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Root Froyo Development

mattgaitan said:
if you browse his mediafire there's a aosp10.zip but I'm not sure if that's the updated one or not or if he even wants us to have it :P
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Inspecting it to see if it's the right one...
But honestly, I seriously doubt drellisdee would hide it ;)
If it is right, he probably just hasn't gotten to posting it.

Edit:
From looking at the build.prop it is for the ally and is a later version than aosp8.zip.
Not saying you should try to flash it though... I would wait for drellisdee to say if you should.
 
wgbeatty said:
Can't speak for everyone here, but I think the Ally is really a decent piece of hardware. I've enjoyed using the phone, and with the dev here, it has been fun to use on a daily basis. No LG and no Verizon within, and all is well...lol.
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Thanks for the welcome. I'm coming from a Droid Eris (not upgrading, just getting a used phone off contract to tide me over for another year), so I was a little nervous at how much smaller the developing community for the Ally is (Froyo has been on the Eris for ages, in many flavors), but it seems like you guys have things under control. ;)
 
klumpingkalooper said:
Inspecting it to see if it's the right one...
But honestly, I seriously doubt drellisdee would hide it ;)
If it is right, he probably just hasn't gotten to posting it.
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im pretty sure it is, in the build.prop it states it's for the ally :) i just haven't gotten around to flashing it to my phone :P

Edit: well you beat me to it klum
 
mattgaitan said:
im pretty sure it is, in the build.prop it states it's for the ally :) i just haven't gotten around to flashing it to my phone :P

Edit: well you beat me to it klum
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Yeah, the developers for the ally are excellent.

Also, it flashes fine and it the newest version (sd card works). Just be careful, I don't want to get in trouble ;).
Wipe all that is possible in recovery... just to be certain.

Edit: 929 for quadrant stock!

Also, I am trying to get adb setup so I can help out with debugging.
 
klumpingkalooper said:
Yeah, the developers for the ally are excellent.

Also, it flashes fine and it the newest version (sd card works). Just be careful, I don't want to get in trouble ;).
Wipe all that is possible in recovery... just to be certain.

Edit: 929 for quadrant stock!

Also, I am trying to get adb setup so I can help out with debugging.
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yes they really are :D haha

ill be flashing this later tonight

and good luck with that!
 
Success! I just had to delete everything related to the Ally through USBDeview. Then it would detect everything again, including ADB this time :).
I will be sure to help out.
 
found a prob. when i try to activate the phone it wont bring up the dial pad.... so i cant put it on my account, i guess i could flash back to 2.1 activate and then flash to 2.2 but still needs to be fixed lol
 
mattgaitan said:
yes they really are :D haha

ill be flashing this later tonight

and good luck with that!
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Guys this ROM really isn't worth flashing right now unless you are prepared to help with the debugging stage. The buttons on the front of the phone still don't work except for the end and send buttons, the alt keys are messed up on the physical keyboard, wifi doesnt work.

I would not suggest flashing this rom unless you are planning on posting here with logcat errors and helping with the debugging process, The more who unknowingly flash this rom and have problems take away time from the people who are helping with the debugging phase (not that anyone minds) but its just not convenient.

That being said, anyone who wants to help with debugging keep reading Drellisdee's posts and see what he needs done, ask around for help with key mapping issues.
 
KCrick said:
Guys this ROM really isn't worth flashing right now unless you are prepared to help with the debugging stage. The buttons on the front of the phone still don't work except for the end and send buttons, the alt keys are messed up on the physical keyboard, wifi doesnt work.

I would not suggest flashing this rom unless you are planning on posting here with logcat errors and helping with the debugging process, The more who unknowingly flash this rom and have problems take away time from the people who are helping with the debugging phase (not that anyone minds) but its just not convenient.

That being said, anyone who wants to help with debugging keep reading Drellisdee's posts and see what he needs done, ask around for help with key mapping issues.
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That being said here is the newer one;

Fixed sdcard mass storage and android secure (froyo app on sd) Hardware accelerated graphics are working now too. Fixed root perms too.

aosp10

Debuging only and post logcats.

Vendor and source changes updated to 1st post.
 
KCrick said:
Guys this ROM really isn't worth flashing right now unless you are prepared to help with the debugging stage. The buttons on the front of the phone still don't work except for the end and send buttons, the alt keys are messed up on the physical keyboard, wifi doesnt work.

I would not suggest flashing this rom unless you are planning on posting here with logcat errors and helping with the debugging process, The more who unknowingly flash this rom and have problems take away time from the people who are helping with the debugging phase (not that anyone minds) but its just not convenient.

That being said, anyone who wants to help with debugging keep reading Drellisdee's posts and see what he needs done, ask around for help with key mapping issues.
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damn man, you made me sound like a total n00b, i understand that a lot of things don't work and im prepared to help with the debugging stage and posting logcat errors
 
Silverback2 said:
found a prob. when i try to activate the phone it wont bring up the dial pad.... so i cant put it on my account, i guess i could flash back to 2.1 activate and then flash to 2.2 but still needs to be fixed lol
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Quick workaround for the dialpad not being brought up after installing gapps. When it comes time to open the keyboard, open it up, and hit the end key to lock the screen. Hit the end key again, unlock the screen, and the phone will recognize that the keyboard is out. Proceed from there =D

Hope this helps!
 
Good news! Easy fix for the button mapping both on the hardware keyboard and on the front touch screen.

In /system/user/ there are two folders, keychars and keylayout

In keychars, change aloha.kcm.bin to qwerty.kcm.bin
In keylayout, change aloha.kl to qwerty.kl

If you don't have these files, let me know and I can send these to you.

Oh, copy the originals to another folder in case you mess up

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Simple step by step instructions for those wishing to fix their buttons

Open Root Explorer
Navigate to system/usr/
Hit menu on the keyboard and select "New Folder"
Name new folder temp
Navigate to system/usr/keychars/
Copy aloha.kcm.bin (Long press the file name to get the copy option)
Navigate to system/usr/temp/
Paste the file (aloha.kcm.bin)
Navigate to system/usr/keylayout/
Copy aloha.kl
Navigate to system/usr/temp/
Paste the file (aloha.kl)
Rename aloha.kcm.bin to qwerty.kcm.bin
Rename aloha.kl to qwerty.kl
Copy qwerty.kcm.bin
Navigate to system/usr/keychars/
Paste (confirm that you wish to overwrite the current qwerty.kcm.bin file)
Navigate to system/usr/temp/
Copy qwerty.kl (again, longpress the filename to get this option)
Navigate to system/usr/keylayout/
Paste (confirm that you wish to overwrite the current qwerty.kl file)

And that should be it. Restart your phone at this point, and when it starts back up, the front buttons and the hardware keyboard should be working fine!
 
drewsephvladmir said:
Good news! Easy fix for the button mapping both on the hardware keyboard and on the front touch screen.

In /system/user/ there are two folders, keychars and keylayout

In keychars, change aloha.kcm.bin to qwerty.kcm.bin
In keylayout, change aloha.kl to qwerty.kl

If you don't have these files, let me know and I can send these to you.

Oh, copy the originals to another folder in case you mess up
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Great job! Nice little find and it indeed does work through my little testing.
 
You guys are absolutely awesome! Thanks to all of you for your hard work on getting this Froyo port going, the dedication of this community is incredible. Good luck!!
 
drewsephvladmir said:
Good news! Easy fix for the button mapping both on the hardware keyboard and on the front touch screen.

In /system/user/ there are two folders, keychars and keylayout

In keychars, change aloha.kcm.bin to qwerty.kcm.bin
In keylayout, change aloha.kl to qwerty.kl

If you don't have these files, let me know and I can send these to you.

Oh, copy the originals to another folder in case you mess up
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awesome never thought of that. I have just gotten wifi working too :)
 
Nice work with figuring out the buttons. I have a question though. Is anyone else having Reboot problems? Like, I can boot it up. Set my Setcpu Slider, then maybe run a linpack once or twice and then it will shut down and reboot. Any ideas? I had a problem on Velocity .3 that would cause it to reboot randomly at points. Or I would go on a spell of kernel panics. Like Boot, KP, boot, KP, etc. ANy Ideas?
 
Commandofern said:
Nice work with figuring out the buttons. I have a question though. Is anyone else having Reboot problems? Like, I can boot it up. Set my Setcpu Slider, then maybe run a linpack once or twice and then it will shut down and reboot. Any ideas? I had a problem on Velocity .3 that would cause it to reboot randomly at points. Or I would go on a spell of kernel panics. Like Boot, KP, boot, KP, etc. ANy Ideas?
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What mhz are you running it at? Sounds like it's set a little too high. Try backing it down a level and see if it stabilizes.
 
Been working with this all day now, and I must say I am damn well passed impressed. I'm glad you decided to stick with this through the hardships you may have encountered. Though I'm even more impressed by how much of the stuff in this actually works quite well. Better that I had expected. Good work and I am going to contribute to this project as best as I can. I cant seem to find anymore errors than what have already been posted, but I will post some pastebins as soon as I can.

Expect a donation from me around Christmas.
 
I tried changing the name before but I was trying to change to different names logcat was giving me and every time it gives me a different name so I gave up. Good finding, congrats.

@getitnowmarketing I noticed the kernel still the 2.6.29 the .32 wouldnt work right?
 
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