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Root Froyo Development

Of course, we need something that's been released and that we can get the modules from. If there are no software updates, someone will have to have the device and extract files from it for us.
 
So I built a code Aurora build. This one shows that "ANDROID_" screen and reboots to recovery after a bit. If anyone can pull the logs or diagnose a bit more that would be great! Thanks! Same rules apply as before. Clicking show below mean you understand this is NOT A WORKING BUILD and is for DEVELOPMENT PURPOSES ONLY! Do not install expecting to use it AT ALL.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/12899970/tls-froyo_aloha_test_002.zip
 
hey i was snooping thru your rom and noticed that files in the path system/lip/hw were slightly different from ones that currently work on other valid 2.1 roms... i have a feeling that if you take gralloc.default.so from a old rom and copy it over your new one maybe it will kick over
idk the new one is like 9mb and the old one is 14mb
 
Feel free to try anything you want on the ROM that you can. This was an initial, very subtly modified version of all original settings because I lost everything when I tried to build without enough HD space lol I'm going to make modifications tonight and I'll take that into consideration. Thanks!
 
thelostsoul said:
Feel free to try anything you want on the ROM that you can. This was an initial, very subtly modified version of all original settings because I lost everything when I tried to build without enough HD space lol I'm going to make modifications tonight and I'll take that into consideration. Thanks!
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one other thing i also noticed is that boardconfig.mk called for this in its code
TARGET_BOARD_PLATFORM := msm7k

i just figured out msm7k is a gsm Qualcomm chip that also cover wifi look at Geoff Shippee http://www.dvclub.org/Speakers/2007-speakers
so i figure if you just copy the hw directory and change

TARGET_BOARD_PLATFORM := aloha
idk its a guess
 
thelostsoul said:
No, the phone has an MSM7627. LG Ally VS740 Specs | Technical Specifications | PDAdb.net - Comprehensive Database of Smartphone, PDA, PDA Phone, PNA, netbook & Mobile Device Specifications The CodeAurora source I selected was designed specifically for the MSM7627.
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yeah your right, i just checked a couple of other ports and notice that they have similar values just figured that it was gsm... bty i wasnt talking bout the cpu, i think the msm7k is a wifi/wlan chip which we do not have and the code is pointing to it
 
The problem is that most phones are GSM. The only reason there aren't many GSM Androids in America is because ATT is trying to keep their iPhone strategy going. Outside the US, most Android phones are and can be GSM because not many other countries have a CDMA network.
 
yeah i know this but what im saying we can redirect the kernel to the old code which defines the hardware properly and float it on the existing 2.2
 
Unfortunately, I've decided the vendor info from this thread is a little too off, so I'm starting from scratch. That means I won't have anything for a while though. Sorry guys :(
 
just giving my 2 cents here. Did any of you guys checked to see if there is any other phone that uses the same wifi device as ally and has froyo already? It we find it we can use the module from that buld to try.
 
There are several problems with that theory, however, the biggest one is that the device won't boot. Problem isn't the wifi device preventing it from booting. I got a new kernel built that might work, I just need to work on the rest of the package.
 
warttack said:
just giving my 2 cents here. Did any of you guys checked to see if there is any other phone that uses the same wifi device as ally and has froyo already? It we find it we can use the module from that buld to try.
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Wifi has nothing to do with it at all. We can't bring up the froyo userspace image at all currently . As far as other phones Lg just released the optimus one model # P500 that has froyo and an unnamed 600mhz that is probably our 600mhz msm7627. I cannot find a rom dump of it yet. That would most likely help us with some binary's we might be able to use or at worst a template on how to set up an LG similar to ours to run froyo.

Keep your eyes peeled for a dump, ota, or rom for it or the soon to be out LG chic E720.
 
just out of curiosity what is the status of the real Froyo being distributed!
Is this information we even have yet? Or is it still kinda in limbo?

I guess the only reason I feel we even need Froyo is for its Flash capabilities. I think we have everything else that Froyo offers right?

I could be dead wrong though.
I do look forward to Flash because then there is nothing we cant do Internet wise. In my mind it seems to be the only thing missing.

Is there anyway we could figure a way out to have Flash capability?

Thanks for humoring me guys.

I am always willing to test out Roms or anything else in order to help ppl.
Just Pm me with information on what I can test for you. I hope that in some small way that me doing that can give back to this WONDERFUL community.

Thanks to everyone.
 
swc2001 said:
just out of curiosity what is the status of the real Froyo being distributed!
Is this information we even have yet? Or is it still kinda in limbo?

I guess the only reason I feel we even need Froyo is for its Flash capabilities. I think we have everything else that Froyo offers right?

I could be dead wrong though.
I do look forward to Flash because then there is nothing we cant do Internet wise. In my mind it seems to be the only thing missing.

Is there anyway we could figure a way out to have Flash capability?

Thanks for humoring me guys.

I am always willing to test out Roms or anything else in order to help ppl.
Just Pm me with information on what I can test for you. I hope that in some small way that me doing that can give back to this WONDERFUL community.

Thanks to everyone.
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The only upgrades we get from 2.2 as apposed to stock 2.1 is JIT, Apps2SD, and Adobe Flash. LG has a post on their forum about froyo on the ally but it rarely gets any new updates about... anything at all. We already have 2/3, and I see flash only slowing down the ally.

All devs working on this, thanks. It would be awesome if the community came out with a froyo release before LG did.
 
GRZLA said:
We already have 2/3, and I see flash only slowing down the ally.
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IIRC drellisdee said before the JIT Compiler on 2.2 is still better than the one he created for 2.1. Either way, I would agree with you about flash performance being poor on the ally.
 
Sorry guys. Adobe currently supports flash on armv7 instruction set processors. That means no go with our armv6 instruction based arm11 msm7627. You need a snapdragon, arm cortex a8 +, or hummingbird processor.
 
drellisdee said:
Sorry guys. Adobe currently supports flash on armv7 instruction set processors. That means no go with our armv6 instruction based arm11 msm7627. You need a snapdragon, arm cortex a8 +, or hummingbird processor.
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Does that mean that flash wont be capable on the Ally at all? Or LG is waiting on Adobe to support our processor before they can release Froyo with flash capabilities?
 
Likely it will never support be supported on our CPU, so there's not much to hope for there in 2.2.

But, the implementations of both the JIT and "apps2sd" are much cleaner in froyo than the hacked-together solutions we have for 2.1 (not to downplay how nice they are---I love the JIT).
 
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