[ROM] DPRom for MotoACTV (updated 3-January-2013)

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vit4u

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Dec 17, 2008
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Hi, does anyone know if it's possible to change mapping of the default 'FITNESS' button so that it behaves differently in the 'running' app? By default, in order to pause, you need to single click FITNESS and in order to set a new lap, you have to douple press the FITNESS button. This is a horrible idea because you can't always do that reliably while running. Instead, you often do pause instead of a new lap and that messess up your splits. What would be really great if it was possible to switch that behavior - single press for new lap and double press for pause. Thanks!
 

vit4u

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Dec 17, 2008
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Saint Petersburg
After a few weeks with the Motoactv and the DPRom I'd like to share my thoughts:

DPRom makes the MA become truly special. Thanks to it's tweaks it pairs to my bluetooh headset always instantly, Yesterday I ran 11km and I felt like one in a million, being able to check all my running data and listen via BT my spotify offline playlists. Works great, no force closes, no problems at all.

I started running with 95% battery and after 64 minutes with spotify in the background and bluetooth I finished with 55%. I just don't know if this battery life can be improved (running background apps) but I can live with that, I just use MA when running.

When I try to enter to accounts and sync the MA reboots, I can live with that too because enabling wifi the MA syncs with motoactv.com without asking. Great.

It's not a perfect ROM but the core MA experience for sports is intact and we can enjoy a decent android experience in this tiny screen.

I'm extremely happy and I can workout light and very motivated with all my music. Since I use spotify a couple years ago everything comes from there and being able to play through the MA while running is priceless.

Thank you.
Hi,

I did not try Spotify yet, but neither Google Play Music, nor the Android Music app that comes with the ROM send any sound to my bluetooth headset. The orignal stock music app works fine. Did you do anything specific to make Spotify work with bluetooth?

Thanks!
 

WisdomWarlord

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Jun 10, 2014
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Need ROM

Hopefully I'm not the last guy on planet earth using the Motoactv. I need the ROM so i can reflash because my GPS is not working for some reason and I see in this thread that a reflash has fixed it for some people. So, anyone still got the 8.1 rom I can download? Please??
 
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Need ROM

Hopefully I'm not the last guy on planet earth using the Motoactv. I need the ROM so i can reflash because my GPS is not working for some reason and I see in this thread that a reflash has fixed it for some people. So, anyone still got the 8.1 rom I can download? Please??
Hello, I'm also looking for that rom, 8.1beta DProm.
Thank you.
 

Gabo Ferrer

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Hello, I'm also looking for that rom, 8.1beta DProm.
Thank you.
Hi, you still can get DPRomBeta 9. You can find it in the first post, you have to request it from Daniel Padilla's (DP) Google Drive. I wonder what dproldan thinks about some guys using his rom after 12 years... Awesome watch by the way. More features than many other new watches.
 

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    This is a version of the stock MotoACTV system ROM 1.7.12N with several modifications that allow you to use many more android apps.

    All userdata is erased when you install this from another ROM, I'm not responsible with what you do with your device.

    What works, in no particular order:

    - This is already rooted, it doesn't matter what version you come from. I receive a lot of questions about this. Really, the state of your motoactv software doesn't matter. Rooted or not rooted, stock or modified, etc.
    - All stock apps and functions work as expected, nothing changes from a stock MotoACTV.
    - All google apps I've tried, Market, GMail, Maps, Talk, etc
    - Live Wallpapers and widgets stay after reboots.
    - LED notifications for Gmail, Email, etc.
    - Wifi stays on. Icon shows in status bar when connected. New!
    - Accelerometer based games and launcher rotation.
    - Enabled settings menus:
    * Wireless & Network Settings. Where you can turn on/off wifi, add networks, set advanced parameters, etc
    * Application Settings. Where you can uninstall apps, turn on/off ADB, see battery usage, etc
    * Accounts & sync settings. Manage accounts for autosync, etc.
    * Sound Settings. Choose notifications tone, volume, etc
    - Calendar widget and application working.
    - Music button is "menu", double-press power button for "home" or choose a launcher.
    - Battery percentage modded by ClearD. (thanks!)
    - Preferences in most apps are shown black text over white background for easier reading on the MotoACTV.


    What doesn't work:
    - Search, nowhere. force closes every time. This has never worked.
    - Audio input for installed apps. This has never worked.
    - Some Bluetooth profiles are not implemented.
    - Wifi stays on, but but some times doesn't turn off when you deselect it. turn off/on the MotoACTV if you're in this situation.
    - MotoCast setup messes up the Accounts and Sync settings, so Motocast needs to be setup after the google account.

    Zeam launcher is preinstalled, but it's not really needed, because you can access all installed applications with the "music" button, you can uninstall it if you prefer. Also you can install another launcher if you like, just be sure to move it to the internal flash from Settings, Application Settings, choose the app and tap the button "move to phone". You'll have to do this for other apps that require to be installed internally, like extra widgets.

    Instructions

    You can use ClearD's excellent image flasher http://www.cleardroidroms.com/download/click.php?id=103 (be sure to use the "wipe" button) or follow these instructions :

    * you need "fastboot" to be installed and working on your computer, here are instructions for windows: http://dottech.org/tipsntricks/2153...ows-computer-for-use-with-your-android-phone/
    * Your MotoACTV needs to be fully charged.


    Download and extract the zip at the end of this post:

    - With the MotoACTV turned off, press and hold "volume down" key and "power" key until the display lights up, release both keys.
    - Plug the usb cable to the MotoACTV and the computer.
    - Open a command line and change directory to where you extracted the zip file.
    - Issue the followings commands in order:

    Code:
     fastboot -w
     fastboot flash boot boot.img
     fastboot flash system system.img
     fastboot flash preinstall preinstall.img
     fastboot -w
     fastboot reboot

    If you are starting from a previous version of DPRom, you can try to upgrade with the following commands:
    Code:
     fastboot erase cache
     fastboot flash boot boot.img
     fastboot flash system system.img
     fastboot flash preinstall preinstall.img
     fastboot reboot


    This is the way to set it up that works for me:

    The first boot will take a couple of minutes.
    Choose the country, language, press "motoactv setup", choose time zone, set hour, set date, press "next", press "profile setup", set your age, select gender, set height, set weight, set primary activity.
    ***Don't setup the MotoCast things yet, so press "Later".***
    Go to Settings, Wireles & Network Settings, turn on wifi and setup up your network.
    Go back to the main screen and press the "Music" button (that's the menu button from now on), choose the TALK application and go trough the google account setup. You'll see your talk contacts appear.
    Go back to settings, Accounts & Sync, Manage accounts, press your account and disable the calendar sync.
    Go back to settings, application settings, manage applications, All,
    at the bottom choose Zeam Launcher and press "move to phone"
    Choose also Flit keyboard and press "move to phone"
    find Calendar and delete its data.
    find Calendar Storage and delete its data.
    Go back to settings, Accounts & Sync, Manage accounts, press your account and enable the calendar sync. If you don't use the calendar, leave this unselected to avoid a few ForceCloses.


    If you want to add your MotoCast ID, go to Settings, Personal Profile, MotoCast ID. The accounts and Sync setting will force close after you setup the MotoCast ID, I'm still working on this.

    Remember that double pressing the power button will let you choose the launcher. Some preinstalled programs need a bit of setup to adapt them to the MotoACTV, be sure to use their preferences menu and explore them. Some examples:
    - In flit keyboard, select first keyboard as "Small Querty", second keyboard as "small number"
    - In Zeam Launcher, preferences, action bindings, select swype up to "Toggle Full Screen" and swype down as "Expand Notifications". Also in Applications grid, set Columns LandScape completely to the left.
    - In SuperUser, press the wrench icon to enter preferences, and set "automatic response" to "allow". Otherwise you can have problems to allow apps to use the su function.
    - In Settings, Wireles & Network Settings, press the music button (menu) select avanced and setup the turn off policy to "when display goes off", press menu button again to save this setting.



    Thanks to everybody reporting issues, keep them coming!

    Enjoy!


    Downloads:

    DPRomBeta4.zip First Release 2nd July 2012

    DPRomBeta7.zip Second Release 10 July 2012
    * updated to version 1.7.10, updated included android apps to their latest versions. Used Cennis91 anyroot.zip to root the stock ROM. Thanks!
    * added ClearD Battery percentage mod.
    * changed general theme to "light", now all settings menus are black text over white background, messes with some programs that have hard-coded colors. WIP.
    * Undo hack to make wifi stay on. Seems to be more stable with 1.7.10. Report if you have problems.
    * Modified SystemUI to make the pull-down notifications menu more usable. Thanks to ClearD.
    * Fixed preinstall script, now you can uninstall included apps.
    * included modified Clock and CarHome, just for testing.

    DPRomBeta8 Third Release 2nd August 2012
    * updated android apps to latest versions.
    * Better "light" theme applied to app's settings, black text over white background.
    * Modified wifi to stay on for 10 minutes.
    * fixed su binary.
    * added Bluetooth settings. You can now change the name and turn it on from settings. WIP

    DPRomBeta8.1 3rd august 2012
    * fixed error with Google maps

    DPRomBeta9 3rd January 2013. It's better to use Beta 8.1, this version has problems when turning off wifi.
    * updated to 1.7.12N
    * wifi Icon in status bar. Wifi time out is now 24 hours.
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    SleepAnalysis package

    Hi, something neat to play with...

    Motorola developed another "activity" called SleepAnalysis for the MotoACTV but it never was enabled.

    Yesterday, in the IRC with Atarii, I thought of giving it an icon an see if I could enable it. Bingo! It seems to work quite well!

    The idea of this app is to help you track how many hours of sleep you get everyday and, using your input and the accelerometer data, the quality of your sleep.

    It gives you some advices about your sleep and plots the data in a couple of ways.

    Attached is a package for DPRom9. to install it, connect your motoACTV to your computer and, from a command line:

    Code:
    adb remount
    adb push SleepAnalysis.apk /system/app/
    adb shell chmod 644 /system/app/SleepAnalysis.apk

    No reboot is needed, you should have a new icon in the App list called SleepAnalysis. Be sure to read the first instaructions, as they won't appear anymore.

    I will include this in the next DPRom.

    Thoughts about why it wasn't enabled by Motorola?

    Enjoy!
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    got the wifi icon working!

    Have to share this... after countless hours, I finally got the f**king wifi signal icon to show in the status bar.
    It really bugged me that we couldn't easily see if wifi was on/off, as it was too easy to forget and leave wifi on.

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    Working on several things at once, but got 3 things done so far tonight:
    -Just pulled cdrom.img for atarii
    -Getting my environment set up on this laptop to update flash tool for dproldan
    -Just got a working 1.7.10 (identical to 1.7.12) rom set up/flashed/running.

    So far tonight, I'm a happy camper, albeit a sleepy one. Still working.

    EDIT: Atarii: http://www.cleardroidroms.com/download/cdrom.rar

    The rest will have to wait until tomorrow. I've made a list for myself, so hopefully I can get it all working. :) First is the flasher, the download for the software took a LOT longer tonight than expected... as did the upload of that cdrom.rar file. It's pretty big, and my workplace has something like dialup.
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    I was zipping the images of a new version a few hours ago when a tragedy happened. A full glass of water over my macbook pro :( I was talking with atarii on the chat when this happened...

    I've dissasembled and dryed it completely. It's booting now, but there's some water between the lcd layers that's going to take longer. The colors are all messed up too, I hope it's not permanently damaged... I'm just leaving it tonight buried in rice and hope for the best.
    Thinking about having kids? Be ready for this kind of things!

    Anyway, no data has been lost, so tomorrow we'll have a new rom to flash.

    I will publish the changes to systemUi needed to make the wifi icon appear tomorrow too, of course.

    Next tasks: fixing audio input and the search force closes. Any idea?


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