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Android 2.0 (Eclair) for CDMA Diamond (DIAM500)
Instructions
Put the files from my zip file (zImage, modules, startup.txt) in the root of your Internal Storage
From this xda post, download the latest XDANDROID build.
From the XDANDROID 7z file, extract system.sqsh, haret.exe, initrd.gz, calibration, conf/, media/, and (optionally) AndroidApps/ into the root of your Internal Storage
From stinebd's rootfs autobuild site, download the latest rootfs, rename it to rootfs.img, and put it in the root of your Internal Storage.
If you are updating from an earlier version of Android or just want to clear your settings, you can delete data.img from the root of Internal Storage.
Run haret.exe and boot
Notes
Touchscreen calibration values are stored in the ts-calibration file in the root of Internal Storage. To re-calibrate, delete the file and restart.
The "end call" button takes the phone in and out of sleep.
Android's "Menu" button is mapped to the top-left/Home button. The 5-way pad and the scroll ring both work.
Android's "Home" button is mapped to the power button on top of the phone.
Wi-Fi is working, although Linux sometimes crashes when WiFi is turned off.
If you want to try Android 1.6: From this Android build, extract haret.exe, initrd.gz, system.sqsh, calibration, calibration_diamond, and the AndroidApps/, conf/ and media/ directories into the root of your Internal Storage.
ChangeLog
3-23-2010:
Touchscreen double-tap issue should be gone, big thanks to eval- and especially bzo
HTC wired headset and 3.5mm headphones both work
3-8-2010:
Hardware 3D is re-enabled (accidentally disabled it)
3-6-2010 Update:
Bluetooth now works, big thanks to bzo
Touchscreen should be improved
Power-off now resets the phone instead of crashing
2-25-2010 Update:
When WiFi is turned off the phone shouldn't crash
2-19-2010 Update:
Power collapse now works, so power consumption should be much lower when the screen is turned off.
WiFi should work, as long as you use a new rootfs from stinebd's autobuild site. If you tried to use WiFi in the last ~2 weeks and it failed, WiFi still may not work with this new rootfs and kernel. See this post for solutions.
2-17-2010 Update:
Microphone works without having to make a call in WinMo
WiFi still isn't working, but I'll post a patched rootfs soon to fix it
2-10-2010 Update:
Hardware 3D acceleration is working under Eclair
Brought in makkonen's fixes for battery status--they're rough, but better than being stuck at 5% all the time
WiFi is not working at the moment, but I'll lean on the XDANDROID guys to get my fix in.
2-3-2010 Update:
Linux is now using much more of the phone's memory: 180MB vs. 103MB, thanks to some patches from the Hero and Droid Eris kernel source.
Touchscreen calibration is now supported with the Feb. 2 XDANDROID build, thanks to makkonen and phh.
1-27-2010 Update:
Stability should be much improved
A new touchscreen driver is included that is a big improvement over the old one, thanks to makkonen and phh. A calibration utility is coming soon. Until then, calibration is stored at the bottom of conf/eclair.user.conf, and you can put your WinMo calibration in there with this guide.
The USB product ID has been changed in the hope that ADB will work on Windows. Try it out and post back if it works.
1-22-2010 Update:
The power button (on top of the phone) is now mapped to Home, and holding it down will show apps running in the background
Sound, data, and WiFi should all be working
1-11-2010 Update:
Tested and working with Eclair
Deep sleep should be working better (use less power)
12-26-2009 Update:
Kernel improvements:
The speaker and earpiece now work (but not the microphone)
Screen backlight control works
Rootfs improvements:
Thanks to makkonen's RIL fix, cell data works in Android without having to end the connection in WinMo first
I made a change to /init that might help mjb94, hackman238 and others that have partitioned internal storage. If you were getting a "cannot mount" error on boot, let me know if this fixes it.
12-16-2009 Post
We do have a Google wave for Android--right now it's a cross between a wiki-status-report and chat room. I'm not sure how to give a link to a wave, but it's open to everyone and called "Android on HTC Windows Mobile Phones (Diamond, Raphael, Blackstone, Rhodium, Topaz)". If anyone wants a wave invite, PM me and I have a few to give out.
Enjoy Android, and if you need help or have questions, PM me or post here
Donations are greatly appreciated , or help finding an engineering job in San Diego!
thanks mr. pippy for all your work. my wife is happy that once the microphone works i wont want to buy a new phone!
wow
you are definately making progress on the diamonds android
Is there any chance of the mic working anytime soon? I know this isn't an fast paced process but I'm just so sick of wm.
Can someone invite me to Google Wave please?
my gmail account is mike.cgy
bdusmc said:
Can someone invite me to Google Wave please?
my gmail account is mike.cgy
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I just sent you one.
Awesome - I got it... Thanks a lot!
Wow, you're getting a lot done in a short period of time, Thanks!
Will donate as soon as I can!
the boot stops on
"handhover: boot [htc_fb-1] -> real [ttyo]"
For the latest version, it will boot for me, but as soon as I have a 3g connection it seems to reboot any time I touch anything.
Boots up fine
Latest build boots up and seems to run fine for several hours but after playing with it, it seems to get more and more unstable. I went 10 hours with it plugged in sleeping and then unplugged it and used it moderately for about 3 hours before it crashed. Now it's crashed 3 times within minutes of each other. Good stuff though, can't wait until it's stable enough to use full time. Diamond has plenty of nuts to run it pretty good. Sure would be nice to have a dual boot phone. No reason to upgrade and get the best of both worlds...
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the boot stops on
"handhover: boot [htc_fb-1] -> real [ttyo]"
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I get the same error on my Raph500. I tried from the micro SD card and from the root of the fs.
giovesoft said:
the boot stops on
"handhover: boot [htc_fb-1] -> real [ttyo]"
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rothgar said:
I get the same error on my Raph500. I tried from the micro SD card and from the root of the fs.
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Sorry, my kernels are only tested on DIAM500. The RAPH500 mtype (set in startup.txt) is 2182, you should have better luck with that. Also, this thread is for RAPH800 but there may be some RAPH500 people there.
mr pippy i still get the same error as in your other post with the failed to mount sd and the 2 partions, i tried reformatting
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mr pippy i still get the same error as in your other post with the failed to mount sd and the 2 partions, i tried reformatting
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Did you reformat or repartition? Would you happen to be one of those people who has a partitioned card? Basically, I think the layout of your MC can have as many partitions as you want on it as long as mmcblkp1 (the first partition) is a fat32 partition with the needed files on it. There's also a little info on this problem on the wiki, lavender.t posted a solution that works 100% of the time if you're able to enter keystrokes.
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Did you reformat or repartition? Would you happen to be one of those people who has a partitioned card? Basically, I think the layout of your MC can have as many partitions as you want on it as long as mmcblkp1 (the first partition) is a fat32 partition with the needed files on it. There's also a little info on this problem on the wiki, lavender.t posted a solution that works 100% of the time if you're able to enter keystrokes.
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I simply in disk utility clicked on restore and erased the disk restoring with ms-dos fat
is there another way to do this. i have access to linux and osx not windows
it only shows i have one partition so idk!
no dice. heres what i have done
ok i restore the disk in to ms-dos fat
no dice
i repartiton with a scheme of one partition
no dice
i change the partiton table no dice
i tried lavaders thing but i couldn't get the keyboard to come up
there is a new android version called eclair 2.0 here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=601751 .
i also formatted from the phone
Possible fix for microphone
I haven't tested this yet, but blast3r in irc tested a workaround for the microphone this morning and said it worked:
In WinMo, start a voice call and leave it connected while you open HaRET and boot into Linux. In Android, the microphone should now work for voice calls.
MrPippy said:
I haven't tested this yet, but blast3r in irc tested a workaround for the microphone this morning and said it worked:
In WinMo, start a voice call and leave it connected while you open HaRET and boot into Linux. In Android, the microphone should now work for voice calls.
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Yep, confirmed for me. Made a phone call with android and could talk just fine. Probably can just call voice mail with win mobile and launch HaRET. Trying that right now.
Good evening, this is my first post and I'm really happy, I can finally boot a debian on my wildfire, for this I have been guided by manuals for the rest of htc.
As sure a lot of people wanting to play the first thing to do is upload it and explain how it starts, then we can go into details of how and why.
The startup script has a lot to improve and certainly there are some things that are no longer necessary, but I think the first thing is that everyone can enjoy, and after that I dedicate to improve them.
The only thing you need to modify in the phone is to get the root user, I personally used unrevoked for this, besides being very simple, makes available the backup utility nandroid among others, have not tried other methods but I think that any method that can get the root on the adb console, should work
The procedure is very easy and I give you everything you need:
- Compiled binary of busybox
- Start script
- Image file system for ARM Debian Lenny
- ADB download from the official website of android
- Unrevoked 3 there are many guides on how to do, practically only have to download and follow the instructions
Step 1
- Moving files to mobile
-Enter the abd console and create the folder /data/local/bin and /sdcard/debian
-Copy the image file on the sd folder (you can mount as massive storage mode)
-copy Busybox and boodeb.sh to the folder /data/local/bin, for this use
adb push busybox /data/local/bin
adb push bootdeb /data/local/bin
- Set the appropriate permissions, open adb shell and passed to root (in my case just do 'su' and accept the message I apacere on the mobile screen) and run
cd / data / local / bin
chmod 555. / busybox
chmod 555. / bootdeb.sh
Step 2
- Basically enjoy
- In a console as root run
cd /data/local/bin
./Busybox sh bootdeb.sh
and now you are in a debian shell ready to play and break, keep a clean copy of the image file this is the best rollback that I know.
to exit the chroot only do exit, and you can see a restart of the phone, this is to make everything fair, this probably is not necessary because I have noticed that everything was removed successfully, but for now better that way, and later i'll depurare the script to see what can i do.
I'll attach the files and if I have time I put a few catches, excuseme for errors, I will be watching the thread to respond to everything that Ican.
I'll put the filesystem image on mediafire, but is too slow, you can search for debian_aosp21_fisadev zip, it's the same image, i'll put the link when it end, now i go eat
Nice hack! Do you have any need for this or did you just do it because it could be done?
it's ok and running, later wil improve more eficient scripts
with this you can start playing, from this point you can start implementing the rest of guides for debian in G1, ect ... get X11 vnc I will try to bring my own apps server and mail server in my pocket
You stole my idea . Isn't it funny when two people think of the same thing at once and independently? I've also managed to run Debian on my wildfire. My method is much less sophisticated though. it wouldn't even need adb and soft root is perfectly sufficient.
What tool did you use to generate the image? I used debootstrap. Quite easy IMHO, once you have root and busybox binary. But that comes from Debian user.
As far as I can see, your method is more of a chroot than boot. IMHO, only loading your own kernel into the memory would constitute "booting".
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You stole my idea . Isn't it funny when two people think of the same thing at once and independently? I've also managed to run Debian on my wildfire. My method is much less sophisticated though. it wouldn't even need adb and soft root is perfectly sufficient.
What tool did you use to generate the image? I used debootstrap. Quite easy IMHO, once you have root and busybox binary. But that comes from Debian user.
As far as I can see, your method is more of a chroot than boot. IMHO, only loading your own kernel into the memory would constitute "booting".
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Well, it's normal, really starting in a chroot, but for me is a good starting point to playing. For me upload or not upload your own kernel is indifferent, with the current android kernel for now is sufficient, since it provides the necessary, currently i'm setting up a new image with debootstrap, initially I used the image posted in one of the G1 tutorial and the busybox binary too, if I find the url of the tutorial I put it.
Really is not necessary to use ADB, you can also do from a terminal on the phone, and as I said any method that allows root think it will be valid, but for me it is much more comfortable working on the pc and get rooted with ureboked.
My next steps are try to provide it with swap, graphical environment, ssh (done), vnc-server, webserver and mail server, refine the scripts and later, when get boring i try other things as dual boot, native filesystems etc ... and of course try to help some people to get running
For now I have enough to play a few days
as I promised, here is the links to donw my initial image filesystem of debian lenny,
h t t p : / / w w w . me d i a f i r e . c o m / ? l 9 t 6 i 2 0 y z 4 g o 7 5 8
h t t p : / / w w w . m e d i a f i r e . c o m / ? l 9 t 6 i 2 0 y z 4 g o 7 5 8
later i'll post links for new images with more things, only need replace the file and go playing to next level
sorry, but I can't post links, drop the espaces and go
everend said:
sorry, but I can't post links, drop the espaces and go
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Here is the link made for you
Hope that helps
some sceenshots
some sceenshots
Really cool! Great work everend.
Will definetly follow this thread.
Now sawping on file is running, i'll upload the next image when finish the vnc setup and improbe some things in the script to sure the ending of chroot enviroment and i'll create one aditional script to make easy the use of terminal emulator on android, this script will do things as alter pach to get /data/local/bin and make some alias, and i'll post how to configure terminal emulator to autorun this.
thanks, i'm playing, i'm happy, let's play
Thanks a lot.
Before I want to do it but I can't to it hack!
Thanks
Keep your nice work!
:x
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X11 LXDE runnig!!!!
playing, playing
tremendous work! Now I just wish I could find a way to port linux or even better Android to a BlackBerry device!
It's dont work on CM!
Please optimize it for CM.
(and evered, please chek your PM!)
now, i'll resume this, but i can't test on CM because i use the original firmware + unrebocked on my phone.
THE DEBIAN IMAGE FILE IS LINKED HERE.
xc1024 said:
You stole my idea . Isn't it funny when two people think of the same thing at once and independently? I've also managed to run Debian on my wildfire. My method is much less sophisticated though. it wouldn't even need adb and soft root is perfectly sufficient.
What tool did you use to generate the image? I used debootstrap. Quite easy IMHO, once you have root and busybox binary. But that comes from Debian user.
As far as I can see, your method is more of a chroot than boot. IMHO, only loading your own kernel into the memory would constitute "booting".
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Would you explain your simple method?
You can download it when click here!
http://wildfire.devs.parandserver.com/debian/debian_aosp21_fisadev.zip
You can download it when click here!
http://wildfire.devs.parandserver.co...21_fisadev.zip]
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@MohammadN.
Are you able to boot the debian?
NEW POST AT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297712
NEW POST AT: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1297712
this gingerbread rockz man
Thanks for all your work on the Tattoo camera. You are AWESOME!
Does Google Goggles work with the current state of the ROM?
not works with goggles and scan bar programs.
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Thanks for all your work on the Tattoo camera. You are AWESOME!
Does Google Goggles work with the current state of the ROM?
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Is suposed to work but I never use it
You recived my pray?
Yesterday i install your rom following the spanish post, with google translate!
All works, only thing that i found is that with FactoryROM of Tattoo the browser render the website "nearest" than the GB Rom, it is normal?
@noob question:
I make the sdcard 3 partition 1 FAT32, 1 ext2 (sd-ext), 1 swap trought linux cfdisk and format the partitions using mkfs.* commands, but ClockworkRecovery doest see my sdcard anymore, so i have to reboot, and format the sdcard again, it is normal?
Kalim i believe in you
Dont miss :*
-vt- said:
You recived my pray?
Yesterday i install your rom following the spanish post, with google translate!
All works, only thing that i found is that with FactoryROM of Tattoo the browser render the website "nearest" than the GB Rom, it is normal?
@noob question:
I make the sdcard 3 partition 1 FAT32, 1 ext2 (sd-ext), 1 swap trought linux cfdisk and format the partitions using mkfs.* commands, but ClockworkRecovery doest see my sdcard anymore, so i have to reboot, and format the sdcard again, it is normal?
Kalim i believe in you
Dont miss :*
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Partitioning sdcar is only for people willing to switch beetwen 1.6 and 2.3 OS. I you want this you nedd to create VFAT partition, ext3 partition labeled sd-ext, and swap partition labeled swap. then use the recovery I have compiled at HtcMania.
You're the best men, thanks for your job and wish a fully working camera
Nick85
Multilanguage
Can you tell me which languages contain?
hey man,im using your rom for 2 days now and is workin like a charm...its a litle slower then nFinityGB 0.5 but works,i specialy like built-in overclocking option ....just have one question: can you recommend me an app for monitoring temps and speed of CPU in real time?
Have you tried to use program like swapper or swapper2 ? they make my rom fly
after reboot try this from terminal
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Usualy for linux cached memory is best of free memory, but i got boost from doing this command many times while testing
a little exaple
/data # free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 190368 186228 4140 0 968
Swap: 49144 332 48812
Total: 239512 186560 52952
/data # echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
/data # free
total used free shared buffers
Mem: 190368 157188 33180 0 16
Swap: 49144 332 48812
Total: 239512 157520 81992
/data #
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this is a great achievement....but please can u correct a few issues im facing here
1)Status bar cannot be changed to white
2)Batter circle...takes steps of 5..
i mean from 100% it goes to 95% and then to 90%....
3)wifi is connecting properly....but must say this rom connects to the data connection very fast....
sorry for my bad english...
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Have you tried to use program like swapper or swapper2 ? they make my rom fly
after reboot try this from terminal
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Usualy for linux cached memory is best of free memory, but i got boost from doing this command many times while testing
a little exaple
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tnx for tip man.....
vman987 said:
this is a great achievement....but please can u correct a few issues im facing here
1)Status bar cannot be changed to white
2)Batter circle...takes steps of 5..
i mean from 100% it goes to 95% and then to 90%....
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This is not an issue. its a custom circle battery mod that is supposed to work like that.
Can in future be more than 320 video recording? Maybe 480p or 720?
Been using this for past couple of days & very happy. Finally have camera... woohoo.
Keep up the good work, I have full faith in you getting our little camera the full functionality it should have.
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Can in future be more than 320 video recording? Maybe 480p or 720?
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The camera doesn't actually work properly yet. Let alone video recording. If you want to film 720p videos, spend 50 quid on something that's designed to do it. It will do a 100x better job than a crap Tattoo.
-vt- said:
Have you tried to use program like swapper or swapper2 ? they make my rom fly
after reboot try this from terminal
echo 3 > /proc/sys/vm/drop_caches
Usualy for linux cached memory is best of free memory, but i got boost from doing this command many times while testing
a little exaple
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If you test swap and find an improvement just let us know, so more people will try and I will add to the new ROM.
Hello, Thanks for all your camera work, but i have a Big problem with my Tattoo!
I am allowed to recive and make calls, and to recive messages, but not send...
I Gets this error "Message Not Sent - select to review the message and try again."
I have Just been in the secret Settings( "*#*#4636#*#*) and went wrong and changed the radio(have changed it back) and edited "WCDMA Preferred" to some thing else( switched back now).... I Need Help!
BTW, Nice Work!
Hi!
Last 48h I've been digging forums for an answer. Is it possible to partition SD Card in Milestone using "parted" and THIS guide?
The problem comes with one little thing:
Code:
C:\Users\DrNO>adb shell
Milestone-Recovery:/
# parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
parted /dev/block/mmcblk0
bash: parted: command not found
Milestone-Recovery:/
# exit
After sleepless night I'm richer in knowledge that (probably) parted is not included in AOR (it's 3.3 that I'm using) [as zeppelinrox posted HERE]
OK, 51dusty used CM recovery, I've tried CMR2.5.0.7, with little success. Maybe I've used it the wrong way but hey!... First I had trouble finding it, then tried to install/flash it through "ROM Manager 4.x", ok it said that's done, reboot into recovery > "Error". Then I looked into the package it looked like an "update" to apply in AOR. It worked, but "adb shell" freezes, it unfreezes after closing CMR. wtf... it was 3 a.m.
1. Am I doing something wrong?
2. Is it possible to implement "parted" in AOR
3. Is it possible to use mentioned above guide on Milestone?
The reason is to part SD "the right way" and split it: FAT32+EXT2(3)+SWAP
Please, help
You can't have swap on Milestone.
And... that's the guide that I used as well... I made a step by step post about it... see my Handy Dandy Fixes thread I linked to it in there... I think I called it "The Hard Way" but ended up being fun...
Oh... and it took me a whole weekend to get it right!
ok, i'll try that anyway, also I'll try to "mount" swap using app called "A2SDGUI", it did miracles with ext2 and it has swap initialing capabilities. when I try to punch it, it flashes short text for half a sec, something about not finding suitable partition, if I get it right, it might work...
two additional Qs:
1. call me retarded but where do I find proper "parted"?
2. is there a windows app that can part disk and make not only ext but swap too? currently I don't have any linux system running, I could install one or make live CD but it would be only for one thing only so I think that you can understand my lazyness ;P
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2. is there a windows app that can part disk and make not only ext but swap too? currently I don't have any linux system running, I could install one or make live CD but it would be only for one thing only so I think that you can understand my lazyness ;P
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http://www.partitionwizard.com/free-partition-manager.html
Guide to using Minitool partition wizard.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=SD_card_partitioning
DrNO[PL] said:
1. call me retarded but where do I find proper "parted"?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=12361294&postcount=842
thank you Sir for those above and more that I've already read around forum search module is not so great as I thought, because it never returned that post withw "parted".
will report soon how's the battle evolving...
Good luck.
ok then...
parted worked, SD8GB splited nicely:
FAT32 7,25GB
EXT3 512MB
SWAP 32GB
that was easy
next thing "apps2ext", reinstalled Darktremor script, restored ext2 backup, worked, mounted FAT, copied backup, reboot, OS did't even noticed any change (except cutting ext2 by a half and upgrading to ext3, in a good way). then swap. first i've tried some apps, like DroidSwap (only FC's), then Swapper2, which found swap partition, but is still limited by the "f" kernel. formating went OK, (un)mounting part. FAILed. then I've started messing arround > in short, bricked soft :] nothing serious, only /system could not mount, thank you nandroid you exist. now I'm back to the point after spliting SD, having Firefox weighting something like 0.8GB in memory with opened tabs about swap vs milestone. after much reading I'll try more serious approach, more digging, lower coding, no apps, console yes, wish me luck.
quick question, people keep saying linux-swap on milestone is not possible, therefore why are you still including it?
I believe it's possible but the commands the set it up / use it are unknown. It doesn't follow the standard "linux way".
Someone please correct me if I'm wrong.
Swap relies on the kernel being compiled with CONFIG_SWAP. Unfortunately for us, Motorola did not enable swap in the kernels they release. Coupled with the kernel verification scheme, we are unable to swap the kernel with one that has CONFIG_SWAP enabled.
If you do a mkswap and swapon on Milestone, you'd get "Not Implemented". So, swap support is not possible. I'd like to be proven wrong though.
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swap enable = impossible, dude..
If you read some threads at droidforums, alot of guys don't use swap anyway as it kills the sd card quicker.
Compcache is more interesting... you can squeeze more apps in the same amount of free ram via compression.
The debate is that it takes time to uncompress the app from ram when it's recalled but ram is fast and it would be even faster with a V6 under the hood lol
SWAP is impossible, because motorola kernel don't support it. So, as long as we can't compile our own kernel on Motorola Milestone, this will remain impossible.
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I currently have my touchpad split (16 GB to each) between the stock WebOS and an Ubuntu chroot partition. I don't really use the Ubunut partition all that often and was wondering if there is a way to use that existing partition for a CM install. All of the CM install instructions I have seen involve working with the single stock partition. Is there a way for me to install and dual boot to a CM on my old ubuntu partition, or do I have to Doctor the device back to it's original partition? I would prefer to give CM a full 16 GB to work within (I think from what I read the basic install gives it 1.5 GB). Thanks for the help.
the answer is no. the ubuntu chroot that you setup used a ext3fs. you will need to remove that store-ext3fs partition, extend your logical volume /dev/store/media to use all of the free space, and resize your fat32 partition back to its original size, which should be approx 26G. all your commands such as lvresize, resizefat, lvscan, df, mount, umount etc. can all be done through novaterm.
after you get your volume back to size then you can go ahead and throw the android of your choice on it. if you need detailed help let me know and ill post a more detailed walk through.
Thanks a lot for the response. If you have a method that I could wipe out the ubuntu partition without doctoring i would appreciate it. If I do not have to loose all of my WebOS stuff it would be much more convenient. I am reasonably familiar with linux command line, but less so with novaterm and WebOS structure.
QUOTE=funkbuqet;35322160]Thanks a lot for the response. If you have a method that I could wipe out the ubuntu partition without doctoring i would appreciate it. If I do not have to loose all of my WebOS stuff it would be much more convenient. I am reasonably familiar with linux command line, but less so with novaterm and WebOS structure.[/QUOTE]
Have you considered Taylor on preware http://forums.webosnation.com/webos...partition-filesystem-editor-beta-testing.html .
Features include:
Unmount Partition
Check Filesystem
Repair Filesystem
Corrupt Filesystem
Resize Filesystem
Resize Partition
Mount Partition
Create Partition
Delete Partition
Install instructions can be found here http://en.m.webos-internals.org/wiki/Testing_Feeds?wasRedirected=true . It may be just what you are looking for.
funkbuqet said:
Thanks a lot for the response. If you have a method that I could wipe out the ubuntu partition without doctoring i would appreciate it. If I do not have to loose all of my WebOS stuff it would be much more convenient. I am reasonably familiar with linux command line, but less so with novaterm and WebOS structure.
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http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Application:MetaDoctor#How_to_remove_the_ext3fs_partition
heres a link to help you step by step.
when you get to the resize part of this guide it might get a little confusing. there is an easier way to extend the logical volume size and then resizefat.
instead of writing down the size of the ext3fs before you remove it and then adding that number to the size of the store-media you can just remove the ext3fs then run
# lvresize -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/store-media
you can check to see if it added all the free space to the logical volume with
# lvscan and/or #lvdisplay
then you can run
# resizefat /dev/mapper/store-media 26G
this will resize the fatpartition to 26Gig which is right about what it should be. you can fine tune it down to the M (megabyte) or even the K (kilobyte) to make sure you get every last bit of space if you want. just make sure that you dont try to resize fat to a size that is larger than the logical volume. if what i just said is confusing then just follow the guide in the link exactly.
one more thing. before you start making any changes run
# cat /etc/fstab
if yo usee a line like.. /dev/mapper/store-ext3fs /media/ext3fs auto noatime 0 0
then you need to remove it before going too far other wise it will attempt to automatically mount the ext3fs partition on reboot because it doesnt know that you removed it.
i hope this helps some, i've had a few beers and got a little buzz going on so if im not making sense i apologize.
haxin said:
http://www.webos-internals.org/wiki/Application:MetaDoctor#How_to_remove_the_ext3fs_partition
heres a link to help you step by step.
when you get to the resize part of this guide it might get a little confusing. there is an easier way to extend the logical volume size and then resizefat.
instead of writing down the size of the ext3fs before you remove it and then adding that number to the size of the store-media you can just remove the ext3fs then run
# lvresize -l +100%FREE /dev/mapper/store-media
you can check to see if it added all the free space to the logical volume with
# lvscan and/or #lvdisplay
then you can run
# resizefat /dev/mapper/store-media 26G
this will resize the fatpartition to 26Gig which is right about what it should be. you can fine tune it down to the M (megabyte) or even the K (kilobyte) to make sure you get every last bit of space if you want. just make sure that you dont try to resize fat to a size that is larger than the logical volume. if what i just said is confusing then just follow the guide in the link exactly.
one more thing. before you start making any changes run
# cat /etc/fstab
if yo usee a line like.. /dev/mapper/store-ext3fs /media/ext3fs auto noatime 0 0
then you need to remove it before going too far other wise it will attempt to automatically mount the ext3fs partition on reboot because it doesnt know that you removed it.
i hope this helps some, i've had a few beers and got a little buzz going on so if im not making sense i apologize.
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That look pretty easy. Thanks for all of the help I will try this when I get home this evening.
Everything seems to have worked fine. Thanks for all your help.
basic question - If i use Acme3 to install CM9 or 10, where does it install and can I change how much disk space is allocated to android?
funkbuqet said:
Everything seems to have worked fine. Thanks for all your help.
basic question - If i use Acme3 to install CM9 or 10, where does it install and can I change how much disk space is allocated to android?
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you dont need to worry about that really. what happens is when you install Cyanogenmod 9 for example on the touchpad it creates 3 seperate logical volumes /dev/store/cm-system [304 MB] approx
/dev/store/cm-cache [200 MB] approx /dev/store/cm-data [1.50 GB] approx for a total of just about 2GIGs of space. cyanogenmod now thinks that the 1.5gigs is the internal storage and that the rest of the media partition is "sdcard" even though technically all of it is internal storage. this way you dont have to take any storage away from webos and webos wont take any storage away from android. its shared.
once you have android installed 1.5gigs of space is usually plenty to install all the apps you want, but you can always choose to install apps to sdcard as well. youll see when you get everything up and running and you start exploring the file system with a decent browser like es file explorer or root file browser by jrummy. so basically both operating systems will have access to all of the storage. hope this helps.
Excellent. Thanks again for all your help.
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