Android release on HTC Apache *CDMA Works!*

[cooljustin92]

Originally Posted by tekkdrone

The white screen is not something I've seen, I wonder if it's a hardware difference. In either case I did verify the files on the site are not corrupted, and tried with a different type/brand of card. I was able to boot to the Android home screen after a while. (I recommend not using Kingston brand 2gb micros for this)

When does the white screen occur? Do you ever see the "Jumping to kernel..." message after running HaRET?

Ok so i have seen it change to the white screen and i dont think it said anything before. It is slowly when white from the black screen with words.
The white screen has very tiny lines that go all the way down the screen.

[m15t1k0]

Just tried... got on the screen:

<output omitted>
Mounting SD Card
/init: /init: 19: fail: not found
No previous root filesystem found
ls: /sdcard/m.rootfs.tar.bz2: no such file found
No root filesystem tar file found
<output omitted>
/bin/sh: can't access tty: job control turned off

and if I touch the screen shows the position debug as you said.

What could be the problem?

[tekkdrone]

Hmmmm, sounds like the version of HaRET I posted isn't working for some of you, I'll investigate.

Edit: There's at least one person who's been successful so I'm thinking this might be due to hardware differences. I've added a link on my blog to another build of HaRET, see if that one works better for you.

Also, this will not work from anywhere but the SD card, running it from the phone storage will fail.

[Hypocritus]

Originally Posted by tekkdrone

Edit: There's at least one person who's been successful so I'm thinking this might be due to hardware differences. I've added a link on my blog to another build of HaRET, see if that one works better for you.

WOO HOO!!! Count me as the second!! I just got it all up and running via tekkdrone's "stock" 2.6.25 instructions and download links (links to his site on first page of this thread). No issues for me, first try!! My SD is a Sandisk 1gb miniSD card.

Oh SWEET!!! I have pre-Alpha ANDROID running on my phone!!!

LOL! Maybe I have Joker tendencies, but I could not hold back the laughing out loud, esp. when the android clock came up (even if the time was wrong) and I was able to move it. Oh my crap! Call me whatever, but an ANDROID OS working on my phone? without me having to buy a new one, AND switch to T-(omitted), I'm just upside down!

I know it's just a proof of concept, now. But to see the progress in just a few days, from where it's come from...!

Couple of notes: The first boot probably took at least ten minutes. Haven't tried any boots thereafter, yet, cause I'm still trying to get over a working Android interface on my phone, and exploring it. Also, there's not too much to do on the phone, yet (like tekkdrone said). But for the ANDROID aficionado, though as-of-yet non-owner, this is fun!

[tekkdrone]

That's great I've got a buddy of mine testing on his 6700 as well to see if he sees the white screen issue. Also, I'm in the process of converting the boot video and posting it on my blog, should have it up in half an hour or so.

[Hypocritus]

EDITED:

Okay, the first boot probably takes more than 10 minutes on a regular-clocked Apache.

Be aware that if you are using an overclocked Apache, because of the intensive IO and such, you might actually lock-up (temporarily) your Apache, but not know it, because the wait is assumed to be long in the first place; make sense? So unless you are sure that running your o/ced Apache @ full speed and @ 100% CPU usage for several several minutes on end doesn't lock it up, I would regular-clock it for these experiments. Also, an o/ced Apache may cause extra errors that should not even be reported to tekkdrone or on this thread, b/c it's not fair for him to try to fix something that's not even a real problem in the first place.

The second and subsequent boots take like 4 or 5 minutes.

It does drain your batt, especially the first boot.

It does run smoothly once it's up. I like it!

Oh yeah, and my phone reboots just as fast as always, after rebooting from Android. 'couse, tekkdrone reported the he only sometimes encounters slow reboot, not all the time, and I've only rebooted from Android twice.

[tekkdrone]

A video of the initial boot is up on the blog.

Also I didn't even consider that yes, OC'ing may affect the HaRET launch, but once the kernel is launched it should tune you back down to 206 and shouldn't be an issue, but since I don't have voltage control in the kernel yet, it's possible an OC'd unit would fail during the handoff.

[cooljustin92]

Ha ok i found out what i did if you download the files the wrong way then it will not work.

I downloaded all the files the right way then put it on my phone this morning on the way to my bus stop and it worked so i played with it on my way to school this is what you have to do.

When you download the "android.rootfs.tar" file it needs to look like a .rar image. ( One time i downloaded and had a blank icon or plain white)

The startup file sould be a text file but dont but "startup.txt" it sould just be "startup"

The Zimage and inird files sould not be anything. (Like one time it downloaded and said it was a .txt file)

I hope this works for the people who are having trouble.

EDIT: this sould help you m15t1k0 thaats one of the codes i came up with

[tekkdrone]

Sounds like you may've had "Hide extensions for known files" turned on in Windows (it's on by default) and that is what likely caused issues with file names, thanks for the update.

[blizzake]

mine worked amazingly after i formatted my patriot 4gb sdhc card looks great it was fun to run it lol if it only had wifi or the phone support i would be inlove Thanks Tekkdrone keep up the good work