Linux and Android for Vogue [kernel thread]

dzo · Oct 7, 2008

sadoway said:
so ive been following this thread. and just been wondering a few things....
DZO
maybe we could get an new update list to where the project is at.

maybe you can also post a few jobs for people to help you with.....

-----

i would love for the dialpad numbers not to overlap, to be the right size, but thats just cosmetics right now.
my sdcard still will now show ANYTHING when i try to media scan it not sure if im doing something wrong.
some people say there sd cards work. so i dunno
----
i dont realy like the vibrate when i use the onscreen keyboard. but i could get used to it i guess..
i was also wondering when we might be able to get into the settings function from the home screen.

just my 2 cents. take it or leave it.
i still think what your doing is great and i hope you continue, i think its time for me to finaly give a donation to someone.

I haven't had much time to spend on this in the last week, but I'll try to get a few things done soon. My priorities are: Power Collapse, so the battery lasts longer; better keyboard (translucent perhaps); reading media on sdcard; working charge/battery indicator; pppd should connect on demand; vibrate controlled by android rather than my ril; working camera (may have to wait for open source for this since I'm not sure the SDK image supports it);

The dialpad nos are the wrong size because the interface is really designed for a larger screen than we have (also why some menus disappear of the bottom of the screen). When it's all open source we will be able to change this. Scanning for media finds my music and the raw image viewer shows photos I have on the card but it should work better that this.

As for donating, I'm not doing this for the money but if you want to donate, use this:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=M%2eJ%2eJohnson%40massey%2eac%2enz&lc=GB&item_name=Vogue%20Android%20Donation&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted

If not, no problem, go and buy something made in New Zealand instead, we make some tasty cheeses that should be available everywhere in the world!

Milkan · Oct 7, 2008

Timout extracting

Hi,

I have a Bell Touch (htc vogue) and I installed the kit at the root of my sd card (had a '/sdcard/system' not found, but it was because garmin XT create a system folder in the root of the sd card, I renamed it in the meantime to be able to make android work). I have 1GB free on the sd card and the first thing the kit do is extract the image and system file, but I have a lot of 'Timeout' while the extraction is done. The result is corrupted files who don't work. Any idea to solve this? I have a kingston memory card, I don't have the exact model, but I can provide it if relevant.

craig0r · Oct 7, 2008

dzo said:
Open the kbd and press sym 0 to get a console and sym 6 to go back to the UI. It doesn't work that well though because keypresses still go to android as well as the console. For remote shell access you could compile ssh for android and get it to connect to a server and tunnel telnet to your phone, you could also probably do the same with nc which is on the phone already.

Thanks! As for using the console on the phone, yeah, I've tried it... and well, I'd rather not dial random phone numbers every time I hit Enter. But I will try and get a ssh/telnet tunnel set up.

magicalan · Oct 7, 2008

jim256 said:
please read a few pages of this thread before posting.

the menu key is up on the volume slider

dude i love you hahaa
u have a lot of patience
thanks man
i got it
and the internet too woho

jim256 · Oct 7, 2008

magicalan said:
dude i love you hahaa
u have a lot of patience
thanks man
i got it
and the internet too woho

hey awesome man good to hear!

no problem, good luck

sadoway · Oct 7, 2008

dzo said:
I haven't had much time to spend on this in the last week, but I'll try to get a few things done soon. My priorities are: Power Collapse, so the battery lasts longer; better keyboard (translucent perhaps); reading media on sdcard; working charge/battery indicator; pppd should connect on demand; vibrate controlled by android rather than my ril; working camera (may have to wait for open source for this since I'm not sure the SDK image supports it);

The dialpad nos are the wrong size because the interface is really designed for a larger screen than we have (also why some menus disappear of the bottom of the screen). When it's all open source we will be able to change this. Scanning for media finds my music and the raw image viewer shows photos I have on the card but it should work better that this.

As for donating, I'm not doing this for the money but if you want to donate, use this:

https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr?cmd=_donations&business=M%2eJ%2eJohnson%40massey%2eac%2enz&lc=GB&item_name=Vogue%20Android%20Donation&currency_code=USD&bn=PP%2dDonationsBF%3abtn_donate_SM%2egif%3aNonHosted

If not, no problem, go and buy something made in New Zealand instead, we make some tasty cheeses that should be available everywhere in the world!

sounds great!!!

well. i WAS going to donate, but seriusely now..... you have no idea how much i love cheese, i think cheese is a better idea. but ill think about you while i eat it.

gr0gmint · Oct 8, 2008

So why is this doesn't this port work for ELF? Not enough RAM? Different hardware?

etiger13 · Oct 8, 2008

different hardware

arigold1 · Oct 8, 2008

Hi, i'm having this issue not sure what to do: When I launch Android I get: "The file haret cannot be opened.. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file"

I just did a fresh cab install, not sure what I might be missing. Anyone else have this issue?

Ari

Kiraly · Oct 8, 2008

arigold1 said:
Hi, i'm having this issue not sure what to do: When I launch Android I get: "The file haret cannot be opened.. Either it is not signed with a trusted certificate, or one of its components cannot be found. You might need to reinstall or restore this file"

I just did a fresh cab install, not sure what I might be missing. Anyone else have this issue?

Ari

I had the same problem. I was able to launch Android by using file explorer to navigate to the Android files on my SD card. I then simply open haret and Android loads.

When I installed the CAB, all the Android files were put into "storage_card/program_files/Android". I moved all Android files to the root of my card.

Will someone please explain how one adds applications that can then be used when in the Android environment? ****edit**** I read some on this subject and tried the instructions posted earlier in this thread, which were to add the app files to a folder on the SD card called "AndroidApps". I did this and then added a few programs that I found on helloandroid.com. I also added the httpdownloader.apk from code.google.com/p/android-random. So far the only app that I can see in Android is httpdownloader. Perhaps the others that I added are not compatible with the 1.0 SDK.

etiger13 · Oct 8, 2008

if you used my cab files to install android, then moved the files in the program folder it wont work. the shortcut points to where the files get installed so moving them breaks the link.

Kiraly · Oct 8, 2008

etiger13 said:
if you used my cab files to install android, then moved the files in the program folder it wont work. the shortcut points to where the files get installed so moving them breaks the link.

Thank you for your CAB. It made adding the files very easy. I only moved the files after I got the error and read that the files should be in the root of the SD card. At any rate, opening haret manually works just fine.

Kiraly · Oct 8, 2008

I turned on silent mode...now can't turn it off.

I was typing a txt to my brother and got distracted. The phone went into standby with the txt half composed and the keyboard deployed. At first I couldn't wake it. I pushed the red button and then the power button and maybe some other buttons in a random order...but the power button was the last one that I pressed. The phone woke and I saw the keyboard and a button where the txt... err, text should have been, the button said Power Down. I used the D-pad and scrolled up to see another button that said Silent Mode. I pressed the button to see if it would work. Then I wanted to see if I was in some kind of settings menu so I pushed the camera button to exit the keyboard. The settings menu disappeared and the messaging app reappeared. At the top of the screen I now have a music note with a slash through it. I took a picture and then did a soft reset thinking that once I loaded Android again it would no longer be in silent mode. I was wrong. I know that I can uninstall the CAB and then reinstall but I don't want to have to reenter my contacts.

Is there a way to save contacts? OR is there a file that I can replace without uninstalling the whole thing that will revert Android back to stock but not delete my contacts?

I've tried, without success, to recreate the incident. I did learn that one can use the camera button to unlock the screen. This does deploy the keyboard.

dzo · Oct 9, 2008

Kiraly said:
I was typing a txt to my brother and got distracted. The phone went into standby with the txt half composed and the keyboard deployed. At first I couldn't wake it. I pushed the red button and then the power button and maybe some other buttons in a random order...but the power button was the last one that I pressed. The phone woke and I saw the keyboard and a button where the txt... err, text should have been, the button said Power Down. I used the D-pad and scrolled up to see another button that said Silent Mode. I pressed the button to see if it would work. Then I wanted to see if I was in some kind of settings menu so I pushed the camera button to exit the keyboard. The settings menu disappeared and the messaging app reappeared. At the top of the screen I now have a music note with a slash through it. I took a picture and then did a soft reset thinking that once I loaded Android again it would no longer be in silent mode. I was wrong. I know that I can uninstall the CAB and then reinstall but I don't want to have to reenter my contacts.

Is there a way to save contacts? OR is there a file that I can replace without uninstalling the whole thing that will revert Android back to stock but not delete my contacts?

I've tried, without success, to recreate the incident. I did learn that one can use the camera button to unlock the screen. This does deploy the keyboard.

A long press of the end call button should bring up a menu that lets you mute audio, thats probably what you did.

Kiraly · Oct 9, 2008

dzo said:
A long press of the end call button should bring up a menu that lets you mute audio, thats probably what you did.

Yes! Thank you, Martin! A long press of the end call button brings up the menu and I am no longer stuck in silent mode.

Now time to learn Java.......

Magister2k7 · Oct 10, 2008

Magister2k7 · Oct 10, 2008

VCard import

So, here is my first application for Google Android.
It will import contacts to Android’s address book from a file in VCard (.vcf) format.
Imported fields:
- Name
- All phones
- All emails
- Notes
Limitations:
If contact already exists, it will be deleted and a new contact is created. So don’t use this software for regular synchronization.
Download at http://magister.ipsys.net/lang/uk/2008/10/10/android-vcard-import

kushdeck · Oct 10, 2008

Truely... Simply... AMAZING!

After running android since the very first public release (thank you dzo for your continued work) I am VERY impressed with the latest work. Here are my 2 cents on what should be worked on and/or fixed.

1. GPS
2. Keyboard.
If you have the image files or the keyboard, if u want to send them over i could do my best to come up with some sort of skin to better fit the theme, and look ALOT better.
3. Dialer.
Same goes with the dialer. It seems as if the images were too big and were scaled down to fit the vogue screen. I am willing to fix the dialer images as well if possible (im not a pro, just my observation). Also the text on the call history tabs overlap the actual pictures. Once again i believe this is due to scaling down for the vogue.
4. Was going to be some sort of contact import, but the post below from Magister2k7 seems to have solved the issue for now. (downloading and testing.)
5. Picture Viewer Does not work. Although Raw image viewer seems to work.
6. Camera. Seems as if it is not finding the memory card for some reason.
7. Bluetooth. Only because its a law to have while driving in the usa.
8. Where do i adjust volume?

These are the problems i can remember off the top of my head. As i stated before, i am willing to do anything needed graphic wise, hence i suck with coding.

I am SOOO close to runnin this full time and kicking wm to the curb on my vogue :>

-deck

rainabba · Oct 10, 2008

dzo,

Just wanted to send out another thanks you to. This project is the best demonstration of Open Source power since Linux hit the desktop PC IMO.

For the most part, I'm just waiting for the right software to go full time, but I'll still find it difficult until bluetooth support is in place. Have you begun to evaluate the challenges there? Any idea if/when you'll take a stab at that?

Kiraly · Oct 10, 2008

Magister2k7 said:
So, here is my first application for Google Android.
It will import contacts to Android’s address book from a file in VCard (.vcf) format.
Imported fields:
- Name
- All phones
- All emails
- Notes
Limitations:
If contact already exists, it will be deleted and a new contact is created. So don’t use this software for regular synchronization.
Download at http://magister.ipsys.net/lang/uk/2008/10/10/android-vcard-import

Good on you! I'm going to give this a try.

Linux and Android for Vogue [kernel thread]

Senior Recognized Developer

New member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Member

Senior Member

Member

Member

Senior Recognized Developer

Member

Senior Member

Senior Member

Inactive Recognized Developer

Senior Member

Member

Similar threads

Top Liked Posts