[ROM][DEV] - 2013-03-12 - CyanogenMod 7/9 for Ainol Novo8 Advanced ( tm809 )

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CyanogenMod 7 for Ainol Novo8 Advanced ( tm809 )

UPDATE 12-03-2013 - ROM,RECOVERY,GAPPS

Thanks to
cheeyee - for his essential info, modules and dejitter
fun_ - for his useful thread and initial work
YetAnotherForumUser - for his work to remove jitter
hillbeast - to giving me the source
jqv - for boot logo

Thanks for donation
JORGEN

FOR INFO AND UPDATES VISIT
OFFICIAL PAGE

http://origovacua.altervista.org/wordpress/cyanogenmod7-novo8/

[ROM][DEV] 2013-03-13 - unofficial CyanogenMod 9 for Ainol Novo8 Advanced ( tm809 )

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CyanogenMod 9 for Ainol Novo8 Advanced ( tm809 )

UPDATE 13-03-2013 – ROM,RECOVERY,GAPPS

Thanks to
fun_ - for his initial, very good work http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1312927
Cheeyee - for his modules and dejitter
YetAnotherForumUser - for his work to remove jitter

Thanks for donation
JORGEN

FOR INFO AND UPDATES VISIT
OFFICIAL PAGE

http://origovacua.altervista.org/wordpress/cyanogenmod9-novo8/

super

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works great
thank you

thanks smeexx

Android Market doesn't work, crash on downloading of apps. Seems the cache partition is the problem.

E/        (  694): statfs /cache/download failed, errno: 13
D/AndroidRuntime(  694): Shutting down VM
W/dalvikvm(  694): threadid=1: thread exiting with uncaught exception (group=0x4001d560)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): FATAL EXCEPTION: main
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): java.lang.IllegalArgumentException
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at android.os.StatFs.native_setup(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at android.os.StatFs.<init>(StatFs.java:32)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at com.google.android.finsky.download.Storage.cachePartitionAvailableSpace(Storage.java:36)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at com.google.android.finsky.download.DownloadQueueImpl$StartNextDownloadRunnable.run(DownloadQueueImpl.java:567)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at android.os.Handler.handleCallback(Handler.java:587)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:92)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:130)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:3835)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invokeNative(Native Method)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Method.java:507)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:864)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:622)
E/AndroidRuntime(  694): 	at dalvik.system.NativeStart.main(Native Method)
W/ActivityManager(  188):   Force finishing activity com.android.vending/.AssetBrowserActivity
W/ActivityManager(  188): Activity pause timeout for HistoryRecord{406e4b28 com.android.vending/.AssetBrowserActivity}
D/dalvikvm(  694): GC_FOR_MALLOC freed 216K, 47% free 3440K/6407K, external 3466K/4328K, paused 47ms
D/dalvikvm(  564): GC_EXPLICIT freed 103K, 50% free 2694K/5379K, external 0K/0K, paused 86ms
W/ActivityManager(  188): Activity destroy timeout for HistoryRecord{406e4b28 com.android.vending/.AssetBrowserActivity}
D/dalvikvm(  575): GC_EXPLICIT freed 145K, 49% free 2754K/5379K, external 0K/0K, paused 123ms
D/dalvikvm(  614): GC_EXPLICIT freed 8K, 46% free 2998K/5511K, external 636K/1148K, paused 87ms

This is after installing the vending apk from your gapp fix. Tried bot adb -r and overwriting the Vending.apk in the /ststem/app folder.

Originally Posted by naguz

Android Market doesn't work, crash on downloading of apps. Seems the cache partition is the problem.
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hi naguz,
thanks for worning!

in recovery
flash with adb shell
flash_image boot /sdcard/boot.img

work with old and new (gapps-fix) market!

bye

Thanks! That worked great.

What I have note so far, is that the device is in general a bit more sluggish than the UK v3 OM from nebulanerd, alhough changing frequency governor from conservative to ondemand in CM settings seems to have helped a bit. I guess this could be both to graphic drivers or kernel tweaks. What kind fo kernl does it run? Has it been possible to base it on a userbuilt kernel yet?

I'd love to see a ROM with a user built kernel as a foundation, maybe then we can someday have the perfect Novo 8 ROM.

Originally Posted by naguz

Thanks! That worked great.

What I have note so far, is that the device is in general a bit more sluggish than the UK v3 OM from nebulanerd...

The NebularNerd's ROM is based on tomx2h ROM. The only tweak seems to be mtd_partition_info (2GB) (by cheeyee)
and maybe frequency governor. I use conservative, like Ainol, because the battery life is very short! Maybe that firmware seem faster because uses ADW Launcher EX...

PS: I build new boot.img, with usb support...
bye

Might well have been the governor, as I don't notice any noticeable differences now. Also, I have installed ADW EX. Would have liked a more tablet-centric launcher, but VTL hasn' t been updated in a while, it seems.

Yes, the battery life is short (power hungry amlogic SoC isnæt really that suited for tablets, really).

Next time I'm buying a china-tablet I'm gonna make sure it comes rom a manufacturer who give ot source code, so we can see great efforts like this earlier and easier. It seems just as stable as the various modded ROMs already.

Some issues:

->Usb connetion is broken on screen off, both adb, usb mountt etc just dies. This should ideally not happen while there is a connection.
-> accelerometer/g-sensor is way of. Tilting forward equals turning left, and it doesn't behave as it should. Seen in t.ex. skies of glory (free) whih works well on other ROMs, so it shouldn't be a device issue. I can calibrate it just fine, but it seems every direction either equals tilting it left or doing nothing. Running "accelerometervalues app", it seems to be working though. Turning/tilting left and right registeres as opposites on the x-axis while the y and z axes are usually exact opposites of each other. I don't really know what the problem is.
-> Market shwows "not compatible with your device" on a LOT of apps. It seems some really basic requirement mut be missing from the build.prop. I can't even install Chainfire...
-> Bugs with enabling/disabling airplane mode and wifi. See here. (error descriptopn amon logcat output.

Also, please tell me if there is anything in particular you want to have tested.

edit: Do tell if you have any idea of when/if ac3/dts playback would be possible.