User talk:Seanmcneil3

Revision as of 07:34, 20 December 2008

What's new?

This would be a nice area for a changelog. What's new in the November 17th image? Anything worth noting?

Android running problems

I had flashed it now on my FR but it doesn't work. I see only a black screen.

It works, but you need 2 partition on your SD card. First about 8MB formated vfat, secound ext3. That partitions must be empty.

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Hi Sean, how can the imgages be put on the GTA02? I also flashed my GTA02 and android will not start, only black screen.

Sean: I've just begun adding more information to the page which explains what is necessary to bring up Android. Sorry for the delay.

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Hi Sean I split sd card to 2 partition fat32 and ext3, noting in fat32(1.5g) and in ext3(2.2G) have lostxxfound directory,I never set boot flag to sd card's partition, now I flash image and rootfs according your "setup guide" but now it not start just black screen. what's wrong with it

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Hi Sean, same problem: I flashed the kernel and rootfs. My SDcard has a primary 100MB FAT16 and an other primay 400MB EXT3 partition. I only get a black screen.

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Hi, When using Android, some menu items are don't work. E.g. when trying to set the Phone Ringtone, the menu shows for a split second and then I'm back to the Sound settings. The log shows the following:

I/ActivityManager(  855): Starting activity: Intent { action=android.intent.action.RINGTONE_PICKER comp={android/com.android.internal.app.RingtonePickerActivity} (has extras) }
I/ActivityManager(  855): Start proc android.process.media for content provider com.android.providers.media/.MediaProvider: pid=1385 uid=10003 gids={1006, 3003, 2001}
I/ActivityThread( 1385): Publishing provider downloads: com.android.providers.downloads.DownloadProvider
I/ActivityThread( 1385): Publishing provider drm: com.android.providers.drm.DrmProvider
I/ActivityThread( 1385): Publishing provider media: com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider
V/MediaProvider( 1385): Attached volume: internal
V/MediaProvider( 1385): /sdcard volume ID: -1
V/MediaProvider( 1385): Attached volume: external
I/ActivityManager(  855): Exiting empty application process android.process.media (android.os.BinderProxy@435052d8)
I/Process (  855): Sending signal. PID: 1385 SIG: 9
I/ActivityManager(  855): Killing app com.android.settings (pid 1377) because provider com.android.providers.media.MediaProvider is in dying process android.process.media
I/Process (  855): Sending signal. PID: 1377 SIG: 9
I/ActivityManager(  855): Killing app com.android.settings (pid 1377) because provider com.android.providers.drm.DrmProvider is in dying process android.process.media
I/Process (  855): Sending signal. PID: 1377 SIG: 9
D/ActivityManager(  855): Received spurious death notification for thread android.os.BinderProxy@435052d8
I/ActivityManager(  855): Process com.android.settings (pid 1377) has died.
I/WindowManager(  855): WIN DEATH: Window{434e8b10 com.android.settings/com.android.settings.SoundAndDisplaySettings}
I/WindowManager(  855): WIN DEATH: Window{434f1520 android/com.android.internal.app.RingtonePickerActivity}
I/ActivityManager(  855): Start proc com.android.settings for activity com.android.settings/.SoundAndDisplaySettings: pid=1396 uid=1000 gids={3001, 3003}
I/ActivityManager(  855): Low Memory: No more background processes.
D/dalvikvm(  855): GC freed 2248 objects / 104336 bytes in 727ms
W/SurfaceComposerClient(  855): lock_layer timed out (is the CPU pegged?) layer=1, lcblk=0x423800a0, state=0000000c (was 0000000c)
D/dalvikvm(  888): GC freed 167 objects / 6208 bytes in 958ms
D/dalvikvm(  894): GC freed 15 objects / 560 bytes in 998ms
I/ActivityManager(  855): Displayed activity com.android.settings/.SoundAndDisplaySettings: 2675 ms

I was not sure if it is because I had relatively small space dedicated to teh VFAT and Ext3 partitions on the SD card (so I can have another distro on the 3rd partition), but it seems to be enough:

/: 252544K total, 38468K used, 214076K available (block size 4096)
/: 252544K total, 38468K used, 214076K available (block size 4096)
/dev: 59952K total, 0K used, 59952K available (block size 4096)
/sqlite_stmt_journals: 4096K total, 0K used, 4096K available (block size 4096)
/data: 30985K total, 19413K used, 11572K available (block size 1024)
/sdcard: 31912K total, 1782K used, 30130K available (block size 2048)

Other menu items do the same thing sometimes, but I forgot which one I found last time. In the log they also had the "Low memory" warning, so should originate the same place. --Imrehg 05:10, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

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Sending message breaks network connection. When I'm trying to send a message, the network disconnects (without sending the SMS) and won't work even with reboot, until I delete the message thread and reboot (sometimes even need reboot a few times after message delete). Receiving a message works just fine. The log of the message send (after clicking the send button):

D/SmsProvider(  888): insert url=content://sms/outbox, match=8
I/ActivityManager(  855): Stopping service: com.android.mms/.transaction.SmsReceiverService
I/ActivityManager(  855): Stopping service: com.android.mms/.transaction.SmsReceiverService
I/NotificationService(  855): enqueueToast pkg=com.android.mms callback=android.app.ITransientNotification$Stub$Proxy@435bc740 duration=0

Not sure whether it matters, my network is TWN GSM (Taiwan) --Imrehg 05:34, 20 December 2008 (UTC)

Android doesn't accept the pin

I have flashed my GTA02 and android will boot but it does not accept the pin code for my SIM-card. Jofry

Sean: Hi Jofry, I've never really tried a locked SIM, so I don't know if the dialpad comes up to let you type in the code. Does it? If so, then I can probably fix the issue. Otherwise, we are kind of stuck until a virtual keyboard is developed.

Jofry: Yes, the dialpad comes up and ask for my pin number. But if i type in the number the application means that it was the wrong number. But it is the right one.

Skamster: i've got the same problem. i could enter the pin as much as i want but it doesn't let me in. normaly, it lock the sim after 3 try's (i try 4-6 times), but here it doesn't. i flashed with qtopia again and don't need a puck. maybe it doesn't "send" the pin to the simcard?

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i've got the same problem like jofry. i could enter the pin as much as i want but it doesn't let me in. normaly, it lock the sim after 3 try's (i try 4-6 times), but here it doesn't. i flashed with qtopia again and don't need a puck. maybe it doesn't "send" the pin to the simcard?

That's a known issue. For more information about the things you have to do, before you can successful use Android, look at http://onlinedev.blogspot.com/2008/11/getting-started-with-android-on-neo.html Dolfje 12:03, 5 November 2008 (UTC)

Android rootfs for µSD boot

Treviño: Could you set-up a rootfs for running Android from MicroSD?

Android and replying calls

Actually it is not possible to reply to a call due to the missing hardware "accept" button.

Treviño: So, what about adding a workaround to it by using the AUX button as an "accept" button if pressed briefly (below 0.5 second), while keeping it to the "reject" (home) button when pressed longer?!

ahk05: It seems that Yann neveu-2 has managed to modify the Phone app to allow you to answer phone calls with the power button. Maybe his apk should be included in your image? http://n2.nabble.com/-Android--Soft-keyboard-td1518369.html http://gabuzomeu.fr/openmoko/Phone.apk

Android Misc requests

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dilersam: thanks for having added more informations to the page. It helps a lot.

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fate: thanks for all your great work. i was wondering when will the next flash image be released?

u-boot environment changes for large kernel

I'm using neocon to connect to the u-boot console. What env variable should we change and to what values?

Thanks!

- I'm using Kermit, and this is what I change in the console

     setenv bootargs ${bootargs_base} ${mtdparts}; nand read.e 0x32000000 kernel; bootm 0x32000000