Working Android on BA! (tested myself)

[GVG]

Hi, yesterday i was trying to launch android on my BA and i DID IT! :D
It works like shit:

Touchscreen doesn't work (you can activate list scrolling by pushing it on the side)
Some buttons don't work
No sound

Navigation:

D-pad (left, right, up, down)
Enter (on the keyboard, since D-Pad center doesn't work)
!WARNING! there is no end call and back buttons, you can't exit applications

How to? Here is the tutorial:

Create a folder on your memory card
Get the latest HaRET from here http://handhelds.org/~koconnor/haret/
Get the latest zImage from here http://www.angstrom-distribution.org/unstable/autobuild/htcblueangel/
(i use zImage-2.6.21-hh20-r16-htcblueangel.bin)
Rename it to zImage
Put that default.txt
set kernel zImage
set initrd "initrd-android.gz"
set CMDLINE "rootdelay=3 root=/dev/ram0 ramdisk_size=23504 init=/linuxrc"
boot
Now you need the system - Android
Get that: http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/initrd-android
Don't forget to rename it to initrd-android.gz
I've got it from here http://it029000.massey.ac.nz/vogue/

[rafyvitto]

it stays in jumping to kernel... i followd the steps above, did you copy pasted the command correctly??

[GVG]

it stays in jumping to kernel... i followd the steps above, did you copy pasted the command correctly??
Try different kernel. It works for me:)

[blackout_pt]

Try different kernel. It works for me:)

Could you please tell us how did you install android on Blue Angel? Procedures and everything else. And also your opinion about it's performance. thank you very much

[GVG]

Could you please tell us how did you install android on Blue Angel? Procedures and everything else. And also your opinion about it's performance. thank you very much
Just launch Haret.exe
Speed... hm... Almost like WM6

[xplode]

a lot slower than wm6 the android image should be tweaked in order to have proper drivers for touchscreen keys and sound

[tim273]

wow...very cool, I'll be looking for updates (if there are any)

[supreme kyo]

hi friends,

i tested android and seems a good toy

i did make a rar with all files needed, you need only to extract to SD and run haret :D

http://rapidshare.com/files/147524450/android.rar.html

i'm really interested to go further on android.

about my tests, i can conclude two things:

- D-pad works, but not very well
- Touch screen is not working, but i know it detect moves on it
(try to dpad a icon, then touch the touch-screen, you ll see)

I'm not a expert on pocket pc, but i have my skills.

I found an other thing, hardware specification.
http://www.handhelds.org/moin/moin.cgi/BlueAngelHardware

if the information is right, the touchscreen is from the same family that the vogue one.

To continue this adventure, i need some lights. I know we have a developer from the kernel/Opie/GPE in this forum. If you are him, i need some lights about your work.

The other thing, i'll try to do is asking help to vogue/kaiser android project, to give me some lights how they touchscreen work.

The last thing. All the help is appreciated, everybody is invited in this project and all the help is welcome. And i really need it lol:D

udapte (23/9/2008)

Well i talk do vogue android project man, and the answer from him is simple. His work was only to port kernel to vogue platform. I will have to find who made the one we are using.

[Edu115]

The touchscreen is detected, but somehow it doesn't work.

[bricklin]

i have failed .
my BA get a FlashDIsk and ramdisk in WM6 enrironment..

when i run haret ....

after jumping to kernal


an error occur

can't mount SDcard .it's halt..

why...