[ 697.150093] [<c1a00966>] ? _raw_spin_unlock_irqrestore+0x26/0x50
[ 697.150099] [<c125f140>] ? rescuer_thread+0x2b0/0x2b0
[ 697.150104] [<c1264cf4>] kthread+0x94/0xa0
[ 697.150112] [<c1a07077>] ret_from_kernel_thread+0x1b/0x28
[ 697.150117] [<c1264c60>] ? kthread_create_on_node+0xc0/0xc0
[ 697.150121] Wakeup from IRQ 32 penwell_otg
/sys/kernel/debug/mid_pmu_states and other files can give hints about the root cause.
Anyway, if you want to adventure yourself on trying to solve the problem, be my guest
[1] - https://github.com/pstglia/linux/tree/DELL_VENUE_LOS_14.1/modules/wlan/PRIVATE/bcm43xx
[2] - https://github.com/pstglia/hardware-libaudio/tree/DELL_VENUE_LOS_14.1
Additional info for those interested on improve this:
1) Added a debug service that collects dmesg & logcat 3 times every boot
output is recorded on /data/log_debug_venue8_3030.txt
2) ADB from usb cable is not working, but is working from network. This way, I suggest you enable these on "Developer options":
- Root acess: Select "ADB only".
- Android debugging
- ADB over network (note: You must connect to a network prior - IP and port will be displayed when enabling this option)
Once done, from PC, you can connect to adb:
# (will connect to tablet)
adb connect TABLET_IP_ADDR
# (will restart adbd on tablet, to root mode)
adb root
# (will connect again, now with root acess)
adb connect TABLET_IP_ADDR
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3) If you want to make any change to /system on living image, you must remount /system with write privileges:
- Ensure you enabled adb over network as described on step 2
- connect to table and remount /system:
adb shell
mount -o rw,remount /system
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How difficult would it be to port to the 7840? Or alternatively, would it be possible to help me learn how I could build it myself?
theabnormalguy said:
How difficult would it be to port to the 7840? Or alternatively, would it be possible to help me learn how I could build it myself?
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Hi,
It has a medium/high level of difficult, depending how "perfect" do you want your port.
And more than difficult, it's *extremelly* time consuming. You must be prepared to spent weeks/ months in order to try to make something work.
And before starting anything, be sure is viable. A crucial point is having kernel source files for your device.
without it, don't waste your time.
In your case, take a look at opensource.dell.com
Learning: As a start, I'd recomend you to watch these videos:
https://www.youtube.com/c/AlaskaLinuxUserAKLU/playlists
You'll need to learn all of these (not limited to):
- Learn some C/C++ and java. You'll have to read source code to understand basicallyhow it works
- Learn Unix/Linux terminal commands. I'll need lots of find, grep, cd, cat, etc....
- Learn shell script
- Learn git
- Learn how to compile and cusomize a kernel
- Understand how Android source code/components are strutured (AOSP)
During your development, you'll need to carefully look at log files, include debugging info on scripts/codes, think,research, deduce, test, retest, test again,back some steps an try new appoaches.
And finally, I won't be working on any other device. After finishing this one I'm working on (or giving it up), not going to waste my time on custom roms sonner.... I have a life to live
Good luck
Project die?
FYA_EXel said:
Project die?
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Not yet. I'm just looking for courage to go on.
If you see courage nearby, tell her that I'm looking for her
I intent to make bluetooth work and improve battery life. Camera is not a priority.
Remember everyone that source code is available. Everyone is free and invited to help improving this image.
Regards
pstglia
When I flash this rom, I get to the Lock Screen and it hard freezes. Anyone else get this problem? Thanks for all your work @pstglia
Update: I fixed it by wiping the data partition. This is incredible; this tablet has never been so smooth. Any advice on adding GAPPs?
the_Victorian said:
When I flash this rom, I get to the Lock Screen and it hard freezes. Anyone else get this problem? Thanks for all your work @pstglia
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You are able to boot it but when locking screen you can't return to operation, having to boot it again.
Is this your issue?
If so, it's a known issue where backlight bright level goes to zero. If you blindly move the bright slider, you can have image again (or changing bright values bellow /sys using adb)
pstglia said:
You are able to boot it but when locking screen you can't return to operation, having to boot it again.
Is this your issue?
If so, it's a known issue where backlight bright level goes to zero. If you blindly move the bright slider, you can have image again (or changing bright values bellow /sys using adb)
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Wow, thanks for your quick reply! I was just dumb and didn't wipe my android 4.4 data before installing; that fixed it. I have been tinkering trying to get GAPPs installed but run into error 70 in CWM when I do. Have you had success?
the_Victorian said:
Wow, thanks for your quick reply! I was just dumb and didn't wipe my android 4.4 data before installing; that fixed it. I have been tinkering trying to get GAPPs installed but run into error 70 in CWM when I do. Have you had success?
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I have installed opengapps (x86, 7.1, pico). Don't remember having issues installing it.
But makes tablet really slow most of time.
pstglia said:
I have installed opengapps (x86, 7.1, pico). Don't remember having issues installing it.
But makes tablet really slow most of time.
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Hmm that's interesting. I'm trying the same file but every recovery I try has given me error 7. Will continue tinkering. Something to do with system mount permissions maybe?
the_Victorian said:
Hmm that's interesting. I'm trying the same file but every recovery I try has given me error 7. Will continue tinkering. Something to do with system mount permissions maybe?
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Afaik error 7 means package doesn't match the device. On Lineage images I bypass it by editing update-binary/updater-script inside META dir.
However I think opengapps does not perform these checks...
Have you tried formatting your cache partition before applying opengapps package?
Which recovery version are you using? Is the thethered one from SDC/Vampirefo?
I thought this moment would never come , I always dreamed of a custom rom for this device, I hope you can continue developing it
quevon24 said:
I thought this moment would never come , I always dreamed of a custom rom for this device, I hope you can continue developing it
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Hi, I'll try to. But my limited knowledge doesn't allow me to advance the way I wish.
So, do not expect something perfect, fast and stable...
If we had some developer that could help on this, maybe you could have a really nice rom.
Note: All sources are available on github. See 1st post.
If I achieve some progress I'll share here.
The image I have is bootable and you can test anything if you understand the risks of potentially brick your device.
If you have nothing to lose, give a try
pstglia said:
Hi, I'll try to. But my limited knowledge doesn't allow me to advance the way I wish.
So, do not expect something perfect, fast and stable...
If we had some developer that could help on this, maybe you could have a really nice rom.
Note: All sources are available on github. See 1st post.
If I achieve some progress I'll share here.
The image I have is bootable and you can test anything if you understand the risks of potentially brick your device.
If you have nothing to lose, give a try
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I just install the rom using Windows 11, i have the stock rom(android 4.2.2, 4.3 and 4.4.2) in case i brick the tablet.
I used apkmirror to install chrome x86 version, i can't use youtube because the lack of google play services
quevon24 said:
I just install the rom using Windows 11, i have the stock rom(android 4.2.2, 4.3 and 4.4.2) in case i brick the tablet.
I used apkmirror to install chrome x86 version, i can't use youtube because the lack of google play services
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You can use opengapps for youtube & google stufff.
But at the current stage of this rom, it will make tablet really slow...
pstglia said:
Hi,
This is the list of missing features / issues:
Choose one of your preference and hands on!
update 2022-05-31: Audio and Rotation were fixed.
kernel display driver was updated. Experience is smoother
-[FIXED] Wi-fi is not working:
Help wanted: Fix code and make it work:
Status so far: Fixed.
It will work on boot if you keep it enabled. If you disable Wi-fi from settings and try to re-enable (or switch on/off airplane mode), it will stop working until you boot it again.
update 2022-06-02: Discovered that you can't ioctl wlan0 to up state when you disable it (using root + proper capabilities).
However, if you rmmod bcm4330 and insmod it again, you can enable it.
It seems a driver issue.
update 2022-06-03: Using stock kernel module for network, no issues with ioctl after disbling wi-fi
-[FIXED] Sound is not working:
Help wanted: Investigate what's wrong and fix it
Status: Fixed [working since updated 2022-05-29]
Note: libaudio from stock image couldn't be loaded, so generated one from Android-x86 libaudio code (see [2]).
Maybe adjusts are needed on source, config and Boardconfig files.
update 2022-05-22: all libs are being loaded, but there are some errors when trying to load codecs. Config files must be checked (as well libs);
- [FIXED] Navigation menu is not being displayed:
Help wanted: Discover why is not being shown and fix it
Status: Fixed (created a overlay on device tree and made "def_force_show_navbar" to be enabled - see commit 8768b512c08b5fc60a7d7674ffce7c3a23a7857a)
- Camera is not working:
Help wanted: Make it work
Status so far: HALs must be copied. Possibly lot's of shims and Voodoos/Mojos required.
- [FIXED] Sensors are not working:
Help wanted: Make it work
Status: Fixed (replaced sensor_hal_config files)
- [FIXED] Bluetooth is not working:
Help wanted: Make it work
Status do far: Fixed (used harware/broadcom/libbt instead of vendor lib)
- [FIXED] Port/Enable zram to kernel:
Help wanted: Porting
Status: Enabled from stage tree (it was there all the time).
Seems to be working (at least swap was mounted using it)
[1] - https://github.com/pstglia/linux/tree/DELL_VENUE_LOS_14.1/modules/wlan/PRIVATE/bcm43xx
[2] - https://github.com/pstglia/hardware-libaudio/tree/DELL_VENUE_LOS_14.1
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sry, lack of response due to lack of knowledge: thought this is about Venue 7840
ikram.senguen said:
sry, lack of response due to lack of knowledge: thought this is about Venue 7840
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Nope, this is for Venue 8 3830