[OLD VERSION][ROM] Vanilla AOSP Gingerbread (updated 20110329)

kornyone · Feb 21, 2011

Vanilla Flavored AOSP

Gtablet AOSP is a project for pure vanilla Android with the Gtablet. It aims to be barebones and as true to the AOSP code as possible. The Google AOSP code is modified as little as possible to provide functionality, and the ability to boot. It is stripped down for modification by the end user.

Using CyanogenMod device files, Pershoot's latest kernel (20110328, 2.6.32.36), and some cherry picked cyanogenmod/nv-tegra files, a functional 'rom' and a github repo for this project has been created. As functionality has been added since inception, more pieces from Cyanogen are making there way in (browser fix and tweaks, some under the hood stuff, internal storage fixes, etc) to improve overall experience. All variances from original AOSP code is visible via the public git.

Huge props to the Gtablet and the Cyanogen development community. Without your work, this wouldn't be possible.

Huge thanks to EJHart for his direct assistance with this project. Also, thanks to Bekit, Pershoot, GoJimi, Cyanogenmod team, Google... and I am probably missing others... This project would not be where it is without all of their work.

To use this rom, you will use ClockwordMod to flash the zip file as you would any other rom. I have only used ClockworkMod .8 in my testing.

DISCLAIMER: I cannot be held liable for anything you do to your GTablet. Make sure you are comfortable with recovery tools, such as nvflash, before proceeding. Though the rom is quite functional and stable in basic testing, this project is in early beta stages.

Download RC2 --http://www.mediafire.com/?t2rwxm9p9e4bcb7
MD5 -- fbb79ab9f4da245bb3ab2a320369f95b

*NOTE* GAPPS 20110307 for MDPI will not work.
Use the 20110120 MDPI GAPPS (for example, http://android.d3xt3r01.tk/cyanogen/gapps/gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip).

Known Issues:

Most if not all the issues facing Cyanogen 7

Changes since RC1:

Latest Pershoot 20110328 kernel.
Browser crash loading google.com homepage is now fixed. This should resolve browser fc across the board.
Added User Agent, Fullscreen, Zoom controls, and Incognito to Browser.
Added Reboot to Power menu (intentionally excluding the recovery/bootloader options).
Fixed EMMC and basic information for Internal Storage in Settings->Storage.
Removed phone signal indicator, and tablified numerous text values.
Latest from AOSP Master (not much new since RC1).
Removal of extraneous junk, like speech recorder, voice dialer, and mms.

Retired changelog:
RC1 - Beta2:

My Apps now works in Market. Google Maps no longer force closes. -There is a downside to this-. The fix involves altering the LCD Density, which causes some apps to not scale properly.
Media on EMMC is now scanned and available in Music/Gallery/etc.
Live Wallpapers work.
Pershoot kernel 20110307
A bunch of under the hood stuff due to major changes upstream from AOSP.

Beta2 - Beta1:

AOSP is now pulling from master branch, making it version 2.3.3_r1.
Camera functions for still pictures. No mirroring or rotation issues. Video recording still not working.
Latest NVidia 3991 libs included (noticeable performance increase).
Pershoot kernel 20110301

Beta1 - Initial release:

Fixed EMMC.
Steamlined compile process.
Addition of Spare Parts/Dev Tools (possibly removed in future versions)

BUILD YOUR OWN:

GitHub -- https://github.com/aosp-gtablet

Use this project from github to create your own image:
repo init -u git://github.com/aosp-gtablet/gtablet-aosp.git

The process for CM7 will work. Run extract-files.sh, run envsetup.sh, lunch, make -j[X] bacon. Anything more is outside the scope of this post.

** Additional notes -- GoJimi's Soft Buttons are available in the source code, but are disabled in this release.

I am a minimalist, and I know there are others. I hope others enjoy, and help make this a better project

Please let me know what bugs you find so I can work on them! Thanks.

jooky2000 · Feb 21, 2011

Sold! Will give this a try and report back. Nice writeup too. Is it true, development only available on linux?

kornyone · Feb 21, 2011

Thanks.
I have done all my work in Linux, so I wouldn't know of any other way to create an image. Sorry.

jooky2000 · Feb 21, 2011

Holy crap! This rom is whip fast! Have you installed gapps or monitored battery life on it yet?

kornyone · Feb 21, 2011

jooky2000 said:
Holy crap! This rom is whip fast! Have you installed gapps or monitored battery life on it yet?

I have installed GAPPS, they work with the exception of the same Market/My Apps bug found in the CyanogenMod rom. I think it's fast too. I have not run battery test, or benchmarked it thoroughly. Someone has already recommended a possible fix for the 3d textures, that might help Quadrant run successfully. Without textures and all, I did get one run of Quadrant to complete (after numerous tries) and received a ~2100 score. Not the best, I know, but it still seems very snappy.

jooky2000 · Feb 21, 2011

Not a quadrant user myself. Just the feel of it is impressive. I will report back with battery stats tomorrow.

Solid work getting this to the masses. Thanks.

jooky2000 · Feb 21, 2011

What's with the weird Japanese keyboard and application that's included?

kornyone · Feb 21, 2011

jooky2000 said:
What's with the weird Japanese keyboard and application that's included?

I assume you're asking about the Input Method options? I did not customize those, it's built with the full build of AOSP.

Please confirm what app you are talking about.

dharr18 · Feb 22, 2011

Has anyone tried MarketEnabler to see if it fixes the market issue?

umdivx · Feb 22, 2011

just an FYI not sure what reports are coming in about it not working with 3.0.0.5 of CWM, but I was able to install it running 3.0.0.5.

-Josh

gdanko · Feb 22, 2011

Excellent work, guys. Once everything works this will be my primary ROM.. since my wife also uses the tablet.

jooky2000 · Feb 23, 2011

Yes Japanese IME keyboard and whatever that japanese character app is.. I don't read japanese (or Chinese) heck if I know.

Cell related services murdered my battery so swapped out for now. Fast ROM though thanks for sharing.

kornyone · Feb 23, 2011

jooky2000 said:
Yes Japanese IME keyboard and whatever that japanese character app is.. I don't read japanese (or Chinese) heck if I know.

Cell related services murdered my battery so swapped out for now. Fast ROM though thanks for sharing.

Can you expand on what you removed? Just certain apks?

gdanko · Feb 24, 2011

Would you send me a copy of your extract-files.sh? I'd like to see what you're pulling. Is the audio driver for the G Tablet open source? I'd be curious to see if we can't build a 2.3 driver.

kornyone · Feb 25, 2011

gdanko said:
Would you send me a copy of your extract-files.sh? I'd like to see what you're pulling. Is the audio driver for the G Tablet open source? I'd be curious to see if we can't build a 2.3 driver.

The image is built using the device files from the CM7 repo, lightly modified and forked to it's own repo. This includes extract-files.sh, which is identical to that in CM7. I didn't see a point to re-invent the wheel on this step, as bekit & co. have done such an excellent job. It does not impact on the outcome of this being an AOSP image. Among other things (like defining hardware specifics in BoardConfig.mk), the device files bring in the core libraries already on your GTablet. This includes libaudio.so.

jivy26 · Feb 27, 2011

So ive installed this bad boy but ive seemed to have lost the market any ideas

vrielinck · Feb 27, 2011

jivy26 said:
So ive installed this bad boy but ive seemed to have lost the market any ideas

Same problem here. Market is not present.

tom62015 · Feb 27, 2011

You have to install google apps. Use the one for cm7/gingerbread found here http://goo-inside.me/gapps/ flash the zip as you would a rom in recovery.

jcarlospr · Feb 28, 2011

can you please put screenshots?

thebadfrog · Feb 28, 2011

If the rom is based on GB then screen shots at this point are not possible as ddms doesnt work with GB. It looks just like plain jane vanilla android.

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