Workarounds/known issues 7/22: Updated for FRX07

[Gilliland]

Like perhaps hundreds of others, I'm trying Android on the TP2 for the first time now that sound is working. I'm sure I'll have lots of issues to figure out, but there are a couple of things that I've run into right from the start.

1) The hardware shift keys on the keyboard don't work correctly. The "FN" key seems to act as the shift key (it gives me CAPITAL letters), while the shift key gives me an unexpected set of other characters (sometimes numeric, sometimes various special characters, definitely NOT the characters associated with the key). This makes it pretty awkward to use.

2) Everyone here says that the front LED should be Orange in normal operation and Green when the phone is asleep. Mine is always Orange. Is there a setting somewhere to let the phone go to sleep? I haven't been able to find one.

I'm entirely new to Android, so I'm just feeling my way along. If anyone has any specific tips for me on these or other topics, feel free to pass them along. I've found several FAQs concerning the TP2 and Android, but many of them seem to be out of date. So I'm not sure what's real and what's not.

In any event, though, I like what I see. This is some very impressive work.

Thanks in advance.

[manekineko]

Originally Posted by Gilliland

1) The hardware shift keys on the keyboard don't work correctly. The "FN" key seems to act as the shift key (it gives me CAPITAL letters), while the shift key gives me an unexpected set of other characters (sometimes numeric, sometimes various special characters, definitely NOT the characters associated with the key). This makes it pretty awkward to use.

You need to set your keyboard settings in startup.txt.

Take a look at the FAQ:
http://forum.ppcgeeks.com/tp2-androi...pt-2010-a.html

You can find the keyboard setting you need by searching for physkeyboard.

[Gilliland]

Originally Posted by manekineko

You need to set your keyboard settings in startup.txt.

I'm booting with the WM Startup utility that lets me select the keyboard and CDMA on the way in. It appears to be automatically selecting the right layout (Rhod400) for my Sprint TP2.

When I changed it in the startup.txt file, it broke the LaunchPro app. I'm about to reinstall and try again.

(Bear with me if I'm twisting any of the names of these tools - this is all new to me.)

[arrrghhh]

Originally Posted by Gilliland

I'm booting with the WM Startup utility that lets me select the keyboard and CDMA on the way in. It appears to be automatically selecting the right layout (Rhod400) for my Sprint TP2.

When I changed it in the startup.txt file, it broke the LaunchPro app. I'm about to reinstall and try again.

(Bear with me if I'm twisting any of the names of these tools - this is all new to me.)

Do NOT use MGJDroidUtil. It's known that it's faulty, and honestly should be removed from builds until it's fixed... C'est la vie I guess. Just don't use it