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android anyone? (no noobs please) HTC Wizard

this thread is to discuss android on the HTC Wizard. what do you think? how will it be ported? can it be ported?
PS. this OS can work on HTC devices (not for now) for those that think this is useless. At least its better then that iphone os

Anyone

I guess everyone's suddenly n00b?

heres some images...
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...and its pretty ugly! The software is made by Swedish software vendor TAT- quite an appropriate name!

Those are supposed Android OS images? From where??
ultraprime: I've been following the progress as closely as possible. Can't wait to see Android on my Tilt. So far, a dev on the Android Google Group has managed to dump the filesystem: http://groups.google.com/group/android-developers/browse_thread/thread/277a73b32a02f26a?hl=en . Great, but my Tilt is not already running Linux.
I imagine it won't be long now! Do you have experience with Linux on HTC Devices? It's something I've been reading about but haven't taken the leap yet.
Charles

ultraprimeomega said:
this thread is to discuss android on the HTC Wizard. what do you think?
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You need a running linux kernel on the wizard first. The main roadblock
is the CPLD register access over i2c.

Here's a recent android presentation video:
http://tinyurl.com/2rqtw5
Nice!

Discussing android porting now is IMHO completely pointless at the moment... It does not exist yet...
Maybe this time next year...
Mirek

it may be pointless but good idea to talk about.
Project sites for porting to the x50v
http://android.cookieofdoom.com/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=344076

Android would be great! What are the plans?
Hi,
I think this would be a good project, and in fact it might be helpful for supporting and advertising the new platform if Android could be used on already existing phones as well. I would definitely install Android on my Wizard rather than staying with Windows Mobile (even though TNT/its right provides great WM builds).
Are there any plans to port Android on existing HTC phones? I am sure that the Wizard is fast enough. Actually, from the technical side there was not much progress since then. Even in 2007 HTC and others presented phones with TI OMAP chip running on 200 MHz, which is sufficient. And the display resolution is stuck to 320x240, unfortunately. In fact, I plan to stay with my Wizard until I can get a phone that replaces my Notebook! Therefore, Android would be welcome meanwhile ...
What are your thoughts?
Eriol

Hi!
I have an HTC trinity since a year now and I've been waiting for a linux port since then.... I swear, if I was a coder I would start a project yesterday... but I'm just a sysadmin and the only code i can piss is script.
Windows mobile is an insult to such a nice device (flashing to WM6 is nearly useless.... and sometimes worst) so to me it would be great to just have a better OS on it.
To be straight, when I bought it I was certain that someone would have been able to port Linux to it so Android....would be perfect.
Of course i'll be happy to help in any way if someone sees a role for my "resources" :-D

the screenshot posted are ugly but the presentation of android that i saw on youtube are beautiful. its got all those iphone kind of transition effects and its a O.S so it would be great . In windows the emulators provide transition effects and finally reveals the traditional windows os.

News update:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=382265&page=11

I have a working kernel + Android combo
but as of now, it's pretty much useless..can't really interact with it.
Will post a guide/ howto if anyone needs it.
kudos to the guys on #linwizard!

Maybe we should keep stuff from linwizard were?

Just asking whats the status of getting android on the wizard??
( unfortunatly im a non coder so cant realy help in setting it up but i would help in testing it)
But one thing im really intrested in is getting linux running on the wizard tht would be awesome but unfortunatly the linwizard project seems to have slowed down considerably.Anyway cheers to the developers so far and heres hoping a breakthru comes soon.

Tada!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dm-EznlpMI
Check it out guys, hopefully not long now.

kyuzo1 said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1dm-EznlpMI
Check it out guys, hopefully not long now.
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Nice
Now we need is the phone working (RIL driver compatible with Wizard). I've done some experiments with android's SDK, if this thing gets to work properly, that would be great! (I was working on a online backup system for your contacts, events, etc).

Excellent man , excellent. So hopefully we wont have much longer to wait.

Updates?
Gentlemen (and Ladies, if appropriate),
Can you give us an update on your progress getting Android running on the Wizard? I am eagerly looking forward to the experience and check here regularly.
Thank you for sharing your work.

A Poem to MIUI

A Poem to MIUI
A POEM FOR YOU
In the midst of two zero double one,
I had my first android which I won,
As a guy who always want some fun,
My first adventure on flashing begun.
I search the net for what to do,
Then search on ROMs for what is new,
And then my passion begun to grew,
The time I found Miui, yes its you.
I was so disapointed that I cant reach you,
Because of my low end device that wasnt new,
That my X8 only run's in froyo,
But luckily there are gingerbread port before I knew.
The best eyecandy than other I must say,
From its unique features to how its display,
I used Miui v3, even on my dismay,
Even on my device it causes delay.
My obsession grew that I cant deny,
In my old shakira I must say goodbye,
For I have to earn for me to buy,
To experience the real MIUI.
Atlast its a dream come true,
When all the functionality I have in you,
Thanks for the obsession I had S2,
Now I can play and explore the more of you.
From v3 to v5 its really something,
A lots of improvements that makes it the best thing,
Im really excited each update you bring,
For all android customization you are the king.
What a great experience on call and sms,
Your memories are safe on cloud services,
Free songs and apps on online resources,
You bring the best on all the devices.
Blacklisting and whitelisting are so easy,
Better protection from bad people lunacy,
For you we dont have to worry,
Because you really value the users privacy.
Control your data plan with network assitant,
Backup your data which are important,
Lose phone find it thru Xiaomi account,
What can you say about this? One thing it's brilliant.
Filter messages thru Anti - Spam,
Never miss the fun with sheduled alarm,
Always protected from risk with virus scan,
An easy access to functions thru toggles drop down.
Maximize buttons and screen for better accesibility,
Large and small font sizes so grandma can see,
Young and older people you make them all happy,
With such full packed tools and functionality.
From transitions to its operation,
From music effects with lyrics and caption,
From its flipping note creation,
Tell me who can avoid such temptation?
Those flashy icons, that almost copied by iphone,
That unique and cool launcher you call MiHome,
With MiSpace you will see your room,
Who can resist to put it in there custom ROM?
You can choose your everyday theme,
From sweet zip to sexy beam,
From naughty Mitu to transformer extreme,
This is the whole package that you could dream.
I joined the forum to dig deeper,
Became a beta tester to be a bug reporter,
Became a moderator to reach you further,
Proud to be in the community that help each other.
You see you are fast growing,
In every device port are showing,
Everyday we grew and keep ongoing,
You will not fall with the spirit glowing.
I know its still a long road all the way,
To satisfy all the customer based on what they pay,
I know there are ups and down but hey.
Lets all forget it for a while and celebrate on the sixtenth day.
In the 16th day, you will be three,
I want to see you on top of android tree,
Bring more happiness and fun that it should be,
A happy happy birthday from Mika Dee.
I hope your all plans will pursue,
And I believe you will never quit but continue.
Your superb legacy is to redefined Andrew,
All will agree to me that those are true.
Ops I almost forgot I have lots to do,
So let me end here my story,
On How I Met you.
**********
*****
**
PS:
Below is a Challenge.
I had form a shape i hope you see,
A symbol of love between you and me.
My humble appreciation of your creativity,
That for all of us will never be ordinary.
Theres a lot of touching testimony,
On how they met you for your beauty.
Goodluck to all who gave their entry,
Win or lose all are great story.
I wonder why people keep on translating,
I think they find this poem very interesting,
Its a previledge for me and its overwhelming,
So maybe you people can add more to what Im saying.
:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh:

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OP's dp or the poem?

http://31.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m76u27b3KO1rqfhi2o1_500.gif
We see you meow on our nexus⁴ can we haz some more?

My dislike for MIUI and the fact that its "birthday" is over means I can do this...

1ASBAK1's Android [Apps] and [Tips] that survived years of evolutionary pressure.

Hi there guys,
I am a Medical student from Amsterdam. and have finally decided to participate in this forum with the goal Sharing My personal android [Apps] and [Tips] that survived years of evolutionary pressure. And I want to do so in a way that is a little bit different than that we are used to, via a mindmap that is (scroll down) :good:
Get me right here I am by no means even remotely related to the neighbor of the cousin of a Developer.
I am just one of you guys, a regular general xda users that is trying to distillate everything useful out of these Forums and put it to use
This is the moment I will spit some of this love right back in thy face. ​
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[Introduction]
Gone are the days of typing a text messages with T9 only to find yourself counting the characters to minimize it all to 1 SMS.
These are the days in which we use our phones (to) excessively for every little this and that.
I do believe that it is how we have set up our phones on a the basic level (not the Rom, kernel, ect we have installed on it) that determines most of our user experience. I know that I probably p*ss*d off several people right there.
Don't get me wrong here, these forums are full of GREAT Devs delivering GREAT work kernel-and-rom-wise. And YES I do think that for instance a different touch-screen driver can defiantly be a game changer in the way we use our phone. In addition, there are much more of these examples(charger control, screen calibration etc.) that quite enhance user experience.
In my humble opinion I know that eventually these things are not what makes my phone a great, useful or even mind extending tool. Trust me here, for quite some time I have been coping with well-known tendency to keep flashing and flashing.
trough the years I have gone all MAD- [ASOP-MIUI-CAF-CM(lots of its "distro's" included)-Sailfish-Stock'nd'Hybrid]-APE-Sh*T on my Phones (i9070 -> nexus5 -> Opo)
I have to admit that there are still times (*kuch*OFTEN*kuch*) my behavior relapses into the fatty livered Flashaholic I once was. :crying:
I know for a fact that there are quite some readers who are like "yup. I can relate to this". :highfive: ! so lets get serious.
Generally speaking, every time you flash a (non-major android release)ROM there doesn't really change anything essential in the way you use your phone right?
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I do not want to get all to jibberish philosophical on the subject because initially I am here to bring you something hopefully useful. So you can skip this paragraph if you want:
All I know is that the PLACEBO effect does quite some magical things to the humans we are, so my best guess is that most probably "it" does also it's effect on these forums. In short:
If we expect X then we will experience at least a little bit of X. :angel:
For that, If we put effort into flashing a zip and we get an emotional stimulus accordingly (examples: "Look at me being awesomely geeky" or "Wow I hope I won't be destroying my phone with this flashable camera Hal") Chances are that what we will experience as
"THE SMOOTHEST ROM EVER" will at least partially be caused by this often seemingly paradoxical phenomena called Placebo.
Sounds familiar right. This example is simply written in about only 8 out of 10 threads you open. :silly:
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But well, lets get to what it is this seemingly cynical person has you to offer :good: (don't worry) :
Over the years, there have been several "phases" In winch we have gone knee deep into a specific topic. I think this will not sound unfamiliar since I am definitely not the only one here. Just to name a few, I know some of you can relate to.
Launchers, Equalizer, gestures, photography(editing),remote control, and so on and so forth. my most recent for instance are Raw photo shooting and Google Cardboard. I say knee deep because as I said before I am no developer so I haven't gone in neck(code)deep.
What I want to do in this thread is described the Android deliciousness that have survived this strong urge to keep jumping from one '"Phase" to another and to combine this with the tweaks and general stuff that has made it so far trough the rising android evolutionary resistances by growing competition and the constant change of the technological world we live in.
Of course, I am not going to make this a freaking blizzardous long post containing all details and way to obvious apps etc. because that would
1]. Not be of any use for you. since you probably know everything already.
2]. Everything you have to setup according to your style. There are only a few MUST HAVE things which get a special treatment. (see photo below)
3]. Thiss will take me way to much time which I don't have since I am already typing this document to avoid studying.
Tldr:
I am going to superficially share my personal distilled [APPS] & [TIPS] and the way I use my phone every day. Hopefully skipping most of the way to obvious aspects. (facebook,Instagram,the power on button of your phone..or the fact that you are continuously seeing your nose without you even realizing it.etc) I want to keep it readable. agreed? See below​
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DISCLAIMER
Did you notice how I did my best to emphasize the "personal" aspect of this thread in the first Alinea? If not let me just explain one seemingly simple thing. I am just a 22 y.o. Dutch student with his own views on the world and for that on the way we use our phones. If you think I suck because of the things I write in this thread. Then I want to congratulate you! You are as human as me. we all have opinions. Sharing them in a respectful/discrete way is MEGA appreciated. see what I did there?
[ If by any means I violate forum rules please make me aware of that. ]
Foresight:
The second and third post will be used for working out the things stated above.
I have been typing and thinking for two days now and I wanted to let you guys know I was working on something. Therefor this not yet completed "paper" It already contains the essentials, though!
Since this is my first post ever let me know what you think.
please.
Have a great day, Greetings from Amsterdam!

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A TLDR version would be great.

You wrote a book about nothing , are you sure youre not a political science major?
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Qualcomm Security bugs.

Serious security flaws that could give attackers complete access to a phone's data have been found in software used on tens of millions of Android devices.
The bugs were uncovered by Checkpoint researchers looking at software running on chipsets made by US firm Qualcomm.
Qualcomm processors are found in about 900 million Android phones, the company said.
However, there is no evidence of the vulnerabilities currently being used in attacks by cyberthieves.
"I'm pretty sure you will see these vulnerabilities being used in the next three to four months," said Michael Shaulov, head of mobility product management at Checkpoint.
"It's always a race as to who finds the bug first, whether it's the good guys or the bad."
Affected devices included:
BlackBerry Priv and Dtek50
Blackphone 1 and Blackphone 2
Google Nexus 5X, Nexus 6 and Nexus 6P
HTC One, HTC M9 and HTC 10
LG G4, LG G5, and LG V10
New Moto X by Motorola
OnePlus One, OnePlus 2 and OnePlus 3
US versions of the Samsung Galaxy S7 and Samsung S7 Edge
Sony Xperia Z Ultra
Mr Shaulov said six months of work to reverse engineer Qualcomm's code revealed the problems.
The flaws were found in software that handles graphics and in code that controls communication between different processes running inside a phone.
Exploiting the bugs would allow an attacker to gradually be able to take more control over a device and gain access to its data.
Android sculptureImage copyrightAP
The flaws could be used to make booby-trapped apps that steadily gain access to a phone's data
Checkpoint handed information about the bugs and proof of concept code to Qualcomm earlier this year.
In response, Qualcomm is believed to have created patches for the bugs and started to use the fixed versions in its factories.
It has also distributed the patches to phone makers and operators. However, it is not clear how many of those companies have issued updates to customers' phones.
Checkpoint has created a free app called QuadRooter Scanner that can be used to check if a phone is vulnerable to any of the bugs, by looking to see if the patches for them have been downloaded and installed.
In addition, Mr Shaulov said Android owners should only download apps from the official Google Play store to avoid falling victim to malicious programs.
"People should call whoever sold them their phone, their operator or the manufacturer, and beg them for the patches," said Mr Shaulov.
Qualcomm has yet to respond to a request for comment.

Scary stuff - too bad Google can't just roll us out a patch for it

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Here's the result of this scan on a unrooted op3 running stock 3.2.2. so clearly over to one plus.
Source of the article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37005226
Franes04 said:
Serious security flaws that could give attackers complete access to a phone's data have been found in software used on tens of millions of Android devices.
The bugs were uncovered by Checkpoint researchers looking at software running on chipsets made by US firm Qualcomm.
Qualcomm processors are found in about 900 million Android phones, the company said..
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tropicanapure said:
Here's the result of this scan on a unrooted op3 running stock 3.2.2. so clearly over to one plus.
Source of the article http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/technology-37005226
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I would've linked the source but I didn't have enough posts to add links. Thank you for sharing.

No worries, mate, Google has seen the issue and will release a security patch for it (2015-08-05), check here!
We can only hope OnePlus releases the security patch as soon as possible, or you can just hop on the custom ROM bandwagon since they often have the patch merged day one.

Tips for Linux Desktop Users

I've been a long time user of Linux desktops. Also being in an IT service for the last 3 years, I can truely appreciate how my workflow turned great when I switched to Linux. I would like to present some great usage tips for those who want to increase their productivity while using their desktops/laptops.
Read documentations​Feeling stuck at something? Referring documentations is the best thing any user can do. It saves lot of your time, gives knowledge about anything related to the distro & it's current usage trends. The best documentations that exist today are Archwiki, Ubuntu Wiki, Gentoo Wiki & so on.​Refer support forums​
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See, Linux is a community based project. Almost all of the existing software is maintained by the non-profit organisations. They (almost) never collect any data, or crash reports without the user's consent, which is the reason why it's so popular interms of privacy & security. Almost each distro has their own support forums. You can even contribute issues on their code repositories hosted by GitHub, GitLab, etc which helps recognise the issues faster by the developers.
Explore Open Source Sofware​Newcomers just about to know the significance of how we really care about Open Sourcability. It's not just about putting out the source code, but a set of annotations that developers need to be followed & obeyed.
There are huge number of FOSS applications available out there that suit your specific needs, if you explore a little bit.​Power management​If not done correctly, it'll affect your laptop's battery life & performance. There are several tools to manage & control the power management of your hardware such as cpupower, thermald, auto-cpufreq, btop, etc.​Stop using notification daemons​Well, this is little personal but, notifications do distract from your workflow. Almost each distro comes with it's own notification daemon, which can also be disabled. Some distros have scheduled notification support, which is better than disabling them completely.
Stop Distro Hopping
This is controversial. But infact it gives you no productivity. All the distributions run the same underneath kernel and the same set of GNU Core Utils. Where the only differences come, are the distribution specific rices, their custom settings & configuration panels and the pre-built software they ship with.
You need to choose a distro & stick with it for a long periods to truly benefit from it.
Rice your DE according to your workflow
Each distro comes with a Desktop Environment (mostly GNOME, KDE, XFCE, cinnamon). There are lot of them, infact distros even offer you different kinds of ISO images that pack different DEs. Mostly you'll find them unintuitive out of the box (rip XFCE). Ricing is a concept of modifying a DE's configurations, whether it might be aesthetic, interface or the minimality ingeneral. You need to find out the right workflow, whichever DE you're working with. There are lot of ****posts on r/ricing you can take inspirations from them.
Learn Git
Not necessary, but gives you immense freedom of maintaing your configurations, dot files and the scripts that you write yourself to ease your workflow.
Myth that Linux isn't free & it consumes your time
There are many anti linux users who claim this, which infact partially true that it might take your time to an extent, it's completely worth the experience. Because when you reach there, you'll almost going to like what you got under the hood, which no other operating sytem can provide the level of freedom that linux offers.
Last but least, F**k NVIDIA​
Linus Torvalds isn't someone you'd accuse of excessive diplomacy and his answer to a question about Nvidia's unwillingness to support Linux with its Optimus technology has been far from compromising. And also the fact their display drivers being proprietary makes the user experience even bad. You'll experience many issues regarding hardware acceleration, browser video decode, lack of NVENCODE support, wayland display server glitches, etc.
I'd suggest everyone to prefer Intel & AMD hardware where you always get full support from linux community & upto date working drivers out of the box.
NVIDIA recently started open sourcing their kernel drivers, which infact a good step for now. Let's hope they do FOSS out the rest of their codebase too (fingers crossed).

you're the most based person i've ever seen

maoosonyourdesk said:
you're the most based person i've ever seen
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I had to visualise linux users as a whole

Even I've been using linux for a long time now. I have really liked using it.