Linux/Android on CDMA Touch Pro -- Now working on Verizon! And with GPS!

[kreate]

Originally Posted by kreate

it boots up then i get a shutting down msg then it locks up , i can see things still running in the background. i downloaded the latest from the htc-android site but i cant not get it to run, any help?

never mind now it boots . i tried this

Quote:
* When you get to the sign on screen, if you don't have a data icon up top or you can't connect, you'll need to put in your username and password for connecting to the internet.
1. Press menu, which is Power on our phones.
2. Press APN Settings
3. choose the default entry, Android
4. For CDMA devices, just change the username and password to match your provider. On Verizon, the username is <10-digit-phone-number>@vzw3g.com and the password is vzw
5. For GSM devices, you'll need to fill in more information. Head over here for some standard options
6. Hit menu, then Save

but the apn settings are empty like just blank so i cant input any settings what so ever so i dont have a working data yet

[makkonen]

Originally Posted by TWiST

did a cat /proc/mounts and I do not see adp1 or mtdblock3 what would the file system for /system be called ?

Looks like /dev/block/loop1 to me. But it's squashfs, so it's read only, and there's no way to change that while it's running. You'll have to unsquash and resquash it from a linux system to make changes. (As far as I can tell, you can't do it from windows, because windows trashes the file permission/ownership info.)

Originally Posted by kreate

never mind now it boots . i tried this

Quote:
* When you get to the sign on screen, if you don't have a data icon up top or you can't connect, you'll need to put in your username and password for connecting to the internet.
1. Press menu, which is Power on our phones.
2. Press APN Settings
3. choose the default entry, Android
4. For CDMA devices, just change the username and password to match your provider. On Verizon, the username is <10-digit-phone-number>@vzw3g.com and the password is vzw
5. For GSM devices, you'll need to fill in more information. Head over here for some standard options
6. Hit menu, then Save

but the apn settings are empty like just blank so i cant input any settings what so ever so i dont have a working data yet

I don't know what those settings will look like for MetroPCS... but there's been a lot of trouble with any system that uses a username and password for the CDMA data connection.

[CrossXcalibur]

Sorry for the dumb question but how do I create a new APN to get CDMA data to work?

[tom6433]

Originally Posted by CrossXcalibur

Sorry for the dumb question but how do I create a new APN to get CDMA data to work?

look in the FAQ in post #2. step by step instructions.

[Erythros]

Originally Posted by arrrghhh

Yea, I had the location work based on cell-towers a few builds ago... but I haven't had that work lately. I just upgraded my version of Google Maps as well, still no go.

As for sound, I've never had an issue with it... Not with this new build at least. I've had issues with some notifications, but not with sound specifically.

I too had location working a few iterations ago but now it does not.
Updating google maps did not help.
I am also sure that data works after changing the APN.

Also, Sound works through the speaker, but not through the headset.

I am very appreciative for all of the hard work that has gone into this project.
I swear I would help if I had an inkling of knowledge on Linux/Android programming.
Once the project is done to where it is usable as a WinMo replacement there will be donations coming your way.
HTC hardware is great, WinMo sucks.

[fabrijack]

Update for Cellular South owners. I formatted my memory card and downloaded the new file set from the first post and so far everything seems to work. This is the first build I could get data to work on. I can place a call, text, and browse the web. Only hangup I have found is if I turn off wifi it locks and reboots into windows.
BTW I am in the Memphis/Olive Branch area
Jack

[peterm20]

I've attempted to port the Sense UI to the TP but Its booting but no radio. I posted it a few pages back, I'm open to see if anyone wants to look at it and let me know what they think. My latest Build is a lot faster but it reboots after about 2 mins and I've not had a lot of time to debug it to find out why. Looks like the radio still didn't work on it but I don't know.

[kreate]

yeah i guess i will just have to wait for things to move a bit farther down to be able to have data working and what not. so far i like where this is heading and i give mad props to the android scene .. may the force be with yall!!!!!!!!!!

[TWiST]

I have been using android as my primary OS on my Sprint TP with sprint service and it has been great, granted the battery life is AWFUL I am pretty impressed with the android OS, I am actually looking to pickup a used CDMA capable android phone just to mess with after being exposed to android.

Cell tower location services are finicky I had it working but now it stopped again, the wifi worked right out of the box and the data worked after adding the Android and internet apn information.

I have been trying to remove google voice so I can reinstall it cause its really breaking my heart when I try to make a call using google voice it just immediately disconnects

But otherwise this is pretty bold and amazing to be running a diffrent operating system on my phone, I wonder if we will get to a point where we can actually flash android and replace winmo with it, I saw someone released a rom which allowed you to select which one you wanted to boot but im guessing if you had not made a phone call while connecting that it might not have the mic enabled.

[chrialex]

As far as the cell tower location, I have had it work at times, but it seems random. While sitting in my communications hardware class today I accidentally opened maps without realizing it. When I noticed it about 5 minutes later, it had a location. Which I thought was odd because I only have working wifi, not cdma data. I noticed that the 3G icon was showing so for some strange reason I thought maybe my data connection was working.

I checked the network log and neither had sent/received anything so far. I then thought I would try to hit update and see if my location updated, and it promptly told me to get lost by the battery dying. I am waiting for it to charge back up now, but I wonder if the new release of Maps (4.0 w/ Buzz) updated something for us? It was supposed to fix some other problem with GPS on CDMA devices, which isn't working in Android yet. Wonder if that makes any difference for the dev(s) working on the GPS...might want to look into that.

As far as Google Voice, have you tried just getting a new version and running it instead of uninstalling the old one first? I think it uninstalls for you when you run the new one, but I could be wrong. As far as a flashable ROM, yes, we will get there, sooner rather than later, there are some great people working on this, even if they start going off on tangents about cars and html in the IRC channel. Not that there is anything wrong with that, it is entertaining to read