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Re: Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro (RAPH800)

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Originally Posted by arrrghhh (Post 1626020)

Yea if you're not near a charger at work, I wouldn't recommend using Android. Or watching SP episodes for that matter :P

I run Android all day, but I also pretty much leave it on the charger.... all day... I try to get baselines for how long the battery will last, but every time I use the device the gauge jumps around so much it doesn't really seem to matter. The only time the battery status is stable is when it's not in use... *sigh*

I hear you on that, I usually have a charger.. o well

Re: Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro (RAPH800)

hamagc: The RIL is here, but you've gotta have full Android sources to compile it. It's a big hassle.

First step would probably be to play around with the AT Command Log (instructions here seem mostly accurate, though i found the log to be written to /ATCmdLog, not /Temp) to see what sort of data comes through when you receive an MMS, and then see how that would be treated by the RIL (you can read the source on Gitorious without having to download it, etc.).

Re: Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro (RAPH800)

I am going to try and put this on my son's Raphael for the first time. 2-questions

1) any reason why I shouldn't do the dual - boot methed referred to on the 1st page (Gen.Y Dualboot)? I don't see people referring to it much in the later posts.
2) Is there any sort of performance improvement by setting up a ext partition on your SD drive?

Thanks

Re: Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro (RAPH800)

im getting mad dude can someone tell me if your tp is freezing after you click the haret thing btw i used the pack in the first page

Re: Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro (RAPH800)

Ok, got home, charged TP. booted your newest pack (thanks Makk), added the MMS settings (thanks hamac)... but there is an issue, I cannot send any pictures. I had this working with the build I was using last time... that is what my big post was about... that pictures were able to be sent... I am not sure why the latest package you released did not have this... I am taking some pictures and will post with what I am talking about...

I will also bring back the build I posted and try to send an MMS picture from it and see how that works.

THANKS ALL AND HOPE THIS HELPS IN ANY WAY FOR YOUR DEVELOPMENT.

THE ERROR: Unsupported action That action is not currently supported.

ATTACHED ARE PIX OF YOUR BUILD. JUST BOOTED TO WHAT I HAD, BOUT TO TAKE PICTURES OF WHAT I MEAN WITH THE MMS DEAL...

Re: Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro (RAPH800)

Ok, here is the pictures of the build I was messing with... as you can see, the picture actually gets attached and I can send it. I HAVE VERIFIED THIS SENDS THE PICTURE!!! It just will not receive an MMS, but it WILL send it...

AS STATED, JUST TRYING TO HELP THE DEVELOPMENT HERE...

Re: Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro (RAPH800)

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Originally Posted by qwerty3656 (Post 1626394)

Gen.Y Dualboot doesn't work with the new andboot directory, which is sort of annoying. So you can use dualboot, but you have to store your files in the root of the sd card. And it doesn't really speed things up that much. So I think people haven't gone too crazy for it.

Some people have said they've gotten a performance boost from setting up an ext2 partition. I found no speed gain (class 4 card) and a signficant decrease in file stability. (i.e. on a crash, I was more likely to end up with filesystem corruption with the ext2 partition than with the image file. This is just my experience, and no one else has confirmed it, though.)

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Originally Posted by gluka47 (Post 1626499)

im getting mad dude can someone tell me if your tp is freezing after you click the haret thing btw i used the pack in the first page

Have you got a RAPH500? (It'll say so under the battery -- either RAPH500 or RAPH800 -- top right part of the text under there)

If so... yeah, it'll freeze, and ain't no way around it. Except learn to use git and fix it yourself. No one else has stepped up and done that yet, unfortunately.

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Originally Posted by mapaz04 (Post 1626547)

Yeah, that was what I always got when I tried to send MMS. What was the other package you used? Was it the espresso (2.1) package? I think maybe because of the lack of camera support the libraries for dealing with pictures just aren't included in the standard xdandroid package. I haven't tracked it any further than that.

Re: Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro (RAPH800)

No, the package is the 1.9 release... I am not great at this, mess with linux some, dualboot pc, dualboot ppc (thanks to you guys). I can only tell you that the files I have uploaded may help you. I also am trying to get it running with my wifes TP2... also with sprint, cdma, that is how I think I got the "WELCOME TO BLACKSTONE" logo with the droid boot.
This is the module:
modules-2.6.27-00966-gf75c7fb.tar.gz

Obviously there are other things, the zImage is the one that came with the module... but the main thing that I believe contains the change is in the system.sqush, I could be wrong but that is where most of the information for the system is at, and in my belief, may carry the information for the camera.

I have uploaded the files I am using in a previous thread. I will find and add them to this...

I am willing to share whatever files that I have with you in an effort to further this man.

THANKS AGAIN TO ALL DEVS, WITHOUT YOU, MY PHONE WOULD... WELL, JUST BE A PHONE jejeje

the link to my files...
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=U8FR422H

Re: Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro (RAPH800)

I have no idea what 1.9 refers to. Maybe January 9th release of the espresso package. There's no Android 1.9. I don't think any xdandroid package says welcome to blackstone. A conundrum.