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Polaris Linux

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Android

News

  • You can use the dzo files to flash android over windows mobile and have it permanently on your device.
  • You must see dzo ftp to find the lastest files available.
  • 17/04 new zImage
    • Post #1132
    • USB / AC charging works
    • USB networking thanks to dzo (needs USB plugged in when booting)
  • 10/02 new zImage
    • Post #724 by Rogro82
    • changed the keypad handling ( all is now done in one single driver and is on another base then it was )
    • power button fixed
    • keypad backlight is now handled in userland (from within Android)
    • battery driver start
  • 29/01 new zImage
    • Post #559 by Rogro82
    • backlight brightness control working
  • 25/01 new zImage
    • Post #502 by Rogro82
    • buzzer working
    • keypad backlight works
    • screen dims after some timeout
  • 22/01 new zImage
    • Post #444 by rogro82
    • major code rework
    • all buttons can now be mapped
    • no audio in calls.
  • 20/01 new zImage
    • Post #410 by rogro82
    • audio working
    • regression audio during call isn't working from xxx -> Polaris
  • 20/01 new System.img
    • backup from Post #2142 by dzo
    • SMS working
    • Network strength
    • audio with a kernel that will hopefully be available soon
  • 18/01 new zImage by Rogro
    • phone working
    • gprs working at least with 1.59.44.02 radio add your working version here
    • you need to start a data connection in Win, setup your ppp settings in default.txt and you use togga in Android to connect

Current state

Tasks Status Comment
Boot OK .
Graphical interface OK .
Touch screen OK .
R/W Access to /dev/smd0 (Control Channel) OK .
R/W Access to /dev/smd1 (For PPP) NO .
SD storage access OK SD
Internal storage access No .
Hardware buttons OK see button mapping
USB OK charging works (can be improved) networking works (needs to be connected on boot - not sure if it would just need "ifconfig usb0 ... up" or if it misses initialization)
Wifi OK .
Bluetooth OK .
GPS OK .
GPRS/EDGE/3G/HSUPA OK needs Togga to connect kernel parameters or just APN set up correctly in Android (make sure you have a data plan)
Audio Routing (Phone) OK make & receive calls works
SMS/MMS OK/NO Send/Recieve SMS works
Camera: front/back NO/OK .

Files

Simply put all files in the root directory of your SD-card and run haret.

  • Android
  • data.gz (=> data.img)
  • default.txt
  • haret-0.5.2.exe
  • initrd.gz
  • system.img
  • always the latest kernel: zImage and changelog or here if the changes bring improvements specifically for Polaris

Android 1.5

Android 1.1 (most stable)

earlier versions


SDK 1.0

What it looks like

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for more pictures look here: Android QVGA.

Button mapping

button action
power lock screen
power long Phone options
Send (green) Send
End (red) back (close)
Nav (GPS) home
IE menu/settings
up up
down down
left left
right right
wheel ccw none*
wheel cw none*
inside wheel center / enter/select
camera show / hide osk**
camera hard switch orientation
volume up volume up
volume down volume down
voicedial home
  • depending on the situation should also be up/down, zoom in/out ...
    • on-screen-keyboard for console use

Other stuff

Option Status
keypad light work
buzzer works
network strength works
power icon some status
keyboard soft-keyboard included in Android (cupcake)
SMS work
internet works
phone works
time works
changes get saved to data.img

To be done

there is a bugtracker so all bugs/feature requests need to go there.

  • GPS (at /dev/smd7 when activated in Win?)
  • main camera (back)
  • Wi-Fi (has been started for Kaiser)
  • headset RC E100 (simple wired headset already working on Vogue/Kaiser)
  • videophone camera (front)
  • power management ?
  • leds (work, need to be implemented for android)
  • bluetooth (has been started for Nike)
  • Android
  • when the screen goes off, and you press power button haret boot screen shows for 0.1s before the right content shows up
  • touchscreen issues
  • GPRS icon shows without working data connection "Android" (after boot) (gsm emulation on qemu?)
  • "Data access" (Settings -> About phone -> Status) shows connected (data not working)
  • "Network" states Android (Settings -> About phone -> Status) (even if there's a data connection to e.g. O2)
  • also "Android" on the windowshade?
  • data connection settings need to be setup manually
  • Google login doesn't work (Sync contatcts, ...)

** behaviour can be different

To be improved

  • USB / AC charging (see fixme's in source)
  •  ?USB networking
  •  ?audio
  •  ?SD driver

Apps

You need to create a folder called AndroidApps in the root of your micro-SD card. If you place the*.apk files inside - they get installed when booting Android.

Known problems & fixes

  • the phone doesn't work
  • switch off the pin request in windows
  • data.img is corrupted
  • delete data.img and start over with data.gz or your previously backed up data.img ;-)
  • there's too little space in data.img (e.g. you can't install any additional apps)
  • Howto resize data.img
  • screen is white and flickering
  • try setting board-htcvogue.panel_type=3 in default.txt
  • the device (touchscreen) gets hot when booting with wlan enabled
  • network provider settings
  • you have to set ppp.username and ppp.password in default.txt according to here
  • http://android.v-dh.nl/internet.php (e.g. ppp.password=\"\" for empty password)
  • data connection doesn't work
  • start Togga in android (it's below in the list of programs)
  • click connect
  • maybe you have to also setup the right APN
  • Menu -> Settings -> Wireless controls -> (scroll down) Mobile network settings -> Access Point Names
  • delete the ones that are there by opening -> Menu -> Delete APN
  • put the right one for your network there (MCC, MNC should get detected automatically)
  • don't mind the message "old radio found: audio disabled" on boot (Vogue related)

Useful Links

Unsorted info

htc_polaris MACH_HTC_POLARIS HTC_POLARIS 1723
The branch htc-vogue on linuxtogo.org (ltg) (based on android-msm) is our choice.

SDK 0.8

(outdated) from here thanks, rhov23, dzo, ...

button action
power power menu
green none
red close / end
GPS none
IE settings
up up
down down
left left
right right
wheel ccw ?
wheel cw ?
inside wheel select / enter
camera show / hide keyboard
camera hard contacts
volume up none
volume down none
voicedial none
button lights off - work?
vibrate works
other
signal icon seems to be working
power icon seems to be working doesn't detect USB (charging?)
keyboard working
SMS working
internet not working*
dialer not working*
time wrong
changes not permanent (of course)
* may be due to Radio 1.59.42.15

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