Linux/Android working on Titan

MrPenguin_2 · #1 (**permalink**) 06-12-2009, 03:38 AM

Wow...the Vogue version has Android Market. For some reason the Titan build doesn't have it included. Anyways, the Market works totally fine for me and I can download directly from there. Also, the Content list and IM now show up in funambol. My only problem now is Android not wanting to turn back on when the screen turns off. Vogue build is definitely better.

neophyte.vii · #2 (**permalink**) 06-12-2009, 06:35 PM

MrPenguin, how fatal is the screen turning off and not comng back on?

Can you let me know if the LEDs still blink forever?

Battery life any better?

You guys have me excited with this vogue build, but I use 1.0 for hours at a time so I am hesitant to switch over.

I'll scope out the source trees and figure out how to build / compile. The keyboard issue sounds dead easy to fix, and I know a fair bit of C.

MrPenguin_2 · #3 (**permalink**) 06-12-2009, 08:04 PM

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Originally Posted by neophyte.vii

MrPenguin, how fatal is the screen turning off and not comng back on?

Can you let me know if the LEDs still blink forever?

Battery life any better?

You guys have me excited with this vogue build, but I use 1.0 for hours at a time so I am hesitant to switch over.

I'll scope out the source trees and figure out how to build / compile. The keyboard issue sounds dead easy to fix, and I know a fair bit of C.

Like I said, the screen will turn off and not come back on when pressing the end button - I actually experienced this with the Titan build, and it seemed to get better over time. The LEDs still blink and everything, but I haven't tried to call the phone when it happened so I don't know what would happen. I'll try that the next time and see what goes on. I should also mention that on occasion it will randomly start working again - very strange.

The battery life isn't any better, but it certainly isn't worse either. I think the only big thing causing it to drain so much faster is the key lights staying on when the screen is off.

As for the keyboard issue, I *really* hope you can fix that. This is a fairly nice build, but as an extremely heavy texter it's kind of annoying to text while the screen is upside-down.

neophyte.vii · #4 (**permalink**) 06-13-2009, 12:32 AM

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As for the keyboard issue ..

The arch/arm/mach-msm/ gitweb kernel tree may be a good place to begin.

The issue is just as likely in the android source. If anyone happens to know, do link us up with an htc build tree.

Andy_in_Indy · #5 (**permalink**) 06-21-2009, 11:45 AM

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Originally Posted by neophyte.vii

The arch/arm/mach-msm/ gitweb kernel tree may be a good place to begin.

The issue is just as likely in the android source. If anyone happens to know, do link us up with an htc build tree.

Magister2k7 pointed out the one small change needed to make the screen flip correctly in this post on XDA - Developers Forum:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=346

Basically it is just in one line in the android source (not the kernel), but the change requires you to rebuild the whole thing and replace the file in an existing system.img

-Andy in Indy

thvoicwethin · #6 (**permalink**) 06-27-2009, 09:04 AM

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Originally Posted by Andy_in_Indy

Magister2k7 pointed out the one small change needed to make the screen flip correctly in this post on XDA - Developers Forum:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...&postcount=346

Basically it is just in one line in the android source (not the kernel), but the change requires you to rebuild the whole thing and replace the file in an existing system.img

-Andy in Indy

which shouldn't take much time hopefully. I'm still out my ppc6800. No touchscreen, so no actual use for it ATM. I was hoping i could work some more with the Android dev, but i don't have the resources ATM. Is anyone using this on a daily basis? I couldn't because of my hardware keys.

MrPenguin_2 · #7 (**permalink**) 06-27-2009, 09:33 PM

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Originally Posted by thvoicwethin

which shouldn't take much time hopefully. I'm still out my ppc6800. No touchscreen, so no actual use for it ATM. I was hoping i could work some more with the Android dev, but i don't have the resources ATM. Is anyone using this on a daily basis? I couldn't because of my hardware keys.

I've tried to use it on a daily basis, but the screen rotation is kind of a big deal for me. I looked into downloading and building the android source mentioned above and at XDA, but I think it's a bit too far over my head.

neophyte.vii · #8 (**permalink**) 06-13-2009, 01:03 AM

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Originally Posted by MrPenguin_2

The LEDs still blink and everything ..

This happens to me from time to time.

When it happens next try pressing the voice command [home] key instead of the menu key and let me know if it turns on.

MrPenguin_2 · #9 (**permalink**) 06-13-2009, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by neophyte.vii

This happens to me from time to time.

When it happens next try pressing the voice command [home] key instead of the menu key and let me know if it turns on.

Well I gave it a try, but it didn't change anything.

neophyte.vii · #10 (**permalink**) 06-14-2009, 01:13 PM

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Originally Posted by MrPenguin_2

Well I gave it a try, but it didn't change anything.

That lock-up doesn't happen on my phone with Android 1.0. I wonder if it's related to the keyboard/landscape issue. The only time my phone has trouble [pressing home wakes up the screen] is when I let the screen turn off in landscape.