[ROM] Degu release archos gen7/gen8 CM7 gingerbread (update 27-01-2013)

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divx118

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ArcSmurf said:
Been playing with a build I did on Friday over the weekend, that I was able to install onto its own partition with the help of CalcProgrammer on chat(only thing that doesn't seem to work is the mounting of the data.img as its using the boot partition).
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Should be easy to fix. /data is defined in init.rc I would suggest to make a seperate partition on the sdcard for it and mount that as /data.

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Anyway, apart from that battery life, performance and usability have been spot on - i still get an odd wake up after pressing the power off - but it only seems to happen once - divx118 what was the adb command you suggested in order to work out whats waking it up and will see if can narrow it down.
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"adb wait-for-device logcat" gives you normal debug info for android userspace. The wait-for-device is there so it starts as soon as adbd starts on android.

"adb wait-for-device shell cat /proc/kmsg" shell gives you the linux command line on your android device and "cat /proc/kmsg" prints the output of in this case /proc/kmsg which are the kernel messages on your commandline.

adb --help and google linux commands will be of help here.

You can also do something like

adb wait-for-device shell cat /proc/kmsg|grep PM" which will give you only the messages that contain "PM"

ArcSmurf said:
I do seem to get an odd crackle on sound on the startup of some games/apps but it doesn't happen consistently so will keep an ear on it :)
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Didn't notice it yet, however I didn't try many apps yet. Just some basic things.

ArcSmurf said:
I was not able to use the SD card via USB, but am sure I had this working(may have been when booted from the image rather that partition - but as others have pointed out there are other methods from transferring files.

Keep up the good work.
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I only tested it with the image file on internal storage.

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Hi, what's the best config for watching flash video's? The videos are stuttering and the sound is not sync, sometimes the device crashes! Thx for your work!
 
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jackson0829

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Hi,divx118:

After installed your latest "Bull" released version(2012.04.09) in my Archos 101,
The touch screen is not responsive (like "resistance type" touch screen ) !!

When can be solved those bothersome issue ??
 
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philocritus said:
What model is yours?
My A101IT never had that problem. We always had multitouch
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My Model is A101IT and previous UrukDroid 1.64 without such issue
(multi-touch is smoothly)!

I suppose the presetting of touch screen response time is not correctly?
but I do not know how to correct it?

Can somebody teach me how to correct "touch screen response time"
in presetting?
 
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philocritus

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jackson0829 said:
My Model is A101IT and previous UrukDroid 1.64 without such issue
(multi-touch is smoothly)!

I suppose the presetting of touch screen response time is not correctly?
but I do not know how to correct it?

Can somebody teach me how to correct "touch screen response time"
in presetting?
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that's very very weird.
CM7 always felt more responsive on everything than urukdroid.

Did you try reinstaling everything?

The setting are correct when you install, so you should be fine after that
 
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philocritus said:
that's very very weird.
CM7 always felt more responsive on everything than urukdroid.

Did you try reinstaling everything?

The setting are correct when you install, so you should be fine after that
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I re-installed twice but got same results (touch screen is not responsive)?
Maybe my A101's touch screen defective recently ?
(Sometime it happen touch screen unstable symptom during Urukdriod 1.64
working!)
 
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philocritus

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jackson0829 said:
I re-installed twice but got same results (touch screen is not responsive)?
Maybe my A101's touch screen defective recently ?
(Sometime it happen touch screen unstable symptom during Urukdriod 1.64
working!)
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Try booting into the official archos firmware and see if it works.

It's the "Archos" option on your openaos boot menu.
 
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koba said:
Hi, what's the best config for watching flash video's? The videos are stuttering and the sound is not sync, sometimes the device crashes! Thx for your work!
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Try from scratch, so delete or rename your data.img and openaos-gingerbread.img then copy a new openaos-gingerbread.img.gz onto your device and try again.
Youtube app from market should work fine.
It can be that on the very first boot it uses software rendering, because sometimes the omap_vout module errors out. After that it will be fine.

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divx118 said:
Didn't notice it yet, however I didn't try many apps yet. Just some basic things.


divx118
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Just a heads up about the crackling sound.
It's mostly fixed with the most recent fix but it does still happen sometime.

I can reproduce it by using google music on headphones. It goes of at the beggining of some songs.

I looked at the logcat and I'm getting suspicious at dsp manager. It seems touchpad devs also had the same problem.
 
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philocritus said:
Just a heads up about the crackling sound.
It's mostly fixed with the most recent fix but it does still happen sometime.

I can reproduce it by using google music on headphones. It goes of at the beggining of some songs.

I looked at the logcat and I'm getting suspicious at dsp manager. It seems touchpad devs also had the same problem.
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Nice, any link to a ticket for the touchpad regarding this issue. Or some other info.
BTW I also noticed that playing music through buetooth speakers brings back the crack when going to standby. Only a reboot resolves it again.
I think you are right with dsp manager playing a role in this.

divx118
 
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Funkyfin2000

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Hi guys,

Done this install on gen 8, all went perfectly, copied the 512mb data.img file....

got Gingerbread on the boot for choice to run.....but now it just hangs on OPENAOS screen...

any ideas? Everything else worked perfectly and to the letter.....

Any ideas? Does it take a long time to boot?

Rich

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This appears to be because i don't have the original archos firmware on the device?

Therefore, how do install firmware_archos_android_gen8.aos on to be able to progress the install?
 
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joaoalex

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Problem with Android downloads using usb 3g

Hi,

I have a problem with a downloads if i use a 3G usb dongle.
I use the follow script with pppd command to access internet, and this works fine for Opera, dolphin, etc and i can make pings and connect with success.

#!/system/bin/sh
usbsh guest stop
usbsh guest start
sleep 25

/system/bin/rmmod /lib/modules/usbserial
/usr/bin/usb_modeswitch -v 0x19d2 -p 0x2000 -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/19d2:2000
insmod /lib/modules/usbserial.ko vendor=0x19d2 product=0x0031
sleep 25

/system/bin/pppd /dev/ttyUSB2 460800 debug mtu 1280 mru 1280 file tether &
setprop net.dns1 208.67.222.222
setprop net.dns2 208.67.222.200


But if i use market store the Downloads doesn't work. If i use Android stock browser i have an error: " ... No internet connection..." , but i can access internet sites with no problem

I'm trying to use iptables to forward traffic but i have an error:

iptables v1.3.7 can't initialize table 'filter' ...

I also try setting this command setprop ro.radio.use-ppp yes whith no results.

Someone can help to inform android about internet status???

Thanks

PS: I love this rom
 
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divx118

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joaoalex said:
Hi,

I have a problem with a downloads if i use a 3G usb dongle.
I use the follow script with pppd command to access internet, and this works fine for Opera, dolphin, etc and i can make pings and connect with success.

#!/system/bin/sh
usbsh guest stop
usbsh guest start
sleep 25

/system/bin/rmmod /lib/modules/usbserial
/usr/bin/usb_modeswitch -v 0x19d2 -p 0x2000 -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/19d2:2000
insmod /lib/modules/usbserial.ko vendor=0x19d2 product=0x0031
sleep 25

/system/bin/pppd /dev/ttyUSB2 460800 debug mtu 1280 mru 1280 file tether &
setprop net.dns1 208.67.222.222
setprop net.dns2 208.67.222.200


But if i use market store the Downloads doesn't work. If i use Android stock browser i have an error: " ... No internet connection..." , but i can access internet sites with no problem

I'm trying to use iptables to forward traffic but i have an error:

iptables v1.3.7 can't initialize table 'filter' ...

I also try setting this command setprop ro.radio.use-ppp yes whith no results.

Someone can help to inform android about internet status???

Thanks

PS: I love this rom
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Thanks for the info on how to use a 3G USB dongle. I didn't however look into this yet. Probably it needs some configuring in some settings somewhere to let android know you can also use a dongle.
What you can try is search the internet (if you didn't already done it), I heard about this issue before on other devices. Maybe there is a simple solution to workaround this.

For now I don't have a USB 3G dongle and also I am a bit short on free time lately. However there are more people, hopefully they can help you.

@philocritus: thanks saves me some googling.

@joaoalex: Read FAQ


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mmoalem

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joaoalex said:
Hi,

I have a problem with a downloads if i use a 3G usb dongle.
I use the follow script with pppd command to access internet, and this works fine for Opera, dolphin, etc and i can make pings and connect with success.

#!/system/bin/sh
usbsh guest stop
usbsh guest start
sleep 25

/system/bin/rmmod /lib/modules/usbserial
/usr/bin/usb_modeswitch -v 0x19d2 -p 0x2000 -c /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/19d2:2000
insmod /lib/modules/usbserial.ko vendor=0x19d2 product=0x0031
sleep 25

/system/bin/pppd /dev/ttyUSB2 460800 debug mtu 1280 mru 1280 file tether &
setprop net.dns1 208.67.222.222
setprop net.dns2 208.67.222.200


But if i use market store the Downloads doesn't work. If i use Android stock browser i have an error: " ... No internet connection..." , but i can access internet sites with no problem

I'm trying to use iptables to forward traffic but i have an error:

iptables v1.3.7 can't initialize table 'filter' ...

I also try setting this command setprop ro.radio.use-ppp yes whith no results.

Someone can help to inform android about internet status???

Thanks

PS: I love this rom
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hi there - would love to know how you got the dongle to work - a step-by-step will be greatly appreciated...
 
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    divx118
    A new release is ready the final Degu.

    For both gen7/8 you will need to flash the latest zImage and initramfs included in the download links. <-- not needed if you already have flashed the latest with Crow. no changes in kernel or initramfs for Degu release.
    Also to be sure you will need to delete your data.img and let it create a new one or copy your own if you use an image more then 256mb.

    For setting up your device look here http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidInstall_CM7_Gingerbread

    Links updated crow release 27-01-2013

    For gen7:

    http://www.openaos.org/wp-upload/gen7/2013-01-27/

    For gen8:

    http://www.openaos.org/wp-upload/gen8/2013-01-27/

    If you have any issus post them by creating a new ticket see http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/IssueTracking on howto.

    Known issues are here: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidTicketsFor2.3

    If it works well or you have issues you can also leave a reply.

    BTW camera should partly work on gen8, tested on a 101IT taking photos. Video recording will freeze the app. Not tested with apps that use the cam only with the included camera app.
    A43IT has a different camera, so I don't know if it will work.

    Thanks,

    divx118

    Usefull links for setting up the devices:

    Gen7 devices: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/SettingUpMultiRootGen7
    Gen8 devices: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/SettingUpMultiRootGen8
    General info: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidInstall_CM7_Gingerbread
    Building your own image: http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidBuildEnvironment

    Degu final (27-01-2013)
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    Changelog:

    - Smoother youtube video playback for gen8
    - More apps in the market available for gen7 and gen8 (also thanks to utopik for this)
    - Internal storage should now properly display free available memory for gen7 and gen8
    - Fixed bookmark for gapps in the browser for gen7 and gen8
    - Overal speed improvement.

    Unfortunately you will need a fresh data.img to let these fixes take effect.

    Crow final (25-12-2012)
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    First don't forget to flash he new zImage (kernel) and initramfs it is in the archive kernel_gen7_20120512_114451.tar.gz for gen7 and kernel_gen8_20120409_002900.tar.gz for gen8 unpack it (with winrar if you are on windows) and only use "zImage" and "initramfs.cpio.gz"

    Changelog see http://www.openaos.org/archives/821

    Bull final (09-04-2012)
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    First don't forget to flash he new zImage (kernel) and initramfs it is in the archive kernel_gen7_20120512_114451.tar.gz for gen7 and kernel_gen8_20120409_002900.tar.gz for gen8 unpack it (with winrar if you are on windows) and only use "zImage" and "initramfs.cpio.gz"

    Only for gen7: If you flash the new kernel and initramfs also delete the old menu.lst when it is there. If you have custom lines in there add them later after you first booted in the new menu.lst that is created.

    Only for gen8: If you first boot the image it happens sometimes that omap_vout isn't loaded correctly this means it can't create the overlay for playback video and uses the software renderer. If you just reboot it is ok. It only happens atleast to me on the very first boot.

    Some improvements first the kernel and initramfs:
    - Correct orientation of the bootmenu for A101IT
    - Updated the kernel with latest archos GPL release which means that the ones with broken USB host on their A101IT it gets working again when booting stock through the bootmenu.
    - For gen7 updated initramfs to match the one from gen8
    - Added unionfs support, so you can have root with rw access on stock android.

    Improvements on Gingerbread:
    - smoother camera because of using the overlay to display the stream. Known issues: - display is cropped so you don't see the whole camera - Recording still doesn't work.
    - Youtube app works.
    - Hardware accelerated video for atleast youtube app and some mp4 files, maybe more if someone can test some different formats that would be nice. Rotation does work for youtube app, there are still some issues when rotating playing a regular mp4.
    - On gen8 you can also play hw accelerated flash videos in the browser now, of course not all pages will work.
    - wifi location should work now. <-- same for gen7
    - Fix not enough storage when installing apps by moving /cache also to the data.img. <-- same for gen7
    - Update to latest CM code. <-- same for gen7

    RC2 (24-12-2011)
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    This will be the final Bull release or there must be some major bugs discovered in the next few days.
    There is now a new feature added (thanks to illifant). The data is now in a separate image "data.img" if it is not there it will be auto created. 256 MB is standard. You can replace it with a bigger one from the download link gen8_data.img.tar.bz2.
    If you unpack with for example winrar you see three images 256MB, 512MB, 1024MB just pick a size and copy that to the root of your archos. Rename it to "data.img"
    As mentioned you don't have todo this if you want to use 256MB that will be created automaticly.
    All your data, apps and gapps are in data.img. So on a next upgrade you won't have to reinstall everything again.
    Also the size of the actual image is reduced, for gen7 it is 180MB and for gen8 256MB.

    Don't forget to flash the new zImage (kernel) and initramfs it is in kernel_gen7_20111224_181411.tar.bz2 for gen7 and kernel_gen8_20111224_213037.tar.gz for gen8 unpack it with winrar and only use "zImage" and "initramfs.cpio.gz"

    (if not specified otherwise the fixes are for gen7 and gen8)

    Gingerbread Image:

    - Deep sleep improved, however to work properly keep adb disabled. (it is now disabled by default.)
    - Charging A43 for USB and wall charger is fixed (gen8)
    - External sd-card is now mounted on /mnt/storage/sdcard (same as on archos firmware).
    - Updated with latest CM code.
    - New modules from updated kernel build (gen8)
    - Other small fixes see the closed tickets.

    zImage and initramfs.cpio.gz:

    - Initramfs script updated, if it fails it will now display an error message instead of just rebooting.
    - Kernel updated to latest archos firmware (2.4.81) kernel (gen8)

    RC1 (06-11-2011)
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    Somethings that are changed since anoa release:

    (if not specified otherwise the fixes are for gen7 and gen8)

    - Fixed headphone speaker switch
    - partly camera working for atleast A101IT I think also A70, don't know for A43IT because it has a different cam. (gen8)
    - Fixed permission errors when using ext3 formatted internal memory
    - Fixed some browser crashes. Due to using v8 javascript engine again instead of jsc
    - Fixed crash when going to browser settings
    - Fixed deep sleep which should be working now.
    - Fixed mounting/unmounting external sdcard.
    - Calibration app included for A32 and A43. (Under settings)
    - Updated to latest CM code
    - Kernel updated to latest sources from archos firmware 2.4.65
    - Fixed correct rotation for A101, only bootmenu is still upsidedown.
    - GPS working for gen7 devices
    - some other small things

    Tips:
    1) Playing youtube videos on CM fail with standard player http://pastebin.com/YAZc0z74 , but can be done with mobo player or mx player by using for example opera mobile and setting the user agent to desktop.
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    divx118
    Degu release

    Updated first post with Degu release

    This will probably my last release for CM7 on gen7 and gen8. I now want to invest some time into a linux distro on gen8. Thanks everyone for the support. I hope you enjoy my latest Degu :)

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    If all goes well I have some time this week to make a release ready.

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    divx118 said:
    No not yet, it is hard to find out where it comes from. My best guess this far is that some voltage gets turned off/on when going into/coming out of standby that is causing the click.
    It is also hard to debug with adb, going into standby disconnects the usb serial connection, so I have todo it with log files and terminal app which slows the process down.

    divx118
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    It seems I solved the cracking sound by patching the standby function in the alsa module. http://dev.openaos.org/ticket/223
    As always it will be in the next release, which will hopefully follow soon. :)

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    divx118 said:
    If all goes well I have some time this week to make a release ready.

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    Update see first post of this topic.

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