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

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philocritus

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I've been trying the new VLC media player beta and it's pretty fast when compared to mx video player, specially on software decoded videos.

it's still a beta and very unstable version but since video on our cm7 rom isn't still polished up I'm giving you guys the heads up.
 

divx118

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That didn't happen in rc2, but ok I'll have to add donut to the menu list

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Then you had still the original data partition from donut available and were lucky.
BTW I think you also need to copy over a fresh image file for gingerbread after you confirmed wifi is working on donut. I don't know for sure, need to look at the code when they copy over the files.

divx118
 

jm700wx

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Divx, just want to thank you for your work on this. It has taken my Archos from something I hated using to something that finally works right. Thanks!!!!
 

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Use a larger data.img file default one is 256 mb, in the wiki it is explained howto.
http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/AndroidInstall_CM7_Gingerbread

divx118

I finally manage to create a powerful tablet with this firmware. I get 1927 score in quadrant (unbelievable!). Smoother and faster with new interface, it is like to buy new tablet. Only thing i try to solve is that i get a message "this application is not compatible with your device" for some apps in the market, which is not true for sure...
 
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divx118

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Only thing i try to solve is that i get a message "this application is not compatible with your device" for some apps in the market, which is not true for sure...

Which apps don't work? If you find anything that can solve your issue, please let me know.

BTW I got the USB host port working for mouse and keyboard, also usb mass storage for the sdcard works so you can mount it on your PC. Of course usb mass storage won't work for the internal storage, because the image file is on that and I can't unmount it like mentioned before.
Just need to fix auto mounting usb sticks and clean up some code.
The fix should be in the next release.

divx118
 

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Which apps don't work? If you find anything that can solve your issue, please let me know.

BTW I got the USB host port working for mouse and keyboard, also usb mass storage for the sdcard works so you can mount it on your PC. Of course usb mass storage won't work for the internal storage, because the image file is on that and I can't unmount it like mentioned before.
Just need to fix auto mounting usb sticks and clean up some code.
The fix should be in the next release.

divx118
for example bubble explode, trial extreme, diversion and some more...
 

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Hi, do you think you will ever compliment overclocking, as our tab is starting to get a bit out dated now, plus oveclocking is fun, please? :)
 

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Hi, do you think you will ever compliment overclocking, as our tab is starting to get a bit out dated now, plus oveclocking is fun, please? :)
Sorry, that is one thing I don't do and support, but the kernel source is free available on gitorious. There is even a guide how you can compile your kernel here http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/SettingUpMultiRootGen8#Buildingyourownkernelfromtheopenaosgitsource look at https://www.gitorious.org/archos-buildroots/gen8/blobs/master/scripts/ubuntu_dependencies.sh to see what dependencies you need to install.
So make your overclocking changes and compile your own.

divx118
 

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Sorry, that is one thing I don't do and support, but the kernel source is free available on gitorious. There is even a guide how you can compile your kernel here http://dev.openaos.org/wiki/SettingUpMultiRootGen8#Buildingyourownkernelfromtheopenaosgitsource look at https://www.gitorious.org/archos-buildroots/gen8/blobs/master/scripts/ubuntu_dependencies.sh to see what dependencies you need to install.
So make your overclocking changes and compile your own.

divx118

Ok fair enough, thanks a lot for the info, I have some basic compiling skills, so I will give it a shot. Thanks you :)
 

philocritus

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Which apps don't work? If you find anything that can solve your issue, please let me know.

BTW I got the USB host port working for mouse and keyboard, also usb mass storage for the sdcard works so you can mount it on your PC. Of course usb mass storage won't work for the internal storage, because the image file is on that and I can't unmount it like mentioned before.
Just need to fix auto mounting usb sticks and clean up some code.
The fix should be in the next release.

divx118

that's great news :)
thanks divx118! you're doing a great job. Any news on the crackling sound on deep sleep?

My 101 stopped lighting up the screen after it's off, don't know why :( I always have to reset after the lights off. Ill try reinstalling bull later today to see if I can solve it.

Is there any nightly build or something like it where I can include your usb changes to my new install?
 

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hi there all - this might not be openaos specific but maybe someone here knows...
i have a sony arc s with a custom ICS rom on it. the gmail version is 4.0.3 or something like that. i have a widget that shows my gmail emails in a window in the launcher which i can set to whatever label i want. i find this great as i can watch 2 or 3 gmail labels in side by side.
now i dont know if this is specific to the launcher (trebuchet) that came with the rom or it is part of the gmail 4 version but i would love to have this widget on my a70IT. any idea if i can install gmail 4 on it and how or maybe a way of copying the widget from the phone to the tablet?
 

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hi there all - this might not be openaos specific but maybe someone here knows...
i have a sony arc s with a custom ICS rom on it. the gmail version is 4.0.3 or something like that. i have a widget that shows my gmail emails in a window in the launcher which i can set to whatever label i want. i find this great as i can watch 2 or 3 gmail labels in side by side.
now i dont know if this is specific to the launcher (trebuchet) that came with the rom or it is part of the gmail 4 version but i would love to have this widget on my a70IT. any idea if i can install gmail 4 on it and how or maybe a way of copying the widget from the phone to the tablet?

No, you need android 4 ics for that
For android 2.3 the latest version is 2.3.something
 

grim-a101

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BTW I got the USB host port working for mouse and keyboard
Hello by there divx118.
Just a little question about the working USB Host port. Did you get it working by updating the kernel with the archos one, did you make a modification into the kernel or is the kernel OK and modification into CM?

Just out of curiosity, if it can give me a clue for Ubuntu once I'll get there :D
 

divx118

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Hello by there divx118.
Just a little question about the working USB Host port. Did you get it working by updating the kernel with the archos one, did you make a modification into the kernel or is the kernel OK and modification into CM?

Just out of curiosity, if it can give me a clue for Ubuntu once I'll get there :D

I patched CM7 to insmod the right modules at the right time. See my commit https://www.gitorious.org/openaos-c...mmit/5693531e06a2e4fb6b28e2b618019ad9c9ccfa89

Kernel was ok.

divx118
 

CalcProgrammer1

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Thanks for the info, I'll look into that once I get a working rootfs

I don't think that will work for the Ubuntu kernel, the Ubuntu kernel is pretty different. One thing I just thought of is that the A101 has two USB host controllers (correct me if I'm wrong, but it has the host port and the OTG port as well, maybe we need to enable the host port controller in the config).
 

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    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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    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 :)

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

    divx118
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    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

    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. :)

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

    divx118

    Update see first post of this topic.

    divx118