[3/6/2010] Google Android for TP2 CDMA [In Dev]

[makkonen]

Originally Posted by matthewb57

With all the wiki's and waves and sourceforge pages, which place has the highest potential of remaining as a one-stop source for information on the Android port?

Based on what makes the most sense to me, I would suggest that the "AndroidOnHTC" wiki be the central place for everything Android on all HTC devices. It seems to be the most logical central storage for all information regarding status, FAQ's, guide's, how-to's, and everything else.

If you wouldn't mind makkonen, could you actually include links to all existing Android for TP2 related resources for everyone following this thread. I would like to see where everything stands and maybe help in the efforts of consolidating all the fragmented information.

And finally, as for hosting, I am more than willing to offer up any additional storage space I have for hosting compiled builds (I've got probably close to a TB at this point just sitting out there in cyberspace). This goes not only for the CDMA TP2, but ALL Android builds for every HTC device. I am even willing to pay for a domain name if it helps, although it would be just as easy if whoever is controlling "androidonhtc.com" could just provide me with a subdomain such as "builds.androidonhtc.com" or "files.androidonhtc.com" for nice pretty linking purposes.

It would be nice to see things get more organized, and with all the help being offered, it should be possible to coordinate something. If each person who offered up help just took a small chunk of the total responsibility (such as updating just 1 page of a wiki), things could be improved really quickly.

Anyways, hopefully we hear something back from those working on this port soon.

OK, list of resources. I might forget some. A lot of this is just repeating stuff I put up in the wave... and I'll include a bunch of stuff that's not TP2-specific, because there's a great deal of overlap with the raphael and diamond (less so with the vogue/kaiser/polaris, but I'll mention those too). And awaaaaay we go:

Forums
Linux on Diamond thread from xda-developers. Big and unusable thread. Raph/Diam-centric, probably not much use to you.
XDANDROID thread. Much newer, still big and unusable. System-specific talk, ostensibly gsm raph/diam-centric, but applies to Rhod/Topa as well.
Android on DIAM500 and Android on RAPH800 -- Places where people are keeping up with CDMA developments. Remains to be seen how much overlap that has with the MSM7600 CDMA implementation.
95-Civic's corresponding thread on xda-devs.
Connect-UTB forum on Android porting. Not sure if there's anything Rhodium-specific here, but there's threads on a few other platforms -- and there are people who hang out over there instead of here, so something might slip through the cracks.
XDA-Devs Touch CDMA subforum. A place for info on the Vogue Android port, which is much further along. There's an Android development forum and the general forum, both have Android-centric discussion. There might also be discussion in the kaiser forums, but I haven't looked there.

Wikis
Raphael Linux on xda-devs wiki, Rhodium Android on xda-devs wiki, Raphael Donut on xda-devs wiki, Raphael Eclair on xda-devs wiki. These pages get created and then they don't change a whole lot, but there's a bunch of good information in them.
Android HTC wiki on sourceforge. Where to get files for the Vogue/Polaris/Kaiser. Probably not of much use here. Could be useful to other devices in that they've worked out some of the bugs of running GSM software for a Sprint CDMA device. And, for future consideration, they've gotten NAND flashing (i.e. replacing WinMo entirely) working.
HTC-Linux wiki. Low-level info for developers (GPIOs, Memory maps, HaRET info).
Android on HTC wiki. Once again, I don't know how much attention this has ever gotten -- seems pretty sparsely filled to me.

Other
Bug tracker for the linux-msm kernel. Self explanatory. Don't know how many are submitting there, though.
Android on HTC Wave. RAPH800-heavy, since I put it together, but has notes on how to get a build environment together. A month and a half ago, I'd say it should be the clearinghouse for information, but at this point I'm sick of its bugs and its lagginess.
#htc-linux on freenode and the #htc-linux logs -- the real place where the developers congregate. Unfortunately, it's IRC, so it's real time and necessarily disorganized, with a low signal to noise ratio.


Now, most of this is not specific to the Touch Pro 2, much less the CDMA Touch Pro 2. But... it's all pieces of the same picture. As for trying to put everything together and get everyone in one place... it'd take a sturdier sort than me to even contemplate it. The Android on HTC wiki is as good a place as any, but the real value comes in having everyone contributing; and getting everyone on the same page is tough. (Haha. Wordplay.)